ElsaโTake it from me. Whatever you say to him. It wonโt change what I have planned.โ Finn smiles at me. โThatโs if you can even speak to him.โI scowl. I hated the fact he knew so much about me.โYou just told me you were going to kill him.โ I was keeping my distance. Pacing the bedroom as he leans against the wall, watching me.Why did everything have to result in death?โItโs the only way you will be mine. And this way, you donโt have to choose.โโIโฆ.โ I was beyond surprised. How could he think that I would be happy? โI have already told you, Finn. I will never be yours. If I canโt be with Nate, I wonโt be with anyone.โโIโm doing this to make things easier for you.โ Finn is still smiling. My comment didnโt seem to phase him in the slightest.โTo make things easier? I love him. Do you really think killing my mate will make things easier for me?โโYou donโt love him. You are just caught up in the mate bond. That will disappear the moment his heart stops.โI stop to really look at h
NateAlpha Craig is uncontactable. I tried. Mason and Lola tried. Even Farrah. It was even more concerning that he wasnโt responding to his own daughter.Farrah sits uncomfortably on the chair. Perched on the end, as if it would keep her safe. Her hands are bound together in her lap. Mason had placed tape over her mouth too. Mascara lines caked her cheeks from the crying.Her knee quickly jiggles up and down. I hadnโt seen her do that in a long time. It was how I knew she was actually afraid.โShall I just kill her? Surely that will make her father come to us. He will want revenge.โ Mason is smiling at her. He wasnโt exactly a fan of hers.โNo way. If anyone is going to kill her, let it be me.โ Lola grins from my other side.Farrah lets out a muffled yelp. More tears run down her face as her eyes plead with me.โNo.โโNO??โ Mason and Lola chime. โAre you mad? She could be telling her father all sorts of lies.โ Lola glares at me.โShe could be.โ โAlpha, she's too much of a risk.โ Ma
ElsaFinn had been making more and more advances as the week progressed. Pressing his lips to my cheek just as Nate usually does. But when Finn did it, a cold shiver would make its way down my spine.I didnโt say anything. I figured silence was my best option. To not overreact after he threatened to rape me.He watched me more and more. He wanted me to leave the bathroom door open when I showered. So I stopped showering.He watched me dress every morning. Ignoring my tears when he wouldn't give me privacy. So I stopped getting changed even though my clothes were filthy.He tried to demand that I sleep naked. But when I took the pillows from the bed to sleep on the floor, it seemed to be the final straw.โWhat the fuck do you think you are doing?โโI donโt sleep naked. Itโs weird.โ I mutter, settling myself down on the thick carpet.โYou donโt sleep naked with him?โโNo, I donโt. I need something between me and the sheets.โโI want you to sleep in the bed.โ His yellow eyes search my fa
ElsaHe seemed to have thought of everything. There was no way I could win. Whatever he had planned, he had also played out different scenarios. Ensuring his plan would succeed. I felt like I was drowning in failed ideas.โI donโt know.โ I whisper. My eyes were on the man, bleeding out at the table.โHe told you there were others in my pack.โ He points up to the camera. "I heard him."โHe didnโt say who.โโI want names, Elsa.โI turn my head, just a little to focus on his yellow eyes. โHe didnโt say any names. He knew it would be too risky.โ I swallow the lump forming in my throat. โHe knew that I couldnโt be saved.โโWho?โโHe didnโt tell me a name.โโYes, he did. He told you that Vella was working on a plan.โโVella?โ I had forgotten that. I let out a snort. โHow is Vella going to help me?โHe kicks Jaceโs body out of the chair. Jace crumples to the ground with a sickening thud. Finn takes the seat, unphased by the pool of blood on the wooden table and chair.โYou tell me.โโVella h
