Aiden’s POV
“Gather the survivors!” I shouted as I stepped around the body of a dead wolf.
I looked around and smirked. Another pack had fallen under our feet. Another pathetic Alpha had crumbled and admitted his defeat. My smirk widened when I saw his mangled body lying a few feet away from me.
I walked closer and crouched next to him.
“You got what you deserved, Patrick,” I said, glancing at his mate’s dead body that was lying next to his. “You were a horrible man and a horrible wolf.”
Patrick was pathetic. His pack was weak and there were rumors of him abusing the members of his pack. There were rumors of him punishing his wolves by tying them to poles and starving them for days. We did the world a favor by getting rid of him.
A scream made me look toward the packhouse. Flames engulfed it and a few survivors were running out, trying to escape the flames. My heart skipped a beat when I saw my brother walking out of there. Why the fuck was he in there?! Why did he go inside a burning building?! What the fuck was he thinking?!
“Elijah!” I screamed as I jumped to my feet. “What the fuck are you doing?!”
He looked up at me and rolled his eyes.
“Please, Alpha,” the girl he dragged out sobbed as she fell to his feet. “I will do everything.”
I looked at the girl with disgust.
“Who is that?” I asked my brother as I approached them.
“Peter’s mate,” Elijah said, smirking a little. “She begged me to let her live after I killed him.”
I raised my eyebrow and looked at the girl.
“Really?” I asked as I crouched so I could get a better look at her. “Most mates don’t want to live after their mate dies. You didn’t love him?”
She looked at me and gulped.
“He was a bastard just like his father,” she mumbled quietly. “He was cheating on me. I don’t care that he is dead.”
I looked up at Elijah and he shrugged. We still hadn’t found our mate so we didn’t know how it felt when a mate cheated on you or when you lost your mate. The girl seemed like she didn’t really care that she just lost her mate, but who were we to judge?
“I will do everything,” she said, making me look back at her. “I know that you never found your mate. You need a Luna. I can be your Luna. Peter was going to take over his father soon. I know what to do. I know how to be a good Luna.”
I looked her up and down and smirked. She looked like she would be a good fuck.
“We will see about that,” Elijah said with a hint of amusement in his voice.
I stood back up, keeping my eyes on the girl.
“What’s your name?” I asked her.
“Jessica,” she said quietly.
I looked at Elijah and raised an eyebrow. We were almost 26 years old and we didn’t have a mate. She looked like she could be of some use to us. Elijah rolled his eyes at me.
‘Don’t start, Aiden.’ He mind-linked me. ‘We can fuck her, but that’s all that she will be good for. She isn’t going to be our Luna.’
Elijah was still holding onto hope that we would find our mate. I was realistic. She died a long time ago. I knew it and Elijah knew it. The girl that was supposed to belong to us died. We had proof. She was gone.
“Please, Alpha,” Jessica said, drawing our attention back to her. “I will be a good Luna.”
She looked up at us and licked her lips.
“I will be a perfect little fuck toy,” she added quietly.
My dick twitched and a small smirk spread across my lips. She did look like she would be a perfect fuck toy. I could already imagine my dick spreading those lips open. I could imagine squeezing her full tits and…
“Elijah!” our Beta’s voice interrupted my thoughts.
Elijah and I turned around. Ian was standing by the entrance to the dungeons. He had a pissed-off look on his face.
“There is a prisoner in here,” he said and I could see furry blazing in his eyes.
“You can kill her,” Jessica said, making us look at her. “She is the pack slut. She is a whore.”
Ian growled.
“She is a child!” he shouted as he started approaching us. “Are you telling me that your pack members have been abusing a child?!”
Rage boiled inside me. Elijah and I growled at the same time.
“She isn’t a child,” Jessica said, sighing loudly. “She turned 18 a couple of months ago. That’s when she started sleeping with men for money.”
I looked at Ian and saw a confused look on his face. He looked at me and shrugged.
“She is small,” he said. “She looks like she isn’t a day over 16.”
“Kill her,” Jessica repeated a little bit louder. “She won’t be missed. She is an Omega Patrick found abandoned in the forest. She never even turned. She is useless.”
I looked back at Ian and nodded.
“Bring her out and let one of the warriors take care of her,” I said.
