Ryder's POV Bang, bang, bang. The sound was repetitive every five seconds. It filled the abandoned hall that had turned into our new prison. Bang. Bang. Max growled as he hit the door with his shoulder. There was no budging at all, no cracks or any sign that showed that the door was going to give way. "Come on Ryder, come here and help me," Max called out to me. His face was covered in sweat as he stood at the door. I turned to Callum for support, but he was far away, examining walls which I found strange. "Callum, come let's find a way to get out of here," I called out to him. He didn't answer me, as he continued touching the walls and muttering words I couldn't hear. He looked up at the ceilings and touched the walls. "Come help me here," Max hissed impatiently. He looked very worried. "The door won't budge, can't you see that?" I went to sit down. Max relaxed his muscles and looked at me. "Why do you say so? With our combined effort, we can be able to take down this door,
Liv's POV I ran as fast as my feeble legs could carry me through the woods. At that point, I didn't care if my bare feet were being torn by contact with the ground. The naked thorn and bush brushed against my clothes and tore some parts away. ‘Kill the Alpha.’I had witnessed a treasonous event. Any word of it that got out and it meant death. I knew that if I lingered there any longer, the Luna would have caught me. I knew she would have killed me on the spot so that her plans wouldn't be revealed. But either way, I wasn't planning on tattling either. I just wanted to get the fuck away from there. I was in a den full of wolves, and I was just a mere prey in their power struggles. The party was still in full bloom when I got to the Mansion. The guards didn't even care to give me a second look as I went into the maid's quarters. I used the entrance from the maid's quarters to branch into the mansion since they were connected and I ran straight to my room. I didn't have much money wi
Liv's POV It was surprising, how loud it was a while ago. All I had to do was just mention poison, and the Alpha and I had gotten everyone's attention. Well, everybody's hearing was quite sensitive since we were supernatural beings. Max slowly released his grip on me, as he stared at me, confused by what I had said. Callum and Ryder released their hold on Frank and we're looking at me too. Slowly, space was being left where I stood. The only people who stood close enough in my circle were Frank and the triplets, but even they were in shock. The Alpha Arthur slowly stood up and his razor-sharp stare felt like it pierced through me. He looked at his glass and then back to me. Rebecca looked like she wanted to devour me at that moment. If she could control Earth, she would have opened the ground and made me fall through the cracks. "You there, what did you say?" He pointed at me and my breath stiffened. I was suddenly feeling cold. All eyes were on me. Frank. Max. Ryder. Callum. T
Liv's POV My eyes felt heavy. My body felt like lead. I wanted to sleep some more, but the banging pain in my head was enough to keep my eyes open.I might have probably died, and now my soul hung in limbo before it went to paradise. I didn't know if I was a good person, but I trusted that I might have passed to enter paradise. Anyway, the sleepiness I was feeling was starting to ooze away. I was becoming more and more aware of where I was. I could smell sharp chemicals in my nostrils, I could hear faint clanging sounds, the sounds of small wheels being rolled on the floor like a trolley of some sort. I opened my heavy eyes a little, like slits to be aware of my environment. It was white, it was faint and hazy, but I stared up at the white I closed my eyes again and frowned. I could taste the chemical smell at the back of my throat and I coughed. It was wrong, I was supposed to be in limbo or paradise. If I were in either of the two, I wouldn't be able to perceive man-made chemic
Liv's POV. I ambled to the door, despite my poor health and I heard Callum shuffle behind me. He held my hand and glared at Frank. "You are not going with Frank, Liv," he shot out firmly, his tone as fierce as a command. Frank looked behind him and held the bridge of his nose in frustration. "Acting like an arse isnt going to make her change her mind. She wants to leave. It’s for her fucking safety. How else do you want this put to you” he glared at Callum. Max came behind his brother to support, if force was needed. "No," Callum shook his head defiantly. Frank dragged my hand and I came to his side. My headache wasn't any better, but it was bearable. "Look, maybe I harmed her, for her good. But listen, we all know who the real monster is. If Liv says your mother did this, she is leaving with me," Frank snarled. Max growled. "Shut the—""If you can't find a way to tame your mother, then, Liv isn't safe with you. Just look at yourself, I don't know where you have been, but you su
Max's POV.Watching Frank take Liv away had to be the most painful thing ever, I never expected myself to become emotional like that. I clutched my heart as I stared down the balcony, watching them leave in the car. My wolf howled inside me, I wasn't even paying attention to what it said. Voices and whispers echoed in my head, but still, I didn't pay attention. I felt pain, pain I hadn't experienced before. Was I longing for her?I had seen it all, I had seen him jump with her off the balcony. To be honest, I was angry. I wanted to bash his face in. But I knew he was right. If we couldn't deal with our mother, then Liv wasn't safe with us. I just hoped Frank wouldn't touch her. The thought of it made me bend the bars on the iron railing until it creaked when its structural integrity had been surpassed. The door to my room opened, but I didn't turn back because I knew who it was. I was too deep in thought to care right now. "Why did you let her go?" Callum asked me. I had picked
