Philip's POVI saw how Lyra's expression changed. The only person I have ever told her I was scared of was Tristan, and to suddenly dump on her that I had been scared of someone else must have been alarming to her.She dropped the baby in the cot, though she was still awake. She walked towards me and then took my hands in her own, "why do you think so?"I took in a deep breath, about to explain everything to her. From how I was well-known in the town and beyond as someone who was quick to move his hands, someone who was terrible, and someone who wouldn't hesitate to kill anybody. From that very horrible reputation to the fact that I had met someone who didn't flinch a muscle upon seeing me.He was trying to kidnap my children, trying to smuggle them away from the city, and he was caught in the act. Instead of being very terrified of such a thing, instead of being utterly scared given the reputation that glued itself to me, he wasn't. It was as if he didn't care about who I was or abou
Philip's POVI realized that I hadn't talked to her about the other thing that brought me here. Her thumb was still busy caressing my hand as the silence poured between us.It was a perfect atmosphere, and everything seemed tranquil."Eunice had been the one who took the babies."I recalled that she didn't get the whole gist from me about what happened and how I came to find out everything. Although Tessa could've told her, but knowing Lyra, she would want to hear it from me than to hear it from someone else.And just like I thought, her eyes lifted up to my face as she paid so much attention to me as I began to tell her all that had happened."So basically, Matt had found the footprints on the ground after I had him set up some men on the secret and illegal path out of this town. He found the tracks, and then he called me that night; we followed them and met a man. He was known for illegally bringing people into this town.""Illegally?" She asked, "can't they just move in?"I shook m
Philip's POVHow was that not surprising?Even though it had never crossed my mind, it didn't manage to actually throw me off or even stun me. It wasn't improbable that Emily would have such influence over Hana. It was surely her influence that made Hana decide to take a few moments to herself to think about an offer that would literally change the life of her pack for the better.But no!She would rather stay with Emily and still be dealing with poverty and homelessness. Although a very feared woman, it didn't stop the ridicule.It was just too easy to get a good laugh out of her situation; anytime someone thought of the Moonlight Pack, surely a laugh would rumble out of their guts. They steal stuff, take money, fight petty wars, but they would not, they refused to help themselves get better.It could be that they actually loved the poverty or it was just so hard to pull themselves out of it given the death of Hana's husband. Though when he was alive, there wasn't much of a differenc
Philip's POVThe few hours that Hana had requested came to an end. Matt and I were soon marching to the dining room where we get to discuss her decision over dinner.Serving them dinner was a scheme of mine. If she were to see just how good our food tasted, then she would be bought.I sighed, sitting at the head of the table. I hated having to convince someone that I was a better choice. Lyra was the last person I would be convincing, but somehow, she had made me begin to try to figure people out, to sort things out, to ask for an apology. I didn't know how or when, but certainly, I was seeing the difference.The old me would not even look at her. I had been so reserved, kept to myself, and only fought when necessary, but these days it's something else. I was moved by rage and kept doing things I knew were not supposed to be done. There was no controlling it.I just began to love violence more.The sound of heavy footsteps approached. The ones on the table - Michelle, Tessa, Matt, and
Philip's POVHana's tears fell from her eyes, but she didn't let them last on her face before she brought the back of her hand and wiped her face clean from any trace of weakness. I noted that she must've cried a lot from hearing that her son had died before she came here.She didn't have many other children, but he was surely the one who asked the most questions and actually looked forward to his own pack of his own.Hana nodded her head despite the raging sadness that was locked inside of her. She completely abandoned her food and then opened her mouth to say something."It is true. She had not been the one who came directly to me."She looked at me, "it was your sister. She had been the one who told me that Clayton was dead and it was that girl you rejected that recruited me for her."I didn't have much to comment on that. I had previous knowledge of their relationship. I knew that somehow they had become allies or maybe they were working under Emily. I just didn't expect that Fion
Asher's POVIt's been over a month since Lyra and Philip escaped from Devlin. There had not been any news from them except when he needed my help to get a wedding dress for their very impromptu wedding.Had they been so impatient that they desperately wanted to marry each other?And the wedding had happened only a few days after they left. And since then, there had been no contact.I had no idea what I was expecting, but surely this wasn't it. If we were really on good terms, there had been no invite for me, neither had there been any interest in my life. It could just be that both of them were busy, and also, they could be enmeshed by the towering problems they had. There were also those other packs that Philip had mentioned the night Tristan died. He had said they would either come for revenge or just to test strengths.They were stupid.Or maybe just clueless.Philip was a walking murder weapon, a nuclear murder weapon. It was shocking after I found out his abilities, how he stayed
Asher's POVOf course, I've heard of Emily Forest. My question was how Steven had heard of her. Emily wasn't from a very well-known nor wealthy pack. The only thing she owned or had that favored her immensely, to an extent, was that she was Tristan's mate.He rejected her, though, for reasons many people didn't understand. Regardless, he still showed up in her life when she needed him. One occasion was when she needed to trample some of her enemies under her feet. According to her, they had been infiltrating her land, building some structures on her land as if it was theirs.They were neighbors, only divided by the mutual knowledge of where their lands stopped and began.However, seeing that they began to assume that their neighbor was weak, they first shifted some things over, thinking that Emily would say something, and even if she did, they thought she wouldn't be able to do anything about it. She was weak; she wasn't even a real alpha; she just inherited her pack from her sick mot
Asher's POVI shook my head at how totally hysterical Steven was sounding. There was nothing wrong with two women becoming friends.Although his problem could be that they were two deranged women who should be locked up in a psychiatric hospital. They each had their problems. They both had issues they needed to work on.However, that wasn't the issue, from what I know, from what I've heard, they haven't really done anything that was wrong. They never did anything that broke the laws of both settlements.They could do as they liked as long as they weren't hurting people."There's nothing wrong with two women bonding."Steven shook his head, "Devlin is a crazed psycho, and Emily had relations with Tristan, there's no way it's safe for anyone concerned that they are together."I laughed; he was right. However, there was proof to back up his statement.I turned away from him having no desire whatsoever to continue the conversation. I wanted to prepare myself for what's to come. I knew the