ANMELDENHades POVI couldn’t stand still. I paced back and forth in the corridor, growling lowly in my throat in frustration, constantly flicking my eyes towards the doors that led to Raven’s room, unable to hide my fear for my mate.She'd been so lifeless when we took her in. Nothing had brought her back from her deep slumber, and she'd looked like she was practically gone. We were too late. A couple of minutes earlier, and she would have been saved. Who would have guessed that Marissa would escape with a fucking hunter for God's sake? MaryAnne had planned everything, including a backup plan. I was glad that bitch was dead. “You have to let them work on her, Hades,” my sister Aeress whispered, putting a comforting hand on my shoulder as Jackson nodded in the background.I fought the urge to give in and punch the walls, to let out an anguished scream, instead focusing on keeping myself calm while my wolf raged inside my head. I could break down later, but not now. Not when Raven needed me t
Third Person POV“No,” she whispered as he finally finished with her, her body shaking as she sat back up, and he eyed her knowingly. “It can’t be. You’re not my…” she choked out, unable to bring herself to say the words.It was unfathomable, and yet, her wolf continued to entertain the idea, making Marissa feel sick to her stomach. Of all the things she'd dreamed her one true mate might be, excluding Hades, who wasn't her fated, she'd never even entertained the idea that it would be a hunter. A human no less. It happened, but it was rare. She felt as though she was fated to have a miserable existence, trying not to cry at the world that was slowly collapsing around her.“Mate?” he supplied dryly, reaching over and pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear, “you know better than I that you are.”He was confident, even a little arrogant. “But how?” she trembled, “you’re a hunter, not a shifter.”“Your mother knew. You sensed me once,” he said calmly, “when we were close. You rele
Third Person POVMarissa didn’t let up until they had reached safety, slowing and then lying down to let the hunter off. He climbed off confidently, and then she shifted to human form, the man, “Darius,” wrapping a cloak around her as she shivered from the cold.She didn't know him too well, but something about him made her skin crawl. That and her wolf was acting strangely towards him, which further made Marissa feel disquieted.“Thanks,” she said, sounding wretched.She'd left her mother behind to die. Ran away like a coward and allowed this hunter to help her escape, even though it went against everything she believed in. It was unnatural for a hunter to ally itself with a shifter. He and her mother, though, had some form of relationship and tonight, it had come in handy. He didn't even bother to ask about MaryAnne, though, perhaps already aware she had to be dead.They walked to the main road where a car was waiting. She climbed in as Darius got in the driver’s seat.“Where to now
Raven POV“Hey, MaryAnne,” I turned my head to look at her, even as I slowly gathered up my strength, my wolf lending me hers, our bodies beginning to tense in anticipation. “I bet you’re missing your old lover, aren’t you? You know, the man you kept secret from everybody,” I mocked, "well, I killed him. Slowly. Painfully. He begged me to stop,” I spat out as MaryAnne tensed, her grip loosening, “he screamed. He cried. I took so much pleasure out of his misery,” I taunted. “I carved him up, and then I put him in the forest for the little animals to feast on his flesh. I bet he’s a big old bag of bones now,” I said as she hissed between her teeth, “probably has maggots climbing all over him. He loved you too, you know,” I added gleefully as she clenched her hands into fists, “he died crying out your name,” I hissed, my eyes gleaming with satisfaction.What can I say? Go big or go home. It was working too. She was completely focused on me now, forgetting all about Aeress.I yanked out o
Raven POVI held my breath before feeling the knife slowly trace along my face, MaryAnne taking her time as Marissa looked on, her face almost turning green. She opened her mouth to say something and then closed it, glancing away as though unable to witness what MaryAnne was about to do.“Which should I ruin first?” MaryAnne murmured to herself, “Your pretty little face, or your body? I’m going to make it so that Hades can’t bear to look at your dead body, because you’ll be repulsive to him,” she threatened."Raven,” Aeress screamed, trying to move towards me despite her broken ankle. her eyes wide with horror, her whole body shaking.“Shut up,” MaryAnne growled, “else you might distract me and wouldn't that be even worse for your friend?" she taunted Aeress.She ripped the front of my dress, using the knife to tear it. I winced as the expensive fabric tore, exposing my lacy bra to her gaze. “No wonder Hades has a thing for you, what with that creamy skin and all,” she taunted, puttin
Raven POV“Wake up,” a voice said crudely.I jolted awake as cold water was poured over me, blinking against the darkness, my vision slowly coming into focus as I stared at the two people I knew were responsible for mine and Aeress’s kidnapping: Marissa and her mother. I tried to move my arms and felt them firmly restrained in silver cuffs behind my back, the sudden pain flaring as it burned my skin. My ankles were also restrained and as I glanced over, I could see that Aeress was in the same position as me. They weren’t taking any chances, that was for sure.Cowards, both of them. If I could just free my hands...then we might still have a chance. I couldn't reach my wolf, though, not between the drug and the restraints. “What do you want?” My voice is hoarse and tired.“What do you think?” MaryAnne demanded, a sly smile on her face. "Revenge for what you did to me, revenge for what you did to Marissa."I glare at her, “If you want revenge, then come at me, leave Aeress alone,” I dem







