ALAIAI knew transporting rogues in and out of portals would take a toll on me, but it was worth it. I’ve been wanting to take down my brother for a while now. This was like a dream come true, and I didn’t need to get my hands too dirty. I stood in a little hideout a few miles from Blue Moon Pack’s border.After discovering Mirja wasn’t in the dungeons, I sent the second round of rogues closer to the pack’s hospital to blow that up. I could feel my body weakening, but the sigils were still there, as plain as day. They usually fade when I lose power. Still, I felt weak and felt myself falling to the ground. Nas caught me and sat me down. “You should take a break. We don’t need you running out of juice,” he said, grabbing my hand. “I’m fine,” I said, pulling my hand away from him. It didn’t make sense. What did my brother do to her? Is she even alive, and if so, why would my brother keep her alive? Maybe he found a way to wake her, and she gave him information in exchange for her l
ALAIA“Hide!” I yelled at Emily, who began pulling the wires from Mirja’s body. I decided to help her when an explosion knocked us both toward the wall. I cushioned the blow with some power, but Emily got completely knocked out. Maybe this was my chance to kill Mirja and blame it on the attack. I tried crawling over to her, but someone started banging on the door to get in. Shit! I opened a portal instead and made my way through. I got up slowly and watched Nas walk over to me. He was saying something, but I couldn’t understand through all the ringing in my ears. “I’m fine. Just help me up,” I said, latching on to his arms. “How are your boys doing?” I asked, not genuinely caring but wanting him to think I did. “These are not my boys. Just hired help, and they are worth every penny. Hitting a few houses on the way out. Your brother will have his hands full of bodies in no time. Enough to pay back for Frank’s death, at least.” “Mirja is on their side now. I couldn’t get to her,
ZIRAI couldn’t believe this! All this time, I thought I was going crazy, but it was her manipulating me. Using her witchy powers and for what? To have a life that she already had. She has everything, yet she still targeted me. The information I heard from Mary and Victoria when they were in Isabella’s room had me pacing back and forth in my room. I needed to figure out what to do with this information. Voices in my head told me to confront her. I felt a little comfort in hoping that they were from Nina. She would totally say skip the niceties and kick her ass. Goddess, I miss her. Go to her. Find her. Tell her how you feel, the voices cooed. I grabbed my hair in frustration. I hated these voices. I wanted them to stop. Maybe, just maybe, if I did what they asked, they would go away. Yes. No. It could be her messing with me. I could go to her and get her to stop. Yeah, I’ll go to her. I walked into the busy hall with people rushing in and out of rooms. Ever since Isaiah put every
VICTORIA The moment I left the room, I went to Alaia’s office. There was a wolf standing guard. I was glad it wasn’t Jace or Chris. He was young, so convincing him to let me through might prove easy. Walking closer to him, I got an overwhelming stench of sex in the air. I almost gagged at the smell. He noticed my face and started to sniff himself. “Is it that bad?” he asked me. “If the Alpha comes back with you smelling like that, he might get the wrong idea and….” I made the cutthroat motion and watched the young wolf turn pale. “Don’t worry. I’ll watch your post. Just make it quick.” The young wolf hightailed it out of there. As soon as he turned the corner, I tried the door to Alaia’s office, and the door opened. I was surprised it wasn’t locked after what happened to Mary earlier. I knocked on the door, calling for Alaia, but it was empty. I quickly went to her desk to look for anything I could use against her, but the drawers were locked. That’s when something outside
ISAIAHIt was pure chaos when we made it to the Blue Moon Pack. There were warriors and pack members scattered around all corners of the pack. Finally, we reached the center where Zack was giving out orders. He noticed and waved us over when an explosion came out of nowhere. “Ralph, check out that explosion and get someone to help survivors to one of the safe houses. Bronx, we have to get ahead of these bombs. Let’s get this under control now, people!” Zack was yelling out commands left and right while I surveyed the mess. People were running around dealing with fires spreading around the pack while others attended to scared pack members. There were makeshift tents spread with injured members going in. Made me wonder how many people were in their hospital. I sent a silent prayer to the Goddess to protect my pack. I was worried about leaving them without their Alpha, but I knew Jace and Chris could handle it. “What can we do?” I asked, ready to get into action. “We need to get
ZIRA It was quiet. Too quiet as I walked in the woods. It was so quiet; my footsteps in the snow echoed around me like in an acoustic room. My breath was visible, and a chill surrounded me like a bad omen. I am really missing my room right now. The closer I got to the cliff, the tighter I pulled my coat in. I kept thinking about what to do. I tried calling Isaiah and Isabella, but nothing went through. Maybe Alaia tapped their phones or something. I reached the tree line and spotted a cloaked figure near the cliff’s edge. I could tell it was Alaia by the swell of her belly. I surveyed the area and didn’t see Victoria anywhere. Maybe she was lying. No. She had her phone, right? I watched as she walked along the edge of the cliff. This is your chance. Voices in my head whispered. All you must do is push her. I flashed back to the dream of me being pushed over the cliff. All I must do is push her. “Where is Victoria?” I yelled while stepping closer to her. Alaia didn’t move.
ZIRA I stood still for a few more moments before walking over to Alaia. I stood a few feet away, thinking she would jump up and attack me. My heart was pounding in my ears, so I couldn’t tell if she was okay. Hell, I didn’t know why I cared. Because I’m not a monster. “Alaia?” Silence. Only the sound of the wind could be heard. I took cautious steps toward her body. I bent over as my hand shook to touch her shoulders, and she lunged at me. She pushed me to the ground, pinning one of my arms with her foot and one of her hands. She used her free hand to bring the knife right under my throat. My claw mark across her face turned into black ink as it healed. Werewolves, even half-werewolves, don’t usually heal like that. “Now look at what you made me do. I have to use magic to heal faster, you little bitch,” she spat in my face. The knife dug deeper into my skin. I could feel it burning from the silver. I struggled to get out of her lock. “I was going to make this quick, but I th
ISAIAHHunter and the warlock George held me back as I tried to take back control from Devon. To him, Alaia did no wrong. She was his mate and had no faults. On the other hand, I had an inkling that something was off with her, but I couldn’t blame her without proof. If we were wrong, it would only create friction in our strained relationship. That thought alone made Devon come out in full force. “How dare you blame her when she helped you rescue your witch, your mate!” Devon snapped at Zack while pushing Hunter and George away. “Watch it, young Alpha,” Zack growled back. Isabella and James stood between us as we glared down at each other. So now there were two angry Alphas in close quarters. That is never a good sign. Isabella looked at me. “Devon, Isaiah, please,” Isabella pleaded. “Zack wouldn’t implicate his own sister without reason. So let’s just hear him out, OK?” Devon wanted to punch someone, mainly Zack, but even he was curious about what Zack wanted to say. He huffed at