Raven Pov “Come on”. I heard a gruff voice said to me, as I was nudged forward, through a series of hallways, before I came out in an open space filled with people. How did I get here? “They are waiting for you, you don’t need to be afraid”. He said. I turned around, and my eyes landed on the male witch. How did he do it? I was in the kitchen just now, with Elsie. “I’m just in your head, so play along”. He whispered. I flinched backwards, but he held me tight. “You can’t run away from here, until I let you go”. He continued as if reading my mind. “Come see what I have for you”. At his words I couldn’t even fight it, as my legs followed him. How could he control my body?As we got to the stage, I noticed the way people around bowed their heads at us. I looked below the stage, and saw the crowd, who cheered at us. What the hell was happening?“Everything here belongs to you”. I heard the voice in my head. I peered at him, and knew he was the one that said that to me. “I don’t belon
Vaughan pov “Shit! Will you wake up now, unless we will fucking lose our lives”. I heard a frantic voice screaming in my ears. It was fucking loud.I felt like my body was stuck in a hole. It was hard for me to move my body around. Every little movement felt like I was about to be ripped in shreds. “Hey! Open your fucking eyes! You promised Raven. What the hell will I tell her”. Riev was here?What the hell was he doing here? He touched me, but it felt like I being pierced by something sharp. “Ouch! Fuck man! Don’t touch me”. I forced the words out, amidst the pain all over my body. “You are alive”. I heard the relief in his voice. Immediately that was when I opened my eyes, remembering how our car had plunged into this path. It only meant we had been out for about an hour now. I tried to move my legs but it was stuck. Shit! The sun was already down.“What the hell happened?”. I asked stiffly. It felt like my head was about to split into two. I stretched forth my hand, in front m
Vaughan PovI stood outside the room of where she was being treated, trying to keep my head as cool headed as possible, but it was futile as fury ran through my entire being. I was most especially angry at myself, I should have left her there, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to do that. I had a conscience to begin with. I had hit her with the car so I had to take responsibility for it.I hate, but her dying at my own hands was something I didn’t want to happen. She had hurt me in the past, and I didn’t want anything to do with her. I had told her to stay away from here the last time she showed up but she was here again. Jade had told me she lost a lot of blood, and I had made that available. “She will be okay. I just overreacted before”. I turned around to meet Riev’s eyes. I didn’t know if I should also be mad at him, for mistaking that she was dead, when he didn’t check well.“Why did she have to fucking run in front of my car?!”. I yelled, at my wits end. I hated this. It had been a
Raven povI watched as Alpha Vaughan left, without hesitation. I knew the subject about his mother was a sensitive topic, but denying her as his mother seemed ridiculous to me. He might detest her, but the fact still remained that she was his mother.“How is she?”. I asked Jade, who still hung around. I glanced at the door of the room, which I was forbidden to enter. “She is away from danger now, but I don't think she had been in a good shape before the accident”. She said, her eyes flashed briefly to the door briefly, then to the direction which Alpha Vaughan had left from.She was hesitant to say more because of what Alpha Vaughan had said before he left, but he wasn’t here at the moment, and he wouldn’t be able to stop me from what I wanted to know about his mother.“Tell me”. I urged Jade, seeing her cautious expression.“She seemed sick to me…I mean up here”. She peered at Riev and pointed at her temple. “I don’t know for sure, but if she wakes up I will be able to know for cert
Raven povI wasn’t surprised at his words, I knew that was what he would say when I asked about her. He was still a broken child.“More than anyone else I know how hurt you feel about her absence in your life, but I think there is more about it than meets the eye”. I said, and I tried to touch him, but he avoided my touch, and I staggered a bit, but he was quick to hold me steady. I saw the way he gritted his teeth, and forced a breath past his lips. “I don’t want to talk about her, is it that hard for you to understand?”. He said, irritation in his voice. “She doesn’t deserve my forgiveness”. “I understand how you feel, but I’m not asking you to forgive her, I’m asking she stays here at least till when she is fully recovered”. I persuaded, staring deeply into his eyes. He was quiet, and I took the opportunity to continue.“Jade said she observed that she wasn’t in her right mind”. I muttered. He would have a long way to go with his mother, but this was the least I could do for now.
