LOGINAUTHOR'S POV "I did it to protect him." Caelen argued back. "Protect him?" Arclock chuckled once more. "Well, what now is the result of that protection huh? Jeopardising everyone else's life?" "You are acting as if keeping Ezra would cause the whole of Caldenmoor to fall!" Riven spat. "Aren't we all on our way to damnation because of his existence, my young man?" Arclock frowned and pointed a finger at them all except Caelen. "Listen, the person I have issues with is your father. Learn not to butt in when the elders are speaking. Your father can sometimes be too smart and worse at the same time. Tying your sons' lives to an omega? He was just a tool either way but..." He exhaled. "Listen, the council will simply not accept this." "Why won't they?" Lucien spoke up. "We don't live for the council's approval. You are acting like we committed a crime." "You formed a Five-Fold Bond with a being whose status has not been assessed or cleared by this council since his
AUTHOR'S POVRiven stepped forward, "What does that mean? Explain yourself. It's time for what?" He asked them. The guard looked at him patiently, "Lord Arclock has requested Ezra's presence. That's the extent of what I'm authorized to share." "Oh hell no. That's not an explanation." "I believe you must be Riven," the guard looked at the rest of the quad and then back to Riven, "Lord Arclock indicated that your father would understand the instruction so if you have any questions, you should know who to ask for further explanation."The room was completely still. Ezra remained where he was. The papers remained on the floor at his feet where he had thrown them. The guard proceeded to move toward him but Lucien quickly stopped in front of Ezra before the guard had taken two steps. "Don't. Nobody touches him until someone tells us what the hell is happening. I don't care who sent you." "We have authorization from..." "Did you not hear me say I don't care? Authori
EZRA'S POVThe mansion was quiet when I got back and my soul could only happily thank my stars for it. There was no staff movement or sounds from the kitchen. Just complete silence...like everyone had disappeared. I stood at the entrance hall and looked everywhere. My heart was so heavy that for once, I wished to have it out of my body, maybe it would reduce the burden I was feeling. My mind kept going back to the words of Vera before I left the apartment, "I believe there is no other way I can make you see that you mean nothing to these vampires but a tool until you find out yourself. So I encourage you to do that and when you do, come back home. Valden will always be your home, a place where you belong."I walked toward Caelen's study. I didn't plan on doing so initially but my feet just moved and I followed them. I arrived at the door and as usual, it was locked. I stared at it for a moment, feeling something run and vibrate in my veins. Then I did what I had never done to an
AUTHOR'S POVDorian knocked once on Caius's office door and came in without waiting for an answer. He walked over to the window, stood by it with his back to the room for a moment, looking at nothing in particular before turning and sitting in the chair across from the desk. Only after that did Caius look up from what he was working on. "How is your project coming up?" Dorian asked him. "Not bad. Needed someone for the second test but right now, the humans are fleeing for their lives. My attempts in getting them to stay have failed woefully so it's currently on hold." Caius sighed and covered the tip of his pen with the cap. He relaxed into his chair and stared at his brother. "What's up?" "How is Dave?" Caius sniffed "Improving." He paused, playing the pen in between his fingers before setting it down. "Aldric's course of treatment has been more effective than either of us expected. The compound is clearing from his system faster now that we've identified the corre
COLE'S POVThe last practice of the session ended very well. I was at least proud of myself for the effort I had put in throughout. We all were tired yet satisfied with how far we had come. We had won the match three days ago. It was a clean win that didn't require much processing afterward because everything had gone the way it was actually supposed to go. Coach had been in a good mood since the day we won, which somehow filtered down through the whole team in a good way as well. The laughter, energy and smiles were unbeatable. "Let's go out for dinner, guys. Bills on me." He had suddenly announced and everyone praised him in the locker room. I loved free food so yes, I was gonna be there. The dinner was at a restaurant two blocks from the rink. The whole team plus the coaching staff sat at a long table and it was a bit noisy. But the people around didn't mind. Even the owner of the restaurant helped in celebrating by playing us some songs for about an hour and we sang along wh
AUTHOR'S POVThe door opened gently, letting Dorian and Caius inside. Caius sighed softly upon seeing the sight. Ezra was curled up into himself. He had managed to move to the bed at some point after sobbing last night. "Hi Ezra," Caius greeted. He went over and kissed the omega's forehead gently. Ezra turned around to look at them. "Are you alright, my love?" Dorian kissed his cheek and helped him sit up against the headboard. Ezra nodded and then looked at the tray. "We brought you breakfast. You didn't eat last night so please eat something." Caius said. Ezra didn't answer. His eyes remained glued to the tray. When Dorian sat beside him, Ezra raised his eyes slowly to look at him. "Do you understand what's happening?" Ezra asked, breaking the silence after sometime. His voice came out rougher than he'd expected. The brothers countenance fell. Ezra must have sobbed so hard last night. Caius sat at the edge of the bed on the other side. He placed Ezra's feet on his
EZRA'S POVFOUR MONTHS LATER"Ezra! Ezra, that pass in the third, bro, where did that even come from?""Just saw the opening," I shrugged. "Just saw the opening?" Cole repeated, throwing his arm around my neck and nearly taking me off balance. "Listen to this guy. Just saw the opening. You made Pe
DORIAN'S POV"The Harlow acquisition closes Friday," Caelan said, not looking up from his desk. "I need you in the Geneva office by Thursday morning at the latest.""I'll be there Wednesday night." I flipped to the next page of the report in my hand. "The Aldren contract is the bigger issue right n
LUCIEN'S POVThree weeks. Nothing.I had never been this worked up over something. How did we manage to lose a simple omega? It wasn't even about the fact that our feeding had been strained for a while, it was the fact that something bad could have happened to him. Of all the stupid things he cou
DORIAN'S POVThe first thing I noticed was the door slightly ajar.My ears perked up and I frowned slightly. Ezra was usually very careful about his privacy and his door was always shut. Always.The first thought that blared in my head was that something had happened to him.So, I knocked gently, w







