LOGINDraven POVWhatever had been causing the noise outside the hospital was gone by the time we got there. But there was still a rotten smell in the air as if it was just hiding somewhere we couldn’t see, not gone.After a quick sweep outside, I came back in and checked the lobby. Finding nothing, I turned and looked to the doctor. “Is there anyone in here? Maybe in some of the rooms? If there is, then tell them to come out.”“There’s no one else.” He whispered, his hand tightening around the knife. “I sent all the workers home early since today was a slow day and there were no patients.”“Good.” I nodded. “That leaves less things for us to defend.”I looked at Jon and he immediately stood upright. “You go check to make sure all the doors are locked.” Then I turned back to the doctor. “Are there any other entrances they could get through except the lobby? I don’t think they would have left so easily, not after the ruckus they’ve been making.”“No.” He said automatically, then gasped a s
Draven POV“You brought me to a vet hospital?” I said, standing in place as I looked around. Yup, still a vet hospital. “Care to explain why?”“It’s a little bit complicated.” He said, walking ahead of me. “Just come along, I’ll explain when we’re inside.”I followed because what else was I supposed to do? Turn around and go back to his pack that wasn’t a pack? Or go back to mine like this? With an old cloth wrapped around my eye as if it were an eyepatch?A man in his fifties or sixties raised his head as soon as Jon pushed open the door, and entered, with me right behind him.“Jon.” He called before looking back down at the file spread open on his table. “What did you bring me this time? More trouble? Or a genuine client?”“He he.” Jon laughed, rubbing the back of his neck, then flopped into a chair. I remained standing.“I brought him to get his eyes checked doc.” He said. “He was involved in a bad accident.”The doctor looked me over, raising an eyebrow. “Well, I don’t see any m
Draven POVAt first, after I answered, his lips twitched, then he chuckled, until he was laughing so hard he couldn’t breathe.“What’s so funny?” I narrowed my eyes at him.“I’m-I’m sorry.” He said between bouts of laughter. “I just didn’t expect you to go that far.I mean, I just teased you a few times, how could you just say you’re the Alpha king?”“You think I’m lying.” My eyes widened slightly. “I thought you’ve been pretending not to recognize me all this while. You don’t know what I look like.”“Damn.” He laughed harder. “You’re really putting your all into it. Are you an actor by any chance?”“You have a phone right?” I asked.“Yes.” He shrank away slightly. “Why?”“Pull it out and search for pictures of the Alpha king.” I said. “Let me know what you find.”“I have to give it to you.” He said, still chuckling quietly as he pulled out his phone from his pocket. “You almost had me for a second. I might have believed you if I didn’t know the Alpha king was dead.”“In a plane crash
TRIGGER WARNING;STRANGULATION Draven POV“I knew you didn’t have a mate.” She smiled, flipping her hair over her shoulder and moving closer to me. “My brother might be a bit overprotective but you don’t have to lie to him.”“Why do you sound so happy? As if, his having or not having a mate has something to do with you?” Jon said, pulling her back to stand beside him.“Of course it has something to do with me.” She slapped the hand he had pulled her back with. “Stop involving yourself in matters that don’t concern you.”“It doesn’t.” I said firmly. “I really appreciate your efforts in taking care of me these past few days, but I don’t want you to have any misunderstanding.I have a mate. We’ve been bonded body and soul. There’s no chance of me ever leaving her, whether in this life or the next. I’m sorry if I’ve done something that caused you to misunderstand in any way.”The blood drained out of her face. “You’re not lying.”“I’m not.” I agreed.She ran out of the room, but not befor
Draven POVA few days of forcing down the most bitter medicines I’d ever had the misfortune of tasting and I was as good as new.Well, almost.I stood in the center of the room, the cloth around my eyes, now sideways and covering only one eye. The one I still couldn’t see out of. I could see out of the other eye, but only for a few minutes before it went blurry and started tearing up.“You’re awake.” The person who’d been pacing outside my door for a few minutes gasped as she entered to find me standing.“I’m a light sleeper.” I said, to which she blushed like she’d been caught doing something embarrassing.“I just thought you might want a taste of something different.” She said, lifting up the coverings of the plates she’d brought in on a tray. “My brother caught a small deer yesterday.”“I thought I wasn’t supposed to eat meat?” I said, raising an eyebrow. Her brother, the person who’d saved me had sternly forbidden me from eating any meat until my injuries were fully healed. I’d
Lucas POV“Then I would fight.” She said easily. “I’m not just going to stand there and let myself get killed, obviously.”I smiled. “See, under the right circumstances, you would use your power to defend yourself.““With my claws…”she added. “I would fight with my claws. And my fangs, whatever I could use. But not my power, I’ve had enough of that.”I felt the smile slowly slide off my face. “You would rather go through the struggle of fighting when you’re untrained, than to protect yourself with the ability you’ve been blessed with?”“Who knows if it’s a blessing or a curse?” She muttered under her breath.I stopped walking. “What?”“It’s nothing.” She said dismissively, and changed the subject. “Why have the pack leaders come to the palace? And why didn’t you tell me about it?”I hid my surprise at the fact that she’d somehow found out and turned away. “I didn’t think you would want to know.”“What do you mean you didn’t think I would want to know?” She clenched her teeth tightly.
Draven POVI raised an eyebrow as I looked at Magnus, then turned back to the door guard. “Let them in.”Four people walked in. I recognized the one at the front. He was Magnus’ deputy, the person in charge when he wasn’t available, which honestly wasn’t often.He led the other three as they walked
Lucas POVHe narrowed his eyes at me. “What do you mean it’s dangerous?”“Tell me Lucas,” he leaned forwards, his lips curving into a smile that I knew all too well. “If push comes to shove, would you or would you not be able to handle Magnus without any help?”I paused to think about it for a minu
Elena POV“Speak.” Draven said as Lucas faced us in his study, his head bent low. He’d requested we move to the study as the information he had to give was sensitive. “What do you mean you lost her?!”Lucas had tried to hide it, but I saw how he’d flinched at Draven’s raised voice.I grabbed Draven
TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SUICIDELucas POV“Yes.” I breathed, thinking of the million other ways things could have gone. If only I hadn’t told him about her. Maybe she would still be alive, maybe the person behind all this would have been caught already.But there were no maybes and certainly n