NateโThere are concerns within his pack.โ Vella mutters.Everyoneโs eyes were on him. All the Lycanโs had come over the last few days, just as Vella had said. And now the latest arrivals were in my packhouse, hanging on Vellaโs every word.โConcerns?โ Alpha Rex of Americaโs Greystone Pack asksโThere are members that do not want to follow Finn Carterโs ways. They would rather remain a secret.โโThen why havenโt they done anything?โ Alpha Brock from Black Night asks sarcastically.โBecause they have been told to wait.โ Vella stares Brock down.โBecause of the girl, your girl?โ Rex cocks an eyebrow at me.โYes, she is my mate. You have already met her.โWe had been having the same conversation for days. Repeating all the information for the newcomers. Today, it was Rex. Brock was sitting in just in case he had missed something.โYou canโt communicate with her?โ His eyebrow is still raised as he stares at me with his grey eyesโNo. We believe that Finn is drugging her in someway. Or may
Elsa.I had heard him.After all this time, I thought he had given up on me. It was such a relief to hear him. Even if it were only seconds of his voice and at the end of a phone.Finn had come to me earlier with a mobile phone. He had pressed it into my hand. It had felt like some kind of trick. All the numbers had been glued down except the answer call button.โWhen I call, answer.โHis instructions had been simple. He said nothing else. There was no warning to not try anything stupid. Maybe because he knew that I had given up trying. Hearing Nateโs voice. It gave me so much hope.Finn cut the call after a few seconds. He had left it going long enough for me to recognise Nateโs voice, but not long enough for me to shout something.I hear a key fumbling in the lock of my door. It's finally pushed open. A large man fills the doorway. A man I had never seen before. He glares at me with his dark eyes.โWe need to move.โ He tries to grab me and seems surprised when I pull away."Get off
NateTwenty minutes. That was how long he took to realise that something was happening. It was a little longer than I expected. His eyes had glazed over, someone from his pack was letting him know they were under attack.โYou wanker!โ He yells, smashing his glass and launching the shards at me.โDid you really think I wasnโt going to do anything? That I would come here without a plan?โโI will kill you.โโYou can try.โ I was aware that I was surrounded. The chances of me getting out of this alive were minimal. But as long as she was safe, that was all that mattered.I rise from my seat, creating more space between us as men pile into the bar. Some had already partially shifted, others were in full blown beast mode.โYou were the one stupid enough to leave her with minimal protection.โ I mutter as the Lycans circled me.โI claimed her!โ Finn growls at me.โShe was never yours to claim.โHe snarls at me. He holds his spot as his pack closes in around me.โYou will die for this.โ He nods
NateKyra stares at us. Her brow deepens the longer she stares. Her hand tightens around the gun. She slowly raises it, pointing it directly at me.โI suggest you start talking.โโItโs not my secret to share.โ I growlโYou might want to think about that. If this bullet hits you, you are dead.โโAnd you still wonโt know what it is, that is more of a threat than us.โโAre you trying to get us killed?โ Finn grumbles at me.โSheโs not going to let us get out of here alive anyway.โKyra points the gun up to the ceiling and fires. Kyra smiles at us as pieces of plaster crumble over our heads. โThese people hate your kind. The whole world will hate your kind.โโAll because of one man? A man that you loved. Is that why yu are doing this?โThe other humans turn to look at her. โWhat is he talking about?โ They start demandingโAll because you married a Wolf?โ I keep my eyes locked on hers. If she pulled the trigger again. I would need to move fast.โYou married a Wolf?โ A human shouts as Kyraโ
