Daphne The house was massive. I had been back just over a day and I was still struggling to find my way around. It made it worse knowing that my best friend wasn’t even speaking to me. That Callie girl, Linc’s brother had escorted Lilah away, glaring at me as if I was going to attack her. But that was never my plan. I just wanted her to know that Colt is more of a monster than what she thinks he is. Strolling through the house, I try to remember the way to the kitchen. Since I became pregnant, it always felt like I was starving, that nothing would satisfy my appetite. Any Lycan that I passed curled its lip up in disgust, calling me a half-breed and spitting in my direction. I was certain that if I had never rejected Linc, they wouldn’t be saying such things. But that’s what they all called me. A half-breed and they made it sound worse than being a human. At least before the news about me was out, they would just ignore me. At least that was better. At least I didn’t feel as hated. T
Lilah“After everything that I did for her!” I scowl at Callie as she quietly closes the door. “She dared to call me a bitch.”“You need to chill, Lilah. The Alpha said you need to rest. This is not resting. Now park your butt on the bed!”“I just don’t get it. I’ve tried and I’ve tried.”“Exactly. You can’t do anymore, Lilah. It’s on her and my brother. They need to figure this out. Not you.”“Do you think they will?” I give in and reluctantly sit on the edge of the bed. “Honestly? I haven’t got a clue. It’s unheard of Lilah.”“There has to be someone else that has done it!”“I mean, there might be. The Alpha didn’t know of Daphne’s existence. But she wasn't born as part of a mate bond.”“Will you help me?” I askShe eyes me suspiciously and shakes her head. “Any other time, I would. You know that. But you have just lost three pups. You can’t risk losing a fourth. Whatever it is can wait.”“It’s nothing bad, I swear. And I can stay on bed rest.”She rolls her eyes at me. “Hit me wit
Alpha Colt“Kaitlin?”Daphne nods her head. Her eyes flickering between me and Linc. Between my mate having some sort of panic attack and Daphne telling me to keep an eye on Kaitlin, I let out a sigh of frustration. I look at Linc and he shrugs his shoulders. I had so many questions but my biggest one was about Grant. Why the hell was he here?Lilah has her face buried against my chest. “Hormones?” Linc mutters through a mindlink“Maybe!” I mutter back. It had been a long time since I had been around anyone carrying pups and it seemed like we were all in for a few surprises.“Daphne. What do you mean by me keeping an eye on Kaitlin?”“I spoke to her. She… Well it wasn’t what she said but more to do with her body language. She isn’t happy about Lilah. She was trying to become my friend but not in a charming way.” She tuts, shaking her head. “She just…. Just don’t trust her Alpha Colt.”“Don’t trust her?” I thought it was ballsy of her to tell me not to trust someone, when she couldn’
LilahColt stares at me for a moment, “You’re ready to let him die?”I nod my head, pushing myself into a seated position and rubbing my belly before standing. “I’m fed up. He never gives me clear answers. I would rather not know than let him carry on spilling snippets of information over the rest of my life. I don’t want him to live. I don’t want him anywhere near my pup. If someone is feeding him information….” I shake my head as I trail off, looking out the window.“What is it?” Colt asks, “You said no one is allowed to see Snare.”“They’re not.”Moving myself closer to the window, I frown. “Then tell me why Callie is heading towards the dungeons?”“Callie?” He moves next to me and I see how the surprise turns to anger. He pushes open the window. “CALLIE!” He bellows across the grounds.Callie freezes. In fact everyone does. No one moves at the sound of Colt's voice, because he sounded absolutely furious.She slowly turns her head in our direction. From here I could see how scared
Alpha ColtLilah stumbles into me as her eyes fall on the boys. Her eyes are wide as they follow the trail of blood down their bodies. Tears prick at the corners. Her mouth moves, but no sound comes out.“Lilah go back to the house.”She is silent, still and can’t take her eyes off the twins.“Lilah, go, now.”She still doesn’t move and I call to Linc through the mindlink. As we wait for him to appear, Snare continues to feed on the boys, not even bothering to stop because we were there. Blood was smeared all around his face and on his ragged clothes. Kailin hadn’t moved, her body still faced Snare.I hear Linc run down the steps, he comes to a stop just as Lilah had, his eyes on the bloody mess. “What the actual fuck?”“Linc, take Lilah back to the house. Make sure she is with someone, maybe Daphne. Come back as soon as you can.”Linc picks Lilah up when she still doesn’t respond. Snare stops feeding on one of the twins. He smiles at me, showing his teeth before locking on to one of
LilahI would never have done it without Daphne. I would never have had the guts to push the blade into his back!When the Lycans fell through the door, I had hit Daphne with my foot. Her eyes flashed open immediately. She had been pretending to be out of it too. She grabbed the blade, slicing through the rope that was binding my hands.As I rip off the gag, I feel a movement in my belly. Nothing bad, just a sign that the pup was strong. Thank fuck for that.Daphne yanked me to my feet as she rubbed her own stomach. Together we listened to the chants. The ones shouting ‘traitor’ over and over. But I knew it wasn’t aimed at me.“Colt wanted me to have the blade.” I muttered as we clung to each other.“Protection?” She mumbles back, wiping tears from her dark eyes and pushing the blade into my hands.I had shrugged my shoulders because I was still confused by what was happening. The last thing I remembered was being in the dungeon and seeing what Snare was doing.Daphne rubbed her sle
DaphneLinc kept glancing at me as Alpha Colt was explaining everything to Lilah. I still had no idea how he knew that I had killed someone.It was a few months before I met Lilah. And it was in self defence.It had been a scorching hot day. My skin was burnt from the sun as I had no protection. I had barely eaten in days. The water that I had was almost gone. I had no energy left and all I could do was sit here, in this overgrown corner.A bottle was thrown into my lap, I remember his words. “Drink, we don’t need another one dying.”I had just about opened my eyes to see a man with olive skin, standing over me. His hair slicked back, sunglasses hiding his eyes.“What do you mean, another one?” I had murmured the words. My lips were so dry and chapped that it made it difficult to talk.He didn’t answer my question. He had just told me to drink. I was so thirsty that I drank the entire bottle.“Good girl.” He had muttered before pulling me to my feet.“Let go of me!” I had shouted and
Alpha Colt.“Why don’t you ladies go grab something to eat. I need to speak to Grant.” I try and offer a smile but Lilah wasn't buying it. Instead she frowns at me. She never liked it when I said I needed to speak to someone. I had no doubt that she would question me later.“You better be nice to him.” She mutters through our mindlink as she walks away.“Only if he is telling the truth.”She flicks her long raven hair over her shoulder and scowls. “What is that supposed to mean?”“I will explain later.”Grant watches them walk away as well. “You let her come here but you wouldn’t let Sophie?”“It was the only way I could get Lilah to come back.”“Why?”“For some reason Lilah likes her. They get along so well. She actually doesn’t seem to force the friendship not like she did with that other girl, Halle. Halle was a friend, but not in the same way as these are.”“I don’t trust her.”“You don’t have too. But you need to play nice. She is Lilah’s friend. She is Linc’s… Well I don’t know