“Evander, wait!”I grabbed his hand so forcefully that Evander swiveled, and his dark eyes met mine. I was taken aback by that stern look on his face but I gritted my teeth and glared at him, letting him know how mad I was when he walked out of the council meeting hall.He was already halfway down the hallway towards the library building when I“You heard Shei. You should stay away from me, Holly.” He snarled in his husky voice; his eyes were burning with anger yet his face remained cold and composed. “You are not safe around me, Holly.”I made my face as cold and hard as steel. There was no way he would let this happen! I won’t let him push me away again just because he wasn’t sure if he could protect me or not! “I don’t need protection, Evander. I don’t need anyone to watch over me. I can take care of me! I can protect myself and our baby and I can fight!I expected him to explode into anger and scream at me but Evander, despite the deadly look on his scary calmed face answered to m
“Happy to see you woke up with all your limbs still intact, Holly.”Alec’s snide remarks made Evander growl as he glared at the Agarwood Alpha. “What are you doing here, Alec? Are you not needed on your own turf? I noticed you have been spending too much time here. You are enjoying too much in this place, Alec.”Alec raised an eyebrow at my husband. His eyes went soft on me and then he smirked at Evander, taunting my husband very early in the morning. “Well, I don’t think your crew can handle this so you should thank me for helping you, Evander. Admitting to yourself that you are lucky to have me here won’t hurt that much.”Evander scoffed. “Asshole.”Shei rolled her eyes at the two while Melinda, as her usual self, just minded the food in front of her. I noticed how she loves pudding for breakfast.“Did anything happened?” Beta Kian asked, but when he realized his words had hidden meaning to them and made Shei blush, he immediately added with a little panic, “I mean, not that, you kn
[Calm down, Holly.]How the hell could I calm down?!Evander was behind me as well as Alec. I didn’t care if Alec went with us. All I knew was that my whole body was trembling with both fear and trepidation for my father’s life.The guard led us straight to the bedroom of the Alpha King. I’ve never been into this part of the Snakewood Palace and that’s how I realized how sad it was that I wanted to get away from this place so badly to be with my husband that I hadn't even considered how my father would feel about it.Tears rolled down my face as the sentinels guarding my dad’s room opened the heavy wooden door decorated with gilded linings and exquisite carvings—the map of his realm.Sometimes, when dad acted so natural and silly in front of me during our breakfast bondings, I always forgot he was a king. An Alpha King who had been protecting his people and his realm and had been restoring peace between packs and their alphas. I forgot that he was a powerful man who destroyed so many
“Got Daddy’s approval to finally like your husband?”I frowned and turned to see Alec walking towards me with his hands in his pockets. There was a taunting grin on his face that I didn’t like so I answered him with a glare.“Why are you even here, Alec? It’s a family matter. You are not supposed to be in here.” I snapped at him as he stood beside me while staring at the Alpha King’s bedroom door. Evadner was still inside, talking with Dad, and my heart had been beating so loud and nervous, wondering what kind of conversation they were having.“I’m here for the Alpha King, Holly. Of course, I am worried for him as well. This realm will fall if we lose the man who has been keeping the peace on this continent. I will never let Randalf win this war, Holly. After what he and Irina did to you and the people of this realm, I swore to myself that I would stop them with everything I had." His eyebrow rose with distaste as he looked back at the door and crossed his arms against his chest. “Eve
[IRINA’s Point of View]“Irina! Don’t you turn your back on me!”I felt like I was going to explode at any moment—that if I didn’t walk out of the room, I might forget that he was the man who brought me into this world. I tried my best to suppress the boiling anger in me. I couldn’t accept my recent defeat after I failed to kill the woman who ruined my life! The girl who ruined everything for me and my father! Who ruined the pack that took care of her her whole life!That ungrateful b*tch! I wanted to smash her like an insect in the palm of my hands. Torture her until she begs me to end her suffering. But, of course, I won’t make it easy for her. I wanted her to watch every person she loved die in front of her eyes, begging her to save them or screaming and blaming her for the fate that happened because she came into their lives.I wanted her to wish she never existed!“I already explained it to you, Dad. That’s all that happened! I nearly got her!”Dad glared at me, his face shudderi
[ALEC’s Point of View]My eyes darted when I heard the rustling of bushes near the gazebo I was sitting on.My whole body tensed and my mind became completely alert when I leaned forward to prepare and defend myself from anything—or anyone—behind the thick undergrowth just behind where I was sitting. My fingers flexed and my nose searched for any strange smell until I caught that familiar scent, a scent that I knew belonged to.I thought I was just hallucinating, though. After a few bottles of wine and refusing to eat breakfast, my mind slowed down until I couldn’t process anything anymore. That’s what I wanted. To stop thinking and feeling everything around me.To stop the guilt that had been eating me from the inside.I almost jumped when she stood on the shrubs and my eyes widened. I gazed at the face I never expected to see at my mansion in the Agarwood Pack.“Goddess! You almost gave me a heart attack!” My hand automatically went to my chest as I shifted my seat, still wary of th
[HOLLY’s Point of View]The wood creaked as I tightened the rope on the headboard of our bed. I was worried this might leave scratches on my husband’s wrists tomorrow but Evander made it clear that I had to tighten it or he had to leave the room to make sure he wouldn’t hurt me if ever the spell might overtake his consciousness again.I gritted my teeth as I pulled the rope tighter and heard Evander’s hiss. I hated it as much as he did but we both knew it was only temporary. The Blackwood and Snakewood patrol soldiers had finally tracked down Randalf’s men towards their camp and we were all just waiting for the soldiers to return so we could plan the attack and the Ambroses’ entrapment.“Do you think this will work?” I asked him as I sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the bare feet. I wiggled my toes and then sighed as I lifted my face and saw my reflection in the mirror of my vanity table. Since I got pregnant, it has become rare for me to criticize my looks. As I gazed into my
[ALPHA EVANDER’S Point of View]We didn’t waste any more seconds and went straight to the mountains. All of us shifted into our wolf form besides Mel, who was riding on the back of one of the female medics. I had twenty shifters with me. Two medics, eleven soldiers, five patrols, and then Melinda and Alpha Alec Aoki. I didn’t know why Alec insisted on joining my team but I had a feeling it was about Mel.I didn't know what reason he had this time but I couldn’t trust him completely. What if he came here to kill her in the woods? I knew my wife told me before that Alec was never involved in Irina’s plan when that wretched woman kidnapped her. But I had to make sure. I had to think of the worst before it happened. I just wish my instinct was wrong or I will be forced to kill Aoki with my own hands once he does something to Melinda.The sky was dark with heavy gray clouds billowing over us. I smelled rain would fall any minute as the earth permeated that musky scent, distracting my nose