Oliver POV:
I explore the surroundings with my eyes, and just as I thought, the dead bodies are not around anymore. I kept my senses vigilant, I am one hundred per cent sure nobody came to collect them.
That means only one thing.
Black magic.
Anger is stirring inside me and my wolf is also fuming with rage, this better not be what I think it is. But if my suspicions turn out right, I’m going to fucking kill them all.
I’m going to track them out and take my time torturing them, slowly, mercilessly, until they beg me to die. Then I’m going to torture them even more, for that is what they deserve for their atrocious acts.
I take a glimpse at the beautiful woman that is sleeping beside me looking like an angel, a warm fuzzy sensation is overtaking me while I watch her peaceful figure until reality hits, she is in great danger.
Nobody is to figure out that she is my mate, I should stay far away from her, keeping
Alpha Killian POV: I watch how the bottle of scotch that I keep on my desk is smashing to the wall the moment I see the devasted look plastered all over the face of Nexus, my most trusted man, my beta. It means the operation failed. How is it that I’m surrounded by useless men? “What went wrong?” I demand, making him cower under my death threatening glare. “T-the attack failed.” He stutters and I really hate when someone stutters like a weakling, especially if that someone happens to be one of my men. Anger is coursing through my veins, I slam my hands on the table. “How? It was a simple task, so how did it go wrong?” I shout out, my shrilling voice echoing through the entire mansion. “The warriors were crushed by Alpha Oliver Kade’s pack, led by Oliver himself.” He puts forward. “You call those nothings warriors?” I spat in rage. “And Oliver was supposed to attend a certain event, how is it that he was st
Kylie POV: I wake up with a start, my forehead is all sweaty, my heart is pounding against my rib cage. The clock shows 7 a.m., did I sleep almost 24 hours? When is the last time this happened? Never. After I have arrived home yesterday, I took a shower, the water was cold, of course, there is no warm water in this dire building, then I went directly to sleep. I was so exhausted, yet I did not realize that until I put myself on the mattress. Now I try to blink away my dizziness, I need to get ready for work. I get startled when someone is touching my arm. “Peter, for God’s sake, you scared the hell out of me!” I sigh, my pulse coming back to a normal rate. “Why are you so jumpy, sister? Whom did you think I was?” He quirks a brow at me. Putting on a straight face, I respond nonchalantly. “No one.” “You are hiding something.” He suddenly declares. “Why would you believe that?” What gave it
Kylie POV: Her outrageous words are resounding in my mind, lashing through my body like poison, consuming my soul. I almost feel the need to throw up. Tears are pricking my eyes but as sure as hell I won’t let them fall on my cheeks, not in front of her. No, she would love that. She would enjoy watching me suffer and I’m not going to give her that satisfaction. God, I have never been so angry in my entire life! “I’m sorry, I did not shock you, did I? It was not my intention.” She breaks the uncomfortable silence, shifting her position in the chair in a manner which shows that she is anxious to hear what I have to say. Fuck, she is testing the waters, waiting for me to walk into the trap. My guts is acting up, it might be dangerous to repeat what Oliver told me. To her or to anybody else. I would not have confided in Kendra anyway, not in a million years, I cannot believe her audacity to believe that I would. “W
Oliver POV:She knows that something is wrong because I don’t act as my usual self. The old Oliver would have made her shiver with a simple, yet lethal glare, but the fear for Kylie’s safety is making me soft and Kendra can notice the difference, we know each other since we were very young, almost pups.I should fucking get my act together, is the only way to keep my mate safe, I need to protect her at all costs. Images from when she was attacked by the demon wolves pop into my mind, making my body fuming with rage and even terror, never again should something like that happen.If my enemies were to find out about our real connection, she would be a walking target, she would be perceived as my weakness, one that can be explored. Her life would be threatened.No, no, no, no. I brush the thought out of my head.I force Kendra’s hand down from my chest, this will briefly leave a bruise on her skin, but she will get over it.&l
Kylie POV:Caught red handed. My pulse is still racing and my breathing is erratic, I feel my body burning with shame, an apologetic look is plastered over our intruder’s face.What has gotten into me to act this way at my workplace? It’s as if I cannot control myself anymore, all that matters to me is Oliver, everything else can as well go to hell. My treacherous body has a new owner, and that owner is him.The moment those soul sucking eyes stare at me, my composure crumbles to pieces, I forget about manners, and an insatiable need is taking over my body, clouding my judgement, as if I were possessed.The idea of someone having this amount of power over me is both terrifying and exciting at the same time, I do not know how to feel about it.I have always tried to keep my vulnerable side to myself, to quietly tend to my wounds and suffer in silence, but all of a sudden, I feel this need to be protected by him, to be ca
Oliver POV: Yes, I do, I do know. There is no greatest danger for her than my mother and the Council of Elders that she rules upon. I thought I had more time to come out with a plan to keep my mate safe, my mother was supposed to travel a little longer. Why is she coming back so soon? There is no way she had solved everything on her agenda. No doubt, someone made her change her mind. And I suspect whom exactly the culprit might be. Kendra. Though she knows that I won’t be shaken by my mother’s desire to get the two of us together, she is also aware that my mother poses a threat to Kylie’s safety. The moment she will find out that a mere human is my mate, that’s the exact moment my destined one’s life will be in peril. If she did not get the message already. She was not always like this, in fact she used to be the gentlest and kind hearted woman in the world, or this is the way I saw her. After my fat
Kylie POV:I followed the two men Oliver sent to a black SUV, I climbed on the back seat. I thanked all saints the moment I saw the car’s tinted windows, being grateful for the shield against prying eyes.After what it seemed like an eternity, the car pulled over. The drive was excruciating quiet, neither of the men spoke to me or even to one another all the way here.And boy that did not help at all with the weird feeling I am having since I left with them, my instincts kept screaming to run, in fact they still do, but I guess that is because they seem so stern.They never said where they are taking me, nor did I ask, seeing how they like to drive in silence.I did catch some glance exchange between the two of them, they seemed trained to understand each other without using a single word.Oh... can it be...?No, Kylie, snap out of it! How can they hear each other’s thoughts? At this point, you are becoming delusional.
Oliver POV: My heart is threatening to explode, every moment spent without knowing who has my mate is excruciating painful for both me and my wolf. Not knowing that she is safe is killing me inside, my pulse is racing at an unprecedented rate, all my senses are on high alert. Breathing becomes more demanding with every second that passes. I take another glance at my mother, if she took her, she is not going to give away anything. I mutter a string of curses and without thinking twice, I start roaming around, searching every place, starting with the garden and working my way to the pack house. I inspect every room, one by one, asking every person I encounter about her, gaining weird glances because of my obvious despair. Of course, they think I do not notice, but I could not care less about their peculiar regards right now, my priority is Kylie, my wolf is crying inside, making me even more miserable, and I did not think that was possible. Afte