Kacie Fuck it. I snatch the knife from the table and slip it between my breasts. The blade cuts into skin but I don’t care. I’ve been through worse and if memory serves me correctly the rest of my stay here won’t be pleasant. If I’m going to have to go through what I went through before. I wouldn’t just let it happen. I can’t. If she’s the obstacle between me and freedom. I’ll fight. The door is thrown open and in walks Clara. Her short black hair falls in waves and her blue eyes lock on me as she glides in. Today she’s wearing a long black dress that falls down to her ankles paired with black strapped heels. Her earrings hang and glow mischievously from her ears. Her eyes fall on me and take in my outfit before she takes a seat in my chair. She sits back until her back is pressed against the seat. Clara stares at me with a look in her eye that I can only plac

KacieMy skin is crawling and I have to force one foot in front of the other.We reach the door to the room and I think I can feel a panic attack making its way up.“Make sure the witch doesn’t leave,” Ken orders his men and then pushes me into the room. He locks the door behind himself and takes off his jacket, followed by his shirt.I watch for a minute, nervous, frozen. How many times have I been alone with ken and hated every minute of every second I spent with him? How relieved was I when Viktor took me away from him?How many times had I thanked the Goddess for blessing me with Viktor and rescuing me from the hole hell of a life I had before. Alpha Ken watches me with a thirst in his eyes that I wish wasn’t directed my way.I don’t even have time to question what the hell that was out there with Clara. I d

ViktorKacie was gone.When I got home and found her missing my heart rate double. All of the worst ideas and thoughts came flooding into my mind first. I didn’t know what to think.After I linked Beta Jake, he rushed up to my room and the door flew open.“What’s going on, Alpha?” He asked.I stood. I started pacing around the room and filled him in. She was gone. My mate was missing.“A few of the guards were found unconscious. One of the cars is gone. There are signs of an attack but we’ll need a few more on the case to track her movements. We don’t know yet if the assailant brought their own car, left in the car that’s missing, or tried to use it as a decoy,” Jake said.I was speechless. I needed to pull myself together but the fear of what might have happened t

Kacie“Goldfish!” She yells competitively. “I win!” She says triumphantly.“That’s not how it works,” I say and pick up a card. “You say ‘Goldfish’ when I don’t have a card and then it’s my turn to ask if you have a card I need.”“Bullshit,” she sighs. I don’t miss the doubtful look she shoots me. Her shoulders slump and she sinks into her chair.“Do you have an 8?” I ask as I stare intently at the back of her cards.Without checking her cards Clara looks at me for a few seconds before answering, “No.”I try hard to keep the smile that threatens to take over my face.“Are you lying?” I ask.“No, goldfish,” she says matter-of-factually, and her eyes flic

Kacie We sit in silence for I don’t know how long but we don’t move. There isn’t anything but the sound of the waves outside and my haggard breathing. “I will hurt you,” Clara warned. “Don’t try and fight me.” I nod to let her know I’m not going to fight back. I can barely breathe right now, I don’t think I could handle another fight with her so soon after this beating. With a sigh, she stood and turned to leave. I fought to swallow the lump in my throat. It felt like sawdust and wouldn’t go down. I took a deep breath gasping for breath and it felt like I was being stabbed repetitively in the side. I used my hand to grip my side tenderly hoping that if I pressed on where it hurt, the pain may subside. It didn’t. Panic sets in when the image of me lying on the floor for hours or days pass through my mind. The thought of being left here