Ian looked at Jessica and tightened his jaw. He looked hesitant. What the fuck was that about?
“Now, Ian,” Elijah ordered.
Ian clenched his fists and walked back toward the dungeons. I looked around and smiled. Our warriors were almost done gathering the survivors. Each survivor was always offered a chance to join our pack. Those who refused were killed, those who didn’t were brought back to our pack and they were assigned suitable roles for them. I saw a handful of survivors standing close by, looking at our warrior. I saw fear in their eyes.
I sighed and looked back at Elijah. He was staring at Jessica with an unreadable expression on his face. I furrowed my eyebrows. I couldn't tell what he was thinking and that freaked me out a little bit. He was my twin and I always knew what he was thinking.
My heart skipped a beat when I saw him flinch a little. I furrowed my eyebrows and tensed up. Was he hurt? Was he in pain?
‘Elijah…’ I started mind-linking him, but I stopped abruptly when the most amazing scent filled my nostrils.
It was a scent of apples and cinnamon. It was a scent that reminded me of home. It was a scent that made me feel safe and loved. I wanted to embrace it. I wanted to bathe in it. I wanted to glue the scent to my skin.
But the apples and cinnamon were also mixed with a metallic scent of blood and every muscle in my body tensed up. I wanted to tear everything apart. I wanted to kill. I wanted to destroy.
Why was my home tainted in blood?
My eyes fell on Ian and a small girl in his arms. She was unconscious and completely covered in blood.
My vision blackened and the anger made my blood boil. I couldn’t even look at Elijah, but I knew he felt the same. I knew that he wanted to kill them all just as much as I did.
“That’s the whore,” Jessica’s voice made me flinch. “Feel free to kill her.”
Hazel’s POVA severe pain in my body woke me up.Peter didn’t spare me this time. He used everything he could get his hands on. I was a little bit surprised he didn’t kill me this time.I knew I made a mistake, but did I really deserve to be beaten almost to death just because I spilled a little bit of water on his mate?Well, yes. The answer was yes. I was nothing. I was no one. I was a pathetic Omega who couldn't even shift. I couldn’t even talk to my wolf. I wasn’t even sure if I had one.I wanted to groan, but my throat was so dry that I couldn't even do that. I tried to turn my head a little, but it hurt. Everything hurt.“Wake up,” someone said sternly.I didn’t recognize the voice. Who was that?The voice made my heart skip a beat. But the voice trembled slightly and I could hear anger in it.“Wake the fuck up,” the voice repeated a little bit louder.I flinched a little and forced my eyes to open. The first thing I saw was a grey ceiling and it confused me completely. It wasn’
Elijah’s POV“On your knees,” I ordered as we finally entered our office.Jessica looked at me with a confused expression on her face.“Now,” I growled as I lowered my jeans and let my cock out.Her eyes widened, but she did as I said. I didn’t wait for her to open. I pushed my semi-hard cock inside her mouth and grabbed her head with both hands.I needed release. I needed to let go of the anger I felt. I needed to forget that my fucking mate was in that cell. I needed to forget who and what she was.I started fucking Jessica’s face furiously. She was gagging and tears were running down her face. She tried to push me back a little, but I ignored her pathetic efforts. She wanted this. She wanted to be our sex toy.I watched my cock go in her wet, warm mouth and I couldn’t help but groan. I was getting close.I wondered if she was in pain. I wondered if she felt me fuck another woman’s mouth. I wondered if she ever let another man shove his cock down her throat just like I did with Jess
Hazel’s POVI had no idea how long was I locked in that cell. It could have been hours. It could have been days. I lost the track of time and I simply didn’t know how long was I in there.All I knew was pain. Soul-wrenching, gut-twisting, heart-breaking pain. It never ended and it never lessened. It was getting worse and I was praying to the Goddess to take me.I was done living. I wanted to die.“Hazel,” a soft voice called my name.I recognized it. He was here a couple of times and he tried to get me to drink and eat. I didn’t want to. I would die faster if I didn’t eat or drink.He sighed and I heard the cell door open.“You have to eat, Hazel,” he said as he walked closer to me. “You have to drink. You can’t go on like this.”That was the whole point.I opened my eyes and saw him kneeling next to me. He reached out and caressed my cheek.“Fuck,” he mumbled. “You are burning.”Good. I was dying. That was the best news I heard in a while.“Please, Hazel,” he said softly. “Just one s
