The councillor's words hit home.Jeremy? Jeremy has been the one behind all this. As the councillor continues to speak, I see how Harry's features twitch and harden more. I've never seen him like this, but then again, he's never been betrayed by his own blood.As I tell him that he's channelling his anger towards this wrongdoer, my words seem to settle down in his head as he transitions into deep thought.I'm afraid. I'm afraid of what's running through his mind. I'm sure that whatever she's thinking about is going to be very dangerous."Look at you; all the while you should've been searching for your brother, you're here wasting your time with us. We had nothing to do with this. But perhaps if your little mate hadn't mentioned anything, you would still be in the dark." The councillor's words seem to aggravate Harry more and more.I know for one thing that he's just trying to spite Harry, and my friend is just taking bait. Though why? I can't be sure."I suggest that you go find the r
"Lauren is lying," Sandra says in a tired voice, and confusion washes over my expression."What? What do you mean? And what are you doing here?" I ask all in one breath, and she steps closer.I see Lauren pale at the sight of Sandra. Okay, what is going on here? I seem to understand absolutely nothing."This isn't the time and place for nonsense. If you know you have important information, spill it because there's no time to waste." Harry says to Sandra in a rather sharp voice, and I feel a bit bad for her."Lauren is lying," Sandra repeats."About what?" I ask, and Sandra takes a deep breath before speaking."She knew about the attack, and she even plotted it. She was the one who poisoned the arrows the rogues used." She accuses, and collective gasps are heard around the courtyard."That's! That's a lie!" Lauren splutters in between words."No, it's not. And I have proof." Sandra puffs out her chest as she speaks in a confident tone.Even though I don't know what she wants to prove,
"YOU BITCH!" Lauren sneers at Sandra, almost lunging for her, but the latter looks unfazed by all the attempts of the former."You got what you deserved." Sandra says to Lauren in a sharp tone, and a smug look settles on my face as I clap for her.Everyone around me joins me as we cheer on Sandra and her good deed. I walk over to her to see that she's blushing a bit. I rest my hand on her shoulder, and she flinches a bit before looking up to see that I'm the one who touched her."You did good, Sandra. You did really good." I say to her, giving her shoulders a light squeeze, and she nods her head for me."I'm sorry for drugging," she says, and an amused smile settles on my features."It's fine. Besides, I've always wanted to get high." My voice drops to a whisper, and I wink at the ending of my statement. Sandra's eyes widen and her jaw drops, almost touching the floor, causing me to laugh hard.I'm about to tell her that I'm only joking when suddenly Oliver is in our midst. He looks a
"You're willing to sacrifice so many wolves to search for me, brother?" A calming yet deadpan voice soothed the air.Everyone jerks into alertness as we turn to face the owner of the voice. My lips parted as a gasp escaped through them. Even though Jeremy and I weren't really close when we were younger and it's been years since I last saw him, a single glance and I can already tell him apart.That's partly because he's an exact replica of my mate; the only differences are in hairstyle and bodily muscle; perhaps we could see the difference in features.While Harry's face is all chiselled with sharp edges, Jeremy's is softer, more curvier, and innocent. But only to onlookers. From what I've heard today, he might just be the spawn of the devil.A wry smile forms on his lips as we walk closer to where Harry and I are standing, and that's when I notice the three men behind. Not specifically them, but what they're holding.My babies!Three buff and angry-looking rogues hold on tight to my t
"My children...?" Harry asks in a confused tone.The smug and vicious look on Jermy's face is so bright yet dull at the same time. He turns to face me, and mock pity washes over his expression."Isla, Isla, Isla," he calls, shaking his head. "Have you not told my brother that you bore three kids for him?" He feigns innocence as he speaks, and I swallow a bitter bile on my throat as everyone gasps and turns to me.My vision blurs as my eyes turn glassy."And they say that I'm the traitor. Here you are hiding my brother's own flesh and blood from him. That's cruelty on another level, Isla." Jeremy continues to speak."Isla..." I hear a voice drawl from beside me, and I turn to see Harry staring at me with pure betrayal in his eyes. My heart breaks all over again.This. This is what I've been trying to avoid all along. This horrible and harsh feeling of betrayal overwhelms Harry as he stares at me. He's looking at me like he doesn't know who I am anymore.Of all the ways Harry has found
After Harry agrees to Jeremy's terms, the next word the psychopath says catches everyone off guard. "Mhmm. That's all good and fun, but I've decided to change my terms since you took too long to answer."What? "What does that mean?" I ask Jeremy in a trembling voice.He doesn't look at me as he answers my question. "I want Harry to get on his privileged knees and beg me to spare his children's lives and hand me his alpha title." Jeremy says in a smug tone as he looks at Harrry."What?" A chorus of people echos, not excluding Harry and me. "Jeremy, you can't be serious," I say with a pained and strained voice."I'm as serious as those thallium-laced blades against your children's necks." He says with a hint of humour in his tone as he goes ahead to even laugh as Harry and I are both rocking."Jeremy... " Harry drawls in a hurt tone, and I watch their back and forth with teary eyes."What? That's my name," Jeremy laughs, making him look ten years younger than his age and also nicer t
What have I done?One second turns into a hundred more as Jeremy drops his knees. I glance at Harry to see that he's staring at me with something indecipherable in his gaze. As I attempt to finish the job, Jeremy shocks everyone as he pulls out a knife from God knows where and uses it to slash my bare thighs.I let out a loud scream, and in that moment, one voice was clear as day, even if it was incredibly low. "Kill them." Jeremy says without emotion, and I let out a piercing scream as the men holding my children used their poisoned knives to slice my kids' throats.War starts.Battle cries are heard from all around me as everyone jerks into action. This is all my fault. All the commotion is happening around me, and I am paralysed. I can't move a single muscle in my body.It's like everything has been drained from my body. I have no more purpose. No more will to live. Nothing.-Flashback-"Mummy?" Dylan calls out to me as I tuck him in."Yes, love." I reply, and he shoots up from th
"Look in front of you." Oliver drags in a lost tone, and my lips part as I blink the tears from my eyes and use the back of my palm to wipe my tears dry, sniffling all the way.When I look in front to check what's going on, I see Sandra crouched next to my babies, and she's doing something. I immediately jerk into alertness as I wipe the sands away from my back and body and head straight towards her.I see her forcing a glass of something into each of their mouths. I fall to my knees next to her, and I feel myself tearing up once again. "Sandra..." I call out her name, and she turns to me."The cure. I had a spare in case of a necessity, and when I saw what those men did to them, I couldn't just stand by and—before she gets to finish her statement, I'm already engulfing her in a tight hug, crushing her hard as I sob against her.Sandra is also crying, and I can tell why. Though she's only gotten to know them for a few months, she's fallen deeply in love with them. I mean, how could a p