CHAPTER #42“TRUTH”EMILY’S POV: “You are Lucca.” I said with a confidence I didn’t feel. I was weak, my body riddle with a dull pain, and my head was pounding. I felt like I had been in a train wreck, and I wasn’t entirely sure how I had gotten back to the infirmary. I struggled to speak, my voice was raspy and dry and it felt as though I had swallowed shards of glass. The handsome Alpha hesitated; I knew he was trying to decipher if I were a friend of foe. I observed as he inhaled deeply, his eyes flickering back and forth with his wolf as he checked all the different scents within. I heard a low growl escape from his throat, his eyes flickering gold as he gave me a side eye. He could smell Evan on me, and he didn’t like it. I knew it plainly as we had only had sex hours earlier. I would reek of him. “And you are?” he asked with a hint of skepticism and coldness. “Evan’s mate.” I answered coldly. I could feel the contempt and distrust,

CHAPTER #44“A RACE TO THE FREELAND”Meredith’s POV: I awoke in a room that I was unaccustomed to, my eyes flickering as I attempted to regain my bearings. A faint headache lingered as I slid up the headboard, positioning myself upright and allowing my eyes to adjust. The room was still predominantly dark, however the silver haze peering over the mountains alluded to smoke, hence the fabled name smokey mountains. My room had one small table lamp still lit on low across the room nearest the door. My dream had been so vivid, the vision of my friend calling to me, her pleas for help. I began to remember everything that had transpired only a few hours ago and figured that all had left to find Bridgette as everything was silent now. I took a deep breath and exhaled as I swing my legs from under the covers and place my soles onto the hardwood floor. It took a moment for me to remember that I had cut up my feet only hours earlier and alarmed I lifted my right leg back

CHAPTER #46 “THE KINGS DAUGHTER” Bridgette’s POV: I awoke roughly, my head bouncing off the passenger window of an SUV. My vision was blurry and I squinted and raised my arm over my eyes as I attempted to focus where I was and who I was with. I groaned as we hit another bump despite feeling the vehicle begin to slow. “What the hell.” I grumbled, I felt lightheaded and exhausted. For some reason, every time I had to use an excessive amount of magic I weaken. I wondered if it was the pup I was carrying. Honestly, had it not been for the witches and the magic of late, I would have never known I was expecting as it was frankly too soon to know such things. However, in my mind, the pup was helping save me. Had it not been for its self-preservation, I very well could have been marked and mated to my captor by know. “Ah, so nice to know you are awake.” I heard the distinctive voice of Evan James ring in my ears. I suddenly felt nauseous but swallowed t

CHAPTER #48“THE CURSE”BRIDGETTE’S POV: Trent and Trey took me into a large room on the left side of the rustic stairway. They opened the steel door with a large skeleton key and gently escorted me inside. They were respectful to me, and I smiled kindly to them. Although they were in the wrong, they were simply following their Alpha’s orders. They closed the door behind me and left me standing alone in this simple barren room with a grouping of twin beds lined up against the wall. I heard a door close from behind me and spun around quickly to see a pretty girl with freckles, grey eyes and sierra colored brown hair, hanging just past her shoulders, dripping wet. She held a white towel around her tiny body, her eyes filled with alarm at seeing me and she quickly took a step back. “Ava…” she said in a weak cracking voice. I stood my ground and watched as another girl, taller yet just as thin raced to the other girl’s side. This girl resembled Emily, s

CHAPTER #50“THE FATED BITE”EVAN’S POV: I raced blindly into the forest, where I went didn’t matter, all I knew was I needed to get away from that cabin, from her. I don’t know how long I ran, I ran until my wolf was on the verge of collapse. How stupid I had been, things were going just fine until I listened to my father and took that stupid Princess. I had my second chance mate, my concubines, my pack… I should have killed my father instead of allowing him to interfere, pervert my mind into thinking I could become King. Me, a lowly North American Alpha, King of all Lycans and werewolves. How stupid and deluded had I been. What was I thinking? Granted, their was no dispute that producing an heir with the lineage of the Alpha King would be amazing. The resulting pup would be a royal no matter what happened, or who the father was, and Bridgette was beautiful, no one could deny that. She was one of the most beautiful women I had ever laid eyes on, but regardless