When I crack my eyes open, Dimitri is right beside me, asleep and his fingers intertwined with mine. Sunlight streams in through the curtain painting stripes on his face. His brows are furrowed slightly but his breathing is even and slow. A smile tugs my lips as I watch him sleep. I reach for his face. As my fingers brush his skin, he stirs awake. "Lyn." He calls, his voice heavy with sleep. He sits up, concern creasing his face. "You are awake. How do you feel?" Though I still feel a dull ache in my rib, I lie. "Better." My voice sounds stronger than I feel. At the arena, I saw my life flash right in front of my eyes. I don't actively go about my day thinking about how precious life is but being on the verge of death made me wish that I had done things differently. It made me wish I let go of my fears and do whatever the hell I wish to do and I will be doing so from now on. Dimitri stares at me, a reflection of guilt in his eyes. "It isn't your fault." His grip tightens on m
Elena's eyes hold a hint of sincerity that will fool anyone but I know better. "Believe Alpha Dimitri," she blinks rapidly. "I will never do anything to purposely cause harm to Lynexia." She has the look of a person that can't kill an ant but Elena is someone that will kick a puppy if she gets annoyed. I scoff at the blatant lie. Her acting skills are off the chart. I give her that. When Dimitri demanded retribution for what Elena did to me in the fighting ring. She cooked up a perfect tale about how someone put a very toxic potion that makes wolves go rogue into her drink before the fight. Conveniently absolving herself of the consequences of her actions. "So who is this person who poisoned you in question?" I ask Elena, crossing my arms over each other. Alpha Henry who has been silent motions to one of the guards who then ushers Dais, Elena's supposedly househelp into the room. Unbelievable. Elena planned this out from the beginning. Her intention was to kill me and make Dais
The next morning goes smoothly and drama-free. With Elena no longer constantly on my tail, I can install the devices Seraphina gave me just as she instructed. Going back home to have Elena 2.0—Seraphina— bug me about my incompetence if I don't get the device installed isn't something I want as a welcome-back gift. There is only one device left to be installed and it will be installed in Alpha Henry's study where most of his important meetings take place. Standing in front of Alpha Henry's door, my eyes do a last sweep of the deserted hallway. Though, I don't have to worry about anyone catching me since Dimitri is keeping them busy for five minutes I can't be too sore. Inhaling, I slip into Alpha's Henry study. The room lacks a CCTV camera due to the conversations that are being held here which works in my favor. Swiftly, I cross the room, rounding the central desk nestled against the far wall. I bend down and place the device in the intended location where it cannot be detected.
Contrary to what Elena said, my life has been a far cry from misery. Things have been so good and progressive between me and Dimitri. We are currently at the point where the sex has gotten intimate, our conversations have become something deeper, and I find myself spending more time in the Alphahouse than ever before. After what happened at the Moonstone pack, we have become more drawn to each other though I'm in a state of panic at the thought of opening my heart more to Dimitri. I am scared this will blow up in my face. I'm scared that Dimitri will break me into pieces and shatter my heart into ruins and this time I fear I will never recover. So, I tell myself things are still casual between us because I'm scared to confront the stage Dimitri and I are in. Today is the annual festival of Shadow Pack and in one week, my daughter will be getting her surgery. I'm filled to the brim with excitement. Words cannot describe how much I miss my daughter. I can't wait to see her beautiful
Later in the afternoon as we arrive at the riverside, Dimitri departs with Zarek and Kai to take care of an issue while I find Julianne, Nox, and Wren. Julianne and I had some sort of friendship before but Nox and Wren have slowly become my friend too. When Nox spots me, she says. "Look, the face of someone that has been thoroughly fucked." I blush, my eyes widening. My eyes dart around in search of prying eyes but it's just a few people setting up the riverside. Julianne and Wren laugh beside Nox as I rush to meet them. They are seated at the river's edge, their legs dipped into the water. "Are you insane?" I spank Nox's back playfully when I settle beside her. I don't slip my legs inside the water because of how cold it will surely be. I don't want to be freezing before the event starts. "What? I didn't lie." Nox wiggles her eyebrows. "You look so good and thoroughly fucked." Julianne sighs. "At least one of us isn't miserable." "Speak for yourself." Nox clears her throat.
Shivers of fear still ripple through me hours after I found the dead bodies. Their gaping throats, their dead empty eyes, and their pale blue skin replay in my brain like a neverending loop. Not only I am in a state of disorientation and utter disarray, but Seraphina won't leave me alone. She makes me narrate how it happened and how I came across the dead bodies as if she is trying to drive me crazy which is working. The more I narrate the incident, the more the dead bodies gnaw at me. "So what happened next?" She asks. I swallow against the wave of nausea threatening to drown me. "When I reached out to her, she disappeared into the thin air—." My voice snaps at the end as I glare across the room at Seraphina. She doesn't seem fazed. "So?" She gestures towards me. A frustrated sigh escapes my mouth. *What are you trying to prove? I have fucking told you this story three fucking times? What else did you want?" She sighs as if she can't even fake to care about my distress. "I'm tr
Finally, today is my daughter's surgery. It should make me happy that my daughter will get better soon but I'm in a state of confusion. Since a week ago when the killer put our lives in a state of frenzy on a day that is supposed to be of joy, and sharing goodness and happiness.Shadow pack has been in a state of unrest and I haven't stopped beating myself up to at least get any gleam of the killer's next move. Today should be for my daughter and I should only think about her but as I sit in the waiting room where her surgery is going on, my mind is far away thinking about her safety after the surgery. The pack is not so peaceful right now and I don't want my daughter to be caught between the another crossfire just after she overcome one. A hand goes over my shoulder, jolting me out of my thought. "Hey." Dimitri says. I let out a gasp, almost like of relief. Amongst the darkness, out of the things that has sprout out is Dimitri and I relationship. We have grown stronger and closer
In the wake of six deaths, what I think is a glimmer of hope has darkened into an unimaginable horror yet to come. My head throbs, my knuckles white against the steering wheel as I race down the familiar bend of old Rivers Road. The death has been in a week. To make matters worse, I saw a vision of every single death and despite my certainty that I could change their fate, each attempt to save them slipped out of my hands like water. The burden of seeing their deaths and not being able to save them compounded by the crushing weight of my failure makes me lose a fragment of my sanity with each passing day. I am bridled by the burden of guilt and uselessness. No matter how much Dimitri reminds me that not being about to save them isn't my fault, I'm consumed by the suffocating sense of my own inadequacy, haunted by the fact that I should have done more. I thought if I could get a foresight about the killings, I would be able to save them. But now that I do see how these deat