ANNE’S POVWe all sat at the dining table. All of us. Cadel, Cam, Carson, Nicole and I. It was the night before the guys went to the summit they were to attend. We had never had dinner together before, which made this awkward. The big dining room aided the deafening silence that went on. Only the sounds of clattering cutlery could be heard. I was sitting opposite the guys while Nic sat beside me. No one sat at the table head.I was kind of conscious of myself because this is the closest I think I've been with the three of them at once.Nicole suddenly broke the silence, running her palms together,"So, brothers, when did you say you will be coming back?" She asked looking at the three of them at the same time. "In the next three days," Cadel said. That seemed like a long time to me. I didn't say anything though. I didn't want to seem like a weakling in front of them. The three of them haven't warmed up to the idea of me yet. Carson still stays away. He only came to me sometimes whe
ANNE’S POVI sat on the window sill in my bedroom. Looking around the surrounding area, I noticed that there were more butterflies around and the atmosphere smelled nice. The sun shone so brightly in the sky, though it was still morning, one would have mistook it for afternoon. The guys left earlier this morning. Immediately they left, the house felt lonely and empty. Not particularly empty, everyone was around except for them and a few guards who went with them. An uncomfortable feeling had settled down in my abdomen since I woke up fully this morning. After I woke up from the dream, I didn't feel too good. I hid it well and tried not to let them notice when they came to bid me goodbye.Cam and Cadel came together to see me. I was still asleep when they came in. Later, Carson came alone. I was already fully awake when he walked in. My sore mood was on display, one because I thought he was not going to be seeing me before he left. And second because of the dream. He asked me what wa
ANNE’S POVThe atmosphere was very calm and quiet. Except for the people moving around the mansion doing one thing or the other. Nicole and I spent the entire day with each other. With her not leaving my side even for a second, I laughed my ass out. She was such a funny soul. Today was the second day that the guys left and they would be coming back tomorrow or the the next. Maybe what they were fearing would happen wouldn’t actually occur. Nic and I spent more time training together today. I found it to be very intriguing. But something has been bothering me a bit since yesterday. I felt my right hand shaking for a few seconds. After a while it would stop. I don't know the reason for that and I didn't bother to tell Nic, so as not to bother her. And I knew she'd tell the guys. At first, when it happened, I thought it was because I was hungry at that particular time. But later, it happened again. And one thing was that the strange thing started when I had that dream. "Boo." I jump
CARSON’S POVWhen the first day of the summit passed and nothing happened, the level of my nervousness increased. I didn't know what to do. I felt restless. My brothers were always on the tablet to check out the camera settings or to see if anything strange passed by. We met up with our friends Justin, Roy and Stephan who tried to pull us out of the state of dilemma the three of us seemed to be in. I didn't stop disturbing Nic with calls every one hour. She was already tired of me according to her.But she knew better than to ignore my call. We could leave the summit if she didn't pick her phone or if Anne didn't. My brothers were the ones calling Anne. I preferred to call Nic. Today, the meeting was longer than usual and we all had to stay long. I still didn’t see the reason for this meeting. I think it was just to call us all together but it was still a waste of time for me. I had better things to do and to worry about. We all went into our different rooms. That was one thing I w
CAM’S POVImmediately Carson walked out of the room, few minutes later I followed him. I knew where he was going and I wanted to be there. Kane fucked us all up. We trusted him. I personally wanted to hear his excuse for what he did. For doing this to us. We took him as a father figure when our parents died. He was the one that kept us safe during the attack that happened when our parents died. I was particularly closer to him. Or so I thought. He'd always asked me how I was doing. We bonded most times whenever he came over to my greenhouse. He'd asked me loads of questions regarding the plants and flowers I was raising.Anytime I had something bothering me, he'll be the first person I'd go to. He was the father figure in my life particularly. How and why he did this was what I couldn’t understand. I felt overwhelming pain and betrayal as I could not still comprehend this happening.What if Lucas knew about this too? Were they both in on it? As I walked down the stairs, everything
CARSON’S POVI ran and continued running for a long time. My mind was clouded. There were a lot of things running through my mind but it was still clouded. I could not think straight. I had started off running in my human form. A few minutes later I shifted to my wolf. I was angry and hurt. I hated everything. Hated the situation and circumstances I had found myself in. Apart from being an Alpha, my life was practically a joke. How could it be that Kane was the one that betrayed us? Planned alongside Zeus to hurt my mate. For what reason? He was saying the other time that he had a valid reason for doing so. I wasn't ready to listen to any of the bullshit that he spewed from his mouth. The events that occurred that night were still fresh in my head.Everything was going fine until they just went wrong. I had the hunch that, they had an inside person for them to just barge in and do such evil. What I never thought or expected was for it to be Kane. We took that bastard as a father w
LUCAS’S POVI had seen Carson run out of the pack house earlier and I went after him.My father had been the cause of everything that went down, I still couldn't believe that my own father who had brought up the Alphas and trained me to always stay loyal to them could betray them.Who knew he had his eye on the throne all along.Why couldn't he have been satisfied being a Beta like I was, the brothers were excellent rulers who didn't have to do anything to earn my subservience to them.I chased after Carson, following closely but softly behind him.After a few moments, he discovered me and I went up to apologize to him but he refused my apology.He had a look of hatred on his face and I knew it would be hard for him to ever trust me again."This is all my bastard fathers fault." I thought to myself once Carson was gone, my fist clenching hard at the anger that was welling up inside me.I sat on the rock Carson had just stood up from and pondered over what had happened.How had the lov
ANNE'S POVMy eyes fluttered open and my head felt like it was being hammered.I grabbed my head, rubbing the space between my brows to try and dispel my headache.Looking around the room, I realized I was all alone.My throat felt dry and parched, I tried connecting with my wolf but received no answer.She must still be blocked off from what happened.I stood up with some difficulty and headed down to the kitchen to get a glass of water."Anne you're up." Lydia gasped excitedly the moment she saw me."Yes, I woke up just now. I replied, my voice croaky."Why are you here? you shouldn't have gotten up." She said, looking me up and down in worry."Lydia, I'm fine. I woke up and no one was there and I needed to drink water so I came down to get it myself." I explained and poured myself a glass of water.The cool liquid ran down my throat satisfyingly and I poured myself another glass.A shocked gasp came from the door and Nicole rushed in."Anne you're up." She squealed excitedly and gr