A tense silence ensued after Alvira’s outburst; she wanted Elsie to feel burning shame that she revealed her secret to everyone: that she had slept with three men in this very room. Alvira then begins to give a slow, mocking clap with a wicked smile. “I mean, it could even be more if she had gotten her grubby hands on Kaide!” She shouts when she feels a painful tug from Rygan, who channels an order for her to stand down. “Calm down, Alvira; you’re drunk,” he warns her, but she ignores Rygan's warning. Maybe it was the wine that was giving her drink courage, but she didn’t back down. “Why should I sit down when the cause of all our troubles is right there? She is a liar, and nothing she says should be believed,” she points out to Elise. But instead of seeing the reaction she was waiting for, Elise's lips stretched out into an amused smirk, and as she was enjoying Alvira drunkenly humiliating herself, it was like a dam of anger had burst into Alvira's emotions as she stalked o
“Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t be snapping both your heads off right now! Talk now!” Rygan roars out as he pushes his claws deeper into Kaide's neck, cutting off the airflow from his throat as the beta sputters out blood. And with each given silence, Rygan landed punch after punch to Kaide’s face, he didn’t care until his hands bled, knowing full well they both betrayed him and the woman he loved with his heart. The beta groaned out as he began to lose vision from Rygan’s hold, and at any moment he was sure to lose consciousness, but Kaide was as loyal as a dog to Alvira; he wouldn’t spill her secret, and their secret about Alana would lead them both to their deaths the moment they were found out. “Rygan!” Taz called from the door; his voice echoed, making the alpha pause as Taz marched in fast strides to where the three of them were. With the virus still pleading maniacally with a hand wrapped around Rygan's legs. He watched Alvira's horror-filled and tear-stricke
The moment Elise left the hall, she felt a sense of urgency in her veins to see her son, Hayden, right behind her, who hadn’t said a word but followed obediently by her side. She pressed hard on her hands, trying to stop them from trembling. She finally did it, finally giving her wrongdoers a taste of their torment. Before the dinner earlier, she had headed to the garden to calm her nerves from meeting Rygan and his pack after all these years and stumbled over hushed voices in the garden that belonged to Alvira and Kaide. It felt like a silver lining, hearing their secret come to light. And she did just that. And now she needed something to calm her; she needed to see her son. She rushed to the nursery, where the nanny played with Ethan, Camille’s granddaughter, and Alvira's daughter. She spots him playing with a doll, but the minute Ethan glances up, he gets excited. When he sees his mother step in, he runs to her and says, “Mom!” He says it excitedly as she watches him run
“Come out here, you killer!” Alvira raged at Elise outside her chamber doors, gaining the attention of onlookers. She had been under house arrest, but now she was let out, causing commotion because of an emergency she requested. Elise walked out to see a small crowd gathered outside, with Alvira clutching her child too tightly, who looked in pain and had a red mark on her lips that seemed to be blood. “What the hell is this, Alvira? You are not supposed to be here,” Rygan muttered the moment he came from his chambers after just a few hours of returning from his run. The dark eye bags under his eyelids could show he’d barely slept a wink, and right now he could barely look at Elise without feeling that constant hurt of not being the one she was with. “I know I’m being locked up, but that witch over there has poisoned my daughter!” she screamed. “I know that I did wrong things to you, Elise, but to hurt my child? You are a sick monster! You better hope she lives” She accused,
“They took him,” Hayden says. Those words ring like a cold iron bell as Elise stays frozen by his words, her face contorted into one of confusion and horror. She can barely make a word out as she pulls back her hand and caresses Hayden's face. “W-What?” “I don't—agh!” He groaned, his next words blocked by another spill of gray blood sputtered from his lips. But Elise could barely think at that moment. Not when her son was taken by the enemy. “Elise, look at me!” Rygan cuts in, “I have sent words to my troops, but we need to get Hayden out of here; it's not safe!” Rygan's voice echoed until it broke her dark thoughts. Elise felt his hands touch her wet face, and that’s when she realized she was crying. “I need to look for Ethan and my baby, Rygan. He can’t have gone far.“ Elise stands up; she feels lost as she begins to walk towards the tall trees, staggering with her thoughts all over the place and her vision blurred. Her thoughts were reeling with desperation, but until s
Kyren had already made plans to get past the ruins of the moon city after the attack. He hurried in haste to immediately make it back to his home before walls of suspicion against him arose. "Dexton, that bastard,” he muttered, pacing about. But as he sat waiting for his men to announce the coast is clear, his doors were slammed open, with the door crashing to the ground in a sudden rush. He saw Rygan in his line of sight before he could react, and Rygan raced to him at light speed and already had him in his hold, the alpha's arm raised, punching a mighty blow to Kyren’s chin that made the alpha stumble back. His concubine, who had watched the scene unfold in front of her, screamed in shock at Rygan’s assault on her king. “I have been waiting to fucking do that,” Rygan muttered as he reached for Kyren again, this time pinning the Darknight Alpha to the wall. Wielding punch after punch made Kyren dizzy and slow to react to Rygan’s beastly strength. And behind him walked Elise
“Ethan is my son.” Rygan felt the goosebumps on his skin rise the moment he realized what Kyren was talking about; his body had never felt so heavy, and his tongue felt too numb to mutter any words till now. “Ethan is mine,” he said again, and Elise stiffened in his realization. She dared not turn around and look at him; she couldn’t move and couldn't breathe. *I’ll fucking kill you*, she warns Kyren, who raised his hands in mocking defeat. “Do not blame me, dearest; I never told him; he found out on his own; I just wanted to prove my innocence on the whole matter, but you know by my mark you are still mine.” The words died down on his lips when his gaze finally moved to Elise's exposed hand. There was no mark; it was gone! Her gaze turned cruel as ice as she moved her hair from her nape, showing fresh porcelain skin also gaining Rygan’s attention. “I am owned by no one, free from your mind tricks or physical bond,” she said to Kyren, but Rygan felt a punch to his heart,
“No way in absolute hell are you going alone with that bastard.” Hayden’s voice echoes through the tent as Elise tells him of her agreement with Rygan. He was more than livid that she had agreed to go along with him to the human lands. “Hayden, after all I’ve been through, do you think I'd even want to be in that situation? But with the circumstances right now, I have to get Ethan back!” She argues with a soft caress to his face. “You have taught me all there is to know about human attacks and their weapons; I can handle it, Hayden,” she assures. “Then I will be going with you,” he argues as he lifts his hands to hold onto her wrist and presses a deep kiss to her palm. “I have to go with you,” he calls with a desperate tone. “You are wounded, Hayden, as pale as a ghost, and I know bits of the poison are still inside your blood. I also have to find a viable antidote to help cure you.“ "Angel, look at me. I am fine. I will heal, but I need to follow you. There is no discus