Mia gave him an innocent look, her lips trembling. “What do you mean?” she asked, her eyes searching his. “I never betrayed you.”“Is that so?” Thomas asked, his voice dripping of bitterness. “Are you saying that you did not give my money to Jonathan?”Her face scrunched up in confusion. “What? No, of course not! He tried to force me to tell him, but I refused. It was your sister who gave him your bank account information.”“Nessa? How did she know my account information?”Mia shrugged. “I don’t know! I would never do something like that to you, Thomas. Not after everything you have done for me. I was willing to endure any kind of torture to protect you.”Thomas stared at her, the stormy look on his face not abating.She bit her lip and reached for his hand. He shifted out of her reach. Her brow dipped low. “Do you really believe the things they are saying about me?” she asked in a hurt voice. “Can’t you see what they are trying to do? They already took half of what you have, and now
“How did you get that video?” Henry asked Thomas as soon as he walked out of the interrogation room.“That part of the forest was once my territory,” Thomas explained. “I had installed cameras to monitor intruders and they are still in place and I get the feeds on my side.”“Do you have the entire footage? Maybe we can find something about Eleanor,” Henry suggested. “Sophia said that she saw Jonathan taking her away.”“I do,” Thomas replied. “I’ll go fetch it.”After Thomas got the drive with the entire footage, they went to watch it in the lounge room.It was hours long and they skipped to the part where Mia and Sophia were fighting. A few minutes after the scene where Thomas had pasued the video while showing it to Mia, Eleanor came into view.She looked prepared to join the fight but before she could, Jonathan sneaked up from behind and covered her face with a cloth.Sophia turned to look towards the commotion but did nothing to help Eleanor. Instead, she kept fighting Mia while Jo
After the talk in Jonathan’s throne room, Eleanor instructed his guards to show her to one of the rooms in the packhouse.She was untied but remained confined for the rest of the day. The next day however, Jonathan gave new instructions.She had the freedom to move around the compound, but under surveillance.It was his way of showing good faith so that she could see he did not want her as a captive but as a partner. To Eleanor, it was the perfect opportunity to get a lay of the place.She would quietly accept his hospitality while plotting how to take him down and communicate with the others. However, her attempts to reach out to either Henry or Sophia through mindlink were futile.Walking around the packhouse, she noticed that it was full of the white oak smell she had detected before among the rogues who had attacked Darkfall and also from Jonathan when he infiltrated Blackstorm.Did it have other purposes besides hiding their true identities? Was it the reason she could not commun
Before Eleanor could talk to the girl, Jonathan walked out of the house and onto the courtyard.Everybody, the girls and the guards included, stopped what they were doing and stood on alert, heads bowed and trembling in fear.Eleanor was the only one who watched him as he made his way over until he was standing right in front of her. He smiled at her before raising his voice to address everyone in the courtyard.“Everybody, I want you to meet Eleanor,” he said. The bowed heads rose in sync and every pair of eyes in the courtyard focused on her. While everyone watched, Jonathan reached forward and took her hand. “Eleanor is my Luna from today and should be treated and respected as such.”Gasps rose from the girls, and Eleanor could feel eyes digging into her like lasers. Just a few moments ago, she had declared that she was not here to vie for Jonathan’s attention and even said she was not his mate.Now, here he was, declaring that she was his Luna. What was he playing at? What happene
Eleanor did not believe for a second that Jonathan wanted to help Alpha Elroy take over Darkfall.From what she had gleaned so far, Jonathan wanted complete control of the packs he was targeting. He wanted to get rid of the Alphas and become a hybrid king ruling over werewolves.Why would he give Darkfall, one of the most prestigious werewolf packs, to another Alpha? He was more likely to use Elroy to get control over Darkfall.Alpha Elroy was one of those who had tried time and again to take some of Darkfall’s territories with no success. He must think having an ally like Jonathan was what he needed to finally achieve victory.How Eleanor saw it, Jonathan wanted the two packs to fight against each other. When they wore each other out, he would simply waltz in and take over both of them. It was the oldest trick in the book when it came to overcoming two enemies at once.Blackstorm had been his first target, and he had successfully created enough chaos through Mia to bring the pack to
Jonathan licked his lips, a thrill of pleasure coursing through him as he watched Eleanor’s face fill with caution. A shadow of fear covered her eyes, even though she did not let it show on her face.It made him admire her even more. As far as she knew, the liquid he was holding had the power to bewitch her and leave her at his mercy.Did she think she could somehow overcome it? Was that why her fear was not winning over, or was it because she was as fearless as the rumours said?She was undoubtedly braver than most warriors he had come across. Even in the face of something that could bring her to her knees before him, she did not break. He wondered what would be enough to break her.Would she show this same resilience if he executed her mate right in front of her eyes? Or would she beg him to spare his life and submit herself to his will?He had wanted so much to force her to submit to him, but unfortunately, he had run into an unexpected obstacle.“Relax,” he told her, putting the t
After leaving the laboratory, Jonathan finally left Eleanor on her own. Unlike before, she did not have any guards trailing her. But she knew if she so much as tried to take a step outside the packhouse, there would be a pack of them watching her every move.She knew this was her chance to make her move. He had given her three days, but she had no idea how long it would take to get all the information she needed.She also had to find a way to either communicate to the others or a way to escape if she could not ask for backup.For now, her best hope was that one of the girls Jonathan kept here could somehow help her get what she needed. She had no idea how to help them break the control Jonathan had over them, but if she could find a way, maybe some of them would be willing to work with her.She wandered into the west wing of the house, where all the girls had disappeared earlier. Before she could get to the rooms, she came across a living area and spied the young blonde girl she had w
Livi whimpered and pulled her hand out of Eleanor’s right away. Jonathan walked into the room and shut the door behind him, his eyes moving from one to the other suspiciously. “What the hell is going on here?”Eleanor shot to her feet, shielding the trembling girl with her body. “Nothing, we were just chatting.”“Chatting about what?” Jonathan asked. His eyes dropped to Livi, who had gotten to her feet. “You know that you are not supposed to let anyone but me into this room.”“It’s totally my fault,” Eleanor jumped in before Livi could say anything. “She warned me but I did not think it would do any harm. I might have been too pushy.”Jonathan’s eyes narrowed as he scoffed. “Is that so?”“Yes,” Eleanor said. “Since I will be staying here for a while, I thought it would be nice to get to know some of the girls better.”“What did you talk about?” Jonathan asked, walking towards them. “Livi here is always so quiet, I never figured her out as a talkative person. I’m surprised she invited