Axel’s povOur fathers eyes narrowed, and for a moment, I thought he might explode with the same fury we were feeling. But then he calmed himself and remained quiet."That's a really serious allegation," he said. "You got any proof?""No," I said. "Not yet. But we're going to know who it was."My father sighed, and folded his hands on the desk. “I would be angry too,” he said. “But you have to calm down first. You can’t think clearly when you’re that angry.”“Calm? They tortured her!” Alaric’s voice rose.“I never said to do nothing,” my dad began, calm and measured. “I said think. If you go punishing someone without first knowing the truth of what happened, you might end up making things worse.”Lysander shook his head. “How could it get any worse than this?”My dad looked at him. “What if you’re wrong? What if you accuse someone innocent? What if Karla wakes up and realizes you went behind her back and did this without her agreeing to it? You think she’ll thank you for that?”We had
Axel’s povHe smirked, shaking his head. “I don’t need your backup, Axel. I’m not afraid to do what’s right, even if it means standing alone.”With that he turned on his heel and stormed out of the room, the door swinging shut behind him.The silence was thick and tense. “He’ll be sorry he said that,” Lysander eventually sighed.Kai reclined back in his seat, lacing his fingers behind his head. “Let him be sorry,” he waved off. “I’m not going to waste my breath on someone who doesn’t want to hear the truth.”I sat back down, my mind spinning. Alaric’s words had cut through me but I wouldn’t let him see that. Maybe he was right, maybe Karla did need someone to lean on, but there was too much risk in asking too much of her right now. I couldn’t afford to act on my anger or frustration.But all the same, I couldn’t help wishing Alaric the best of luck with his own decisions.***Alaric’s povI stormed out of the study, my heart thumping with rage and a kind of adrenaline I had never felt
Alaric’s pov“She’ll need her rest.” she said, placing a hand on my shoulder. “She’s been in surgery to make sure her systems are not compromised and it’s going to take time for her to get better. If anything changes or she wakes up let us know.”“I will.” I promised quietly.The healer nodded and dropped her hand, leaving us alone in the room. I took a seat on the bed nearest to me, the bag of food still clutched to my knee. I could hardly look away from her.“I’m sorry,” I managed to get out through gritted teeth as if she could hear me, “I’m so sorry for not being here when you needed me…but I’ll be here now. Right here.”As the hours ticked by, I dragged the chair to the side of the bed and sat down next to her and took her hand, not looking away, but up at her face the whole time. I then decided to eat as I took my meal and started to eat while I watched the television there on mute.The only sound being the sound of her breathing and the machines beeping.While I ate, I looked
Alaric’s povI sat beside Karla's bed, my mind in a whirl. She seemed so peaceful. So vulnerable, dreaming her dreams. But I knew as soon as she opened her eyes, reality would crash back down on top of her. And I couldn't help but feel that we teetered on the edge everyday because of this. For one wrong move, one word out of place and it could all come crashing down around us. I turned to see axel tapping away at his phone and looked away from him.Leaning back in my chair so that my words wouldn't disturb the woman from her slumbering fantasies I murmured softly, "Axel... when are we going to tell her the real truth?Axel stiffened and put a finger to his mouth to hush me from saying anything else. I saw something in the man’s eyes that made me roll my own. He then pointed at Karla who still sleeping and then he pointed at the balcony and stepped out onto it without another word.“Fuck it,” I muttered. “I’m up.” I walked outside with him, shutting the door behind me.He leaned again
Axel’s povI looked at the text on my phone, my brows tightening as I read it. Rogues were scouting near our pack’s territory. The generals had alerted me of their arrival and had already moved to the border, awaiting my command.I glanced at Alaric and spoke briskly. “I have to go deal with something. I’ll be back.”Alaric shot me a look but didn’t say anything, just nodded as I stepped away. I dialed my generals on my way to the hospital reception and what they told me only fueled my rage. They were still holding back, waiting for their additional forces to arrive, but rogues on the border could only mean one thing.Silence was the only answer I gave before hanging up and taking off down the stairwell. Within seconds I hit the ground floor and blew through the glass doors with my super speed, heading straight for my car. Dropping into it, slamming the door shut, I brought it to life and headed toward the pack border at breakneck speed.The drive was excruciatingly slow, but I’d neve
Karla's PovWhy? Why was this happening to me? I just wanted to live, I only wanted to stay alive and be who I really was. So why? Why did I have to be an Omega? Why?! I questioned no one in particular as I stared at the night sky, pain racking through my body. The night breeze sent goosebumps rising across my skin, and I shivered from the pain and cold, flinching when my cold tears hit my neck. I had been outside, on the fields for three hours. It was nightfall, but no one had come to look for me. The sounds of crickets continued to echo in the silent clearing, but amidst the pain, I couldn't help but laugh. “Pathetic. This was really pathetic.” I muttered, groaning as I pushed myself to stand up. The pain had reduced, and the bruising around my body had begun to heal, “The perks of being this way, I guess.” What was I? An Omega. But what sort of Omega? I had no idea. One could say I had a blessing from the Moon Goddess Selene ever since I was a child. I healed fast, faster than n
