LOGINSHANE’S POV“Do you want to die, sorcerer?”“No.” It came too light, it got lost in the wind.“I have a proposition,” he said, eyes glinting with dangerous amusement. “One that could keep you alive.”My stomach knotted as a stunned hush spread through the room. Shock etched on every face.I knew then that whatever proposition the Alpha had for me was not mercy, but only delayed death.“A proposition to keep him alive?” One of the elders couldn’t hide his disdain, he stood up with an irritated look on his face, glancing from my face to the Alpha’sAlpha Cassian turned to him with a shrug. “Yes, is there any problem with it?” He seemed to dare the Elder to complain.The Elder cleared his throat. “No Alpha,” he shook his head. “The problem is just that, if you choose to save this magic user unlike all the other users that you have imprisoned or executed, the pack would start a revolt.”“And how many have ‘we’ imprisoned in the last 2 years?”“Three, two dead, one alive.” The elder cleare
SHANE’S POVMy chest felt hollow as the guards dragged me away. I felt like a pawn in a messed-up game, always meant to be removed.I kept my head lowered, trying not to break as the crowd around us made way for the guards to lead me away.This was it, I thought. I was really going to die.“STOP!!!” Nina’s voice suddenly rang through the crowds.I looked up immediately to find her standing in front of the guards defiantly with Abigail on her arm.What was she doing?“Please you can’t take him away, he did nothing wrong!” she cried out.The head warrior scoffed in annoyance, shoving her out of the way with a force that sent her to the ground.“Don’t you dare touch them!” I barked. Abigail began to cry from the fall while Nina stumbled up, dusting her clothes.The warrior turned to me with a cold smirk on his face. “And what are you going to do if I do?” he asked, stepping closer to where Nina stood with a lustful look on his face.“What are you doing?” I struggled against my bonds. “Le
SHANE’S POVDon Simon’s face broke into a horrified scream as I ran.“Stop him!” he yelled after me unsuccessfully, while staying planted to the ground. “Somebody stop him! He is one of those magic users!!”He wasn’t going to chase us. I didn’t expect him to.Now that he knew what I could do, he was no longer the wicked man with a whip. Now, he was simply a man and I was a sorcerer.I held Nina tighter as I ran through the fields. My lungs were burning and my muscles were screaming, but I couldn’t stop. Not if I actually wanted to survive this.The familiar dirt road was blurry as I rushed to my shack, my heart was racing so loudly that it drowned out everything else. By the time I reached our door, I dropped Nina with trembling hands, fumbling for the keys.“Shane?” Nina’s voice broke through my racing thoughts.I couldn’t bring myself to even look at her.Sighing to herself, she grabbed the keys from my shaky hands and opened the door.“Shane!” she called after me as I shoved her i
CHAPTER ONESHANE'S POVThe sun was as vengeful as ever, making beads of sweat drop down my arms as I toiled on the farmlands.My back ached, and my skin burned. As terrible as these conditions felt, I didn’t feel bad for myself at all. My attention was on my younger sister, who had been tilling the ground beside me since dawn that morning without a single complaint.I watched as she raised her spade, planting it deep into the soil, digging even deeper each time.She shouldn’t have to work this hard, not with me here.But without her here, I wasn’t going to be able to raise enough to take care of our needs, especially with our youngest sister at home who needed medicine frequently.“You’re gonna keep staring at me?” she asked, without breaking her focus.“You shouldn’t be here,” I replied, standing up to look at her. “I can find another job to take care of us–”“You will never find another job that would be less hard than Don Simon’s.” she retorted, turning to look at me.Her fair ski







