LOGINARLENE “What is going on?” Killian asked calmly. I was in their office after Valerie convinced them to bring me back to the Pack if they wanted to question me. I leaned back into the chair, rubbing my knuckles under the chair while searching for a lie to tell them.“Arlene?” I slowly looked up when Killian called me again. The soft haze in his eyes was gone, pointing out that he didn't have that patience for my silence. I turned my head to the side and felt my heart skip a beat when my eyes fell on Lucian. He was arranging books on the bookshelf. Books that didn't need the arrangements.He paused and craned his neck, his dark eyes raising to look at me.I quickly looked away, gulping hard as I felt chills wash over my body. I was quite relieved with Killian but definitely not with Lucian. He was ready to choke me to death if I didn't give him a satisfactory reason.“She stole from me,” I blurted out an absurd response.Killian's head shot up in confusion and his eyes narrowed. I co
ARLENE The car skidded past the guards and out of the gate as I drove speedily after her.I could still hear the screams and warnings from the Pack as I drove along the tarred highway, but I didn't care. My eyes were fixed on the leather jacket sitting on the black sleek bike. I needed no one to tell me she was a part of them since she looked too good to be just a biker.I slammed my foot on the accelerator pedal, driving roughly across the road. She seemed to be slowing down, or perhaps I was speeding up.As I rode close to her, I honked, throwing my head out.“Hey!” I groused. She turned back, and I felt a sharp sting from the way I could feel her eyes piercing into me.“Give me back the journal right now!” I snapped.I could feel that smirk as she pulled down the eye shield of the helmet she was wearing then turned to face the road.I cursed and pulled myself back into the car then rode faster, hitting the accelerator pedal so hard that my ankle ached.As I began to close up on he
ARLENE I stood frozen, staring at the pile of clothes before me. I blinked, my chest tightening in horror when I saw a space at the place the journal was kept. I slowly shuffled forward, my neck strained and my eyes wide as saucers. I gasped out and leaned down, pulling the clothes up. My heart began to race and shock waves rocked my body when I realized that the journal was gone from the place. “How is that possible?” I whispered in horror. I shook my head in dismay and began to pull the clothes out, flipping them in and out to be sure it didn't fall off into one of the clothes even though that wasn't possible. “Where could it be? Where could it be?” I whispered in a quivering voice as I searched the entire place. The longer I searched, the more restless I became. I jerked up after searching the entire place for over an hour. I pulled my hair back, letting out a tired, frustrated groan. I stood up and began to stagger out of the room, my body heating up and my head swirling i
ARLENE My breath hung in my throat the moment the words left his lips. I gasped and staggered back, my eyes widening in horror. My heart raced as disbelief and shock raged through me. He knew about the janitor and his death. He knew about the Scorpio. He knew about everything! “You bastard!” I growled and lurched at him, hitting him hard across his jaw I heard a crack as his head jerked to the side and his jaw clenched. “Bastard!” I growled again and jerked forward towards him, picking up a knife beside a plate of fruit on the table closest to me. My eyes were bloodshot and my heart longed and thirsted for blood. His blood. The blood of everyone who hurt my sister. “Murderer!” I growled and raised my hand to stab the blade into his chest, but my hand hung in the air, and the blade didn't sink into his chest. “Arlene!” A familiar voice snapped through my mind and the anger suddenly died. I staggered back and slammed my back against a hard chest that seemed to belong to one of
ARLENE “This is what I found!” I gasped as I slapped down the blade on the table.Valerie looked up from the book she was reading and picked up the blade while I moved over to the dressing room to change my clothes.“Where did you find this?” I heard her ask from the bedroom.“The janitor’s house,” I responded with confusion creeping in. She was quite aware that I had gone to the janitor's place to search for evidence.“Where? In his bedroom?” She asked again.“In his kitchen,” I paused as flashes of the dried blood and cuts appeared in my mind.I wondered if it was right to tell Valerie of what I found in that room underground.“Was this the only thing you found?” She asked.I felt twists in my belly as I looked down at the journal on top of the piled-up clothes.My conscience and wolf screamed that I should say no but I couldn't.“Yes, that was the only thing I found,” I blurted out a lie.Valerie's silence from the bedroom made me doubt her ignorance. I slowly got out of the room
ARLENE I walked ahead, daring not to look behind me as I approached the entrance of the Janitor's sealed house. I tugged the heavy cuff of the undershirt and slid my hand into my pants pocket, searching for the access card that Valerie had smuggled to me from the manor. I was under the camouflage of a soldier, and she wasn't wrong when she said that this would get me anywhere I wanted to go in this Pack, as far as I had that card, anywhere aside from my brothers’ bedroom was possible. I tried my best to keep a straight serious face while keeping the mask up my chin as I approached the man guarding the entrance of the house. “Card?" He growled even before I got nearer to him. I took out the card quickly and handed it to him, making sure my chest was puffed out and my hands were stretched out beside me. I kept my eyes on his face, not looking away for even a second no matter how hard he glared at me. Adriana would have been better at this than I was. "I still wonder why you wo
ARLENEThe anger in me vanished the moment his lips trapped mine. When I should have pushed him away, I wrapped my hands around his neck and deepened the kiss.A moan escaped my mouth as he bit my lips softly and grazed his fingertips over the side of my left breast.My heartbeat increased, and I f
ARLENE“Don't worry, I won't tell my brother where I saw you," Lucas said as we walked down the lane that led to the garden where Miles was.I narrowed my eyes and remained silent, refusing to say a word to him.He paused and looked at me, brows raising.“You won't say anything?" He asked, and I lo
ARLENE With my dark shades on, I stepped out of the cab and paid the driver. My heart clenched when I spun around and faced the high school building that Adriana and I attended.The building brought memories rushing into my mind and displayed before my eyes. We were young and free. Even though we
ARLENE“What did you just say?" I gasped out in disbelief."I have something to tell you concerning Lady Adriana. It could be of help in finding what she hàs been after all these years,” he said, and my throat knotted.“What is it? Please, tell me quickly!" I blurted out, unable to hold in the curi







