All Chapters of Once In The Dust: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Christopher. I picked myself up from the floor to spring into action. Every second counted. As things were, we had already wasted so much time. From the look of things, they had a vehicle waiting on the main road because their scent had ended abruptly. I wouldn't put this past Aida and Mark. They wanted Willow gone so badly. Did I have to take her everywhere with me? I was also mad at her for wandering too close to the border, but she was still in my territory. How would she have known that someone would let the Lycans in and lead them to her? I asked Leeana to meet me at the training ground while Luis and I went there. Jet was enraged, and I had to control myself. I could not let my feelings show. I need to treat this as a missing pack member's case. My blood was rushing hot. I wanted to go wild searching for Willow, but I kept it together. How I handled this would determine if I would ever see my mate again. Leeana arrived with puffy eyes. She must have sensed something was wr

Christopher. It took a lot of strength for Luis to pull me off Mark. I had injured him significantly. Giving Willow to the Lycans did it for me. He was screwing my wife and probably working against me, and now he plotted against my fated. "What do you want from me, Mark? Why did you have to do this?" I asked. When he did not reply, I advanced towards him, and Luis intercepted. I raised my hand so Luis knew I did not plan to hit Mark. Mark managed to get up, staggering. "I had to.." He managed in pain. "She is a distraction. Ever since she got here, you haven't been acting right," he said, and I could not believe this bastard. "And what do you mean by that?" I asked him, and he looked at me. "You mistreat your wife and go against King Aaron for her sake. The king isn't happy with you, and we do not even know the kind of ill luck his anger can bring. He might be your father-in-law, but he is king and has more power than you. You have disrespected him several times, and now you wan

Willow, My body shook with fear. How could I have gotten carried away? I served the damn tea again. Things had happened differently, yet I served the tea. If it weren't for his words, I would have failed. I was still shaken. I was grateful for my nightmares of the day he was poisoned. If it weren't for those nightmares that fate refused to let me forget, I wouldn't have remembered his exact words. I looked at the broken mug, and the content spilt on the floor. I began to wonder who made the tea. "What is wrong?" Christopher asked me, but I couldn't speak because I was still shocked. Tears of fear and relief streamed down my cheeks at the same time. Raya was silent. I knew she was shaken too. "What did they do to you?" He asked, and I could not respond; instead, I tried to breathe. He made me sit on his couch and held me. "I guess there won't be tea for me anymore," He said, and I looked at him, grateful to the goddess that he was alive. In the past, he should have been lying in

Christopher It was decided by the sitting council that I keep Aida's lands as payment for her treachery. She did not protest. Somehow, she knew she wouldn't be going home to her father because he could not look at her by the end of the hearing. The shock of Aida's revelation stayed with me. My drive back to Rain Pack was quiet and long. I did not know how to process matters. How were they managing? Whenever I had relations with Aida, Mark was bound to feel it. Why didn't he say something? I felt used and manipulated. "I can't believe it either," Luis said, and I could not respond. Even if I wanted to, the shock I felt in those moments made responding impossible. We arrived at the pack with Aida's car in tow. She walked past me in tears and fear. The pack members were looking at us. The entire settlement knew we went for a divorce proceeding, but they did not realise that Aida had cheated on me with Mark. I could not speak to her, but I had so much to tell my ex-best friend. I did

Willow. I stood in the room with tears streaming down my eyes. The moment of truth had come. There was no way I could explain that incident. I was boxed in. I looked at him to memorise his features because I knew he might not want me here after I told him my truth. "Before I say anything, know that I have always loved you, Christopher, and I want you to know that I wished things had turned out differently between us," I said, and he frowned at me. "I was telling you the truth when I told you that I figured it out when you were about to drink the tea.." I began, and he frowned. I raised my hand to stop him from interrupting me. I exhaled and braced myself for whatever would happen after I spoke my truth. "Because that would be the second time," I said. "That was why I ran when I was arrested for trespassing. I did not want to relive my experience in the Rain pack again. I am living on borrowed time, Christopher. We have done this before. All of this. I came to your pack, and you t