LYRA'S POV "Just a few minutes more to our destination." Reed said to me as I tried dialing Tank's line again. I didn't know what I was going to the regent when I got there, but I still had to provide an explanation. A solid one infact, I made a mistake, I should have gone with them last night. Even now so, Tank was no where to be found. I dialed his number for the last time, no response again. I think I would have to quit at this level. "You seem disappointed." Reed noticed. "In Tank, yes." I responded. "What went wrong?" He asked me. "I don't want to talk about it yet." I responded. "I would leave it then." He guided the car into the building, stopping at the garage. "We are here." Proclaimed as he stopped the car. "Finally!" I groaned as I opened the door and stepped out leg first. The rest of my body came out after and I closed the door. Reed placed the car on lock using the key as we both approached the guards guarding the
LIRA'S POV I breathed a sigh if relief as Lexy went out to speak with Edgar. It wasn't that I didn't like her, I just wanted to be alone for now. Seeing everyone's faces especially Lyra's made me remember what Patrick had done, and it made feel guilty be ahse I hadn't made any move at all to stop him from doing it. I fell onto the sofa with a thud and crossed my legs. I could still hear Lexy's giggles outside interfering with my thought making it difficult for me to go through what I was thinking, I opened my eyes in annoyance only to realize that it was just my imagination and Lexy was doing anything but giggling. I sighed, life had become so difficult for me, I was now a shadow of my former self. My whole identity was gone, the very essence I lived for, now I wondered if this kind of life was worth living at all. There was a slight difference between being haunted by an enemy and being haunted by a mate who just wouldn't let you be. I figured the former was better
LIRA'S POV I breathed a sigh if relief as Lexy went out to speak with Edgar. It wasn't that I didn't like her, I just wanted to be alone for now. Seeing everyone's faces especially Lyra's made me remember what Patrick had done, and it made feel guilty be ahse I hadn't made any move at all to stop him from doing it. I fell onto the sofa with a thud and crossed my legs. I could still hear Lexy's giggles outside interfering with my thought making it difficult for me to go through what I was thinking, I opened my eyes in annoyance only to realize that it was just my imagination and Lexy was doing anything but giggling. I sighed, life had become so difficult for me, I was now a shadow of my former self. My whole identity was gone, the very essence I lived for, now I wondered if this kind of life was worth living at all. There was a slight difference between being haunted by an enemy and being haunted by a mate who just wouldn't let you be. I figured the former was better
RAPHAEL'S POV I raced after Tank the moment he took off, chased after him and caught up to him, I help him by the back collar of his shirt. "I'm giving you a moment to take back what you said." I relaxed. "Take back, I said probably Raphael, it's only possible that you're the stupid one, I never said you're the stupid one." "Whatever you said, just take it back." I held him even tighter. "Im not taking anything back." He shook his head with defiance. "I said nothing wrong." "Look Tank, we don't have much time. Just do as I asked." I whispered as a set of teenage boys passed beside us on the street. "All the more reason why you should leave me, alone. No one's an island of knowledge. For all we know, you might just be the stupid one." He repeated. "Do you really want us to do this? You know I could ask the people on the street, they would tell us who is stupid." I raised an eyebrow at him. "I think I would want that." He laughed
LYRA'S POV I leaned my head against the headrest as my eyes fell close. We had been on this journey for about six hours now, just a few more hours left and we would be at the citadel. I wondered why the journey to the citadel had to be that far away from us, meanwhile some people could just teleport and it would be over in a few minutes. How unfair could life be for anyone? I was the one with a missing mate, with a soon to be stolen away pack, with a rogue as a father, one who didn't even know her roots. How was I even lucky enough to be chosen as alpha? I writhed and flung my head partially over the chair. "Are you alright?" Reed asked me. He was thrown into confusion at my surprising behavior. "Yeah, I'm okay, just a minor headache." Bad of me to blame it on headache, now I was gradually begining to have one. "Let me know if you're going to have to rest, we can't just stop and continue later." He suggested. "No, we can't stop." If anything
RAPHAEL'S POV Tank and I most carefully entered opened the gates and entered the building to get our plants. I couldn't remember the last time I was here, probably some three to two years ago. My plant garden usually remained in my own yard but when it came to rare plants like moly and night blooming nightshade, I could think of only one place to get it. The house of the old winter witch. Now don't get me wrong, she was a witch but super nice and lacked all of the qualities that applied to being evil. Nadia lost her life to an affliction years back, an affliction which to this day, we were yet to find out it's cause. "I don't usually admit things like this but this has got to be the eeriest place I have ever been to in my entire life." Tank groaned behind me. "You can say that again, Pal." I shrugged at him, mentioning to him that it belonged to a witch would mean I have to complete the rest of the entire process myself and I didn't think I could do that. Tank