Callum's POV I suddenly withdrew from Max, as soon as those words had left his lips. I understood Luna Rebecca was into numerous dubiousness and she had an eye for power and all, but killing her to make Liv stay with us was extreme. I had my way and that was far from it "Be careful Max," I replied, checking his eye for signs of transformation. He looked normal and had an aura of stillness around him which was quite unusual. "I mean it, let's kill her," His voice held desperation as he spoke. The look in his eyes showed deep hatred and rage just thinking about her. I saw it in his eyes, he truly meant every word he said. I stood up, clenching my jaw. "Max, you are letting your wolf control you again," I spoke slowly studying his reaction. I suspected it had to be his rival wolf."I mean every word I say. You know it, Callum, you know our mother is more dangerous, even more than we believe. Damn it, Callum. Don't chicken out on me," he was determined enough to do it. I had to reaso
Lid’s POVThe sun crept into the tiny creek of the window while I lay on the soft king-sized bed, rubbing my tired eyes continuously. I yawned tiredly as I sat up from the bed, looking around. The sleep I felt suddenly left me when I glimpsed a figure staring at me from the corner of the room.I flinched for a second, my heart beating loudly until I realized it was just Frank. A sigh left my lips and then I frowned at him seated comfortably on a couch, legs crossed and his index finger pressing against his temple.“What are you doing here?” I asked slowly, pushing the duvet from my body.“You talk in your sleep” he smiled casually at me, bringing his legs down. My heart skipped for a second as that statement sank in.“How long have you been watching me sleep?” A little chuckle escaped his lip as he stood up, walking towards the door. “You will be late for breakfast”“That doesn’t answer my question” There I was, having the most peaceful night of my life, not aware that someone had be
Liv's POV Wake up, Liv! Wake up! Liv! I opened my eyes immediately and found myself lying on the floor of a room where I could barely see a thing. My wolf had been calling for hours. Although it was difficult to see in the room, I was strongly convinced that it wasn't my cell room. The floor was finished with slate unlike my cell room which was raw concrete. Moreover, if it was my cell room, I wouldn't be sleeping on the floor. I wouldn't even have rolled off to the floor because my bed was too big for that.. I tried to get up from the floor and a sharp ache hit the back of my neck. "Argh." I groaned, before carefully placing my palm on the spot and massaging it gently. And in that moment when I touched the spot where I felt the ache, a brief memory flashed through my head. I recalled being hit on that spot. And it happened in my cell room. Slowly, it all started coming back to me. Max! He had definitely sent that soldier back to my cell to knock me out. But what for? I folded
Callum's POV Max stood close to one of the glass walls of his penthouse. His back faced the door where I entered from and he didn't bother turning around to look at me. "Coming up here all alone, Callum, is a bold sign that you underestimate me so much," he said in a soft tone. "Cut the crap and tell me where you hid her," I ordered. He chuckled, throwing his head back. "Tell you where she is? Do you really want to know, Callum? Huh?" He shoved a feet backward in order to turn. "Don't dare it," I ordered. "Don't fucking move." "Huh? Don't tell me you're scared to look me in the face," he taunted. I gritted my teeth hard. "I promise you, Max, make another silly move and I will pull this fucking trigger. I swear on my life." "Bloody dare it," he taunted and finally turned around. I aimed the gun at his chest, carefully to shift it slightly from his heart. Then I pulled the trigger. What I expected to be a bang came out as a soft click sound. My orbs flew wide. When d
Callum's POVWhen I heard noises coming from the vent, I knew Ryder had arrived. But something baffled me. It had been more than thirty minutes now since the alarm went off, and yet, not a single man from Max's army had showed up.Climbing down from the vent, Ryder's brows lifted with surprise at the pile of enemy corpses heaped at a corner of the laundry room. "Quite some work you did here," he chuckled."Shut up," I mumbled, heightening my senses as the tip of my ears stood on edge.I went closer to the wall and placed my ear on it, listening carefully."They're coming," I blurted out immediately I started hearing footsteps approaching. "A lot of them. I think we're outnumbered.""That won't be a problem," Ryder said. "I came prepared."The moment he said that, I heard a heavy bang in the vent and two people murmuring and cussing at each other.Seeing a smile grow on Ryder's face, I raised a questioning brow."They're with us," he said, easing my nerves.Two soldiers came down from
