Alexei: “So, it is true” Yaroslav, my father, said once he entered the house. His silver-blue eyes, which matched mine, landed on Scarlett who came to greet them alongside Lena, and Maddie. Claire, Ivan, and I went to pick them up from the airport, leaving the ladies here to set things up. I extended my arm out to Scarlett, and she smiled, approaching us, extending her hand to my dad. “I’m Scarlett” “I am aware, Lycan” he said, coldly. Scarlett lowered her hand, taking a deep breath as to control the smile on her face. “Yaroslav” mom said, looking at him. She looked at Scarlett and smiled, extending her hand for Scarlett, making her feel welcome. “I’m Isabella, Scarlett, Alexei’s mother” Scarlett smiled, extending her hand and shaking mom’s. Mom smiled and pulled her in, hugging her, taking her by surprise. Scarlett wrapped her arms around mom, and hugged her back just as tightly “I believe, since my son has accepted you as his own, then you are family” Mom’s voice was above a w

Alexei: I tapped my fingers on my desk as I waited for my siblings to come. Letting my parents, Aunt Sienna, and Nikolay sit in the connected room beside my office after showing them the footage of their son being with the Italians; we all knew that something was wrong, and whatever it was, we wanted to get to the bottom of it. Flashback: “You are lying because of your anger toward your siblings” Yaroslav said, glaring at me. “I don’t lie about such nonsense, and seeing as you haven’t seen the pictures yet, I am surprised that you would accuse me of lying to begin with” I said, handing him and mom the envelope that contained his pictures as he spoke to the Italians. Mom shook her head, her heart obviously breaking as she tried thinking of an explanation to his behavior; but she knew that nothing could excuse this. “What are you going to do?” “I want to know what they spoke about, and you are going to listen; otherwise, whatever I tell you, you won’t believe” I said, glaring at Ya

Alexei:My heart dropped to my stomach when Scarlett’s eyes closed, her body giving out on her.I could hear her heart weakening as she refused to open her eyes, and watching me, Madeline put a hand on my shoulders, wanting to pull me back. The doctors who were frozen in their spot for a second ran inside the room, their eyes widening at the sight of blood covering her naked body. Her shoulder was bleeding badly, and to make things worse, I wasn’t sure if the bullet that hit her abdomen hit any vital organs.“Alpha…”“I do not care what you have to do, I don’t want any mistakes” I said, stopping the doctor from talking. I got up from the edge of the bed where I was sitting. Walking past Maddie, I rushed out of the room, heading toward the room where Scarlett told us they entered.A low growl escaped my chest when I heard Ivan giving orders to close all the house’s exits, letting me know that they’ve escaped. My growl seemed to catch everyone off guard as Ivan and the others jumped in

Alexei:I walked out of the room, my heart breaking with each step I took from my mate who I knew was sick in bed, unable to follow me.Her heart raced against her ribcage and it wasn’t until I saw the nurses running up to the bedroom that I realized that something was wrong. I followed them inside and my heart dropped to my stomach when I saw that she had blood coming out of her nose. “Scarlett?” I whispered, running to her side. A nurse went to test her pressure and noticing blood coming out of her ear, my eyes went wide as I cupped her cheeks, forcing her to look at me “malyshka, I need you to calm yourself down. Your pressure is too high”I didn’t need to wait for the nurse to confirm that it was, I knew that she was going through hypertension. Scarlett’s eyes were fixed on my face, but I could tell that she could barely hear me.“Alpha, we need to give her something to make her sleep” a doctor said from behind me. I nodded, letting her go, watching as they injected her with mor

Alexei: Never in my life did I think that I would be in a position where I would be truly saying that I was in love with someone. But having heard her muttering it in her sleep a few days back; I knew that the feelings were mutual whether or not she managed to open her mouth and say anything now. Scarlett froze, looking me in the eye, trying to process what I said. Her eyes met mine, and wrapping my arm around her, I hugged her tightly, wanting to assure her. The two of us pulled away to look one another in the eye, and gently leaning in, I kissed her temple, purring as I calmed her down. The fact that I had told her in an angered moment annoyed me, but I knew that I had to calm her somehow, and seeing how she was reacting, the insecurities that she was having were rising to the surface making her lose all her self control. “We are going to need to seek a little help, malyshka, okay?” I whispered to her, my eyes softening when she looked at me. My heart broke when I saw the child th