XAVIER’S POVA frown covered my face as the name settled into my head.“Charles is her friend,” I pointed out to her.She nodded and sniffled at the same time. “That is what baffles me. Because it means that Charles has been lying to us all. I thought he cared about the people’s happiness… but this only proves that he works for Uncle Lartes. He was his spy. His eyes were on the island, and I was so stupid I thought we had bought our way through all the sailors and none of them reported us to Lartes…”She let her fingers get into her hair and she pulled at it in frustration. I could feel the aura of pain coming from her and I drew closer once more, offering her comfort from my hands even though deep down I was developing my own theories.Anna wasn’t weak. She wouldn’t just let Charles and a couple of men take her away. If Charles was a spy for Uncle Lartes, then I could as well say Anna was working for him too. Or maybe this was just their plan to disappear.Anna was good at disappeari
ANNA’S POVThere was an intense banging in my head as my consciousness started weaving itself back to life. I tried to open my eyes but the bright light around me, didn’t help with the banging going on in my head, so I closed it once more.I held my head and tried to figure out why the light in my room was so bright. I felt around my bed cover, trying to guess the position I was sleeping in so that I would know if I was closer to the switch and then I would turn it off.But as my hands connected to what was supposed to be my bed, I felt a very hard surface that was nothing like I had expected. My eyes flew open once more but this time I was prepared for the bright light. I turned my eyes down to the surface I was on, and I found that I was on the ground.A very cold ground.The realization caused a very cold chill to sweep through me but as soon as it passed my brain, it turned out to be just what I needed. It jumped started my brain and memories of the last couple of hours returned.
ANNA’S POVI couldn’t hate Charles because I understood how he felt. I didn’t approve of his ways of getting what he wanted by selling others but because I was going to use him to get to information that could help me get Xavier, I didn’t blame him.When he left my determination increased. I would make sure my death left behind a massacre. My entire being was prepared and when the door opened for the third time, I was more than ready.Four bulky guards came into the room and a smile covered my face as they stared at me, trying to see if I was going to attack.“It’s good that you have learned.” I laughed, waving my hand in the air. “But it's fine. I am not going to bite. Take me to Lartes.”They stared at one another before one developed the courage and came closer to me. He reached his hands to my arms, and I happily raised my shoulders to give him better access.They led me out of the room, and I took my time to study the outside world. Who knew, in my massacre, I might find just a p
XAVIER’S POVMorning came and we began to prepare for the journey. Edna was very good with preparations, I had to give her that because by the time I woke up, she had the ships ready, and all weapons were already loaded into the ships.“Is there anything I can help with?” I asked when I got to the ship.She came before and cocked her head to the side with a smile on her face. “There is a lot I would want you to do to help…” she whispered, and I saw that strange emotion I couldn’t define swim through her eyes again.My brows furrowed as I waited for her to go on with the talk, but she didn’t. she just stood there taking in my face as if this was the first time, she saw me.“Edna?” I called softly, hoping to snap her out of whatever she was seeing.She blinked and turned away. “There is nothing to do from this end. Get into your cabin, and we will set sail in…” her voice trailed as she moved her eyes to the small silver wristwatch in her hands, “In five minutes. Is there something you n
XAVIER’S POVI lied to Nico.Knowing that Lartes had Anna was more than a distraction. It was the most destabilising news ever. I knew she was strong and could take care of herself, but I also knew that Lartes was going to hurt every single cell on her body till he got what he wanted —and not knowing what it was he wanted was what bothered me.I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t think straight. Every second that passed was a moment that she had to endure pain from Lartes. If he could try killing me, who was his nephew, I didn’t want to even begin to imagine what he would do to her.My wolf was restless. My mate’s bond was pulling apart. I hated myself on top of that, over and over as the thoughts of how I had treated her the last time we met reflected in my head.She had come to me herself. She had given herself to me. She dropped her pride and she had opened up her heart to me, but I was a jerk. I left her there to cry.I heard when her knees had touched the ground. I heard when the first
ANNA'S POVIt was decided that I was now Kira's maid.As the guards restrained my hands with the silver chains, it burned my skin but I didn't let it show. I refused to give them the pleasure of seeing me in pain."Well, you should have fun, I have other things to attend to," Lartes said, getting to his feet.He walked past me and I saw the evil grin dancing on his lips. He was excited. He thought he had won but he was wrong.I might have not been able to join Xavier but I knew for certain that he would keep fighting. That Edna was a bitch but at this point, I hoped she was art enough to plan her attack now.The next person I had to worry about was Xena.Kelvin was a liar and a snake. He worked for Lartes, there was no other explanation because how did I get here?The fool had perfectly working legs but he acted as though they were dead and left the bulk of the work for Xena to do.On the other hand, there was still the issue of missing weapons. Who did he sell them to?If he sold the
ANNA’S POVI endured all Kira’s antics until she got ready to sleep. I became excited as I knew how much of a deep sleeper she was. It wouldn’t be a problem for me to slip in and out of the room without her notice.But my anticipation and excitement died down briskly as she got out of bed and locked my leash to her bedpost.Panic instantly clutched me.It wasn’t because the fact that she locked me up made me feel even more degraded, but it also meant I wouldn’t be able to move. It meant I wouldn’t be able to get out of here to find where Lartes had the weapons he got from Kelvin stored —that was if he had.“Kira… what are you doing?” I started in a shaky voice. “What if I need to use the bathroom?”Her eyes glowed as she went on to do as she pleased, ignoring my cries but I didn’t give up. As she wanted to go back to the bed, I held her arm.“Kira please, what if I need to use the bathroom… what if—”“Relax, Anna,” she said pulling her hand out of my hold. “You can do it right there.
XAVIER’S POVWe moved under the darkness of the sky, sticking to the darker shadows. Our direction was the remote side of town where Abigail’s family stayed. I tried stopping Nico and Edna from dragging Abigail’s family into this but there was no convincing them. The only way was to hope that now that she was in a position of power, she would have taken her family away from the slum to a place I didn’t know about.The night was quiet, it was almost like the insects and animals of the forest knew what was about to happen.It was a three-team attack point. A larger number of the team were headed to the front gates, headed by Nico himself. Edna and a dozen other men went to the forest to find the scouts. My mission was somewhat simple. Get Abigail’s family and take them to the safe house.This way, if things got out of hand, we would still have the upper hand.Lartes had nothing we could use against him which was already difficult to defeat him but the people around him had a lot more t