FAZER LOGINAvalineAfter a fortnight, I walked out of the hospital escorted by Beta Rocco and his guards. Although I still felt like a prisoner, at least I wasn’t bound in chains.“Ava, how are you feeling? Can you attend an important meeting right away?” Rocco sounded hesitant.“Yes.” I understood Kaizen’s urgency to discuss the business plan with me. He had no idea about growing Nordic Blue Monkshood, nor the patience to learn. All he could do was fight and kill. Therefore, he wanted me to undergo intensive training to produce the toxic, exotic poison in Waltonville. He had been stalling for two years, and now even a day’s delay seemed unbearable to him.In the last two weeks, he had visited me multiple times for my signature on legal documents. The day Kaizen’s application had been approved and the company registered in my name, Sean had arrived at the hospital to see me. I feigned sleep throughout the time, and he gave up and left.He realized I didn’t want to see him ever in my life. I had t
AvalineI raised my heavy head and focused my eyes on the monster standing before me. For two years, he had tortured me into giving in.I hadn’t.But tonight, my heart bled watching my mate and my pack so helpless. Their death was inevitable, and so was mine. Only I could change our fate.My gaze moved beyond Kaizen. Jaxon stood behind the iron bars, gripping them so tightly that his knuckles had turned white. His face was bruised, his clothes torn, and his eyes were filled with something I hadn’t seen in years.Fear for himself and his pack. He knew what he had done. Just then our eyes met, and for a heartbeat, the dungeon disappeared.I remembered the way he had claimed me forcefully, the way he chose another mate over me and then abandoned me the day I needed him the most. It was the day I had lost our babies. He had left me in the hands of the ruthless enemy. Then why did he look so surprised? Did he expect me to live a life of luxury as a traitor?How little he knew me! I stared
JaxonI looked around the dungeon while Levi paced around the tiny cell in fury. “How did we not foresee this? How could we just walk into Kaizen’s trap?”I shrugged and faced him. This was not the time for regrets. We should have seen this coming and waited for Alpha Jason’s return. Yet, I couldn’t completely let go of the idea. How did the enemy know about our move tonight? Earlier, Celine had been the traitor. But I had heard that Maximus had killed her. Then who could have given us away? “Do you think we have a traitor among us? How else would Kaizen know our plan?”Levi stopped dead in his tracks and turned to me. “It can’t be Avaline this time. Do you think we have another spy?”I gaped at him, completely at a loss. This was the first time he hadn’t blamed Avaline for everything. “I’m not sure. But definitely it isn’t Avaline.” I wanted to elaborate and explain Avaline’s innocence. But this wasn’t the time or place. I needed proof of her innocence. I needed to see her once. Ever
JaxonI emerged from the SUV, drew my weapon, and charged. The first enemy warrior came at me from the left. I ducked his claws and drove my fist into his ribs. He crashed into a tree.Another attacked me from behind. I spun and knocked him down. “Push toward the eastern ridge!” I shouted. “We need an escape route!” Nobody answered, and I looked around.The eastern ridge was already occupied. More of Kaizen’s warriors stood there. My stomach dropped realizing they had surrounded us.A familiar voice drifted through the smoke. “Looking for a way out, Beta?”I froze as Kaizen stepped from between the trees. He looked completely calm with not a single scratch on him.I stared at him. “You’ll pay for this.”His lips curved into a faint smile. “Let’s see who pays whom.”My jaw tightened as rage surged through me. I launched myself at him, but he met me halfway. The impact sent me crashing to the ground.I rolled and sprang back up, claws extended. He was stronger than I remembered. His cla
Two Years LaterJaxon“Tonight, at sundown, we’ll assemble at the Blackwater Hollow Campground, 30 miles from here. Are the troops ready?” I looked at my trusted friends: Levi, Grayson, and Theo. After Ezra’s tragic death in the fight two years ago, we missed him every minute. Just as much as we missed our parents. Theo and I lost our fathers that night in the fight against Kaizen.Ever since, we had been planning to strike back. If Alpha Jason Black hadn’t sheltered us in his pack that night, Kaizen and his father would have executed us.For the last two years, we had been living in the town of Mammoth Springs and working on Alpha Jason’s organic farm for a living. It wasn’t the life we wanted. But the news of Maximus’s death had shattered us. We realized what a tremendous responsibility we had on our shoulders to avenge the death and massacre of that night. We wanted to snatch back our territory and punish Alpha Kaizen.With Alpha Jason’s support, we could gather a powerful army of
AvalineKaizen stared at me for several seconds. Then something changed in his expression. He finally understood. I hadn’t been buying time because I was considering their offer. I had never intended to accept it in the first place.Sean gave a humorless laugh. “Do you think time is on your side?”My shoulders drooped as I braced myself for the worst. I had no idea how long this would last. Would I die here in this tiny cell one day? “I know it isn’t. Do what you have to. I wish my mother had never met you. You’re the worst father a daughter can have.”His smile vanished. I had hit the truth. He took a step towards me and grabbed me by the neck. “Do you think I wanted your mother? She was a filthy omega who climbed into my bed. She got what she asked for.”I trembled with fury, not believing a word he spoke. “You’re lying. No one in their right senses would choose a monster like you, Sean Leonodus. So did you force yourself on her and flee?”His grip tightened, making me choke and spu