Karla's Pov Alpha Darwin. He was here already. “You're not saying anything? Well, you're smarter than I thought you were, what a pity for you that you could not escape very soon, isn't that it?” Darwin ‘tsked’, puffing out more smoke. My lips trembled as tell tale signs of tears and smoke began to make my eyes burn. The smoke was too much, and I couldn't breathe. Although my body had already begun to fight off the effects of the smoke, it was coming in faster than I could fight it. And just from one cigarette? That couldn't be possible. There had to be other places that the drug was burning from, it was coming from all directions. And until it finished burning, I had to keep him away from me. I had to take the risk. It was almost morning, someone had to come and save me. “What do you want with me?” I questioned, finally releasing my breath. I coughed instantly when the rush of smoke entered my head, my eyes dizzy. “Ah… She finally spoke.” Alpha Darwin's smile widened as if he ha
Karla's Pov “Mate.” They all said in unison. I blinked once, twice, thrice, momentarily forgetting the pain. Mate? What did they just say? Mate? Who is their mate? Alpha Darwin? Alpha Darwin was their mate? That can't be, they just killed him, his body was on the ground. Or were they trying to claim a dead body as their mate? This was crazy. I had no idea that the quadruplets had this kind of fetish. But why were they looking at me with that kind of gaze? “I don't… What are you doing here? You're the one that killed him… Not… not me.” I explained, not daring to look up at them. Memories of Kai kicking me when I stared at him flashed in my head, it made me lower my head even further. “I know you didn't kill him, you don't have enough power to do that.” Kai's gruff voice sounded next to my ears and I jerked up, startled by his sudden movements and my sudden movements made the wound on my back stretch and I cried out in pain. “Why isn't your wounds healing? It normally does it!” Kai
Axel’s povI looked at the text on my phone, my brows tightening as I read it. Rogues were scouting near our pack’s territory. The generals had alerted me of their arrival and had already moved to the border, awaiting my command.I glanced at Alaric and spoke briskly. “I have to go deal with something. I’ll be back.”Alaric shot me a look but didn’t say anything, just nodded as I stepped away. I dialed my generals on my way to the hospital reception and what they told me only fueled my rage. They were still holding back, waiting for their additional forces to arrive, but rogues on the border could only mean one thing.Silence was the only answer I gave before hanging up and taking off down the stairwell. Within seconds I hit the ground floor and blew through the glass doors with my super speed, heading straight for my car. Dropping into it, slamming the door shut, I brought it to life and headed toward the pack border at breakneck speed.The drive was excruciatingly slow, but I’d neve
Alaric’s povI sat beside Karla's bed, my mind in a whirl. She seemed so peaceful. So vulnerable, dreaming her dreams. But I knew as soon as she opened her eyes, reality would crash back down on top of her. And I couldn't help but feel that we teetered on the edge everyday because of this. For one wrong move, one word out of place and it could all come crashing down around us. I turned to see axel tapping away at his phone and looked away from him.Leaning back in my chair so that my words wouldn't disturb the woman from her slumbering fantasies I murmured softly, "Axel... when are we going to tell her the real truth?Axel stiffened and put a finger to his mouth to hush me from saying anything else. I saw something in the man’s eyes that made me roll my own. He then pointed at Karla who still sleeping and then he pointed at the balcony and stepped out onto it without another word.“Fuck it,” I muttered. “I’m up.” I walked outside with him, shutting the door behind me.He leaned again
Alaric’s pov“She’ll need her rest.” she said, placing a hand on my shoulder. “She’s been in surgery to make sure her systems are not compromised and it’s going to take time for her to get better. If anything changes or she wakes up let us know.”“I will.” I promised quietly.The healer nodded and dropped her hand, leaving us alone in the room. I took a seat on the bed nearest to me, the bag of food still clutched to my knee. I could hardly look away from her.“I’m sorry,” I managed to get out through gritted teeth as if she could hear me, “I’m so sorry for not being here when you needed me…but I’ll be here now. Right here.”As the hours ticked by, I dragged the chair to the side of the bed and sat down next to her and took her hand, not looking away, but up at her face the whole time. I then decided to eat as I took my meal and started to eat while I watched the television there on mute.The only sound being the sound of her breathing and the machines beeping.While I ate, I looked
