Chapter 14: Secrets
Rhys’s P.O.V:
I stood behind and watched as two female soldiers pushed Zyane into the same dungeon cell we were first put into and shut the gate in his face but not before strapping on the silver handcuffs.
He was still growling and struggling against them, but the soldiers seemed to be unaffected by it. They simply dragged and shoved him into the cell like he was a ragdoll and not 200 pounds of muscle, clawing and scratching at anything he could get his hands on. After they had secured the lock and left, I came forward and stood in front of his cell.
"Are you really that desperate, Zyane?" I asked, crossing my arms across my chest. “Do you have any idea what you were about to do? That girl, your mate, is a child! She’s not even eighteen yet and you’re thirty two. Not only is she underaged and un-transformed, her wolf doesn’t recognize you at her mate! What you were trying to do w
Chapter 15: Heart to Heart Mikalya’s P.O.V: It was afternoon, the day after the event with Aya and Zyane and I was feeling the need to see someone and sort things out with him. I wasn’t complete heartless bitch like some people assumed I was, so I knew when a ‘thank you’ was due. And Rhys definitely deserved a ‘thank you’ from me. If Rhys hadn’t done what he had yesterday, Aya would have been bound in a relationship that she didn’t desire and Zyane would be dead. There was no other option for whoever forces a mating on a female. It was one of our most absolute rules. Mating bonds were taken seriously. Which was also why my wolf was getting used to being close to Rhys the more time he spent being near me. It wasn’t right, my heart kept telling me. But my wolf was already feeling the pull of the mating bond. It’s difficult for a wolf to get their mate out of their mind once the mating bond had been sensed by bo
Chapter 16: Calm Before the storm Mikalya’s P.O.V I remembered those days, those dreadful nights like it was yesterday. An everlasting nightmare. A wolf, whose cruelty and dread had, shook the Earth to the very core. Destroyed all bonds of Kinship. Tore every fabric of nature. "Mouri had been a hidden village for over 400 years. No one knows when that hidden village came into existence but it became the safe haven for the warriors of the BloodPledge pack. Almost all of the male warrior's born there were viciously strong and ruthless in battle. It helped them conquer the whole of the Gulf of Kutch by killing any other packs that lived there and slowly, they had killed all other wolf pack in India, becoming the sole pack that had the strongest of warriors from all over India." Beside me Rhys was silent. The calm before the storm. His expressions were neural but his eyes held lighting. Lightning t
Chapter 17: Bared Hearts Mink's P.O.V: Every nerve, every cell seemed to buzz to life in that one single kiss. Every sense was on overdrive. I don't know when I was laid on my back on top of the boulder but the coolness of the stone felt like a stark relief in contrast to the heat that was smoldering my every sense. Too long. I'd gone without touch for too long. The memories of my past flashed before my eyes, snapping me away from the pleasures of the present. Only one person before this had incited such feelings in me, given me hope and comfort only for it to be taken away from me in the cruelest way possible. I didn't want to relive that pain ever again. That's why I had kept my distance. But this kiss, right here, right now, felt too right, too real. I didn't want to, but my wolf was lonely. I was a strong Alpha who didn’t need a mate’s comfort but sometimes even I couldn’t help but feel that maybe e
Chapter 18: Secret Basement Rhys's P.O.V: "What's wrong?" I asked as Mikalya jumped up a boulder with such grace that it made her seem like a panther rather than a wolf. She had the grace and agility of a cat but the strength and nature of a wolf. It was indeed magnificent to watch her in action. I sprang to my feet as several howls joined in one by one, in complete synchronization. If I didn't have wild wolves of the Wahiba Sands under my command, I wouldn't have known the difference between the wild ones and the sentinels. But these were wild wolves and they were responding to Mikalya as if she was their Alpha too. Then, I watched in wonder as Mikalya threw her head back and a wolf's howl left her throat, higher, sharper than those around us. I had never seen a shifter so in tune with her wolf like Mikalya was and the sound that came out of her throat was completely animalistic. The sound of her cry drowned the soun
Chapter 19: Knell Rhys's P.O.V: Well...cobwebs were the first thing in my 'what-you-find-in-your-potential-mate's-basement' list. A lot of them. Now I'm not one of those people that get all whimpery and panicky at sight of tiny microscopic bugs that can hardly cause any trouble for an almost immortal shifter, but..., "Is it me or do these spiders look a hell lot like Tarantula's?" Mikalya's voice, when it came, seemed to be miles ahead of me in this dark, deserted basement with the only source of light that of the open trapdoor and stairs that seemed to lead straight to hell. "They don't look like tarantulas", she said, the sound of water dripping from the ceiling prominent in the background. "They are...tarantulas." Holy shit! Not caring where the stairs ended, I jumped down the remaining stairs, but found the jump relatively short and thankfully, not leading to the fiery pits of Hell.
Chapter 20: Wolf’s Rain Rhys's P.O.V: My fighters were let out of whatever dungeon they had been put into to prepare for the fight. In the end, the only preparation we could be doing at such short notice was getting used to everyone’s fighting techniques and learn about the snipers positions so we stay out of their firing range. Since contact with my third, Adrian, seemed impossible for some reason even without the static of the Jharna and even via a sat phone, I was forced to train with Mikalya's....women....and men, and as much as it wounded my pride to admit it, but I have to say that her warriors are pretty good. While I have only a handful of wolves heavily trained in military techniques, she had all of her wolves’ trained military style. Zyane had been right about what he said back in Shiwalik village, my mate is a hell lot stronger than me. And for once, I feel damn proud to admit that.
Chapter 21: Bloodbath Mikalya's P.O.V: "Get ready everyone! Those bitches will be here before the estimated time. We cannot let them catch us off guard!” I raised my voice higher so that it was enough for the people gathered in front of me to hear it. But at the same time it was low enough so as not to echo outside the main pack house. These mountains could carry voices for a considerable amount of distance and I wouldn’t want the enemy to know what we were planning beforehand. I barked out orders for attacking patterns and hiding places in the caverns in the mountains, those places would be best for hiding the snipers who would be able to take long distance shots. It would be difficult to take out the choppers but we'll have only one perfect shot before the enemy find out about the location of the snipers and fires back. My people will have to relocate to another position immediately. And these Alphas were bri
Chapter 22: Stay away from my mate Mink's P.O.V : "They’re not stopping!" I whisper yelled, trying not to disturb the white silence around us. "Do they not sense you?" "Not yet." He looked at me, his eyes wolf golden, voice hushed. "I can’t use the bond until they are close enough. There are a lot of warriors from my pack in that huddle, about fifty of them. I need them to come closer, to see me first before I use the pack link. And if they don’t stop, try and use an ex -" "No explosives!" I cut him off immediately. "That has to be a last resort for us. There are military camps all around us and if the explosions reach the camps then it can start a war between countries. We have to avoid that at all costs. If they don’t stop, there will be only one way left for us to stop them." To take down the first line by firing bullets. The sniper guns had silencers and it won’t disturb the environment around us. He gave