I stay in the prison for the next three days wondering where it all went wrong. I questioned everything I knew about my parents and wondered if everyone was right and I was wrong but it didn’t make any sense to me. Yes, the Campbells did owe us some month’s wages, but it wasn’t the first time they had delayed in paying us our wages. The last time I saw my parents, they were looking forward to my wedding to Derek, it didn’t make any sense for them to sabotage such a big day in my life by killing the Campbells.
I look down on the dried blood on my hands and the image of my parents’ screaming in agony and their lifeless eyes moments later flashes in my mind. The tears start to flow again and sob uncontrollably. That’s how Liana finds me minutes later. “Awn, still crying? Come on Genny, it’s been three days already. You should be praying that the council doesn’t kill you next.” I stare at Liana in disbelief. She expects me to brush off my parents’ death? “I can’t believe that all you have to say to me after stabbing me in the back like that.” She looks at me with a bored look on her face. “Oh that. Really Genny, you didn’t really think Derek was going to marry you after what your parents’ did? He’s the alpha, he needs strength by his side, not a Luna who’s weak, poor and has criminals for parents.” Liana steps closer to the bars that separate us and looks me dead in the eyes, “You are a liability to him Genevieve, I make him stronger.” She steps back and the nonchalant look returns to her face. “This is the last time we’ll see each other. I wanted us to have this closure on our relationship. Goodbye, Genny.” With that, she turns her back on me and walks away. Five days in prison and I’m ready to give up on everything. I have no will to go on living. My life is over and I’m ready to accept it. I stare at a spot in the dark prison without seeing anything and wait patiently for my fate. There’s a shout somewhere and running footsteps, then a loud bang and everything goes quiet again. Then I hear a bang in front of my cell and the door completely falls down. I stare in disbelief at the door then gasp when I see a man dressed in all black attire with a ski mask so only his eyes show. “Wh…Who are y…you?” He says nothing and walks into the cell, towards me. “Did the council send y…you to k…kill me?” The masked man brings out a hatchet from his bag and raises it up. I close my eyes and wait for the blow that will kill me. It doesn’t come. I hear a loud clang and my feet feels freer. He broke the chain on my leg! “The council plans to kill you in the morning. You don’t have much time, leave now.” His voice is a whisper that sends chills down my back. The masked man crouches till we are at eye level and takes my cold hand in his warm ones. His hands are significantly bigger than mine. “I don’t want to live anymore. I don’t care if the council kills me anyway, my life is over.” I pull my hand away from his and turn away. “What if I told you your parents were framed? Think about that day again.” I instantly turn to him and I see a flash of dark green eyes. “Who are you?” “Doesn’t matter now. You need to get out of here. Now.” With that he grabs my hand and pulls me to my feet just as we hear the shouts of guards coming. The masked man pulls me and we break into a run. We were able to make it to the woods outside the pack despite being chased relentlessly by the guards and hide in a cave. I shiver and the masked man takes a cape from his bag and wraps it around me. Next he gives me food and stands guard as I eat my first meal in almost six days. “You know they’ll kill you if they find you. Helping a criminal escape is a big crime.” I say. “I owe your parents a lot, consider this as me paying my debt.” I stand and walk to him. “You knew my-“The masked man pulls me against his hard body and pins me to the wall of the cave and at the same time clamps a hand on my mouth. “Shh, I hear someone.” I stay pinned between the mysterious man and the hard wall for what seems like an eternity before he removes the hand from my mouth and lets out a breath. “Are they gone?” I whisper, “Yeah, they…” His words trail off as he stares at me. I stare back, completely mesmerized by his emerald green eyes. I don’t expect what he does next. I watch as if in a trance as his head slowly lowers to mine and touch my lips, the only barrier between our lips is the part of his mask that covers his mouth. We stay like that for a while until he jumps back, like I burnt him or like he touched silver. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that.” I’m about to say something but I’m interrupted by shouts again. The guards are back. The man curses. “I’ll lead them away from you, when I go out, run as fast as you can. You can’t let them get you.” I grab his hand. “They’ll kill you!” “I’ll be fine but you cannot die. Do as I say and you’ll be safe.” He moves to the entrance of the cave. “Wait!” “What is it n-“I pull down the part of his mask covering his lips and kiss him. He does nothing for some seconds before pulling me close and kissing me back. When he pulls away, his eyes look sad. “Goodbye Genevieve, I wish you happiness.” And then he’s gone.It takes some time for me to get to my senses, pull myself up and off from the ground and start looking for a way to fix this mess. Ramsey had not locked me back into the suite, probably assuming that I was going to curl up into a ball and cry myself to sleep. He was dead wrong. Ramsey had given Ryder the opportunity to ask for anything from me, he had sensed that I was willing to do anything. It made no sense that Ryder asked for Hope. Ryder wasn’t a gentleman, he was a brute so he didn’t need to ask me for her when he could take her by force. Ryder was playing with me.The first place I go to from the office is the hidden room I set up. It is empty and looks clean, so I guess Asher heard what happened and got out but I have no idea where he is. I grab what I need from the hidden room and head for Jessa and Hope’s house. The rogue guards watch me leave the residence of the alpha, they don’t try to stop me but I’m sure they’ll send someone to follow me. I didn’t care, as far as they l
