8" Good morning" his deep husky voice greeted me and the horrible scene last night flashed in my memories as I squirted my head up to look at him from under my long black lashes. " It's okay, you are safe," he assured me as he pulled me into his warm embrace. I couldn't believe he killed him because of me, he thought he was harassing me and yes he was, which was practically my damn fault. I thought I would move him, I only did what I did to piss Hector off but my bad luck had to show up. Ezra was the one who got pissed off instead because of my little act which provoked the beast and almost forced him to rape me.I was at the perk when he suddenly showed up asking me to follow him back to the pack house. And instead of complying, I ignored him trying to show him who the boss was, hell me! I was annoyed with him. I remembered asking him if he had danced with Helen but he just looked at me as if I was some kind of joke! He pretended to not hear my question so I presume he did dance with
9Hector's POVThe familiar scent hit my nose and when I turned to face the direction it came from, I saw Ezra walking towards me from his room. Fuck! My animal was jumping in outrage as her smell appeared on him. Ezra was fucking smelling like her! He was scenting as if he had been drawn into her body and that could be possible. I mean she was his chosen mate and it wasn't as if he didn't want to fuck her. The thought courses my Lycan to growl in my head as it began pushing forward to tear him into pieces that could be more bloody in the end, I looked frustrated. Being the Hector of the Lycan empire, I was trained to kill and protect the pack. A mate was the last thing I ever considered because I was sure that thing couldn't be the fate of a warrior or a killer like myself. The night Ezra summoned me to lead his mate to safety, I thought it was just an order but when I got there, I realized it wasn't but rather a call from fate. Of all the women that Ezra could have chosen, my fated
10' It's for the best' his words, his cold tone kept ringing in my head like musical verses.Sittinkig at Ezra's right-hand side as his queen didn't stop me from thinking of him.How wrong of me but could I be blamed? He called staying by Ezra's side the best. I couldn't stop my heart from hurting. Doing both wasn't easy for me, I didn't intend to lie to Ezra. The urge to tell him about my fated mate was stronger but I couldn't do it because I get a little scared when I remember his words ' I can't betray Ezra ' . Those were his words and they hurt me more. He said he couldn't betray Ezra but he was willing to betray my love for him, our natural bond because of him, tears threatened to fall as I glared at the corner of the room bumping into his stares. He was looking at me like nothing was wrong and I felt like breaking down on my knees and shamelessly begged him to tell everyone about what we shared. Did he think I would be okay after he said those dump words to me? I sniffed not ta
11' The pack is under attack ' I thought the day was going to go by smoothly but I was wrong. I thought they won't attack again or should I say they were supposed to know better?' head to the borders now!' I heard Kelvin's voice through the mind link as I raced through the woods. He was the fucking gamma you won't like to know any fucking thing about and also the head of the pack's security shift. I wasn't under his command, not anyone, the only one who was eligible to order me was the king because that was how it had always been. He stopped crossing my path and trying to prove a point in front of Ezra long before I offered to serve the royal house. I stopped at the western border but there was no single warrior over here, just quiet with the births and squirrels chirping. I wondered where they could have gone. I was sure I heard that right, I was told those rogues were spotted at the borders and here I was.I looked around with my wolfish eyes as I sniffed the air to be sure I was
12Catherine's POVAria was running in a flash and bumping into trees here and there without a care as if none of it hurts. She was head bent on getting to him, we felt him and his pain. He was hurt and in pain, we could feel this because our souls were bonded. Growls leaving her mouth like a hungry beast, I could feel myself growing weaker within her. The pain she was feeling was correct, just like I assumed, Hector was in pain and we could feel it vividly. Both Aria and I, feeling the pain of a fated mate weren't news because I remember mom did the Same. The same thing happened to her when dad was attacked on his way back from a meeting with another pack.I wasn't surprised when the pain cut through me a while ago because I could guess the thoughts of my wolf but not all the time did it come out correct. Aria and I were one just like every wolf was with their human but much different in many ways.A growl left her mouth as she halted in her race just at the very edge of the cliff wi
13Hector's POV" pup" I heard his fucking voice from outside in midst of the trees and wondered what he wanted this time because I wasn't in mood for his shits. He should be in his fucking haunt, for god sake the main pack house was attacked a while ago!I stepped out and spotted him behind the trees" you know her" Her? I didn't understand until the familiar scent took over my senses. What the fuck was she doing here? I thought I had already gotten rid of the temptation,I chuckled as I halted my step beside her unconscious body. " she has it on you" he was about to take her when a sudden growl left my mouth as I rushed to carry her naked body from the ground. Without a single glare back I went into my haunt. I have been living in these woods for more than half of my life.I laid her on my bed and managed to get a bed cover to wrap her up. I couldn't guarantee she would like it in here, I thought looking around the room. For the first time, I was showing care for unnecessary stuff lik
14Hector's POV" Stop fighting" after hearing my strong voice, she loosened up a bit as her body stopped moving violently"Hector?" I could feel her relaxed muscles as I pulled her to myself sitting my hands on her tiny waist. I didn't know what was coming over me but I loved our current position or maybe I was trying to make myself feel less guilty either way, I shrugged. I knew she ran away because of me. I shouldn't have been that harsh with her. She sobbed silently, dropping her gaze as if she didn't want me to see her cry. It was alright to cry but I didn't expect to fucking care when I knew I was why she was crying. I didn't need a death sentence before knowing she wasn't mine, already slipped from my hands that very day I saw her. And why was I angry? Was it because I didn't want to let her go?She couldn't be my mate not after she agreed to Ezra. I wasn't blaming her though but I mean, who should I pin it on? Myself?It pissed me off to think that Ezra could give her everythin
15Catherine's POVImmediately I sat down, I met her gaze. I thought she would tell everyone about what she saw but to my surprise, she kept her mouth shut and bent her head to eat her food in full.Did I scare her? I thought about it and mentally shook my head. It couldn't be because I knew how much of a problem Sandra was. She never gets scared easily, what if she was planning something stupid? I didn't think a snake like her was capable of minding its own business. She could fool anyone but certainly not me, I just believe she had something under her sleeve. " hmm" Ezra's father, my number one hater, cleared his throat capturing everyone's attention and Ezra suddenly took my hand from under the table as he knew what the man was going to say and squeezed it a little like he knew I was feeling uncomfortable with his father. I felt guilty for lying to him like that. Things were not supposed to happen like that but I guess we don't always get it easy.Ezra was about to speak when his f