Freya’s POVI wince from the sharp pain throbbing in my head once I’m finally able to seat up without the help of anyone.The pain is way less than it had been few days ago however, so I know my injury is healing faster than anticipated, which is a good thing. Usually I’d stay bed ridden for a week from this kind of injury.I reach out for the bowl of soup left on my bed side with my good hand and bring it closer to myself while I begin eating.Today is more quiet than other days, especially since Xena’s left for school. She had been with me nonstop since the argument, fretting over every single thing I did and also keeping me company and now that’s she’s absent it all just feels so lonely, being left with my haunting thoughts.I’ grateful that she’s offered a place for me to stay for as long as I can and I wish I could do that, but stay here would be similar to hiding away from the world which is not the life I had envisioned for myself.Not that I’ve fallen to rock bottom I’d much r
SILAS’ POV:How can I not love her?Everything about her draws me to her, the fire in her eyes, the sweet sounds of her laughter that moves me like nothing else can. Even when she cries, though it breaks my heart, I can’t resist the urge to kiss her till nothing else matters in the world and all her troubles are simply gone.I want her all to myself like an unnatural need and quite frankly, it’s always been there, even before the mating bond had been activated — I had always wanted to claim her as mine.She had always belonged to me.My wolf agrees that she’s a perfect choice that suits us perfectly.Yeah, Freya deserves nothing other than being my precious Luna, and I will do anything to make her just that, even if it means going up against father.After minutes of crying, she had finally tired herself out and fallen into a deep slumber, so now her head rested on my chest, clutching onto my frame while she breathed softly in her sleep.While she doses off, I stare at her long fluffy
SILAS’ POV:It doesn’t take very long after the whole fiasco in school for her to pop up into my mind as my very first suspect. Maybe I had suspected something from the moment I found her hair tie in the library right after Lucas and I had talked about it, but I didn’t want to believe it was possible.Maybe it's because of how lenient I’ve been towards her, mostly because I have known her for most of my life just like Adam and Lucas.My familiarity with her must be the reason I continuously hold myself back in admonishing her, but everything changes today.I will nip the bud from it’s roots one way or another. I was stupid to think that her signing the documents was a form of surrender from her, especially since no one has heard anything about Elena Crescent since our last encounter.I thought it would be the last time we would ever need to cross paths in the most unfortunate manner but I was so wrong and now, I’m regretting it.Once I leave Xena’s hideouts after saying my farewells
I’m about to do anything to Elena.One moment, she’s there and I’m momentarily distracted by the distress call crashing into my mind from Freya, and when I’m present again, she’s gone.Completely vanished without a single trace of her scent, without making a single sound on her way out.Like an eerie ghost.They are a thousand shades of wrong going on right now but I can’t focus on either of them for even a moment, running out the door and leaping down the flight of stairs, unable to walk down each of them as calmly as I can.Once I’m out, I rip through my flesh, morphing into my wolf form and dashing towards her direction without a second thought.I need to be fast.Who knows when she had spoken to my father and how long he had dispatched his people to bring her to him? Who knows if they’ve found out where they are yet?I stretch out my forelegs, propelling myself forward as hard as I can.I need to be faster. I run through the wood past the thick trees with branches, s
SILAS’ POV:The force of cold and chilling water splashing across my face forces my consciousness to come crashing back into my body.I immediately go on defense, remembering the last thing I had witnessed while gasping for air but I’m far from where I had been the last time, my eyes were open.Instead of the wet and muddy earth of the forest and sturdy trees around, I’m kneeling in a plain room with white walls and both my arms are heavily chained away from my body.And right in front of me is my father, sitting calmly.My rage returns only in seconds as I lurch forward after him, tugging at the chains to break them, but I’m pulled back by the unbreakable metal once my strength is unable to do so much.“Laced with Silver.” He points out just how much of my efforts are being wasted with my struggling.Even with that, I continue my struggle like a rabid dog thirsty for blood for a few more minutes before the fatigue actually begins to settle in.“Don’t try to fight too much and waste y
FREYA’S POV:“Freya… Freya…”The voice that seems a distance away summons my conscious mind back into my body and my groggy eyes slowly lift open.It takes a moment for my blurry vision to take shape and I can finally make out exactly where I am again, and where the voice is coming from.First off, I realize I’m in a cell room.How do I know?Same white walls just like before, resembling an asylum… probably designed to ensure that prisoners lose their grasp on reality and lose their minds.Man, I had never thought I’d somehow find myself back here, but here I am, trapped in prison again.Only difference with this room is the very tiny window high up on the wall to the other room; the hole that the voice seeps in.Second thing I realize is just how familiar the voice is.“Freya…” It calls out again like a harsh whisper.“Xena?” I croak, still having a dry throat.“Oh my god!” Her voice goes octaves higher and suddenly sounds extremely ecstatic. “Oh my God, Freya… You’re awake!”Yes I a
FREYA’S POV:More than a few hours, and possibly a whole day have gone by since I gained consciousness, and I still can’t feel Silas.My wolf grows even more panicked as I feel bare and stripped for some reason. It’s weird how I’ve lived without it for years but days after receiving the bond and strengthening it, it almost feels like I just can’t live without it.The silence and white walls around aren’t helping at all.“Hey guys, wanna play a game to pass time?” Lucas yells out so I can hear what he’s saying.“Really, even now, you want to be goofy?” Xena admonishes him, probably with her eyes.“What? There’s nothing else to do.” He points out and he’s not wrong at all.But it won’t be easy focusing my mind on being calm… not when Silas is missing.“How long do you think it’s going to take before King Darius holds the mating ceremony?” I ask out loud, not really expecting an answer.“He’s going to want to get things sooner, so maybe we’re looking at five days, if not sooner.” Lucas
SILAS’ POV:It took what feels like an extra day since Father’s visit before I’m finally let out of my cell to change into a tux, of course for the dinner that’s scheduled tonight.My full strength hasn’t returned, so I don’t bother escaping and searching for Freya. I need to wait for the perfect time, when my strength is at its peak again.Once I’m dressed in the suit, however, two metal cuffs linked together by chains and most definitely laced with silver are clasped onto both my arms, restricting my movement.“Alpha’s orders; so you don’t go wolfing out when we least expect It.” The guard explains, tossing the key into his pocket.My old man had really considered everything. Keeping me in chains during said dinner to also to show the in-laws that he has me under his thumb this time and I won’t pull any funny business again.Interesting.Once secured, I’m escorted into a limo just outside, waiting to take me back home and farther from the place he has Freya locked up.I’m skeptical