Gabriel POVWhen I arrive at the hospital, the scent of blood, smoke and disinfectant irritates my nose. “What is the latest?” I ask one of the head nurses as she comes running towards me with a clipboard in hand. My gut continues to twist itself into knots, but I can’t focus on Luca or the fact that he is gone. We need answers and hopefully I’ll be able to get some here. If nothing else, at least I feel useful. Like I can do something.I scan the notes from each of the patients, seeing their wounds. All of them have been burned. It’s what I saw on the footage, so no surprises there. “Have they said anything?” I ask walking through the hospital straight to the first room. “No, they are still unconscious,” she tells me as I nod, walking inside.The smell is what hits me first. Charred meat and burnt hair. Walking slowly forward, I look over at the first warrior. He is stocky, strong and about average height. The machine beeps steadily, checking his vitals. Hopefully, his wolf will help
Ethan POV I catch her before she can hit the floor. I scoop my mate up into my arms and am as furious as I am with her. I also won’t let her fall. I need her too much for that. I cradle her to my bare chest and I feel her ease as she nestles in tighter.Sabastian replays the clip. Beck, several other guards, are all walking Luca back to the house. There comes a blast of bright light before Beck drops down dead, completely charred, the guards all sustaining multiple burns and Luca is gone. One second he is there, the next he is gone. I hold Aurora close to me, tucking her head next to my heart.He’s really gone.Beck.My son.“I need to get to the hospital. If I can assess the wounds and damage to the warriors, then I can get us some more answers,” Gabriel announces, breaking the silence. He is in full doctor mode right now. He heads to leave the office before he stops in front of me. He brushes Aurora’s hair from her face before he checks her pulse and levels me with a glare. “We will
Aurora POV“Becks dead?” I can barely form the words, let alone believe they are true. I shake my head, tears burning my eyes. No, this can’t be happening. I feel it again. That space in my chest where Beck used to sit. It’s hollow. Like a rib just cracked open and let him fall through.The roar of the engine drowns out my rapid heartbeat as I fumble for my own phone, now seeing so many missed calls and messages. I can’t read them and I look back over at my mates. “Luca?” I just want someone to tell me. Ethan doesn’t even look at me, he can’t because if he is gone and Uriel took him, that means I stopped him from getting our son before …No, I can’t think like that. No one says anything. Nothing. I brush back the tears as I fumble with my phone, opening the 20 messages from Riley. Logan is safe. Violet is safe. I keep reading, listening to how she mentions that Luca is with Caden. I take my first easy breath for what feels like an age. “Riley says Luca is with Caden,” I tell them and
Sabastian POVThe drive back home is nearly unbearable. Aurora keeps darting her eyes at Ethan and he keeps looking at her with such longing only for his jaw to click in frustration. Gabriel drives as neither me nor Caleb are in any kind of fit state to concentrate.Caleb is spending the entire ride brooding. His brow is so furrowed that his eyes have practically disappeared. Aurora, my little kitten, is wringing her hands together and keeps looking at Gabriel to will him to go faster. He’s already pushing 120 mph, but that doesn’t seem to help my kitten relax. Her beautiful green eyes sweep from Gabriel to Ethan and then back to the ever stretching road in front.The car is silent, wash of us with our own thoughts, only the hum of the engine and the low background music plays. The rain thankfully stopped once we left Lupusburg, but it’s just a sea of endless grey the clouds hanging low ready to change at any minute.Even I can’t bring myself to break the silence. I pull out my cigaret
Aurora POVUtter chaos erupts as everyone begins to shout out orders and I’m jostled from one mate to the other. Fuck, we are 9 hours from home. Did someone leave the pack? Are they dead? The questions keep coming. Why else would a pack link break?“I say we head for Uriel now we can catch him before he does anything,” Ethan roars as Jaden nods, rolling up his sleeves, ready to land the first blow.“We should head home and find out what the situation is before we do this,” Caleb states, trying to rein Ethan back from storming out the door. I can barely focus as I am passed about like a sack of potatoes, each of my mates demanding a plan of action. Each one is different.“No, we should do a stake out from the Bluemoon pack. We will be close enough to act, but we can make sure we are certain before we strike,” Sabastian suggests. I can’t breathe. This is all happening so fast.I reach for my phone, my fingers fumbling as I try to ring Riley. Is Luca safe? Logan and Violet? What is happe
