Aria’s POVRunning as fast as I could. My body darts between the trees, trying to move as quickly as I could. I was fast, faster than the average wolf but it seemed that she was just as quick. Her hands grasping at me and pulling out tufts of my fur.She screeches at me as we race through the forest.“I will make sure you die this time!”Trying not to look back, I keep moving. Her long fingers seemed to be getting closer and closer to my skin each time. I dare not turn around. I can’t risk biting her again, not after what happened last time.The more I run, the more I realise that I am losing my bearings. Was I running towards the river or was I going in circles? The chase was confusing my mind and I was finding it hard to remember everything.“I will make your kind pay!”Her voice is ear splitting. How Ryan had ever managed to put up with her, I do not know.I just needed a minute, I just needed time to think, to get myself back on track.There was only one option that I could think

Aria’s POVThis is what they wore right? Females that just want to chill?I stare at myself in the mirror. The hotel was pretty run down, but it had the basics. A bed, running water and a door that locks.The blue dress barely came to my thighs, any slight bend in my hips would have me showing more than what I wanted. Scratch that, I was already showing more than I wanted. Messing around with my hair, I ignore the tugging at my heart. The tugging that told me that I was too far away from my mate.It had been growing the further I moved away from my old pack. For a while it stopped before starting again with more intensity. I had no idea if it was Ryan or Elijah or maybe even both.My head was all over the place, I didn’t know what I was feeling. I just knew I couldn’t be with the man who killed my parents, but I also couldn’t be with the man that I didn’t trust.Messing with my hair, I decide to leave it down, it had developed its own soft curls and I quite liked it.“I can do this,”

Aria’s POVI had been here for a few days and I actually rarely saw Mel. She mostly left me to myself. Sometimes checking in, but it was mostly her butler person. I thought it was strange, I was always taught that you kept a guest company.Ringing Elijah had been a mistake. I didn’t know what I wanted from him, but his phone number was the only one I had memorised. I had never needed to bother with Ryan because he had always been there, well, right up until he decided to abandon my fathers pack. I didn’t want to link Ryan either. I already knew how he felt.Making my way down the staircase, the front door suddenly opens. Mel is standing in the hallway, hanging off of some guy. Her eyes flash up to me and there is a hint of a smirk tugging at her lips.“Dinner is here,” she sings as she pushes the guy towards me. A human, hair darker than night, his blue eyes hazy but he still tries to hug me as he stumbles towards me.Mel was dressed in the same leather outfit from the night I first

Alpha Elijah’s POVGlancing around, the people seemed different here. A mix of everything from human to wolf. I hadn’t known of this place, well not like this. It had always been a small village but a lot had certainly changed in the last few years.I saw the look Ryan had given me. As soon as he realised I knew of Mel. A wolf that I had come into contact with some time ago when I first became Alpha.How was it possible that she still looked the same? Like she hadn’t aged a single day?Everywhere I looked there were people, like it was somehow the party capital. It was never this wayPulling the number out my pocket. I quickly hit the numbers into my phone. On the first ring I hear that long drawl.“Stevenson household.”“Uh, hello. Could I speak with Aria?”There’s silence and I almost speak again when the voice suddenly tells me that she is preoccupied. What the hell does that mean?“Can I see her?”There is silence again. Aria was clearly there.“Please hold.” I wait as patiently

Aria’s POVMy face was stained with dried blood. I had no idea why, I barely remember anything when I go in that room, other than my need for blood. It was all I could think about. Each moment of the day had me wondering how I could get some more, but it still didn’t explain why I was covered in blood now.Elijah! I’m sure I saw him. It was bad enough that Ryan had found me, but Elijah too. I ran away for a reason.Stripping off, I step into the shower. My face wasn’t the only thing covered in dry blood. As I watch it swirl down the drain, I can feel the need for more building up inside of me.“You’re up!” Elijah makes me jump and I almost slip in the shower. His hand reaches in and steadies me, stopping me from completely going over.His eyes run over me before returning to my own gaze. I could see the lust in his eyes, it had been a while since we had had sex. But I couldn’t, I was so confused with how I felt. Between him and Ryan, my head was a right mess. Quickly turning my back o