LOGINCASSIUS POV “You, and you—protect the Alpha with your lives.” James ordered two deltas as I walked toward the eastern door. It was a private escape route, meant to be used only when the building was under attack. Now even that felt impossible. My dagger was drawn, light catching on the blade. My grip tightened around the golden handle. My heart pounded hard as I approached. Then I stopped. The door that had once been white was now covered in blood. If the rogues were this hungry for blood, what the hell was Trinity going through right now? Gagged? Beaten? Or worse—taken advantage of. The things rogues did best when it came to women. My stomach turned at the thought of her in tears, pleading, promising anything just to be spared. Yet… No. I forced the images away before they could fully form. Trinity was strong. Strong enough to have survived my father. I had to trust she would be fine—that she could handle herself. At the same time, everything could still go wrong. “Allow me, Al
CASSIUS POV As soon as he finished speaking, chaos erupted. One moment I was still reeling from the blow to the back of my head. The next, a second blast—stronger than the first—shook the entire room and nearly deafened me. I shot to my feet and strode for the door at the same time as my father. “We’ll finish this discussion later,” he said. I didn’t answer. I simply walked past him. I had no intention of continuing the conversation either. My priorities were clear: push back the rogues and find Trinity. One of the attackers might know something. After all, they were here because of her. And I was ready to make an example out of them. Perhaps after this, they’d realize the mistake they had made in attacking me. The moment I stepped into the hallway, Scarlett came running toward me. “I’m scared,” she whimpered, throwing her arms around me tight enough to stop me in my tracks. “Not now,” I grunted, trying to pry her hands off. She only clung tighter. “Please don’t leave me.” I le
CASSIUS POVBloodthirsty rogues. Unbeatable. And now they wanted Trinity.Why?“I told you that bitch is no good!” Scarlett snapped. “I don’t understand why they let her into this pack. We’ve never had a rogue attack here in over three years, but suddenly she arrives and everything turns upside down!”“Did they say why they wanted her?” I asked.He shook his head. “That’s all we were able to get from one of them.”It made no sense.Or maybe it did.Trinity had taken over her father’s company, one of the leading companies in New York. It made sense that someone would want what she’d inherited.But sending over a hundred rogues to attack the pack just for that?I shook my head.There had to be something else driving them.Simply taking over the company didn’t seem like enough.“What do we do, Alpha?” the guard asked. “Beta James left a few minutes ago with some Deltas and…”“Take as many Deltas as you can to guard the Alpha residence,” I ordered. “The remaining Deltas need to push back
CASSIUS POV Two hours later, Trinity still wasn’t back. Every optimistic thought I’d had seemed to vanish within the first few minutes. In their place was an anxiety I’d never felt before. It pressed hard against my chest, twisting my gut and giving me a blinding headache. I groaned, squeezing my eyes shut as I gripped my head in frustration. “We need to send the guards out,” James said. “It’s almost 1 a.m., and like I said before, Miss Justice wouldn’t stay out with her son this late.” I said nothing. James let out an exasperated sigh. He walked toward my desk and stopped. “I thought you liked Miss Justice…” My eyes narrowed on him, cutting him off. Still, he didn’t take it as a signal to keep quiet. “You stare at her photo all day, smile in a way I’ve never seen you smile at Miss Preston, and you’re even much more tolerant of her than any other female you’ve ever come across…” He was damn right. It was because she was my mate. Even though I didn’t want to believe that t
CASSIUS POV “How long have you been trying to reach her?” I asked as soon as I stepped into her room. Ivy, Chase and Elliott’s sister, was pacing around the room. As soon as she saw me, she stopped. “I’ve called her at least twenty times,” Ivy said. “That is the most I’ve ever tried to call her. Normally, she answers on the second ring, but for some reason, she just isn’t answering.” I looked outside the open window. Dark grey clouds covered the sky, and the moon was slowly rising behind them. “Maybe her phone died,” I murmured. That was the only tangible reason I could think of for why she’d been called twenty times without answering. “Or maybe something happened to her,” Onyx murmured. “Those pains you’ve been getting. I told you they were connected to her.” No. I shook my head. I didn’t want to believe something had actually happened to her. No one would dare hurt Trinity. Absolutely no one. She was from Evercrest and under my protection. Anyone willing to face my wrath w
SCARLETT POVFor three years I had tried to make this work.Through deception, lies—everything I believed would keep him. Yes, I was the daughter of an Alpha. I could have had whoever I desired.My father was a powerful man, and over the years I had so many suitors I could barely choose.None of them were like Cassius. Not only did he belong to the most powerful pack in Evercrest, he was the CEO of one of the leading companies in New York.With him, my future was assured. Even if my father ceased to be Alpha tomorrow, I would have nothing to worry about with Cassius by my side.I would not stand by and watch some bitch from nowhere take what was mine.I wasn’t stupid. I had noticed everything since her arrival. The way she looked at him continuously. The way she pushed her bastard son to call Cassius “Father.”My nose wrinkled in disgust. I had never seen someone as desperate as she was—until now. It was even more disgusting knowing they were family, yet she kept getting closer to him







