We left the werewolf palace for the first time together. It’s also the first time I would be leaving the gates since I first arrived and I was thrilled. We rode in a Rolls Royce phantom, myself and Ryder at the back with the driver at the front.I looked at the view through the windows, happy for this little time out. It feels like I’m going away from home though, yes, I think it’s safe to call it ‘home’ now. I feel safe here, that is reason enough right?Jordan tried calling again, but I didn’t take his call of course. He sounded desperate on that call, and I know I shouldn’t care but I just hope he is alright. I have no feelings for him, and I should hate him for humiliating me but it must cost a lot for an alpha to beg in that manner. If he was not desperate, he wouldn’t have sounded that way. The first time he called, he had been very authoritative, maybe he was acting all sober now because he knew he was dealing with

*Tiana’s POV* I didn’t speak to Ryder until we got back to the house and he made no efforts starting a conversation. I don’t know how to feel honestly. Whenever I think we are making progress, we hit a hard rock and end up back to square one. Again. I opened up to Ryder, told him all about my past and he awarded me with silence when I asked about his ex-mate.When I told him about my past life it was not because I wanted him to withdraw the help from the western wolves, far from it. He brought me to this really nice place and I felt we were finally beginning to connect, I thought he was finally making an effort, but boy was I wrong. He’s always going to be a self-centered arrogant prick. He’s never going to let himself loose around me, and he is never going to tell me about Adeline.I wish Elsie would just tell me instead, but she insists it’s something the prince has to tell me himself, which is

The first time I met Elsie and heard her voice, I thought she was going to be a spoiled princess, I didn’t envision that a girl like her would want to be friends with me or that she would be willing to grant me favors, but over the couple of weeks I realize I may not have been able to handle a lot of things around here if it were not for her. I know this is a big risk for her, and her brother would not take it likely with her if he found out that she aided my escape from his house but she was willing to do it for me and although she said she was doing it because of her brother too, I am yet to understand what she meant by that. Ryder would look for me but he wouldn’t be missing anything. I was so sure of it. Elsie took me to her room in the royal palace. Her room was on the fifth floor, and she explained that Louis's was on the floor just above hers. I didn’t get a grand tour of the palace like the others that we came together because the prince chose to keep me lock

RYDER’S POV   The alpha of the Western wolves is worried sick, and scared to death that he has somehow managed to anger the royals again. My dad called me to his office to discuss why I had a change in mind after deploying some warriors to the western regions but I didn’t give him my main reason. I have been handling this case for the past eighteen months and I was making all the decisions and calling the shots. My dad could care less about the Western wolves. He inherited the hatred towards them from his own father, which I have been trying to curb. No matter how hard they tried to get in our good books, my dad was not someone that could easily be won over. Since the incident with Tiana, I have avoided him as much as I could which hasn’t been all that much, because I still had to attend these really long meetings with him present and his signature was still needed on a lot of things before they could pass. That

RYDER’S POV How could she? How is it possible that she walked out of this palace without anyone seeing her? Unless someone aided her escape, and if I find out who did this, I would not have any mercy on them. If I find her, then she is going to be punished. Seems like I gave her too much liberty.I should have known. For fuck’s sake how did I manage to allow her so much privilege around here? What if something bad happened to her? What if she was in danger right now? How would I live with myself if she harmed herself or if I eventually do not see her again?I know for a fact that she is safe. If she was harmed or in some sort of trouble, I would have felt it. She left on her own. How could she do this? How? It feels like I would go crazy any minute if I do not see her, or even hear from her. I am mad and scared at the same time. This cannot be happening to me, not after Adeline.What if she went