VIOLET’S POVMinutes turned to hours and before I knew what was happening, even those turned to days and there was simply no show from my mates to check up on me.Neither did they send anyone to ask about my well being. It was torturing and excruciating to have to wait hoping they would show only for them not to. I grew tired of giving and making excuses for them.Going from telling myself that they hadn’t forgotten about me but that they were simply busy trying to find the spies on my behalf but deep down, that unsettling feeling ate away at my soul.“They’re not coming today either.” I said to Aria who was more broken than I was. At least I can put on a brave face.“They’re obviously held up by that mate stealing bitch and you know it’s true.” She hissed in response and I didn’t want to believe her, but the pang in my chest told me that the possibility of her being right was as high as Laura finally staking her claim on them.I wanted to trust them however, to believe the promises t
VIOLET’S POV“You’re hurting me.” Were the only words I could form amidst the pain I was feeling right now. And it was as if he snapped out of whatever it was he was feeling. He released me and backed away with guilt flashing in his eyes.I had nothing to say to him at this point and I wanted to be left alone to tend to my broken heart. I turned to leave but he called after me, grabbing my arm, only gently this time like he didn’t want to break me. “Vi, wait. I’m sorry.” For what? I wanted to ask.“You don’t know what happened back there and the moment you come in, you not only drag me away but you accuse me of hurting your sister and mate right? Because I don’t matter anymore, yes?”He shook his head, his eyes holding regret. I backed away from him like he had suddenly become a plague. He tried to touch me, but the icy glare I threw at him had him rethinking his steps. He paused and sighed almost looking like he was trying to choose his next words carefully but even then I knew it wa
VIOLET POVEmotions were meant to be silent but mine weren’t. I was a strong woman who decided to give the mate bond a chance but now here I was, reduced to a woman who was quick to tears.This is fucking why I never wanted mates in this first place.I hated how easily jealous I had become and where I knew shouldn’t be something to be blamed on me, I knew it was because I had to deal with the bond of not one but three mates. It was a lot to handle and now, it was beginning to take a toll on me.I still never saw them. Bayne’s flimsy excuse angered me more because they still didn’t bother with me nor cared to know how their mate was faring. Did they even know or realise that I had gotten injured that day? “I bet they’re still with her.” My wolf hissed and my heart broke for her.She was like a walking zombie, with no emotions that were stably her own. From a broken woman, to a grumpy one and now, numb to the bones she was.But Aria did spit out words now out of jealousy. That was certa
VIOLET’S POVIt was too much, all of it. Forcing myself to be strong just because I didn’t want to appear weak even though I had been for weeks now was beginning to take a toll on me. I barely ate, and I was losing weight too fast coupled with the fact that I was trying to search for the spies myself.It was exhausting to say the least. In the past, all I had to worry about was training my warriors into becoming the best, training myself to become better and working towards getting the army stronger. And sure it was a lot of work but I handled it perfectly.The matters of the heart however, were a different case. I was right to fear it. I was right to not want it because here I was losing weight over men that obviously didn’t care about me anymore.I touched their marks on my body, just before my collar bone, it tingled but not as intensively as it should. And I knew what it meant. Our bond was not as strong as it was or it was dying off, if that made sense. So I made it a point to no
VIOLET’S POVNot another glance was sent my way despite the shock in my expression. My mouth was opened agape and my eyes as saucers, almost as if they were about to pop out. Aria howled in my head, the pain in her voice was doing nothing but breaking my heart more. How could they do this to me? Was I really no one to them?“Just leave already!” Diana screamed when she saw that I had not moved a single inch away from them. I looked over to Laura, who had the three men around her, one checking for more injuries and another wiping her tears before she was picked up by the third man.Bayne shot an icy glare at the guards waiting for me to leave and a vein popped on his forehead. “The fuck, are you two waiting for? Take her away already.” He screamed at them, making me flinch. Whatever shock I had faded away in that instant.My unbelief washed away and I was now fully awake like I should be. The guards grabbed each of my arm and yanked me backwards to make room for them to pass through an
VIOLET’S POVMy eyes squinted from the brightness that shone into the room. It was so bright I couldn’t help the banging that sounded in my ears. From the little I could see, Laura stood pulling my curtains and I wondered how she got in here and why she thought it was okay for her to.“Are you fucking crazy?” were the first words that left my mouth that morning. One could say that I clearly woke up on the wrong side of the bed but if she had let me, maybe I would have rolled back on the good side of it on my own. But being in a pack and in a situation where I was constantly in pain from having to see her with my mates, it was unlikely that I would ever have a good day. “What gives you the fucking right to be here after the shit you pulled last night?”From where I was, if I wanted to kill her, I could do it and still get away with it. I could feel Aria smile at the back of my head. She was already planning things in her head and I could see right through them. For a moment I even want
