Kayla’s POV
I growled at Gregory when he hesitated to reveal his ally’s name, and he whimpered in response.
“Ste- Stephen…”
For a moment, I just stared at him blankly as I tried to remember any Stephen who was an enemy of my pack. But then, the name really registered in my mind and I gasped in disbelief. My eyes met Gregory’s and realizing my confusion, he nodded at me. No… it can’t be!
From my peripheral vision, I absent mindedly noticed Zane walking towards me in his human form and realised that he must have changed back sometimes in the last few minutes while I was busy interrogating Gregory. He was wearing only a shorts and normally, I would have taken the time to admire his shirtless body, but not now. Not when it felt as if my whole world was falling apart and my entire life was a lie...
“Steph- Stephen, as in Stephen Xanders?” I whispered.
Kayla’s POVAfter killing Gregory, Zane and I tracked down all the Dark mages on Gregory’s ‘coven’ and took care of them. Once we made sure that no one would be alive to tell the tales to anyone else, we were ready to go back home. I didn’t feel any remorse for killing those men, even if they were not who harmed my pack because I could feel the evil emanating from them. Each of them were evil down to their cores and if we left them alive, they would not only bring trouble to us by spilling my secrets to someone, they would be destroying more lives too.I looked at Zane, who was thankfully wearing a shirt now. He looked at the bodies gathered around the clearing before turning to me.“Do you think we should do something about these bodies? Is it okay to leave them around like this?”“I don’t think hiding them is going to help. No wizards or wolves are goi
Kayla’s POVIt was dawn by the time we finally got out of the forest. Zane and I walked around for a bit before spotting a hotel. It was not much to look at, but I was not picky. I just wanted a place to get clean and rest a bit before searching for my scum of an uncle. Though Zane didn’t look pleased by the idea of staying in such a low-class place, he had no other option than to follow me as I marched into the hotel with determination. It was not as if he was going to find a seven star hotel here, anyway...As we walked into the hotel, I took in the cozy-looking interior of the hotel with cute sceneries hanging on the walls. It was better than what I had imagined after seeing the shabby looking building. Not bad…We walked towards the reception, and I saw the receptionist who would have looked pretty if not for the two inches of makeup caked on her face. A bitter taste filled my mouth as I found her pract
Kayla’s POVSecuring a towel around my frame, I opened the door of the bathroom and peeked outside stealthily. When I didn’t see Zane anywhere nearby, I relaxed and strolled outside, searching to see if Maggie the hag had actually proved herself useful and sent something for me to wear. Finding a package near the door, I picked it up with relief. Now I have to retreat to the bathroom and get dressed before Zane comes back from wherever he went off to.“I could get used to this view,” Zane said from behind me, making me shriek and jump in alarm. How did he come behind me?!I found his eyes drinking me up with appreciation and realised that I was just covered in a flimsy towel, even though it came to my mid thigh. Instinctively, I crossed my arms against my chest, but when Zane’s eyes went to my cleavage, I hastily uncrossed my arms and stiffly put them on my sides.“How did you
Zane’s POVUsually when I have pancakes in front of me, I would just devour them without caring about anything else in the world. But today, even the pancakes couldn’t take my mind off what happened earlier. My thoughts kept flashing back to the moment when I had spotted Kayla wearing just a little towel around her frame.I remembered how the water droplets clung on to her shoulders tantalizingly, teasing me with their slow descent towards her cleavage and finally disappearing inside the towel, making me jealous of mere water droplets.I had acted goofily and teased her that time because I didn’t want to spook her by doing what I really wanted to do, which was pull her to me and kiss her pouty lips while peeling off that flimsy towel from her body. My wolf was demanding me to throw that damn piece of cloth away from my mate’s amazing body so that I could explore every delicious inch of her skin.
Kayla’s POVI thought that I was the only one with problems in the world. I had seen the death of my family and I had to accept the enormous responsibility of being the Alpha of the pack at the tender age of sixteen, forcing me to grow up before I was ready. I had been feeling sorry for myself, believing that everyone else in the world was living merrily while I continued with my miserable existence.Hearing the story of Zane was an eye opener for me. With how cheerful he was all the time, I had assumed that he had a perfect life with a perfect loving family to pamper him, making him the silly playboy I had believed him to be. I felt ashamed of myself for jumping to conclusions without knowing anything about him.All this while, he was carrying such a huge weight on his shoulders while having a smile on his face, and I never knew. At least, I had a happy childhood till the age of sixteen, when he had never k
Kayla’s POVOnce Zane informed me that he got Stephen’s scent, I thought that we would start hunting him right away. But he insisted he needed to get some things done before commencing the tracking. My excitement took a nosedive at his declaration, but I decided I could use the time to check the snake’s diary.We locked the cottage, and I ignored Zane’s ill concealed laughter as I buried the key back in the plant pot. What is wrong with having a hiding place for a key?!When we reached the hotel room, I made a beeline for the couch and sat with the diary in my arms. I wanted to know what all nasty secrets it carried.Zane looked at me with amusement shining in his eyes, but seeing my determined expression, he left me to it before going to the balcony with his mobile.I opened the diary and noted that it was from the year of the rogue attack. For him to lock it in a hidden compartmen
Kayla’s POVWhen I thought of going to hunt Stephen, what I pictured in my mind was both of us getting dressed in badass spy costumes and searching for him stealthily until Zane gets his scent trail. And I thought it wouldn’t be much of a hassle since we were fairly certain that he was still somewhere in the state and we only needed to stop by in each of the towns before he could come across the vile man’s scent. We wolves could sniff out our prey for miles, and with Zane’s superior tracking skills, he could track the scents even farther than regular wolves.I had mapped it all in my head, and that’s why I was surprised when Zane declared his brand new plan that had nothing to do with what I had in mind.Zane had vetoed my grand plans by telling that it would look suspicious if we go to every town and sniff around for Stephen. He may get wind that we were searching for him, and we would nev
Kayla’s POVI stared at the skinny guy who stood staring at the unconscious man with a proud expression. He dusted his hands off before looking around the hall as if waiting for anyone else to challenge him. People looked at him and then the brawny guy on the ground before scampering off while a few lingered around, praising his strength.I watched as the bigger man who was still unconscious was dragged away from the hall by his peers. For a werewolf to become unconscious and to stay so for this long, how much force should have been used on him? That too by a guy who looked as if he couldn’t even stand straight on his own.It smelled really fishy, and I just knew it in my heart that this was all linked to Stephen. I didn’t have any evidence that said so, but my instincts were screaming at me that this has Stephen written all over it and my instincts had never let me astray so far.As the g