"Yes, we did." Julian grabbed me and pulled me towards him."I'm not done with you, mate."I gasped as he pulled me into his warm embrace, our chests brushing against each other."What about we go another round?"It wasn't like Julian was going to take no for an answer so I braced myself.***"Ahhh," I groaned as Julian pounded me from the back.It was nearly daybreak and I didn't see myself escaping his grasp. Julian also seemed more interested in fucking me than preparing for the party we agreed on.The mindlink between us had its perks, he could directly communicate what he wanted with me and I could do the same. It was like exclusively sharing a part of him and it was quite thrilling.By daybreak, Julian had gone to his room so I was left alone to clean up.Then I caught a few hours of sleep before I heard a knock on the door.Vanessa then walked in with an incredibly fascinating purple dress.So Julian wasn't kidding when he said he bought me something fancy.The purple dress Van
OLIVIA'S POVNext, we were introduced to a few more people and I could feel the gaze still burning into my head.I couldn't take it anymore. I looked around and followed the gaze until I found the person behind the stare. My heart slammed against my ribcage as my eyes fell on my one and only father.Julian looked at me worriedly and he traced my stare to my father."Who is he?" Julian asked through the mind link.My back tingled as I remembered the beatings I got back then and it sent shivers down my spine."He.. is my father.""Isn't he Ferno, the beta's assistant of Black Shrout?""Yes," I replied."Then... Why were you at Leo's pack? And shouldn't we say hi to your father? He must have missed you a lot." I scoffed, missed me?Flashback“Who gave you permission to leave?” Father asked as soon as he noticed I was awake.I am a grown woman. I longed to say but the words stuck up in my throat.“Your tears are not going to fool me, girl. You better think with that empty brain of yours
OLIVIA'S POVI averted my gaze from Leo's and looked at my brother, Gillian as though he had lost his mind. "Leo is here," I mind-linked Julian."Don't bother about him, he won't do anything. Even if he does, I'm here." Julian's words always had a way of making me feel safe."Olivia," Gillian said with a scoff, bringing me out of the daze I was in."How dare you show up here acting all mighty and proud?"After seeing Leo, I wasn't sure I had any energy to argue or yell at him, so I linked my hands with Julian's. "I have no idea what you're talking about and you shouldn't talk down to me and my mate unless you're ready to pay for the consequences." With that, I walked away from the Alpha of my previous pack and Gillian."Olivia, thank you..." Julian said through the mind link, I looked at him and saw mixed emotions in his eyes. "You've been through a lot. I'm shocked you came here with me just to show me the truth about you and I'm utterly grateful for it."I smiled at Julian, not kn
OLIVIA'S POVMy head was hurting and I lifted my hand to press my hand over my forehead, a groaning passing through my cracked lips. It was a struggle to open my eyes, but it was futile because the place was dark anyway.I tried using my wolf eyes to scan my surroundings, but it didn't seem to change anything. I still couldn't see where I was. I groaned, my wrists aching. I dropped my eyes to see ropes binding me to the floor and I cursed.I tugged on it, testing the strength. It was futile because it didn't move. It seemed to have some kind of charm on it.Ignoring the pain shooting through my joints, I closed my eyes and focused on my mind linking with Julian. I had to know where he was. Maybe he was close."Julian?"The link sounded empty and I hissed a breath through my teeth. I tried relaxing my shoulders as best I could and tried again."Julian. Can you hear me?" It still gave nothing but my thought echoing back to me. Something was wrong. Something was dreadfully wrong. I tr
JULIAN'S POV.Julian woke up with a pounding headache and the whole of my head felt like it had been clobbered by heavy metal. Not just my body, the whole of my body ached and burned like it had been set on fire and left to burn through the eternal burning flames. When I heard a loud bang ring from somewhere in the place where I was, I opened my eyes slowly to see what the sound was.When I opened my eyes, I saw that the room I was in was very dark and only a tiny flicker of light came from somewhere in the place. Something like running water kept sounding in my ears, making my head hurt some more because of how loud the sound was for my wolf ears. I closed my eyes with a loud sigh for over a minute. When I finally opened my eyes again, I channeled my wolf sense and saw that I was in a cave.Julian managed to sit up and I looked at the place I was lying on. I saw that it was a bed of rock and I wondered if that was responsible for the body pain I had. I looked around once again while
JULIAN'S POV.The moment I was away from the cave and the fairy and I stepped into the blinding light of the day, my wolf began to thunder in my head. I understood that he was worried about our mates just as I was worried about her too and all my efforts to calm him down proved abortive. It was as if my wolf could sense that our mate was in danger and we needed to hurry over.When my wolf felt like I was wasting time hurrying to get to her, he tried to dominate me completely and take charge of the operation. It took me a great while before I could take the control back from him since I knew that I couldn't afford to shift where humans were. Even though I couldn't comprehend why my wolf kept rushing me, I knew that delay was going to result in catastrophe.Hurry up. My wolf said to me.I'm trying to. I told him.Well, hurry some more. He told me again.I just need to get Holden and the rest of the fighters in the pack so that we can all save her at once. I told him.No time for that. H
JULIAN'S POV.The moment I was away from the cave and the faerie and I stepped into the blinding light of the day, my wolf began to thunder in my head. I understood that he was worried about our mates just as I was worried about her too and all my efforts to calm him down proved abortive. It was as if my wolf could sense that our mate was in danger and we needed to hurry over.When my wolf felt like I was wasting time in hurrying to get to her, he tried to dominate me completely and take charge of the operation. It took me a great while before I could take the control back from him since I knew that I couldn't afford to shift where humans were. Even though I couldn't comprehend why my wolf kept rushing me, I knew that delay was going to result in catastrophe.Hurry up. My wolf said to me.I'm trying to. I told him.Well, hurry some more. He told me again.I just need to get Holden and the rest of the fighters in the pack so that we can all save her at once. I told him.No time for tha
LEO'S POV.The moment the witch reminded me that I should alert my guards against the arrival of my brother, I saw reasoning in what she had said. Even though the witch had injured my brother before we took Olivia away from him, the witch had told me that given how strong Julian's wolf was, there was every likelihood that he could wake up. If I still knew about Julian's temperament very well, then he would storm over to this place once he was awake.That wasn't a chance I wanted to take with Julian and I guessed that even the witch didn't want to either. I knew that the witch had only been able to defeat him swiftly because of whatever the powder she had blown at him had contained. If it were to be a normal battle of power, I am sure that the witch would not remain unscathed like she was now. This means no more parading about with her effortless beauty.But still, I wasn't ready to face my brother or the threat he would pose to my survival if he got in successfully. Especially if he