KIARA Dante’s room was coming ever closer, and even as I tried to stop myself, I was only succeeding in slowing myself down a little. I looked around in desperation, trying to scream or make some sort of sound. NO! I am Kiara Westwood - No, I am Kiara Rossi; the queen, and the Luna of this pack. A mother. I won’t do this, I can’t! I gripped the dagger tightly. I would rather die than hurt my son! The hatred and fury coursing through me were growing stronger with each passing second, and I was beginning to be pushed into a corner of my own mind. My wolf's pain and restlessness mixed with my own. Not today. No one was going to take my body from me. Summoning every ounce of willpower I could, I forced all my concentration into trying to break free. I screamed as I forced my aura to burst through the barrier that seemed to be subduing it. It swirled around me like a storm, a clear purple visible around me as it blasted in all directions. I heard glass shattering nearby and dista
ALEJANDRO I hated seeing the fear on her face as she put distance between us, running to the door. "LIAM!" She shouted, pulling the door open, turning and rushing to my side. She hesitated, falling to her knees a few feet from me. "Alejandro, baby, are you ok?" She asked, reaching out, then hesitating as Liam and Raven entered. "I’ll get help." Raven murmured, running off. "Alejandro." Liam was by my side, and although my entire body was fucking burning up and felt like it was being fucking torn apart from inside, I was in my fucking senses. "Take care of her." I growled, staggering to my feet. "I'm fine, Amore Mio, calm down." I wanted to pull her into my fucking arms, but she was fucking scared of being near me and I did not want to make her even more panicked. "I’m going to get some antidote." I heard Liam say as he lifted Kiara to her feet, taking her out of the room with him. I could feel my body fighting it and the urge to shift took over. A menacing growl that I knew f
ALEJANDRO "Al." Darien called me, but it was fucking hard to keep myself together when my woman was fucking chained up down beneath these very pack grounds. "Call for a meeting in an hour’s time. Have the witches on call and wire the Alphas involved. It’s time we took this fucker down. What’s the count at?" "Four hundred and thirty-two." Darien replied after checking his phone. I nodded. "Spread farther out if we fucking need to, no one rests until we have what we need." I ordered coldly before walking away from him, no longer able to control my aura that was swirling around me in waves of darkness. This fucker has hurt my family, repeatedly… but to try to use my own mate against me… The urge to rip him apart piece by fucking piece sounded very enticing. I was about to go to my office at headquarters, but I didn’t think staying in one fucking room for an hour was going to help. So instead, I decided to go for a walk around the pack instead, and maybe for a run. A pack that had
MARIA Four days had passed since the meeting and we were getting ever closer to the blood count, which meant the time to leave would be soon… It had been four days since Kiara had lost control and was now being kept unconscious. Seeing her lying there on a bed of silver with chains holding her down was painful. I had wanted to talk to her before I left, one final time… to ask her to take care of my grandchildren… to take the place of that grandmother figure for them that I no longer would be able to fulfil… but I didn’t have the luxury to bid her goodbye. I now stood outside Raihana’s bedroom, hesitating. I had told her I had wanted a word, so she was expecting me, but I was feeling a little uncertain. Scared even. I swallowed hard trying to be strong. How do I tell my daughter that I wasn’t coming back? "Aunty Maria, come in." Chris said opening the door and flashing me a smirk. I smiled, and entered their bedroom, my heart pounding, which made Chris look at me suspiciously. "
ENRIQUE "I will kill him!" My heart was thumping in fear, I was terrified. I had returned to my pack in Puerto Rico, but when Padre found out I was back, he demanded I be brought back to England because he wanted to see me. I hated this place. It was nothing but a nightmare for me. My entire body was hurting me, but father didn’t stop. He kept kicking me. Again and again. I wanted to ask him why he didn’t come for me? Didn’t he love me? "Tell me, you hijo de puta! TELL ME!" Father screamed. Father… "I don’t know anything." I coughed as he kicked me again. "There is no way he would have let you go without something in return!" He hissed. "Tell me, what did you tell him?!" "Nothing Padre, I don’t know anything to have told him!" I cried out fearfully. Another kick to the head. I had pleaded for the last hour, yet he didn’t believe me. He kept hurting me and the memory of how I was always in pain returned to me. But why did it feel so much worse? Will I die? "You won’t speak?
ALEJANDRO "Come back Rayhan. We only have a couple dozen to go. You need to be here with Delsanra, even if it’s just for a bit." I said quietly through the phone. "Yeah." His quiet reply came. "I want to, but me coming back slows things down. We need to work as fast as possible." He’d been fucking strong, even with each passing day… Delsanra hadn't woken up in the last twenty hours and we were all getting fucking worried. Her heart was fading and time was running out. Kiara was knocked out in the cells, yet at times I felt the pain and agony through the bond. He was hurting her, trying to awaken her, and it fucking hurt, knowing I was causing her pain too. "Alright… How long do you think it’ll take?" I asked. "I'm going to say a day at most, I'm getting this fucking done." He replied, his voice dangerously low. "Got it." I hung up, dropping into my seat. I was trying to keep my shit together, but the poison was fucking messing me up too. Janaina and Elijah were in the room. Ev
RAYHAN I had returned back to Uncle’s pack the day after he had called and told me to come home, I had refused, but I had finally gotten the blood count we needed plus an extra ten in case some were not viable. I couldn’t afford to lose more time; with each passing day my kitten was getting worse, I couldn’t just sit back and wait. Seeing her state when I entered our bedroom had made my stomach plummet, the fear and worry I was feeling only worsened. She hadn't woken up since last night. "What was the last thing she said?" I asked Mom quietly, as I rocked Sienna. Running my other hand through Delsanra’s white hair, hair that I loved as much as the woman they belonged to. The sun shone through the window, illuminating her pale skin. If it wasn’t for the veins that covered her, it was as if she was just asleep. "She simply said something to me, I'm not sure what time it was." Mom said quietly, trying to keep her face blank, but I could see the emotions and the pain in her eyes. She
RAYHAN I turned sharply to see Dante standing there, reaching over he quietly shut the door. "What do you mean she’s going to sacrifice herself?" I asked sharply. He looked down the hallway before motioning at me to follow him. Why did he act like a twenty-year-old rather than his age? This boy… but I was far more worried about what he had just said outside Mom's room. A thousand thoughts crossed my mind as he opened my bedroom door, making Raihana look at us questioningly. "You can leave." Dante said to her, making her frown. "And what are you doing here?" She asked. "I came to see Delsanra." He replied haughtily. Walking around the bed, he looked down at her. Side by side, it was clear that the veins on Delsanra’s skin were a lot worse. The asshat bent down and placed a kiss on her forehead, making Raihana smirk. "Ah, the cousins are fighting over a girl." She teased. "We aren’t. She’s mine." I said, crossing my arms. I wanted to ask what he meant, but it was obvious he was