Aiden Bella paces in front of me. Her brow creases as she thinks. Her hands rest on her hips. She makes several attempts to say something, quickly changing her mind. I couldn’t read her thoughts either, they were changing so quickly. “So we don’t know what the shifter looks like?” She mutters “No.” “They couldn’t have been Jacob for very long because his mate knew when he died. You found his body in the forest” “Thankfully. They could have pretended to be Jacob for ages if Freya wasn’t mated to him. Then who knows what kind of trouble we would have been in.” She nods and continues to pace. “And you still can’t link Halle?” “I haven’t been able to since she was drugged. You know that. The drug doesn’t seem to wear off like it does you.” She rolls her eyes, just like she does anytime it's mentioned. I understood her frustration, but at the same time it’s true, she was somehow different to the others and we still didn't know why. “Before then you could?” She mutters. “Yes.” “T
BellaLeighton was dragging an unconscious Rogue by his ankle towards us.. Aiden gets out of the car, hurrying towards him as I keep an eye out for the humans that had disappeared into the trees. It would only be a matter of time before the humans found those dead ones. Unless the wolves got to them first.“Why did you bring him here?” I hear Aiden yell“I told you, the twat stabbed me.”“Stabbed?” I was curious and join them. “Stabbed with what?”“Some sort of syringe.” Leighton points to his neckOn his neck was a small red pin pick. Like the one I had been left with after Becca jabbed me.“So I knocked him out. And brought him in for questioning.”“But you linked me?” I mutter“I hoped to get back here before you left.”“She means you were jabbed and you can still link us.” Aiden frowns as he checks Leightons jab wound.“You think he tried to inject me with the same stuff?”“We both know that Hybrids don’t always react in the same way as the others. Maybe it didn’t work on you.”“
Aiden.“We need someone to watch him.” I keep my eyes on Dani and already she is shaking her head. "Keep us in the loop about his plans.“I may have agreed to speak to you. It doesn’t mean I want any part of what is happening.”“What about the others?” Bella asks“I keep myself to myself. And now it is time for you to leave.” Dani mutters. She moves to the front door, unlocking it.“I mean what about the other women and girls. He still rapes them, he has his Rogues raping them too. Trying to impregnate all of them. This is more than what he did to you and me. Are you willing to let him carry on?” Bella pleads“Others?” She mutters, looking away from the three of us and puffing out her cheeks.Bella nods. “You may not have had the balls to help me, but the least you can do is help them!”“He is trying to create an army of Rogues, Dani. He already has many working for him. We already helped free alot of them. My father took the others back to his land."“Rogues don’t work together.” She
Bella“Let me get this straight. You want to go to your father’s land. Where Christian has full control and who knows how many Rogues to help him?”“And possibly people from my fathers pack who have joined him.” He mutters as if that made it sound any better.We had pulled into a car park as I needed some air.I loop around the car as Aiden tries to explain to me his idea.“I thought that us running away, was what you wanted. To keep me safe, that’s what you kept saying and now, you want us to wander straight into the lion’s den, with him!” I point to Connor.“He won’t expect it.”“Of course he will. He has your family as prisoners. Danica probaby told him everything, so of course he will expect you to come!” I shake my head and look at Connor who Leighton was currently carrying. “You want to risk his life too?”I felt immensely protective of Connor. It was hard to explain. He was just a baby. My baby brother. I didn’t want him to experience any type of life that I have had. In some w
Aiden“She shifted.” Leighton mumbles from next to me.“I can see!” I snap. She was huge. Bigger than other Wolves. Easily twice the size if not more. Her fur was copper coloured, just like her hair and her eyes are more golden than I have ever seen before. It wasn’t jealousy that had forced her into her first shift. It was the need to protect the vulnerable. Something I had never witnessed in another Wolf or Lycan..I feel my bones snap back into place. Taking a deep breath, I rise to my feet. The Rogues surrounding us had backed away from us and moved towards Bella. Their yellow eyes purely focussed on my mate as they tried to creep towards her.Her ears twitch as the Rogues advance behind her. She slams her body into them, sending them sprawling across the floor.Her jaws clamp down on one, catapulting them through the air like a ball. His body slams into the wall near Christian.She rips the throats out of the other Rogues before they even had a chance to get back on their feet.