Elsa Five months had passed since I killed Kyra. Some nights, her face still haunts me and Rex needs to remind me that I killed her. That there was no way she was coming back this time. There had been no sightings of Vampires, making Kyra right about one thing. She took us on alone. Maybe she really had been ready to die. Fingers click in my face. โDaydreaming?โ I smile at Rex as he hands me a juice. He kisses me on the cheek and then kisses my very swollen belly. โI canโt help it.โ I whisper, taking a mouthful of the juice. โThere hasnโt been a problem in months. Everyone is happy.โ โWhat about Oliver? he still hasnโt forgiven you.โ โHe never will. I was the reason he lost his mate.โ โButโฆโ โIt doesnโt matter. I would be the same if I lost you. Now drink, I want our boy to be strong.โ I roll my eyes at him. It still wasnโt a hundred percent certain that we were having a boy or girl. โWhy donโt we just go and see Fern? She has a machine that can tell us.โ He pleads. He h
RexIt takes a few hours for one of the guards to locate Rosa. They find her unconscious and in her underwear. Tied to a tree and gagged in the deepest part of the forest.Her blonde hair was a mess, she had scrapes and bruises all over her, but she insisted she is fine. That worse things have happened to her.She stands next to me as we both look on over Elsa.โStill no sign.โ I mutter. She had been barely conscious when we found Kyra. By the time Elsa was dropped to the ground, she was completely unconscious and she had been that way since. That was three days ago.I couldnโt find a single mark on her. No bullet holes. No strange scent coming from her mouth. The babyโs heart was beating normally too and yet, she couldnโt wake up.โI have tried everything.โ Rosa murmurs.โI know.โโNo, you donโt understand. There is nothing else. No other medicine. No herbal remedy. No concoction. Her heart is beating perfectly and so is the heart of the unborn pup. I cannot find anything wrong.โโI
RexNo one had seen Rosa. She had just vanished.For a brief second, I feel Elsa. Pure dread washes over her.โElsa, talk to me.โ I link as I hurry back towards Rosaโs cottage. "Is something wrong? Is it the pup?"Links start coming in from Oliver and other guards in the forest. Lycans had been found dead. Silver bullets in their heads or their hearts.โItโs not Rosaโ. Elsa is somehow keeping calm. โItโs Kyra. I can kill her.โโElsa, you canโt shift. You are pregnant.โHer fear kicks in as she realises she is at a massive disadvantage.As I approach Rosaโs cottage, I feel Elsaโs pain.โElsa you need to keep talking.โ But there was silence and she wasn't here.โElsa?โPushing open the door of the cottage, I find it empty, the fire in the fireplace had gone out a long time ago.โElsa, where are you?โโForest.โ She whispers back which is followed by a cry of pain.Zara and Oliver come running towards me.โWe have been breached.โ Oliver mutters.โI know that. Itโs Kyra, she portrayed hers
ElsaHis grey eyes donโt leave mine as his brain puts together what I was trying to say. It was the birth of Zara and Olivers twins that had freaked me out. The fact that one twin was fine and the next minute, he was gone and nothing could have helped him. I was certain it was me, that I had brought my bad luck with me and I was afraid of something happening to James.The day that I realised I was late on my period. I freaked out because I didnโt want children. Knowing that I would be a bad mother. Nor was I ready for them. Not with everything that's happening right now.Rosa had taken one look at me and said I was pregnant. One single look. She told me that she would find me a test to confirm it.I hadnโt said anything to anyone. I didnโt understand how she knew. She encouraged me to talk to Rex, she told me that he would be happy. Of course he would. He had openly said it. I was the problem. Me not him.It was now. I had to tell him now before he got himself killed.His hand pushes
RexโSheโs panicking.โ I mutter as Oliver hangs up the phone to one of the AlphaโsโDo you want to go and check on her? I can keep making calls.โโShe said she stubbed her toe.โHe smiles as he tries not to laugh. โShe doesnโt quite understand the matebond does she?โโNo. Our bond is different to what she had with Nate. She probably doesnโt understand that I know sheโs lying or the fact I can feel it.โโYou should tell her.โโI will, but not right now. It's only something she has heard. It's nothing major. Plus, sheโs with Rosa, maybe itโs something Rosa has said, but right now, we need to prepare for the meeting at two.โHe rings around to a few other packs. Oliver was pretty much getting the same response I was. They weren't happy, but they agreed to the meeting.โThatโs the last of the Alphaโs.โ Oliver mutters as he hangs up. โThey have all agreed.โโAnd they are all pissed about it.โ I groanโDo you blame them? We havenโt had to discuss Vampires in a long time. Theyโre not stupid
