Belinda's POV.I wake up with the bitter taste of rejection on my tongue, or that could be the alcoholic wine I had drowned in yesterday when the Alpha turned me away from his room, saying he wanted some privacy, the bottle which is currently lying at a corner if the room, drained of every last drop of wineprivacy?! It makes my blood boil that even when that foolish girl is in prison, the Alpha is still affected by her, it makes me want to strangle and throttle her so that she can't take the Alpha away from me. The idea of the Alpha wanting privacy is just outrageous, and it makes me seeth, luckily, there's someone waiting in a jail cell, someone I can pour out my frustrations on, she does not have to know that the Alpha turned me away last night, instead, I'll tell her the exact opposite.I will tell her that her precious Alpha Lance had spent the night in my arms, our legs tangled together after spending the whole night in pleasure and ecstasy, the look on her face will be memorab
Lance's POV.The door is locked, Allyssa is in a dungeon cell, but yet images of her keeps running through my mind, he soft velvety voice that soothes, the soft curve of her nape and neck, her cupid's bow that is as enticing as her full red lips, the way she moves gracefully, barely touching the ground.These images haunt me and make me ache, to touch her, to feel her, then the images shift and I am seeing her bloodied battered body, I am seeing the guard kicking her over and over again until her ribs crack, I see her split lip and swollen cheeks.Her wet, sodden hair haunts me as her head hangs limo on her shoulders, touching the soft curve of her breasts. She is looking at me with big innocent eyes, pleading for help. She wants me, it’s all my fault. I ordered those guards to torture her until she said the truth.The image changes, she is lying flat out on the ground, unable to move, struggling to breath, wheezing and coughing up blood, her lips quivering as she seeks my help, begs
Allyssa's POV.So I have been feeling a bit jumpy, every creak or clang makes my heart race, even when sometimes it's just my chains, probably because of Talia's promise, but I think I am going to be saved, Beta Dylan is the beta of the pack for a reason, I cannot even wait to get out of this place.The irritating guard is no more watching me, I will take that as a good sign. I know that I am clinging on to the last thread of hope, and that it would be a miracle if Beta Dylan could find something out, something that will point him in the right direction and remove the suspicions from me. But I still believe he can do it; Talia is a remarkable woman, she is intelligent and resourceful, and so is her mate, I am sure they will succeed, and if she says that Beta Dylan will be looking, then he will, he will do anything for his mate. Unlike mine.I don't know where the thought comes from but I squash it as soon as it rears its head. I cannot understand any circumstances. Thinking of Alpha
Lance's POV.I step into the dark room, my eyes immediately adjusting, the room is dank, as usual, I look around when I see the crumpled girl in the corner."Allyssa, Allyssa" I scramble towards her. Allyssa is on the ground, shivering, tremors wracking her body in violent spasms, her small body is curled in a ball, the shackles making her look like a cornered animal.My heart drops to my feet, at her condition and all the pain she must be going through. I try to reach out for her, her body jerks away from my grip.Even when she's unconscious, her body reacts to me in the opposite way. It breaks my heart to see her like this. It makes me downright sad, and given that she is innocent in all of this, it breaks my heart even more. I want to help her somehow. Help her make it stop hurting so much...I bring the key to the shackles from my back pocket and insert it into the keyhole, they fall away, and she almost topples over, but I catch her in time.I touch her wrist, her pulse and it
Belinda's POV.The Alpha comes barreling past us, thank goodness we hid before he could spot us, the rogue beside me, grins, just like the maniac he is.The Alpha calls out Allyssa's name, I squirm, the emotion I hear in his voice does not sit well with me, it's as if he's broken, as if her death would cut off a part of him.I think he has found out that Allyssa is innocent and is feeling guilty because of that, but that should be the least of my concerns because the wolfsbane we gave her should be enough to end her, to take her out of the picture.The rogue is now breathing down my neck. He smells of musk, blood and wolf, and yet something about him seems...different, it feels more like predatory or savage and awful.I guess that's why he's a rogue, that's how rogues are, and the brute beside me, is A LOT of rogue. I scoff, I really do dislike this man, but I have to do whatever I have to do to win. He leans close to me, whispers, "You are so much prettier when you're angry." And th
Allyssa's POV.My head is pounding, my whole body aches, I can feel the pain pulsing through me, I wonder what the rogue had injected into my veins.My head is swimming and I try to make sense of my surroundings, but I can't, it's like something is pulling me down, back to unconsciousness, but I open my eyes again, this time the pain recedes a little. All these little wounds were there on my body, but they're gone now, and I think Talia's cream had worked, yet it feels as if someone had ripped open a large wound in my chest. My breathing is labored as I struggle to get the air back into my lungs. The room is dark and dimly lit, making it hard to tell where I am exactly.Then the faces come into view, The healer, Alpha Lance. Alpha Lance?!My gaze snags on his bedraggled hair and his face that looks like hasn't had a good night's rest in years. He seems paler and thinner than usual, but I'm not sure why he looks this way, or how long he was out for. He smiles gently at me. "Oh, yo
Lance's POV.I watch her as she eats, the way her lips close in the spoon, it s enthralling, she's enchanting, a mystery I want to fall into, but I have to hold myself back.Because she does not deserve me, I want to tell myself that it has nothing to do with her lineage, but everytime I think about what she had to go through because of me, I realize how deeply I hurt and wronged her.I do not even know of she would forgive me, and if I was in her shoes, I would probably not forgive me either. I don't know why I'm having all these feelings, the mate bond would probably be a good place to start though, buy I guess I owe her, I accused her of being in cohorts with rogues, tortured her and she even almost got killed because of me, so at least I want to keep her protected.She must have gone through a lot of pain, I want to fold her and put her in my pocket so that she never gets hurt ever again.The rogues di pose a huge problem because they seem to be after her, and why anyone would be
Lance's POV.I walk with Dylan by my side, reminiscing on the recent developments."I would really like to know who is behind all these incidents, the best guess is that someone inside here has been doing deals with the rogues and that is how they got in and attempted to kill Talia, and now, someone inside had brought a rogue from outside to try and kill Allyssa, thank goodness that they did not succeed in their plan." I'm deadpan.He looks deep in thought and then he snaps his fingers, " You're right Alpha, but the problem is that the things don't just add up, who could it be, could a person really sneak a rogue, a group of rogues, into the compound without the guards noticing? " He asks and I roll the question around in my head." It is not exactly impossible, you know, it could be done, but it wouldn't take one person to do it, they must have had backup." I point out and he nods.Dylan claps his hands together."So, let's lay out our facts" he exhales , "So firstly, someone tried t