Hudson’s POVI was fucking pissed; everything had gone wrong.The plan had been foolproof, even. We were supposed to sneak into the Alpha’s quarters in the dead of night, take out Travis and his precious Luna, Athena, and finally claim what should’ve been mine all along but nothing had gone as planned.I had crept in with three of my men. We moved like shadows, not making a sound. The Alpha’s quarters were dark and silent and I thought he was asleep but I was wrong.The moment we stepped into his room, Travis was already awake. I saw the flash of his eyes in the dark. In one swift motion, he shoved Athena into the bathroom and growled so loud the whole damn house could have shaken.Then he shifted and I knew we were fucked. Fighting an Alpha wasn’t easy even if I was a Lycan. Travis was older, stronger, and most of all, furious. His rage filled the whole room like a storm and his teeth snapped, claws tearing into one of my men before I could even shout.“Everyone fall back!” I tried to
Travis’s POVI was in great shock. Hudson had just finished the food, every last bite and nothing happened to him.I stared at his plate and at him wondering what was going on. My hands, which had been resting on the table, curled into fists without me realizing it.He was completely fine. That food had Wolfsbane in it enough to make them break into sweats, tremble, vomit, or at least sniff it out and refuse to eat it but he hadn’t even noticed at all and even licked the plate clean.“Thank you,” Hudson said, wiping his mouth with the napkin as he stood from the table. He sounded calm like he hadn’t just swallowed poison.“I’m grateful you invited me for dinner,” he added. “But I think it’s best if you stop doing that.”I looked up at him, my body still frozen. “What?”Hudson shrugged. “I can’t keep coming here… to the pack house. It messes with my head and makes me remember when I still lived here… before you cast me out and made me an omega.”Hatered flashed in his eyes but he quick
Travis’s POVI spent my days patrolling and training, refusing to go back to the pack house or to see Athena.It wasn’t that I didn’t want to, I did. I wanted to see her so much that every night I closed my eyes, I saw her. Every time the wind blew, I swore I could smell her scent but I couldn’t see her just yet.Not until I found the people who had tried to kill her and I fixed this.My chest always felt tight and I couldn’t breathe unless I knew she was safe. I couldn’t just pretend nothing happened and stay with her in a room. I had to know who wanted me and her gone and why. I had to get to the bottom of the assassination attempt, no matter what.I trained and patrolled from sunup to sundown keeping myself busy.One evening, after a long run through the forest, I put on simple clothes, just a black hoodie and jeans. I tied my hair back and covered my face with a cap. I pulled back my Alpha aura completely since I didn’t want anyone to know who I was.For some reason, after meeting
Travis’s POVI was in shock when Matt left my office; I couldn’t stop thinking about what he said. He didn’t say it directly, but I could tell he suspected Hudson. That’s why he had reported the missing omegas. He believed one of them might’ve been involved in the attack.Hudson, no matter how foolish, was still my son after all. Could he really have been involved in trying to kill me and Athena?I clenched my jaw and sat slowly on the edge of my desk, my head spinning. Hudson was many things, angry, hot-headed but he would never join forces with a Lycan. If he wanted to fight me, he’d do it alone. He’d come straight at me like a wolf, not like a coward.Still… he had vanished from work. No one had seen him for days and now Matt thought he might’ve been part of the assassination attempt. The attack that almost took my mate’s life and mine.I rubbed my face with my hands. “I need to see him,” I whispered. I picked up my phone and called the head warrior.“Let Hudson come visit the pack
Matt’s POVI opened the door and froze the moment I saw her.“Athena,” I breathed, shocked.She stepped in quietly and shut the door behind her. The guards that followed her stayed outside without a word.“Athena,” I said again, louder this time. “What are you doing here?”She looked up at me. Her eyes were tired, but still bright. “I had to see you,” she said softly.I stepped forward and hugged her tightly. She didn’t resist. She was my daughter and seeing her like this, all broken and tired, made my heart heavy.“Dad,” she whispered against my chest.I winced at how tired she sounded . I hadn’t heard her call me that since she was little. I held her even tighter never wanting to let go again.“I’m sorry,” I whispered. “I’m so sorry, sweetheart.”She pulled away gently, walked over to the couch and sat down slowly, and I followed her.“Travis told me everything,” I said as I sat beside her. “About what happened and the assassins. Are you okay?”She nodded slowly. “I’m fine,” she sai
Travis’s POVThe night was cold and I was angry and in pains. My wounds hadn’t healed yet, but I couldn’t stay still. The assassins had vanished into thin air; it made no sense.“All guards report now!” I shouted as I limped down the main path in the pack grounds. My voice echoed in the darkness.The whole pack was awake. Every warrior, every patrol unit, even the trainees were all searching still, no one had seen anything or heard anything and worse, no one had left the pack borders.“How is that possible?” I muttered to myself, gripping a tree for support. My hand was trembling from the pain in my ribs.The assassins had come for me and Athena and now they were gone and the gates of the pack were never opened.I felt a presence behind me and turned. It was Matt. His face looked hard and sharp like stone and his eyes were glowing with fury.“Alpha,” he said, standing tall, “we’ve searched every corner, every guard is accounted for and no outsiders crossed the borders. We have a breac