ANMELDEN“Are you sure this is not a trap?” Carlos asked as I signalled for him to stop. “Stop talking out loud. Of course it's not a trap. The spy has no reason to lie,” I responded in his head. “You mean except for the fact that he was turning into a mutant wolf and could have been asked by the scientist to lead us here for a cure?”I said nothing for a moment, letting my Beta's words sink into my brain. Carlos was right. When the spy — who turned out to be one of my closest guards — came to turn himself in, my first reaction was that it was a lie. A trap to lure me and the rest of the army to our deaths. But when he played me the recording of the conversation he had with that bastard, I believed him. There was a chance that the conversation could have been doctored too, but the desperation in the guard's eyes tipped me over. “A dead man has no tongue, Carlos.”“Well, he's dead now, and we are here already, so we might as well go all in,” he shrugged. Killing the guard was a difficult
“We still haven't found the spy, Elias. What if that bastard already knows all of our plans? What if that man is out there, planning all sorts of countermeasures? Before we can do anything else, Elias, we need to find the spy.”Carlos’s voice was filled with urgency as he paced the length of my study. I laced my fingers together and stared at him without saying a word. He looked terrible. Bags hung under his eyes as if he had not slept in days There was some sort of gaunt quality to him too, and his energy was a nervous ball knotted around his neck like a weight. Something was bothering Carlos, and I had a feeling that it was not the war we were preparing to fight. At least it was not just that.“Why are you so jumpy, Carlos? What is going on?” I asked, my voice cutting across his nervous, frantic energy. He stopped pacing and turned to face me. “What do you mean?”My gaze remained steady. “You heard me, Carlos. Something is up with you and it is turning you into a nervous wreck. A
SOMEWHERE IN A HIDDEN BUNKER VERY CLOSE TO ELIAS’S PACKThe scientist ran a hand down the length of the table, his expression placid and betraying nothing. He was in a study, and the room was dusty. There was a chair right behind the desk he was running his hands along, but the chair was filled with so much dust and debris that it was impossible to sit on. It wasn't as though the scientist was keen on sitting anyway. He was waiting for someone, and with each moment that passed, he became even more impatient. After waiting for what felt like forever, someone rapped on the door. “Come in.”The door opened and a dark figure stepped in. The stranger was clothed in black from head to toe. Whoever it was had a raincoat on, and the hood of the coat covered the face and made it unrecognisable. The scientist however, knew who it was. Afterall, the person was the spy he had planted in Elias’s pack a long time ago. One he had had no use for until now. “Did you deliver the note?” the scient
Pride swelled in my chest.One moment, Isadora completely zoned out on me as she read the note. With my heart right at the base of my throat, I remained where I stood, watching her reaction. Little wolf remained frozen for an entire minute. It was the longest fucking minute of my life, and just when I could not take it anymore, she blinked. Her eyes fluttered back to life, and the smoldering rage, the fire in them made me want to kiss her. Her proclamation was filled with authority, and for the first time since she became my Luna, Isadora called on the power of her title and her authority. Her aura filled the room. It was a goddamn pleasure to watch. I took her hand in mine and squeezed, a satisfied smile on my face. She met my gaze, her eyes shining with anger and defiance. Together, we turned to face the audience. “We are going to need every hand on deck for this fight. There is no neutral ground. You are either with me and with the pack, or against us. Anyone who wants to assu
One moment, my mind was at peace and I was happy. Nothing could ever go wrong, I thought. But then I wake up the next morning to find my mate preparing to go to war. My insides were fraught with anxiety as the council members took their seats, the lesser alphas settling down behind them. Carlos looked like he was prepared to tear into a battlefield as he took his position, deciding to stand behind Elias rather than seating beside his Alpha. Patrick and Erina sat side by side, and the room was as silent as a graveyard. Tension was high, and uncomfortable, wary silence stretched and bended, taking up space in every corner of the room.Elias stood up after what felt like forever. His expression was placid, and one would almost mistake him as calm, but he was not. Elias was absolutely nowhere close to being calm. His anger was a living thing. It writhed and twisted around him, wrapping hot red hands around his neck and squeezing hard until anger was all my mate was feeling. “War has
Isadora's chest was rising and falling in tandem with mine, and I was transfixed as I watched her sleep. There was some sort of lull in my head, rocking me into a peaceful, blissful feeling. The sun was already peeking out from behind the clouds, but I was in no hurry to wake her up. If she wanted to sleep all day, there was no need to stop her. I needed to get up though.Very gently, I eased her head away from my chest and placed it on the bed. Isadora shifted at the movement, but she didn't wake up. Draping the duvet over her, I leaned down and kissed her forehead before padding over to the bathroom to freshen up. I was getting dressed when Carlos knocked on the door. “I'll be right outside,” I called out to him, and he said nothing. His energy was unsettling though. Something was bothering my Beta. His emotions were a mixture of anger and wariness, and my brows furrowed into a frown as I buttoned up my shirt. When I pulled the door open, he immediately handed me an envelope.
I picked a smooth pebble off the floor and tossed it into the pond, watching as it rippled over the surface before sinking to the bottom.It didn’t do much to calm the confusion in my heart, so I searched for another.This time, it barely bounced twice before sinking and I cursed. I tried to find a
His scent hit me first and just like before, it had my wolf doing cartwheels in my mind.In that moment, I concluded that the mating bond was a cruel thing. His scent was specially designed to bring me to my knees, but I forced myself to remain strong.I took a deep breath before turning slowly.He
I played his words over again in my head for the next twenty-four hours.Elias did not try to find me, he didn’t try to speak to me or convince me to change my mind, he just gave me space, and I couldn’t tell if I was pleased about it or not,Erina kept me company for the most part.Shortly after h
It wasn’t until later that evening that I realized exactly what had happened.After Elias left, I seemed to be in some sort of haze. Penny checked on me and made sure I was fine before finally letting me out of the hospital wing.There was a car with a guard that drove me out of the hospital, and t







