Elijah and I were eating lunch when the alert came through. A large group of werewolves had been spotted heading towards our border and I knew right away that this must be the diversion that Aruther had set up for me. I had hoped that we would have more time together before this happened. Sensing my apprehension, Elijah wrapped his arms around me. He whispered a few words of reassurance before letting me go and heading out to play his part in our plan. I waited in the kitchen for a couple of minutes, downing what was left of my coffee and taking a couple more bites out of my bagel. I didn’t really have a role in our plan but I was worried that Arthur would try to find me. I couldn’t let that happen, it would ruin our whole plan. Arthur would know that I had no intention of coming to meet him if he saw me here. That would put everyone in this pack and all of the vampires that were helping us at risk. Taking a couple of bottles of water and some snacks with me I went to find a hiding

Elijah watched me as I continued to eat my pizza. He had already stopped eating a few minutes ago and it felt strange to be watched so closely. It made me so self conscious that I tried a few times to say that I was no longer hungry. Elijah saw right through that pretence though. Each time he placed another slice of pizza on my plate and told me to eat it so forcefully that it could almost be considered an order. He wasn’t doing it through a desire to order me around though, I could feel his desire through our bond and I could hear his thoughts. He was enjoying looking after me and providing for me.“I didn’t know you were so bossy.” Felix told his brother after he fed me a fifth slice of pizza.“I’m not sure if he is being bossy or if he is just a feeder.” Ava suggested. I wanted to laugh but I wasn’t quite sure how he would take it when he was already so tense. “Well I hope he is a feeder because she looks like she is a bit too skinny right now.” My mom told everyone in the room,

I realised two things the moment my eyes opened. Firstly, I was no longer in my own bed and secondly, I was tied to whoever’s bed I was in. It felt as though my restraints were laced with silver because no matter how much I pulled against them, they showed no signs of giving way. It also felt like my connection to my wolf was weaker than it usually was. I could still feel his presence but I couldn’t speak to him or hear his responses. Maybe these ropes were coated in silver nitrate. Pure silver would suppress my wolf completely but silver nitrate would only weaken him. It was either that or I had been drugged. Ugh, I hope it wasn’t that, who knows what they could have done to me in my sleep. Trying to put such thoughts out of my mind I took in my surroundings. I would have harboured some hope that this was a sex game that Diana was playing if it wasn’t for the decoration. This whole room looked as though it had come straight out of a gothic nightmare. There was nothing like this in

In my estimates I had been here for nearly three days and in all that time I hadn’t been allowed to leave the bedroom once. During that time different people came into my room to bring me what I needed and Diana’s mom came a few times a day to teach me how to hide my thoughts. I was getting better at it but it was completely exhausting. Whenever she left my room I felt the same as I did after spending all night negotiating with a rival pack on a business deal. It would be so much easier if I could somehow fight my way out of this mess, but that didn’t look like it would be possible.I was being watched at all times. Even when I was locked in this room I could hear the sound of breathing and heartbeats on the other side of the door. Arthur would know the moment I tried to leave this room, there was no way around it.‘It doesn’t matter, we can take them all down.’ My wolf growled. He hated being restrained. He wanted to take control of my body and break us out of here. The longer I wa

I was so happy to see Diana and know that she was safe but it was still terrible having her here. I had been planning to leave last night but I couldn’t do that with her here and now I was second guessing my whole plan. It was one thing for me to put myself at risk, but I couldn’t put my mate in that position. I was going to have to come up with a new plan now, one that didn’t involve as much risk. “What’s wrong?” Diana asked. Her head was on my chest and I had been sure that she was sleeping a few moments earlier. I must have woken her up with my frustration or my loud thoughts. Even though I had gotten better at hiding my thoughts it still didn’t come easily to me and if I wasn’t concentrating it was easy for me to slip up. “I am just worrying about how we are going to get out of here.” I replied.“It’s ok, I have a plan for that.” Her voice was still groggy from her sleep but she sounded confident. I was desperate to know what she was planning but I knew better than to ask her