~Lilly's P.O.V.~I search the halls trying to find Ayliah. Not finding her inside, I head out to the gardens. I find her sitting next to a rose bush, picking the petals off of a rose. I go and sit next to her and wait until she speaks. "I'm not good enough for him." She finally says after five minutes. "Why would you think that? Everyone, well mostly everyone is good enough for anyone. Unless you've done the cruel things dumbfuck in the basement has done then there is nothing wrong with you." "I don't know how to be anything other than a slave. I have spent my whole life with Alpha Gregory. When I was younger it was fine, I didn't get punished as bad as I saw others but as I got older the punishments became more and more harsher. Finally I became perfect enough for him. If he escapes, he'll take me and I don't know if I can survive that punishment." "He's not getting free. There is only one thing keeping him alive and I have the best doctor. She'll find out what was in that mix be
~Ayliah's P.O.V.~I stood behind the door I just closed and listened. I feel so bad for hurting Steven like that. He seemed like a really nice guy. Lilly had nothing but nice things to say about him but I just can't tie him down like that. I'm nothing. A nobody. That's what's been ingrained into my head for the past 5 years now. How am I supposed to be the mate of a Beta? I'd be no good to him. I'm just a slave. Besides I'd never truly be free of Alpha Gregory. He marked me. I'm not his mate but he is an Alpha and could claim anyone he wanted. We don't have the bond mates have but he can track me and know if I'm with anyone else intimately. I can't tell these people I just met. Mark would probably kill Alpha Gregory. If by chance the doctor can't figure out what's in the mix he gave Lilly, well he would have just killed their only lead. Beta James was instructed if by some miracle he was captured that James would destroy everything. I guarantee he's already done that. He's probably
~Steven's P.O.V.~I watch as the bastard stands up, dropping Ayliah to the ground and it takes everything in me to not help her up. I had already mindlinked Mark to let him know what was going on. Gregory wouldn't get far out the door. Mark was waiting to give him his dose of sedative. I told him to make sure it was a double dose. Shouldn't kill him but fingers crossed it does. He rubs his wrists where the chains were and then looks down at Ayliah. He rolls his eyes and then sighs. "And her brother?" "I'll deal with it." "Come on. Were out of here." He says waiting for her to leave the cell first. "She's coming out first. Please don't sedate her." I mindlink Mark. Mark just laughs. I know he's not stupid and could probably tell she would be coming out first but still. This is the last dose we have so he can't mess this up. Ayliah goes first, then Gregory and I make sure I'm right behind him so he doesn't close me in. He pushes Ayliah and she falls. This asshole is going to get
TRIGGER WARNING:Sexual assault and Physical abuse~Mark's P.O.V.~I knock on the door and Steven opens it. I quickly scan the room and see Allie on the bed just staring at the wall. She looks like a statue laying there not blinking. "How is she?" I ask and Steven just shakes his head. He looks like he wants to say something else but doesn't. "Lilly?" He asks. "Resting. She was sleeping when I left. I just wanted to check on Allie. Can we have a moment?"He looks back at Ayliah, "Ayliah? Mark is here." She just nods her head. "I'll be outside if you need anything." He says, his eyes never leaving Allie. Once he closes the door, I move over the bed. "Mind if I sit?" She scoot over enough I can sit down. "Are you okay." She nods. "Allie please talk to me. You're starting to scare me." "What do you want me to say?" She asks quietly. "Tell me what's going on with you. You were so lively when you first got here and now after trying to help Gregory escape, you won't hardly speak.
