ETHAN POVBeing so close to Seraphina, Patrick and I always know what is going and with being her personal guards, we were made to swear loyalty to only her, but over the years, it has become more. We have become friends. So the loyalty bond we started with between us has now evolved into a friendship bond that is much stronger, the only downside is that the connection that use to only go one way now goes both, so now she feels when we are in trouble as well.After Soren's loss of control, once he found Scarlett missing again, Seraphina hasn't allowed him to leave her side unless it has to do with the twins, and even then, most of the time, she has been with him. Alpha Stefan has been a little better with his control, but not having Charlotte close is starting to take its toll, as he is starting to lose his temper more and more. They have now been missing for about two weeks and for both their sakes; we need to find their mates soon.Along with Theodore and Patrick, I have been keepin
DOMINIC POVI have gotten much better over the weeks that Scarlett and Charlotte have been missing. Seraphina makes me drink from her in small amounts over the day and that seems to be working a little better than just taking a lot at once. Caleb is even returning with a vengeance. He wants whoever is behind this, and I am not going to deny him of that.I go over the map sitting on my desk once again; we have checked all the woods around where Patrick and Ethan followed Charlotte's scent over to Noah's kingdom; we checked the abandoned wing of the castle numerous times, trying to find where they went from the room Scarlett found Charlotte in and then was taken herself but we have had no luck. Whoever did this has covered their tracks and scent very well.Stefan's input on the search patterns has been really helpful. I have noticed a few times that his wolf Axel has wanted out. We met him by accident the day after Scarlett went missing and he had taken over because Charlotte was being
H POVAfter resting, I head to the town so I am seen doing my normal things on my day off. I pick up the water and the extra blood bags; I see Maverick walking around the town, too, but other than a quick hello in passing, we do not interact much more. We are not normally together unless we have patrol, so we need to stay with that. I am, however, getting a little worried that Theodore, Patrick, and Ethan are getting a little too close for comfort.I have noticed that Ethan has taken an interest in Maverick and me, but also Benjamin and Duke, now those two are not too bad of a fallback to blame. They are never on time for patrol; they go off route whenever they feel like it and they always seem to be burning and ordering new uniforms.Heading back to the barracks for my scheduled off-day nap, I see Ethan following Benjamin and Duke out to their patrol. It doesn't take them long to wander off of route and head to the territory's border. I only follow for a little while as I already kno
H POV We head quickly back to where we caught Charlotte, picked up our backpacks and then made our way back to the prison bunker. I get Maverick to stay at the top, watching over the area, making sure we don't get any unwanted company before we are ready for them. Once I am inside, I enter the cell and see both females flinch. I speak as Charlotte looks up at me."Here is some more food, water, blood bags and medical supplies. Make sure to clean her up and make her ready to move, due to this intrusion we now have to go on to the next place...""Haven't you both done enough to us, and now killing Ethan..." she starts to sob again, not finishing what she was saying."Just get her cleaned up and be ready to move!" I then turn, walk out of the cell and back up the stairs to meet up with Maverick.We are going to have to do this move very quickly, as Ethan's scent will lead them all here, especially if he managed to get a message to the Queen before Maverick killed him. We know exactly wh
PHOENIX/SOREN POVI head out of the office, go past the barracks and grab the first few guards that are ready and head straight to where the explosion went off. I set us at a fast pace and we make it there before anyone else. There isn't much of a fire. It is like it was made as a flash fire, just enough fire and heat to destroy any evidence that they had left behind.As I wrap my hands in fireproof cloth, I get the guards that came with me to do a perimeter check and to stand guard while I make my way into the bunker, there isn't much left though but I do however find the remains of Ethan in the first cell. I open my link with my Queen,"I am sorry, my Queen... I found Ethan. I will have him moved to the castle morgue and we will hold an honourable funeral for him..""Thank you, Nix!" I don't miss the sob she tried to cover.I then make my way around the cells. Scarlett never told me which one, but she did tell me that she would occasionally hide in one of these prison bunker cells w
H POVI stand in the shadows not far from where Maverick is surrounded by the two kings and the princesses loved ones; I watch as the King asks him where the princesses are, but he doesn't tell him. I laugh to myself when he actually has the balls to admit to the King and the princess's mates that he actually attacked them and enjoyed their bodies. I guess my fun is nearly over. It won't take too long for them to realise where they are and in what direction they are heading and what place they are near.I watch until the King allows Alpha Stefan to finish him off. I then make my way to Angus's bunker, where we have just put the princesses. Like I told Maverick when I bought him into this, I would act like I never knew what he was doing. He was just my patrol partner. I never spent any time with him outside of our patrol or sparring sessions.I unlock the door and make my way in; I check on them and they are still out from the gas, so I go around and pick up my backpack as it is the on
SCARLETT POV"Yuck!!""What?""There is off milk and other stuff in here, but there are fresh blood bags."She pulls a blood bag out, takes a good look at it and then finds two glasses. After giving the blood bag a short mix, she fills both glasses up and passes me one and drinks the other herself."That is better. We both haven't had a good amount of blood since they have had us!""Yeah, unless it was from when they made us drink from them... Did you notice that they liked it even more if we made it hurt?""Yeah and you liked making it hurt as often as you could..." we both laugh"Well, I had to give them some sort of pain. I wasn't doing much whenever I fought them...""But then they kept us weak so that we couldn't do much to them. They just wanted a quick workout to get their blood pumping before they then took their pleasure."Once we had finished the glasses of blood, Charlotte washed them up and she helped me to my feet again and we went into the sitting room. Charlotte helped
AXEL / STEFAN POV I howl again and follow their mixed scents except as I move away from the area; I notice that it is Charlotte's scent and then his is on top as if he is chasing her. That puts a small smile on my face as it shows she was still trying to get away and had nearly succeeded, too. She just needed to go a little further and would have come across one of our extra search patrols. He must have threatened her to keep her from calling out to them, as they would have been nearby and she should have smelled them. It, unfortunately, leads me back to where the explosion was. I then hear the soft voice of Queen Seraphina."Stefan-Axel! Time to head back to the castle. We can pick it up again in the morning..."I don't want to give up; I don't want to rest. I know she is close, but I do as the Queen requested. "Yes, your highness! We are on our way back now!"The three of us still continue to search as we slowly run back in the direction of the castle to be met at the kitchen doo