DEL MORINO The food left my mouth tasting like ash but I continued to chew slowly and swallowed it like it was the best thing I could do for myself. I sat all alone at the long dining table with a silver plate containing bread, roasted meat and vegetables in front of me. Everything was prepared and warm and very tasty. My meals were always tasty thanks to the kitchen crew. But tonight nothing tasted good, it felt like I was wasting my time here. Because for a day or two now I could feel through the bond that all wasn't well with Layla wherever she was. I tried to ignore that nasty feeling and feel her through the bond but the bond felt so empty.My throat suddenly felt so tight and each breath was bitter. I carelessly cut the meat by stabbing it with my fork, the food had not been on my mind for days. I couldn't feel her scent and I was hardly hanging on. I forced myself to swallow and took another bite. And then it s
LAYLA I was burning up again and I blinked and stared groggily at the ceiling. The days came and went like a blur and I didn't know how long I had been unconscious.The pain though? That never goes away. It never changes. I was still alive but I guess it was the pain that was doing that.Right where the rogue bit me, it began as a hot angry burn. But it feels deeper now. It feels like something is trying to tear me apart from the inside by crawling under my skin and passing through my blood. I feel as if I'm being worn down piece by piece and theres nothing I can do about it. I touched the bite with my hand. It was hot and swollen and the surrounding skin darkened and became unsightly like it was poison. I was in my room and didn't know how long I had been lying motionless and it still throbbed harder than before and then it stops for a while as if it wasn't there but it screams whenever I move e
LAYLA The city hall where the annual full moon festival of the pack was being held had large glass windows that let in the silver light of the full moon which was high and bright in the sky. The celebration this year took place in a state-of-the-art event center owned by Del's mothers pack, a magnificent structure that towered over the city skyscrapers and represented the power and position of our pack in this human world. The hall was filled with sound and light from inside. The buzz of animated voices and the aroma of food filled the air.Marcel had said I was invited and his wife had jokingly said it would keep me calm and not bother about Del for a while.She had given me her expensive pearl earrings as a gift and I couldn't stop gushing about how pretty they look.My hair was loosely braided to one side and I had one of the diamond rings Del had given me. Packs from everywhere came together in pea
DRAKE The room was dense with darkness which was suffocating all the light like a thick blanket. I sat alone on the cold stone floor of the latest hideouts I had found, my mind filled with ideas that would not stop. Del Morino and his pack were even more powerful than I had expected. Luca had been caught and It seemed like every plan I had failed or almost failed. That boy was just a fool. How could he be this careless? Maybe it was because he was just interested in the money rather than giving me information and only the moon goddess knew what he wanted to tell me.But then someone had to give me a new weapon that no one had ever seen. Something invisible and deadly. It was at that moment that I heard rumors that he was a rogue Alpha who was unclaimed by any pack and unbound by any laws. Some muttered that he was a genetic creation that no one wanted the result of twisted experiments. Some claimed that he w
DEL MORINO I shut my eyes briefly and then looked around me.The light from the sky did nothing to warm my spirits, It only served to highlight how gloomy and frigid my heart felt. This was the second day of sending those messengers but none of them had come back. Not a sign, not a word. Nothing but quiet. And for a while I thought that something might have happened to one of them.My nails sank into my palms as I balled my fists into a fist. I tried to stop my heart from pounding. For the sake of my family and the pack I told myself I had to be strong. After all, I was the Alpha. But there was something exploding inside of me. The restless wolf that lived inside of me was snarling, pacing and craving revenge and justice. My fear was that Layla had suffered a terrible fate. I didn't want to think of it but it seemed as if I had lost my mate.I searched for the link, for the bond and it wasn't there.My chest began to
DEL MORINO The sky was dreary in the morning as if the entire world was in mourning. I was still sitting in my office looking at the wall trying to figure out what had happened—Lucas' betrayal , Drake's trap and the death that followed. Then there was a knock. With urgency in his eyes my head guard came in. “Alpha,” he gave a small bow. “The Ravenshade Packs Alpha is here," he declared. He came unannounced and four of his best fighters were with him.”I was on my feet instantly. I felt my chest tight. Alpha Raou. I already understood his purpose. “Bring him in,” I mutely said. The door opened after a few seconds. With his commanding presence and height Alpha Kellan took over the room. His silver eyes which had previously been serene and deferential now blazed with silent rage. He had already heard the news of what had happened to his mate.He appeared as though he had not slept and had shed all of the tears in his eyes.I