Aiden’s POVI couldn’t stay away.I couldn’t fucking forget how her skin felt under my fingertips. I couldn’t forget the tingles. I couldn’t forget the pleasurable shivers that ran up and down my body as I held her.Elijah would have fucking killed me if he knew I was sneaking into the dungeons to see her every night since I held her... He would have lost it if he knew I was thinking about walking into that cell and touching her again.But she was mine just as she was his and I could go to her if I wanted to I could hold her if I wanted to. I could touch her if I wanted to.She was mine. Fucking mine.I tightened my hold on the bars separating us. She was whimpering in her sleep and the sound made my heart clench. She sounded afraid.“Please,” she mumbled in her sleep. “Please, don’t.”Please don’t what?She turned her head toward me and I saw little beads of sweat on her forehead. Her eyebrows were furrowed and she was mumbling something I couldn’t hear.“It hurts,” she mumbled a lit
Elijah’s POVI was fucking burning on the inside. I wanted to scream. I wanted to destroy the fucking world around me. I wanted to burn the fucking house down. I wanted to…My bedroom door opened and Aiden walked inside.“What the fuck do you want?” I muttered angrily as I continued pacing around my bedroom.Aiden closed the door and leaned against it.“I was just checking to see if you went to the dungeons or not,” he said, making me glare at him.“Why would I go there?” I muttered angrily. “I don’t want to see her. I don’t want to be near her.”Aiden raised an eyebrow and sighed.“I am your brother,” he said calmly. “I know you.”“Apparently not,” I said, clenching my fists. “I don’t want to go there.”Aiden took a deep breath and released it slowly. He narrowed his eyes slightly and crossed his arms over his chest.“We have to talk about Jackson,” Aiden said calmly. “We need to come up with a plan.”I was thankful that he changed the subject, but talking about that fucker pissed me
Hazel’s POV I groaned when I heard multiple footsteps rushing toward my cell. “Fuck no, Elijah!” someone screamed. “I am not letting you make that mistake!” “Move, Ian!” one of my mates yelled. “Don’t make me punch you!” I tried to open my eyes, but I felt like something was on my eyelids. I tried so hard, but they wouldn’t open. They weren’t listening to me. A throbbing pain in my forehead wasn’t making it easy on me either. It felt like my entire head was on fire and I all I wanted to do was sleep and never wake up again. “I said no!” the other man yelled again. “I can’t let you do this. I can’t let you make this mistake, Elijah. I am protecting you both.” One of my mates growled loudly. I heard the door to my cell open and fear made my stomach turn. “Hazel,” my other mate called me quietly. “Wake up.” I furrowed my eyebrows and tried to open my eyes again. A stabbing pain in my temples made me groan. “Wake her up!” my other mate screamed. “Right the fuck now!” “She is sick
Elijah’s POV I was so fucking confused. I was so fucking angry. I wanted to destroy everything around me, including myself. “Is she dying?” I asked, my voice trembling. The pack doctor looked at me and shook his head. I breathe out in relief. “She is weak and she will need some time to rest, Alpha,” he said calmly. “She will be fine when she wakes up.” I tightened my jaw and nodded. “Please call me if there is anything else you need,” he said as he stood up. “I will come back to check up on her in a few hours.” I kept my eyes on her. She would be okay, right? She had to be okay. “Thank you, Jim,” Aiden said quietly. “We will see you in a few hours.” I heard him walk away. I didn’t look at him. I couldn’t move my eyes away from her. “What the fuck were you thinking, Elijah?” Aiden mumbled angrily. “If you touched her…” “I would never do that,” I said, looking at him and tightening my jaw. “I wanted to scare her, nothing else.” I looked back at her and gulped. “I wanted to s
Hazel’s POVI was dead. How did I know?I was lying on the softest surface my hands ever touched. I was the warmest I had ever been. I was the comfiest I had ever been. My body felt like it was wrapped in a soft, warm cloud. I felt like I was floating.It had to be death. There was no other explanation for it. But I was confused about one thing. Why was I so comfortable? Why was I so warm? What did I do to deserve this? Was I really reunited with the Goddess? “Hazel,” I heard someone’s soft voice calling my name. Who was that? Was it the Goddess herself?No. No way. I would never get to see her. I would never get to meet her.“Hazel,” the voice said again and I felt someone’s soft fingers on my forehead. I gulped and turned my head toward the voice. I wanted to open my eyes, but my eyelids felt heavy.“Come on,” the voice said quietly. “Wake up.”I sighed and furrowed my eyebrows a little. The fingers caressed my cheek gently. I really wanted to know who was talking to me so I g
