Alpha Elijah’s POVShe looks at me with those big green eyes of hers, but there had been a change, it wasn’t the same way she normally looked at me. There was an essence of distrust.“I don’t want to speak to you right now!” She rips her elbow away from my grip, folding her arms up across her chest.“Aria, please, just listen to me. Maybe you will understand why I did what I did!”“What did you do?” she asks quietly and I look around to see if we were alone. It wasn’t like the pack didn’t know about what I had done, but I still felt guilty any time I talked about my past.“Walk with me?” I offer, hoping that she would agree, but knowing that there was every possibility that she would turn me down.“Okay, I will listen.” she doesn’t slip her hand into mine like she usually does, she just walks next to me quickly, as she keeps up with my long strides.I walk us through the house, passing the set of family portraits that lined one of the many walls. My family still sat proudly and even t
Ryan’s POVEvery moment that Elle pretended to be Aria was great, it was like Aria was finally mine. That I could have her body in the way I desired.Elle rolls off of me, lying on her back and smiling as she looks up to the ceiling. Her dark hair quickly returns to blonde, the points on her ears growing back in seconds as she becomes herself. That was the problem, I never wanted her to turn back.Sitting up, I swing my legs out of bed.“Why can’t you stay that way for a little longer? You know, until your at least out of my sight?”I feel the weight of the bed shift as she gets up and walks around to stand in front of me. Her fingers on my chin as she tilts my face up to look at her. She was still naked, she wasn’t what I would usually go for. No real curves, her ribs visible and she barely had a handful when it came to her tits. Nothing like Aria.“You know deep down it’s me. Why don’t you just fuck me, why does it always have to be her?” She turns her back on me before I even answe
Aria’s POVI hadn’t been sure of my plan when Elijah gave me approval to run. I just wanted to see if I could find him. I had questions, questions for both Ryan and Elijah and although I was petrified of seeing him again, a part of me believed that he would tell me the truth now.Finding Ryan had been easy. Almost like a gut instinct growing inside of me the further I was from Elijah. It’s hard to explain, almost like I can tell the difference between my connection to each of them. With Elijah it felt more–comfortable whereas the link with Ryan was like an itch that I couldn’t scratch. I could have told Elijah but I was certain he would just kill Ryan.Running through the forest was easy. I had already kicked my shoes off, expecting to shift, but I decided to stay in human form. I would need clothes when I got out of the forest.The green of the trees passed by in a blur, it was like my body had travelled this path but I had never been this way, I was heading in the opposite direction
Alpha Elijah’s POV“Well, where is she?” I round on Ryan half expecting him to have tricked me, but he is stood with a frown on his stupid face.“She was here!” I watch as he rushes from room to room, becoming more and more frantic as he eagerly searched for Elida. "I swear Elijah, she was here. Aria saw her and took off."“Where would she go?” I demand an answer. If it wasn’t for the fact that Aria now seemed to be missing, I would be ripping his heart from his body.“I don’t know. She doesn’t really tell me anything!”“Are you sleeping with her?”“What?” he turns around to look at me as if I’m insane, but I knew full well what Elida was capable of.“Are you having sex with the Fae?”Those amber eyes of his stare at me, shifting a shade darker. His wolf was close to the surface, maybe for the first time since my pack defeated his.“Answer me prick!” I snap at him as he tries to dodge my question.“It’s not like that!”“Let me guess, she shifted into an Aria look alike and climbed in
Ryans POVShit, shit, shit, shit!!I glance between Elijah and the tall thin thing in front of us. His features are sharp just like Elle's, only a thin amount of hair sat on his chin, wrapped around itself with a single gold bead thread on the end to keep it in place.Elijah was oddly calm but Elle had said something about this, they knew each other. Elijah had asked for his help.“Alpha, it has been a while.” His voice is deep and he doesn’t even look at me. Keeping all his attention on Elijah. The grin showing off his razor sharp teeth. It was like he wasn't even trying to hide his true form.“Who..” I start to ask but the Fae waves his hand at me as Elijah bows his head, calling him King Alwin.“Why are you here King Alwin?” Elijah appears tense, his hand balling into a fist at his side.“Well Alpha, it has been a while since we have seen you and I have been waiting for an update on my daughter. Now tell me, as I assume she is up to no good and that is why you have not returned.” H
Alpha Elijah’s POV“Don’t be so fucking stupid!” I snap at him. As usual he was being his dumbass self and making comments when they weren’t needed, comments that were not in the least bit helpful. This wasn’t anything like the ruthless Alpha I once knew. He was weak, and had fallen for some stupid Fae trick.“Unless you have something useful to say, I suggest you keep your mouth shut!” I was gearing up to break his nose,“Have you tried linking her?”“Are you fucking serious right now!” I square up to him again but this time he holds his place, unafraid of what I might do. “If I remember correctly Ryan, you have a death wish, is that why you are trying to piss me off?!”He raises his hands up to me, taking a step back. I think he knew he had crossed the line.“I want to find her as much as you!” He snaps at me. I had had enough of his comments and punch him between the eyes much to the disgust of the humans that were leaving the coffee shop. They gasp as Ryan falls to the floor, lan
Aria’s POVBiting Elida had given me the chance to get away, but she was still hot on my trail, less than twenty metres behind me as I escaped the little shop where she tried to hold me.My hand hits something sharp and I feel my own blood seep out of my hand, quickly pressing it against the wall, hoping that Elijah would find me soon.“Come back here bitch. I’m going to make you pay!” she screeches behind me as I dive towards the forest. Her hand wraps around my ankle, she was closer than I realised and she sends me crashing to the ground. Her talons digging into my skin as she drags me across the forest floor back towards her. Razor sharp teeth on show.Maybe Elijah had been right, maybe I should have taken up his offer of training, its not like I really knew how to defend myself.Her nails almost skin my leg and as I look at my hand, I realise it’s not healing. I’m supposed to heal quickly now that I had my wolf, so why wasn’t I?My jeans are torn up around my leg and I see the blo
Ryan’s POVDrifting away between the humans had been easy. Elijah was just like any other wolf. Determined to keep the truth a secret from the humans, to keep our world hidden from the weak minded, which meant that he wouldn't sttack me so openly.I dash back to my apartment, there had to be some clue in Elle’s room, something that would tell me what she was up to.Tearing her room apart there wasn’t anything that would tell me where she had taken Aria. Her room was pristine, the smell of our sex still hanging in the air. I had put Aria in danger, no one else, just me.Sitting on Elle’s bed I feel an odd lump under my ass. Quickly flipping the mattress, I find a book and realise it’s a diary.There are hundreds of entries about me. Paragraphs of her declaring her love but as the pages go on, it becomes darker. A hatred for Aria develops. Plans on what she wanted to do to her and Elijah was right. Elle was planning on eating Aria, to have her permanently removed from this world. It was