Draven Fox"I want to talk to her." Melody suddenly spoke while sitting up, her drowsy eyes directed at me."Who, Astra?" I asked, glancing at her father, who leaned on the dresser."Draven, do not test my patience." She spoke in a low, menacing voice, making me wonder what had changed. Could she have somehow known that Nancy had poisoned her? Did she have a recollection of what happened?"I don't know who you're talking about." I shrugged, watching as she turned to her father."Are you also going to pretend you don't know what I'm talking about?" She raised her eyebrows, shaking her head, when her father swept his hand over his face. Mom came back with a bowl of chicken soup and a spoon in her hand, flashing a smile at Melody, who put on a straight face."Feeling better?" Mom asked Melody, who just stared at her, not uttering a single word back."What did you do now?" Leave it to her to blame everything on me. She handed me the bowl, an understanding crossing in her eyes."When was t
Melody Reese"Pl-ease." Nancy's whimpers had my weak legs tingling, itching to deliver a kick to her mouth to make her shut up."It must feel so bad to know that you're a failure." I mocked when the guard inside unlocked the door following Draven's command. She was suspended in the middle of the cell, her hands tied with silver chains that were attached to the concrete above. Her clothes were torn, and her body was whipped, clawed, and bitten, allowing blood to trickle and pool on the ground beneath her.The cell reeked of iron, burnt flesh, ammonia, tears, and so many other things I didn't have the luxury to pinpoint. "Has she revealed who she's working with?" Draven asked the guard, who glared at Nancy and then punched her in the stomach. She winced, coughing blood mixed with saliva that trickled down her chest."She hasn't said a word, except beg." He replied, nodding at the alpha after they exchanged a word telepathically. He left, leaving us inside alone with her."Why did you wa
Draven Fox"Mom, do you know where dad's keeping his torture tools?" I asked after we were done eating, helping mom clear the table."Are you sure you want to take that path, Draven?" Instead of answering, she asked, emptying the left-over remains on the plates into the bin and then handing them to me as I loaded them into the dishwasher."What path?" I asked, leaning on the kitchen counter, when she stopped with the dishes."You once told your father that he enjoys spilling innocent blood and that you don't want to be like him." She reminded me of the day my father accused me of being lenient with Gwen. As it panned out, he had been correct all along."Now you want his tools? What changed?" She probed, a smile dancing on her lipstick-covered lips. I didn't understand what she found funny in our conversation."Nancy isn't innocent." I pressed my teeth together, forcing the words in between them."Neither were the people your father used his tools on." I didn't respond immediately, try
Melody ReeseMy chest constricted as I watched Draven walk away, his shoulders slumped and his gaze cast down. The sound of the door closing with a bang pulled me back to bitter reality. I had hurt him in front of his own mother and my mother. I had undermined our bond without a care, disregarding his love for me and his alpha position. But for my plan to work, it had to be done. I needed to make him angry and create tension between us so I'd have a reason to raise a barrier between our bond."As the luna, you just want to do what's good for the pack," his mother said, placing her hand on my shoulder as a tear passed past my eyelid, "but don't let it come between you and your bond." She finished, busing herself with the dishes."If I were you, I'd be running after him." Those were the only words my father uttered before fishing out his phone from his pocket. He furiously typed before looking at me with an emotion I couldn't identify. Then he spoke, his voice trembling before he covere
Draven Fox"Why?" I simply asked Nancy with the thumb crusher in my hand as Jones adjusted the tightness of the silver chains around her wrists. When I saw it previously, the device had two vertical, distance-spaced round bars, but a third one had been added, with the middle one containing threads for the screw. A rectangular metal bar was affixed to the top of the three bars. On top of it, another one with three holes was slung into the vertical bars, with space for fitting the fingers."I hate repeating myself, Nancy." I hissed lowly, my jaw ticking, when she coughed and spat blood, glaring at me with drowsy eyes."Big mistake." I roared, licking my lips as I anticipated hearing the sounds of her finger bones being crushed slowly in between the metal bars."You fucking bitch!" Jones wasn't patient; he backhanded her, sending her swaying in the air. She screamed when the movement made the silver chains burn further into her skin, leaving a hefty smell of burned skin."Hold her hand."
Melody ReeseI tried getting through Draven for the umpteenth time, but my attempts proved futile. The more the man ventured further into the woods, the more my heart beat in my ears, blocking any other sound. My senses weren't heightened since my wolf was knocked out. My limbs couldn't move either nor could I let out any sound. Every part of me except my eyes and my insides seemed to be paralyzed."You have such a delectable ass." The rogue made an hissing sound, sending my heart leaping in my throat. "It's too bad I was told to bring you to my master quickly." He, using his other hand to palm my ass. I closed my eyes, the contents in my stomach churning as his touch elicited nothing but disgust from me. "Been long since I fucked a mated she-wolf." He outright said. A cold wave washed over me as the hairs on the back of my neck rose and my mouth ran dry. I had never been in such an helpless situation in my life, not even when Nathan tied me to the dance pole and whipped me. At leas
Draven FoxAll the blood drained from my face as my heart leapt to my throat. Adrenaline kicked in, and the sheer intensity of it made me burst out through the glass window, sending shards of the broken glass everywhere. I landed gracefully on the ground below in my wolf form, sniffing around the grass until the scent led me to the backyard. With my wolf's snout lowered, almost touching the ground, I followed the invisible trail of my mate's unique scent over the fence and into the woods."Find anything?" My father mind linked; an edge in his voice was quite detectable even in my mind."There's a whiff of Melody's scent leading to the river." I responded, my wolf letting out a bark of frustration when we could no longer scent her anymore."Maybe she swam to wash her scent off." My wolf suggested, but before we could decide which direction to go, my father got back to us."I think I found something in the northern part of the pack, a short distance from the main entrance." Came my fath
Melody Reese"That was so cool!" I cheered in the backseat, clapping my hands. Witnessing Scarlett throttle the rogue without raising her hands and using her magical roots was just something I loved. Arrogant men like him who undermine women deserved to be put in their place by a woman, and my mother-in-law had done exactly that. After being forced to confess where he was taking me, we leaned on his car and listened as he sputtered out words.The man said that Gwen always had a rogue or two near our pack, trying to study the patrol patterns. He had been close by when Nathan contacted him, giving him my direction. So it was true what Mason had heard between Nathan and Gwen. The question was, what was in it for him, though? What had Gwen promised him for killing me? He went on to say that with a liquid dowsed with a paralysis spell in hand, he found me, and bingo, he took me easily. Unfortunately for him, Scarlett was following me, having masked her scent."I hate perverts. It took ever