Alpha Colt“Dad, I’m not a little kid.”“Aiden…”“Dad, look at me. What do you see?”“A fully formed man.” There was no denying it. He wasn’t a little boy like he should be. He was a man. Bigger than me in height and in muscle.“Your mother is going to kill me if I let you do this.”“Mum will get over it if I can bring uncle Linc home.”“Are we talking about the same person? Do you even know how long your mother holds on to her grudges and frustrations?”“Auntie Daphne is out there, crying. Callie isn’t far behind. Mum is already scared. Don’t deny that you can’t hear them. I'm the one that is wanted, let me do this."I wasn’t even trying to tell him otherwise, because as I stared at my grey eyed son, I just knew that it wouldn’t be the right decision.“Alpha Knox wants me, right?”“We’re not calling him Alpha any longer.”“Whatever, Knox still wants me right?”“Yes.”“So let him have me. He doesn’t know that I’m no longer marked. Let Auntie Daphne take me to him.”“Aiden, you have ne
Aiden I had no choice but to walk. I couldn’t even bring myself to turn around and look at him. I also knew that mum would probably kill him the moment she realised that I was gone and I had to hope that Auntie Daphne would stop her.The sun was low as the moon tried to take its place. The sky, fighting between night and day.The moment I left the safety of the pack, I could feel sets of eyes on me, watching every step I took. Trees whispered in the wind, like they were talking to one another, passing on messages that I was here. Less than two miles down the road. He steps out, a deep smirk on his haggard face. “Where’s the half-breed?”“I’m here. Isn’t this what you wanted?”Knox smiles at me “The witch?”“I came alone. It’s me you want, isn’t it?” I hold my spot, listening to the sounds of those around me. Maybe a dozen at most.“Alpha Colt wouldn’t just let you go. What is he up to?”“My father knew that this was the only way.”“He is willing to trade you for his Beta?” He half
Alpha Colt “You let him go, ALONE?” Lilah screeches at me as she launches a glass of water in my direction. It hits the wall behind me, shattering into tiny pieces. “It’s not Aiden you need to worry about.” I glance up the stairs to where the screams and cries were coming from. “It’s Linc, isn’t it?” The scowl disappears from Lilah’s face and she sighs, slumping down onto the step. “She knows something is wrong, worse than when she left him. She won’t listen to me and anything I do say, isn’t going in either. I don’t understand how she can feel that something is happening to him. I couldn’t when you were hurt, I helped Linc find you, but I didn’t know what was happening to you.” “Because you hadn’t marked me, but now, you would know.” I run the tip of my thumb over a piece of the broken glass, purposely piercing my skin. She frowns looking at her own hand. “See? It’s not quite the same but you understand that I am injured, you just don’t know how.” My skin knits itself together
Aiden“What is he talking about?” I half whisper to Ivy. Dad was already making his way back to Knox. His footsteps hit the ground with force. Or maybe it was the silence surrounding him that made them sound louder than usual. Ivy shrugs her shoulders at me. Her blue eyes showed that she was just as unknowing as I was.“What the fuck did you say?!” My father growls and the others take a step back, clearing the space around them.“You should have tried to save him.” Knox spits. “You have no idea what you have done.”My fathers fist connects with Knox’s face, sending him sliding across the road as more teeth fly out of his mouth.“Tell me, what exactly have I done?”“You should have let him die at my hand.”“Should we do something?” Ivy’s soft voice flutters through my mind and I slowly shake my head. “It’s too late for him.” I mutter back, knowing the things that my father is capable of“No, I mean, should we help your father?” Her comment makes me smile. “He doesn’t need help.”We
DaphneI don’t even remember getting here. I don’t remember what happened after I saw Linc’s lifeless body. Moments before, I had felt like my life had flashed before my eyes. The sting of the matebond being ripped away from me. It wasn't anything like when I rejected him. This was something else. Like my own soul was being ripped away with his.Lilah had been screaming at me to stop, but I had to see him. I had to know if it was true, if he had really been taken from me. Her voice was still ringing in my head. Her desperation to keep me away but Linc was my mate, not hers. If Alpha Colt had been in the same way, I would have let her go. I would never have even considered holding her back.Slumping down on the sofa in mine and Lilah’s flat. I look at my bruised and battered feet. I hadn’t even put on any footwear when I took off running from the packhouse. Now they were covered in cuts and blisters and yet, they didn’t hurt.My feet slowly begin to heal as I sat and watched them. The
Aiden“You should go and find her.” Ivy mutters at me“Why? She’s walked away from us. She has walked away from my mum.”“She’s hurting. She has lost her mate. You need to be prepared. Or try and stop her before she becomes out of control."“I can worry about my aunt later, right now. I need to know who you are.”She flashes her brilliant blue eyes at me. “I’ve already told you.”“But it doesn’t make any sense. How could my father not know that any of you existed?”“Maybe he just didn’t want to see us.” She shrugs her shoulders at me. “We should really get off the road.”“It’s a private road.”Her eyes dart about. “I will tell you whatever you want to know, but not here.” She grabs my hand, sending the wave of sparks flying up my skin. But she doesn’t say anything. She leads me deep into the forest, closely followed by the other hybrids.Finding a clearing, she asks one of the others to start a fire before turning her attention to me. “You can shift between them!” she mutters“Yes, bu
Alpha ColtGuiding Aiden into the office, I find Lilah asleep on the sofa, curled up in a ball and holding on to Aiden’s hospital baby blanket.“Mum?”“Aiden, let her sleep.” I was certain that Lilah was pregnant again and I did not need a repeat of what happened last time. “Now what do you know about Daphne?”“Ivy said something about how hatred could do horrible things to people.”“It can.”“But that’s not all Dad, I saw something. When you kept telling me to shut up, I was trying to tell you that a light appeared in Daphne’s hands. Ivy saw it too, so I know I’m not going mad.”“A light?”“When she started screaming at us for not helping Linc. Her hands were balled up, it was just a quick flash, but it was there.”“She can’t use her magic unless it’s to protect your mum.”“Dad, I know what I saw. Ask Ivy, she will confirm that she saw it too.”“You’re telling me that you think Daphne is capable of using her magic at all times. Are you certain?”He nods his head at me. “Something has
LilahHe stares at me with those cobalt blue eyes. He knew I wasn’t backing down on this. I needed to speak to Daphne, I needed her to understand that it was okay to be angry. That it wasn’t anyone’s fault other than Knox’s and Colt had made sure that he wouldn’t be any more trouble.“You’re not going to let this go until I agree, are you?” He mutters, scratching his chin stubble.“No.” I shake my head at him. “I made that mistake before. But now, she needs me more than ever. Colt, you know me. I could have just ran off after her, but I didn’t. I needed time to think. I needed time to understand what she is feeling. She needs a friend. She needs her sister.”“I can go.” He insists.“If she really is capable of using her magic without me being in danger. You are the last person she wants to see.”“At least I can protect myself.” He glances down at my stomach“We don’t know yet and it’s too early for me to test! So let me go to her!”He rolls his eyes at me. “One condition.”“Anything.”