Belinda's POV.I spot Allyssa entering the slave quarters, and anger builds inside me.I asked that brute to do just one thing, I asked him to finish off Allyssa and yet he could not do it, he failed at such a simple task.And now she is still alive, and I am still stuck with waiting for Adrian to actually do his job.I call him, he picks up on the first ring, "Hello" His voice is muffled."Meet me at the back alley near the deserted route." I say to him and click off the call.Speedwalking in the direction of the alley, I barely notice my surroundings, my legs carrying me of their own accord."Oof" I bump into a wall of flesh and look up and it's Adrian with a goofy smirk on his face, I scowl at him."I told you to do one thing, you had one job, finish off Allyssa and that's is all, you even had extra men with you, how did that tiny Allyssa manage to escape you, I guess you are all talk and no action." Relax, I am going to do the job when I have the chance, I can't just kill her whi
Allyssa's POV.The head slave assigned me to clear the garden, buy more like the secluded part of it and honestly I am very grateful to have something that will take my mind off the latest happenings.I readily go to the garden, but I can't help but shake off an uneasy feeling, a chill creeps down my spine and I shiver. It's not even that dark yet but I already feel scared.There is a pungent smell around this area, and I cannot explain it, but it smells acidic and just wrong, exactly the way the mystery man smells.It's weird that I can now smell it, and it's creepy that his smell is hanging around this place. What if he pops out of the bushes and drags me away.Now that I think about it, this place looks very secluded and ominous, the hairs in my arms stand on end, fear clawing its way through my chest.I spot the heap of garbage that I am supposed to dispose of and walk towards it, this should be easy.Get garbage, dispose of it, get the hell back to the slave quarters.I breathe i
Allyssa's Pov.I take hold of Talia's hand. I need to tell her exactly how I feel about this whole situation "I have to tell you something, hear me out before you blow me off, I feel like Belinda is up to something, and it isn't something good, also there is a strange man that is going around wreaking havoc, he has tried to kidnap me many times." I explained."But I got lucky, it has been on my mind for days and I just needed to tell someone. So yeah, this is me telling you to be careful, I have a very bad feeling about Belinda." I finish and huff out a breath, waiting for Talia to laugh at me and tell me that I am just paranoid to be thinking all this nonsense.But Talia does not react like that, instead she grabs hold of my arms and whispers " Someone tried to kidnap you?! Why didn't you tell me?! How could you hide such a thing from me?! " "Calm down Talia, see, I am fine, I got lucky a few times now, maybe the universe is finally turning around in my favor, also , I did not wan
Allyssa's POV.My hands are shaking and I ball them into fists. She should not have this effect on me, but she does, and in all honesty, I am terrified of her and whatever she has planned.Not long ago, I told Talia to be careful, that Belinda was dangerous, but now, it looks like she is spinning a web and I am about to get trapped.My heart hammers against my chest, and I feel bile rising at the back of my throat. What if Belinda or her spies actually heard what I was saying to Talia?The thought unnerves me so much that goosebumps creep up my arm. I cannot shake the feeling that Belinda has something planned, like she is up to something and she has a trick up her sleeve that I do not know of. Again that feeling, like I'm prey, about to get trapped by a monstrous predator.I waste time, dallying around, doing absolutely nothing, Talia has been my excuse, but she needs rest, I can't go bothering her while she is hurt.After about an hour or two, I start picking my way to Belinda's
Allyssa's POV.I watch the person move away, their shadow disappearing, my heart hammering in sync with their withdrawal.The incident of the past days flash before my eyes and the strange man immediately comes to mind. I try to calm my nerves, it may just be a regular pack member, I really hope it's just a pack member. I may be overreacting, but then again, It may be Belinda, and what if she caught me here and bashed my head in or did something even more gruesome to me? Or worse, what if it's the mystery rogue man, what if he actually succeeded to catch me here, in this secluded area and finished his job.Sheer luck can't last for very long and I just hope that I make it out of here, the shadow has receded, I peep around, but there is no one in sight, a string of what ifs pass through my head. What if they are waiting ahead, to ambush me and take me by surprise?What if I don't make it out of here?What if it's the mystery man and I cannot escape this time?What if…… I shake off
Lance's POV.The events of the past few days flash through my head, my thoughts have been filled with them for the past few days, the fire, Talia, the footsteps, Allyssa.Allyssa… I am very sure that Allyssa is Innocent in all this and someone out there is trying to frame her, make her look like the culprit, maybe because they thought no one would believe her, maybe for other reasons unknown to me, but I definitely believe that Someone is trying to frame her, make her take the blame for something she did not do.But the question is, what would they stand to gain from Allyssa being blamed, who exactly did Allyssa offend that is out to get her blood in this gruesome manner.The thoughts race through my head like water flowing through a river and I squeeze my eyes shut, when was the last time I had a semblance of peace?But then again,that is the least of my problems. I know that I can protect her from whatever danger is lurking, I just have to find a way to approach her and talk to her
