Aubrey’s POVI felt my world spin as my vision blurred. My head was pounding and I had no other option but to sit down before I blacked out. I let out a sigh as I rubbed my temple, trying to massage the pain but it only intensified to a larger degree.My head started spinning once more and I couldn’t shake off this foreboding feeling that something bad was about to happen but I couldn’t figure out what it was. All I could see was danger ahead of them - dark shadows looming, threatening to consume everything in their path. I tried to focus, to pinpoint the source of the danger, but it seemed to be coming from all directions.I racked my head trying to figure out where this danger could be coming from and why it was onto us but I came up blank. There were questions in my mind but there were no answers for them. I forced myself up to my feet, I knew that I had to warn Aiden and Damon about what was coming for us. They had to be prepared for what was coming after us. Even though I didn
Aubrey’s POVThe next day, Aiden took me to a warehouse a few blocks from the mansion. It was pretty secluded, and the security around the area was tight. “What are we doing here, Aiden?” I asked, unsure about what was going on. “Seeing as we’re running out of time, I’ve decided to set up a laboratory for you to work on a cure to heal the pack from this plague, as the Moon Goddess had prophesied a while ago. There’s no one else who can do this, you’re our only shot at survival.” Aiden explained. “You’re dropping it all on me without hesitation,” I chuckled, rubbing the back of my neck. “I don’t mean to pressure you, Aubrey. But people fall sick every day, and we must do something quickly. You’ll be in charge of creating whatever remedies you come up with, and whatever you need for it to make it work, we’ll provide it for you.” Damon said. I nodded, suddenly optimistic, but my uncertainty lurked around the corner. “I’ll try my best. But what about Hayden and the children? Someone n
Aubrey’s POVAs I worked on the samples scattered on the table that I had developed over time, my eyes were heavy, and I desperately needed to catch some sleep. I had been working tirelessly around the clock for several days now. My assistants found it hard to keep up with me, and I couldn’t blame them. I barely had time to eat or sleep; all I did was work. And oftentimes, I couldn’t help but wonder why I was putting myself through this for people who hated my very existence. The pack never liked me, and when everything happened, no one took my side because they saw me as a weak Omega wolf. And yet, the Moon Goddess had played a cruel joke on me. I felt my anger rising as I gripped the pen in my head. I owed them nothing, so why should I help them get better? I glanced around the laboratory and remembered the bodies of the dead children I had seen earlier, and I knew that I couldn’t stop. I had to do this for the innocent lives; I couldn’t let them suffer. So I kept working even w
Aubrey’s POVI couldn’t tell what was real and what wasn’t as my mind traveled through a mist, making it difficult to see my own hands. Suddenly, a figure emerged and stood a few feet away from me. I couldn’t make out the face as it was covered with a hoodie, but from how the figure moved, it clearly had bad intentions, aimed to cause damage, and wasn’t hidden. I squinted at the figure, trying to make out the face, but my vision blurred. It felt like my head had been spinning, making it difficult to focus. I felt a sense of relief or fear run down my spine as the figure vanished before it could reach me. I tried to shake it off, to tell myself that what I saw wasn’t real and was all a dream, but the image remained in my head. I started to slip away again, and that was when I felt the large hand on my shoulder force me to open my eyes. I bolted up from the chair, my heart jackknifing against my chest, but I calmed down when I saw Damon hovering over me. “Did something happen?” Damo
Aubrey’s POVI yawned, feeling tired but I couldn’t leave. I rubbed my eyes and focused on the new potion I tried to mix. I heard a knock on the door and Hayden made his way in. We hadn’t spoken since last night and I didn’t know how bad the argument had been seeing as we both failed to address it. “Can I talk to you for a minute?” Hayden said as he walked towards me. I nodded and turned around, waiting for him to speak. “I wanted to apologize for what happened last night. I guess I was too hard on you and I shouldn’t have been that way.” Hayden said gently. My mouth hung open for a few seconds before I snapped it shut. I hadn’t been expecting him to come in here and apologize not after the tantrum I threw last night. He still didn’t know what had led to my outburst and I wasn’t sure if I was ready to let him in on the secret I’ve been keeping from him since the act happened. “It’s okay, Hayden. I’m sorry for being harsh as well but right now, I need to focus on sorting this pot
Hayden’s POVI felt my heart break into a million pieces as I kept replaying what I had seen as soon as I entered the room. I trusted Aubrey and she had allowed herself to be swept with Aiden’s lies and he had taken advantage of her. “I don’t know how much more of this I can take any longer, Aubrey. You promised me that this wasn’t going to happen and now I can’t wonder how long you’ve been doing this behind my back.” “Hayden, it’s just this once, I swear it. I didn’t know what came over me, I never meant for this to happen.” Aubrey apologized profusely. “This place, this pack, it’s changing us and we’re losing ourselves in all of these.” I ran my hands through my hair. “I’m still the same person you’ve always known, Hayden. You’re trying to accuse me of something that I’m not.” Aubrey said, trying to defend herself but I knew better. “You must be fucking kidding me, Aubrey. Do you think you’re still the same person? You’re not present anymore and I don’t even know who the hell yo
Aubrey’s POVI rubbed my eyes as I let out a groan. I was reaching my breaking point and knew that I wouldn’t be able to do this for a very long time. It was hard keeping up with the appearance, and it was telling me.Damon was a compassionate person and would notice my issues very soon. I took a large sip from the glass of water in front of me, trying to calm my nerves before I completely lost it. My phone rang, forcing me back to reality. I glanced at the caller ID; it was Hayden. Immediately, fear consumed me, and I began to panic. He would have figured everything out if he heard my voice, and I didn’t want that to happen. I watched the phone as it rang and entered voicemail. I was hoping that Hayden wouldn’t come to look for me. Because all I wanted right now was to be alone and figure out what was wrong with me. I covered my face with my hands, leaning into the couch I was seated on. I didn’t need a medical report because I knew I was slowly looking at everything happening.
