Katherine’s POVI pressed my body so close to the wall, that I practically flattened myself against it. I stopped breathing unconsciously, anxiously waiting for Ethan's footsteps.It was scarily quiet but I waited a couple more beats before I started up the stairs.Unfortunately, I stepped on the creaky step that had a spring loose, the sound echoing loudly in the quiet space.Immediately, Ethan's lumbering form came around the corner and I squealed, bolting up the remaining stairs.I ran into the hallway, spying the door of our bedroom from here and I pumped my legs harder in a bid to get there on time."Katherine, wait!" Ethan bellowed behind me, his voice way too close for comfort.I ignored him of course and continued running, which fueled me to go further.Distantly, I wondered if the people around weren't woken up by all the commotion, because I was confused as to why no one was coming to help me.Then again...I'm not sure they'd dare to intervene.I get to the door in record ti
Caleb’s POV"Hey, have you seen anything yet?" I half yelled and half whispered. I paced back and forth on the ledge, half leery of the steep edge and half anxious as I waited for some news from above.And by above...I meant Daniel.Only the loon seemed to love me drowning in misery since he stubbornly refused to reply to any of my questions for the past ten minutes.His legs dangled from the small alcove a couple of feet above us, while the upper half of his body was somewhere I couldn't see.A couple of rocks skittered away from my feet and rolled down, down, down… into nothingness.The eerie silence following the rock's departure made me nervous, and I swallowed thickly.I inched closer to Daniel's legs and tapped his thigh.No response.So I shook the pant leg of his trousers"Daniel, anything?!" I squeaked out, andHe shook his behind in response and I moved back an inch, wary he was going to fart in my mouth.However, he wriggled some more, pulling his upper half slowly out of t
Ethan’s POVwung the huge door closed, the sound startling Roy and making him look up. A wide smile crossed his face when he saw me, and he jumped up happily running to hug me."Roy, don't-" Sheila spoke up when she saw him running towards me but I held up my hand, silencing her.His small, chubby hands wrapped around the back of my thighs and I placed my hand on his head cradling his small body close to me.I used to be quite upset a bit after he was born that he wasn't mine, and I tried to push him away. However, I couldn't stay away for long due to his childlike innocence.Keeping my distance didn't work, only hurting me in the process so I just decided to love him. Contrary to what Katherine thinks, I would never harm a hair on this boy's head.Surprisingly, Roy took the move and the absence of his mother quite well. That might have been attributed to the fact that I kept on promising him that was going to come around."How's my little man doing?" A twinge of guilt sprang up when
Katherine’s POVMy mind is made up.I licked my lips and bit the tips of my nails worriedly, thinking through what I was about to do.I rarely saw Ethan at home anymore and quite frankly, I don't even care anymore. All I wanted was my son and to get the hell out of here.I had been toying with the idea in my mind, but not until last night did I finally decide to go ahead with it.I was lying down, half asleep on the bed when I heard shuffling movements. Quickly, I shut my eyes and steadied my breathing, pretending to be asleep. Ethan stumbled into the room, smelling weird. The familiar smell of alcohol was wafting off him but that wasn't what caught my attention.It was the underlying scent of perfume.Not just any perfume, but a woman's. Sheila's.Horror clouded my mind for a moment as I pondered what Ethan might have done with her. I resisted the urge to vomit and in so doing my breathing changed, informing Ethan that I wasn't asleep anymore.Thankfully, he was too wasted to do anyt
Katherine’s POVThey got out of the car and I saw them round the side of the car over to the back where I lay, still half paralyzed.They jerked the back door open, allowing the sun to stream into the open space. Someone reached out and dragged me forward like a rag doll before clamping one hand around my thigh and a meaty hand grabbed both my arms.Together, they hoisted me up from the vehicle and carted me to an unmarked building.It wasn't familiar as I hadn't seen it before. I tried to crane my neck looking for Ethan, hoping I could appeal to his senses but he was nowhere to be found.My brows wrinkled because I was sure I had seen him earlier before I passed out.Anyway, I focused ahead and tried to get as much detail about where they were taking me but they walked so fast it was hard to.It was an ugly brown, brick building with slightly overgrown weeds at the sides. It seemed abandoned and my theory was proven to be right when one of the men went ahead to jerk the door open for
Caleb’s POVCooped up from staying indoors all the time, I glanced at my old, broken wristwatch once again annoyed that just one minute had passed from the last time I looked at it.The urge to get up and pace around was strong but I'd been doing that for the past one hour, and besides the space was too small for someone of my size. There was barely enough room to move around, but I guess I should be grateful. I had slept in worse places.Where was Daniel?I thought I'd gotten used to being alone but these past few months with Daniel has shown me that I've missed having company around. Now, I get antsy anytime he's away for too long.I understand that it was a necessary evil but that didn't mean I was comfortable with it.I had even suggested going out and looking around but he shut that suggestion down faster than I could blink.His reasons did make sense but I was jumpy letting him go out by himself without help. Even though he wasn't under my pack, I felt a need to protect him. I l
Caleb’s POV"I've found her." Daniel's statement made me whip my head up so fast, that my neck spun wildly. I stood up so fast that my chair fell backwards from the sudden force.The past few days have been long and Daniel has been gone most of the time during the day to gather information. We did find out that his hunch earlier was correct and the person he saw was Katherine. The pack members at first refused to divulge sensitive information like that to Daniel, but gradually after some well-placed suggestions and money exchanging hands somewhere along the line, their lips were all too itchy to spill the tea.According to them, Daniel told me that Katherine was an ungrateful person and a thief. Unbeknownst to them, she had been giving Ethan grief for quite some while which was why Ethan was confined to the house. Someone she managed to slip through the guards and escape. But thankfully they saw her and chased after her, recapturing her easily.At first, I found it hard to believe my
Caleb’s POVLuckily the shot didn't hit any of us. Daniel turned just in time so the bullet pierced his opponent's back.The guy dropped to the floor, and Daniel rushed at the man. I rolled on the floor, narrowly avoiding getting punched by a guard. The pain was still blinding but I breathed through it and got up, gingerly favoring my left leg. But I could feel the bones mending into place even as I hobbled around. One mean-looking brute of a man- the one who swung at me- judging by the way he carelessly flipped the bat in his hand came moving towards me and I ducked in time, hearing the whizzing of the bat gi over my head.I bent and tackled him to the floor, hoping he would cave but he was stronger than I had expected and just grunt in reaction. The next minute, I felt the hot sting of the bat on my back. I growled and let out my fangs. I bit into his chest causing him to howl in pain and drop the bat to the floor. I kicked at his knees and down he went. I finally finished him up wi