Thank you for reading! We still have more chapters to go before the end of hell week, but I hope this chapter will help us breathe and get through to the rest of this hell. Thank you, lovelies, for hanging on. This is a tough one to write and read, but my hats go off to all of you who bravely dive in and wait (im)patiently for the next chapter. It's not easy, but you are all nailing it. 💛 Thank you for all the gems. I think this is the only hell week(s) where I am still blessed with many gems. I appreciate you all. 💛
GAMMA KENZO.My heart was gripped in pain. Everything I believed about Xander was a lie.The man in front of me was a devil. I thought he was different from Maddox, but he was just like the rest of the Trevinos. They were spawns from hell.But at least Maddox tried to hide his wicked ways behind closed doors, but Xander was doing it out in the open.“Enough… Please…” Nadine’s voice broke, and my heart shattered. She was screaming earlier, but she was losing her strength. Xander succeeded in breaking her.“Enough…” I murmured to myself as I rattled the bars again, my whole body shaking from my cries. This was my fault. I shouldn’t have taken Xander’s bait to mark her. He surely was finding ways to punish her, and I was fool enough to believe that he would just let me mark her. “Stop that, you fucker! Come here and face me!” I bellowed, using all my strength to rattle the bars one more time. I had connected to my second in command to find the extra key to the basement floor, but he sa
MINDY.I prepared Nadine’s dinner later than usual, so it would be easier to give her the dagger that I slipped inside my pants. But just as I was nearing the building where she was, I could hear loud commotions, and then I saw Alpha Maddox’s car parked outside of it.My heart thundered, and I was terrified he would have me searched before letting me in, so I discarded the dagger in the nearby bushes. It was better to be safe than sorry.I doubled my steps, wanting to know what the noises were about. The lights on the ground were on full beam, and in the middle was a man with his hands tied at his back. There were three men around him, and one was carrying a big bucket of water, dumping it onto his head. A loud growl erupted from the man’s throat, and I almost fainted. Kenzo. That was Kenzo’s growl.I tucked the food box tightly under my arm and sprang forward as my heart continued to thunder. I wondered if the Alpha found out he was against him incarcerating Nadine, as most of hi
MINDY.Anica pleaded as she kneeled in front of the Alpha. “Forgive my son whatever he did. We have always been loyal to you…” She was not able to finish her words when the Alpha cupped her cheeks harshly. “Are you, Anica? Do not play me for a fool. Leave my sight before I order the same fate for you!” He spat those words angrily before shoving her, and her body slumped to the ground. I couldn’t stand still and rushed to her, dropping Nadine’s food in the process as I threw my arms around her, cradling her. I saw her eyes flecked with white, but she closed them instantly and rested her head on my chest as she continued with her cries. I rubbed her back as more females approached us, consoling her, but she remained with her eyes closed. My gaze drifted to the Alpha as he took a cigarette from Carter.‘Alpha…’ I mindlinked him, something I had never done first in my whole life. He was the one who would connect with me all the time. He didn’t reply, but his mind was open. ‘What did Ga
GAMMA KENZO“Help me save, Nadine. You’re my only hope.” Xander spoke, and I could hear the pain in his voice.My hands froze before I lowered them to the ground.“You can talk now.” He said, but his hand remained around my throat.“Why would I believe you?” I asked.“I’ve been helping people around here since I got here and have not asked for anything in return.”“She’s a Montrell.”“Luna Catherine is a Montrell too. Who do you think allowed her to cross the border so she could leave the territory? Who do you think spearheaded the manhunt to track her down and come home empty-handed? I saved a Montrell from Maddox’s hands—someone who has nothing to do with me. Why would I not save my own mate?”I didn’t say anything. “You can choose what to believe in. But if you only need to believe one thing, believe that I love Nadine. I don’t care if she’s a Montrell. I love her, and I will do everything to take her out of that cell. I will make sure she won’t suffer the same fate my mother suffe
XANDER.“Come back for us,” I told Kenzo as I hugged him. I was giving him all the blessings and faith I had left of me. He was my only hope. I could feel my wolf getting stronger, but Maddox’s devious ways made me a no-match for him. After I left Nadine’s cell to follow them outside when they dragged Kenzo out of the building, he told Rico he couldn’t wait to have his own people kill him. Maddox was obsessed with his Alpha command and what he could do with it. I knew he must be planning to use it against Nadine or me—order his own people to attack—in case I turned out to be on his bad side.And I couldn’t counter that. I knew he was about to give the order when nobody from his personal security volunteered to kill Kenzo. Although I was already planning to implement my plan, it wasn’t easy. I must admit that I was terrified that he would order the people to attack Kenzo, even if I had already told him I would do it. So I was really pissed off when I asked Kenzo to run, and he didn
MINDY.I didn’t know how to tell her about Kenzo’s death and how it was Xander who killed him. I had lost my faith in him, but Nadine had never said anything bad about him through all of this. But then I remember the dagger. I had to secure it first. Nadine watched me as I took it out of my pants and moved away from her, slipping it inside the pile of dirty clothes at the side of her cell before facing her again. “Mindy…” Her eyes were pleading.“They killed him…” I said in a cold voice. I had to, or I would break down and cry.Her hand flew to her mouth as she stifled the cry that came out of her. “No! No!” “And Xander didn’t do anything to save him?”It was then that my tears fell. “Xander killed him.”Her mouth hung open as she kept shaking her head. “No. Don’t say that.”My teeth chattered as my lips quivered. I didn’t want to cry, but I didn’t know where to channel the pain. Kenzo and I knew the stakes when we decided to help Nadine, but it was only tonight that everything sta
ALPHA JACE. It was already late, but my work was far from over. I had to finish all my tasks because, in less than a week, it would be the Council Election. My father, Alpha Jacob, ran as Council Head. We were hoping he’d win, and along with that win was the goal to take down the Claiming and make Maddox pay for all the things he did to my sister, Catherine.It was not that we intended to abuse the Council's power, but with Dad as the head, we knew Maddox wouldn’t have any advantage or upper hand in the case we would file against him, something he had when Alpha Grant was the head. I also wanted to finish all of my deliverables before that day so I could relax before the actual election. Our Alpha friends and families will be here a day or two before, not to party or celebrate, but more to support and protect my old man. On Election Day, we plan to do a convoy from here to the Council territory. We didn’t want to take any risk, and even if Grant and his allies were not showing any
NADINE. “Good to hear. By the way, Arlo called...” Jace began talking.I saw Maddox’s ears perk up, and so did Xander. I saw curiosity in Maddox, but I couldn’t read Xander’s expression, but his forehead creased.“Tell Arlo I’m okay. I will call you again as soon as I can. I hear someone coming.” I cut him off immediately before he could say something about Mindy, and all the while, I was doing my best not to sound nervous. I didn’t want Maddox to have even a slight doubt about me and endanger Chelsea. Better me than her. I dropped the call and walked toward the table, placing the phone on his desk. “Let her go,” I said in a firm voice. “Who’s Arlo?” Maddox said as his hand brushed the girl’s hair. “Isn’t he the Beta of your pack?”He knew. And if I say Arlo knew I was here, he might assume my whole pack knew as well.“He’s my boyfriend,” I said, meeting Maddox’s eyes. I didn’t want to look at Xander.“So he knows you’re here.”“No. If he knew, he wouldn’t have allowed me to come