Callum's POVThree trucks were ready to roll out, two loaded with arms and the last one with the tools for opening the tunnel.There were four men in each truck, except the last one which had just three of us.All the guns were muffled with silencers, and then, I instructed my men not to shift for any reason. We needed to do everything possible to avoid attracting attention to us as our group wasn't much of a force.As we drove closer to the location of the tunnel that led into the Darkmoon pack, we turned down our lights just in case some of Maxs guards were there. Luckily, there werent."Take your positions," I ordered the armed soldiers, tucking a pistol into the back of my trousers as I climbed down the truck.With a group of three soldiers who grabbed the equipment we had brought to cut the tunnel open, I went to the mouth of the tunnel.The foul stench of dead rodents hit my nose as we got to the entrance of the tunnel to inspect it. A channel that hadn't been used by our pack f
Callum's POVReturning to Dark sky pack with just a diary wasn't what I'd expected from my meeting with Samantha. Not after the risk we'd both taken to meet up in the woods of the Darkmoon.But the fact that Max kept a diary had me thinking and rethinking. If someone had told me he owned a diary, like a girl, I'd have doubted with every ounce of certainty.A sigh left me and I tucked the shitty diary into the pit of my arms.Ryder had a cup of hot coffee with him when I returned, his legs crossed as he rested them on the table while leaning back on his seat. He had never been a lover of coffee. Definitely, he was battling sleep. And yes, executing our plan had taken hell of time. But I'd rather bear that delay than a shameful defeat coming from advancing to fight Max without a proper plan."How did it go?" Ryder asked, dropping his coffee on the table."You mean the meeting with Samantha?" I purposely asked him."What else would I mean?" He queried. But I was pretty sure that if he p
Max's POVI smirked immediately I sighted Samantha’s figure emerge from the woods."Fucking bitch," I grinned. People who mistook silence for foolishness or weakness were the ones I despised the most.She froze in her tracks at the moment she saw me with my soldiers.With my senses heightened, I could hear her heartbeat throbbing fast, like a rat running out of its hole only to meet a cat waiting there for it."M-a-x," her lips quaked, ready to blurt a lie. But I didn't have the time for that.I had wasted much time already, all of which Callum had taken advantage of."It's not what you—" she tried to say, but I shushed her.Pointing at her, I ordered the soldiers who were with me, "arrest her!"A bitch like her deserved to rot in jail. Starved and punished without remorse."Please, Max. Don't do this!" She screamed as they dragged her away. She was the least of my problems. If she had some sense, she should have been able to tell from the start that I'd been following her with cauti
Callum's POVA beep on my phone. It was Samantha.My fingers became fast to touch the screen immediately I saw it was from her."Found something that could be helpful," the text said, "but you have to be careful so he doesn't notice something is off."I shot a gaze at Ryder who stood just beside me and had read the text along with me. "We need to get to her ASAP," I suggested. "We can't sleep on any slightest chance to push our plan further.""Definitely." Ryder nodded, his arms folded across his chest. "Now, what's a good location to meet up with her?""In the empty apartment of your brain—" Someone's voice intruded from the far end of the hall.My veins tense immediately I realized it was Frank. I gritted my teeth hard, fighting hard to suppress my irritation. I knew it was speak of the devil and he'd show up. But no one spoke about this bastard. Not even a single thought.He began to clap his hands as he approached. "Yeah, what a smart plan put together by two grown men at the di
Liv's POVAt the back of my head, I knew that going through someone's else's property without permission was a bad thing to do. At that moment I didn't want to think about what was wrong or right. There wasn't any time left to judge myself.I felt as though I could find something very important inside of this diary. I was curious to know, especially when I was aware of a diary being a person's first friend.It was hard for me though. For the fact that I wasn't used to taking people's stuffs without their permission but I might never get this chance again. I swiveled my head to Max's direction, he was still asleep.It looked as though he wasn't going to wake up at the soonest so I had enough time to my self. I flipped through some more pages but I was astonished at what I saw. Why was it blank? there was nothing written in it. Was this just to mislead me? did Max know about my plan before hand? No it wasn't possible and I knew for a fact I was right in thinking so.I almost slammed the
Liv's POVMy fingers slowly found the buttons of his shirt. I began to unbutton his shirt, my eyes were fixated on him. The way he stared at me was as though he had set his eyes on me for the first time.I walked behind him, removing the shirt off his body. I wrapped my arm around his neck, his back pressed against my bossoms. I began to caress his chest, I didn't fail to notice when his eyelids closed in the pleasure which consumed him.A sly smile beamed on the side of my lips. I thought it was a hard thing to do but it was so easy to pull him close to me.“I'm sorry" I leaned closer, whispering into his ears. I blew my breath on his earlobe as I dropped his shirt on the bed.“Why are you suddenly acting this way towards me?" he asked. His gaze pierced through my eyes, I stared back at him through the mirror.“What way is that? I really don't know what you're talking about” I said, acting completely ignorant. I turned my body away from him.He grabbed my wrist. I stopped right in tr