Kiara’s POV The lady who attended to me couldn’t hide her sympathy and fear. She sighed each time she wanted by back with rose water milk and when she dropped fresh rose petals in the bathtub. All of this experience should have been an exciting one but it wasn’t as I was receiving this treatment not as a princess but as a slave, a captive, waiting to forcefully mate with the man she hates most. “I wish there was something I could do to save you, madame,” the lady spoke to me in a calm tone as she did my hair, releasing it from the rollers that held my curls together. I couldn’t say anything more to her as there was nothing I had to say or think. I had given up on Ryder and Brandon walking in here to save me. I am beginning to accept that maybe this is my new fate and the moon goddess has been playing nothing but a prank on me. The lady helped me into my dress, a yellow flowing dress with flowers at each step. I fell in love with the dress at first sight but I couldn’t bring
Kiara’s POV I watched as the day turned into noon, and noon turned into night, with the full moon flowing in all its glory, unshaken by the sight of anyone. Earlier today, I was forced to take a milk bath to prepare myself for Jason. He demanded that my skin be as silky as satin when he wants to mate with me. The thought of Jason being so hellbent and serious about taking me as his mate seemed like a joke. He rejected me in the past but wants me now because I have powers—he was here for nothing but his selfishness and greed. A lady who would be in her mid-thirties walked into the room where I was held captive and suggested that I come along with her to have my pre-lunar preparations. “Pre-lunar preparations?” I asked her confused because there is absolutely no need for all of that right now. I was being held captive, held like a slave against my own will and the last thing I want to do is to get prepped for Jason to Nate with me under the full moon. “There is no need for that
Ryder’s POV I've been tailing Jason’s guard for over an hour now, wondering where he could be going. “Hope he isn’t leading me on to a wrong path? Or has he discovered that I was following up on him?” I questioned myself repeatedly unsure of what was going on. As much as my heart raced in fear and hope of doing the right thing, I was scared that I had lost Kiara. I have not had this feeling for a while now. The thought of losing my mate once again tore me up from the inside. My car was placed in park mode when Jason’s guard halted, jumped off his bike, and went into a shop. From where I was parked, I could see him staring through the windows of the store as he pretended to check the racks for some goods. I knew exactly what he was doing, he was making sure that he was not being followed, a smart move I must say. I saw him reach into his pocket and pull out his phone, placing it to his ear while looking around. It must be a call I assumed, a call from Jason asking about his w
Kiara’s POV I had lost count of the number of days I had been held captive by Jason. I had lost every glimpse of hope of being rescued from his clasp. My expectations were up when I was held at the apartment in the city but now that we had moved to the middle of nowhere, I might just have to accept my new fate. I prayed each day and night that Ryder would find me and save me from this misery. Although Jason taunted me with Ryder and Brandon forgetting me so soon, I believe that they would not have forgotten me so soon—we shared a greater bond than for me to be forgotten so soon. “The sooner you accept that you belong here, the better for you,” Jason said to me each time he came over to the room where I was being held captive. I had not eaten for days because I do not trust Jason, I knew who he was, and the dirty tricks he played. There could be a chance he might have drugged my meal or my water. One could never know what Jason has up his sleeves. I was drained, sick to my s
Ryder’s POVI got into my car pretending I drove off from Jason’s home hoping that his father would not bring up my name when meeting with one of Jason’s guards. As long as my name is not mentioned, all I have to do now is wait for him to step out of the compound. I was certain he was going to return to Jason tonight and so I waited—parked right out at the corner of the street, behind the trees. Brandon texted to ask how far my plan was reaching and I replied to him saying, “So far, the best way it could.” I informed him about my plans and how I was waiting for Jason’s guard to step out so I could tail him to wherever Jason was hiding. “Do you need backup?” Jason replied immediately and I figured it was best I went solo right now to avoid him noticing or being suspicious of his surroundings, so I texted him saying,“Not right now. I will inform you when everything gets set.” I heard the gate open up and I saw the same guard from earlier walk out, approaching his motorcycle
Ryder’s POV It has been four days now, four days without having to see my Kiara. As much as I want Jason to pay for what he has done, for his crimes and inconveniences, I want to have Kiara in my arms first and foremost. Brandon arrived as soon as I called and we started to make a plan on how we were to get him. Now that he has his hands on Kiara, the attacks by the rogues have ceased, and that proves that indeed he was the mastermind behind these and all he ever wanted was Kiara and her powers. “Why don’t we send the omegas out for a search,” Brandon suggested and I agreed to it. But there was a clause. I recalled the past attacks that had happened in the pack, to me, and Kiara. And the last attack on Kiara was smooth, like it was being orchestrated by someone right here in the pack. “How about we move this way,” I said to Brandon telling him my plans and how I would love for it to play out. “If indeed there is a rat in the pack, instead of him moving by morning, Jason wi