LOGINHi, so I missed chapter 22 in earlier chapters. But I've made it available now for free, sorry for any inconveniences this may have caused.😖
Chapter 22 Arthur’s POV I keep struggling with the ropes that these morons have used to hold me down. They wouldn’t stand a chance with me if I wasn’t subdue. One of the masked men looks at me, and laughs. “I’ve been told that you’re the strongest. Guess every strong man has their weakness. You can’t even get out of the ropes.” He mockingly says. I bet he knows who I am, and what he’s doing. He will regret what he is doing. “Where is Justin? What have you done with her?” I furiously ask. “Don’t worry about her. She’s okay. You should be worried about yourself.” He laughs again. My wolf isn’t calm at all. He keeps threatening to kill me if Justin is dead. Picking the masked men scents, they smell nothing like vampires or werewolves. They are mere humans, who know everything about me and my kind. I keep struggling to contain my wolf. It’s hard to keep him down, let alone contain him, when he knows that his mate is in trouble. I see Justin is tied up on a chair, right infront of me. She’s weak to do anything, but she’s conscious. Which is more reason why I shouldn’t loose my wolf. If only there’s a way to keep her unconscious. I’ve tried using my mind link and siren power, but it’s not working. It’s like a strong magic is blocking my power from triggering. I feel that I can only shift, but I can’t. Not in front of Justin. I’ve tried reaching Oliver, but I can’t mind link him, because of the magic blocking my power. I know it wouldn’t be long before Oliver finds me. These masked men don’t look like professional kidnappers. What I know is that they are morons, they don’t know how to do a proper and clean kidnapping job, and they know who I am. It’s like they want me to reveal myself to Justin, that’s why they block my mind link and siren power, but not my werewolf side. “Are you going to tell me why you have captured me, or you will keep acting as the half-wit that you are.” Rage baiting them will buy Oliver more time to find me. I just hope he finds me fast. They chuckle. The one that has been mocking me, comes close to me. He bend down, low enough to meet my fixed gaze. “That’s for you to decide. Either you show your true self, or we force you two.” He turns out the taser in his hands. That’s when I notice what is on the table the others are standing close too. The table is full of torturing equipments. And they aren’t the ones that someone can use on normal humans, it’s all classified equipment, and dangerous ones. With my hands tied behind me, patiently waiting for the right time to act. I can’t hold down to my wolf, and anger for long again. Justin’s distress is triggering. But I try all I can to stay calm, and keep shoving my infuriated wolf back into the back of my mind. “Shall we begin?” The masked man approach me, with a shiny, sharp knife. It doesn’t scare me at all. I’ve endured worse than this, from my father. “Where is your Den?” He asks me, staring down at me. I smirk at him, not saying anything. He stabs me with the knife on my stomach. I hiss at the pain, to satisfy their little ego. Justin’s has a gag in a mouth, reducing her screams to muffle cries. “Where is your den?!” He asks again, with a loud tone. I grin at his foolishness. “You repeating the question twice, doesn’t mean I will ever give you the answer you want.” He angrily groans, and stabs me again. As he removes the knife, blood gush out of me, but within two seconds, I heal. He’s frustrated as his torture isn’t breaking me down. He keeps punching, stabbing and trying every means to subdue me. I keep encouraging him by give him a little loud. I’m grateful that Justin isn’t close enough to see my wounds heal, and for some reason, I think these masked men are the ones who keep her far away from me. It’s like they are protecting her from me. Something, definitely, doesn’t smell right here. Seeing as I’m wounded, subdue but still healing and getting renew in my strength, he gives up torturing me. He goes to Justin, grabbing a hand full of her hair, and holds it back. He puts the knife on her neck, and snarls at me. “What about now? I bet her pain and scream will be for real.” He says. I jack the chains holding me down, smolderingly, staring dead into his eyes. “If a single hair on her head goes missing, I will gut your abdomen, remove your fucking intestine, and have you eat it all.” I threaten him. He laughs, he’s really daring me. His partner walks up to me and whispers to his ears. “Take the fucking knife off her neck. The deal was to use her as bait to get him, not to have a knife one her neck.” I use my sensitive ears to hear their muffle arguments. The one holding the knife pushes the other one away from him. “We have to make him talk, one way or another.” He turns to me, still holding the knife on Justin’s neck, “Where is your fucking den? You fucking bastard.” He shouts. If only I can use my siren power to knock Justin out, so I can rip these motherfuckers apart. “TELL ME!” He shouts loudly. Just then, I smell blood. It isn’t mine. I look at Justin, she’s so scared and helpless. Her eyes are begging me to do something. My eyes drifts to her neck, the man cut a little. Making her to bleed. Seeing this, I can’t contain my wolf again. I must save Justin. Just as I’m about to unleash my wolf, I hear a loud bang. It’s Oliver. About time. He hits the man holding a knife at Justin, and knocks Justin out. Much better. I break off the chain, “you took your fucking time.” I growl low. “Sorry about that. I brought backup though.” Oliver smiles and points at Kylian and Jayden, Kylian’s beta.Chapter 97 Arthur’s POVI should have known that if anyone would spread the news about my father, it wouldn’t be the patrol team. It would have to be Mrs Mateo. Because when it comes to her hearing and talking about what doesn't concern her, she’s number one in that. She walks up to us, where we are standing. “There you are,” she says. “Not now.” Ainsley tries to push her away from us, but I hold her arm to stop her. “What do you want? Mrs Mateo.” I ask her. She coughs, clearing her throat. “I think the pack deserves better than secrets.”I put my hands in my pockets and looked at her properly. “You had no right.”Mrs. Mateo lifts her chin. “I had every right. My daughter has been living among you people. If there is a stranger with unknown ties walking these grounds, the rest of us should not be left blind.”Ainsley steps forward. “Mother, stop.”“No, I won’t stop. First the violence, then the funerals, then this? A man appears, disappears, and the Alpha’s son expects silence?
