LYRA'S POV I sat downstairs in the dining room with Peter after Thorne went out to attend to something with Raphael. I'm just surprised Peter didn't go along with him which meant it wasn't officially and was just something casual. I had woken up early this morning, not seeing him in bed, I dressed and showered on my own and came downstairs to eat where I met Peter. He was already at the dining room when I arrived. "Good morning." I greeted him as I took my seat. "Good morning." He replied and went back to eating. "Could you possibly know where Thorne is?" I asked him. He looked at me. "He didn't tell you?" He asked me. "No." I shook my head. He didn't, Infact I had no idea when he left the room or what time he woke up to say the least. Our race last night had done a lot to me. Caused me to be exhausted and had me passing out, all that trouble, yet I didn't outrun Thorne. It got me pissed but I just knew I would have to pick someone
SERA'S POV"Our land is cursed. Anything planted can't grow," Victor said when Mia asked why he had been hijacking almost all of the Skoll packās hard drug shipments.The moment he said that, something clicked in my head. For months now, I had hardly seen green grass anywhere within the Nox pack territory. It all made sense suddenly, though I still didnāt want to believe it.āWhat are you talking about?ā Mia asked, her face confused. She clearly didnāt understand what Victor meant. āHow are they food when nothing can grow in the land?ā she added.āThatās the usefulness of the stealing,ā Victor replied calmly, like he was explaining something as simple as why the sky is blue. āI hijack the Skoll packās shipments, rebrand them, and then sell them at a cheaper price to feed the whole pack.āMia stared at him like he had grown two heads. She didnāt believe a single word he said. Her hands went to her waist and she started pacing around the room. That was her thingā she paced when she was
MIA'S POVOne thing you should know about the Adams family is that they donāt send warnings quietly. They donāt leave threats behind like puzzles to solve. No, they look you straight in the eye and tell you theyāre going to kill you. And once they say it, you're as good as dead. Thatās just how they are. You can run to heaven if you want, but even heaven wonāt save you. No hiding place is safe. Once they mark you, theyāll find you.Thatās the kind of people weāre dealing with. The kind who breathe trouble. The kind who eat death for breakfast.So, I wasnāt mad because Victor had been stealing. No, I was furious because he was stealing from the Skoll Packā the same pack that caused our parents' death. The same monsters that left us broken and cold.I stood up from Seraās bed with my blood boiling. I didnāt even try to hide the fire in my steps. I was going to confront my brother. I had no plan, no speechā just rage.āWhere are you going?ā Sera asked, her voice soft and filled with conc
SERA'S POVI never expected that our visit to Annaās shrine would start with drama. But knowing Mia, anything was possible. As soon as Anna opened the door and let us in, Mia went straight to the point, not even giving Anna a chance to settle."My brother told me there is no solution to the curse in our land?" Mia asked, standing tall and proud like she owned the shrine.Anna froze for a second. I noticed it. Mia noticed it. Even a blind person would have noticed it. That pause was suspicious. Mia narrowed her eyes and asked, "What is that look?"Anna blinked and tried to act normal, but the damage was already done. She had been caught off guard."I never believed he would tell you," Anna finally said, looking around like someone who had just been exposed on national TV. "It was a huge secret.""Yes, it is," Mia said, folding her arms. "So what is the solution?"Anna didnāt answer right away. Instead, she asked another question, which only made Mia's eyes roll like a soccer ball. "Wha
THORNE'S POV "What do you mean Thorne? You can't possibly do that." Peter's voice went up the moment I mentioned banishing Kitty as an option. You couldn't blame me, just that I had thought and reasoned all through the night and I couldn't come up with a better idea other than that. She asked for it and she might get it. "Why not? Give me a reason I can't." I stood in front of him. We were currently in his room, the curtains were allowed to fall down covering the windows while at the same time making the room dark. "You know it would be a better resort, that way I wouldn't have to worry about her hurting Lyra." "She wouldn't hurt Lyra as long as you give an order for her not to, banishing her is just extreme and I doubt her father would take that from you. Even being an Alpha there are limits to things you can do, you can't banish her out of nowhere, the pack would want to know what she did wrong and we have no exact proof that she did anything to her."
LYRA'S POV Thorne literally dragged me all the way from the restaurant back home. "Seriously, can you pause for a second?" I asked him panting as I ran to catch up with him. "No, I can't, Peter just sent me a message aboutā¦" he paused. "It's just pack related." He said waving it off. "And you can't tell me about it?" I queried. We never kept secrets from each other, but if he was going to start now, I might as well top him at it. "I can't Lyra, it might piss you off. Just get to your room, I would be with you in an hour l." He said and hurried along. I let out a deep breath and sighed. "Awwn, sad aren't you?" A voice came behind me. I turned around, whoever it was, I'm pretty sure they didn't want to risk pissing me off. I turned to find Kitty standing by the car, "it's okay, I thoroughly understand how you feel. I felt the same way too when he left me to go to Bloodmoon and now I feel even unhappier that he came back with a woman