Chapter 57Audrey’s POV"What do you think you are doing?" One of them yelled at me when I jumped into the ground, clenching my hands into a fist in preparation for a fight.“I’d show you what I think I’m trying to do when you try to lay a finger on me.” I challenged them and all I got in return were their sarcastic laughter that filled the air. They didn’t believe me…"You want to die?" A man with a bald head asked me. I didn't wait to answer him.He probably took my silence for cowardice and rushed towards me in a bid to scare me but before he could lay a finger on me, I punched him hard in his stomach until I could hear the rumbling sound it made from the impact. My powers filled the veins in my body like never before. I was breathing fire and anyone coming close to me is going to get consumed by it.The bald man fell onto the ground, hitting his head on a rock. I sneered and turned around, throwing my legs into the air. I could sense some fear in them but they didn't seem like
Kaden’s POV:I quickly jumped up, drenched in my own sweat and shaking as the images from my dream kept replaying itself repeatedly in my mind’s eyes like a broken stereotape.I had seen Audrey again, and seen the blood moon almost exactly the same way I saw it the last time I dreamt it.This time, she was just beneath the bleeding moon and drenched in blood. I had tried calling out to her several times but surprisingly, I couldn’t find my voice.It felt weird, and oddly strange that I had suddenly gone dumb, and to make matters worse, it almost seemed like I was getting squeezed by some imaginary forces.I tried moving my limbs too as my mouth could no longer speak but instead ended up falling into the dirt like an infant still learning to walk.In my confused state, I watched as a large black bird suddenly dropped from the sky, picked up Audrey and flew away almost immediately like she didn’t weigh much.I cried, thrashing as I fought against the invisible forces holding me down. M
Kaden’s POV:Blinded by rage, I stormed into the room only to be met with a fire-spitting Shantel who was thrashing around wildly on the bed and threatening to hurt herself if anyone came close to her.As soon as her eyes landed on mine, her expression immediately turned sultry and she moved slowly towards mine like the viper that she was, ready to strike.“Where have you been?” She said in a hushed whisper, with her eyes locked on mine as if she was trying to see into my very soul.I immediately began to rethink my reasons for coming to see her in the first place and regretting it at every fleeting second. This girl is fine, she only just wants my attention.“I do not see any reason to give you tabs of where I’ve been or what not.” I replied sternly, then changing the topic, I added; “I see you’re better now and unwilling to remain here in the hospital, right?” I asked and she nodded, whilst staring at me like I had something up my sleeves.And yes I did, I needed her out of my sigh
Audrey’s POV:“Are you sure this wouldn’t seem like leading ourselves into danger?” Gamma Lucas said to me with cocked eyebrows.I understood his plight and the fact that he would be quite skeptical because he didn’t know who Kaden was but at the same time, there was no way I would leave them all here, practically in the middle of nowhere.“No it isn’t,” I answered, watching him. “I’m a good friend to the Alpha of the pack… at least after Jacob sold me to him.” I noticed how Gamma Lucas’s fists tightened at the mention of Jacob’s name and remembered when he told me of the wide deep gash of his back that had been caused by Jacob’s blade. That man was indeed a menace to a lot of people!“After killing your parents he still sold you off?” A young lad asked beside Lucas and I nodded, smiling at how pitifully he looked at me.“He sold me off because he kinda blames my parents and I for his father’s death.” I replied, “…but that’s all cowardice, they brought war and we all suffered its co
Audrey’s POV:“You ought to be careful milady,” Ian said worriedly to me as he wrapped me up in a costume looking more like a war gear than a robe.They were all still skeptical about Kaden, and I couldn’t help but understand their worries because I knew that they didn’t know him well enough to trust him.I still couldn’t bring myself to tell them that he was my mate though and I still do not know why.Ignoring the piercing stares from Ian and Lucas, I quickly wore the handmade sandal that I’d been given and walked out of the tent only to discover that almost everyone in this makeshift was just outside my door… waiting for me to step out.There was this tenseness in the air that got to me, it made me shiver with fear and my palms to sweat. I could notice how they were staring at me as if I was a lamb being led to slaughter and couldn’t help but smile at their concern.I didn’t say a word to them though, couldn’t bring myself to as I was in no mood to even offer any form of prep talks
Audrey’s POV“Who exactly are these people you want me to take to my pack house?” Kaden asked suddenly, almost before we arrived at the makeshift.He had been quiet during the entire journey here, with Adler following closely behind us but now I think I knew why. He was probably just as worried as Lucas had been about his people and also maybe as skeptical as my people were about him.“They’re people of my old pack who rebelled against Jacob after he took over the throne.” I replied quickly as we went up the steep hills leading to the deserted area of the forest. I panted as I climbed upwards, feeling myself struggle to get air out of my lungs. I immediately made a mental note to myself that I needed to start training again because it was obvious that I was no longer keeping fit.“My father’s Gamma, Lucas brought them here to this makeshift pack shortly after they were made rogues and that’s it.”“And you think they’ll trust me enough to come with me?… Us?” Kaden asked. At first I
Audrey’s POV“Erik.” The name kept ringing like church bells in my ears.No wonder he’d been so unnecessarily nice to me in the past even though there had been some sort of bad blood going on between him and Kaden.A thought fleeted past my mind that that was his way of drawing me close, luring me in until I was fully enmeshed in his trap and it scared me.I shook my head, willing the thoughts of Erik out of my head and focusing my attention on the most pressing issues that had presented themselves but it was impossible as I couldn’t help but feel this uncomfortable sensation run up my spine whenever I remembered that my life was in danger.I couldn’t say exactly what I had done to Erik to make him want me dead but then decided that it was his form of getting back at Kaden, seeing as they had a right relationship going on.“What do you intend to do now?” I asked him in confusion as I couldn’t think of any other way we could avoid Erik finding out about my whereabouts… or even finding
Audrey’s POV“You can’t mean that right now, right?” I questioned, glancing between Kaden and Lucas, as if asking for help but Lucas looked away from me.I could sense that the topic was making him quite uncomfortable himself but he stood with us, occasionally nodding his head at every word Kaden spoke.“What other methods do you know of?” Kaden asked, cocking his eyebrows at me.I could think of mindlinks, and also those occasional pangs that mates got whenever their significant other was in trouble but then I realized that it was impossible for Kaden and I to experience those because we hadn’t mated yet.I couldn’t even be connected to his pack because of it, and I felt my face flush as I couldn’t help but think about how his idea was the only probable solution for this.This was sick…!The sly smirk on Kaden’s face was so evident that it made me uncomfortable, and for a moment I couldn’t help but imagine wiping it off his face.“I can’t think of any other method.” I mumbled, avoidi