AidenI was surprised to hear Leighton pledging his life to her. I had only come back to check on Bella when I saw him on one knee.Bella looked confused as I told her to accept his pledge. But even I felt the atmosphere change when she accepted.She continued to stare at me as Leighton rose to his feet. I tell her that I will be right back and that I needed to talk to Leighton.She nods her head as he follows me from the cabin and away from the other Hybrids.“Can you sense her?” I mutter as I sit on a tree stump.“Sort of.” He mumbles. “It’s kind of like the link is there, but not.”“I think it’s the serum wearing off. It’s slower this time, her abilities are coming back gradually.” I smile, it was about time. “You know what your pledge means, don’t you?”He nods his head at me. “That's why I made it. To prove to her that I’m innocent.”It was rare for anyone to make a pledge like this. Even pack members didn’t. At most, they would pledge their allegiance to the Alpha and Luna. Not
BellaI could feel Aiden’s anger, and Jacob, the Hybrid I was training with, used the distraction as a way to throw me off of him.He pinned me to the ground, using his full weight. Almost crushing me and knocking the air out of me. But I had told him not to go easy.“Hey, that’s enough!” Aiden yells. Through the gap under Jacob’s leg, I could just about see Aiden striding towards us. His face wrinkled in annoyance.“I can’t train if you make them stop each time you think I’m losing!” I snap, wrestling against Jacob’s Lycan.“Jacob!” Aiden snapsJacob retreats, looking just as disappointed as I felt. He was the only one here who seemed to be able to train for hours on end and not get bored.“I need to train.” I mutter, glaring at Aiden from the ground.“And we need to talk. You can train again tomorrow.”Sitting up, I notice that Leighton is nowhere to be seen.“Did you have an argument with him?” “No, he is doing some investigating for me.”He pulls me to my feet and starts to walk
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