Aiden’s POV My heart was hammering against my ribcage as I walked back into the packhouse. I was holding her as tightly as I possibly could. The fear of losing her was overwhelming and I felt like I only now realized what had happened. Only now when she was back home did I feel my body go numb. Only now did I feel sweat break on the back of my neck. “What happened?” Ian asked as he rushed down the stairs. “Is she okay?” “She is fine, Ian,” Elijah said. “She tried to leave.” Packhouse workers knew better than to be in our way. I saw no one other than Ian and it was better that way. I would lose my shit if anyone said anything or even looked at her the wrong way. “Oh, Hazel,” Ian mumbled as he started following behind us. “How did she leave the room?” “Drainpipe,” Elijah sighed. “Is that right, Hazel?” She didn’t respond. I rubbed her back gently and placed another kiss on her temple. I could feel how scared and confused she was. “Should we move her into another room?” Ian asked.
Elijah’s POVI walked out of my bathroom just as Aiden opened the door and stepped inside my bedroom.“Is this going to be a daily occurrence?” I asked as I started drying my hair with the towel. “Why are you here?”“Because I want to go see her and I knew you would bite my head off if I didn’t invite you too,” Aiden said, sighing and leaning against the wall.I threw the towel to the ground and rushed toward my closet.“Do you think that she is asleep?” I asked as I grabbed a pair of sweats and put them on.“I hope so,” Aiden mumbled. “I don’t know how to apologize for what we did. I don’t know what to say. It’s easier when she is asleep and I can just…”He stopped talking and I heard him take a deep breath.But I knew exactly what he meant. I had no idea how to express what I felt. I had no idea how to tell her that we fucked up. I had no idea how to beg for her forgiveness. It was easier when she was asleep.I walked out of my closet and looked at the door that led to her room.“Co
Hazel’s POVI spent the entire day staring through the window and waiting for the night to fall. No one else came to see me and I was thankful for that. I didn’t want a distraction. I wanted peace and silence so I could focus on my escape.As soon as it started getting dark I stood up and approached the window. I looked down at the small clearing between the packhouse and the edge of the forest. I was afraid that there would be guards walking around, but thankfully, I saw no one.I had to go. I had to leave while I still had the chance.I turned around and rushed toward one of the chairs that were placed around the coffee table. I pulled it toward the bedroom door and jammed the back of the chair under the doorknob. I had to at least slow them down.I rushed back toward the window and looked outside one more time. There were no guards walking around.It was now or never.I opened the window and glanced behind my shoulder. No one was coming. No one was at the door. No one was going to
Aiden’s POV“How is she?” Elijah asked as soon as Katie walked into our office. “Did she eat?”Katie closed her door and nodded.“I left the tray there,” Katie said as she approached Ian. “She will eat.”Elijah clenched his fists and tightened his jaw.“So you didn’t actually see her eat?” he asked angrily. “You should have stayed there until she finished…”“Eli,” I interrupted him. “Katie isn’t her guard.”Elijah looked at me and rolled his eyes. He started pacing around our office. I looked at Kate and took a deep breath.“Is she feeling a bit better?” I asked and Katie gave me a small nod.“She was on her feet when I came into the room,” Katie said. “She looks better than I expected. Ian told me that she wasn’t doing good.”“They spent the night with her,” Ian said, leaning in and kissing Katie’s cheek. “That must have helped her heal.”Katie looked at him wide-eyed. “They did?!”Ian nodded and gave her a small smile. He leaned in and placed a kiss on her lips. I felt jealousy burn
