Aria’s POV“You can’t do this here!” Chepi yells at me as I keep my eyes trained on Kyle“Your wolf… it’s…” Kyle mutters to me as I growl at him.He had abandoned me when I had needed him most, he didn’t even try to help me. He left me to die.Chepi stands with her hands up in the air but I had no problem with her, all my anger was directed at my so-called brother.Kyle drops his head “I didn’t know.” But I couldn’t answer him, I couldn’t even mind link him.“Aria please, they will kill you if they find you like this.” Chepi tries to reason with me but right now all I wanted was to see Kyle’s head detached from his body. I was the girl who always forgave but not anymore. I was done with all the liars in my life.“Let them find her. She shouldn't be here anyway!” Kyle mutters.It’s Chepi that turns and slams him into a wall. “You would give up on her so easily?” Her mouth was close to his ear as she held him off the ground with a single hand.I’m also surprised how quickly Chepi had c
Ryan’s POV“I’m sorry, but you are talking shit. A wolf mated to a Fae? That just wouldn’t happen.”Elijah raises an eyebrow at me, a smirk forming on his face.“What about Aria?”“What about her?”“Well you are a Hybrid that is mated to her. I am a wolf that is also mated to her. She is the first known wolf to have two mates.”“But we already know why. Her wolf is mated to you. Her vampire side is mated to me.”“Maybe but what if things are changing. What if the reason she is mated to both of us is because you broke your oath? Or what if the Moon Goddess feels like spicing things up a bit.”“Okay. Let’s say that you are right. That means Aria has a good chance of bumping into her brother. The one that abandoned her when she was with me. The one who hasn’t even made an attempt to find her. Even Seren came back to you. What do you think Aria will do when she runs into him?”It was a rhetorical question. I already knew what she would do. She had been waiting so long for him. She had tal
Alpha Elijah’s POVI didn’t really want to leave Ryan alone but there were more pressing matters. I needed to see if Kyle really was in the Fae world or if we had jumped to conclusions.The main hall was filled with dancers and the melodic charm of Fae music but it didn’t take my attention away from the smell, it was getting worse. I had scented it last time I was here but it seemed like the Fae were oblivious to it and I had decided to keep my mouth shut. Today though, it seemed extra pungent, but I had no idea what it was.Casting my eyes across the room, I couldn’t spot her anywhere. Aria would have been easy to see, the majority of the Fae had some shade of blonde hair whilst hers was dark. She wasn’t here and I let out the breath I had been holding, at least she wasn’t taking part in their weird rituals.Heading out to the stairs, I run into Chepi. Her eyes are wide and they looked tearful. Not something I was used to seeing in Fae.“Is Aria upstairs in her room?”She shakes her
Aria’s POV“I don’t understand. Where are we going?” “You will see soon my dear.”My arm was linked with Alwins', his hand pressed against mine. When I went up to see him, I was expecting the worst. Kyle had clearly run straight to him but Alwin had been sat on a plush gold sofa waiting for me with that irritatingly beautiful smile of his.“I want you to come on an errand with me!” He had continued to smile at me, no mention of Kyle, yet that rotten flesh smell, it was overwhelmingly powerful in his room.I repeat my question; not only was his hand resting on mine but I had been blindfolded. He had told me that it was a surprise. I didn’t really like surprises, it felt like a trick and I knew I had to keep my guard up. Keep myself prepared for whatever he was planning.I knew we were outside, the cold air dancing across my skin as we walked. The music that was once loud had fallen quiet“I see your wounds have not fully healed.” His words were barely a whisper and I feel the hairs on
Ryan’s POVFuck! Fuck! Fuck!Her father, he had known about this and Alwin had known about Aria all along. Her father had done everything he could to keep her safe, including making me vow to protect her. Everything was just so fucked up, I wish Aria’s father had just told me the truth. All the bits with Seren wouldn't have happened. I most likely wouldn't have killed her parents. We could have been happy! I was so fucking stupid!“This has always been the plan!” I shake my head at Simon “I had been so caught up in this plan of making Aria mine that I failed her entirely. I missed the most important thing.”“I take it you’ve come up with something then?” He takes his feet off the desk and folds his arms across his chest.“Alwin has had this in place for years, it’s just been a huge benefit to him that Aria is mated to Elijah as well as me. It made it easier to trap her.”“Elijah will find her!”“What if he doesn’t, what if Alwins plan involves taking us down completely? Her wolf is po
Alpha Elijah’s POV“WOW!”I turn to look at Chepi who was busy spinning in circles, her face tilted up towards the dark sky and her eyes closed.“You’ve really never been outside?!”“He never allowed it, but this. I just can’t believe that I have been missing out on this for so long.”The house was surrounded by hills, like it sat in a valley. From far away it would make the house look tiny but that was far from the truth. The house had many floors, dieen spaces everywhere and I was certain it was bigger on the inside than what it appeared to be from the outside.The smell of rotting bodies was just as strong out here. Almost eye wateringly strong but at the same time I could still scent Aria, but only a little.“This way." I let the mate bond lead me, pulling Chepi along with me. She was in awe of everything around her. Her eyes constantly focussing on the starlit sky. This was nothing, here it was always like this, the sun never shone. It was constant darkness, another way for Alwin
Aria’s POVOpening my eyes, something didn’t look right. It took me a moment to realise that I am upside down, my head bobbing inches from the grass. A hand is clasped around my ankles and my hands are bound behind my back.The cream shirt I was weraring was drenched in blood. My own I assume and as I look at the grass and see a trail of red droplets following us. My wounds had opened up again, it explained why I felt so spaced out and off.Willing myself to shift, nothing happens and instead I am left with the dull throb in my head. How long had I been upside down?I’m sure I heard Ryan speak back to me. Had he or had I imagined it? He had no idea where I was anyway. Elijah couldn't hear me either, I was on my own.“Care to know where you are going?”I hadn’t spoken so how did he know I was awake? Again, I choose to keep my mouth shut, it was better for him to think that I was out of it. Alwin suddenly drops me to the ground. My neck cracked as I hit the floor head first sending a s
Ryan’s POVAfter telling Elijah everything, we agreed to split into two parties, it would make searching for her easier. Simon came with me so he could pass messages back and forth between us if needed, letting one another know if she had been found. I’m not sure what Elijah’s plan was but I was following my nose.It was the first time I had ever scented her, if it was her. So I was taking a huge risk in believing it was Aria, but there had to be a reason why I could suddenly scent her.“How can you be sure Aria is what you are smelling?” Simon questions me as we move.“Gut instinct!”“What if it is someone else that you are mated too?”“It’s not.” I was certain of it, it had to be Aria. It didn’t make sense for it to be anyone else but I was still confused as to why I could suddenly scent her.We moved through the darkness and I glance at the watch on my wrist. It was reading 2:20pm so how was it night here.Like he knew what he was thinking, Simon whispers, reminding me that time wa