Aria’s POVBiting Elida had given me the chance to get away, but she was still hot on my trail, less than twenty metres behind me as I escaped the little shop where she tried to hold me.My hand hits something sharp and I feel my own blood seep out of my hand, quickly pressing it against the wall, hoping that Elijah would find me soon.“Come back here bitch. I’m going to make you pay!” she screeches behind me as I dive towards the forest. Her hand wraps around my ankle, she was closer than I realised and she sends me crashing to the ground. Her talons digging into my skin as she drags me across the forest floor back towards her. Razor sharp teeth on show.Maybe Elijah had been right, maybe I should have taken up his offer of training, its not like I really knew how to defend myself.Her nails almost skin my leg and as I look at my hand, I realise it’s not healing. I’m supposed to heal quickly now that I had my wolf, so why wasn’t I?My jeans are torn up around my leg and I see the blo
Ryan’s POVDrifting away between the humans had been easy. Elijah was just like any other wolf. Determined to keep the truth a secret from the humans, to keep our world hidden from the weak minded, which meant that he wouldn't sttack me so openly.I dash back to my apartment, there had to be some clue in Elle’s room, something that would tell me what she was up to.Tearing her room apart there wasn’t anything that would tell me where she had taken Aria. Her room was pristine, the smell of our sex still hanging in the air. I had put Aria in danger, no one else, just me.Sitting on Elle’s bed I feel an odd lump under my ass. Quickly flipping the mattress, I find a book and realise it’s a diary.There are hundreds of entries about me. Paragraphs of her declaring her love but as the pages go on, it becomes darker. A hatred for Aria develops. Plans on what she wanted to do to her and Elijah was right. Elle was planning on eating Aria, to have her permanently removed from this world. It was
Alpha Elijah’s POVI couldn’t stand seeing her like that. Great big chunks of flesh missing from her body. Her breaths were shallow, but her hand, it was clinging to him. Clinging to the man that had put her in danger.“Elijah, wait!” Simon runs alongside me as I march towards my house. I hd to clear my head, decide on my next step.“Elijah, what is going on with you? Your mate is safe. It’s not the greatest of circumstances but Aria is home!”Coming to a halt, I stare at him.“He is with her!”“I know, but have you thought for one second that she would have clung to anyone that saved her. If it had been me, there would be no doubt that she would be holding on just as tight. Just because it's him, it doesn’t mean anything!”“It’s not just that is it? I marked her and yet I couldn’t find her. Somehow he did, somehow it was like he knew exactly where she would be.”“I’m not defending him, but it does look like he got to her just in time. Something to be grateful for!”In my anger, I had
Aria’ POVMy body ached, every single part of me felt heavy, like something was pressing down on top of me.Ryan, I’m sure I had seen him and Elijah too, were they together? How had they found me?Everything is hazy as I sit up and rub my eyes. Looking down, I see that I am in a bed, a white gown covering my body, but red marks were visible on both my arms. Images of Elida cutting my skin come back to me. I’m sure she was eating me, piece by piece, but I am here and whole too.Climbing out of the bed, it hurt to move my legs as I pushed my feet down onto a fluffy white rug. Everything in this room was white, pure and clean. Was I dead?A pile of white clothes sat folded on top of a dresser. It reminded me of how Ryan had been when he held me hostage, how he had wanted me dressed a certain way.Quickly changing, the clothes are like a linen material, long too but very freeing. Little white slippers sat on the floor but I preferred to be barefoot, until I at least knew where I was.A sm
Alpha Elijah’s POVIt was almost a week to the day when I received the news that Aria was awake. I had taken my anger out on the pack numerous times as I waited to find out if she had survived or not. Every little thing annoyed me as I tried to come up with a plan that would get her out of the Fae world but every scenario ends up with one of us dead.Simon leans against the fridge as he stared at me, that look on his face of ‘I told you so’. "Spit it out Simon!"“You should have told her.”“Thanks for that bit of information. Do you not think that I considered that? I can't change what has happened!”“Come on Elijah, it's the same as hiding the truth of who she is. You can’t expect everything to work in your favour and hiding stuff to do with the Fae, well, thats really fucked up. It was only going to be a matter of time”“Am I a bad Alpha? Do you have a problem with how I run things?” It was a test, he would always answer me truthfully and right now I needed to know what he and ever
Aria’s POVNo, it had to be a lie, he wouldn’t promise my life to someone else. Not when he had worked so hard to keep Ryan from me and not when he had no say over my life.‘Wake up, wake up’ I mutter to myself as I squeeze my eyes shut.“Aria, I am sorry but I would rather see you alive than dead, even if it meant we cannot always be together.”‘Wake up, it’s just a nightmare.’ A mate wouldn’t do something like this, not if they really cared.Peeking out of one eye, Elijah is staring at me, waiting for me to say something but this had to be a dream. It couldn’t be the truth and I pinch myself over and over, feeling the pain of each one.Turning to look at Chepi she nods her head. Elijah wasn’t lying. “You should have let me die!” I snap at him, this was the last place I wanted to be and maybe death would have been easier."I can't do that!""So you sold me for a deal, you made me a slave to someone else?"Chepi rests her hands on my shoulders, pulling me around to look at her.“You
Alpha Elijah’s POV She pulls her head to the side, turning herself away from my wrist, but she had to drink. “Aria, you will die!” But it’s not my comment that changes her mind, I see how her green eyes shift darker, the smell of my blood teasing her desires. Her teeth lock on to me, her tongue latching against my skin as she sucked. Her dark eyes gaze into my own. I had been so concerned with what the Fae blood did to wolves, I hadn’t considered how it affected hybrids. She was surviving, but only just. At the time I thought the only way to save her was to call Alwin but his help had barely knitted her wounds together. The one on her cheek was as fresh as the day she had received it, a chunk of her skin missing. After a few seconds, her eyes slowly close, her teeth retracting as the grip on my arm weakens, she falls back, almost like she is a baby who is milk drunk. Her wounds slowly knitting together but still not completely, instead leaving thick red lines that littered her bo
Ryan’s POVElijah's Beta wonders in, a smug smile on his face as he checks that Elida and I are still here. Thankfully they had put us in separate dungeon cells or I would have killed her with my own bare hands. Listening to her cackle was bad enough.“You will both be pleased to hear that Aria is alive!” He is practically beaming ear to ear as he makes his announcement.“Can I see her?” I hadn’t seen her since the hospital when Elijah’s men had escorted me out. In fact I hadn't seen anyone other than this guy. “No!”“She’s not here anyway.” Elida mutters from her cell next to mine.Simon’s expression changes immediately, his head snapping in her direction. He takes a step sideways to look at her properly, just slightly out of my line of sight.“What is that supposed to mean?” The Beta growls at her but she just laughs back.“We all know saintly Alpha Elijah will have made a new deal with my father. She wouldn’t have survived my poison otherwise. Only dear daddy could have saved her.