“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
The truck starts with a rumble of the engine as the car roars to life, with Hayden at the wheels and Rygan in the front seat while Elise is in the back passenger seat. Hayden speeds through the dark road as the car is left in a tethered silence, and as much as Rygan would like to shift to his wolf rather than stay for hours in this uncomfortable contraption made by the humans, he wants to listen to Elise. Rygan’s eyes move to the rearview mirror, his gaze following Elise, who is now fast asleep. He watches the slow rise of her chest, from the curl of her long lashes to that familiar and natural pout on her lips when she is asleep. It still feels surreal that Elise is alive and he has a son with her, a son they made out of love—a love he took for granted and a love that is still alive. He can't help but imagine tasting those pillowy sweet lips, or the moans she made when they made love, her insides clenching on his cock during her climax, and how he wants so badly to leave love
An agreement was made to continue the journey after the rain let up, and Elise headed into the bathroom, leaving the alphas alone. Half an hour later, she emerged from the bathroom with her roots freshly dyed into temporary dark brown locks. With a grimace on her face, she hated every second of it. She tried not to look too much in the mirror as she reached for the door. This time she headed out of the bathroom fully dressed in a white tank top and jean shorts paired with sneakers and a checked jacket. She still couldn’t figure out why humans had impractical shoes. Was she supposed to run in these shoes? She wondered. The moment she came out, her eyes locked with Rygan, who had also changed from his pack attire to a new one: a grey shirt underneath a biker leather jacket and jeans, with Hayden wearing a black long-sleeve top. Their alpha stature made the tops appear tight compared to their towering build in those clothes. but they look as human as they could get “I’ll go d
“What the heck happened back there?” Hayden asked as he pressed the pedals of the truck, making the engine of the car speed off into the night. Elise's hands were clutched to her chest. “Do you know how dangerous that was? You could have called us!” “I am not a weak woman, Hayden,” she snapped. “The males were being disgusting, but yes, I had to start a fight to distract them,” she said to them. “That was reckless,” Rygan scolded too, and Elise was tired of hearing their nagging and answered with an eye roll. “I know, I know what I did was dangerous, but I needed to do it,” she said to both males who peered at each other before they turned to look at her. “To do what?” they asked Elise as she reached into her pockets. “This,” she said, raising her hands to show a paper she held with pride. “I overheard them; they were talking about meeting a client by the port and taking a boy as leverage with them, and I’m sure they were talking about Ethan, so we need to head to an east
The moment her eyes came across the human finger, Elise felt a sick twist of terror in her gut and heaved out all the contents of her system. Rygan rushed to her. “That’s Ethan’s clothes,” she stuttered. Her body trembled as she turned away from the severed human flesh. No, her baby boy, how could they be so cruel? She was going to kill them. Elsie felt like her sanity was leaving her until Rygan came into the room and saw her backed into a corner. Rygan rushed to the flesh; one look at it, and he rushed back to Elise, shaking her. "Elly, look at me,” he said to her. “That is not Ethan’s; that was made to scare you.” He assured her. Rygan’s face contorted with realization as he held tighter onto Elise. “They might not know it’s us, but they knew someone would be, and here, this is planned.” Elise's eyes widened. *Hayden! Hayden!* She called again, but there was no answer. They heard the sound of different feet running up the steps. And Elise knew it was armed men. But th