Reed’s pov“Alpha?” I groaned internally but for some reason I feel too tired to open my eyes. There is only pain. My head, my chest . . . burning pain. My side, my arm. Pain. Pain and hushed words in the gloom. Where am I? Though I try, I cannot open my eyes. The whispered words become clearer . . . a beacon in the darkness.“His left and right ribs are severely bruised and he had a hairline fracture at the right side of the skull but he is healing faster and most of his injuries are already healed.“Then why is he still unconscious?”“He will wake when he is ready. Just give him some time.”“Any news on Miss Rockwood?” the words were anguish, breathless.“I can’t find her. I don’t know where she is, I tried the finding spell but as if she is totally disappeared from the world.”  Now, I recognised that voice. it was Diana’s. the f

Esma’s pov“Now.” she reverted her gaze to the window, i peeked through my lashes to see it was now evening. “I suppose we should talk. I am very curious from the first time I had laid my eyes on you.”Long hair, strong smell of old shampoo, a lame beige cardiogram across her neck, natural style and almost impossible to notice makeup. She truly is beautiful, almost perfect and perfectly evil.I am not getting a good feeling about this. She reverted her gaze to my hands as I placed them on my lap cautiously. They were finally free but my legs were still tied. I can tell a lot is going in her mind at the same time too. Just like me.I have hundreds, no at least thousand questions for her to answer and by the look in her eyes I can tell she feels the same. but why? What does she want? I heard the footsteps chafing on the ground and my ears peeked up, is this her next move or something? She bough

Esma’s pov My mother taught me long ago how to interact with others as an alpha, how to read the room in worse case scenarios and hopefully coming with a good strategy to turn back the odds in our favour. It is not some complex trial and error method, just a trick. One simple trick to know about someone. Simply, if you want to know about someone just piss them off. “Emmy the best way to know about someone is what get them angry on the first place.” My mother’s words resonate in my numb ears. I guess her words of wisdom have done the trick here as well. I have to thank her for sure later, If I made it alive from here. I hit the nail right on the spot. I can tell Ravenna is pissed when I mentioned Reed but she tried her best to conceal the truth that she is trying her best not to snap my neck. The single thought is terrifying yet exciting. I am all in to push my luck. “Tiring, isn’t it? After all of your hard work and still someone bossed you around?” she cracked her neck tiredly

“Mate?” I groaned as I heard the familiar voice whispering in my ear. “Mate!” I tried to move my eyelids to see, tried to move myself to the owner of the voice. it was like my hands were tied to something. Despite how much I tried to unbind myself I can’t move.“You have to open your eyes or you’ll fell to this darkness.” I heard another voice. this time it was of a woman. Again, the familiar one. It was not soothing and calming like the one before but stern and cold.“Here.” I feel my hands free fr4om the binding and th3e warmth engulfing me, embracing me. my skin feel warm. I feel the light and opened my eyes finally. As I thought, the light cleared my thoughts. I recognized the voices. First one belonged to the only person I love. Reed. Second belongs to the one who’s responsible for sending me to this hell I don’t know where I am the first place.Just where the hell I am? I asked aloud. No response. I tried to take in my surrounding, but it was no use. It was like a thick fog was

(One day before) Reed’s pov “You find her location, didn’t you?” I asked walking straight in her direction. Diana looked lost in her thoughts. She knows that I know she can’t lie to me. it is easy to just speak the truth and come honest. “I did.” She finally sighed knowing I am not in any mood to drop the topic. It had already been two days since that fucking cunt took my mate. She had a nerve to kidnap her and that to in front of all the other alphas. I mean how much pathetic they could be. If only I was there with her. she made the mockery out of me. lured me to the other side before kidnapping my mate. “It was not easy to find her. Ravenna was too good to hide her presence. If it was not for the bond you shared with her, it would be impossible for me.” she said and looked past me. Maybe this was the reason she tried to kill me with the truck. But then she also visited me. I am almost certain about it she did. She did not kill me back then. She had the blade then what she was wa