Klaus’s POVWe kept running for what felt like hours in the forest. We didn’t speak to each other the whole time.Both of us were drowning in our own misery, in our own intolerable heartache. How many months did my mother suffer at the hands of Grey? Was it for months or for years? Was she ever able to heal from his abuse? Most importantly, how the fuck could she carry that monster’s son? How could my father… alpha Mathew allow this to happen? I should have never been born. I should have never been alpha of this pack, pretending that I was from the Morgan bloodline when I was of that asshole Grey’s blood. How will I ever be able to extend that line now? The only line I will be extending is Grey’s, and I will be damned if I do that. What am I supposed to do with this knowledge now? Am I expected to just keep lying to my whole pack and carry on with my fake last name? Should I hand the alpha position over to someone more deserving of this title and come clean to my pack? I was genu

Ella’s POV We slept through the entire afternoon and woke up around five p.m. I slept without having a single nightmare. I couldn’t help but link that to the warm, and safe arms that were holding me tightly the entire time. His head was nestled against my chest, as he slept so peacefully. Despite the horrible revelations that were uncovered today, one amazing revelation took place finally. We opened our hearts to each other and confessed our true feelings. I never imagined I would fall in love with anyone. I never imagined I would even find someone to love me for who I am. A weak, traumatized, wolfless, servant. But he did. And I was the luckiest person on earth, because he was so supportive and understanding of my difficulties and anxieties. He was very considerate and gentle with me. Especially, once he got past his recurrent anger and got rid of most of his demons. I smiled wildly as I remembered his heartfelt confession. He called me his sweet distraction. My heart start

Klaus’s POV After Ella fled from the house, Joseph and Sara started sobbing so hard. My heart was aching for all of them. “She was right about everything. We can never make it up to her or erase what happened” said Joseph in a broken tone. He was still kneeling on the ground where Ella was sitting. “She hates us” he said sadly. Sara shook her head as she spoke for the first time since we came here. “She doesn’t hate us, she was just too hurt, too angry, she had to let it all out. The trauma and the truth that was revealed were overwhelming her so much, she had to speak everything trapped inside of her to be able to tolerate and stand the realization that everything she had lost was supposed to be her right from birth. Even if we ended up being blamed for forgetting her and for everything she was deprived from. I just hope she doesn’t end up hurting herself” She came over and sat next to me as she held my face tenderly with both of her hands. “Klaus, please don’t leave her alone

Ella’s POV Klaus and Joseph head for their offices and I hang back with Sara before she heads to work too. I had ten minutes before my studying session with Jake, so I decided to open the subject with Sara. “What’s on your mind Ella?” asks Sara curiously. She could always read me like an open book. I wondered if I was the only one she could read so easily, or she had a special gift of reading people. “I don’t know if Klaus talked to you about this, but he and I have real feelings for each other. We’ve had them well before we got married, but we were both scared of our own feelings” I said awkwardly. She speaks tenderly “I know, not just because Klaus confirmed it last night, but because Joseph and I suspected it from the beginning” I suppress my snort as I wonder to myself. How come everyone but us, was so sure that we had feelings for each other? She laughs under her breath as she says “We probably figured it out before you two even admitted it to yourselves. We didn’t say any

Klaus’s POV “If I doze off behind the wheel and hit a tree, I will haunt your ass for eternity Klaus. Why couldn’t we just spend the night and travel back to the head pack first thing in the morning?” asked Joseph while stifling a yawn. We were on our way back home from visiting our last pack. It was almost midnight and the path we were driving through was barely visible in the poorly lit, uncemented dirt road. “It’s just an hour and a half drive Joseph, I’ll keep you awake don’t worry” I said firmly. “That still doesn’t answer my question. What’s the rush?” he asked curiously. I sighed heavily. The rush was because of Ella. If I thought the three days before our wedding were torturous, I was so wrong. I wasn’t as attached to her then as I was now. I wanted to return back to the head pack since the first night. Hell, I wanted to return the second we drove past the border. I have no idea how I’m going to do this again next time. She was an addiction I never wanted to sober up fr