Allyssa's POV.I woke up after a very troubled sleep, my eyes had barely closed for two minutes and then it was morning and I had to get up and start working.Taking a quick shower that drove all the grogginess away from my body, I hastily shoveled morsels of food as I prepared to go for and do my duties for the day.I'm halfway through with my food when I feel a tap on my back, I turn slowly and come face to face with the Head Slave, she squints at me and I bow my head."I saw you breeze past me yesterday without greeting me, that was disrespectful, why did you do that" She says with venom in her tone." I am sorry for my actions, the Alpha had sent me on an errand and I had gotten in over my head" I reply and she narrows her eyes more." I knocked on your door, you did not answer " She continued and I scoffed. More like broke open my door and scared the shit out of me.But if course I don't say that, instead I smile and say "I wasn't inside Ma'am, I promise you" she looks me ove
Lance's POV.After trying, and failing to talk to Allyssa, it's safe to say that I'm a little… ruffled, she did not even give me the time of the day, making up excuses to not talk to me, I'm a little perturbed.'I'm sure she has fallen for another male, she will not give us the time of the day, and can you even blame her?' My wolf replies, snidely.'She hasn't ' The growl that escapes from my throat is vicious and dominant and I honestly don't know where it came from.If my wolf is trying to aggravate me, then it's totally working out because I am now clenching my fists and grounding my teeth to powder.'Oh? I'm sure she has, while you had her, you didn't cherish her, and now? Look where that has gotten us' He adds.'I. Said. She. Hasn't.' This time I'm ready to punch something, but what can I do against my own wolf?'I say she has, otherwise why would she be running from you, and what are you even going to do about it, she doesn't even want to talk to us' This time, his voice is whin
Allyssa's Pov. I wake up in my bed, the bed I and the Alpha share, I don't even remember dozing off, I just remember the Beta dropping me off here and me going inside, worried sick about my mate. Who is currently leaning over the bed, looking at me, his breath fanning my face and a smile grazing his lips."You are beautiful" He murmurs and nuzzles my neck. I smile and then when my eyes trail to his arms my breath catches in my throat." And you're hurt" I whisper, alarmed, he straightens and I jump up, getting the first aid box." You're adorable, it's okay though, I don't need that, I'm going to heal on my own anyway" He mutters and I glare at him. Applying some antiseptic cream to my thumb and forefinger, then opening my palms, I mutter, " Bring it here" He looks at me and sighs, " It's really okay"" Those cuts are so fucking deep, please let me treat your wounds, please " my voice cracks at the end, buy I try very hard to keep my composure, and fail miserably. There scratch
Allyssa's POV. Belinda leaves my jaw, examining her nails to see if any damage was done to the new manicure, then she orders Adrian to untie my hands, and he does so, keeping his hands on my shoulders to keep my from escaping, I almost roll my eyes, there's no way in hell that I'd be able to escape, I don't even know there the hell I am. I am so angry and also, so scared at the same time. Belinda, this bitch, came in and started gloating about my predicament, and considering the fact that she is the one that put me in it, I think my murderous thoughts are justified. "How does it feel huh, answer me" She screams at my face and I look up at her, then spit on her feet. "How dare you?" She shrieks, "hold her" she commands Adrian and he does just that.He yanks my head back so that my throat is bare, Allyssa's sharp pointed nails trail in my neck, and I hold my breath. If she sinks her nails in my flesh, she might hit a vein or major artery and I may die from blood loss. Pak. The sla
Lance's POV. I'm on a searching spree, my wolf is beyond angry at this point, there is no word in the vocabulary that can describe the intense feeling of fury and rage that I am feeling at this point, it's red hot and blinding, searing me from the inside out. I'm still waiting for Dylan and pacing the clearing, clutching her hair to my chest and trying to use the mate bond to lead her to me, I call out to her using the mate bond, but it's either the mate bond has been weakened or the distance between she and I, is too far for the mating pull to reach. I still feel like it's all my fault that all these happened, I am the one that got angry and left while she was still in her feelings, had I behaved like a sensible person and tried to calm her down, we would not be in this position, she would be in my arms now and not missing. Had I taken the time to explain everything to her then maybe things would be different right now, but I had let my emotions cloud my judgment, I had acted base
