Diane's POVI woke up to a thumping pain on the side of my head. I rubbed my eyes and tried to make sense of where I was but everywhere was so dark, I could barely make out my own fingers.Where was I?I moved my fingers around, hoping to figure out the location I was in, but it was all in vain. I couldn't detect anything. I couldn't even feel anything. No walls were near me. No surface was close aside from the one I was laying on —The cold metallic ground.I could tell it was metal aside from the fact that my butt was freezing, my fingers resonated as I knocked on the surface.It surely didn't feel like my room in Lucius's place. Neither did it feel like my own house.Again, I wondered, where was I?The first thing that came to my mind was that I could be dreaming but the stinging cold beneath me reminded me that it couldn't have been a dream. Feelings were not so sharp in dreams. This was real.After deducing that, the next thing that came to mind was how I got to this dark place.
Lucius's POV "Maybe we can call them and arrange something with them?" Lucas said as I continued packing my bags."There has to be a mistake somewhere and we can fix it from here. You don't have to do as they say," he kept on rambling.But I knew it and even he did know deep down that there was no way out of this. If I didn't return to the pack castle, they were going to execute Diane's grandfather as the rogue king we have been after all of these years.And I couldn't let that happen."Lucius, you can speak to them. There has to—"I closed my bag and turned to him briskly, making his words hang in his throat. "You know that won't change their mind," I told him, my voice filled with pain that burned my veins."But what about Diane?" Lucas asked the very question that was burning my wolf.With every energy in me, I wanted to stay and keep searching for Diane myself. But I would only be doing more damage if I let my people kill her grandfather.I lifted my bag and placed it on the grou
Diane's POVMy heart was beating in my chest but I could no longer hear it as all of my senses became focused on the approaching predator in front of me.I continued taking steps back. Backing away from him till there was nowhere left to run. My back hit the metallic wall behind me and my heart dropped."Oops, looks like I have you cornered," the man whispered, his grin spreading and I couldn't help but notice how brownish his teeth were."Please... I didn't do anything wrong... Please just let me go..." I pleaded as my panic and fear started making me dizzy but I chose to remain strong.Maybe this man only had a very evil face and terrible teeth but he wasn't evil at all. Maybe he could have mercy on me.But the more I cried, the more his grin grew larger. He was enjoying the pain in my voice. He raised his fingers and grazed my cheek softly.I froze as his wet finger trailed against my skin."What a shame, a pretty girl like you got entangled into all of this... Don't worry, as soon
Lucius's POVI stood in the castle conference room. A large war room was different from the one we used for the emergency meeting the last time I got called from my honeymoon.This was the main room in the pack's castle. A place where a lot of wars and chaos had been planned and strategize to victory. But today, I was going to save Diane's father and hopefully calm the rest of the council long enough to return home to find my Diane.But first, I had to remind these people who were the leaders in the room. How could they call an urgent meeting; pull such a stunt on me and then pretend to be too tired to attend the meeting? Not on my watch.My eyes were narrowed to the entrance and I watched as one by one the council members stepped in and took their seats.None of them were able to look into my eyes. They could all feel the heat of my anger from miles away and none wanted to be the first to witness it.I waited till they had all come in and settled down before I began to address them.
Lucius's POV Silence loomed in the room and I felt my heart freeze in place as I looked at Owen. Something within me told me to go to him. Something pushed me to do his bidding.Play with him. He was worried about Diane, maybe as much as I was. I wanted to make him happy but I couldn't abandon Fred right now in this situation because of Owen.Everything had its importance. I left Lucas in charge and I was certain Diane was in good hands but her grandfather wouldn't be so lucky if I didn't take him away from these cruel people.With a heavy heart, I got on my knees to the boy's level and kissed the top of his head."I promise you, Owen, we are going to find mummy. We are going to help her no matter what. You understand?" I whispered to him but he shook his head and pointed to the door.I looked at the door and turned my eyes back to him. There was something he was trying to tell me."Okay, I get you. But first I have to finish this. Stay here." I carried him and placed him on the chai
Lucius's POV"I do not have time to play around Owen! Get back here right now!" I yelled but he stumped away and left me there.I closed my eyes in frustration and tried to calm myself."Children can be very strange beings to deal with..." I heard a strange voice behind me.I turned toward it and saw that it was a guard with a large ugly scar across his face. His face didn't look familiar and I couldn't remember him at all."My King," he said, making a similar dramatic bow just like Kasper. "I am Stone, at your service," he added.My wolf hated the aura coming off of him at once but I calmed it."What pack do you belong to?" I asked him."The Alpha Kasper, my King," he said, and mentally rolled my eyes.Of course, he would be from his pack. I should have known."Then I believe you should go to the conference room, your alpha must need your services more," I said to him and started walking down the rows of containers to find my son.As I moved, I realized that the strange guard was sti