I wake up and see Ayliah still sleeping next to me. I guess I fell asleep. I pull my phone out keeping the light from her face and check the time. 8:34pm it reads. I close my phone. "Are you still out there?" I ask Steven. "Of course I am." He says in my head. "Can you come stay with her, I'm gonna go check on Lilly and grab a bite to eat." The door opens slowly and Steven quietly walks in careful to not make any noise. He goes and sits in the chair across from the bed and I get out of bed. I mouth to him that I'll be back and he nods. I leave him in the room watching Ayliah sleep. I know it must be killing him to not be able to comfort her. I go across the hall and open our bedroom door but Lilly isn't there. I try her office and she's not there either. I feel for her and follow it. I find her in the doctors office. I wonder why she's still here. I walk in and knock on the only closed door. "Come in Mark." I open the door and walk in and see Lilly hooked up to the dialysis ma
I knock on the door and hear Lilly tell us to come in. Ayliah is sleeping on Lilly's lap when we come in so Steven closes the door quietly. He walks over and gently lifts her head off her lap and Lilly gets up so Steven can take her place. I watch him as he holds her head, gently running his head over her hair and stroking her face. It was amazing how he could go from a killer to a gentle man in such a short period of time. I knew he was a good guy just from the little time I had know him but I had never seen him be so gentle. Lilly puts her arm around me and lays her head on my shoulder watching her Beta. I lean over and kiss her head and nod towards the door. "We'll be across the hall if you need anything." I mind link Steven and he nods slightly. Lilly and quietly walk out of the door and close it. We walk into our room and Lilly sits on the bed and let's out a big sigh. I go over and sit next to her. "You okay?""Yeah just tired. Allie is pretty strong," She laughs "I had to h
I wake up to someone sitting in my lap and kissing my cheek. I rubbed my eyes to try to clear my vision and I see Lilly smiling at me. "Good morning!" She says almost to loudly. After everything that happened yesterday and falling asleep in the chair, I felt like I had been hit by a bus. I rub my eyes again. "Morning." I say before yawning. "What time is it?" I look outside the window and see the sun shining brightly. "10 am. I let you sleep for awhile. I've been up since six." "I take it rest did you good." She smiles. "Yes it did." She giggles as she straddles me. She leans down and kisses me. I return the kiss eagerly. "What's gotten into you?" I say laughing through her kisses. "Nothing. Can't I just kiss my man?" She replies. I stand up with her still wrapped around me and walk over to the bed where I lay her down, still kissing her. I crawl onto the bed next to her and slide my hand up her shirt and grasp one of her breast and rub her nipple with my thumb. She let's ou
We walk downstairs to the kitchen where we find Steven and Lilly talking to Marie. I walk over and put my arm around Lilly. Marie hands Ayliah and I a cup of coffee. "Thank you Marie." "Not a problem. What would you guys like for breakfast?" "Whatever you feel like making." I smile at her. "Alright. Go sit at the table and I'll have something out in a jiffy." We head to the dining room and take our seats. Steven pulls a chair out for Allie and she stands there staring at him like she doesn't understand. She moves to another chair I guess assuming he was going to sit there. "Allie. He was holding the chair out for you to sit down." "Oh." Her cheeks turn red. "I'm sorry." "No, it's okay. I'm sorry. I was just trying to be a gentleman." She heads back to her original chair and sit down. He scoots her in and sits down in a chair next to hers."Thank you." She says softly. I smile watching her. "You're going to have to remember she's never been treated like this." I mind link him
When we arrive to Anthony's, Steven and I both look at each other. In such a short amount of time, the place lost its shine. It looked run down and if it wasn't for the structure holding everything up, it looked like it would fall apart. We get out of the car and walk up to the front door where Steven knocks. No answer. He knocks again and after a few moments, a young girl answers the door. "Hello Beta Steven, Alpha Mark. Can I help you?" She says in a small voice. "We need to talk to Alpha Anthony. Can we come in?" He replies."I'm sorry. He's not feeling well. Can you come back later?" She tries shutting the door but I stick my foot in the doorway. She tries closing it but she's not strong enough. Steven pushes his way in. "Not feeling well? He's a werewolf. We don't get sick." I tap Steven shoulder and when he looks at me I point around the inside. Everything was thrown about, nothing was left untouched by dust, chairs were broken. "What the fuck happened here?" "You're mate
~Mark's P.O.V~Steven and I jolt up standing when we hear someone scream. We both instantly take off towards the house rushing up the stairs. I burst through the bedroom door, making Lilly and Allie jump. "What is it? What's wrong?" Allie just looks at me with a big smile on her face and her hands behind her back. "You two should talk, I'll meet up with you later Lilly." Allie says, still smiling like a fool. She grabs Steven and pulls him with her. "Come with me. Let's go get something to drink." Once the door closes, I look back at Lilly. She almost looks worried, I can't tell what's going on through the bond. Her emotions are all over the place. "What's going on Lil?" I ask her and she goes to sit on the bed. "Well..." She starts to say when her eyes glaze over. Once they return to normal, she finishes her sentence. "We'll talk about it later. Apparently the council is here." She gets up from the bed and heads towards the door. "What do they want now?" I ask. "I'm not sure
~Lilly's P.O.V~I storm upstairs to my office. I don't know why I had an outburst at such a small thing. What is wrong with me?"I'm gonna go with Steven to work on his car okay? I'm here if you need me." "Okay.""I love you." "You too." I close the mind link. I go back to my work, trying to get my mind off of what happened. A few minutes in, I hear a knock at my door. "Yes?" The door creaks open and I see Allie peek her head in. "Can I come in?" "Of course." I tell her. I had nothing against her, Mark's the one who upset me although I'm not sure why. She comes in and takes a seat in front of me, putting her elbows up on the desk staring at me. I shake my head and go back to work. "Whatcha doing?" She asks after about 20 minutes of staring at me."Work." I say without looking at her. "What kind of work?""Just some paper work and financial.""Oh. Ohhkay. Sooo want to talk about what happened downstairs?" "Not really." I say with a sigh. "Well are you okay?" "I'm fine." "L
~Mark's P.O.V~I wake up feeling something wet and cold on my chest. I look up to see Lilly drooling on me. Gross. I laugh and try to slide out from under her as gently as possible. Once I'm out from under her, I head to the bathroom and grab some Tylenol and a glass of water and set it on the bedside table for when she wakes up. I head downstairs to the kitchen to get some breakfast. As soon as I walk in, Allie comes running up to me and hugs me. "Good morning brother!" She says excitedly. I groan. "Coffee. Please." Marie hands me a cup and I take a few sips and then look at Allie again. She's beaming."What's gotten into you? Why are you so happy this early in the morning?" I look at the clock and it was only seven a.m.."I don't know. I just woke up happy." She smiles at me. Wait. What's on her neck? "Allie? Did, um, did something happen last night?" Her cheeks go bright red and she looks away smiling. "Nope." I move her hair from her neck. Yup. I did see something. "Really?