Vaughan Pov“Come on Vaughan, please”. Sierra pleaded with me, but I ignored her, more engrossed in the book I was reading. She was a pest in my life, sometimes I wonder why our parents decided to have her, when I was more than enough for them. I felt something behind me, and before I knew it the book in my hand was snatched away. I sighed in frustration. “Give back the book!”. I yelled, as she giggled running away from me, her pigtails flailing in the air, while I ran after her. She was faster for an eight year old girl. “I swear when I catch you I will break one of your arms”. I threatened, but it only propelled her to run farther from me. I didn’t know long I raced after her, but after a while I knew I had to give up. I couldn’t win against her.“Please stop, just give it back, I’m tired”. I said, knowing how this was going to end. It wasn’t the first time she would be doing this to me. She was just too good with her mischievous tactics.“Promise you will accept my request first
Vaughan pov “You are here”. She smiled at me, as if she hadn’t heard my question. She walked up to me. “She just woke up, will you…”. “Raven, not today”. I gritted out, trying my best to keep a leash on my anger. I didn’t want us to have any misunderstanding here.“Let’s go, you have stayed with her enough”. “…but she”. She started to say, but I beat her to it. “I will send my men to escort her out”. I grabbed her arm, but she yanked away from me, putting up a distance between us. I stared at her, wishing she could stop all this. “You can’t just send her away, and yes you can’t force me to hate her just because you do”. She said, her voice higher than usual. “She keeps repeating the same thing over and over again, and she’s calling out for you”. Her tone was more empathetic, and she reached for me.My head was so clouded that it didn’t even know what to do anymore, until I heard her voice.“…Vaughan? Vau…”. She didn’t sound like the mother I used to know, but rather like a weak c
Riev povI looked through the rearview mirror, and peeked at the Omega who sat by my right. He hadn’t said a word to me, ever since we left RedMoon. There was a reason why I had chosen him to come along with me, even when Clay had insisted he wanted to be with me. Vaughan was behind us in another car, along with the other men for backup, in case things were to go wrong. “Come on, don't act like I'm some kind of bad guy”. I said, and gazed at him, but he peered outside the window, ignoring me. “What’s your deal with him?”. He turned to stare at me, his face shrouded in confusion, but after a few seconds he understood what I meant, and who I was referring to. “What do you mean?”. He snapped, and I chuckled. “You know who I mean”. I smirked, staring at him. “I’m still yet to figure out what you are up to with him, but if you mess with him, I will forget my good manners, and deal with you”. I threatened, as I pulled into the parking lot which was close to the building.His eyes met
Raven pov“WHAT?!”. Vaughan yelled and moved from his closet, which he had been rummaging for some minutes.“No, I can't allow that?”. He shook his head, and continued with what he was doing, dismissing what I just said.“Why?”. Not understanding his refusal, on allowing Mason to stay in the house.“I don't just want to, he is fine where he is. Why are you so keen about this?”. A frown appeared at his forehead, as he threw a shirt on.“He's just a child, and I'm not just saying this, because of him, but his sister, who misses his company. We will give him a separate room, for our privacy, if that's what you are bothered about”. I persuaded him.“They literally see each other everyday. How is that possible?”.“I wish it was only about that, but he had been oddly quiet these days, and more withdrawn into his shell, something is wrong about him”. He sighed deeply, and sat down on the bed. “I feel he needs some comfort, and someone who…”.“You pamper him beyond understanding, and differen
Riev pov“How is she doing?”. I asked Vaughan as soon as he came out of the room.“Handling it better than I could imagine, but she is already asleep”. He answered, as he glanced back at the opened door. “Still going with your plan, or you are not sure yet?”. His voice low, so as not to disturb Raven. “I have to go now”. I muttered, my heart feeling a bit heavy. I got new information that the situation was dire. “But I will be back earlier than intended”. I said. “You can stay back if you are that worried-”. “I know she is in safe hands, and she already has her wolf”. I interrupted him, my eyes on him. It would be better to handle the situation faster, and be back than shifting it. “Suit yourself“. He muttered dryly, and I pushed him aside, entering the room. Raven was sleeping calmly, I stared at her for a while, knowing the night had been hard for her. I wrote down a message for her on a notepad, before exiting the room. I wasn’t surprised to see him at the door.“You better mak
Raven pov‘Weak wolf?’. The voice scoffed in anger. ‘Now who the hell is the weak one, you piece of garbage’. It continued, and I kicked a part of his limb which was close to my foreleg. Picking up the scents of people nearby, I hid behind the pillar, just as the guards came back, scanning the surroundings, and looking for who had caused the mess. Everything felt like I was doing too much. ‘After so long of being away, I never thought I would have to hide for my first kill'.The voice continued talking, while I had to bear with the noise, unable to do anything. It took a while, until I perceived a strong scent, followed by a series of frantic voices in my head. ‘Where the hell was she?!’.Immediately I saw Vaughan followed by Riev, both of them, and knew it was his thought. They both swept their eyes around, barking out orders at the guards around. I thought they both went for the pack run. ‘Well, here comes our overbearing mate, going over the top, like always as if we are freakin
