KaiI felt her fear. What kind of danger was she in? There were still no clues as to where she was or who took her, and it had become clear that whoever did it, wasn’t looking for a ransom. Lacy had been gone for three days and there were no clues!Without a ransom demand, we had to work through all the possibilities of who it could be. It was an agonizingly slow process, and I was on the verge of pulling my own hair out. I needed to bring her back safely and my only consolation at this stage was that she was still alive.The goddess only knew what she was going through, but she was alive.LacyI knew I needed to eat, so I could keep my strength up, but I was having trouble because I knew what he wanted. I was not going to give it to him willingly, which only meant he would force himself on me. Each time he left me alone in his room, I tried to find a way out.I couldn’t just sit there and wait to be saved. I couldn’t go through what it was he was planning for me in the hopes that som
LacyI mistakenly thought I had put him off completely. I didn’t see Paul for two days and then he appeared again. He was smiling as though nothing had happened and even said sorry for being absent because he apparently had some business to take care of.I didn’t have to ask. I could smell the business on him the moment he walked into the room. Her scent was one of those thick perfumes that nearly made me gag. Only then did I wonder where the hell he slept if I was staying in his room.“Does your business know that you are keeping me prisoner?” I glared, hoping to provoke him into leaving me alone again. Sadly, it had the opposite effect.“Are you jealous?” His eyes sparkled, and I wished I could slap the smile right of his face. His smile quickly changed when I didn’t say a word. He knew I wasn’t jealous. I had a fated mate, so I couldn’t get jealous about his affairs even if I wanted to.“What do you want from me, Paul? You know as well as I do that if I don’t reject him, I could ne
LacyI knew there would come a time when I had to fight him off, and it came all right. I had been locked in his room for a week when he burst through the door one evening. The guard closed it behind him and I heard it being locked. Paul’s eyes were black as the night and filled with fury, and I was scared.“I don’t know how you did it.” He slowly started closing the gap between us, but I stood firm. “But it seems your mate found you.” I frowned and he smiled. “But you won’t be his for much longer.” Paul lunged at me while my mind was trying to process what he was saying.“NO! NO!” I screamed as he pushed me onto the bed. His one hand gripped both my wrists above my head while his other hand lifted my skirt. It was all happening so fast, but I was determined to fight him until I had nothing left in me.The door flung open, and I caught sight of Kai. That was when the tears started to flow. Kai grabbed Paul and threw him against the wall, but before he could check on me, Paul got up an
LacyKai didn’t do anything to make me feel uncomfortable. He made sure to cover himself with a towel before walking me back into the bedroom where he quickly pulled out clothes for the both of us from drawers I didn’t even notice before. Kai turned his back, and I quickly put on the shirt and sweats.“I’m done.” My voice sounded strange in the silence we had been moving around in since he arrived. I could see that he didn’t want to leave my side, but he was scared to touch me. “He didn’t …” My voice cracked as a sob burst through my body. Kai closed the gap between us and pulled me into his arms as I cried.“He didn’t … He was about to … But he didn’t.” The words came out in bits and pieces while the tears ran down the sides of my cheeks and I looked into Kai’s eyes. His eyes were filled with the pain I was feeling. I was so close to being … I couldn’t even think the words, it was just too much, and he held onto me while I cried.“I’m so sorry that this happened to you, my love. I’m
LacyNow that Kai and I were physically mated, there was no reason to postpone our ceremony any longer. After what happened to me, the things that used to seem so important suddenly no longer made any sense. Our families were delighted with our decision and everyone jumped to arrange the ceremony.I chose a beautiful dress made of different shades of chiffon that flowed around me like soft clouds. I wanted a more traditional ceremony and, thankfully, Kai agreed. We didn’t want these new look weddings like most of our kind had these days.We both wanted to be bound in the old ways. By promising each other our lives and having our lives bound together in front of our families and friends. I noted the beautiful cloth my mother embroidered by hand especially for this day and I smiled.“It is time sweetheart.” My father’s voice interrupted my thoughts while I was standing in front of the mirror daydreaming and I beamed at him. I took the beautiful silk cloth and hung it over my shoulder an
Kai“I don’t know what to do anymore, mother. There is something strange in her eyes. It’s almost …” I hesitated. “It’s almost as though she’s feral, and my mate is no longer in there.” My words shocked even me, but it was true.“Are you afraid that she might hurt Helena?” My mother looked concerned, and I sighed deeply, shaking my head.“No. She will never hurt Helena. It’s because she wants to protect her that she is acting like this. Have you ever heard of a female going mad after giving birth?” I frowned as my mother smiled, but I was being completely serious.“No, my sweet boy. No female goes mad. We tend to get a little crazy, but nobody has ever become feral because we gave birth. There is something else. Something else is going on with her. Do you mind if I have a chat with her?” My mother’s words put my mind at ease a little, but not enough.“You can try. If she lets you. She hasn’t allowed anybody into that room in days. Not even me.” I was really worried, but the time had c
LacyIt took time, patience and a lot of love, but I finally started to feel like my old self again. I was stunned that I had acted that way. I mean, I could remember it all, but it didn’t feel as though it was me doing it. It was as though something had taken over my body and mind.It felt as though everything I did was part of a strange fog I had been living in. I told Kai and the doctor everything as soon as it felt as though the fog had lifted. For a while, they even thought that I might have been under some kind of spell, since nobody could really tell what Paul had done to me.Kai enlisted the services of a witch, who thankfully confirmed that there was no spell and no potion involved. The doctor believed that it was some kind of baby blues. Just a far worse version than he had ever seen. He believed it was the trauma of what happened, which I never really processed, that finally caught up to me.Once I worked
LacyIt was the strangest thing to think that there was something wrong with me that science couldn’t figure out. Mental illness wasn’t something you found in our world. Well, there were the feral rogues that were totally nuts. I wondered only for a moment if I was going feral and pushed the idea to the back of my mind.There were no records of a pack wolf ever going feral. History showed us that it only happened to rogues if they lived without other wolves for too long. Why then did I feel so incredibly overly protective of my children? I was sitting in the library staring out of the window when Kai’s mother walked in.“Kai told me I would find you here.” She smiled as I got up and greeted her. “He said that you’ve been very quiet since your return. Is everything all right?” She frowned as we sat down and an omega appeared. I ordered some tea, and sighed de