Melinda hesitated to go with me to the Snakewood Pack, but she had no choice. Her life was in complete danger now that she was being hunted by Randalf’s men and the only way to protect her was for her to come with me to my dad’s territory, where I could have my eyes on her all day, just as the Snakewood sentinels would do everything, even give their lives, just to make sure the daughter of their Alpha would survive the threat from the Ivory Pack.The Pack that was once my home—that was once I loved.Before the first ray of sun struck between the stratocumulus clouds covering the morning sky, Evander had already brought me and Melinda safely into the garden, and no one even questioned our disappearance, which made me a little curious.“When the lights went out, I asked Sheiyan to pretend to be you, sleeping soundly in your bed,” Evander explained after he shifted back into his human form.Alec was still dressing somewhere. He asked the sentinels that were posted at the gates of the gar
“Tell me, why are you here, Alec?”Evander’s irritated look went to the Alpha of the Agarwood Pack. I could tell how much he wanted to get rid of my former mate but Alec stood his ground and met Evander’s glare with a cold, ‘I don’t give a f*ck’ look.Alec raised an eyebrow at him. “Don’t get me wrong, Edgerton. I don’t like being here as well. But I want to know what you folks are up to. I know this isn’t my sh*t but I can’t just sit down and watch all of you do something stupid. And you know what I mean.”“Alpha Alec is right. We shouldn’t make reckless decisions and hide them from the Alpha King. This is complete treason, Evan. And Holly is pregnant! She is in the very delicate stage of her pregnancy. We can’t risk any more plans, just like you did last night.”Sheiyan folded her arms around her chest with a worried look for me and his brother. I felt guilty that I dragged all of them into this and put their lives at risk. But we did it. We finally have Melinda and we know how to r
[ALPHA EVANDER's Point of View]“Goddess gracious! What happened here?!”I didn’t look at him. I just let my head hang on the backrest of my chair and breathed slowly. All I felt was this void swirling in my chest like a black hole in the middle of a pitch-dark infinity and the prickling, throbbing pain on the broken knuckles of my hand that was deliberately healing.I knew Kian was now furious after what I did to my office.Still dizzy, I pulled my heavy head back to look at Kian’s bewildered face. His jaw dropped while he scanned and calculated the damage I did. And then, with bleary, drunken eyes, I looked around and felt ashamed that I had totally lost every control I had left in me after what happened in the Snakewood Palace.After Holly and I’s argument.“For the love of the Moon Goddess, Evander! What are you doing with yourself!”I blinked. I barely remember what I did. But even I was shocked at the destruction I caused while being so drunk last night. Since Holly stayed in he
[HOLLY’s Point of View]“The baby is growing well. I can’t tell what the gender is yet but the fetus is strong.” Melinda murmured as her bony fingers felt my still-flat belly. “The baby is six weeks old, to be estimated.”“Do you think I can do it? That I can still fight and retrieve the pearl in my condition?” I asked Melinda with determination in my voice. “I don’t want to just stay here in the palace doing nothing while everyone is risking their lives to fight Randalf and his men. I have to do something to make things right.”Melinda lowered her face. Her dark, kinky hair covered the scar on her left cheek as she spoke softly, carefully, “Maybe the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack is right. Maybe you should just stay here and let them work on this, my lady. He is a very powerful Alpha, next to the Alpha King. I am sure he would do everything to retrieve that pearl for you.”“Yes. He is a powerful Alpha, Mel.” She looked into my eyes when I gave her a nickname that she must have never he
“You have been staring at your phone the whole day, my lady.”I was startled when Melinda entered my room with a hot glass of milk and some food for breakfast. I told the maids to inform dad that I wasn’t feeling well enough to join him in the dining hall, so I asked them to just bring me the food to my room.It’s been a week and Evander hasn’t even called or texted me since we argued about me wanting to go after the pearl. I called him several times but I couldn’t contact his phone. Sheiyan was here three days ago and she told me that Evander was away somewhere and even Kian couldn’t tell her where their Alpha went.There was something wrong. Definitely wrong, as I tried to feel him through our mate bond and he was silent. There was nothing on the other side of the bond, no matter how many times I tried to tug it. I desperately tried to know what he was thinking or doing. It was as if I were cut from him and it terrified me. I needed to know where Evander was. Kian had already sent m
“You can’t do this, lady Holly! Once your father knows about it, he will blame your husband if anything bad happens to you!”“Only if something bad happens to me, Melinda.” I smiled at her but there was no mistake that fear was still etched on my pale face. “The Forbidden Lake is just a little far from the Ivory Forest. And if I reach the end of the woods, I believe I will find it. I have a strong feeling Evander was brought there, Mel. I have to save my husband.” I said to her as I slipped my hands on the sleeves of my jacket.My heart broke when I went to Evander and I’s room and found out that he didn’t fix any of it or even use the room again after the failed assassination. The bed remained destroyed in half. The stain of the splattered blood of the dead enemy still stained the walls and there were splinters and parts of wooden furniture scattered all over the floor. Even Melinda was horrified when we entered the place. I, on the other hand, relived that awful memory in my head as
“Stop playing around, Irina! What did you do to Evander?! Where is my husband?”“All I can say is he doesn’t want to see you, big sister,” Irina said while her eyes were admiring her purplish, glittery nails.There was poison in her voice when she uttered the last two words despisingly. She wrinkled her nose in disgust and sneered, “Oh, I forgot. You are not my real sister, right? I wish Dad had just left you to die. Maybe our lives are different now. Maybe I am happier now!”I scowled at her. “Your greediness and envy will never make you happy, Irina. You all brought doom to yourselves!”“Ungrateful b*tch!” She hissed at me, more like a viper than a she-wolf. Kian stepped in front of us, shielding me from Irina.But from behind the shadows, another tall and muscular silhouette stepped into the moonlight, just behind Irina, and then my heart just stopped. A silent gasp escaped from my mouth as I watched Evander walk closer to Irina. His face was blank and his eyes were distant.Like s
I thought I saw something that flashed in my eyes and something snapped back into place within me—a piece of the puzzle that had been missing for weeks. The static noise of a familiar tune linked my mind back to my mate’s soul. My husband’s very essence.Everything happened so slowly in my head as my husband jumped in front of me and my eyes widened. I saw the bullet buried straight in his right shoulder and he roared in pain and anger, making the ground tremble. Fresh, crimson blood gushed from the bullet wound and it didn’t heal because of the silver metal.Irina’s eyes widened. “H-How did you recover from that spell?!” she yelled in both shock and anger and then turned to the witch, who was hiding behind a tree not too far from her. “Sophia! What happened?!”The poor witch trembled; her frail little body almost collapsed as she saw Irina’s rage. “I-I don’t know, my lady! I made sure I got a tight grip on his mind! He was completely under your command—”“Useless b*tch!” Irina yelled