Chapter 38Kaden’s POVThe woods I’d been hunting in were now pitch blackness, even my wolf vision couldn’t help me see in this uncanny darkness. Strapping my bow tightly, I reached for the holster on my pants and drew out a pistol. The environment suddenly felt unfamiliar, followed by the noises of cackles and low grunting.“Fucking hyenas.” I growled under my breath, gripping the pistol tightly. I knew they were foolish, but not this foolish. The sounds of cackling grew with every step that I took, until the whole woods were saturated with a mix of voices that I was only familiar with in battle. And that’s when the awful ringing my head started, coursing through my entire being like being injected with lava.“Arghhh!”I let go of the pistol. The thud to the ground was somewhat deafening. I reached for my ears, gripping it tightly, but the ringing only seemed to grow louder. Slowly I fell to the ground from the pain in my head and ears. I was almost certain that my ears were bleeding
Chapter 39Kaden’s POVThe evening skies had turned a beautiful orange, reminiscent of one of my favorite whiskeys back at the pack house. Thankfully I had a bottle of the exquisite liquor here in the cabin. Not that I was in any position to drink, however, I couldn’t sweat my grace just yet. Even if I was almost completely healed, I didn’t want to risk my healing rate by staining my blood with alcohol.I was propped in a sitting position in my room. It looked better than the room I’d woken up in that morning. Better? The correct term was glorious. I was sitting on a king-sized bed in the middle of the room, long enough for the head of the bed to touch the wall and its foot to stand right in the center of the room.The color scheme was an ombre shade of white and olive, so were the curtains that hung open and swept to both sides of the window. Soft rays eluded the room from one open window, turning the once white room into an exotic shade of gold that now reminded me of the blonde-hai
Chapter 40Kaden's POV"Kaden…" I heard Larissa whimper as I pulled her even closer and continued to kiss her despite every fiber of my being telling me to do the opposite. My heart was torn. One part of me struggled immensely to remind me that this was the woman who had done to someone what Amaya had done to me. But I could not help it. I could no longer resist her. I could no longer deny the fact that Larissa had a hold on me. She did things to me…things I could not put into words. She was my mate, and I was hers. It wasn't just about that, it was something deeper, and I was done trying to convince myself otherwise. "K-Kaden…I don't want to do this anymore," she whimpered again, her voice coming out in tiny whispers. "The...the back and forth. One minute you seem like you genuinely want to kiss me, a-and then the next minute you're shoving me away like I'm…like I'm trash. It hurts, okay?!" Her voice was higher now."It…it hurts s-so much…you don't understand.."I cupped her face i
Chapter 41Larissa's POVI roused in my sleep, twisting and turning in the unfamiliar bed. Not only was it unfamiliar, it felt stuffy beneath the sheets. They were heavy and pinned my body down to the bed, partially immobilising my legs. Stretching uncomfortably across the length of the bed, I felt my legs hit something beneath the sheets. I let out an oblivious yawn before rolling over to my sides and fluttering my eyes open. And the sight in front of me was one of most beautiful things I'd seen in my life.The alpha was lying beside me facing upwards, his eyes flipped shut in deep slumber. Light bounced off his skin like delicious hot chocolate milk, perhaps it was even better that he was still asleep.Seeing him up close when he wasn't speaking to me or dishing out others, I had to admit to myself the umpteenth time that he was the most beautiful man I'd ever seen. His tousled hair hung all over his face and I reached out to push out some of the hair from his face to show some of
CHAPTER 42LARISSAI stirred lightly as the beams of light from a crack in the curtains shone directly in my line of sight, causing me to flinch. Still tired, I flicked my eyes open and took in my surroundings. For some reason, even though I would have liked to sleep longer, I was surprisingly not in a sour mood. Scratch that. I was happy. I felt warm all over, and the tingles that had been present in my arms and legs from the past thirty-six hours could still be felt. As I tried to sit up on the bed, I was suddenly aware of some kind of restriction around my waist. When I looked down I caught sight of Kaden–his huge arm wrapped around my torso, and a ghost of a smile on his lips.I tried and failed to stifle a giggle, the heat in my stomach rising even faster. I was beginning to learn quite a few things about Kaden, one of them being that he was really not as stone hearted as he liked to display. Sure, he could be intimidating without even trying. But he was also a big baby. I look
Chapter 43Kaden's POVI dutifully opened my mouth to let Larissa put the sliced apple in, like she had been doing for the past ten minutes. Like always, they tasted amazing, but there was nothing more enjoyable than the fact that she was feeding me. Hell, even I couldn't believe it, but it was nice finally admitting it freely. Larissa was like a breath of fresh air for me, and she was exactly what I needed.Although I would not admit it to Hunter, coming on this trip was the best decision I had made in a long time. I was grateful for it and it had let me discover a lot of things. My thoughts continue to race until I heard Larissa stifle a yawn. I looked up at her. She looked as bored as I felt and that said a lot, considering how sleepy I was beginning to feel. I hardly felt tired, ever, but being cooped up in the house all day had started to change that. An agreement I'd made with myself while I prepared for this trip was that I would not bring work into it. The goal this week was
Chapter 44Larissa's POVBlood was rushing through my ears. My heart was pounding so hard that it felt like it would leap out my chest any minute now. This could not be happening."Declan?" I called out, pulling myself free from Kaden's hold as I staggered backwards. My legs felt like jelly as I walked over to the spot where I had last seen him standing. Where could he have gone? "Declan!" I yelled out again, hoping that he would answer. He had to be around somewhere, he must be. I could already feel the dizziness start to creep in as I turned back to Kaden who was now staring back at me with a horrified look on his face. "I-I can't see him anywhere, Kaden. H-He was right here, I swear. He was standing right here. I swear I saw him." But he was paying no attention to me, and I knew his mind was racing just like mine was. "Declan!" Kaden called out, walking in through the field and disappearing behind a tree. As fast as I could, I ran in the opposite direction to see if I would fin
Chapter 45Kaden's POVI leaned over Larissa protectively as she strapped Declan in the backseat of the car. Declan was squirming and laughing, trying to avoid Larissa's hands, but she was her usual patient self, and after she had joked around with him a little bit she finally convinced him to sit tight while she clasped the strap over his waist and handed him a toy and his iPad to play with. The jar of crickets which he had stubbornly refused to part with was also by his side.To my surprise, he picked up the jar instead of the iPad. At his actions, Larissa turned around to smirk at me. She had tried to explain to me a few days ago that this trip would be very good for Declan, and that it would help curb his obsession with electronics, but I had not believed a word she said because I knew how much Declan loved to play games on his device. "Fine. I know you want to hear it, so I'll just say it. You were right. Happy now?" I said, raising my hands in surrender. Larissa gave a smug sm