Hazel’s POVI woke up feeling a bit better than yesterday. My legs didn’t hurt as bad. My stomach didn’t feel like it was twisting and turning all the time. My heart wasn’t racing as fast as it did yesterday.I was feeling better and I was going to get out of there. I had to leave before they broke me completely.I threw the blanket off my body and stood up carefully. It felt weird to be on my feet after I spent days lying in cells. I took a deep breath as I stood up straighter and looked around the room.I had to find a way out of here.I assumed that it would be impossible for me to just walk out of the packhouse. Someone would stop me. Someone would ask where I was going. Someone would call them and tell them that I tried to leave. I couldn’t let that happen. Hopefully, I would already be out of their territory by the time they figured I left.Maybe I could use a window.I approached the nearest window and my hopes were crushed immediately. We were so high up that I wouldn’t surviv
Elijah’s POVI ran my fingers through my hair and leaned against the shower wall. I closed my eyes and bent my head. I let the water drip down my back, trying to find a way to stop thinking about her.I wanted to stop thinking about her eyes. I wanted to stop thinking about her hair. I wanted to stop thinking about her scent.I desired to touch her. I desired to kiss her. I desired to feel her soft skin under my fingertips. I could only imagine how she tasted. I could only imagine how warm and soft she was.I groaned as I felt my dick harden. I simply couldn’t stop thinking about her. I couldn’t force the thoughts of her away. No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried, no matter if I was asleep or awake, she was always on my mind.“Elijah?” I heard my brother’s voice coming from my bedroom.I gulped and raised my head. I forced myself to take a deep, calming breath.“Coming,” I said as I turned the shower off.I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel over my waist. I wal
Ian’s POVI opened my bedroom door and smiled. My beautiful girl was waiting for me in our bed. She was reading a book and she looked up at me as soon as I walked in.“Hi,” she said softly, closing the book and placing it on the nightstand. “How did it go?”I sighed as I approached her. I had to hug her and kiss her before I did anything else.“Not so good,” I mumbled, leaning in and placing a kiss on her soft lips. “Hazel asked if she could leave.”Katie’s eyes widened.“Oh, Goddess,” she mumbled quietly. “How did they take it?”I sighed again and sat on the bed next to her. I took her hand in mine, lifted it, and kissed her knuckles.“Not so good,” I said. “They just don’t want to admit how much they actually need her and want her.”I simply couldn’t understand them. I couldn’t imagine my life without Katie in it. I couldn’t imagine being away from her. I couldn’t imagine not being able to kiss her, hold her, and tell her how much I loved her. My life changed completely ever since I
Aiden’s POVI wasn’t sure if I was more shocked, angry, or hurt.Did she really just suggest that we let her go? Did she really just say that we would never see her again?Elijah’s back was turned toward me so I couldn’t see his face, but I could see how tense he became. I could feel the anger and the fear rolling off him in waves.Hazel was looking at him wide-eyed. It looked like she was surprised by her own question.“What?” Elijah mumbled after a few moments of silence.I still couldn’t speak. A huge lump was stuck in my throat. I couldn’t imagine not having her here. I couldn’t imagine not being able to breathe in her scent. I couldn’t imagine not being able to touch her again. I couldn’t imagine not seeing her beautiful brown eyes every single day for the rest of my life.No. She couldn’t fucking go. She had to stay here. She belonged here.Hazel gulped and glanced at me. I tightened my jaw and forced myself to take a deep breath.“What the fuck did you just say, Hazel?” Elijah
Hazel’s POV My heart wasn’t beating when the door opened. I wasn’t breathing when they walked inside the room. Their scents reached me and I wanted to whimper. Their scents were both comforting me and scaring me. I really didn’t want them here. I didn’t want to be here. “How are you, Hazel?” one of them asked as he leaned against the wall and crossed his arms over his chest. My eyes fell on his huge arms and I felt fear burning a hole in my stomach. He could kill me just by squeezing me tightly. I shivered as I looked into his eyes. “Aiden asked you a question,” the other one said angrily. I looked at him and I lost all the feeling in my legs. He was the one who wanted to touch me. He was the one who wanted to… “She still has a fever, but she is doing much better,” the man next to me said and placed a hand on my back. My angry mate growled at him. “Don’t touch her,” he said, narrowing his eyes and tightening his jaw. The man next to me sighed and moved his hand away. “You are