LOGINMariana’s POVThe days felt like months and years. Being locked up in the basement reminiscent of when I was confined in that hell of a prison is certainly not what I thought would happen when I made up the plan in my head. I imagined freedom, vengeance, maybe even peace. Not this. Not chains and silence.It’s been two days now and Rozen hasn’t visited me ever since.Nirvana is restless inside clawing at me wanting me to manifest it into my form. But the second I do that will be the moment that I confess to the world that I am not Glenda Ricks. I will be back as Mariana Rose, the murderer.I will never go back, not until I get my justice, not until I crush Evan in my own hands.The huge metal door clung with a key being inserted and seconds after, two wolf guards entered my cell and dragged me forward into the secret door that leads directly to Rozen’s office. He was sitting on his desk, his hand twirling his glass of whiskey.By the time we entered, my knees were trembling because I
Mariana’s POVThe courtyard was still smoking from the barrage of fights happening when the last of the assassins fell. My arms were shaking, blood running down my forearm, the metallic scent of blood spilled on the whole floor of the mansion thick in the air. My eyes are turned wolf just like Victor and Rozen.They prevented themselves from staying in their shifted forms for so long, cautious that they would go feral. On the yard, Justin successfully curbed the other assassins.Gasping, I met the eyes of my mate who got a big wide grin in his mouth seeing me holding the decapitated head of a rogue wolf assassin.I smiled back thinking to myself that it was all over only to spot another assassin crawling from underneath the shadows, breathing heavily from his wounds while clutching his blade like it’s his lifeline.His eyes met mine, wild and burning with something close to triumph. “You are a traitor! You should be killed now, Mariana Rose.”My heart dropped not because of the impend
Mariana’s POV“What the hell are you talking about?” Victor’s voice cut through the smoke as he leapt onto the second floor, landing hard on the bloodstained tiles where Rozen and I stood among the corpses of the killed assassins. “Your mate? Your claim is as absurd as you! She’s your sister! I’m here to take my wife home, Rozen!”The word wife slapped me hard on the face. I was so engrossed with all that was happening that I almost forgot that I married Victor.Rozen didn’t flinch in the face of a furious alpha. “She was never yours, Victor. You were just the chain keeping her tied.”Victor snarled and closed the distance before seizing my wrist. “You’re coming with me before your brother’s enemies kill you for real. He can’t protect you here, Glenda.”Rozen pushed Victor back, hiding me behind him. “You’re not listening, Victor. I already told you that she is my mate and there is no way I am letting her leave with you.”The two alphas stood there, eyes laser-focused, growling at ea
Mariana’s POV“Mate…” he drawled, his voice rough enough to make me freeze. His eyes glowed gold under the moonlight streaks through the window.The smile on his face and the twinkle in his eyes is palpable as if he finally proved something that will change the course of his life.He had completely forgotten about the wolfsbane dagger and is now looking at me with all the love in his eyes.“I knew right from the very start that you are my mate, Glenda.” He ran a thumb over my plump lips fresh from his wild kissing, excitement written all over his face. “My father was right when he took you in. You are my second chance mate.”I bit my tongue when guilt rushed through me, gnawing every inch of my being. Rozen is too relieved and happy to know that I am his mate when I already know it way way before. Before I could utter a single word, he bridged our distance and kissed me again.It wasn’t gentle. It was wild like fire breaking out of control filled with immense energy. All the pent-up
Mariana’s POVHis voice cut through me like the wolfsbane dagger in my bag that at that very moment, I wanted the earth to split open and swallow me whole.My entire body went cold and numb as he surveyed the dried wound with prying eyes.“M-Mariana Rose?” I whispered stuttering, completely ignoring the way he sniffed the blood in my hands because as much as possible, I still wanted to keep the lie. “Why did you call me that name?”“Where did you get this?” he snarled, referring to the wound in my hand instead of answering my question.My throat closed, then I opened my mouth with yet another lie. “I was out here looking for my necklace that I lost last time when I was here and then I was attacked with rogues.”The words tumbled out so quickly that I thought Rozen would not buy them.“Really?” he asked, prompting me to swallow the growing lump in my throat again.I took a deep sigh concocting yet another lie so I could escape from his trained eyes.“T-They came at me in the woods want
Mariana’s POVMy feet instantly backtracked wanting to escape from my ex-mate’s prying eyes but Rozen’s suspicious stare kept me frozen on the ground.If I suddenly run off, Rozen will definitely think that something is wrong and it will take only a matter of time before he learns everything. He already doubted me before. It will be easier for him to confirm his apprehensions against me.“Alpha Rozen, we now have a lead about the assassin that killed the alpha,” an enforcer said, breaking off the silence in the air.Rozen stared at my face first before turning back and walking away gruffly. The elders together with Jezebel took Drake’s body so it was only me and Evan left in the open.His eyes were staring at me in both a mix of disbelief, longing, and awe.“Mariana, I don’t know what happened, why you have the face of a Silverthorne or how you escaped the jail but, please, do not lie to me.”He crossed our gap and caressed my face. “Our wolves knew each other. We are mates, Mariana.







