LOGINI cleaned the tear that had dropped from my eyes and stood up.
Lisa was already climbing the stairs and I didn't need more of those pity stares.It made me uncomfortable and I'm sure they felt uncomfortable as well.Before she knocked, I was already pulling the door open."They'll set up the bath for you," she said, ushering some omegas with steaming pots of water, "we brought clothes for him and food is cooking. I'm sorry we don't have anything on ground at the momIt was Lisa and Killian this time and they were carrying trays of steaming hot food."Oh you guys," I teared up, my stomach growling.Sofie hunted for us on our way but it wasn't ever enough for two wolves running from pursuing enemies."Sorry it took so long," she apologized as she dropped it on the table in the room."What? You guys were right on time, in just stepping out of the bathroom.""I'm sorry for all of this, Maya. We should have prevented this from happening," Killian said but I shook my head."Don't go take guilt that doesn't belong to you, Killian. No one would have suspected Darren and what do you mean Caden's ex woke up from the dead?"We chuckled at that but my heart pumped at the memory of Vera."She's going to die a second time and properly this time," Lisa swore, "I'll make sure of that!""Already beat you to it, sorry.""Wait, what?" Killian gasped "She was.. forc
I cleaned the tear that had dropped from my eyes and stood up. Lisa was already climbing the stairs and I didn't need more of those pity stares.It made me uncomfortable and I'm sure they felt uncomfortable as well.Before she knocked, I was already pulling the door open."They'll set up the bath for you," she said, ushering some omegas with steaming pots of water, "we brought clothes for him and food is cooking. I'm sorry we don't have anything on ground at the moment. There's like three more Packs here and I'm still adjusting to the job," she finished with a tense chuckle."Oh dear," I rubbed her arm, "you must be overwhelmed.""I actually don't mind the extra work, it's taking my mind from everything that's been happening.""We'll get them back soon, I promise.""You shouldn't be thinking about that right now, Maya," she said, looking deep into my eyes. "You've survived hell, look what they did to your hair!"
Caden's body had stopped shaking somehow along the journey and his eyes were still yellow but there was a lightness to it.Like he was here but not fully here with me.I'd felt him sucking my energy the way those rogues did but for the first time, I was more than glad the curse I had was becoming a blessing.I thought about waiting for some more time to see if he'd completely come back to me but I remembered my child and the evil glint in Derrick's eyes.There's no time.So I crept along the lines, away from the Packs but it was quite difficult to stay clear since the West were joined together.Only Iron Claw maintained it's own boundaries and distance, most other Packs just bled into each other.Caden thought we were playing a game again, this time, not chase, but sneaking around.He was so.m carefree I couldn't believe it.Sofie played with him, indulging and making him laugh in wolf form more than I'
Sticks and stones dug into my body but I couldn't care less, not when my life was on the line.I'd tried escaping several times since this ordeal started but there was something about this one.I was ready to tear into anything and anyone that'll try to stop me.Except it wasn't a who, it was a fricking what.I forgot to mention, the river wasn't some east going water body, this thing was violent.It's the Midlands for a reason.While the west had very fertile land, our Pack lacked food because our Alpha was exhausted and after losing his mate, my mum, he'd sort of given up on life, and just kept making bad mistakes Most people around here were feeding just fine.My head hit one heavy rock before I was thrown into the river, and the current rushed into my nostrils and eyes, throwing me up and down.I heard Caden's grunt but it sounded so far away and I should be feeling really bad for not preparing him
The doors opened and I sat up, expecting more poisoned meat. It's probably been weeks or something, I had no way to count, I was usually asleep most times anyway. When meat wasn't thrown at me, I opened my eyes and then woke up completely when I saw Derrick standing there, grinning. I shifted into human form to speak to him. "You should come with a warning bell," I grunted, sitting up. "You know," he said, folding his arms, "I've never really noticed your body." I swallowed, coiling deeper into Caden's body. "You're fucking sick!" I snapped. "We've established that long before now." "What do you want Derrick?" "One day you'll call me the appropriate title and maybe I'll have my cock shoved so far up your ass you'll do anything I say." My wolf growled but I held her back, we're not supposed to let him know how much stronger we've gotten. "Is that what you came here to do? To rehash your sick fantasies? I thought you wanted to be King." "I already am. The ceremony was last n
Caden's hand was on my back, unmoving until we got to the dungeons. He moved me into the first one, my one time second home and I finally let that tear fall. "Tie her up!" Derrick yelled from outside. "Except you want me dead, Derrick, you better don't do that." "You won't tell me what to do with you!" "You don't understand," I let out a dry laugh, "but you see, you need me for your army, and you need me to keep Caden under your leash. All he knows is Maya and that pull you somehow have on him. It's not permanent either, but the mate bond is. Nothing is stronger than it. I've overexerted myself twice with barely enough time apart. Even speaking right now is more work. If you put that fucking silver chain around me, I'll die and we both know one thing, Derrick, you need. me. alive. Your dream empire depends on it!" "You are stupid if you think I need you! I have your son and if this brute misbehaves, I'll kill him!" I laughed, "you think you can kill Caden?" "I have enough soldi
He muttered my name again, like a stage actor trying out expressions.Sad. Excited. Terrified.And soon, I realized why.A guard grabbed my arm from behind and before I could pull him off, Caden launched himself at the male and tore him to shreds."Caden, we have to go find..."My words died on my
It was daytime when my eyes fluttered open and at first, I was disoriented.I made to rub my swollen belly but I found nothing there.In shock, I jumped to sit, looked at my stomach and remembered.Remembered Caden coming to save me but stabbed by that knife, how it didn't work and how Vera took me
I don't know how, but soon, I began hearing many other warriors joining us, some in carriages, others in wolf forms."What's happening?" I gasp, sitting up but the pain made me relax back.That wasn't any better as the carriage was going too fast.Sofie couldn't heal me yet, she had to recover from
CADEN'S POV I was swamped, hundreds of rogues attacking me all at once."Aloha! I lost her!" Genevieve yelled at me.My heart slowed down dangerously."But you told me you had her!""Yes! No, I –""Genevieve Thomson!""She was standing there one second, I yelled her name, she turned to me and was