“Ryder!” I bang my fists against the locked door of the alpha’s suite. I had been locked in the suite for almost a week now, and I was so sick and tired of being locked in here as if I was a common criminal. “Ryder!” I try again but he just ignores me. I know he’s out there, standing guard until he fully recovered from the bashing he received from Ida. “What is Ramsey up to? What is he doing?” No answer. “Hey! Stop ignoring me and let me out of here! I need to talk to him.”My fists were already burning from the force I was using to bang on the door so I decided it was probably best that I take a break. I slid down the door as my thoughts went back to Hope. Two days had already passed since she first came to see me and I still had no idea about what to do to convince Ramsey to let Kylan go. Did it mean I was giving up? No, there was no way I was going to let Hope’s baby grow up without a father. But there was also no way I was going to give up Asher’s location or reject him. I was stu
“Kylan, no!” I scream just as he brings down the silver club on Ramsey’s head. The intention to kill Ramsey is so clear in Kylan’s eyes. For a moment, time slows down as Kylan brings the club down and then it happens so fast that for a split second, I don’t understand what happens. The club connects but not on Ramsey’s head and then Kylan is pushed so hard that he collides into a tree that breaks into two from the impact. That is how hard he was pushed.My mouth is wide open in shock as I take in the scene before me. Ryder stands over Ramsey, with blood pouring down his arm with the look of murder on his face. Where on earth did he come from? I realize that he blocked the blow meant for Ramsey’s head with his hand and then shoved Kylan away like he was swatting away a fly.“Alpha, are you okay?” Ryder helps Ramsey up to his feet, he staggers a bit before standing still and wiping the blood dripping down his head. Ramsey shakes off Ryder’s hand and points to Kylan who is still trying t
I am trying so hard to rein Ida in but she’s too strong for me to suppress. She stands there growling at a rage filled Ramsey, ready to do anything to protect me and my oath to our mate. “Ida, don’t provoke him! He might hurt you!” What was I saying? Ramsey had already found out that I didn’t reject Asher and that was provoking enough for him. He practically vibrated with anger as he stood across from me.“I want to speak to Alexa, bring her to me now!” He finally explodes and charges at Ida, eyes dark with rage. My best bet and the only way I could get out of this situation with little or no injuries would be to let Ida take full control, I had to stop holding her back. Ida dodges Ramsey’s first attack and I decide to let her handle this, I was out of options.Ramsey’s eyes change to the colour of his wolf –a creepy red colour, as he watches me shift into my wolf. Ida bares her razor sharp teeth at him and stands ready for whatever he was going to throw at us. “Is this how you want i
“Are you okay?” “I’m fine, why are you asking?” “Nothing, you just seem a bit…” “Tired?” I supply. It was hard for me to hide anything from Asher, especially now that we were mates. He knew me and he saw things that I thought I had hidden well. After Ramsey’s declaration of a second wedding night, I had searched for a solution but found none and the weekend started tomorrow. I had ended up giving myself a headache and I looked even worse than before. I had given up on finding a solution and decided to come see Asher. We were cuddling on the small bed in the room as he lazily stroked my back.I thought I had hidden my worry about the situation I was in well from him, but he just saw right through it. “Yeah, you look tired but that wasn’t what I was going to say. Are you sure everything is okay?” Asher says with a frown on his face as he tilts my face to his. I had to think of something fast or he was going to find out about the wedding night, and there wasn’t anything I could do to sto
“Where were you, Alexa?” Ramsey says again and walks slowly towards me, like a lion stalking its prey. “I couldn’t sleep so I went for a walk.” When did I become so anxious at the sight of Ramsey? No, this wasn’t a new thing, he always gave me a bad feeling whenever I saw him, but these days, especially since the day he killed those innocent people, the sight of him made my skin crawl even more. “I know I haven’t been so attentive to you these days and I’m sorry, you’ll have me all to yourself this weekend.” “What does that mean?” Ramsey nods to a seat in the room.When I finally settle down, he continues. “We haven’t had our wedding night yet, Alexa. It makes it feel like something is missing from our marriage.” I try not to shake his hand off of me when he starts to stroke my hair. “We need this wedding night to bond us, to bring us closer. The pack needs an alpha and a luna, you know.” “Who told you that we needed a wedding night to be close?” “Alexa, we are married.” “So?” “So, I