[ALPHA ETHAN’s Point of View]“Tell me, James. Who made you join the pack? What pack were you from before you entered my turf?” I asked him without through my brows and James went rigid as he stood in front of me. His face was of pure terror.James, a fifteen-year-old who had just recently joined the pack and was recruited as a patrolman, brought suspicion on Melinda and Alec. I hate scaring young shifters but if what my friends said was true, then I should do something about it.“I…I was recruited by my brother, who is serving as one of your foot soldiers, sir.” He answered with a grimace as fear surrounded his face. “I want to serve and protect the Blackwood pack because it is now my home, where my brother and I live. Away from the Ivory Pack and the Ambroses.”My eyes sharpened as I heard the name, “You came from Ivory Pack?” I breathed threateningly.“Yes.” His lips trembled as tears started to form in his eyes. I didn’t know why I felt bad for him but I couldn’t show any mercy wh
[ALPHA EVANDER’s Point of View]“Are you sure about all of this, Evan? I am telling you that kid is leading us all into a trap!”I wish I could tell Alec about my plan, but I enjoyed seeing him anxious as we all headed to the spot where James told me that the Ivory Pack was waiting. I already informed my men, and even Melinda knew about it already. Hate me or not, but I would never feel bad making Alec look like a fool in front of everyone.Melinda seemed to enjoy it as well, as she suppressed a chuckle and then looked at me.“Let us see what we will find, Alec,” I told him as I wiped the sweat that beaded on my forehead, “I think it’s better if they come for us. That will give us a huge chance to know where they came from.”Alec scoffed. That was because he knew that made sense.I decided for us all to go on foot as we hiked the mountainside. We would do it slowly and silently as we hunted for them one by one after we concealed our scent with mud from the riverbed. The right and red
[HOLLY’s Point of View]A forest wildfire.The fire consumed everything that was on its way. All I heard were the shrieking and yelling of the dying as the fire licked their bodies. Trees crackled as embers flew up the sky where the violent wind blew it, making the fire spread all over the mountains. It was a sight of terror. A nightmare that I thought I would only have during my sleep. Petrified, I watched, and until my heart felt like it was going to burst and tears streamed down my face knowing that my husband and my friends were on that part of the mountain. Knowing that all of them had left to go to that place for a mission, all I could do was watch from the balcony of the Blackwood Manor, with Sheiyan and Kian on either side of me—their faces were pictures of pure horror.I waited for Kian to say that I shouldn’t worry about them. That Evander must have found a way to survive it. That he and the others were alright. But Beta Kian stood there with me; his mouth opened slightly in
[ALPHA EVANDER’s Point of View]I panted. Sweat dripped down my chin, and the clanking of the metal chains rang in my ear. I didn’t know how long I was imprisoned in this wretched camp, but I saw Alec and Melinda chained against the brick wall just like I was.Only Alec’s face was so brutally injured. There were huge bruises and cracked skin on his cheekbones that was still dripping blood down his shirt. His upper lip had cut, and his right eye was swollen and black.“W-What happened to him? What did they do to us?” I rasped. My throat was so dry it hurts when I speak.Melinda’s eyes were puffy red as she lifted her face to look at me and then at Alec, who was still unconscious. “They tranquilized you when you lunged to attack Irina.” Melinda answered weakly. She groaned and winced when she made an attempt to stretch her feet. That’s when I saw that her right leg was in a twisted position.I cleared my throat only to feel that soreness and sharpness that made me grimace. “Who did tha
I told Sheiyan everything that my husband told me, and we didn’t waste any second.We didn’t even bother packing things and went straight to the convoy that Beta Kian arranged for the both of us. My heart was pounding every second that Kian yelled instructions to his men to guard us with their lives, and Sheiyan made sure I was comfortable as she and Kian talked for fifteen minutes as the Beta gave Evander’s sister instructions. I watched how Kian’s face hardened as Sheiyan’s tears rolled down her face, and he dried it with his fingers before he pulled her into a tight embrace.That was how serious the situation was. If we didn’t leave immediately, we would all die in the hands of Irina’s men, and the bloodline of the Wakeham would end. Randalf would succeed in all his plans of kicking my father from his throne.I averted my eyes when Shei finally pulled away from Kian and went running straight inside the car. She slammed the door shut as she wiped her tears with the back of her hand,
[ALPHA EVANDER’s Point of View]“Hey! Where are you taking him!”Melinda’s voice echoed all over the prison pit where the enemies held us. Alec was too weak to even yell and glared at the prison guards as they put a collar on my neck and chained my hands together to drag me somewhere.I had a huge feeling Randalf had sent them to get me.“Shut up, hybrid! You disgust me!” One of the rogues spat in front of Melinda. Alec lunged himself on the beast but was held back by the chains that bound them to the brick wall. Melinda was so fear-stricken that her face went moon white. Her eyes widened after the rogue yanked me, and my weary body fell to the ground with a loud thud.My vision blackened for seconds as every inch of me ached. I could end that rogue in a blink of an eye, but it won’t help the three of us. I looked at Melinda and Alec and nodded slightly, telling them I would be okay. Melinda cried, but Alec understood that he had to stay alert to protect Mel if the situation escalate
[ALPHA EVANDER’s Point of View]The whole prison pit was filled with the noise of the chains as the prison guard brought me back from Irina’s tent after Irina decided I was too boring to accompany her the whole night.I was so lightheaded that I didn’t even bother looking at Melinda and Alec’s faces. Beads of sweat trailed down my face and body as the filthy smell of the pit overwhelmed my noise, making my other senses dull and numb. Every inch of me screamed pain and my throat and tongue felt like sandpaper in my mouth.Water was all my body pleading while I was chained back against the cold, bricked wall.How many days had we been staying in this cursed place? Three? Five? I already lost track of time. All I knew was we had to think of a plan for how to get away from here before their forces reached Blackwood and other parts of the realm. I miss Holly. Despite my body slowly deteriorating without food and water, my mind fought back as I thought about my wife and my child waiting fo
[HOLLY’s Point of View]Sweat rolled from my temple and trickled down my chin.I opened my eyes slowly, and I found myself in the middle of a burning forest. So scorching hot that I smelled my hair singed from the flames. Embers flew above like fireflies dancing in the wind, and I couldn’t scream; I couldn’t even let out a single sound from my parched throat while watching with horror everything that was being licked by the raging fire. I saw figures squirming, wriggling, and screaming in agony amid the blazing inferno, and I sobbed. I sobbed and screamed, wanting this horrible vision to go away. To stop playing in my head as everything dies and turns into ashes.I closed my eyes, and the crackling noises of burning trees stopped. The shrieks and the terrifying uproar of death disappeared just as much as the scorching heat. The first thing I did was check for any burns on my skin, and I found nothing. Then I realized I was in a different place. A place where it smelled so rancid and d