Lilith’s POVThe look of sheer shock was written on Mykel’s face as I asked him how our pup was. Little did he know I knew more that he realised.“How do you…”“I will tell you… ah. I… I will tell you I promise, but please I need to know” Mykel was quick to his feet as I winced. The pain I felt was like nothing else I’d ever experienced before.“Lil you need to rest… yo… you died” Tears streaked his face with each word he spoke. I knew he loved me, though a small part of me thought that now he had Raven, he wouldn’t miss me as much. Guilt pinged within my heart for having ever thought of such a thing.“You can’t get rid of me that easily” I tried to chuckle only when I did the pull on my stomach had me crying out in pain. Mykel held my hand in one of his as he pressed the red alarm behind my head. A nurse came in seconds later and injected something into my drip. As it reached my body it made me feel cold and tingly, the pain leaving as quickly as it came.“Thank you. She would like t
Raven’s POV“Look, I’m sorry about before. I let my frustrations get the better of me and I shouldn’t have taken what Alpha Mykel did to Elijah out on you.” Hollie refused to let me walk instead forcing me to sit in a wheelchair leaving me to wonder why we had left the hospital and were heading away from the pack house.“It’s fine I understand, but what I don’t understand is why we are leaving the hospital. Where are we going?”“Alpha Mykel has asked me to take you to the bunker and keep you and that pup of yours safe”“Lilith’s pup, not mine.”“What do you mean?” Hollie stopped pushing for a second as she walked around to look at me.“When Lilith was shot the bullet damaged her womb and she was bleeding internally. So she didn’t have to lose another pup I offered up myself as a surrogate. Now please tell me what’s going on?”“That’s actually pretty decent of you. Perhaps I got you all wrong. A few of the pack members, myself included thought you were going to come between our Alpha a
Raven’s POVAs Mykel led me further into the dark passageway, I couldn’t help but wonder how big this place really was. The screams of the man I had no doubts belonged to the shooter rang in my ears as we approached his cell. Though when Mykel opened the door it felt as if time had stood still. My face fell as I took in the man before me. A cold shiver ran through me as the blood drained from my face. It wasn’t that he had been tortured and beaten that had me feeling nauseous, but the fact I knew him.“Tim?” His head whipped round at the sound of my voice until both Mykel and Elijah growled causing him to look back at the floor. He may be human, but he knew how our hierarchy worked and knew not to get on the wrong side of an Alpha. Or so I had thought.“You know him” Mykel’s eyes darkened as he glared at me, his Alpha aura threatening to suffocate me. “How?” Instinct told me to run, to hide and cower from his threatening gaze. But not this time. I had come to far to shy away now. Stan
Lilith’s POVMy body burned and trembled as the wolfsbane dripped down my back. The open wounds leading from my shoulders down my back needed treatment. I could feel an infection working its way through me as I became delirious with evil hallucinations.When Xander said he was going to show me what I was missing by being with Mykel, this wasn’t what I had in mind. Though I’d prefer this punishment over that any day. When he whipped me with the silver chain everything inside me wanted to scream, to beg for my life. Feeling the skin tear open as the spikes moved down my back had my stomach churning. But I wasn’t going to allow him to see me cry. The Blood Moon Pack, Xander. They had already taken so much from me, and from Raven that I refused to let them break me. I would die before that happened.As the creaky metal shutter opened the bright light hurt my eyes after having been in the dark for so long. Within minutes my sight had returned revealing a smug looking Xander. He thought jus
Mykels POVI could do nothing but watch as my men lost their lives. Each loss pulling away a part of my soul. The pain just like it was when Lilith died. How my father coped over the years suffering this pain after each life lost in rogue attacks baffled me. Being an Alpha was both a blessing and a curse. Not only did we feel the pack link snap, but we felt their fear and pain as they died. I refused to let my pain show, gritting my teeth until it was finally over. I had a feeling something was up when Dante agreed to aid me, I just hoped I was wrong. Before meeting with him I had called a meeting with my own warriors. I told all fifty that came with me that they had a choice to make. One I wouldn’t make for them. I needed some of them to come with me and the rest to hold back. To hide yet tail us just in case my gut feeling was correct. The ones that lost their lives knew the dangers they faced. They knew the chances of not returning to their loved ones was high, but that’s how much
Lilith’s POVThe sound of grunting woke me before I felt the burn of wolfsbane touch my skin. My eyes darted to the shutter to find it open. The antibiotic that woman gave me must have sent me to a deep sleep that I hadn’t heard it open. Again, the sounds of grunting hit my ears making me wonder where it was coming from. On the far side of the room was a door which must have been where the others were. Suddenly the door sung open three men carrying someone to the side of me before dumping the unconscious person on the ground only to cuff them to the wall. When one of the men ripped the canvas sack from his head bile rose in my throat.Mykel’s eyes were both black, his nose was broken, and his lip was split. His entire face had swollen beyond recognition, but I knew it was him. My legs turned to jelly as I watched him struggle to breathe, one of the men pouring water over his face to wake him. Eventually my feet gave out from underneath me, the chains on the ceiling holding my arms abo
Mykels POVThe last thing I remembered was the sharp shards entering my lungs. Each breath I took becoming more painful until I finally passed out. When I awoke to find my mate gone the anger within me too awoke. The two men standing over me looked as if they had seen a ghost when I suddenly shot upright. The idiots should have left me and protected their Luna, she was worth far more than me. Following her scent, I was shocked to find her fighting alongside Raven. I had wanted to grip her and drag her away from the fighting. To scold her for her reckless behaviour. Had she not been carrying mine and Lilith’s pup I would have understood her need to be here, to fight alongside her mate. But that wasn’t the case.As I was about to shift a pale hand landed on my arm. I don’t know how I knew it, but I knew she wasn’t my enemy. Something deep within me told me I could trust her.When she told me about the potion she gave Raven to conceal and protect the pregnancy, I let go of the breath I h
Mykel’s POV“Anna is dead.” I wanted to feel bad for him, but after being stabbed in the back I didn’t. Anna however I did feel sorry for. She was as innocent they came and deserved far better than the unfortunate hand she’d been dealt.“How do you know?” Keeping my tone flat I sat at my desk. While Elijah remained leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. His eyes remaining on Dante the entire time.“Her head was waiting for me when I got home. I should have known better then to trust someone like him. I got so wrapped up in building my reputation and increasing my pack size, I thought I’d be invincible. That no-one not even he would have considered fighting with. I was wrong. So fucking WRONG!” Slamming his fists onto my desk it was clear he was hurting and that he blamed himself.“I’m sorry for your loss truly I am. Anna was a beautiful young woman with a bright future ahead of her. Alaric will get what’s coming to him you know that, but it doesn’t explain why