Emma walked to her side and sat at the edge of the chair and very gently touched her previous friend’s shoulders.“Please don’t say that.” Emma said. “It’s not your fault. It’s my fault too. I should have known it was luke who was mated to you. If I had rejected him, then you and I would still be best friends and everything will go back to normal and be just like the way it was before.Rachel cried more and Emma had to hug her friend as she felt the burden and sorrow pour into her own self. “But it’s me. I was so horrible to you.” Rachel said. “You had been nothing but a sister to me and I had treated you like dirt. I don’t know why or how you’ll forgive me.”“But i get it Rachel. You were hurting. I should have told you about Luke the moment I discovered that he was my mate. I know you feel betrayed believe me and to be honest. I didn’t want to come back to town. I was worried about it when Luke told me that we were moving back here I was against it. But then I thought about you and
MARIE’S POVMarie watched as everything happened in her very front. She felt partly responsible. Ashley had helped her when nobody had and just watching her being attacked and accused for stealing, she couldn’t bear it. She knew that Ashley hadn’t done it. It wasn’t new news that Beatrice hated Ashley, but then Mariana was in league and co horts with her? It didn’t make sense. She watched as she was dragged away and all the other she wolves cheered on.“This isn’t right.” She said to herself. Her friend turned to look at her. “I know. But we can’t do anything. Look at them. They are all supporting it. They never liked Ashley.”“But she didn’t do it. She doesn’t deserve to be flogged and be banished. If Alpha Felix was here then he would stop this.” She replied. Marie turned and looked at her friend.“You’re right!” She said. “Thank you so much.”“I don’t understand.” Her friend expressed confused. Marie ran to a room in the pack house and knocked. “Yes?” The bored woman who o
LIAM’S POV Liam had been standing at the retreat together with other wolves, mapping out the territory, while Ace gave him dirty warning looks.Liam mainly ignored him and dealt with the matter at hand. A member of his own pack came and handed him his phone.“Your som Alpha?” Liam collected the phone .What did the boy want now, he wondered. He picked up the call. “Dad?” Jeff said over the phone.“What is it Jeff?” Liam hissed not ready to here how he had lost a teddy beat or something again.“Dad something really bad is about to happen to Ashley.” Jeff said. Liam paused unable to believe what he had just heard.“What’s going on?” He asked quickly.“She is going to be beaten to death and if she survives she will be banished from the pack.” Jeff said. Liam felt a chill in his bones. “Is your nanny there?” Liam asked. “Yes.”“Give your nanny the phone.” He replied quickly. “My lord?” The nanny answered. “Is what Jeff saying true?” He asked. “Yes the women have Ganged up on he
LIAM’S POVLiam took Ashley up to his room and held her very gently to his body. A number of packs members followed him as he led her into his room. The Pack doctor came in with an attendant. “Please lay her very gently and on her stomach.” The doctor said. “And on her stomach. I need to examine her wounds. If she lays on her back it will hurt her.”Liam gently did as he was told and watched as the doctor started to take off her clothes. She looked up at him. “I’m about to undress her Alpha. Maybe you could turn.” She asked him. He shook his head. “There is no need for that.”She nodded and then she went on taking off the pieces of rags that was used to cover her body. Then her waist down was covered with the soft blanket. The doctor began to clean up her wounds. Squeezing them in a neat bucket until the clear water had become blood red. The doctor gave her attendant the bucket and it was changed. At that moment Jeff came rushing in. “Dad is Ashley okay? is she fine?” Jeff
RACHEL’S POVRachel rushed into the room, hurt from the slap that her husband had given her. In all their time married, he had never ever hit her before and because of Ashley he had done so. Behind her, Felix gave her a very violent shovel and she fell to the ground.“Stop.” She cried.He slapped her again and grabbed her by her hair. “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t just kill you here huh? Tell me.”“You’re hurting me.” She managed in pain. He roughly set her aside and she tried to gather herself together. Felix paced the room and the fixed himself a cigarette. “What’s wrong with you Rachel? What the hell is wrong with you?” He asked her. “Are you trying to sabotage me? Are you trying to drive me insane!”“Because I need to know and understand why you attacked Ashley. What was your fuxking reason. I leave that girl out every-time for a reason but you always choose to screw it up.” Felix said kicking a dresser and crashing it to the floor. Rachel jumped. “I know that Ash
LIAM’S POVLiam turned around, awoken by the sun rays. He had no idea that he had even slept off. He looked to his side and saw that Ashley was sound Asleep by his side. He sat up in bed and watched her. Her back was healed and the only trace of the previous night’s incident was the dark scars. He wished he could take them away from her. He wished he had saved her on time before she had even been beaten. He set a loose strand of her hair behind her ear as he watched her sleep. He felt a sudden need to protect her. How long had she been so badly maltreated? Felix had said that she had no family and was the daughter of a traitor. Wasn’t that red flag enough? He was bringing her to his own home. How could he even trust her? He was thinking when he heard a soft knock at the door. He rose up from his bed and walked to the door. It was Felix at the door. “Good morning Alpha Liam.” Felix greeted. Liam stepped out of the room and closed the door behind him to prevent waking her
BEATRICE’S POVBeatrice stood waiting with everyone else for Alpha Felix. He had called everyone in the pack and demanded an urgent meeting. It was all for that stupid Ashley. How had Alpha Liam come into the pack and find out that she was being flogged? Maybe she had sneaked and called him before everything. That didn’t make sense, but that was the least she could conjure up. She turned to look at Mariana who was calm and Luna Rachel. They were her co conspirators and if they were relaxed about it then there was no need for her to be worried. Her only annoyance was that the plan had fallen through at the last and dying moment. Ashley should be dead by now. The whole situation infuriated her further. “Alpha Felix has arrived.” A guard announced. They all rose to their feet. Alpha Felix walked to his throne and sat down. “I called this urgent meeting because there are disturbing facts that had occurred the previous night.” He said. “But first I will ask this question. Am I
But Mariana was showing her otherwise. “I never did. You’re lying! You’re the one who plotted everything!” Beatrice screamed. “Her and Luna Rachel were the ones who made up everything. They said that if we set Ashley up then we would get rid of her for Good. It’s not news or a new story that Ashley was hated by Luna Rachel! Everyone knew!”“Imagine this slut!” Luna rachel snapped. “Isn’t it obvious that she is jealous? She has been caught red handed and yet she is turning it all on me.”“If I set Ashley up what did I have against her?” Beatrice said. “Luna Rachel hates Ashley because of her mother who was her best friend. We all know she hates her and not just that Ace is in love with Ashley and it was eating her up inside. And as for Mariana? She wanted Ashley gone because Ace was going after Ashley and not her. She heard about the fight he and Alpha Liam had over her and she was angry. They all want her gone and with their own selfish benefits. Why would I want Ashley gone? She mean