Mag-log inI grabbed a chair and hurled it against the wall. The wood was too fragile, too brittle to withstand the force of my anger, the force of the hit. The chair shattered. But my anger wasn't abated. It rose still, taking over my entire body, mind and soul. Isadora was wrong. She was utterly wrong. I wasn't putting my pack members at risk. And I was most definitely not picking Terrence over them. It was ridiculous for her to have even thought about it. I mean, I was the King. The Alpha. I was the most powerful Lycan in our world. It was my duty and my job to protect my people from everything. I would protect them with my life if I could, and yet Isadora had the guts to tell me that I was using them as fodder?Another chair hit the wall. And another. And another. Before long, the meeting room was in ruins around me. Someone cleared their throat behind me, and I turned around to face Carlos. Erina and Patrick lingered behind him, and I could see the stark fear on Patrick's face. I had
If I dropped a pin on the floor, every single person in the room would hear it land. That was how still the room became. It was almost as though everyone in here was holding their breath, and nobody was really breathing.Except me though. My heart slammed so hard against my chest and the rattling was so loud that it drowned all other sounds. It was all I could hear as I waited for someone to speak, to break this utterly suffocating silence. "Everybody out," Elias ordered eventually, and his voice broke across the fog that seemed to have surrounded everyone else. The guards filed out without a word, and Belle and her mother was next. When she got to the door, the woman turned to face me. There was tears in her eyes, and her gaze was for me alone. "I...I agree with you. What if those evil men take more children? What... what if they don't return the kids after? I... everyone is scared. My daughter is back, but I am scared still. Who knows what they're going to do next?" Then she
If my heart fell right out of my chest right now, I would not be surprised. It was slamming down so hard against my ribcage, but I ignored it, along with the rattling in my chest, as I ran. And when I said I ran, I actually, really did. When I got the text from Erina that the girl had been found, the relief that slammed into me had almost knocked me off my feet. And I didn't care that I had a banging headache that had been plaguing me for months. I didn't give a shit about that, or anything else. All I wanted was to see Belle with my own eyes, to see her alive and well and safe. Untouched by those bastards. Without giving a damn about how I would appear or who else might be in the meeting room alongside Elias, Carlos and Erina, I threw the door wide open. For the fraction of a second, I took in everyone that was in here. The council members, which was surprising but not really unexpected. Belle's mother, who was holding on to her child for dear life — unsurprising and totally e
The search parties found nothing. I even hired more guards in order to cover more territories, but no matter how hard they looked, no matter how long they searched, no one was able to find even the tiniest trace of their Terrence or the girl. And it was driving me crazy so fucking bad. I was so close to losing my mind.It was as though Terrence had been erased from the surface of earth. He had disappeared completely and without even the tiniest clue. And now that Patrick's cover had been blown, we had no information that could help, nothing at our disposal except cold trails. "The people are starting to panic, Elias. I heard some, hell, majority of them have self imposed a curfew on themselves. The atmosphere is..." Carlos had trailed off earlier this morning, not finishing his train of thought.But he didn't need to. I already understood what he was trying to say. The pack was in disarray, and this time, even the increasing panic was doing nothing to stop the rumours. The whisper
My brows were furrowed into a frown. "Don't be mean, Elias. You know you didn't have to say that to her," I quipped. He turned to face me. "She has to know.""It's none of our business! You should have waited until he wakes up and decides to tell her himself. For all we know, he might not reject her or the bond between them," I countered. Erina took a step forward. "Hold on. What are you guys talking about? I'll appreciate it if you talk to me directly instead of speaking like I am not in the room," she said, and her voice was sharp. A little edgy. I sighed as I broke my stare away from Elias. Erina was looking between us now, her expression curious and hopeful as she waited for us to say something. Elias's lips parted, and I knew he was about to break his cousin's heart in the bluntest way possible, so I jumped in. I beat him to it, blurting out the words before he could say anything. "There is someone else," I blurted, then stopped to take a breath before I continued. "When
"Is it just me, or did the council just threaten to dethrone Isadora as the rightful Luna of the Pack?" Erina asked, and even though nobody responded, too lost in the shock of what just happened, we all knew what she said was the truth. There was no other way to put it. If this was just a warning, then the council members were out for blood. My blood. A slight shiver ran down my spine at the thought."Little wolf. They are wrong. None of this is your fault. You know that, right?" Elias said softly. He was looking at me, I could feel his gaze burning into the side of my head, but I didn't turn to look at him. "Isadora. Look at me. I can feel you spiralling, and you need to stop. They are wrong," he said again, and this time, when I turned to face him, there was a small, joyless smile on my face. "I know they are wrong, Elias. But how long are they going to act like this? How long will they actually keep undermining me and blaming me for every single bad thing that happens? For how
“You’re going to be the death of me, little wolf. What were you thinking?” he hissed“I was thinking that I have a really hot mate and I really wanted him to fuck me in the woods.”He cursed low, closing the distance between us, his hands grabbing my hips firmly. “I could’ve hurt you. I wanted to t
I stripped as I ran, my clothes littering the forest floor, and when I shifted, I felt fucking free.The breeze hit my fur, and the forest came alive in front of me. The colors were more vivid, the sounds brighter, and the smells overwhelming in a nostalgic way.I couldn’t remember the last time I
Elias was on his feet in an instant, and so was I.He shot me a look, silently asking me to stay behind, but he had to have known I wasn’t going to listen to him. The look did nothing to deter me. If anything, it only made me want to know what the hell was going on.I followed behind him and I saw
He didn’t pull out from me immediately.He just stood there, his face buried into my neck as he placed soft kisses all over my collarbone. Somehow, this felt more intimate than the actual act of him fucking me.He brushed my hair away from my neck, placing soft kisses over my throat and up to my ch







