Ariah’s POV Was I glad to be back in werewolf territory? Well, yes and no. It didn’t matter where I was anymore, I wasn’t safe. I had made the biggest enemy possible in the Lycan city, although I wasn’t sure if Ethan still loved me or not. And in the werewolf city, I also had a huge enemy in King Ethan, I wasn’t sure if he was coming after me or not. It was very unlikely, after all these months, he certainly would have forgotten about me. Not like he gave a shit when we both felt the mate bond, or when I pleaded with him before he locked me up, or when I pleaded with him before he mercilessly raped me. The reason being in werewolf territory wasn’t so bad was because I could blend in finally. I didn’t have to be scared anymore, wondering when that snake, Layla, would suddenly let the cat out of the back and tell the whole Lycan community that I was a fucking werewolf. The last few days have been completely horrible, I had to watch two men who were after I got eaten by a wolf pack.

Ariah’s POV “Put out that damn fire, quickly!” Leia ordered and I rushed to it and started taking out the burning woods and stomping on them.In a minute or so, the fire was out and a huge cloud of smoke went up into the air with a harsh, sizzling sound. I heard approaching footsteps and my heart started to pound. I looked around the clearing, I was surrounded by thick bushes and tall trees. As the footsteps got closer and closer, I ran into one of the thick bushes. The moment I disappeared, three men sprang into the clearing, at the exact spot I had been. What was going on? Who were these men and why did what they put on seem so familiar? I watched them from my hiding spot. There was a fetid smell about where I hid, but I couldn’t move from there, so I held my breath. “It’s the same scent, isn’t it?” One of them asked, looking around with his small, bead-like eyes peering into the darkness. “Yeah right, it’s got to be, can’t mistake it can you?” Another replied. “The chick’s

Layla’s POV Back in the bedroom, as I got ready for the surprise Ethan to cheer me up, a cheeky smile played on my lips. I stared at the mirror with satisfaction, I could pass for the best actress of the year, that was spot on! It couldn’t have gone any better than that, but there was something that bothered me and that was the constant look that had been on Lowell’s face. It was the exact look someone gave you when they suspected something was off or they already knew what it was. Why was he making such a huge fuss over Sally’s death? She was just a bloody maid after all, what difference did it make if she was dead or not? Another maid could just replace her here, there were hundreds available after all. I stepped out of the bathroom to meet an empty bedroom, Ethan wasn’t in anymore. I wondered where he went, but I just shrugged and decided to get dressed. I looked stunning in the lovely sky-blue evening dress I wore. It clung to my body like a second skin and outlined my perf

Ariah’s POV I stared at him in confusion, I was so stunned by his words that I couldn’t even process them.Me? Complete him? How was that even possible? He was making no sense and he got the picture of my thoughts by the dazed look on my face. “What? Me…? Com...complete you?” I stammered. “What do you mean by that? We have nothing in common, I’m not like you, we’re not of the same class or the same anything for that matter, so how? How could I possibly complete a man like you?” I asked, wishing he could just disappear from my sight.He chuckled, “You already know what I fucking mean, a year ago, you felt something when you first met me.” He replied. “That’s what completes me and you’ve been missing for a while, I’ve been incomplete quite long enough, don’t you think so?” I stared in utter confusion, wondering what gibberish he was ranting on about. “Please, just let me go, I swear…I promise, I…I assure you, Alpha James, you would never see me again, I promise I would never step f

Ariah’s POV The next two days were awkward for me, I lived them in anticipation and fear.Fear of what James was planning for me in his usual brutal and inhumane manner. For this period, no one else was allowed to come into the room, where I was locked up unless it was time for the maids to deliver my food and set up my bath. Once I got so fed up with it that I completely snapped at them, "Listen, you don't have to set my bath at all. I can do it myself, I'm not a fucking child." I said as the same maid, who I had recognized on the first day James captured me, came out of the bathroom with a smile on her face. That smile disappeared and the other maids exchanged awkward glances, "The Alpha insists that we do it for you instead," She replied timidly. "We have to follow the Alpha's orders." "Fuck the Alpha's orders!" I snapped and their horrified faces clouded with shock. "I don't want you in the fucking bathroom before I have fucking bath!" They didn't know what to say as they