Nyla’s POVI walked out of the house. The sun was going down, and I stretched my arms outside. I inhaled and exhaled. This weather would be great for a walk or a run.Oh, I have missed this. Being a werewolf has its perks. The moment I stuck one foot after the other, I heard my name.“ Nyla!! Where are you going?” I turned. It was a young recruit into the security of the pack. He always saved me a seat at the meetings. I called my name and smiled too often. It did take too long for me to understand.I rolled my eyes. When the wrong people show you care, it tends to make your skin crawl.“I am going on a run!” I replied without looking back and disappeared into the woods. He should have gotten the memo already.As the moon hung high in the night sky, I prowled through the underbrush. My footsteps were silent, and my senses were heightened. I had come to infiltrate the Nexton pack, to deceive them with my façade of innocence while I worked for the enemy.Their enemy. This was what that
Mia’s POV"You may have fooled the others, Nyla, but you don't fool me. I know an enemy when I see one."That sentence repeated itself in my head. What have I just said?That was a flat-out accusation that could put me in trouble. But where does she always go during the evening hours? Well, I have no proof, but my gut has never failed me. I know that Nyla is trouble; I just need some evidence to prove it to the guys.I moved quietly into the bedroom and paused so my eyes could adjust to the darkness. The soft breathing that echoed through the room told me that Hercules was fast asleep. I got out of my nighties for a quick bath when Hercules voice stopped me in my tracks.“Where did you go?” he asked in an accusatory voice.“I went out for a walk. Can’t I do that now?” I countered.My voice was louder. I clenched my eyes shut. Damn. I was defensive. Hercules could make a case out of all these. I waited for his next response, but it never came. I was glad he didn’t chase it. He had asked
Maria’s POVNot long after I was discharged from the hospital, I got admitted. Again.I fainted in the elevator, which then led to my falling to the ground. The doctor said I needed a lot of bed rest. Oh, these humans are always giving advice. Well, the tiredness and fainting were part of werewolves being pregnant. They just don’t know.That night, I woke up with a pressing need to use the bathroom.“Argh!” I groaned. Sitting up has been a tumultuous task lately. I looked around, and there was no one in sight. I glanced at the button to call a nurse, but I withdrew my hands. Logan was fast asleep on the chair. I wonder how stressful it has been lately for him. He had insisted that he sleep in my room, though he had his own bed in the hospital. Oh, that was romantic, but it's a pity; I don’t care.I have been at this hospital for exactly two weeks and one day.The doctor said the wounds are healing, but why the hell am I still on this damn painkiller? It hurts like hell. Nothing has chan
Maria’s POV“Oh no, this can’t be happening.” I turned to Logan as a tear trickled down my cheeks. The next thing Iknow, there are doctors and nurses flying in. I am put in a wheel chair and taken in.I last saw Logan outside the door, worry etched all over his face. I, too, am worried. The nurses connect me to those beeping machines, and I see a touch. Try to check me.“Doctor the baby... Is it going to be okay?"I didn’t get an answer to my question, as I had been knocked out. But before I closed my eyes, I could count the number of twirls from the ceiling fan.Just then, everything became black.*********My eyes flutter open. Where am I? My eyes scan the room. TVis talking. The winds are blowing. Through the window. There’s a baby smiling on the TV. I began to smile when I froze. I jerked up in a sitting position.“The baby! Where is my baby?” I searched for myself. Suddenly, my belly is no longer protruding. When I turn, it’s Logan, Dexter, and some nurses.“What have you done to
Maria’s POVI lost the baby.No, I didn’t fall from the staircase or engage in any of those shenanigans.It was all Logan’s fault. Him and that little slut. After he and I had made me, I was happy that everything had gone back to normal. That was what I thought, but when he kept giving me excuses not to visit his home, I suspected something, but then I let it go.Stupid. Yes, that was what I was. I should have known that humans were not trustworthy. But then, I think, I became sentimental toward Logan. That was what rid me of the ability to think like a werewolf.I should have stuck to my plan of getting his money and nothing but his money.The day I lost my baby started as usual, but I was still in the dark. Logan wasn’t picking up his calls, but he was answering his texts. That was strange. Was he in a meeting? I called again, but he still wasn’t picking.‘Where are you?”‘ work. Any problems? How is the baby?’‘ The baby is fine. I am fine. Why are you not picking up your calls?’‘
Mia’s POV“Mia!” My heart skipped a beat, and I flinched.“I’m sorry, did I scare you?” Nora touched my arm. I stood up and dropped the book I had been reading. ”No, not at all,” I smiled.“Okay,” Mia said, returning my smile. “I thought I did. By the way, I have been looking all over the place for you,” she said. I turned and looked around, my eyes lingering on the forest, where I had seen Nyla disappear.“See anything interesting?” I turned around immediately. “No nothing. I think I saw a squirrel.” I laughed."Oh, those squirrels,” Nora replied as she stared longer at me. I think she does not really buy into my words."Okay, I wanted to talk to you about the Purple Day,” and for some reason, Nora chose not to press me further. I let out a breath.“What about today?” I asked.“Michael asked if you wanted to spend the rest of the day with us.” She walked to the other end of the balcony and opened her arms wide. ”He thinks that it would be good for us since we have gone through a lot,
Nora’s POVMichael ran into my room like a flash and caught me just before I hit the ground.Oh my God, this is not happening. They didn’t do this to my Dylan.“What happened!” He yelled as he held my body for any visible wound but found none.“Tell me, Nora!” I looked to the side at the package box on the floor.Tears were streaming down my face. I opened my mouth to speak, but no words made it out.“I think she got a package,” a guard said. He had followed my gaze. He peered into the box from afar and clutched his nose.“It’s a piece of flesh and some children's clothes, smeared in blood,” the guard said upon checking. Michael moved aside and looked into the package. The putrid smell of decaying flesh hit his nose, and he wrinkled his nose in disgust.Just then, Mia and Hercules burst into the room.“What happened? We heard her shout.” Hercules said in between breaths. Mia ran to my side."Nora, tell me, what’s the problem?—immediately, she wrinkled her nose too—what is that smell?
Nora’s POVAfter they left, I went to a corner and bawled into my arms. Everything was going wrong at the same time. When I was through, I joined the others.And so I sat still and waited. Minutes turned into hours. By then, it was night.“Do you hear anything?” I asked Mia. She shook her head. I was terrified.Someone tapped me. I turned to find Malia. “Go on. Close your eyes for a minute. I'll be awake," she said, looking at me with care. So I and Mia, who was already fast asleep, were cooked up in a corner, and just like that, I slept off. This time, I fell into another dream.Suddenly I could hear blasts. I ducked my head under the table as my heart began beating fast. “Do you hear that?” Alpha asked me, and I nodded, shaking my head more than required. The sound was so loud, I bet even the deaf could hear it. I had known they would attack us, but what I didn’t know was the manner in which they would come. "Sir, we are being ambushed. We decided to follow through the other way,