Diane's POVI got up and started pacing around the dark and cold prison I had been locked in. Owen was going to bring Lucius. They were coming to save me. I just had to hold on for a while longer.My fingers were shaking as my anxiety took the better of me but I didn't stop I continued moving about. I believed the exercise would help calm my nerves.I didn't know how long I moved about but I stopped when I heard Owen's tiny little voice again."Mummy!" He yelled and I paused.All my senses were focused as I tried to listen in more closely but as it was typical of Owen he didn't say anything at all.I rushed over to the door and pressed my ear to it, trying to figure out if he had come with someone else."No! Mummy!" Owen repeated and I wondered what was riling him up.I raised my fingers and started knocking against the door as hard as I could, hoping that whoever was with Owen could hear me."Help!" I cried out, my voice completely gone from all the screaming and little hydration."P
Lucius's POV"Our castle! My kingdom?" I hissed not being able to comprehend what he was saying. How could they kidnap her and bring her to my kingdom? That was crazy to even imagine."Are you sure about this? They could have taken her anywhere from the point where you lost the connection..." I pointed out."No, Lucius. I am sure about this. The castle is the closest location. She is in there somewhere. It's now up to you, you have to find her." The call ended but I could still feel Lucas' voice echoing in my head."She was here... She was here..." I mumbled more to myself as I started pacing trying to fix the puzzles together. The only person stupid enough to kidnap Diane and bring her back here was Jolynn. There was no doubt about it and if I was going to find her, I had to get it out of Jolynn.Filled with rage and anger, I started making my way out of the room when Fred stopped me."My King —Lucius, please let me come with you, I can find her too. Let me help find my granddaughte
Diane’s POVI felt something within me shift and before I could stop myself, I threw myself against Scarred-face, screaming my lungs out.“Let my baby go!” I screamed.In my mind, I was so sure that I would manage to create enough distractions to take Owen from them and run as far as I could, but all those moves were only in my head. I didn’t even get far before Liam grabbed me roughly by the arm.“Where do you think you are going? The party is just starting…” he growled and threw me hard towards the bed. My head hit the bedframe and I felt my consciousness dwindle before my eyes.I blinked, panicking even stronger. If anything happened to me now, I wouldn’t be able to protect Owen anymore. I would fail once again in protecting my baby.“Mummy!” Owen screamed and I tried to raise myself from the ground despite the dizziness in my head.I refused to give up. My body was groaning in defeat, but I would rather die. Adrenaline pumped through my bloodstreams, and I dragged myself back to m
Diane’s POVAs soon as Liam stepped out of the room, I saw it as my opportunity to escape from his room. I returned my shirt to their position and moved out at once. I still remembered the route we had taken while coming, so I traced it back to my room.I was about to take the final bend when I heard a deafening growl from a room on my right. The blood within my body froze and panic started drumming through my skin.They said anyone who knew could be rescued, so I let my curiosity lead me to the side of the wall where I could get a good angle to see what was happening in that room.“No!” the roar echoed out of the room once again. “Keith can’t die like that!” he screamed again, and I watched as Liam held his head and dropped to the ground with tears in his eyes.“My lord, I saw the body with my two eyes. Lucius had made sure there would be no regeneration for him. He is dead-” a man covered in a hood was saying.I covered my mouth as the realization of what this meant flooded through
Lucius’s POV“Are you sure we are heading in the right direction?” I asked Monique for the third time since we have been on the road. I noticed that we had been going around the same places for close to two hours now and she just sat there with a smug look on her face, watching me as I drove as if I was a new show in a cinema.“Monique? Didn’t you hear me?” I asked, throwing a glance in her direction. She was now sitting with her legs spread apart and the skirt barely visible anymore.“Hmmm, yeah… yes, of course… just keep going…” she said, waving her hand to the screen while her eyes remained on me.My wolf twisted with disgust at her position. If she couldn’t sit properly, she shouldn’t have worn such an absurd outfit. I wanted to reprimand her to adjust herself, but I decided to ignore it. She was not my responsibility.“I don’t know if you have noticed but we have been going round the same place for hours now. Can you look at the road and tell me where we are supposed to go?” I a
