Mag-log inCeres's POVTwo weeks had passed since we returned to Luxury City from Larvinia.Richard and I sat across from each other at the dinner table, I finally handed him the small USB which held the evidence of what Emily, his sister and Jessy had done. My wolf stirred restlessly beneath my skin, sensing the weight of the truth I was about to expose.“What is this?”, he asked with a smile.“Uhmm… I need you to watch it, when you are alone.”He nodded in response. After dinner, he saw me off to my penthouse and went home. An hour later, he called me on the phone. He had watched the video.“I can't believe this, Ceres. I can't believe my sister and Jessy went to this great length to try to get rid of you.” His voice trembled slightly.I heaved a sigh. Richard promised to make things right, and true to his word, he did.A week later, he organized a party with just family and close friends in attendance. He made sure Jessy and her family members were there too. Emily was also present. I came
Ceres's POVMy body felt like it was giving up on me. I was hungry and my throat was so dry it hurt to even swallow, but I had refused to eat since I was captured. My wolf whimpered in the back of my mind, weak and starved, but still holding on. I hoped my resistance would make Jason give up and send me back home—back to my pack, where I truly belonged.The door creaked open. It was Jason.He entered with purposeful steps. His eyes scanned me like I was a broken artifact he didn’t know what to do with. His brows furrowed. “I heard you have refused to eat anything.”I didn’t answer, but my wolf bared her teeth in silent defiance.He stepped closer, crouching beside me. “Why are you doing this to yourself, Ceres?”My voice cracked as I spoke. “Because I want you to set me free.”He stared at me, his expression unreadable, but I could feel the shift in his energy—his wolf was close to the surface too.“I don’t want you, Jason. I don’t love you. I never did. I want nothing to do with you
Richard's POVJustin hesitated for a second, then said. “Alright. I would start from the top so you would understand everything. After Ceres fell into the sea at your boat cruise, Jason saved her life and took her to his pack. He never contacted us. He knew we were searching everywhere for her yet he never reached out. He wouldn't also let her go when she fully recovered. He kept her almost like a prisoner.” I frowned. “So he held her hostage.” “Exactly. Eventually, Ceres managed to reach out. She contacted my father’s old friend, Mario, who runs a business in Larvania, through your stepmother's stepdaughter, Samantha.” He paused and continued, “My father's friend reached out to us and that's how we rescued Ceres then. After her rescue, my father gifted Ceres a silver necklace and made her promise to wear it always. That necklace has a tracker in it.” He pulled up a map on his phone and turned the screen toward me. A red dot blinked slowly. We’ve been monitoring it ever since. And
Richard’s POVIt had been twelve hours since Ceres disappeared.I hadn’t rested my eyes. I couldn’t. Every second that passed gnawed at my sanity. I was moving from place to place searching for her. My wolf had been restless all night, pacing inside me, growling low and deep, sniffing for her, but she was nowhere to be found, not even a trace. I stood by the railing of a pedestrian bridge that overlooked the river, my fingers clenched on the cold steel, as I tried to force myself to think, to remember anything I might’ve missed. One name suddenly crept to mind causing my eyes to widen with suspicion.Jason.He’d always hovered close to Ceres. Too close. Always too interested. Always looking at her like she was the only light left in his world.We’d fought about it severally and had even come to blows. Could he have been behind Ceres's kidnap?The thought made my blood boil—and then I froze. My wolf growled in warning, torn between fury and confusion.He was possessive, envious, bu
Ceres's POVMy breath hitched.It was Jason.The same man whom i had escaped just few weeks ago. How come it never occured to me that he might be responsible for my kidnap?He stepped into the room like a storm brewing, tall and rugged, his presence radiating raw Alpha energy that coiled around the air like thick smoke. That unique scent radiating from him, stung my senses.“Jason,” I spat, my voice sharper than intended. My wolf’s hackles rose as I took a step back. “Or should I say… Jackson?”His jaw clenched. That name was probably like a silver knife to his pride.“Ceres—”“So it was you,” I cut him off, standing with clenched fists. My entire body trembled, not with fear—but rage. My wolf paced beneath my skin, teeth bared. “You’re the one who had me drugged, dragged here like some stolen artifact?”He took a slow step forward, arms slightly outstretched as if I would melt into them. The nerve. “I didn’t want it to be like this. I swear, I just… I couldn’t stay away from you.”I
Ceres's POVThat night, I barely slept. My wolf paced relentlessly in my mind. She didn’t rest, and neither did I. We shifted just before dawn—ran until our paws were blistered and our lungs burned. But even the wind in our fur and the earth beneath our claws couldn’t purge the ache that gnawed at us.The ache of betrayal.The ache of knowing why Richard abandoned us for all those years.By the time the sun rose, I was back in human form, sprawled out on the cold floor of my room, trembling. My head throbbed and my heart… my heart felt torn in two, still bleeding.I dragged myself to the shower, buried the pain beneath my makeup, wore my sharpest heels, and went to the office.Work. That was the only place where I still felt in control..I shut myself in my office and buried my head in work, analysing data and holding meetings.The hours blurred until the sun sank behind the skyline. My eyes were dry, but my bones ached.A soft knock on the door pulled me back to the present. Then it