Aubrey’s POVI slowly forced my eyes open as I rubbed them gently. The rays of sunlight falling across my face made the few seconds quite difficult, but I eventually got used to the light. I opened my eyes wider to see Hayden, Aiden, and Damon standing over me with worry on their faces as they waited for me to look relaxed before they besieged me with a barrage of questions. Hayden: "Aubrey, what's going on? Why did you faint?"“You were talking to me for one minute, and the next, you passed out on the floor right in front of me. Do you want to tell me what is going on with you, Aubrey? What’d you faint?” I opened my mouth but it was quite difficult for me to speak at first. “I don’t know why I passed out in that manner, Hayden. I know I’m fine, it’s just that I’ve been feeling weak of late and I guess that’s why.” “You’ve been looking bright to me for the past few days,” Hayden frowned. “Is there something going on that I don’t know about yet?” I hesitated but now that Aiden and
Mark’s POV“Utter woke nonsense! I will not support this foolishness and I want to warn all of you here to desist from raising this issue with our Alpha!” I slammed my fist on the table, making the men sitting around it flinch.They were making no sense with this idea of theirs and I wasn’t going to let it stand. I’d been quite silent on pack matters because I’d been busy with several things but after clearing my schedule to be present here today, everything felt foreign, much to my disgust.“You’re overreacting, Mark. There’s nothing foolish about this decision and you know it.” Elder John said, wagging his finger in my face. “Humor me, John. Tell me why you think this decision that you’ve all decided to go with isn’t a stupid one. I’ll wait for you to give me one credible reason.” I said, leaning into my chair and waiting for him to speak. “The only reason you’re against this idea is because of the rift your daughter has with the person in question. If it were to be anyone else, y
Aiden’s POVI may not like Hayden but at that point, we needed every available wolf or man, in his case. I shared a nod with Damon and he backed down from being aggressive with Hayden. “You’ll listen to me at all times. Do not do anything without my permission, do you understand me, Hayden?” I asked. “Yes,” Hayden nodded. That was all I needed as we all hurried out of the room and rushed downstairs. “Is everyone ready to leave?” I asked Damon as I made my way into the car, held open by one of the guards. “Yes, our best fighters are ready and waiting for your command, Aiden,” Damon answered as he joined me in the car. Hayden decided to join a couple of my wolves at the back of the truck and I urged them to keep an eye on him. I hit the roof of the car twice and the engine roared to life, the driver stepped on the accelerator and the car raced out of the parking lot. My fears hadn’t toned down yet but for the first time, I was optimistic about finding Aubrey and bringing her ho
Aiden’s POV I got into my car and stepped on the accelerator as hard as I could. My ears weren’t deceiving me and I knew I heard Aubrey call out my name but I had to be certain that I wasn’t hallucinating and if there was one person who could prove that I’d heard correctly, it was Damon.I tried calling him earlier but it went straight to voicemail. He often put his phone on airplane mode wherever he was busy or engaged in something serious. As soon as I parked in front of the mansion, I jumped out of the car and scaled the stairs, two at a time, yelling and pushing everyone out of my way as they all shot me a bemused look but I didn’t.Aubrey’s life hung in the balance and that was all that mattered to me at this point. I pushed the door to our study open and found Damon staring intently at the screen in front of him. He shot me a look that demanded an explanation. I closed the door behind me and sat on the empty seat opposite him. “I heard her calling my name, Damon,” I said. “It
Aiden’s POV I got into my car and stepped on the accelerator as hard as I could. My ears weren’t deceiving me and I knew I heard Aubrey call out my name but I had to be certain that I wasn’t hallucinating and if there was one person who could prove that I’d heard correctly, it was Damon.I tried calling him earlier but it went straight to voicemail. He often put his phone on airplane mode wherever he was busy or engaged in something serious. As soon as I parked in front of the mansion, I jumped out of the car and scaled the stairs, two at a time, yelling and pushing everyone out of my way as they all shot me a bemused look but I didn’t.Aubrey’s life hung in the balance and that was all that mattered to me at this point. I pushed the door to our study open and found Damon staring intently at the screen in front of him. He shot me a look that demanded an explanation. I closed the door behind me and sat on the empty seat opposite him. “I heard her calling my name, Damon,” I said. “It
