Alpha Elijah’s POV“Well, where is she?” I round on Ryan half expecting him to have tricked me, but he is stood with a frown on his stupid face.“She was here!” I watch as he rushes from room to room, becoming more and more frantic as he eagerly searched for Elida. "I swear Elijah, she was here. Aria saw her and took off."“Where would she go?” I demand an answer. If it wasn’t for the fact that Aria now seemed to be missing, I would be ripping his heart from his body.“I don’t know. She doesn’t really tell me anything!”“Are you sleeping with her?”“What?” he turns around to look at me as if I’m insane, but I knew full well what Elida was capable of.“Are you having sex with the Fae?”Those amber eyes of his stare at me, shifting a shade darker. His wolf was close to the surface, maybe for the first time since my pack defeated his.“Answer me prick!” I snap at him as he tries to dodge my question.“It’s not like that!”“Let me guess, she shifted into an Aria look alike and climbed in

Alpha Elijah’s POV“Don’t be so fucking stupid!” I snap at him. As usual he was being his dumbass self and making comments when they weren’t needed, comments that were not in the least bit helpful. This wasn’t anything like the ruthless Alpha I once knew. He was weak, and had fallen for some stupid Fae trick.“Unless you have something useful to say, I suggest you keep your mouth shut!” I was gearing up to break his nose,“Have you tried linking her?”“Are you fucking serious right now!” I square up to him again but this time he holds his place, unafraid of what I might do. “If I remember correctly Ryan, you have a death wish, is that why you are trying to piss me off?!”He raises his hands up to me, taking a step back. I think he knew he had crossed the line.“I want to find her as much as you!” He snaps at me. I had had enough of his comments and punch him between the eyes much to the disgust of the humans that were leaving the coffee shop. They gasp as Ryan falls to the floor, lan

Ryan’s POVDrifting away between the humans had been easy. Elijah was just like any other wolf. Determined to keep the truth a secret from the humans, to keep our world hidden from the weak minded, which meant that he wouldn't sttack me so openly.I dash back to my apartment, there had to be some clue in Elle’s room, something that would tell me what she was up to.Tearing her room apart there wasn’t anything that would tell me where she had taken Aria. Her room was pristine, the smell of our sex still hanging in the air. I had put Aria in danger, no one else, just me.Sitting on Elle’s bed I feel an odd lump under my ass. Quickly flipping the mattress, I find a book and realise it’s a diary.There are hundreds of entries about me. Paragraphs of her declaring her love but as the pages go on, it becomes darker. A hatred for Aria develops. Plans on what she wanted to do to her and Elijah was right. Elle was planning on eating Aria, to have her permanently removed from this world. It was

Aria’ POVMy body ached, every single part of me felt heavy, like something was pressing down on top of me.Ryan, I’m sure I had seen him and Elijah too, were they together? How had they found me?Everything is hazy as I sit up and rub my eyes. Looking down, I see that I am in a bed, a white gown covering my body, but red marks were visible on both my arms. Images of Elida cutting my skin come back to me. I’m sure she was eating me, piece by piece, but I am here and whole too.Climbing out of the bed, it hurt to move my legs as I pushed my feet down onto a fluffy white rug. Everything in this room was white, pure and clean. Was I dead?A pile of white clothes sat folded on top of a dresser. It reminded me of how Ryan had been when he held me hostage, how he had wanted me dressed a certain way.Quickly changing, the clothes are like a linen material, long too but very freeing. Little white slippers sat on the floor but I preferred to be barefoot, until I at least knew where I was.A sm

Aria’s POVNo, it had to be a lie, he wouldn’t promise my life to someone else. Not when he had worked so hard to keep Ryan from me and not when he had no say over my life.‘Wake up, wake up’ I mutter to myself as I squeeze my eyes shut.“Aria, I am sorry but I would rather see you alive than dead, even if it meant we cannot always be together.”‘Wake up, it’s just a nightmare.’ A mate wouldn’t do something like this, not if they really cared.Peeking out of one eye, Elijah is staring at me, waiting for me to say something but this had to be a dream. It couldn’t be the truth and I pinch myself over and over, feeling the pain of each one.Turning to look at Chepi she nods her head. Elijah wasn’t lying. “You should have let me die!” I snap at him, this was the last place I wanted to be and maybe death would have been easier."I can't do that!""So you sold me for a deal, you made me a slave to someone else?"Chepi rests her hands on my shoulders, pulling me around to look at her.“You