Chapter 5

Anna POV

His voice hadn’t changed. It remained deep, calm, and dangerously perfect. Just hearing it again made my heart race and my skin prickle. I almost ran to him, craving the comfort I once found in his arms. Memories rushed in, of him singing me through my nightmares, telling me I was beautiful even though he couldn’t see me. 

My eyes burned with tears. Those months, his voice and touch had been my healing. So no, I wasn’t being dramatic. But I knew better, I knew it was stupid of me to feel that way. To even think of running into the arms of an Alpha as a wolfless disgrace. 

So I ran. 

Yes, I held my kids tight and ran out of the living room with all the strength in me. I didn't look back for even a second. I should not have set foot in his house again. 

“What the fuck?!” I heard Ravok curse angrily behind me as I ran, but he didn't come after me. He didn't have to. He was a God on earth and I was foolish to think I could escape him with such a lame attempt. 

My kids clung to me tightly until I ran out of the pack house. And in case you thought the house wasn't so big or that it wasn't full of warriors, you were wrong. I was only able to escape because I was used to doing things like this in my former pack. Even in the human city, when I would get into trouble, I knew how to weave my way out of it. 

My legs burned from running such a long distance but I found a cab and boarded it immediately. 

“Anywhere. Just take me to any location that is not this place.” I screamed at the driver and he speedily drove off.

I cleaned off my sweaty face with the back of my palm as I turned to my kids who looked both sad and worried. I cupped both their cheeks as I made them look into my eyes. “My loves, I know how you feel now, but please you have to remember that you can always trust mommy okay? I know you immediately liked that big place, but Mommy thinks it's not good right now. I…

Before I could finish my sentence, my ever-so-sharp-mouthed daughter interrupted. “But mom, how can we trust you if you're not so sure of your decisions? You said Jaiden would get better there but why are you taking us away from there? D-don't you want our happiness?” Her voice cracked. 

“P-please let's go back, I like it there. My friends talk about how nice their house is but we barely even have one. The least you could do is let us stay in that castle, which is still going to help my brother heal.” My heart ached as I listened to my daughter speak. Her eyes were watery with tears again and she was hugging her brother tight. She was so protective of him. Honestly, if the situation weren't so serious, I would have laughed at how cute she was. Jaiden was older, but Jaila acted the part. 

“My loves, you know…” Again, I was interrupted, but this time not by Jaila, but by the car's abrupt halt. Thank goodness my babies had their seat belts on because the driver had been rough. 

“Hey! Why did you stop like that?! You could have hurt my…

“Ma’am, please you have to get out.” The driver suddenly said as he rushed down from the car and came to open the door for me. 

“W-what?” I asked, a little startled by his sudden action. Wait. Why was he suddenly sweating and shaking? Oh my goodness, did he just pee his pants?! “W-what is going on sir?” I asked, genuinely scared now. 

“I said get out now!” He barked as his 

 face turned redder. 

I quickly carried my kids out of the car and got out. As soon as we were out, he rushed to the other side, muttering words about how he would do anything to make sure he never gets a direct mindlink from a certain person again then he drove off, leaving me and my kids stranded in the middle of nowhere. 

Honestly, confusion was an understatement as to how I felt. Why would he do that? And most importantly who did he receive a direct mindlink from? Could it be Ravok? It could explain why he seemed so scared. I heard his aura was beyond powerful. But why would Ravok go through that stress of directly linking a mere wolf? If he wanted to look for me, which I had doubted because I heard he didn't even want a chosen mate, he could have asked his warriors to go after me. 

Oh my goodness, did running away from him seem disrespectful? Does he want to kill me now? I heard he had anger issues! 

What was I going to do?

“Mom, I'm scared,” Jaiden uttered in a tone barely above a whisper. He was so weak that he could barely even open his mouth. 

“Oh no baby, don't be scared. In a minute, I'll get another cab and we will go to a big hotel to stay and eat so many expensive food.” I said, trying my best to sound excited even though I was deeply scared and confused on the inside. I was fucking stranded in a city I had never been in. What if street bullies came to attack me and take the money the elders gave me earlier? 

I was deeply afraid but my fear grew ten times stronger when I noticed the multiple expensive cars that were coming in my direction. I didn't need rocket science to be told that it was Ravok’s warriors. They had come for me. They had come to kill me for disrespecting their Alpha by running away. 

I wanted to run, but I knew I would be foolish to do that, so I stayed frozen, as I clung tightly to my kids. Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing prepared me for what happened next. 

The car came to a screeching halt and Ravok himself stepped out of one of the cars. And no, it wasn't the fact that he came to look for me himself that shocked me. It was what my kids did and what Ravok did to them after that, that shocked

the hell out of me! 

Moon goddess help me!