Se connecter~~Kai~~He plants himself in front of the car and folds his arms. “Gete back inside, son. Your people need you. You can’t keep acting like this. You can’t abandon the people that desperately need you for one woman.”Why does no one get it? I am not abandoning anyone. I need to get my system regulated, and that can never happen if I know that my woman is in danger.My phone rings just as I am about to get into the car. I picked it up without thinking. “It seems you have been waiting for my call," Malcolm's voice floats into my ears. "That's great. Because I have a lot to talk to you about.”The tension in my father’s shoulders ease immediately. I exhale, my fingers trembling against the device.“I heard you declared a war on me. Son, are you sure that is what you want?"“Where is Valerie?"“Answerr my question, Kai.”How on earth did he find out about the war? I only talked about it with the elders barely an hour ago. There is a mole within our mist, and whoever it is, the person i
~~Kai~~He has Valerie.That bastard has Valerie. She went to his camp and is now his hostage. So he was the one she spoke to on the phone, and she said all those harsh words to me just to go to him.My hands clench into tight fists. Dread washes over me. That same fear is already becoming a usual occurrence because of this woman. How could she be so careless? How could she keep me in the dark about this when she knows how irrational I can get when she’s in danger?“Peyton…” my voice sounds like white noise to my ears. “Tell me everything you know. Has he touched her? He hasn’t hurt her, has he?”“No, Alpha Kai.” I can hear the exhaustion in my Beta’s voice. “I wasn’t able to get more information, but I know that he hasn’t hurt her physically.”Physically. The words weigh down on my mind. He hasn’t touched her, but there are so many ways he can break her in more than one. He can threaten her with her son. He knows that she has a soft spot for humanity. There is so much he can do to hu
~~Valerie~~“Thanks for the compliment. Now, get to it.”He leans forward, the corners of his lips lifting up in a dry smirk. “I need your services. My pack members keep on being infected with a strange virus, and it’s eating deep into the pack.”“It’s killing your soldiers,” I huff dryly. Annoyance flickers through Malcolm’s face. “That’s why you want Sebastian’s army.”“You should learn to shut up sometimes.”“Not if you need my help.”He exhales. “The virus started in the soldier camp. As we both know, the soldiers are the strength of the pack. When morale is lost between them, Redclaw will be so easy to destroy.”“Why are you telling me this, Malcolm?”“You asked."“You know I can tell Kai. I am in love with that man, and he’s your enemy. Aren’t you scared of that?”Malcolm wraps his slender fingers around a glass of water and raises it to his lips. “I’m going all in, doctor,” he whispers against the rim. “I don’t have a choice right now. Since you will be treating my pack memb
~~Valerie~~It’s been hours since I came into this camp. Malcolm refuses to let me go. He locks me up in an isolated room with Lucien, which is more than I can ask for right now.“That man seems like a bad man,” Lucien hums against my chest. “I don’t feel good near him.”I nod, running my hand through his hair. “You’re right to be scared of him, Lucien. Listen to me.” Hoisting him up against me, I lash him a smile. “You will be fine, okay? I want you at my side at all times. Don’t go alone with anyone, and if anyone tries to take you away, scream for mommy.”Lucien nods, pouting cutely. I hug him tighter and squeeze my eyes shut briefly. “I wish Kai was here.”His words cause my brows to furrow. Lucien has met Kai a few times, but they didn't interact much. “What do you know about Kai?”“I know that he loves mommy.” Lucien tips his head back to look at me. “And he cares about me too. Is he my daddy?”“No,” I say sharply. “Did you call him your daddy?”He shrugs. “I didn’t. Mommy wou
~~Sebastian~~“Over my dead body,” mother declares. She lets out an exasperated breath, face clouded with disbelief. It’s as if she genuinely can’t understand my decision. “Son, I will not allow you to make this mistake. This is a perfect opportunity for you. If you decline, you will become an enemy of Malcolm Hart.”“And what is so bad about that, mother? I have weighed the pros and cons. Malcolm doesn’t have territory here, but Kai does. What do we do when Kai wins and decides to get back at our pack for siding with his enemy?"“Kai would never win against Malcolm.”“How can you be so sure about that?”“Because I know that man’s exploits. There’s no way that Kai will win against him.”That’s what she thinks. I have no intention to convince her, as she has good reason to believe what she wants, but i will not be ignoring my own instincts either. They have never failed me.“Mother, this conversation is over. You should leave now. I have more pressing issues to attend to.” She parts
~~Sebastian~~“I heard you received a very important phone call earlier, and that you have been acting very suspicious since then.”“Mother, Goddess!” I exclaim, my body jostling in shock at her appearance in my office doorway. “You could have made a sound.”“I did,” she says with a careless shrug, then lets herself into the office. “You really have been acting weird. You didn’t even notice me standing here, and I have been here for the past five minutes."I rake a hand through my hair and expel a sigh of exasperation. “I am an alpha. It’s normal for me to have a lot of things on my mind.”“Well, not this time. You have the virus under control temporarily, so your worries have been greatly reduced. Why do you still seem so occupied?”I squeeze my eyes shut. There’s still the issue with the virus. I haven’t gotten feedback from anna, or from the other packs. Bloodcrest is on full defense mode, and i even had some of my men retrieve unused antidote that were shared, yet i can’’t rest
Kai.I didn’t expect to end like this. With me eating out the woman that has occupied my thoughts the way no other has. But it's happening, and I won't have it any other way. Lying on the bed before me in nothing but a pair of panties that’s hanging down her leg, she makes my desire grow without ev
~Valerie~ No one returns to my room till dusk. Sebastian doesn’t show up either. My thoughts have been tumbling over each other since Helen and Celeste dropped the bombshell. Hours pass, and I stay still on the bed, planning my escape. I wait until the sun sets completely before swinging into acti
Five Valerie I expected relief. I expected him to be glad that I am trying to make things easy for him. He obviously wants me gone. The elders have turned against me. Celeste now has his heart. He doesn’t need me in this pack anymore. But what I see on Sebastian’s face isn't relief. It’s anger.
Sebastian “I warned you not to marry that woman. You shouldn't have brought her to this pack. If only you had listened to me, this wouldn't have happened,” my mother fires at me. Since she woke up, she hasn't stopped talking about Valerie. I stand beside her bed, my hands lodged in the pockets of m







