ZAVIER CROSS Grief mess with people a lot. I sat in my room, staring at nothing in particular, feeling an emptiness inside of me that I couldn't shake off. Nate's death weighed heavily on my conscience, and I couldn't help but feel responsible for it. He was my Gamma wolf, my friend, and now he was gone, taken from us too soon.I couldn't help but think about the times we spent together, the laughter we shared, and the bond we had as wolves. I remember when I first met him, he was so eager to join our pack, and I could see the fire in his eyes. He was ambitious, determined, and had a heart of gold. He reminded me of myself when I was his age, and I knew right away that he was going to be a valuable member of our pack.And now, he was gone, and I couldn't help but feel responsible. If I hadn't asked him to meet me at the steakhouse, maybe he would still be alive. Maybe I could have done something to protect him, but I failed. I failed him as his Alpha, and I failed him as his friend.
RAINI LAVERNEAs I stirred from my sleep, I couldn't believe that I was still here in this wretched place. It was like a bad dream that I couldn't shake off. As I slowly opened my eyes, I couldn't help but feel the heavy weight of my surroundings. I was trapped in this room, this prison, with no way out. Then, out of nowhere, Layla appeared from the hole behind the chest. She was like a breath of fresh air, someone I could talk to and share my thoughts with."Good morning, Raini," Layla said with a smile. "How did you sleep?""I slept alright, considering the circumstances," I replied, feeling grateful for her company.We started talking and I found myself opening up to her in a way I hadn't done in a long time. We talked about our lives before we were brought to this place and what we would do if we ever got out.My initial reaction was shock and surprise, but then I realized that I wasn't alone anymore. and I was relieved to have someone to talk to. It was like a breath of fresh ai
RAINI LAVERNEAnother freaking day in this hell hole. I wake up to an empty room and a sense of unease creeps over me. As I lay there, I hear the familiar sound of footsteps and before I know it, Bianca enters the room with a smug expression on her face. I let out a heavy sigh, knowing that her presence never bodes well."What do you want?" I ask her, trying my best to keep my tone level.Bianca smirks at me and tells me that I have a meeting with one of the masters today. I groan, knowing that these meetings always leave me feeling drained and hopeless."I don't want to go," I say, trying to reason with her.Bianca's smile fades and she tells me that I don't have a choice. She throws a dress on the bed and tells me to get showered so she can fix me up.I roll my eyes at her and begrudgingly get up from the bed. As I make my way to the bathroom, Bianca's words echo in my mind. I know that I'm trapped here and that I have no control over my own life, but I can't help but feel angry an
ZAVIER CROSS.How else do I deal with my insane mind that looked to be running for several seconds as I walked through the corridor of the patio?The moon stood in the sky not too far from where I was as I stood there in a gray suit and a smooth black tie— In a way it is not my thing to stand all here alone with my thoughts but it is what had become of me in the recent week.The moon stood there larger than how I perceived life from where I was standing Or maybe it is just the spot where I was.My mind had been distracted mostly by everything and making the list was my lottery wife.In a way, I felt the need to take my wolf on a run.I turned and dropped the cup on a placement, it would be stupid for me to feel the moon right here but at the same time I could not take the urge out of my mind—The burning impulse it came with.I rolled up my cuffs and watched as my hands glittered till it was covered with a bit of fur.I could feel the cosmic energy burning through the nerves that were
XAVIER CROSSThis was the most complicated thing I could ever think of, the moment as I walked away from where she was at the moment …It seemed to me as being so complicated but the less I thought about it the more difficult it seemed to look to get it out of my mind.You see I had a complex mind and the fact I was keeping so much in made it more complicated for me to handle.I could have imagined how it must have looked to Bianca at the same I wasn't the least bothered.I took my tie out as I literally stormed away turning run the bend that was at the opposite end, it helped that I was away from her line of view cause my body was starting to react to the fact I was trying to let out energy that wasn't needed.With one end pushing the bricks and scraping part of its edges off, I tried all I could do to control the way I growled.It was obvious my wolf was begging to be let out, as I could feel myself changing reluctantly, I felt the need to unleash the wolf inside of me.Still thinki
XAVIER CROSS There was only one way to explain the situation and scenario and at the same end whatever way it was looked at, the best thing was for him to just let me walk away from here with the lady and everyone is happy.Of course not everyone would want to pull on a cape on this side of the city and I didn't by any way need the lady for whatsoever—It was just me doing nature a favor and getting rid of people like …I don't even know the jackass name.All I knew about him was the fact that he was looking like someone ready to hit the crap out of a punching bag or perhaps a pinata —And I was, according to him, available to fill that spot.As soon as he felt his crappy hands on my back, it was the last thing he was going to use those hands for because I was done being nice and it was not going to be a fair game.I looked around, counted five more men, and shook my headHe mostly saw the look I gave as I ignored and continued walking but the hands came right at me again.This time I c
ZAVIER CROSSThere was only one thing about all of this and that was the fact that I can't keep all of this away for long from her and that was if she was even here.For a minute, my mind drifted to the thought of her–It was days and she was still missing with no sign of her, I was still trying all I could to get her out of my mind just as Bianca had said.She seemed to know a lot more.In a way, the thought of Raini dragged me into all of this. I was dealing with a lot at the moment and having this girl in my arms that was barely Seventeen was tough on me.I walked to the couch and laid her down there silently, at that moment I would have changed places with her…I would have switched places with her considering how peaceful her mind was at the moment.I watched as her chest rose and fell like the tides of a quiet sea.Her face was covered with dark wood soil aside so that I could see why the crazy perverted men were after her.A part of me wanted to go back to the wood and ripped th
RAINI POVWho said thoughts were not diverse…I could feel every bit of its diversity in mind and yet it did nothing to change me.Was I prone to change from my flickering thoughts?It was all that clouded my mind over the last few days that she had been away.Bianca had been the only one I could talk to, aside from the women that were with me in the room, she was the only one that I could open up to and if there was a way out which I believed there was not, she was the way out.Still, I wouldn't succumb to whatever they are asking me to do-I might not as well know what it was at the moment but I wasn't succumbing to it, no matter what.I sat in the middle of the room, it was three weeks since I got abducted and I knew that because I counted.The last time Bianca had been here she had mentioned to me the days and I had counted since then.As my legs criss crossed on the chair, watching a raindrop make its way down the windowpane— I thought of what the outside world would be like behi