Chapter 96Arthur’s POV I made the decision before dawn.I can’t even sleep, I just stood at the window of the upper corridor for hours, replaying every ordinary expression on my father’s face. Every human gesture, every moment that proves how completely the man has been cut away from what he was meant to be. By the time the sky begins to pale, I have already chosen to send him back, away from my pack and everyone I love. Kylian and Oliver were waiting in the war room when I entered. “You’ve decided something,” Kylian says.I rolled my eyes at him and closed the door behind me. “He’s leaving.”“I knew it.” Kylian snaps at me, then looks out the window. Oliver’s eyes narrowed. “Your father?”“Yes. He’s leaving the pack today. To the life he remembers. The human one.”Kylian furrows his brow at me. “No.”I snap my head at Kylian, piercing him with my furious gaze without flinching. “This is not a discussion.”“Like hell it isn’t,” Kylian says, stepping away from the window. “You
Chapter 95 Arthur’s POVI know I erased his memory, all of it. But why is he so…“This is creepy, man,” Oliver says. “Tell me something I don’t know,” I answered, sarcastically. I don’t see him as my father or someone I’ve known before, he’s a stranger to me now. “You must be the one in charge, right?” He points at me, asking me. “I’ve done nothing wrong, I was just hiking. I was just passing by when your people, I suppose, lunged at me and accused me of intruding.”This is disturbing. First, he’s behaving so innocently and weirdly. Secondly, he’s hiking? Really. “He’s just putting on an act,” Oliver says through the mindlink. “Are you saying I didn’t erase all of his memories?” I ask him. “Don’t put words in my mouth, Arthur. You are as shocked as I am. Don’t you think maybe you might have left a tiny bit of his memory?” I growl at Oliver. This isn’t the time to make jokes. What am I supposed to do with him? Like this? “Is something wrong? Might I have done something wron
Chapter 94 Arthur’s POV“Don’t let him out of your sight.” I groan, commanding Oliver. “Yes, Alpha.” He answered me. Why does it have to be like this? I had just made peace with my loss and grief. Can’t I be merry for peace of mind for more than a second? For fuck sake. I look at Justin’s grave one last time before turning my heels and head back to the pack. That man, that monster isn't supposed to be in my territory. How does he even remember the way back? I remembered very well that I took away his werewolf and alpha powers, made him forget that he was ever a werewolf and an alpha, and sent him away. “What brings him home now?” I ask myself, without getting an answer. My thoughts go back to when I defeated my father. “You fucking fool.” He shouts as he’s on his knees, shamelessly. “I’ve waited for this day for a long time.” “You must be stupid and out of your mind to think that I’ll let you take what I’ve worked so hard for.” I let my hand land very hard in his face, t
Chapter 93 Arthur’s POVI didn’t know how hard it is to be a leader, till I woke up this morning feeling the emptiness of Tori. It’s been over two months now and the pack is beginning to settle into its uneasy version of peace. I find myself sitting in the pack’s hall, with two patrol warriors waiting for me to decide on their dispute. “I did nothing but my own part of the patrol.” “You were intruding into my space.” They exchange words with each other and I just look at them. This is no longer a wartime matter, where orders can be sharp and final. This is the quieter work of holding people together when there is no common enemy left to unite them.They keep throwing insults and arguing between themselves. “Enough,” I say in a calm yet commanding voice. This dispute isn't serious at all, but the tension in the room makes it feel larger than it is. “You both overstepped,” I say to them, sounding even. “You will run the next three north rotations together. If I hear of anothe
Chapter 92Arthur’s POVEverything feels so different and confusing. Tori’s absence is having a heavy negative impact on everyone, even the pack. I find myself getting lost in my thoughts every two seconds. For months now, my sleep has been interrupted by urgent reports, patrols to assign, and other issues here and there. Of course, there’s Oliver to have things put in place, I still have to be there to ensure that everything is going very well. Everything in the pack is moving slower than usual. The corridors no longer carry the same sharp tension as before, the training grounds sound different without the edge of preparation in every drill. It should be a relief, but it gives me a restless and uncomfortable sensation. Sitting at the head of the long table, alone in the war room, with a cup of full coffee sitting in my hands, doesn’t seem to help ease my racing heart. “You’re up early,” Kylian says, as he enters the war room without knocking. “Didn’t sleep much.” I glance a