Bella“You let her leave.” I whisper from my spot on the floor. Every inch of me burned. It was different from being in heat. This felt like I had walked through fire. Like I had just stood in the flames as they licked my body. I couldn’t move. I didn’t want to move. The tiled floor was cold and it eased the burning.“Someone needs to tell that bastard.” Aiden snaps as he crouches by me. His hand grazes my face and his brow wrinkles into a frown. I had seen that look before. Not since we were mated, but I had seen it. The look that said he was disgusted with me.“They didn’t shift.” I mutter. “Christian and Myra, they didn’t shift.”“It doesn’t matter.” He rises up, looking around at the mess.But it did. Why didn’t they? They could have fought back. Aiden and Leighton were in chains. Why didn’t they fight back?“Can you stand?” Aiden asks, he sounded hollow.I glance at Leighton. Connor was asleep, curled into him with his head resting on Leightons shoulder. At least I had saved him
Aiden The hate and the anger made me feel like I did when Ivy died all those years ago. An empty hole had been created in my heart. I tear through the house, looking for my father and my mother. There were no signs of them anywhere. I knew my father was dead. I felt the shift of power. But mum, there was every chance she was still alive. Would Linc really have let someone kill a pregnant woman? He had adored my mum. Leighton is in the kitchen alone. “Where’s Bella?” I ask, looking around the room. “She left.” He doesn’t quite meet my gaze. “What do you mean, she left?” “She took Connor and left.” “When?” “About an hour ago, when you were stomping around the house." “Why didn’t you stop her? I asked you to keep her safe.” “Safe from them or from you?” He mutters, glaring at me. “What the hell is that supposed to mean?” “She’s right, isn’t she? She has to be, she can sense what you are feeling.” “Leighton?” I snap “You blame her for what has happened.” “What? No I don’t.
Bella“Why did you burn them?” Amanda asks as I concentrate on the road.I wasn’t a driver and the last thing I needed to do was kill us all. Especially as the rain appeared to be getting heavier by the second.“It’s what the King does.” I mutter as the car slides around the corner. I hadn't thought about it. After the attack it just seemed like the logical thing to do. Burn the evidence.“Your Wolf is massive.”“I know.”“Why?”“I don’t know. I wasn’t even sure if I could shift.”"But you did and there were so many of them.""I know, I was there." The Rogues had just kept coming. One after another, attacking us from all angles. I was exhausted, but I couldn't stop.“I miss being able to shift.” she muttersI would probably have said the same if it had been taken away from me completely. Yet, somehow, the drug never had a lasting effect. And I still didn't know why.“Does he have a name?” I mutter as she keeps her child clutched to her chest.“No, I’ve been too scared to name him, j
Bella It was a strange few days, watching Aiden put plans in place. I knew where we were going, he had made that clear and I couldn’t wait. I had never felt more at peace than when we were in the forest and I couldn't wait to show the boys. “That’s all my stuff packed.” Katie whispers as she drops one last box into the back of Leightons van. I had barely seen her smile recently, unless it was a front she was putting on for Flynn. But a natural smile just didn’t seem to exist anymore. I hoped she would get past her mothers death. “You don’t have to come.” I say for the hundredth time. “Yes I do. Leighton says that he won’t leave me, but he won’t leave you either. nd you are the closest thing I have to family besides Flynn." There was a strange tone in her voice. One that I hadn’t heard from her before. “Are you mad?” “No…I just….” She tucks her blonde hair behind her ears and scans the grounds looking for someone. “Leighton’s inside with Aiden. If that’s who you are looking for
Aiden“Well she has to be wrong?!” Leighton shoves his hands in his pockets, completely unfathomed by what I had told him.“Why would she kill herself? Why would she tell me all that if she is lying and then stop her own heart? what would be the point?”“Guilt,” he shrugs his shoulders. “She knew you wouldn’t let her get away alive.”I groan and lean back in my chair, resting my hands behind my head as I stare up at the ceiling.“Bella’s with Katie?”He nods at me. “They are trying to decide on the best way to tell Flynn. Chances are, he already knows.” He studies me. “This is a good thing. The problem dealt with itself. You should be happy. But you’re not, are you?”“No.”“He’s a pup, what harm can he do?”“He won’t be a pup for long. You know as well as I do, he will be fully grown by the time his first birthday comes around. And I can’t help wondering if Eden was right.”“It’s not the first time we have been screwed over by a witch that has been spouting off a load of crap.” Leight
AidenI was grateful for the change of pace, standing guard of my own packhouse. The peace and quiet gave me time to think, to put a plan in place. To decide what’s best for my family.It was dark outside, and the clouds above us were thick. Unusually, you couldn’t see many stars. A storm was brewing, I could smell it in the air.I look at the other Hybrids, Wolves and Lycans that are standing guard. All giving up their own time to either protect my home or theirs. No one moves, everyone is as still as a statue, alert and prepared.I knew Eden was coming back. I knew this storm that was brewing above us was not a natural storm. And everyone else did too. That’s why the chatter had stopped and that’s why everyone is so alert. She was trying to mess with our senses.“You should go inside.” Rhys whispers next to me. “You are the King, and you and I both know she will target you.”“I have to do this.” I mutter back.“What about Bella and your son?”“I’m doing this for them.”He nods his h
