As we near the end of this story, I'm beyond excited to finally introduce you to Alpha Saint. He is a character who is anything but your typical Alpha. Saint is a storm waiting to be unleashed. His story is dark, raw, and unlike anything you've read before. More details about Alpha Saint's full book will be coming up soon – and trust me, you won't want to miss what's coming next. I’ve also posted a snippet on my *** page – Velvet Desires.
KESTER.I was slowly unraveling. I looked like a twitchy addict who had been deprived of their addiction for far too long as I waited by the door for our big guests.My jaw was tight. My nails dug crescents into my palms. I probably looked like hell... wrinkled shirt, red eyes, messy, unkempt hair... but I didn't care. I didn't even have the energy to care.Let them see me like this. Let them fucking witness what I've become since Kasmine was taken.Outside, I could hear the murmurs of pack members gathering. More of them had started showing up the moment they learned the truth, that I wasn't the one who killed their stupid messiah and that I, their Alpha, was a better leader with Kasmine by my side.I didn't give a fuck about them right now. I didn't need their sympathy. They realized the truth a little too late. Their support for Kasmine right now was useless to me.Behind me, on the couch, my mother was crying again, and her gut-wrenched sobs had been going on since the night Kasmi
KESTER.The room was dim and too damn quiet for how loud everything inside me was screaming.I sat slouched on the edge of the couch in the center of my pack house, elbows on my knees, head down, a full bottle of whiskey in one hand and my phone in the other. I didn't even remember what time it was. Morning? Night? I didn't care.The carpet under my boots was soaked from earlier when the first bottle slipped out of my hand and shattered.Norlan was upstairs. The doctor said he needed rest, but I knew he wasn't sleeping. How could he when I hadn't closed my eyes in two fucking days?Norlan had decided to come with me to the pack house. He said I needed to be looked after. As if I was a baby. Or as if he could stop the killing spree that was already taking root in my head.Why not? When the only person who was my balance, my sanity, and my blood was still nowhere to be found until now? I don't give a fuck what the world thinks about mates, but that woman – my woman – was the only thing
KASMINE.I refused the food again.It sat there on the floor – lukewarm, bland, probably drugged – but my stomach twisted so violently I thought I might pass out from the pain.I was starving. My body screamed for it. My lips were cracked, and every bone in me ached from how cold it was in here. But I'd rather starve than give these monsters the satisfaction. How could I trust them? How could I be sure they wouldn't slip something into the food to make me weak, compliant… easier to transport or silence?My fingers were numb, curled into my sleeves for warmth. I sat hunched in the corner of the dim cell, trembling, half from cold, half from hunger, but I was hopeful Kester would find me. I knew he would.I didn't care how stupid I'd been to take off the necklace... the one thing that would have helped him find me.I had to believe he'd come anyway. I had to.Because the only thing worse than this… was thinking he might not be alive.But he was. I felt it in my chest like a pulse. He wa
KESTER."What?" I hissed into the phone when I finally answered Mum's call. She and Dad had been calling throughout last night.The news had reached the pack, and now, everyone suddenly began to show interest and care, including those miserable elders who had refused to believe that there was a greater ploy at play.I could vomit.I didn't need them. In fact, I hate them with every fiber of my being."Talk to me, Kester," Jorja sniffed."What the fuck do you all care about now?" I barked, slamming my palm against the steering wheel as I swerved a tight corner. "You and that man sent her into the lion's trap, and now you suddenly care?"My jaw clenched hard as I flew past the road where Norlan's car had flipped days ago. Just driving past that stretch made my skin crawl. The memory, the blood, the wreckage, the fear... It all screamed at me. I pressed the gas harder."We want to help, Kes. Please," Jorja sobbed harder, but before she could say another word, I dropped the call. I couldn
KESTER."Fuck… Fuck, man, I don't know...I'm... Oh, God," My voice cracked mid-sentence as I shoved trembling fingers through my hair, again and again, dragging at the roots like I could rip the confusion out of my skull.I was pacing like a madman across the gravel of the empty road, confused and totally disheveled.I didn't know for how long I'd been out, but she was gone. Kasmine was nowhere to be found.I held her necklace in my hand like I could somehow conjure her out of it or something.Why? Why did it have to be now? Just the moment she took off the only means I had to find her."Kester," Norlan called through the phone in my other hand, "You need to breathe. Come back. We'll figure something out, I swear it," he said, trying to be the voice of reason. And as much as that was the logical thing to do, but fuck logic. It didn't sound right to me."No," I suddenly said, "No. You don't get it. If I leave now and she comes back... what if I miss her by seconds? What if... what if s
KASMINE.There was a thunderstorm inside my skull.My head throbbed with a heavy, pulsating ache, as if a thousand drums were pounding against my skull from the inside, sending a ripple of nausea through my body. My ears rang like a siren that refused to shut off.I groaned softly, barely able to move. Every limb in my body felt wrong, heavy, disconnected, and cold.So cold.My spine arched instinctively, trying to curl in on myself, but... Wait... Was I on the floor? Why did it feel like ice was seeping into my bones? The surface beneath me was damp, and it bit into my skin like frost.Immediately, my eyes snapped open, but I winced again.The second I realized that something was terribly, terribly wrong, my eyes flew open.Pain spread through my skull from the sudden movement, and I winced, curling slightly to shield myself.My vision was blurry, but I squinted my eyes as panic took over me.A whimper escaped my lips before I could stop it.Where am I?Panic rose fast. What... Oh, N