It's almost 10, so I head down to the kitchen to find Marie. I look around and can't find her. She's always in here. I look around a little more and happen to see her through the window in the garden out back. I head outside to talk to her. "Marie?" She jumps. "Sorry. What are you doing out here?" "Oh nothing dear. Just getting some fresh air. I have everything set up for tonight. Just give me the word and I'll get things set out for your arrival." "Thank you Marie." I lean over and hug her. "I truly would be lost without you." She hugs me back. "I know dear." "Welp. It's time. I'll mind link you with her answer.""I'll be waiting." She smiles and I head off to the front door to wait for Allie. I turn around the corner and see her there waiting for me. "Hey. You ready?" "Yup." She replies. "Let's go." We both start stripping our clothes and shift. When I look at Allie, I'm stunned. Her wolf is so beautiful. I've never seen her in wolf from. She's pure white except for one li
~Lilly's P.O.V~Waking up the next morning I feel refreshed. Yesterday went better than expected. Arthur has had it out for my family for awhile. I still don't know what happened Ed between him and my grandfather but that shouldn't affect me but for whatever reason he thinks it does. I look over at Mark and see he's still sleeping. He looks so peaceful. So beautiful. I lean over and kiss his cheek. He stirs but stays sleeping. It makes me smile. I climb out of bed, careful not to wake him and head to my office. Might as well get some work done. Not long after I sit down, I hear a knock at my door. "Yes?" I call. "Just me." Steven says as he opens the door. He closes the door behind him and sits in the chair in front of me. "So how bad was it?" "Well, Arthur thinks I gave the orders to kill two Alphas to take over their packs and gain numbers so that I can one day attack the council and take over." He stares at me before laughing. "Not a bad plan. Man that Arthur sure is smart to
"May we begin now?" Arthur says. "Yes, sorry." Lilly answers. "Now, we are here to hear your side of things. Your testimony if you will, about why you sentenced two Alphas to death." Arthur says, almost sounding like he's accusing Lilly of treason. "Well, like I've already said, Gregory tried to kill my mate simply because he didn't like his status when he was part of Gregory's pack. Adrian also tried to kill my mate thinking if Mark was out of the way, I would become his Luna." Lilly explains. "I didn't do it to gain numbers or power." "Do you have any proof?" "I have a couple witnesses but I was hoping to not involve them. I was hoping you could take my word on this since I have never given the council reason to doubt me nor has my father or grandfather given reason.""Until now. From what I understand you had plenty of time to inform us of what happened before you sentenced them to death and you chose to only inform us of the events that happened after the fact. Why is that?"
The house was buzzing the next morning. People were running around making sure the house was clean, even though it always was, and everything was put in place. I walk through the house looking for Lilly and find her in the back yard in the garden. "What's going on?" I ask her. She turns to look at me and smiles. "The council is coming here. They'll be here in a couple hours. They want to see my reports in person about the two Alphas and a beta that have been killed on my orders." "They can't just take your word for it? I mean I doubt you'd lie to them." She just shrugs. "Policy I guess." "Well...let them come. It's not like we have anything to hide." "No, but taking in Gregory's pack makes it look like I did it for numbers." "But you didn't." I say confused. "I know that. We all know that, but to them it looks like I'm trying to take over other packs. They will probably question some of his pack members and Sienna. That also includes Allie." "No. After all she's gone through,
~Mark's P.O.V~When Lilly and I get downstairs, Steven is untying Sienna's hands. She looks up at us with a tear stained face. Once she's free, she rushes to Lilly and falls at her feet. Head down she tries to control her crying. When she finally does, she speaks so lowly, it's almost hard to hear. "Please forgive me. I am so sorry for what I've done. I didn't want to to it but he's my mate and Alpha. It's no excuse I know but I am truly sorry." She keeps her head down. I look at Lilly and see that she is staring at the young girl at her feet. She takes a deep breath and simply says, "I am not the one you need to apologize to. I am not the one you should ask for forgiveness from." Sienna looks up at her and then looks at me. She goes to open her mouth and I cut her off. "Stop. I forgive you. Please stand up." I hold my hand out for her and she hesitates before looking at Lilly for permission. I see Lilly nod out of the corner of my eye, and she grabs my hand and I help her up. "I u