MasukCOLE'S POVThe argument had started before I had fully put my bag down. "Cole, what are you doing? You shouldn't be here." Aldric said. His tone was off and a bit condescending to me. "And yet here I am. Why are you so rude? You told me to come here anytime. Have you forgotten?" He rolled his eyes, "Can't you see things right now? Caldenmoor isn't safe. You know this so why would you still think now is the perfect time to come, Cole? What the fuck is wrong with you?" "Ezra is missing. If that isn't enough reason to be here then I don't know what else..." "So you also want to go missing?" "Aldric, my best friend has disappeared into what I can only assume is a very dangerous situation and you want me to stay in Voss City and do what exactly? Keep playing hockey?" I looked at him. "That's not who I am." "This isn't about who you are or aren't. Nobody gives a fuck about that!" He retorted. My heart sank at the harshness of his tone. "It's about the specific physica
THE AUTHOR'S POVEzra blinked a few times after opening his eyes only to come across an unfamiliar ceiling. He let his brain do the work of assembling where he was from the available information but the process was cut short abruptly. "Hey." Marco said from somewhere to his left. Ezra shifted his view towards that side. Marco was in the chair beside the bed. He then leaned forward after Ezra's eyes found him and reached for the glass on the nightstand. "Just take it slow and don't sit up yet, okay? Have water first then you can ask questions." Ezra took the glass and drank eagerly. Marco watched him in great relief. At least, his reaction meant that his system was functioning well. "W-what happened?" Ezra asked when the glass was empty. Marco collected it from him. "You showed up at our door in the middle of the night before we left Caldenmoor. You were barely standing. You looked pale and you were shaking. It was as if you had seen something that terrified you." He pu
DORIAN'S POVAs soon as I got back to Veyrath, I didn't head home. I went straight to Aldric's clinic to kind of get my mind off some things. He came out of the back when I arrived, still in his clinical clothes, and looked at me as if he was trying to assess my situation. "Well, you look terrible. Is this the effect of not having one's mate close?" "Please don't joke with me, Aldric. I am not really in the mood." "Where are you coming from? The air around you smells different." "I went to Voss City." "Hmm. Before we proceed, Riven brought a woman yesterday. He said she is Dave's mother." I nodded, "Yeah. She is." "Hmm. She's been with him since yesterday afternoon, sitting and talking to him...I don't know how much he hears at this stage but it doesn't seem to matter to her. She looks better for it. Being in the room...having somewhere to put all of it. I feel pity for her." Aldric recited. "We had to bring her close seeing as her health was also deterior
DORIAN'S POVI looked around the surroundings. Nothing had really changed much since I came some months ago. Unlike my brothers who came regularly enough for business or personal reasons, I had no time to spare for such random visits to Voss City. I buzzed the apartment but there was no answer. I did it again and waited calmly. There was still no answer. Where exactly did he used to go? It was morning but I expected he would be home instead. For a human with zero protection, he seemed to walk around a lot! I stepped back onto the pavement and looked up at the building before taking out my phone. I called Lucien. "I came over to see you but you were not in the office." "I am in Voss City." I answered. "Oh, alright." "Did you find him yet?" "No, nothing yet. The available cameras caught him sneaking away but nothing much." I exhaled heavily. Ezra, you're one hell of a tough nut to crack. "Hmm. Send me Cole's number. I don't think I have it and I am right in
AUTHOR'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 POVCole knocked 3 times before I could just pretend I wasn't home at all. "I can hear you breathing just fine, Ezra. Get the fuck out and stop living that introvert life." He yelled so much that I feared he would draw a lot of attention to my abode. I stared at the ceiling. "That's
EZRA'S POV My heart felt like it was going to fall out of my chest.I had planned this for months. Years even. But now, as the time loomed even closer, I started feeling myself get cold feet.What would happen if I failed and they caught me? Caelan would never trust me again. Would they kill me? I
EZRA'S POV20 YEARS LATERI hated Wednesdays.I don't think I needed to say much. I simply hated the day. Not in the way everyone seemed to dread Mondays, I hated Wednesdays the way you hated something that had never once surprised you. Something that arrives on schedule, takes what it needs and le
CAELEN’S POVIf they died, so would I.My fingers gripped my phone tighter, my brows furrowed as I listened to the person on the other end of the call.“We're already looking at other options, Mr Lopezㅡ”“How long do they have if we're not able to find a suitable match?” I cut him off, my voice gru







