Kayla’s POV
I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to stop the glare of the sun from disturbing my sleep. Did I forget to close the curtain last night?
When closing my eyes didn’t help, I rolled around to the other side of the bed and hit something warm, a pillow?
I opened my eyes lazily and met amber eyes gazing at me intently. My heart skipped a beat at the sight of my mate looking at me with a tender expression. But then I realised it was just a dream. Well, this was different from my normal nightmares and as tingles spread through my body, I couldn’t tell that I hated waking up to see my mate’s face first thing in the morning. Oh, who was I kidding? It was exhilarating to see him gazing at me with such a loving expression, and I couldn’t help but hope that I would get to wake up to such a sight for real one day…
“Good morning, mate,” he greeted me with a smirk.
Kayla’s POVI shook my head to get rid of the melancholic feeling. There was no point in feeling sorry for myself. I had to get hold of myself and track the rogues now.I looked down at myself and frowned at the state of the dress I wore. I had enough of it and wanted to throw it away at the earliest. Too bad I didn’t bring a spare one. I spotted a small shop and saw a salesgirl putting the dresses on display. It appeared as if the shop was just opening up. If only I had some cash with me…My eyes fell on my gold chain, and an idea formed in my mind. Maybe I could convince them to give clothes to me by pawning it? I was not exactly pleased with the idea since it belonged to my mother and I cherished it. But I couldn’t think of another option…I sighed and marched towards the shop with determination. The girl in the store was a human and hearing me approach, the girl looked up with
Kayla's POVThe men stood around me, leering at me and the leader lost his apprehension entirely, having all his men to aid him. He strode towards me confidently, invading my personal space and I raised my brows at him."Oh, so you are not going for a one on one this time? Scared a woman will beat your ass...again?" I asked with a smirk."You!" he raised his hand as if to slap me and flinched with pain, as his eyes went down to his hand which was trembling under the exertion."It hasn't healed yet? Must have broken quite terribly.""Woman! You are asking for death! If you weren't just so gorgeous, I would have torn you to pieces and fed them to my boys already. But it would be a waste to destroy such beaut
Zane’s POVAs I walked with Kayla, my mind flashed back to the moment I found her with the men. I still felt murderous even though she was fine, and they were long gone. How dare they try to force themselves on my woman? On any woman for that matter, but seeing that fucker hold my girl and trying to kiss her, I literally saw red. If not for not wanting to show my violent side to my mate, I would have torn them all to shreds and still done some more. It took all my willpower as it is to spare them and now; I was having second thoughts. What if they do that to another unsuspecting woman? Well, I will deal with them when I come back later because I know I will be back again. My senses were screaming that they will soon be the Feral Assassin’s targets, and I will not blame him. These assholes didn’t deserve to live!I shook my head and turned to Kayla to see that she had slowed down. She looked tired, and I decided tha
Kayla’s POVI let go of the control I held over the beast inside me and as the man quivered in front of me; I knew that my eyes must be glowing right now. He finally seemed to recognise what horror he was facing, but bad for him, it was too late. I smiled at him showing my sharp teeth and he flinched before raising his hand toward me shakily.“Feral Assassin,” he mouthed in alarm, but no sound came out. Still, the words he breathed out seemed to ring in the silent forest, and the men who were holding me let go of my arms like they had been burnt.That’s right. I am the Feral Assassin everyone has celebrated. They looked down on me because I was a woman, even when I proved myself time and time again. That’s why no one ever doubted that the Feral Assassin could be a woman. It was always ‘he’ for them. Well, the joke is on them.I stretched my limbs and relished in the feeling of
Kayla’s POVI watched Zane’s face as a myriad of emotions passed through his eyes; disbelief, recognition, confusion… Now that he knew my biggest secret, I waited for him to make his mind regarding what he was going to do. Was he going to attack me now or would he just report to the council?He had to find me just at the time I found a clue to track the one behind the attack on my pack. If only I could get a little time to at least avenge the deaths of my family like I had always wanted… Would Zane listen to me if I ask him to wait for a few days before he reports me to the council or would he be too disgusted by my identity to listen to anything from me? What will happen to my pack once my identity as the Feral Assassin becomes known? Will Ethan be allowed to be their Alpha or will some power hungry Alpha seize my pack? Questions flooded my mind, and only Zane’s actions could decide the answers
Kayla’s POVI sighed and hesitantly took a step towards Zane.“I will tell you everything. But not here,” I said.He looked at the corpses around us and nodded in agreement.“As much as I don’t mind seeing dead bodies, I don’t think this is a place fit to have a heart to heart either.”“Let’s go,” I said.Then, because I couldn’t resist it, I took a twig from the floor and dipped it in the blood of one of the rogues before drawing my symbol on a tree. Then I turned to Zane, who was watching me with raised brows.“I don’t know when I started leaving the symbol of justice after the kills. But now, it feels weird without doing it,” I said sheepishly. Then I realised how lame that sounded. As if leaving no symbol near my prey was anymore weirder than killing rogues and fixing a symbol for myself.Thankfully
Kayla’s POV“Let’s go to the Alpha office. It is soundproof,” Uncle Xavier said.I nodded at him in response before motioning Zane to follow us. I paused when Jared started to follow us, and I turned to Uncle Xavier with raised brows. Jared didn’t know my secret, and I wasn’t ready to disclose it to him yet, if ever. Hell, I wouldn’t even have ever revealed it to Zane if it was up to me. Uncle Xavier frowned at Jared before clearing his throat.“Where do you think you are going?”“My office?” Jared asked with a puzzled look.“Did I invite you? I asked Kayla and Zane to join me. Not you.”“Huh? But it is my office. I am the Alpha if you forgot.”“You maybe the Alpha, but I am still your dad. I am going to use your office to have a private discussion with Kayla and Zane. You are going to stay and take care
Kayla’s POVI looked at Zane and took a deep breath before delving into my troubled past.“After Uncle Xavier recognised me as a Feral wolf, I was so rattled by the information that I was in a constant state of worry and distraction. I got pissed off for even the smallest of things and I convinced myself that I will go insane any day, leaving me unable to fulfil any of my missions in life,” I sighed. “Exactly one month after the rogues attacked my pack, I faced the challenges for my Alpha position. With my Feral strength, I easily handled the challenges, and that was when I decided that I needed to start searching for the rogue who had escaped the night of the rogue attack.”“I had heard of how there were fifty challengers for your position and how you fought ten of them and even killed one. I always thought it was just an exaggerated tale, but I guess not…” Zane muttered.