EMILIA POVI was going to kill Daemon.Ever since the day I was transferred out of Katarina’s hold and into his, after she had told me that the death of the child I was carrying was a lie, I started to think of how to get out of the situation I was now in, and the only solution I could think of was killing Daemon.“Get off of me!” he roared, pushing me with all of his might as I got him on the ground and bit him on the neck.I had underestimated his strength, but that didn’t make what the textbook said about the bite of a werewolf to a vampire any less true.“You…” He wobbled on his feet as he managed to get up, pressing a hand against his neck to cover the wound. I could tell from how profusely it was bleeding that his wound was not healing as fast as it would have.I growled at him, poising as if getting ready to lunge at him again.“GUARDS!” he called out instead of fighting back, as I had miscalculated him to.I had not thought of the possibility of him having people around that c
EMILIA POVSeth was staring at me with a murderous glint in his eyes, and I knew that I was next.“You killed him,” I spat as I took steps backwards. “You killed Alpha James.”“Now, Emilia,” he spoke slowly, his tone like a bitter song. He left Alpha James’s body on the floor and headed towards me.I flinched as my back hit the door, and I placed my hands against the knobs, ready to run for my life if he got too close for comfort.The one thing I was not expecting was him running as fast as possible and standing in front of me that I couldn’t even register him before he reached me, but he was not raising his hands to kill me like I thought he would.“Get away from me!” I screamed as he used his bloodied hands to swipe all across my body.I pushed him off and finally opened the doors, running out and attempting to shout for help when Seth beat me to it with a scream that shocked me.“She has killed the Alpha! Catch her!” he screamed, and I heard soldiers stomping their feet as they ran
EMILIA POVI stared at my leg in disbelief for a moment. It had healed in only a matter of minutes, and I couldn’t help but believe that it had something to do with the child that was growing inside of me.“Did you do this?” I asked, smiling as I patted my stomach softly.As if giving me a response, there was another kick, much heavier this time.I stood up, still finding little strength in myself to keep going, no matter how hard it would prove to be. I didn’t know how long I walked, but I could feel the soles of my feet hurting with each passing minute.“Oh,” I gasped as I saw light emanating from somewhere in the forests.I bent behind a bush to hide, just in case it was one of the soldiers looking for me with a torch, but I soon realized that the light was unmoving. I moved closer with as much stealth as I could, only to find that the light was coming from a small cottage.There was a group of four man sitting in front of the cottage, talking to each other. They looked like soldie
EMILIA POV“We need to leave,” I said as I grabbed Lucas by his arm and looked around for an exit that didn’t consist of going through the front door. “Is there any other way to get out?”“What if we’re running for nothing? Let’s go check out what’s happening first,” he suggested, but I had a feeling that whatever was happening was not great, and we were in great danger.“She has to be here, somewhere! Go inside and bring her out!”I gasped at the voice of the person who had made the loud command – Seth. And there was only one person that he was desperate to catch; me.“Quick, get out through that door. I’ll hold them off for you,” Lucas said, pushing me towards a door in the kitchen that led into the darkness of the night and the dark forests.“What about you? What if they attack you?”I heard the front door burst open, and Lucas took no time to wait and explain one thing. He broke the door open with all his might and pushed me out just as two soldiers ran into the kitchen.“RUN!” he
EMILIA POV“What is going on here, Beta Seth?” Lucas demanded, pulling me to stand behind him.“Alpha Lucas,” Seth acknowledged with a slight bow of his head. “As much as I would like to chat with you and catch up, there’s a lot for me to settle with Emilia here. I refuse to have any business with you, even after you attacked me last night and left me for dead.”“You forget that Emilia is a member of my pack now,” Lucas reminded him. “If you have business with her that requires you to take her away from me or my pack, you need my permission.”Seth chuckled, not feeling threatened in the least.“You also seem to have forgotten where you just ran away from. The pack is no longer in your hands, Lucas. Your sister’s permission is what I need, not yours.”“Not just yet,” Lucas countered. “We will solve this in the presence of the Council members. I heard that you already told them what’s going on.”Seth frowned in annoyance, then he huffed as he looked up to the sky.“Lucas, the former Alp
EMILIA POV After Seth’s surprising announcement, Lucas and I glanced at each other, silently communicating. I gave him an apologetic look, and he blinked slowly at me to assure me that it would be fine. “You will let me speak to my sister, won’t you?” Lucas asked Seth as he turned towards us and made to lead us towards the dungeon. “Only if I feel like it, you traitor,” Seth replied, using his hands to signal for his soldiers to take us to the dungeon. “They must be kept in the same cell,” he instructed the soldier. “Find the smallest one of them all and put them both in it. It’ll give them enough time to think about why they shouldn’t have done what they did, especially the one who once called himself an Alpha.” Seth took one last look at Lucas and shook his head in disappointment as he said, “This was never worth it in the first place, and I hope you see that now. You have singlehandedly ruined your name for an Omega. I won’t fault you for getting angry in the dungeon and killin
EMILIA POVLucas and I listened as the sound of Katarina’s retreating footsteps faded into the distance until silence fell again, followed by the depressing last words she had left with us.“You can’t die,” I stated. “You’re innocent. We need to send word to the Werewolf Council.”“And how are we supposed to do that, Emilia? What access do we have? We don’t have the power to send anyone to the Elders and send word that we’re being punished unjustly. The only place we need to save our hope is the murder of the guards who were positioned in the cabin,” Lucas explained.“How long does it take till prisoners are executed?” I asked him, placing my hand on my stomach in a protective manner.“A trial has to be put in place first,” he answered. “If I’m found guilty of whatever they’re trying to pin on me, they’ll set a time for me to be executed. Knowing Seth, he could command them to kill me immediately. I’m not expecting much.”I didn’t know what there was to do, but I knew that something h
EMILIA POV“You can’t do that, Seth!” Katarina protested, getting off her seat and walking towards me and Lucas, pulling me out of my seat and ordering me to stand behind her for protection.I stood there in shame, wondering if standing behind someone who had stabbed me in the back one too many times was truly something I wanted to do.“You have to fight for your brother, too. If you let him die like this, your guilt is going to prick at you forever,” I said lowly behind her as Seth walked slowly towards us.“Trust me, Emilia. The last thing you should be worried about is Lucas. He can hold his ground, not you.” She turned back to Seth and raised her hands in surrender as she told him, “It doesn’t have to be this way.”“You cannot defy my orders in my pack,” he replied.As if his words woke something in Katarina, she put her hands down and chuckled darkly.“By the way, Seth, how come you’re suddenly in command?” she questioned, causing him to stop in his tracks and look at her with cu