LOGINCHAPTER 41 Clara's POV: The bunk is hard. It was comfortable when I first lay on it but I have been in the same position for so long and my entire body was cramping. I do not know how long I have been like this by the way. It is like living in muscle memory. I was just living without really trying to put effort into anything. Not making efforts to change position on the bed. Not making efforts to try and peep through the window of the cell I was locked in. But mostly not making an effort to think. I wanted to be so detached from my thoughts. I did not want to rely on the fact that my son was kidnapped by my father and that his life could be at risk. I did not want to feel guilty for not being there.I did not want to think. I did not want to panic. I did not want to feel. I just wanted to be null. Saying I was scared was an understatement. For the first time in my nearly perfect smooth powerful life, I felt low. Depressed, dejected. Clara Brad I knew was not like this.If this wa
CHAPTER 40Kael's POV:There are different shades of shock. Like it comes in different shades. The first shade had come on when Alpha Brad had singlehandedly and swiftly kidnapped his own blood. His own grandson.It left a new light as to everything. He was a beast. One who would even devour his own blood without second thoughts. And I had underestimated him. The audacity to take a child in broad daylight. Request a ransom even.For him, everyone was a pawn on his chessboard. Clara, his daughter, has been the most used. Evan, his grandchild having been introduced to the board. And there was me of course.I fume at the mere thought of being made to believe I was a father to a child that was not mine. I was drugged for basically no reason but to fit into the scenario. In Austin's words, he could not stand thinking I'd be the father of his grandchild. He loathed me that much and it was reciprocal. Most of the slight hate I had transgressed to little Evan was because I could not stand th
CHAPTER 39Austin's POV:It takes will, expertise and composure to walk away from Ari in that library. Not when she looked like she was about to fall apart. Not when the walls around her were actually falling apart.It does not matter if I was younger. I just wanted to be there. To protect. But recently I realized that if I try to be in everything, I'll end up being in nothing. My life after the bonfire had been about Ari throughout and I wanted to see and experience life doing my own thing despite how much I loved my sister.And I knew she understood. It was why she did not suggest I sleep over. It was why she did not question my judgments over what I wanted to do with Derek. What I was doing with the pack. She understood my dreams and let me live them because of course she loved me and would be too selfish to hold back.It was a good thing Clara did not prolong the drama by putting up a show or fight. She had accepted her fate, explained her cramped daddy issues situation and even s
CHAPTER 38Arianna's POV:Once Kael's head disappears around the corner, I turn and glare at Clara.“What was that?!” It is an effort to keep my voice low.She shrugs. And damn that one shouldered shrug. I thought that was my thing. Was she mimicking me or what?“Why are you keeping it away from him? He deserves to know about the prophecy. Not like it would help me if he did. I just do not know why you are hiding it from him.”“You have secrets too, I know. But I'm not digging into them. So do well to mind your business.” I hiss as I brush forcefully with intention against her as I walk past. I can hear her snort from behind. My God, she was a bitch through and through. Did she forget she just lost a child?I stop at the door and beckon on one guard. He walks briskly over and keeps his head bowed as I address him.“I need eyes on her all the time. Day and night. And make sure she shows up at the library tomorrow whether she's grieving or not.”He nods and bows out to carry out the ord
CHAPTER 37Kael's POV:“What?!” Neither of the women across my table seem to have a tangible explanation for the next how long. So I shift my chair back and begin to actively pace the small space to digest fully what I just heard. This was Alpha Brad's doing?I stop and stare from the redhead to the brunette and back to the redhead again.“How am I sure this is not a set-up? Like this is not one of the many plans you and your father have masterminded?”In response, Clara snorts arrogantly, turning her head away to hide the tears in her eyes while biting down on her lower lip. Arianna looks at me like I've lost it and says, “Not everything is about setups.”“Yeah? Like this was not even a plan to have us both tearing at ourselves and arguing over nothing?” I retorted.“Kael none of this is helping. You are clearly causing her more pain” Arianna says.I turn to stare at her like she fell from the stars. How could she not see from my perspective? How could she not smell danger looming?
CHAPTER 36Clara's POV:I have been working in the library. All thanks to this Arianna of a girl. I can not believe she has chosen not to have any grudge on me despite every evil I have done to her.I sigh and move over to the last shelf to dust it because there really was not much to do in the library. Arianna works here too. As if the idea of her in the same building as me for most of the day hours is not choking enough, she's the chief librarian. Meaning I work for her.As long as her generosity was heart touching, I had a feeling she convinced Kael to let me work alongside her so she could have her eyes on me all day. I did not mind because I wanted to watch her too. Why was she not doing anything about the prophecy? Of course, she had not told Kael yet. Why, I could not fathom. But I knew I was treading on eggs and sooner or later they would crack.Born the child of a cunning wolf, there was a lot I learned and unlearned about life. First, you never let your opponent attack firs
Arianna's POV:The elite pack meeting rolled off this evening with a dinner party. I had no intention of showing up until after the nurse explained it was her job to get me ready. She said the Alpha would not take it kindly with my absence and she could lose her job.I agreed to be in attendance no
Kael's POV:My head is swirling with different thoughts as I step out of my office. How was it even possible two women were pregnant for me at the same time? Close intervals that required crucial decision making.As much as I did not want to hurt feelings, I also did not want to endanger the life o
Arianna's POV:She sashays in her red hair and gaunt eyes all over the place. She looks ready to pick a fight and who exactly walks into someone's office without knocking?“Clara!” he seems surprised as he looks her over.“Spare me the greetings love” she sits and crosses her leg without asking. Su
Arianna's POV:I smile at the grey and black headed nurse as she peels off the last bandage and tells me sorry when I wince to the effect.“Why are you rushing your treatment little one? You should spend another night so that you heal fully” she says.“I'm fine” I say as I pull myself up and get my