VIOLET’S POVI was fuming yet feeling drained at the same time from a conversation that was clearly not in my best interest. Hurt couldn’t even describe how I was feeling and whatever courage and confidence I had put on a show with for Laura flew out the window the moment she left.My soul was left wounded and to hear her speak this morning like she had more rights than I did, maybe she does, only added salt to it.Her words cut deep but the triplets actions cut deeper. None still showed up and I was glad that Aria and I were at least past the point of waiting and caring for them to or not. I think we had gotten to the place where I much preferred if they didn’t come at all because if they did, it would only mean that they had just left Laura’s place.My mind drifted to their last visit and I could recall how close to giving in and believing their lies I had gotten. “Can’t we just leave? I don’t want to be here anymore.” Came Aria’s words. I didn’t want to be here any second but sleep
VIOLET’S POVTrust. He wanted me to trust them but how could I?He wanted me to believe that they had nothing to do with Laura and yet they were still with her.Trust us. Like it was easy. Doing this was the most difficult thing I have had to do, moving past rejection being another.I was supposed to leave, I still wanted to but I found that Aria, just like me had second thoughts about doing so.“I think we should wait and see what they’re up to.” Were her words and I loved that she and I were thinking the same thing. But I guess that could be expected, seeing as we were literally one person.And so it was. There was a type of relief I felt after hearing Cecil’s words and even though it had been a few days since he was here, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.It also didn’t help that my body missed them, I craved to have them in bed with me. And when it got to the point that it aimed to depress me, I made myself as busy as I could get.Sure, they were looking for the spies but I had t
VIOLET’S POVA few years have flown in and I could say that from time to time, I would think about all that has happened in my life. Sometimes the feelings were bitter, I had moved on but there were certain people I wished I had never met before and other times when it was pleasant, I would find myself thinking that everything happened to get me here.I am finally at peace.I stared at my mates and our children playing around until I felt a tugging on my pants and I looked down, snapping out of my usual day dream. My youngest daughter stared at me with big eyes and a smile immediately broke across my lips. I crouched to the ground before scooping her in my arms. “Do you need anything sweetheart?” I asked the child.Never in a million years did I think I was going to be as motherly as I was. I had two children who were eight and five years old respectively while the little munchkin in my arms was only two.I walked into the house with her, dragging my pregnant self to get some rest bec
VIOLET’S POVI woke up to the sound of soft breathing next to me and I knew it had to be my mates for I could feel them. All three of them. I smiled in my head, relieved that I was home with them and that I had the worst nightmare but that everything else was okay.But I guess that was not the case. “That wasn’t a dream, Violet. It happened and your father really is alive.” My wolf said to me, feeling more energized than I was obviously. This made my body jerk and I jolted awake with eyes wide and searching.It wasn’t a dream?By my side before I could say anything were my mates, each holding a worried expression in their eyes. My heart thumped in my chest upon seeing them but I felt a tad bit relieved that they were at least okay.Memories that I thought was a dream started to flash in my mind so fast my head started to throb in pain. I groaned while holding my head with one hand. “My head hurts….” I croaked out only to feel my throat burn from being dry. “How long was I out for?” I
VIOLET’S POVI had never been this conflicted about a decision like I was right now. There was my father whom I had to make sure made it to a safe distance and now I could focus my attention to Aurora and the Rogue King who had her in his grasp with a silver knife to the throat.I hated the things she made me go through and a part of me wanted her to perish with the rest of the rogues she had been working with, while the bigger part of me wanted me to save her from the Rogue King himself.I bet that she could really see him for who he was now. Scum and a coward. I hoped that it would wake her up from whatever he had her doing that got her to this point right now.“Violet, don’t get too close. You know you’re the one he wants….” Adrian warned when I moved past them. I looked back, whipping my head in his direction only to realize that I had left them further back and the Rogue King’s eyes were hungry with something that told that he was going to grab me the moment I got too close.I to