Allyssa's POV. I open my eyes, my head hurts, and I sway to the side, my head lolling, I'm tied up, that's the first thing I notice, and I'm alone in a very nondescript room. I turn my head around, my head feels heavy on my shoulder and I feel like it is going to fall off and roll down but my hands are tied and there is nothing I can do. I look around the room, there is a single light bulb that produces smoky illumination which hurts my eyes, the chair I'm chained to is made of iron, there is an iron table with all sorts of torture items sprawled on top of it. The room is bleak, and my heart jumps in my throat as I realize that this may be the end for me. I am going to die without even seeing Lance, I am going to die with the image of my aunt's dead body crawling through my mind. I squeeze my eyes shut, hoping this is just an hallucination, a dream, but when I open my eyes, the rope is still fighting into my wrist, the table with the torture instruments still looks as menacing a
Lance's POV. The sweat drips down my back as I head back to the room, I needed to clear my head and figure out exactly what is going on around me, and what better way to do it than to pour all my rage on the punching bag, which now lays in pieces on the gym floor by the way. Now that I have had some time to think about my actions and cool off, I find that I actually have done some things wrong, first and foremost my approach. That slap was well deserved because when Allyssa had talked about her aunt, no, Elaine, I had laughed in her face, with Elaine's dead body a few meters from me and her blood on my hands. That had been a completely unacceptable approach to the issue, in my defense, I didn't want to laugh, it just bubbled out of me without control, but it was still wrong. And I also get the reason she would have to doubt me, she witnessed me crouching over Elaine's body, her blood on my hands, face and clothes, telling her immediately that I was not wrong would have been like
Allyssa's POV. My emotions are all over the place, I can't believe anything that happened in the last twenty four hours, I cannot believe that my aunt that talked to me some hours ago is no more, and that my mate killed her. I moved into a blank room, with only a bed and a chair, the room seems empty, and lacks life, just like my life at this moment. I wanted to move to Elaine's old room, but that would hurt too much, it's like I am relieving my mother's death over again, I cannot even believe that I am back to square one. The Alpha had been so enraged when we had our last conversation, but he had no right to be, I saw it very well with my own eyes, the blood splattered on his hands, his face, his clothes. He could not convince me that someone else had killed her and splattered the blood on his hands, his face and his clothes. I just need space, I need a place to retreat to and cool my head, a place to nurse my wounded heart. I also cannot believe that Belinda had come immediate
Belinda's POV.HappinessHow long does it last? Because mine suddenly seems to last forever.When last did I smile and treat myself to a bottle of wine and a pedicure? I think I'll do that right now, I'm so happy I feel like I'm going to combust, I am so happy that I persevered, I am finally getting very close to my goal.This is the happiest I have been in ages, I'm not even lying.The look on the Alpha's face when Allyssa told him that she did not want to be his mate anymore, and the broken look on Allyssa's face as she flung baseless accusations at the Alpha.Their relationship is at rock bottom and I am so very happy about it, I cannot believe that idiot Allyssa.I'm convinced at this point that her brain is only for decoration and she does not use it to think at all, it's all for fancy.I laugh out loud and pick a bottle of champagne that I iced in a bucket, pouring the sparkling white wine in a glass, the paper brownish-gold color excites me.I lift it to my lips and taste the b
Lance's POV.I'm angry and frustrated, Allyssa has succeeded in making me utterly enraged, she is not even giving me the chance to speak for myself, she just up and assumed that I was at fault, and I guess in a way I am, but I wasn't the one that killed the woman and she is not allowing me to clear myself.And I am even more angry when she just threatens to end our relationship, like it's some superficial bond, like the mating bond means nothing to her, it makes me so angry that my wolf growls. I'm so angry, rage fills my head, my vision turning red and dangerous.I look at as she speaks, barely registering her words, my head feels like it's about to burst, she is shaking, from whatever emotions are rocking her body, her eyes are red and bloodshot, the tears still falling in torrents like it's not going to end.When she says that she wants to end our relationship, I laugh in her face, the laughter just erupts from the pit of my stomach, bubbling it's way out of my mouth with an intens
Allyssa's POV.The shock on my face must show because he is taken aback, I feel a lot of emotions at this point, disgust, rage, anger, sadness, I feel betrayed.I think I'm going to vomit, I look at him like he is sick, deranged, unstable, and honestly, he is.She warned me, she came to me and begged me to save her from him, but I denied, maybe if I had not denied all the facts she told me, if I had not brushed all of it off as hysterics, she would still be alive.When I look at her again, her body mangled on the floor, I bend over and vomit in one of the shrubs.When I turn back to look at the Alpha, the blood on his hands, on his face and his clothes tells me everything I need to know, tells me who exactly is responsible for this crime.I watch his face closely, wondering why the hell he had to do this, a tear gleams on his face and I am taken aback, I feel the urge to laugh at him.Why is he crying? The almighty Alpha? Why is he showing this emotion? He fucking killed my aunt! My o