LOGINCheska’s POVNow I’m back again. I was so close, so close to escape. The freedom was almost there. Almost.The other two prisoners walked into the room and interrupted my crying fest. I heard them entering so I quickly wiped my tears away and let my hands fall to my sides. Erica and Abby approached me with pity in their eyes with a first aid kit in tow. I refused to make eye contact with them, refusing to believe I was really back here.The younger one spoke to me first, quietly and sweetly. "Hi, Cheska. My name is Abby and this is Five. We're going to help you, ok?"“Isn’t her name Erica?” I asked Abby what made Erica jolt in fear. Abby looked at her then to me. “Uhm yes but Erica has Dissociative Identity Disorder. Erica has five personalities. The current one in her body was Five. She’s hostile and extremely quiet.”I looked at Erica. She was not the same woman as I remember. She wasn’t polished anymore. She was like a homeless woman with dirty clothing and unkept hair. “H-hi,”
Vlad’s POVSomething in me slowly lightened up. Valentine has been cool since Cheska was abducted. And now that everything seemed to be slowly revealing, my mind became clear of how he would whisper in my ears that Cheska wasn’t good enough and why would I want to be back with her.And then I remember the Alpha Title. The one position promised to him when we were little…No…no. He told me he was cool with it and that he wasn’t a first born so it was fine. Did he? No. No. For the first time since everything went wrong, I finally had doubt at my own brother. Now, I wasn’t just thinking about the rogues or my own territory.I was thinking about my brother, possibly betraying me, my own blood.And something didn’t feel right.Marzouq’s voice cut through my thoughts.“We need to leave now.”My head snapped back toward him.“Yes.”There was no hesitation or doubt in my voice. If I wanted to find Cheska, it would be me. Everything came back to her. I straightened, grabbing my jacket.“Ro
Vlad’s POVWest.Alpha Marzouq was so certain that his eyes seemed so bored. I knew desert wolf was built to be different and what I wasn’t expecting was that he could tell it almost immediately. The word still echoing in my head long after the meeting ended.“I can smell the trails in the West.”Every instinct inside me clawed in that direction now relentlessly now that something had finally aligned.We were moving. FinallyMy warriors prepared outside and Rowan was coordinating patrols when Marzouq stepped up. “Your beta will not lead the trail,” he said. I looked at him, questioning. “My men will lead. I don’t want them to be distracted,” he added. I looked at Rowan, his jaw tightening. “Alright. I trust this one to you, Alpha,” I said. “You should be because I have never done this before.”Marzouq sat down on the chair before me as Vivian was on the other side. I was thankful for her but I was still weighing if Marzouq's help won’t cost me anything. “What do you want?” I a
Cheska's POVMy world was filled with the sound of my tears as I drowned out the horrific chaos around me. I was entirely in my own world, so I screamed when I felt a rough hand on my shoulder. I whirled my head around to see that Valentine was standing behind me with a slightly less crazed look in his eyes.“Your damn nosy friend hired a desert to track you down. And he planted a doubt in your mate about me so I need your damn baby out or both of you will die.”I shivered at what he said. Vlad is doubting him now? But this made Valentine angry and desperate and didn't help the rest of his appearance though. His black suit was even more torn up and had blood stains covering it from head to toe. His mouth was a sickly red color with Derik's blood dripping from the corners. He was breathing heavily but he tried to hide it from me. As I looked at him I couldn't help the tears flow from my face.I was back with him. I was his capture again. I had to go back to the barn, back to the loneli
Cheska’s POVI slowly turned my head around to confirm my suspicions. Lingering over me maliciously was Vlad’s brother, Valentine. I jumped away from him in terror and took several steps to where Anaki and Derik stood petrified. I slowly started to shake my head, denying the terrors that laid in front of me.He stood burning in anger. His suit was torn and hanging at odd angles, and normally perfect hair sat greasy and unkempt on his head. He probably shifted mid way as furs started to retract back in his skin. He looked towards me with malice and hunger in his eyes."What? Didn't my dear Cheska miss her captor? I know I missed my bitch." His eyes became more dark at the last word and he briskly started to walk towards me. I walked backwards away from him until I bumped into Derik and Anaki, who still stood petrified. When I knocked into Anaki it seemed to pull him out of his trance. He pulled me behind him and walked up to Valentine with a ferocious look in his eyes."Don't you touc
Cheska's POVWe suddenly stopped running and I was laid down on the ground. I looked up to see Derik and Anaki breathing heavily and looking at the forest around them. After a few moments of listening they seemed to decide that no one was following us, and sat down on the ground in unison. For the next couple of minutes everything was quiet as they caught their breath. I looked down at the ground while they relaxed and listened intently to the forest around me. I knew how smart Valentine was and I didn't think we'd lost him.Derek suddenly got up causing my head to snap up and watch his movements. He ignored me while he walked away and spoke to Anaki. "I'm going to find water and food." He was abrupt with his statement and left without a reply from Anaki. I watched him as he walked off into the forest, secretly hoping he wouldn't come back. Once he was gone my attention turned towards Anaki. I looked up and saw that he was looking back at me. I cowered away out of instinct and a sa
Vlad’s POV“Alphs, this is clearly sabotage,” Roger said as most of my men were injured after a night’s patrol to the west part of the mining location. “Where is Rowan?”“He’s with his mate. Alessandra was injured, Alpha.”“Tell the pack doctor to treat the wounded before their wounds will become
“What do you want, Valentine?” I asked as I wrapped myself with my robe, wanting to wash away what happened between us. He looked at me and at the papers scattered like dead leaves and the cracked mirror on the floor. There were bloodstains on my white pristine carpet thatI hadn’t washed off yet
Erica’s POVI’m going insane. I know. My heart has been lonely since Vlad left me and rear me apart. I have to ease it even through Valentine. I dipped my fingers inside his boxers and rubbed the pad of my thumb over the tip of him, ghosting my hand over the length of him. It's my turn to feel hi
Erica's POVValentine arrived without knocking. Doors were suggestions to him and rules were just a joke only so he could enjoy breaking them. When I looked up, he was already inside my room, standing among the mess I hadn’t bothered to clean. He didn’t waste any second. He went straight to me.My







