ARIANNA’S POVWe had driven into town for some more clothes and food that morning. It had been two days since our conversation and Carter had not said anything. He was on the phone with Max a lot. I had a feeling his silence had more to do with the fact that he couldn’t bottle me up and sell to any one that wanted it. Max had sold him the same logic I did. If my parts became too accessible, it would not fetch him a lot. He seemed to be having a hard time sitting with this. The man’s greed knew no logic. It made me realize that he would never be okay with just some fur. He would eventually want to strip me for parts. I had said very little, observing from far and letting him brood. He was extra irritable today. Shouting on the phone, slamming the fridge door. It was a tiny fridge, I didn’t think It would survive another attack from an angry wolf. I locked myself away in my office. Keeping out of his way. I needed to think of another way out of here. If his mood was any indication h
LUCIANO’S POVI arrived at Carter’s door late at night. The crescent moon was out already but I couldn’t wait the night. I needed to talk to him now. “Carter!” I screamed storming in without knocking. “Whoa. What’s with the screaming?” I heard a familiar voice answer. I looked over and saw Ciara sitting in the living room with Max. Seeing her again made me remember how this whole thing started. Somehow, she had made me act foolish. I hated her but I hated myself more. “Where is Carter?” I asked her.“Hell if I know. I haven’t seen him all day. What do you need? Maybe I can help.” “When was the last time you saw him?” I asked her, ignoring her offer to help. She had helped enough. “Last night, I think. Do you want to sit?” She asked pointing at the couch. “I’ll be back in the morning.” I walked out confused.I found a hotel for the night and got a room. I could not sleep however. If Carter had been out just one day, then he may not know where Arianna is. Arianna was taken days a
LUCIANO’S POVI had been waiting for Carter to show up for days. It was clear he was hiding out somewhere. He wasn’t coming home. I needed to go find him. Andrew had called to tell me what he had found. Carter left the pack about two days before I did, which was contrary to what Ciara had said. As for where he was, nobody knew. I packed my bag, and checked out. I sat in my car for ten whole minutes contemplating next moves. I had decided I would go back to the farm and check all its nearby towns. It would take me a long time but I had nothing else. My phone buzzed and I looked to see Andrew calling. “Andrew.”“So, I just got word that Carter is back at the mystic moon.” “What? When? I taught he was hiding out.” I said in disbelief.“I thought so too but he is thetr right now.” I threw the phone on the car sit and sped off in the direction of Carter’s house. I didn’t know what his game was but I would beat it out of him if I had to.Carter was having a drink in his living room w
ARIANNA’S POVI had tried staying conscious but I couldn’t. I drifted in and out of sleep. My eyes fluttered and I tried to get my bearings. Where was I?Last thing I remembered I was hiding from Luciano after he ran me off the road. My surroundings looked familiar. That door. I was back in the warehouse office. I got caught … I got caught. I fell unconscious with that thought. My memories kept coming back to me like dreams. It had not taken long to find me. He had dragged me along the road like a stubborn goat. “You’ll regret this!” His words came back to me. What had he done to me? Why couldn’t I keep my eyes open for more than a minute.“Hey, it’s your turn to get her.” I muttered sleepily. The baby had been fussy all night and I was exhausted. Luciano planted a kiss on my head before getting out of bed. I smiled and went back to sleep. She was his little girl, he would get her to stop crying. Just at the end of my vision I could see Carter, standing at our door holding our bab
CARTER’S POVI had been cooped up in this house for days. Whoever thought being an Alpha meant freedom was sorely mistaken. We had called all the wolves home for their own safety but rather than be grateful, they spent their days bickering.I should have left them out in the world where the hunters could find them. The wolves at the rocky mountains had gotten their pound in flesh. They had lost one of their own to hunters and had taken the lives of five hunters. Their Alpha set out to make a statement and he did. The hunters there had retreated immediately. They were not going to win an all war, not with the pack at full capacity. And now my wolves wanted to go out and get their pound of flesh. I already killed about eight hunters but they did not know that. And the group that took Arianna was not the group that killed my wolf. The locations were too far apart.They wanted their pound of flesh but I already got it. Now they were bickering because they missed the action. This was rid
CARTER’S POVI slammed my door shut and walked into the house. Why was he following me? Did someone suspect that I had Arianna? No one had seen me take her from the farm. Maybe they were just following anybody. It made no sense. Fucking hunters.“What has you in a bad mood?” Ciara asked me.“I should really start locking my door. Pour me a drink.” I sank into one of the chairs as she handed me a glass.“Where did you go?” She asked again“I planned to go meet Arianna. A hunter was following me.” I took a sip of my drink.“A hunter. Just one? That doesn’t sound right.” “I know. I don’t think the plan was to attack. He just wanted to know where I was heading.” I explained to her. “That means someone knows you have her. You need to put an end to this. Now!”“I know.” I was too exhausted for Ciara’s antics right now.“Then why are you here?” She was being erratic now. She had been losing her composure recently. “I could not take the chance that someone else was following me. I’ll go b
ARIANNA’S POVHis words made my skin tingle. I was not going to let him do this to me. I would fight him till I couldn’t fight anymore. “Turn!” I could feel him put every bit of power behind those words but I refused to break.His smug look from earlier was starting to turn into frustration. This was not going to be as easy as he had convinced himself it would be. He charged at me and threw me on the cold floor. I fell on my hand, trying to avoid hitting any other parts of my body. He dragged me out of the office into the open warehouse. “You bitch! You will do as you are told.” He screamed in my face and I spat in his. He turned away to wipe saliva off his face. If I thought he was angry before, I was sorely mistaken. He slapped me across the face and I fell back down to the floor. I looked around for anything, something to hit him with, someone to call for help, I would have taken anything at that point but there was nothing. “Turn!” He said again. The force of the command shoo
CARTER’S POV“If she won’t turn, what else can you do?” “If I knew the answer to that Ciara, I would be out there doing it.” She was getting on my last nerve.“Maybe just let her go. You can grab her again in … what? Six months, maybe less.” she said.“And what if hunters find her first? Raiding compounds filled with hunters by myself is not really a hobby of mine.” I took a swig of my drink. “Well, we have to think of something. If she is not responding to your Alpha speak she has to respond to something else.”“At least one of you has a spine.” I said, taking a jab at her.“What’s that supposed to mean?’ she was getting rilled up now. “You know exactly what it means. If I had told you where I kept her you would have blabbed to Luciano. And I always thought Arianna was the weak one, looks like I was mistaken.”“I am not weak! Is that why you still won’t tell me where you have her?” She had the audacity to sound hurt, like she did not come very close to ruining everything.“Of cour