Aiden’s POVIt had been confirmed. Aubrey was officially declared missing and the news threw the pack into disarray as everyone wondered who could be behind this kidnapping.I’d been asking questions on how this could’ve happened and I finally had a lead. I sat behind the screen, waiting for the suspect as he walked across the street without any care in the world. I wondered how he had gotten past the security at the front door. Sam's Kitchen was one of the best food restaurants in the pack and it was exclusively for the rich and successful. A meal here cost more than what some people earned in a month and I had dinner here anytime I needed to put in a night shift at the office. From my observation, men like him weren't welcomed here, it was bad for business. And knowing how strict the employees were, there was no way he would have gotten past the security guards. Except, if he had gotten in through the back door.Someone had tipped him off about where I would be. There was no need t
Hayden’s POVI wasn’t on the best terms with Aubrey right now but I still cared about her because we’d been through a lot together and I knew that once we left this hellish place, we were going to come back to what we once were. It’s been 24 hours since I saw her last and I knew that she was fond of locking herself in the laboratory for days to remain focused on her desire to find a cure but I’d managed to hear Aiden and Damon discussing Aubrey’s success in creating a vaccine that can mutate the virus. It wasn’t the cure they hoped she’d create but the vaccine would go a long way in ensuring that people in the pack don’t fall sick and lose their lives in the process altogether. I’d just come out of her son’s room. They were extremely worried and albeit very upset with her, she’d promised to spend the whole day with them and she was nowhere to be found. Aubrey was a lot of things but one thing I could swear on my life that she wouldn’t do was break her promise to her sons, she loved
Aubrey’s POVMy mind was racing with different possibilities about who could be behind my kidnap. I’d crossed Ellie off my list so there had to be someone else behind this. My head was pounding, I could feel the migraine threatening to split my skull open.Suddenly, it hit me. There was only reason why I would be kept here and if there was anyone who could’ve engineered this whole thing, it was Aiden and his twin, Damon. I felt betrayed and hurt. They’d said they wanted me to leave of my own volition and they went behind my back to do this to me. I looked around the room. It was made of metal and it had a horrible smell. The man had been nice enough to remove the blindfold and the gag before leaving me here. The door opened and I turned around to see the man that left me here walking towards me with a menacing look on his face. “Did he put you up to this?” I asked fearfully as I scurried away. The man remained silent as he walked towards me. I took a close look at him as he app
Mark’s POVI drummed my fingers on the table as I waited for the call to come in. This was going to be the call that would change everything and tilt the balance in my favor. Aiden had openly disrespected me and he had forgotten how much I helped him when he wanted to assume control of the pack. I spared no expenses and no wolf under my employ during the internal war that lasted for months before we were victorious. I willingly let him get married to my daughter after he promised to treat me in the same manner as I’ve done since she was born and as soon as Aubrey came back into the pack, Ellie was treated as trash. She was now being gossiped and ridiculed by everyone in the pack—and by extension, I was also being dragged in the mud as well. My phone rang and glanced at the caller ID before picking up the call. “She’s been spotted.” A voice said. I nodded. “Is everyone in position? We have only one chance to make this work and I don’t want it to be botched or else, I’m going to l
Aubrey’s POVI decided to make my way back to the laboratory to produce more vaccines that would be sufficient for the entire pack before leaving the pack. I was still sad about the whole episode and I didn’t see the car tailing us at first. “We’re being followed, ma’am.” My driver, Mr. Gerald said, forcing me to break out of my train of thought. “What did you say?” I asked.“Look behind, ma’am.” I did as he instructed and that was when I saw it. The black car, a sleek and powerful machine accelerated towards us, darting past the unsuspecting drivers, leaving a number of them startled as the car drove past them. “Hold on, ma’am.” Mr. Gerald said, gripping the steering with his white knuckles, as his face squeezed with determination focused on the road ahead. He stepped down hard on the accelerator, the engine roaring to life as he weaved through the cars ahead, eager to outrun the predator chasing them. The chase entered a whole new dimension as they raced into the Ss, both d