One of the guards standing outside brought in a woman.She was a werewolf, and her hands were tied in front of her body with a rope. Her clothes, a pair of business pants and a white top, were smudged with dirt. Her eyes moved around the room fearfully.“Who is this?” Jonathan asked, annoyance dripping from his voice.“Someone I thought you would like to meet,” Mia said, getting to her feet. She walked towards the woman and reached up to hold her chin. She looked back at Jonathan with a smile. “She is a beauty, isn’t she?”The woman jerked her face away from Mia’s grip. “My brother will make you pay for this,” she spat.Mia stepped back and walked back to Jonathan, unbothered by the threat. “She is Thomas’s sister. I thought you’d like to have fun with her.”Jonathan’s eyes took in the woman from top to bottom. Mia waited expectantly, but her hope crashed when he turned away without showing interest.She had thought bringing him a new plaything could at least soothe his emotions and m
Jonathan pinned her with a glare. “Lying is not going to save you,” he growled.“I’m not lying,” she claimed, digging her heels into the floor to keep the warrior from dragging her farther away. “I’m pregnant, and you are the father. But I told Thomas the baby is his. Think about it. When the child is born, we can use it as leverage to claim Blackstorm’s territory. He does not have another child. As far as he is concerned, this is his heir!”Jonathan gripped his chair hard, digging his fingers into the leather.Mia noticed the hesitance on his face and jumped on the chance to change his mind. “If you kill me right now, you’ll lose every connection to Blackstorm. I’ve made many friends and allies in the pack. I can still use them to get what you want. I promise you, Alpha, I’ll get back everything that has been lost. I’ll do whatever it takes to fix my mistake!”Jonathan got up from his seat and approached her. “If you are lying to me, I’ll make you wish you'd never been born,” he thre
After they were done making plans for how to look for Mia, Sophia ventured outside the packhouse and into the garden outside.It was a peaceful night, with a clear star-lit sky.But there was no peace for her. There would never be. Liam was gone, and it was all her fault.She had been so hopeful that she would find Mia at Blackstorm and make her pay for what she had done.But she had failed at that too.She had not only been unable to protect her little brother, but now, she could also not make his murderer pay.What kind of sister was she?She recalled Liam’s pained cries as he begged her to help him. He had thought she could help him because she was his big sister. But she had turned out to be useless. She had failed him when he needed her the most, and she could never make it up to him.She should have gone looking for him as soon as he went silent. She should have known it was all Mia’s plan–who else had a beef against them at the moment?Tears ran down her face as she cried bitte
That night, Eleanor could not sleep. She doubted she would be able to sleep well until she flushed Mia out of hiding and brought her to justice.Henry lay behind her on the bed, one arm thrown over her body. He had assured her that he would spare no effort in helping her look for Mia. She appreciated his help and support.But not even his assurances were enough to get rid of the guilt that weighed her down.All of this had happened because of her. Because of her cursed fate with Thomas and Mia. In her past life, they had managed to kill her.How far would they go in this life? What horrible things did they have planned for her?When the Moon Goddess gave her another life, it was not a guarantee that she would not go through pain and suffering. It did not mean her road to achieving what she wanted was paved.No.She still had the same enemies and the same obstacles.Her only advantage was that she knew their true intentions. She had known Mia’s true nature from the beginning, and that’
It was Henry holding her down. He was calling her name, begging her to wake up.“What’s wrong?” he asked when she opened her eyes.It took her a few moments to realise that she was no longer in the vision. Henry was not dead. He was here, with her. Alive.Eleanor threw her arms around him and held onto him. Tears flew from her eyes unbidden. The pain and panic she had felt seeing him dead was still with her, and she could barely breathe.“Eleanor, what’s wrong?” Henry asked, his voice overcome with worry.“Don’t die,” she sobbed, crying harder. “Don’t die and leave me.”“What are you talking about?” he asked, confusion mingling with the concern in his voice.Eleanor released him and pulled back to look at him. “I saw your death,” she told him, reaching up to wipe away her tears. “The hybrids killed you. I could not do anything to save you. I could not…” she trailed off, her voice catching.Henry shook his head and placed his hands on her shoulders. “Shh, it’s okay. It was just a bad d
Two days after their trip to Blackstorm, Eleanor received a call from Thomas. She answered the call, curious why he would be calling her.They were not on talking terms, and she doubted he would let her know if Mia had shown up.Despite looking in many places, they were yet to discover any information that could lead them to Mia’s hideout, or the hybrids’. Regardless, they were not giving up yet.The hybrids were not done with their attacks yet, and it was a guarantee that they were still somewhere, working on their schemes. Eleanor was determined to find them before they carried out their next attack.“What is it?” she asked impatiently into the phone.“Mia was kidnapped,” he told her right away.At the mention of Mia’s name, Eleanor turned around and walked away from the pack members she was with. She was foreseeing the setting up of the training complex for the warrior trainees. “What do you mean?”“Mia and Nessa were kidnapped. The kidnapper just contacted me,” he informed her.Ne
After the call with Thomas, Eleanor went back to the packhouse to discuss the new development with Henry.“You should not go,” he said as soon as she finished telling him the details. “You are right, it’s obviously a trap.”“But this is also the best chance to discover the hybrids’ hideout,” she told him. “We’ll hatch a plan and I’ll not go without backup.”“You are right, we need to find out where they have their base. But I still don’t like it. What if they ask you to meet somewhere else other than where they are hiding?”“Then I’ll use my backup,” she told him. “I have to take the risk. I have to try and save Nessa, and if there’s a chance I can find Mia, I have to take it.”During that night’s fight with Mia’s hybrids, Jonathan had ordered his men to take her to him. So she believed that his ultimate goal was to hold her hostage in his camp.As long as his objective was not to kill her, and she was certain it wasn’t, she would manipulate the situation to her benefit.“Fine,” he ag
Henry fought back a smile as he detected the annoyance in Eleanor’s voice. She was trying to sound casual, but it was not working.Even the look on her face was giving her feelings about his revelation away.“Nothing happened between us,” he told her. He stepped over to her and stood behind her, then placed his hands on her shoulders. “The alliance did not happen because I did not want to marry her. I only wanted to be with my destined mate. You.”Eleanor’s body visibly relaxed beneath his touch. “Oh,” she replied, as if she was still trying to hide the effect his words had on her.“My father was angry,” he continued. “He said I was throwing away our pack’s future because of my stupid romantic ideas. He said my mate was probably dead and asked if I would remain unmated if I never found her.”“What did you tell him?” she asked softly.“Yes. I told him I didn’t want anyone who wasn’t her.”Eleanor chuckled. “He must have not liked hearing that.”He shook his head. “No, he didn’t. He sai