BellaThe Omega leaves me with the three boys. While Connor and Cayden were messing around trying to bounce on the bed, Flynn just stares out the window, his small hand coiled up in the curtain.Stepping next to him, his eyes don’t leave the window. I assumed he was looking for his mother.‘You don’t need to be scared.’ I link him, knowing it was the only way to talk to him.‘I’m not.’ His small voice answers me back‘Why didn’t you tell everyone that you were still seeing your mum?’ I was curious. If it hadn’t been for Cayden, we would never have known.He wrinkles up his nose. ‘Is she in trouble?’‘She is.’I watch his shoulders drop a little and his eyes flicker up to me. ‘Katie says we shouldn’t lie.’‘Your sister is very smart.’ I smileA small smile appears on his lips. ‘She’s the best. She looks after me.'I couldn’t agree more. She was a good friend too.‘Do you know where your mum is?’ I ask calmly, hoping that if he knew, he would tell me but I didn't want to push him, he wa
AidenI was trying to keep my mate focussed. But I couldn’t help but be curious about the shifter's words. Had Bella really been born as a pup? Creedance hadn’t said anything when we had interrogated him, but then he had never said that Bella was a twin either.Looking around the room, blood was sprayed all up the walls and across the carpet. The shifters decapitated body discarded on the floor. Leighton was holding Katie against his chest, running his fingers through her blood stained blonde hair, muttering reassuring words but his eyes were on me. I knew why. Being born in pup form was extremely rare, there had only ever been a handful of recordings in history. And all were female, and all with a power unlike anyone else's. They just needed to learn to tap into it. If it was true about Bella, she was more powerful than we realised.Everything was starting to fall into place. The size of her Wolf, the delayed first shift, her need to protect the vulnerable, and why Selene was so des
Bella“Christian. Christian is fucking dead. I ripped him and his Rogues apart.” I spit“Yes, I remember it well.” She smiles. “You really are something else. He said you were special and yet I was always sceptical until I saw you that day. And what a magnificent Wolf you are, wasting no time to shred him to pieces. I was livid and yet mesmerised. You really could have provided him with a brilliant child.” she laughs, wiping her chin and spitting more blood on the floor.“You watched?” I mutter, wondering where she had been.“Like I said, I was fascinated.”“So how do you plan on carrying out Christian’s work? All those women got away. And do you really expect me to let you leave, alive?”“Did they get away?” Cassie mocks as she leans her back against the wall, smiling to herself. So much had gone on that I hadn’t even had a chance to find any of the women that Aiden and Leighton helped to escape. I had no idea about their children, I had no idea about any of them. They had been taken
Bella“Is he serious? Is he really expecting us to believe that he hasn’t done something to my Dad?”I watch Katie pace. Her arms swinging frantically at her sides, her hands are clenched into tight balls. I knew Katie, she was never angry, emotional yes, frantic sometimes, but angry is not something I usually see. If I hadn’t dragged her out of the lounge, I was certain she would have attacked someone. I wondered if it was what Aiden saw when he looked at me sometimes.“You are right.” I mutter. “Something doesn’t seem right.”“So you agree?” She stops and stares at meSlowly, I nod my head. Eli’s words, his denial, something just seemed off.“You should tell them. Flynn, Connor and Cayden are all down there with him.”“And so is Aiden and Leighton. Trust me, he is not getting anywhere near the boys.”She starts pacing again and I try to hold in the laugh. It was funny, we all did it when we were frustrated, like it was drummed into us how to react when we were overwhelmed.“He said
Leighton“What do you mean you can’t tell us?” Katie ask as I push bookcases in front of the windows.“Is it Aiden?” Bella queries.I turned around to look at them. Katie had her arms folded across her chest while Bella stood with her hands on her hips. Both of them glaring at me.“Aiden is fine. I’ve been ordered to not let you out of the room and to ensure you are all protected.”"You know I can shift, right?" Bell mutters, rolling her eyes“But why?” Katie frowns at me. Feeling all her emotions was still taking a lot of getting used too. Yes I’ve always been able to scent changes in peoples moods, but feeling them when your mate can be an emotional wreck was hard.“Yes, I know you can shift Bella. They were Aiden’s orders. I don’t know any more than what he has told me. He said he would talk to us when he gets back.”“Back from where? Leighton you are being very secretive!” Bella scowls at me.“I’ve told you everything I know. Aiden is with Rhys, he isn’t alone. You know as well as
AidenI knew Bella would be losing all sense of being calm, I just had to hope that Leighton and Katie could keep her in the house. That Leighton would use his Beta skills to stop her from coming after me.Guards surrounded the pack house while others were already searching houses, looking for Eli.Katie had said that Leighton could still scent Eden. That she had tried covering her scent but had been watching them as they talked.Sniffing the air, I can’t scent her, not immediately. I look around at the guards who are watching me with interest. Some of them were Hybrids, they would be able to scent her too, but they were holding their places as ordered.“Rhys!”I call him forward seeing as he was watching me the most. He jogs towards me, a wide smile on his face. The guards that had been stood either side of him take a step toward each other, covering the gap that Rhys had left.“Yes Alpha.”“Have there been any sightings of either of them?”“The Witch,” He whispers, “is watching at a