NADINE.My hand flew to my chest as pain struck. It was instantaneous, then gone. But it was still something. My eyes flew to Maddox, who was walking in front of me. He had the same reaction and tilted his head back to look at me.Our gazes met. I could hear the rumble coming off his chest, and my hunch on what it was was confirmed when Jace came and stood beside me. “Dad sent a mindlink. Maximus is dead.” He said in a whisper, but it felt like he shouted it for the whole world to hear.Maddox felt the death of a kin. A smile slowly crawled on my face as Maddox continued to stare at me with a deadly expression. His chest was heaving, and I could see veins popping on his neck.“I bet you felt it. Your only living relative is dead.” I told him. Maddox scoffed as he looked around before looking at me. “Xander is a Trevino. He knows how to suck ass until he gets what he wants.”“Xander will never be like you.”He scoffed. “Are you sure? Where is your mate, Nadine? Probably running fo
XANDER.My gaze met Alpha Jace’s, and I saw his eyes dilated as his forehead creased. His expression was deadly as he looked at me. It was then that I knew he saw the video.I had to do something. I needed to talk with him before he could tell Nadine he saw it. I dropped my gaze away from him, and my attention was immediately caught by Nadine calling Kenzo’s name.My heart was gripped with pain as she wrapped him into her arms. I knew she was grateful for all his help and was glad to see him alive, but a part of me was jealous of the affection he showed him in front of her whole family and friends. Of course, I am a Trevino.A disgrace.She would never be proud to have me around. Kenzo was a different case. They were the original lords of this land. Maybe they will be a perfect fit. The Montrells would never welcome me, even if we were fated mates.I had no idea why I was still here. As if I were waiting for the moment they would cuff my hands and let me stand beside Maddox. My ha
Author's Note: To those who haven't read THE BETA AND I - you might get lost in this chapter so if you get confused, please know that you didn't miss anything in this book. This is Maddox's connection to the book THE BETA AND I. Just continue reading. 💛💜-----THORN’S POV. (Maddox's wolf)Maddox and I had never seen eye to eye from the moment he got me when he was fifteen. He was reckless and arrogant, but I didn’t mind. I let him be what he wanted to be until we turned eighteen. He kept playing around and fucking every female he set his eyes on. But I only wanted our mate. Over the years, I consistently reminded him to change his behavior, or else she would not consider us worthy of her. But he never cared about mates. I couldn’t change his mind, so I just gave up. I also thought at this age, we would never find her. I became distant with him, abandoning him most of the time. I eventually lost interest in him and his actions. I became stagnant inside him. I only surfaced when I f
BETA/LADY CATHERINE. The cars that would lead them to Maddox’s pack had left, and Tyler, my mate, was with them.I wanted to go, but he and my brother Jace insisted I should stay behind. I was pregnant, and it would be a great risk, especially since they had no idea what was waiting for them. I understood that. I was okay with that. I was left with Zoey and Andrew, the Betas of the Dark Crow Pack, the territory just 45 minutes away from Marddox’s. The same territory where I was taken after I ran away from Maddox when I rejected him. It had been over half a year since I was last there, and I was not sure I was ready to see the territory again. It would only remind me of all the horrible things I endured in the three days that I was there. But for some reason, I suddenly had the urge to be there. “Zoey… Can you drive me to the Dark Forest?” I asked. We were in the playroom, where Zoey and I played with Garrett, her son. “What? In your condition? Tyler will kill me, Catherine. His
CATHERINE.Thorn raised his paw and I caught it.A flash of light sparked in my head, and before I knew it, I was already given a glimpse of his mind. He let me know his thoughts when he first saw me at the Claiming Ball—the agony he felt every time Maddox would hit me, how he fought with him when he was mating with Carlotta, how he felt the pain of me kissing another wolf, but he was glad I did it to stop Maddox from hurting me more. He showed me how he took all the pain of the rejection and how he refused to shift during the Claiming so Maddox could not hurt Tyler.Through it all, he showed me how he loved and protected me in his own ways.I was a crying mess. How could someone as pure as him be paired with a human as wicked as Maddox?‘Don’t cry, Catherine.’ Thorn’s voice echoed in my head, and my head snapped up to meet his eyes. His voice was different from Maddox’s. I knew wolves could talk with each other and humans to their own wolf but never wolf to another human. But then,
CARLOTTA.I hurried inside the packhouse and went into one of the receiving rooms, where I saw Tristan hide the key to Maddox’s personal vault. I locked the vault and slipped the key into my pocket before grabbing the paper bag and the notebook. I sat on the couch nearby and began flipping through the pages. Maddox surely took pride in his list, as he also stated when and where they died. “What a psycho!” I giggled because this was more exciting to me. I should really not get into his bad side, or I might be listed here. Which meant I had to get out of here soon before someone realized I stole these. Thankfully, I was prepared for this moment. I had made sure that there were no cameras in this office as well as the sitting room where I took the key. Tristan probably knew that as well, so he chose to hide it in that room. Luckily, he was stupid enough not to check if someone was outside the window when he slipped it in. “Oh, Goddess!” I let out an exclamation upon seeing Maxwell
Hello, lovelies!I don't know what happened, but a chunk of Chapter 121 went missing. So here it is (end of Chapter 120 and beginning of Chapter 121).This is a free chapter, and you shouldn't be paying coins for this. xoxo, CASS-------------------------CARLOTTA.I hurried inside the packhouse and went into one of the receiving rooms, where I saw Tristan hide the key to Maddox’s personal vault. I didn’t take it, but I did check it from time to time, ever since Tristan died, to make sure it was still there. Maddox was stupid enough not to ask me if I knew where the key was using his Alpha command, so lucky me. It meant whatever was in that vault was mine. And I knew there was a large sum of cash in there. I carefully flipped the smallest painting in the room, peeled off the paper detailing its rarity and value, and retrieved the tiny key he had taped around it.There was a paper around it, and I knew it was the number combination for the vault.My heart leaped with joy when the va
NADINE. I closed my eyes as I relaxed my shoulders. According to the taxi driver who was taking me there, I was just less than ten kilometers from the nearest border of the Dark Forest Pack. I waited all my life for this moment. I wanted to enter the Dark Forest Pack territory. The pack that rightfully belonged to my family. The pack that was taken by the Trevinos under the false pretense of friendship. They killed my grandfather, the then-Alpha, while he was sleeping, while they were in our territory posing as comrades. I was not born yet when that happened, but I lived my whole life knowing about their treachery, and I had made it my goal to make the Trevinos fall to their knees. I would take our pack back at whatever cost. Even if it meant losing my own mate. The Goddess surely knew how to play games. She gave me a Trevino for a mate. Beta Xander Trevino of the Dark Forest Pack.Two weeks ago, I met him at the Claiming Ball. But instead of claiming me, he went away with a pro