Cassie POVHave you ever experienced the awkward feeling of someone staring at you while you sleep? Well, that was the feeling I got, only to open my eyes and see wide violet eyes staring at me.“Mama! She’s awake!” the dark haired cherub announced loudly as she poked my face. “Well if I wasn’t before, I definitely would be now,” I muttered, my fuzzy brain wondering who the little gremlin was who had stared me awake. And then all the pieces clicked into place as her mother came into view. “Elle!” I squealed, launching myself out of bed and at my laughing best friend. “Surprise,” she laughed, hugging me tightly. “Vasilios let us know that you were heading home, so we thought we would surprise you. Only, we hear that there is a world of drama happening at the moment.” Eliana threw her hands up in exasperation. “ A tournament? Because Greeks can’t just handle things normally and let the oldest son inherit.”I laughed and shook my head, “where would the fun be in that? Although I have
Cassie POV I found myself walking in a daze toward the gym, my head struggling to wrap itself around the fact that Viktor and Laryssa were working together. As much as I wanted to run to Vasilios and tell him everything that I had heard, something stopped me. Maybe it was that I was struggling to understand why Laryssa would try and help me while at the same time trying to destroy Vasilios, I’m not sure. “That was quick,” Elle commented as I sunk down on the bench next to her. “Yeah, I couldn’t find my dad and Laryssa,” I replied, lying through my teeth. I smiled at Gia who was spinning around and around, giggling to herself when she fell down onto the padded floor, only to get back up and do it all again. “Come on, Luca!” Elle shouted at her mate, urging him on. Spurred on by her support, Luca launched a fresh attack on Vasilios, his blows raining down on his opponent hard and fast. “Hey! That’s not fair!” I nudged Elle. “You just gave him an advantage.” She grinned and
Cassie POV “Stacey! In Poros! I still can't believe that pain in the arse is here,” Elle said grumpily as she sat beside me on the packhouse terrace. “And she's pissed that you messed with her marks and made her fail the year,” I added, taking a sip of the lemonade in my hand. “She tried to push me overboard on the ferry, but luckily Vasilios and Jurgen stepped in and saved me, else I'd be swimming with the fishes.”Elle shook her head, “the bitch! But she's always been one for a physical fight. But luckily tall, dark and handsome, and tall, pale and handsome were there to rescue you from getting your hair wet.”I chuckled at her reference to the two men. “Jurgen really freaked me out when I first met him. He was all broody and sullen, and I started to question what he was entirely.”Elle looked around before she shifted closer to me, her voice dropping to a mere whisper. “I overheard that he's part of the royal guard who was meant to be watching over Princess Katerina when she disa
Cassie POV I sat in my father’s office, paging through one of the books which sat on the bookshelf behind his desk. It had been one of my favourites as a child - of a princess whose prince searches the world for her, sweeping her up in a fairytale romance which reality just can’t compare to. I’d spent hours in that room, reading while my father worked. It had been one of the only ways I actually spent time with him when I was growing up. His office had become my refuge whenever I had a bad day - when the other girls had bullied me about my parentage, or when Vasilios had gone off to one of his alpha training camps and I had no one else to spend my time with. Being a hybrid on Poros was tantamount to being an outsider. “Cassandra,” I heard my father’s surprised voice behind me as he closed his office door. “I didn’t know you were here.” I smiled weakly at him, not bothering to get up from my comfortable chair. “I know. If you had, you wouldn’t have returned.” His face fell and he
Vasilios POVI never thought I would ever regret coming home, but there I was, wishing I had just stayed in New York with Cassandra.The entire tournament was turning into a shit show - and all because of my cousin and his crew of adoring admirers. In a week, I’d seen every single plan of mine utterly destroyed. Plans to show the pack that I was putting their interests first, suddenly were executed by Victor first. And with the allies from other packs arriving, I wasn’t sure that my political plans wouldn’t be interrupted too. “He has a spy. He has to have. How else would he have known every single plan you made for wooing the pack?” Luca announced as we sat in the middle of the bay on the small fishing boat we had borrowed. It wasn’t as if we were actually fishing. Heck, I hadn’t held a fishing rod since I was a boy, but the boat awarded us some privacy and at that moment, I was desperate for it. “Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. But who? It isn’t as if I share all of my plans
Cassie POV I watched Jurgen out of the corner of my eye as alphas and betas from some of the strongest packs in the world arrived en masse at the packhouse. The man’s back was as straight as a lance as he stood guard as the werewolves greeted Alpha Dimitri, some more friendly with the man than others. “Why do you think so many accepted the invitation?” Eliana whispered to me, her head nodding toward the row of cars which were queueing down the driveway. “I don’t know, but I hear that all the hotels and guesthouses on the island have been booked out by dignitaries. For once there is not a single human tourist on Poros,” I whispered back. She pulled a face before she slipped away, probably to find Luca so that they could socialise with the rest of the werewolves out on the terrace. A congregation of so many alphas was rare indeed, and it was a wonderful opportunity for political alliances to be formed. And for enemies to be made. Treading with caution was definitely recommended
Cassie POV “What’s up, Buttercup?” Damian murmured in my ear as I leaned on the balustrade at the end of the terrace, looking out over the gardens lit by strategically placed lights. I laughed and turned to face him, “what on earth are you doing here? Aren’t you meant to be working back in New York? You have a brand new club to run and no manager to help you out.”Damian smirked and stood beside me, leaning back against the balustrade casually. “Actually, Maretti was released from jail and he’s back at the club,” Damian said casually - as if the news of Boss being released wasn’t the biggest thing I’d heard since Amy had called telling me about the theft of videos of me dancing.“What?!” I almost shouted, shocked with the news. He shrugged, “yeah. They had the wrong man. There was no evidence to hold him and he revealed that he and Jessie had been in an open relationship for almost two years. He didn’t care about her activities with the other men, strangely.” “So they just let hi
Cassie POV I stared at myself in the mirror as I brushed my hair, my eyes sparkling in the muted light from the bedside lamps next to Vasilios’s gigantic four poster bed. “It’s just a bit of fun, Cassie,” I told myself, suppressing any common sense which may have remained in my head. “You’ve always thought he was the most gorgeous man to ever walk this earth, and now you can have him - no strings attached. He made the deal, six months with him and then you can go back to doing whatever you want, wherever you want. So why not take advantage of it?” My pep talk to myself seemed to convince me that I could do whatever I wanted with Vasilios and be able to walk away, consequence free at the end of it all. It sounded great - so no wonder I jumped at it. It had been over an hour since I'd left the party, and Vasilios was finally able to break free from the event, many of the guests slowly wandering to their beds. The alcohol had dulled in my veins and the foggy feeling had given away to