Groban never answered me and I sat there for what felt like forever trying to figure out who Rainn was who I had seen in my vision, both Groban and I had seen her, I know this because he had said her name at the exact same time that I had. I stared at my hand, the branded imprint that stared back at me, the symbol of Gaia. A symbol I had no knowledge about, yet here I was, trying to figure out what to do, how to approach the situation. When in fact I didn’t know anything about the Gaia symbol nor the thirteen tribes. I sat trying to concentrate but my body was drained, it had been well over 72hrs since I had consumed any form of food, and the fact that I was pregnant only caused havoc to my life. I was clenching my jaw, trying desperately to concentrate on not needing to feed, not needing nutrients but my wolf had other plans. She didn’t see Jake as important yet she did deem him fit for consumption. This was the point at which I started feeling it to be a pr

Groban POV   I watched Demetrius basically retreating from Laya like her words had scorched him somehow, I turned my head to the side of the bars to possibly catch a glimpse of Laya but I couldn’t see her. I instantly felt anxious and it was driving me to the brink of insanity not being able to hold her right now, the words that she had spoken kept going around in my head over and over again. “Lay,” I spoke softly and tentatively as I stretched my hand around the bars toward her cell. But there was no response, “Talk to me Lay,” I said still holding my hand stretched out for her to take. But again there was no reply, I wanted to feel her, I needed to touch what was mine. Suddenly Jake sighed irritably as he spoke, “I don’t think she wants to talk, maybe just give her some time,” if he could have seen the glare I was giving right now he would have known that he was treading on thin ice, “Jake, what’s wrong with her?” I dema

Laya POV   My body was shivering, the pain coursing through me was worse than death to me. I couldn’t think straight as I sat against my knees holding onto the bars, just staring after the emptiness I was feeling deep inside. He was gone, no he couldn’t be. The sobs escaping me as the tears kept falling only made the clenching ache in my chest constrict, even more, it was too much for me to bear and as I sat there on the cold concrete floor I felt a numbing feeling crawling through every crevice of my very existence. It’s not a feeling one can describe in words, it’s more something you feel deep inside. It’s a suffocating and agonizing moment of denial and anguish, it’s replaying scenarios over and over in your head until you start driving yourself crazy. I should have done something, why hadn’t I done something. I allowed Demetrius to… Tightening my grip around the metal bars I clenched my teeth as I squeezed my eyes shut, fuck-

Jake POV She’s finally asleep, she spent most of the night crying and whimpering in her sleep clearing haunted by the events that have happened.She kept saying his name and shouting no, each time I would have to hold her tightly as I shushed her, bringing her out of the torment of her own mind.It was tough and I felt both emotionally and physically exhausted, yet I won’t leave her side, I can’t.I don’t even know how to explain it either, all I know is that something is pulling me to her and I can’t break free even if I wanted to. I’m bound to her side and the logical part of my brain keeps screaming at me telling me that we cannot be together, she’s a hybrid Jake, what are you doing?But my thoughts quickly trail off as she pushes her warm body against mine in her sleep, we’re still both naked, I didn’t get a chance to figure out what we would wear after our shower, and once my

Ward POV     It’s taken me a few days drive to get to the Canadian border, Groban’s mother had been the love of my life, even after finding out that she had lost her mate thanks to Demetrius, a power-hungry Lycan monster who became so jealous of his brothers’ good fortune that had to take it all away from him. I had loved her regardless of her disposition with her previous life, knowing that she was carrying another mans’ child and a Lycan child no doubt would have had any sane human man running for the hills, but instead, I found myself wanting her, craving to be with her and willing to take whatever she was able to give me. Looking down at the note in my hand I couldn’t believe the irony of the situation, she had always known that there was a really good chance that she would get killed, but all that mattered to her was keeping her son safe. Groban was the rightful heir to the throne, his fathers’ throne. And now it was up