LYRA
“You… You have to leave.” Andrew threatens.
“Right. Already planned on it.” James says cheekily.
In this moment I can only think of my arms around the little blonde-haired boy in my vision and the ache that I felt as he disappeared from my arms. Alva always said that that the future was fickle. One wrong moment could change everything. And here I am, standing in the wrong moment. I reach in my mind for the vision of the future, and it is gone. Just a faded memory burned into my brain.
Andrew stomps back into the house, leaving James laying on the ground. Bending down over James, I use the hem of my dress to try and clean up his wounds, but he only pushes my hands away. “Please,” I beg. “Let me help.”
“The less we touch the better.” James breathes out heavily. “It will make it easier when I leave.”
“My heart is already broken,” I admit. “I j
LYRAIt feels like a thousand different emotions are pushing their way through my mind. Guilt and shame are at the forefront, and I know those emotions are not coming from me. “Good,” I grumble as I stomp my way up the stairs. “I hope he feels awful.” James’s room is the first door to the left of the stairs. I raise my hand to knock on the door, but I hesitate. What if he does not want to see me?“I can practically feel you thinking on the other side of the door,” James yells from inside his room. “You can come in.”Slowly twisting the doorknob, I peek my head inside his room, and I see that the room is torn apart. Suitcases and duffle bags are thrown on the bed with clothes just shoved inside them.James is standing beside his dresser, shirtless. I cannot help but drag my eyes over his torso as he throws clothes onto the bed. He is slimmer than Andrew, but just as muscular. His hair is a bit longer on
LYRAAndrew tosses me on his bed, and I land with a bounce. Once his hands are no longer on my body I have time regain my self-control. Scrambling to my feet, I back away from him before he can touch me again. Andrew is stalking towards the bed, looking at me like I am a prize to be won. I am surprised that I do not feel any jealously coming through the bond between us. Only longing and fear.“Stop,” I yell, putting as much force behind the word as I can. Much to my surprise, Andrew stops in his tracks. “You cannot just steal away important things in my life because they are inconvenient for you and then make up for it with sex.”Andrew rakes his fingers through his hair and sits down on the bed. Not trusting myself to be near him, I take a seat in the chair across the room. “How would you feel if I had another mate?” Andrew places his head in his hands and grabs a fi
ANDREWReturning from the bathroom, I see that Lyra is already asleep. Slipping into the bed beside her, I pull her in closely. I bury my nose into her mess of curls and inhale deeply. James’s scent is still on her, and it sends a wave of frustration through my body. The scent of another male on her should make me angry, but it actually makes her smell more enticing. Maybe she was right, I do not mind the smell because this is how it is supposed to be. I shake that thought from my mind, still unable to accept the truth that she has another mate. When she was with James I could feel her arousal through the bond, and I immediately knew what she was up to. I had every intention of breaking down James’s door and ripping her out from under him. But her emotions bleeding through the bond paralyzed me outside of his door. Not only did she feel aroused by him, but she also felt safe. Standing outside of James’s door I tried to remember a time when the feelin
LYRAAs Andrew’s truck pulls up next to my brother’s I cannot help but feel a tingle of excitement. I have not seen my brother since my birthday, and I have not seen James in about a week. Chase is leaning up against his truck with a very smug look on his face. I do not even wait until Andrew puts the truck in park before I fling myself out of the door and into his arms. Chase grunts a little as I slam him backwards into his truck.“Damn Lyra,” he groans as he peels me from his shoulders. “You act like you missed me.”I stick my tongue out at him as I pull James’s suitcase out of the bed of Andrew’s truck.“Are you moving in?” he asks with his arms crossed over chest.“It’s the rest of James’s stuff.” I shrug, “I thought might want some of it.”“Got it,” Chase nods as he throws the suitcase in the back of
ANDREW Taking the opportunity while Lyra is at Silver Wolf, I meet with my best trackers. We are trying to pinpoint Cain’s location. Knowing that he is coming for my mate, I need to change the future while I still can. My phone vibrates in my pocket, and when I see Chase’s name flash across my phone screen I immediately know something is wrong. “What happened?” I growl, dismissing my trackers with a wave of my hand. “Lyra is missing.” Chase sounds panicked. “I left her with James at the stables and when I returned she was gone.” “What do you mean you left her with James,” I scream as I climb into my truck, slamming the door behind me. “I am not keeping my sister from her mate,” Chase growls. “So they have run off together,” I say as I speed down the road to the Silver Wolf Pack. “No,” Chase suddenly sounds grave. “James is still here, he was stabbed. It does not look good.” “Tha
LYRAAs my vision slowly returns, I try to raise my hands to wipe the crust from my eyes, but a burning sensation around my wrists keeps me from trying to lift them. I can feel heavy cuffs around my wrists and ankles, and I know that I have been bound by silver. The silver cuffs will keep me from using any of my werewolf abilities. My eyes try to adjust to the darkness around me but without my wolf, my senses are equal to that of a human. I cannot even growl in frustration. Glancing around in the darkness, I can barely make out a bed and a toilet. The floor feels cold under my feet. The walls are nothing more than cement blocks and there is a single door with a tiny window at the top. Surveying the room I try to formulate a plan of escape, but there are no windows or vents that I can fit through. I try to wiggle my hands out of the cuffs, but I know that I will not be able to escape them without breaking my thumbs. Even though the cuffs burn against my ankles I test t
LYRAThere is no light inside my cell except what filters through the cracks around the door. I cannot tell how long I have been in this cell. Cain has come in twice and tried to reason with me. Both times left me battered and bruised. The door to my cell opens once again and Cain comes in with a tray of food. I have been in this moment before, and it did not end well for me. Cain drops the tray of food just within my reach and goes to leave. “Wait,” I call out with a little desperation in my voice. “Please stay with me.”Cain’s eyes are wide with suspicion, but he still turns and pulls a chair close to where he dropped the tray. I let my eyes glance quickly to the door behind him and I see that he has left it cracked open. My eyes flicker back to Cain, his eyes are focused on my chest, and he licks his lips lustfully. I repress the revolting shudder that wants to wash over my body at his action. “I thought I should a
UNKNOWNTwo days I have been watching Lyra on this grainy monitor. The video feed from her cell to my room was dismal, but just knowing that I was in the same building as her was enough to keep me going. Just like her other admirers, I had watched her grow from afar, not daring to enter her father’s circle. I knew that my pack rank would never be enough to secure her for my own. She is stronger now. The Lyra that I knew would sit in the back of a classroom with her eyes down, not daring to bring any attention to herself. This Lyra is bold and mouthy. Whenever Cain enters her room she refuses to submit to him. Even after he beat her she would still never submit. I was counting every mark that he left on her body and make sure that he paid them back in tenfold when I ripped control from their hands. Her cell door opens, and she does not even flinch as he tosses her tray of food on the floor. I silently pray to the Moon Goddess that she keeps her mouth shut today.