•• Abigail’s POV •••My trembling hand gripped the phone hard, and I had to take a deep breath to calm myself down.Mom had asked me to act flirtatiously when calling Alpha Maximillian, but she knew how much it tortured me.My heart was beating fast due to my fear of having to seduce the most ruthle
“I have the antidote for you after you finish your task,” she said casually, as if my life and my baby’s life were not important.“The poison will only make you nauseous, but it has the potential to harm the baby,” she said as she looked at her perfectly manicured nails.What…Why…Why must I risk t
•• Arabella’s POV •••I opened my eyes and groaned because of the discomfort I felt along my body.Lifting my head up, I checked my surroundings to see I was in some sort of… dungeon?There were metal chains along the walls, but fortunately, I wasn't tied to the wall.Instead, I was sitting down and
Or that he would divorce me after getting the resources he needed to strengthen his pack and then marry his rapist?Did he think I was so naive and stupid that I would believe his bullshit?How lucky he was that I still couldn't talk or would’ve retorted him until he couldn't talk back."Abi, releas
•• Arabella’s POV •••I wanted to free myself.I wanted to warn everyone to be careful.I wanted to kill Abigail and her mom.I wanted to scream in frustration.Yet I couldn’t do anything except to sit here quietly like a useless puppet.I had given up hopes of mindlinking anyone or freeing myself.
“How could Max… How could Cryrus… How could they do this to us, Ari?” she sobbed in anguish. “I thought Max loves you. I thought he was a reliable mate. But why… why is he having sex with Abigail… Why is he betraying you…”I could feel Iris’ heartbreak.Seeing Max fucking Abigail was too much for he
•• Arabella’s POV •••After some time, Shawn came back carrying a hacksaw, and I breathed in relief.“This should be enough to cut through those chains…” he muttered as he squatted in front of me to free my feet first.“Do these chains not have magic on them?” I asked him curiously.“No,” he said as
I didn't need to see who those pairs of arms belonged to.His hold and scent were too familiar to me. Those arms and scent always enveloped me at night.“Arra, are you okay?” Max’s deep voice asked me.“Just a bit weak,” I told him.“Ari!” Rosa approached us and held me up while Max patted my body t
He nodded fervently and repeated my words like a mantra, “You are right. My woman is always right; even when you are wrong, you are right.”And I couldn’t hold back my laughter anymore.“You better remember that,” I warned him.“I will,” he promised earnestly, adding, “We better finish our shower so
•• Rosa’s POV •••“Jax... What... What are you doing here?”He didn’t answer my question but began taking his clothes off while gazing at me with such a scorching gaze that it made me blush.When he was naked, he stepped in front of me and pulled away my hand and arm, pinning them above my head with
“You wanted to give me the stone? So there shouldn’t be any tests?” I asked her incredulously.She stayed silent, and I knew who the real culprit was.I stood up and glared at the only mischievous person in the room. “Dad!”“Rosa, my daughter, I wanted to show the Witch Queen of your power so far,”
•• Rosa’s POV •••Just what in the world is going on?“Rosa, are you okay?” Ari asked as she helped me to stand up.“What... How are you here?” I asked in shock. “What’s going on?”“Let’s talk once we get out of here, okay?” she asked and led me to the portal.“Wait!” I stopped moving. “Jax...”“Don
I didn’t struggle.I had chosen to be the sacrifice so Rosa could live, but I felt a pang in my heart when I saw tears running down Rosa’s beautiful face.Was this how our relationship was supposed to be?Were we really not meant to be together?“Jax!” Rosa stood up and ran toward me, only to be thr
•• Jaxon’s POV •••I drove a distance away from them, enough for them not to notice but close enough for me not to lose sight of them.It wasn’t a wonder Dagon hid the stone at his last hideout.Damn demon, I thought to myself.What a pussy for using such a trick to wipe out the whole world after hi
“Dad? Elder? Lillian?” I called out to them as I looked around my surrounding only to be replied by the echoes of my own voice.Shit, this was bad!I never thought we would be separated like this!How in the world was I going to find the crys-Suddenly, I felt a very dark aura from the crystal that
•• Rosa’s POV •••After saying goodbye to Max and Ari, the four of us got into the car with Dad, in his real appearance as the driver, the Elder wizard sitting on the front passenger seat while Lillian and I sat at the back.I glanced around secretly and couldn’t find any sign of Jaxon, which I thou
The thought of Rosa dying made my heart feel like it stopped beating as my fear for her safety intensified.“Jax, Rosa might die. We can’t let it happen. We can’t let it happen,” Rhun kept mumbling in my mind and paced around, ready to take over my body to stop Rosa from going.“I will go with her.