Aurora POVI watch my mate, waiting for answers only he can give. I feel my insides tighten, both from fear and the undeniable attraction between us. His artic blue eyes find mine and for a flash of a second I see the same look he gave me after his vision. Shit, this isn’t good.I leave Sabastian’s arms reluctantly, as always. As much as he has anchored himself to me - I need it too. I take Caleb’s hand in mine as I watch his eyes trail possessively over each inch of my skin. God, these men will be the death of me. “Please tell us,” tell me I plead with my eyes as I feel a shift from everyone else in the room. Sabastian’s chest finds my back as his hand grips my hip. He’s frazzled right now and needs to touch me to feel in control. I lean back into him, letting him know I’m there whilst locking my gaze with Caleb. I watch his Adam’s apple bob before he squeezes my hand.“Many of them are against us. They don’t like that our packs are linked. It puts them all at a disadvantage knowing
Caleb POV I just can’t think of the motive behind why Uriel would be hiding something? The Moonshadow pack is small. They need this alliance more than anyone. Uriel is a fair alpha. He’s tough, but just. What does he want with our son?I’m just about to slip out from his mind when I feel the barrier melt away like ice and I get snippets of his thoughts. “Son,” then more static. “Death,” before the last one. “Alpha.” I swallow it has to be him? I bring up all the information I have on the Moonshadow pack through my glasses, reading as quickly as I can.If there is a motive, it’s not here. He wasn’t even targeted by Aurora’s father or Jaden for that to be a reason. But this is with the gods. Could there be something else? I look through their pack history to check if they have any allegiance to Selene, our Moon Goddess. They do, plenty in fact. Surely Uriel would be on our side. For some reason, this cuts deeper than if it was Silas who was behind it.It’s almost expected of him but Ur
Caleb POV “Thank you for all making the journey as you know -” Aurora continues speaking, but I zone her out listening to Silas’s thoughts.“God, she loves to talk.” He drolls tapping his fingers on the desk as he nods in agreement at what Aurora is saying. “She parades like an ‘alpha’, but she’s just a bitch in heat with a harem. I’d shut her up the right way. The girl must love cock. I would have those pretty lips wrapped around my shaft 24/7, like the thirsty slut she is. Whatever keeps her quiet and her pussy wet,” he continues as I slip out of his head.My fingers scrunch into a fist, and I hold back the growl that is brewing inside. I can’t release it, no matter how much I might want to. Our gifts are not commonly known, although it is getting harder to conceal after the few battles we have faced between packs. If I let me growl out, I would have to explain why and I can’t say, because Silas wants to fuck my mate. Mentally, I rip his eyes out and slice his dick off. Then, for h
Caleb POVAs I walk around the corner, I hear hushed voices before they all stop talking completely. Henry is the alpha of the Ironclad pack. He normally agrees with a lot of our suggestions, and I would generally say he is an ally of our pack. With him is Alex from the Nightfire pack. Alex is hard to read. He’s not a bad alpha, but neither is he a good one. He sits in the middle, generally hoping to go unnoticed and, for that reason, I don’t like the guy. Plus, his hair is always oiled back. He has a dad bod, which, for an alpha, is unacceptable. Alphas are the strongest in the pack, the best fighters. Having a pot belly implies his standards are slipping.“Gentlemen,” I greet as they nod. Henry gives me a firm nod as a greeting. Alex sucks his teeth, his ‘greeting’ a sneer. Klaus is also with them, the alpha of the Obsidian Pack. I don’t know a lot about Klaus, there is never anything from the rumour mill and even when Sabastian has searched their pack’s files he is squeaky clean. “