The scent of roses lingered on even as the last feeling of sleep ebbed. A wide smile painted my face even with my eyes still closed at the memories of the beautiful dream that I had just been having. I flipped open my eyes and the bright light that filtered into the room blinded me for a moment. One thing that came with the knowledge of my pregnancy was better sleep for me, I couldn’t tell why the change had happened but it did. I usually slept in till the late morning and it made me feel better. I was now less cranky, less tired and that was all I needed to feel happier. As I rolled over to Greyson’s side of the bed? I stretched out my fingers to touch the space he usually occupied and the cold sheets proved that the Alpha had been out of the bed for a while now. It was pretty normal now to wake up without Greyson beside me since I usually woke up really late but it didn’t mean I was getting used to it. I still craved the warmth of the man like never before. I stayed in bed for

I could hear the screams and howling that were coming from the distance and from Jessy’s window I could also see the fire that had spread throughout the pack. My heart had not stopped racing since Greyson left the room, neither had the tears stopped falling from my eyes. Yes, he was Alpha King and yes he was strong and powerful, but what if he was specifically targeted by the majority of the attacking clan? We have just had so many threats, warnings and attempts that it was hard to stay calm and believe that all would be well. I didn’t doubt his fighting skills, I just had a feeling that the intentions of the attacking clan had something to do with him. Plus, I could hear the screams and rage coming from the ongoing attack and the determination in it even from such a distance spelled doom. It didn’t sound like there were going to be a lot of people that were going to come out of it all alive. And that scared me to my bones, here I was with our four years old and our unborn babies

The first thing I noticed as the last feeling of sleep ebbed was the banging in my head. It felt like a stick was being hit against my brain and the effect was almost too much to bear. I tried to flip open my eyes but it felt like led had been placed against them which caused me to groan. Nothing made sense to me and it wasn’t until the stank of my environment around me got to my nose that I began to get my bearing little by little. Naomi had told me about a dying person and had lured me to the maid quarters where Zoe had been waiting. Now, I would be lying if I said I was surprised Zoe would try to pull a stunt such as this one. I couldn’t be entirely sure what I had done to the maid, because as far as I could remember I had done nothing to offend her, but her attitude towards me had changed as some point. Same with some of the things that she had been doing. Like the apology in the kitchen that morning and the drinking from an empty cup. Although I didn’t know that Zoe was angry

Time at this point was merely a concept. It was hard to keep track of the time when everything around one felt stagnant. It was harder to remember that the world still existed when you were shut out from the world. There were moments that felt like hours as they passed only for me to realize that they were mere seconds. After all I blinked more than thrice in an hour right? At this point, I couldn’t tell for sure. I didn’t know what to believe and what not to. After the first time that Matthew, Zoe and Naomi had visited me in this cell that stank even worse that it did when I was first brought here, there had been no more conversational visits. Each one of their visits now included bringing me a few slices of bread and some water and they were so inconsistent with it that I feared heavily for my children in my womb. A few bread slices was barely enough to satisfy me, add two growing babies to the mix and I knew that I was doomed if this didn’t come to an end soon. The third perso

“Hi Freya. It’s nice to finally meet the woman who thinks she could try to come between mates. I’m Estel by the way.” There was no malice in the woman’s voice, in fact it was pretty neutral along with her facial expression and it made it difficult to really take her words for that they truly intended to be.I remained quiet and just continued to watch her. How the hell was it possible that she was alive? Zoe had admitted to killing her, I had visited her grave with Greyson and everyone else seemed to think that she was dead, so how was she standing here in this moment? I didn’t ask her any questions because I was more afraid of an answer than of being ignorant. Also, I had a feeling that I would get the answer I was looking for soon enough. “Don’t you want to know how I got here?” She asked and for the first time since she entered the room, I heard true excitement in her voice.“No?” She asked again when I remained silent. “Alright that’s fine, I’ll tell you a different story the