Diane’s POVI planned on convincing Louis to help us escape but after hearing that Liam and Keith had his family, I couldn’t bring myself to say anymore. I would do anything to save my family, so I understood exactly where he stood in all of these.In the next couple of hours, I tried to remain positive as I studied every inch of the room, we were kept in, hoping that a miraculous door would appear from nowhere and I could step out of it.I even took my time to think about my decisions, wondering if things could have been different if I had acted in another way. I was stuck on a roller coaster of emotions till sleep managed to steal me.But even the sleep didn’t give me the rest of mind I needed. I kept seeing horrible endings to our situation that soon turned into a nightmare. The worst of them was when I saw Liam kill Owen. I was going to die first before I let anything happen to Owen.By the time my eyes opened, they went straight to Owen and I only relaxed after I saw that he was
Lucius’s POVIt was already in the early hours of the morning when I got to Macy’s house. As usual, as soon as I parked the vehicle in their driveway, I noticed the move of the curtain and I was suddenly reminded of Fred’s death.At some point after all of this was over, I would have to inform her of what had happened to her brave husband.My heart was heavy with sadness, but I swallowed it back. If I slacked now, her husband wouldn’t be the only bad news I would be giving her.I got out of the vehicle and this time Lucas stepped down with me. Together we went to her front door and just a few feet before we got to it, the door opened, and it wasn’t who I was expecting.“Where is Diane?” Sophie’s firm voice rang out around the area like she had a microphone buried in her throat.“Something came up and she… can I come in, there is a lot I have to explain to you,” I said. My voice was heavy with emotions, and I hoped she didn’t aggravate things.She studied me for a second before her sha
Lucius’s POVWith Keith dead, I left the captain of my soldiers and Kasper in charge, and I took one of the cars back to the human city to get the answers I needed.There was still a lot to be done, but I knew that I could trust my men to do a very good job of clearing everything and sorting what needed to be sorted.As I drove, my eyes were fixed on the road, but my heart ached for Diane. She was going to be broken when she found out about her grandfather but more than that, I needed to get her before Liam decided to do something crazy.Each moment I spent in that vehicle increased the number of questions rolling through my head and by the time I got to Bucks quarters, I practically jumped out of the moving vehicle.Lucas who had already been notified was standing at the entrance waiting for me and the moment he saw me, he ran towards me and hugged me. A rare moment where we shared our bond as brothers and as much as I wanted to just push him away and proceed inside, I could understa
Lucius’s POVThe sound of clashing bodies and screams filled the area in seconds. Just like I had thought, this was more intense than what we had done at Keith’s pack. The ninja wolves were far more trained than the guards’ Keith’s pack.My men were starting to struggle. Each time one of theirs fell, two of mine fell. If things continued at this pace, we were going to lose.I tore through the bodies of soldiers and tried to make my way into the castle where I knew that Keith would be waiting. He had planned this very well; he knew that it was going to take a lot more to bring him down with the ninja wolves on his side, but I refused to give up.I tapped into my alpha abilities and skillfully cut through them, but they were like ants. If two fell another four appeared and I knew that I had to strategize again if I was going to beat them, or they would change the narrative of the fields. We had come to capture their ruler but if we weren’t careful, they were going to end up capturing me
Lucius’s POVI marched toward the tent where Fred was being kept with a boiling heart filled with rage.I felt so stupid. The signs had always been there from the very beginning, and I failed to recognize them or maybe I was just too blinded to see them.From the very first day I met him, I recognized the strange scent of him. When he gave me that cock and bull story about his pack, I knew there was something about it that didn’t entirely add up, but I chose to believe it.And then it didn’t stop there, when the council had arrested him suspecting him to be Patrick, I had the feeling that they were on to something. My council might have been cowards, but they were not entirely stupid. Something must have led them to Fred’s doorstep, and I had closed my eyes to that possibility.Fast forward to the day I went to tell him about his freedom, he had been on the phone speaking about something strange. Yet again, I let it slide. He even had the guts to call me and give me intel like he was
Diane’s POV“You have lost your mind, Liam!” I hissed shaking my head in disgust and disbelief. If he really thought that after everything, he did to me I would belittle myself to the point of sleeping with him then he must have truly lost his mind.He threw his head back and let out an irritating laughter before stopping to look deeply into my eyes. “Do not worry. We have all the time in the world. Lucius is Keith’s reward, while you are mine. No one is going to stop me,” he said and got on his feet.I felt the blood in my body scatter and my heart started beating at a dangerously fast pace, but I kept my cool. Owen was also staring with a glint of fear in his eyes, and I held him tight. I was ready to protect him with my entire life.“Louis please, take them inside. Let her freshen up,” he said to the traitor who had sold me out and then his evil eyes turned to me, “When I need her, I will call for her. I hope you are smart enough to take this moment to relax that beautiful body of