A good beta. “Too late to pretend to care. I need to get this over with so I can go grab my nephew.” He says mockingly, tilting his head to the side. Unease floods me and I shake my head. No… Zaia has come too far for this… far too far. I will never let anyone hurt her or the children again! “The
ZAIA. I run towards Atticus and Valerie, my heart pounding violently. “Valerie!” “She’s alright.” Atticus growls but I can tell he is angry. His voice is tense and trembling with rage. Even though he’s reassured me, I keep running. “Shame you survived that attack… don’t worry, this time I’ll end
Showed I care… I look away. He is holding his own very well against Gerard and the other wolves. From the corner of my own eyes, I see backup arriving but there are far too many of the Sable’s men here and they have begun forming a circle around us, blocking off our backup. “You can still choose
Gaultier snarls at me, and I smirk. “This is the path you chose. Are you ready for it, Gaultier?” I ask but my target isn’t him… I plan to take out Gerard first… Gaultier doesn’t need to know that, not yet anyway. I pull the trigger, my eyes blazing as I force apart Gaultier’s barrier, allowing th
SEBASTIAN. Gaultier and I circle one another, both of us ready to kill. Two predators, two Alphas, and only one can be the victor. He spares a fleeting glance at Gerard’s fallen body. ‘Why did you let her do that? He was doing all of this for a better world! A better place for us all!’ he snarls
As much as those words sting, he’s doing it on purpose, playing mind games to guilt trip me. He feels nothing… but he’s trying to manipulate me. Once again, it shows that he is far too gone to save. ‘Shame that isn’t the way we were born to be. We grew up living two very different lifestyles… and
VALERIE. “We need to go to Jai!” I cry hearing the feedback coming through the headpiece as I cough, my lungs filled with smoke. I’m scared Jai is going up against Zade single-handedly when Alpha Hugh is struggling! He’s too powerful, they’re saying after Sebastian and Zaia he’s the next most powe
Melanie was probably unable to say his name… but that was something both Zaia and I had joked about when Sebastian and she had first met… Daniel was always around. Melanie was giving us a huge hint, but we never realised because we had only ever said it once or twice! “Stand down, Daniel, or I wil
I slam the brakes.We’re both launched forward and Zion’s arm flies out, catching me before I break my nose on the wheel.The SUV shoots past us and propels straight over the edge.It flips, hitting the rock face below, and erupts in a fireball that lights up the cliff side. The ground trembles slig
~ MILENA ~“Oh, you did not, you fucking assholes!” I snarl, rage tearing through me. The pain in my forearm barely registers as I wrench the wheel to the side, slamming our car into the one on the left. I time it perfectly. Their tyres catch the curb and the vehicle lurches violently.“Milena!” Zio
“Your dad gives me a reaction, and he’s a tad more gullible than you, so it’s fun to mess with him.” Her impish smile reminds me of Xander, and I shake my head.“I’m glad this isn’t real then. You and Xander would be the death of him.”“Yeah, we’ll keep the pretence going though. If the Arkan had an
It’s crazy how I actually would trust her around them, even if she is one of the Arkan. She has some compassion when it comes to kids… looking at her now as she talks to Kaia about something it’s almost hard to imagine she’s a killer. Almost.The image of her cold eyes as she raised a gun and pulled
~ ZION ~Milena. She has a way of keeping me on edge when nothing else or no one else has that effect on me; I don’t know what she’ll do next; it was one of the things I like about her, but right now I’m not enjoying it. Her sly smiles that tell me she’s up to something and the way she hugs Mom and
Kaia, on the other hand, is confident and bubbly. That’s the only way to describe the twenty-one-year-old redhead with the huge smile and bright blue eyes like Zion’s.His uncle is a few tables down, but occasionally I feel the prickling sensation at the back of my neck of someone watching me, and I
~ MILENA ~“Smell me?” I repeat, my cheeks involuntarily flush as I shove him back, only to meet hard fucking muscle.“Your arousal, to be precise.” He smirks, baring those teeth in a dangerous smile.Oh, hell no.I know what werewolves are capable of, but right now I don’t need to hear that. I don’
I nod, smiling slightly. “Yeah, thirteen. And she has, a lot of time has gone by hasn’t it?” I agree, looking at her. Even her… she’s not that girl anymore. So much time has gone by and yet… seeing her all dressed up like this makes me picture a life we can never have.If I didn’t kill her brother.
~ ZION ~My eyes widen as I see Uncle and Milena staring one another down right after she gave me the finger, for goddess knows what reason.Fuck, I didn’t think he’d be here today. He hates these things. My stomach twists with unease as I stride across the hall.“Uncle, this is Milena, my girlfrien