Ella's POVSaying that I regretted coming to Ryker was an understatement. I never thought for once that he would not believe me.Hearing him ask those questions tore me down to the last shred.I realized yet again that I was very stupid for thinking that he would take me with open arms or at least offer something that could be worth it.And now to make it worse Willow was back.Ryker and I turned to the door with wide eyes, wondering if the sound of her voice had just been in my head but there she was with a large fake smile on her face.My heart started beating fast.This was not in my plan. I hoped I would get a sort of agreement with Ryker before Willow returned home.Now everything was back to ground zero."Baby!" She exclaimed as she waltzed into the room and wrapped her arms around Ryker not even caring that we were standing just a few feet apart."I missed you so much, baby!" She wined plastering hundreds of kisses on Ryker's face.But when she broke away from him, her cold blu
Michael’s POVDays passed and there was still no sign of Ella. I sent my men to ravage the forest and surrounding towns, but Ella was nowhere to be found.I was starting to grow frustrated as the days went by. My plan was going to be ruined if I let her just disappear like that. She was the key to everything. Andrew was ready to hand over the entire pack to my waiting hands after the ceremony and now she was missing.A knock at the door pulled me out of my thoughts and I raised my head to find Jason with a serious look on his face.“Any news, Jason?” I asked, getting to my feet but my hope died down almost as soon as it was born. He shook his head drew one of the chairs and sat down.“We have searched every inch of the forest and the wastelands. We even went to her course mates in college but none of them had her. Finding her as has become as hard as finding a pin in the middle of the ocean, man. I don’t know what to do anymore,” Jason said.“Damn it!” I cursed, kicking off the chair
Michael’s POV"Selena, we can still talk about this... Please my love—""Guards!" She yelled, cutting off my words and that was when I knew it was over.Her eyes glared at me with such fire I knew there was no turning back. I was doomed. My plans were ruined."Selena please, my love don't do this!" I tried to plead with her for the last time but she refused to listen to me.She started screaming for the guards and I knew that staying there was going to do more harm than good. The last thing I needed was for Andrew to find me there, he would definitely doubt my intentions.Quickly, I slipped out of her room before the guards arrived and I hid in the next room.As Selena screamed at them to find me and keep me away from her, I glued myself to the wall and squeezed my eyes shut.This was bad. This was very bad and I had to think of a new plan as soon as possible.I waited for the guards to move away and as soon as they did, moved out of the room I was hidden in and returned to my room w
Ryker's POV I could still hear Ella's cries even as I returned to my room. My wolf was fighting my resolve. I wanted to run to her and hold her in my arms but I found myself stuck in a dilemma.A part of me wanted to believe her. A part of me wanted to treat her right but another part of me strongly believed that Willow couldn't lie to me.She couldn't harm anyone. She was very sweet and innocent. She cared about everyone around her and she wouldn't want to harm anyone but Ella had dared accuse her of attempted murder.That couldn't have been right.But then again, why would Ella lie to me about Willow?A thousand thoughts went through my head and I walked into the shower for a cold bath, hoping to ease the stress I was going through.It did work but the moment I stepped out of the shower, the pain and stress returned. This time, I became worried about how Willow would handle all these.In front of Ella, she maintained her calmness and she didn't say a word about me. But how did she
Michael's POVEverything was finally making sense to me. Now I got why David always supported Selena, even when it was crystal clear that she was wrong.I also understand why Selena was nothing like Andrew or what people said the Luna had been like...My head started spinning as I began calculating how I could use this information against them or for my own benefit.But first, I had to get away from there before they saw me. I had to catch them unaware.Quickly, I slipped out of the room as silently as I had come and returned to my room.There were two things I heard from their conversation that were very important to me.The first was that Selena was David's daughter; the second was that Ella was at Willow's pack and if I wanted to maintain my plan, I had to get to her before Selena and her friend decided to kill her.That was the first and direct plan. The second would be to find proof that showed that Selena was truly David's daughter and who Ella was...Sleep slowly took over me b
Ryker's POVAs the first rays of the sun seeped into the window, I hated the feeling that clutched my chest.It was morning and that meant, it wouldn't be long before Willow called Selena to come get Ella.My wolf still found the idea too hard to swallow but I was stuck in a dangerous point and I didn't know what to do.For starters, I didn't trust Selena, the crystal pack princess. The last time she came to my place, she had mentioned that Ella was presumed dead but if I followed what Willow was telling me —and what Ella had confessed to— Ella had been in Crystal Pack all along...But Selena had said they didn't know her whereabouts and that her uncle was worried sick and that was why they needed Willow to go back with her so she could speak to him.Yet Ella surfaced from there with a pregnancy that was either mine or for some guy in Crystal pack...The story wasn't adding up and I didn't feel good about it.There seemed to be a lot of the story that was purposely left out. I felt pl
Ella's POVTears were streaming down my eyes as I couldn't believe what was happening. When Ryker mentioned that my family was coming to take me, at first, I thought it was only a joke.But when he insisted, I began to hope that it would be Aunt Emily and maybe even Alpha Andrew... I was already preparing to tell them the truth but as the tables turned, my heart was broken and all hope was gone.There was no way Selena coming to get me was a good thing. Only the goddess knew what drama she must have created in my absence and then what she would have told the rest of the family...The only thing that calmed me was the fact that David was with her. At least a part of me still felt safe."Ella, why did you do it?" He asked again snapping me out of my thoughts.I looked up at him, I opened my mouth to speak but I couldn't bring out the words.How was I supposed to tell him what I knew when Selena was here too?Seeing how shocked I was, he drew closer and wrapped his arms around me, pullin
Ryker’s POVSomething wasn’t right and I felt it. From the way Ella looked at me from the strange exchanges between Selena and Willow, I was having a very bad feeling.I tried to ignore it. I tried to pretend like everything was fine and that Ella was no longer my business, but I couldn’t do it. As soon as Willow walked back into the house, I grabbed my car keys and went after them.As I held on tightly to my steering wheel, I had no idea what I was doing. My wolf was on edge as if Ella was in some kind of trouble even though it didn’t make any sense. She was with her father and cousin. What could go wrong?The more rational part of me told me that everything was fine and that I was just thinking too much, but my wolf refused to believe this. It pushed the panic in me, and I drove even faster. About twenty minutes later, I caught a glimpse of the pink SUV in the distance.I wanted to drive to their level and probably offer to escort them down to Crystal Pack borders at least. Even if