Axel’s povHe smirked, shaking his head. “I don’t need your backup, Axel. I’m not afraid to do what’s right, even if it means standing alone.”With that he turned on his heel and stormed out of the room, the door swinging shut behind him.The silence was thick and tense. “He’ll be sorry he said that,” Lysander eventually sighed.Kai reclined back in his seat, lacing his fingers behind his head. “Let him be sorry,” he waved off. “I’m not going to waste my breath on someone who doesn’t want to hear the truth.”I sat back down, my mind spinning. Alaric’s words had cut through me but I wouldn’t let him see that. Maybe he was right, maybe Karla did need someone to lean on, but there was too much risk in asking too much of her right now. I couldn’t afford to act on my anger or frustration.But all the same, I couldn’t help wishing Alaric the best of luck with his own decisions.***Alaric’s povI stormed out of the study, my heart thumping with rage and a kind of adrenaline I had never felt
Axel’s povOur fathers eyes narrowed, and for a moment, I thought he might explode with the same fury we were feeling. But then he calmed himself and remained quiet."That's a really serious allegation," he said. "You got any proof?""No," I said. "Not yet. But we're going to know who it was."My father sighed, and folded his hands on the desk. “I would be angry too,” he said. “But you have to calm down first. You can’t think clearly when you’re that angry.”“Calm? They tortured her!” Alaric’s voice rose.“I never said to do nothing,” my dad began, calm and measured. “I said think. If you go punishing someone without first knowing the truth of what happened, you might end up making things worse.”Lysander shook his head. “How could it get any worse than this?”My dad looked at him. “What if you’re wrong? What if you accuse someone innocent? What if Karla wakes up and realizes you went behind her back and did this without her agreeing to it? You think she’ll thank you for that?”We had
Axel’s povMinutes ticked by like hours. I walked around because I couldn’t stand still. Every time the healer murmured something to her assistants or fiddled with one of the machines, my heart leapt.But soon, the healer moved away from the stretcher and came over to us. She looked calm enough but she was weary-eyed.“She’s stable for now,” the healer said. “But she’s severely dehydrated and malnourished. Her body is weak, and she’s under a lot of stress. It’s going to take time for her to recover.”I let out a breath I didn’t realize I’d been holding. “She’s going to be okay?”The healer nodded. “If she gets the care she needs, yes. But she’s in a fragile state. She needs rest, proper nutrition, and someone to make sure she doesn’t push herself too hard.”My mother looked at me and nodded slightly. “We’ll make sure she gets everything she needs,” my mother replied determinedly.The healer turned toward me. “Her body is weak, but she’s also mentally and emotionally compromised. And i
Axel’s povThe moment I saw Karla lying so still on the bed, something in me snapped. She wasn’t moving. But her pale face and shallow, almost nonexistent breaths hit me harder than I’d expected. I tried my best to try to revive her but it failed. All I did was cause a scene as the maids stood by the door doing nothing but watching me act in that manner.I was supposed to not care. What was I even doing acting out like this?“Call the healers,” I said to the maids who still stood there like idiots and it pissed me off even more.I decided to take matters into my own hands as I didn’t waste another second. I leaned down, scooping her up into my arms, gently and decided to take her out of the palace. I doubted the healer would get here as fast as I would take her to the healers hospital.She felt so fragile in my arms and it scared me that she could break. I couldn’t believe she had let herself get like this.Why was she so stubborn? She could have eaten something and gotten better b
Axel’s povI sat in my room, sifting through some old pictures on my desk. Most of them were old memories, so simple and carefree. I frowned but try as I might, couldn’t shake the anger that had consumed me since the day that woman had entered my life.Karla. That woman. She had rejected me and my brothers in front of people in the pack. She was supposed to be our destined mate, not that it mattered to me in any way. I would never tolerate her; certainly not after this grand display she had turned it into! If she wanted to be stubborn and hate us then fine! I wasn’t going to waste my time anymore trying to keep her under control because she didn’t deserve our efforts.I was going through another photo when my mother, Luna Stephanie, entered my room without bothering to knock. She never did and always assumed she had the right to enter our space.“Axel,” she said steadily. “You have to go and talk to her.”I didn’t even look up from the picture I was holding. “No, I don’t.”“Yes, you
Karla’s povAs soon as he was gone, the tears I’d been holding back spilled over. I buried my face in my hands, sobbing quietly. How had my life come to this? Just days ago, I was living a simple, peaceful life as an omega. Now, I was trapped in a bond with four brothers who represented everything I hated—arrogance, control, and power used to intimidate others.I didn’t know how long I cried, but the ache in my chest didn’t go away. The bond felt like chains wrapped around my heart, tightening with every passing second. I hated it. I hated them. But most of all, I hated how powerless I felt.There had to be a way out. I didn’t know what it was yet, but I refused to believe Axel’s words. The bond might be strong, but I was stronger.At least, that’s what I told myself as I cried alone in my room.I suddenly thought about axel and how he had acted so smug before me.I hated him. I hated them all. How dare they decide my fate for me? How dare they claim that I belonged to them, like I w