[Diego’s POV]I let out a snarl as the serpent’s weight continues to push against me, threatening to not only crush me but the unmoving woman beneath me. Cursing, I try to figure out just how the hell I got here. Why was I even bothering to help this woman? I should have just fucking left her there and gotten out.Questioning all my decisions, I begin to fight against the beast's weight, slowly forcing it up enough until I’ve got enough room to dive forward. Once I’m free, I sit up and take in the woman as she lays motionless.Shifting back into my human form, I begin to shake the woman.“Get up!” I snap as she continues to not move. “You won’t be killed that easily.”Maybe she thought she could fool another with that, but with her connection to the netherworld, I knew better. Of course, she could be killed; that much was obvious, but to die from some simple injuries that were already beginning to heal was impossible.“Alpha!” Elder Marin calls, rushing toward me. “What are you doing?

[Diego’s POV]I sit in my office waiting for Giddeon and my delta, Abigail, to arrive. Since returning to the pack grounds, I called this emergency meeting to discuss exactly what happened in the village.Sitting across from me, the woman slumps forward, clearly still exhausted from the whole ordeal, but since she was the only one that could see that giant fucking serpent, she had some explaining to do as well.“You can’t pass out here,” I warn, drawing her bleary gaze to me. “Not until you explain everything.”“I’ve got it,” she sighs as the door opens and Giddeon enters with Abigail on his trail. However, they aren’t alone, and to my dissatisfaction, my father follows closely behind with Armond, his right-hand man beside him.“Why?” I demand as Giddeon takes a seat beside me while Abigail takes my other side. “I thought.”“She,” Gideon hisses, looking to Abigail. “Told him.”Looking over, I find that Abigail’s expression is blank, but by how nervous she looks, it is clear that she k

[Rosalie’s POV]My eyes widen as I try to make sense of what exactly is happening. The scent of Diego’s arousal is attacking my nose, and I can feel his bulge pressing against me.“Let me go,” I hiss, realizing where this is going. “I don’t know what is wrong with you, but you need to get your shit together!”With each passing minute, my panic was building due to the memories of being in this same situation in another place at another time. Just the thought of being left helpless by another man scared the shit out of me.“I said let go!” I repeat when Diego doesn’t move. “I’m not one of those whores!”“Are you not?” He counters, leaning down so that his breath tickles my skin. “From the way your body is reacting, I’d say that you are. Look at you; you’re shaking like a leaf.”Because I was panicking! How could he mistake that for actually being excited? Was he that fucking self-centered?Yes. The answer was yes. Even if he showed the slightest bit of kindness to me today, it was clear

[Diego’s POV]I shake the woman in my arms as her body radiates an intense heat and the black marks spread across her skin. She is still unconscious, but her mouth moves as if she is having a conversation with an invisible entity, and when her eyes finally open, they are bleary.“Hana,” she whispers, blinking a few times. “Don’t…”Frowning, I wait as she gets her bearings, and when her gaze comes to rest on me and widens in shock, I open my mouth.“Since you seem to be awake,” I begin, trying to figure out what the fuck happened to make her like this. “What did you do, and why are you out of your cage?”"I..." she begins while her eyes look around the room as if she is searching for something. “You were suffering, so I..."“So you decided to break out of your cage and then collapse in the middle of the floor?” I snap.“No!” She manages. “I helped.”Helped? Who the fuck asked for her help? Feeling my annoyance flare, I remember the phantoms that haunted me in my dreams; they disappeare

[Diego’s POV]I stare down at the packgrounds, trying to find any sign of my sister, but she’s gone. Cursing, I hoist myself onto the window sill and then jump. As my body plummets toward the earth below, I shift into my lycan form so that when I hit the ground, my senses immediately connect with the earth beneath my feet.Closing my eyes, I sniff the air while feeling the vibrations of the earth until I locate her just to the north. She hasn’t gotten too far yet, but one thing she was known for was her speed and agility.Not wanting to waste any time, I snap open my eyes and begin to move, just as a large black wolf with smoke radiating from it lands beside me.Eyes widening, I take it in until I realize that it is the woman.‘Why are you just standing there?’ She growls in my head, taking me by surprise. ‘MOVE!’As the words leave her, she shoots forward, turning into nothing more than a blur of black while she rushes toward the forest beyond.Snapping out of my daze, I begin to fol