Raven pov “Why are you acting so uptight?”. I asked Vaughan for the umpteenth time tonight, as he enveloped me in his arms.“You have gone for the packrun these past months, and nothing went wrong. I will be fine on my own”. I assured him, but he hugged me tighter. “I can't just help it but feel edgy. Zane needs to be out, but at the same time I feel strange about tonight’s run”. He said, his warm breath against my neck, before he pressed his lips to my mark, which made my toes curl.“Maybe I should stay back tonight…”. He said, and pulled his body away from me, his lips curling up in mirth. “No, you can't put off things you should do, because of me”. I moved a few steps back from him.“Nothing is more important to me than you”. “You have been this way ever since the past few days”. I muttered, and observed him, but he avoided my eyes. “You are hiding something from me”. I said, eyeing him intently. This was one of the times I hated being the only one who couldn't read his thought
Riev povFew days later…“So the rumors are true, you are finally leaving?”. Jade asked, sourly, her expression sad, as she peered at my belongings in the room. “You make it sound as if I’m going and never coming back. I have a sister here, remember?”. I peered at her, but she curled the ends of hair with her index finger, her eyes everywhere but mine.“That is why you have to take care of yourself”. She said, staring at me.“Come on, I'm not a child, surviving after escaping Dark Valley should give you a hint on what I'm capable of”. “It's about your sister, she would be worried about you. You don't know how much she was distressed, when she thought you were dead”. I had also been worried about leaving her here, but she would be fine. “Alpha Vaughan made it worse, when he tried to hunt you down, thinking you were her lover”. I chortled in disbelief, Vaughan was indeed crazy to have such absurd thoughts about us.“Sounds like he was nuts”. I muttered. He wouldn't be able to even i
Vaughan Pov I walked into the quarters where Hank had lived for years, ever since my late father had brought him into the pack. The virtue my father had seen in him and assigned him as my omega before he died was something I couldn't understand for a long time, until he started working with me.I realized his unwavering dedication to working for me and the welfare of the pack. If anyone deserved the position it was him, and it would be a shame to let him fade before my eyes.I was surprised to discover the door to his house was ajar, but the smell that hit me, as I entered his room, startled the crap out of me. “Hell man, what the fuck?!”. I yelled, covering my nose, before I combust from the foul stench. Everywhere was dark and stuffy, and without any change of air. How the hell did he cope being here all day for weeks. I made my way to the window, and pulled the curtains to one side, opening the window for ventilation.He was sprawled on his big bed, empty of alcohol bottles litte
Vaughan pov“Trust me, it’s only nice when the child isn’t yours”. Duncan whispered in my ears, as I continued to stare at Raven. I wondered how he knew what I was thinking. Darn mind reader!“Having your mate focus on the child isn’t something you would like at first, but you will surely get used to it”. He shrugged his shoulders.“Don’t tell me you get jealous of your own child?”. I asked, in disbelief. “Not really jealous, but you will surely get what I mean if you have your own child, especially when it’s a boy. Currently more than satisfied with my girls”. He said, smiling.I stared at Raven, and noticed Mason who stuck his small frame beside her. Immediately I felt envious of him, it wasn’t quite serious, but It made me feel uncomfortable. “You already have one to contend with, so good luck with that”. “Look at the way she clung to you, I’m so jealous”. Fia said. Everyone seemed smitten by the child, while I was the only one who couldn’t muster up the courage to touch her. “
Vaughan pov“What are you doing here?”. I asked Duncan, as I entered my office, seeing him sitting on my chair as if he owned it. “Never seen an Alpha being late to his duties”. He said, swilleving himself around on the chair. “Might be one of the perks of being a newly mated Alpha”. He clicks his tongue, while shaking his head in feigned concern. “I should say the same about you, who left your packs several miles away to be here”. Being less busy wasn’t something I knew he was at the moment, which makes me wonder why he was here. “Say hello to my mate first”. He smiled and gestured with his head behind me. I turned around and saw his mate, along with their baby’s who looked bigger than the last time I had seen her. She looked so much like her father.“I thought having her with me to meet your mate would be nice, since we haven’t met her before, don’t you think?”. He winked at me, while I stood there dumbfounded. “Hi, Freya, nice to have you here”. I said to her, and the baby in h
Raven pov“Where are you heading to? We have to discuss this”. I said as I trailed behind him.“That is what I’m about to do”. He answered gruffly, not sparing me a glance, as he descended the stairs two at a go. “Call every damn worker that works here”. He said to a guard when he finally reached the ground floor. “While at it inform others that no one is allowed to leave the pack house”. He ordered.“You can’t just blame them for it, maybe we haven’t searched for it properly”. I muttered, trying to calm him, but it did nothing, as I noticed his eyes were the color of his wolf. “I’m glad you said you had seen it there too. For it to be missing now, then someone was responsible for it”. He seethed. His claws were already out. He was like a ticking time bomb at the moment. “Just promise me, you will be rational about this”. Having him shed innocent blood wasn't what I wanted right now. I grasp his right hand in mine, he tried to move away, but I held on tight. “I can’t promise you