VIOLET’S POVI was back on the floor, running back to the images of the places we had followed while Aurora was driving me to the Rogue King’s terrain. One of the traits that made me an outstanding tracker and hunter when I needed to be was my ability to memorize map areas, whether on the field or on paper.And I could remember that the first few times Bayne had offered to train me when I first arrive Red Dawn, he was highly impressed with my skill. I was apparently better at map reading than some, if not most of his men. And he made sure everyone knew about it on the training camp.And if not for the times the mate bond caused me to give out the wrong answers – Bayne made it his duty and he went out of his way to flirt with me distracting me – I would have aced every last one of his tests.“I’m fine, stop worrying about me.” That wasn’t exactly what I wanted to say. I winced at the wrong thing I had just said and tried to correct my statement. “I mean that I am okay, but you all need
VIOLET’S POVI was a fool to hate my father. I was an even bigger fool to think that he never loved me when his disappearance was literally him proving that he did. Even though I didn’t know anything about it. It hurt to know that he suffered just as much as I did, if not more and there was no way that either of us could have reached out to the other.But it was still hard to believe that he did this all for me. He had the weirdest way of showing affection.“When I was a child you were never there. Especially after Mom died. You switched, you never spoke to anyone else except it was pack business related and even if you did, you never smiled with me. And then the attack happened….” I paused, I wanted him to know all that happened to me over the years. I wanted him to know what his absence cost me.I heard him sob some more and my tears found more means to fall freely as well. “I’m sorry…I’m sorry I took out my grief on you.”“That’s not the end of it… that not even the beginning of al
VIOLET’S POVThere were in an instant a few rogues with as much disgusting smell as their leader in the room grabbing me on both sides upon Aurora’s orders after she dragged me from his office. I tried to push them away from me, not just because they were trying to have me locked up but because of the smell being too close and almost overwhelming but to no avail. They were stronger than I was without my wolf.“Get your stingy hands off me, I can walk by myself.” I announced but they didn’t listen. It was as though they enjoyed seeing me struggle against them as they laughed with red almost black teeth.Aurora hissed where she stood, no doubt having had enough of my tantrum when she pulled out a piece of cloth from her pocket. “You had one fucking job and that was to listen but I should have known, you’re not one to ever listen unless it’s your mates ordering your pathetic ass around.” She snapped, tying my eyes tight completely taking my vision away.She pushed me forward and I walked
VIOLET’S POVI took Aurora’s words to heart. Don’t confront the Rogue King, got it. I stepped into the room once she pushed the door open, shutting it right back without being in the room, she did.The room was dark, and my eyes squinted in search of the said Rogue King. And somehow the smell became worse in this side of his castle. He’s really not joking with his title, is he? Rogue King, just has to smell the worst.I knew he was in this room, I could feel his stare on me, almost like he was ripping my clothes with his eyes and that almost had me gagging in disgust. All the hairs on my body stood at attention like soldiers as though they were ready to fight him off if he came close to me. Where the fuck is he? I wondered as I tried to use my human senses to pinpoint where he was but to no avail.I really needed my wolf at this point. “Here she is, the very Violet Windsor herself.” The words were eerie and they sent shivers of fear down my spine and my heart thumped in my chest like
VIOLET’S POVThe closer I got to my destination, the faster my heart raced in my chest, almost hurting my ribcage. I didn’t know what to expect, and I didn’t know if this trap Aurora had set for me was a simple – she was alone type of trap or if she had a few men with her – one I could escape from.But I sure knew that I had a lot of questions for her, for my father if he really was alive and for the Rogue King who hired Aurora. I needed to understand fully why my family had become his target all these years.I pulled the car into the hotel’s parking lot and stepped out of it. It looked completely deserted, entirely different from the way it was the last time we were here. What the hell happened here? I asked myself, but I couldn’t possibly have the answer.I pushed the door open after taking in a deep breath and I stepped inside. The reception area and everywhere else looked just about the same as it did but only emptier with no sign of life around.I didn’t know where Aurora could b
AUTHOR’S POVShe was gone into the night, away from all that she knew now in search of a truth relating to her father. What was she going to find? What if it was a trap? She knew it was, but she had to go regardless because there was a part of her that insisted that her father was truly alive and she couldn’t wait to see him and even rescue him.“Thank God, I’ve been training for a while.” She told herself. This time she was going to have to rely on her set of skills. She had no one else with her, not even Tracy whom she knew would have gone anywhere with her. And definitely not her mates who would not even have allowed her leave the castle without some type of protection or even at all. The letter said to come alone. She reminded herself a few times when Aria insisted they turn back and inform someone about her leaving.“We need back up Violet, we cannot go to the unknown without any kind of knowledge. Please turn the car around.” Violet didn’t listen to Aria’s pleas. She couldn’t af