ElsaโYou hit me?โ I mutter, rubbing my cheek after I slammed my hand against her face.โYou are not yourself. I need you to snap out of it. We all do.โโIโm fine.โ I mutter, but I wasnโt sure if that was true. My mind seemed to be running at a million miles an hour. Different images popping into my head. I was trying to remember what Kyra had said the last time I saw her. If there was even a hint of a plan in her words. I couldnโt. All I could remember was her horrible smug smile. โElsa?โ Rex smiles, slipping his hand between the front seats and reaching for mine.I take his warm fingers in mine. His calmness was reassuring. How he was always calm when chaos surrounded me, I will never understand.โJust breathe.โFor a few moments, I do as he says. Pushing all the bad thoughts from my head. Trying to give myself a clear mind so that I could think straight.โSheโs here.โAll three of them nod.โIโm not crazy?โโNo. You are right.โ Rexโs brow furrows. โSomehow, she is alive.โโOr sh
RexโElsa, Kyra is dead. I killed her myself.โโYouโre wrong!โ She snaps at me as she tries to look around me.โElsa, I broke her neck. She couldnโt have survived that. Humans don't survive that.โHer eyes are wide. โI know what I saw.โโI know. But itโs just your mind playing tricks on you after everything you have been through.โโTricks?โโYou have been through a lot and itโs finally catching up with you.โ I try to wrap my arms around her, but she shakes her head at me.โShe survived once.โ She mutters. โSomeone saved her before.โโThis time itโs different. You have to trust me.โ I should have asked Rosa for some help before I left. Maybe a tonic or something that could have helped Elsa.Her eyes refocus on mine. The darkness slowly disappears until I see those beautiful baby blues.She gets back in the car. Her knee jiggles as we pull away. Her hands tie themselves up in knots.She keeps looking behind us.โThere is no one there.โ I rest my hand on her thigh and her knee stops jigg
RexElsa was gone by the time I woke up. In her place in my arms was her pillow. She was pretty good at getting away if she needed to. I was massive in comparrison to her.She hadnโt been gone long, her scent was still strong. Maybe an hour tops.Dressing, I follow her scent through the house and out the front door. โAlpha Rex!โ Zara calls out to me. She hurriedly paces towards me with James strapped to her chestโZara, Iโm a little busy.โโI know.โ She matches my strides. โYouโre looking for Elsa. I can save you the trouble. Sheโs with Rosa.โโWhy?โShe shrugs her shoulders at me. โIt seemed important but I didnโt think it was my place to ask. Maybe she has gone to ask Rosa for some help. Elsa hasnโt really said much since the plane or the meeting. Iโm sure she must be grieving to a point.โโMaybe, maybe not.โ I turn ready to head in Rosaโs direction. Thinking about how she broke down in the shower yesterday.โHas she said anything to you? About how she killed Corina?โโNo.โโAlpha,
ElsaThe plane touched down and just like before, there were cars waiting for us. People looking on eagerly. Rex must have told them already.Oliver runs towards us, embracing Zara and lifting her off the ground. He thanks Rex for bringing her home. And quickly starts asking questions, wanting to know what happened.โDebrief back at the house.โ Rex mutters. His hand had been on mine the entire time since he had pulled me on his lap. Almost afraid to let me go.The car ride is quiet. Rexโs eyes would fall on me every few minutes. I could feel his worry. The concern that he had for me. He wanted to ask me questions but I knew he would wait until we were alone.Even when Rex invites them in so they could talk, he still refuses to let go of me. Maybe it was his touch, holding me together like glue. Preventing me from having some kind of melt down.They sit around the glass table. Already talking about what had happened like it was some kind of history story. But it was me. I was the one w