With Albert’s help, I got a ride from the village to the Highlands port for free. Lattie had gone out of her way to resize a few of her dresses for me. Then, at her husband’s insistence, she trimmed my hair and dyed it a bold strawberry blond colour.“You look stunning!” Albert had gushed when she was done with my makeover.“The red hair brings out the brightness in your green eyes,” she’d said.“I don’t want to draw anyone’s attention, Lattie,” I had complained. “I want to blend into the crowd.”“You were not created to blend in, Jade,” said Albert. “You were made to stand out.”I chuckled at his words. “How would you know?”“I just do,” he had said, grinning like a proud father.“Will come back this way and visit us again?” Lattie had asked hopefully.Sometime in the course of the night, I had buried my hatchet with her and decided to let bygone be bygone. Staying angry with her won’t bring Domarius back to life, so it was pointless.“Maybe,” I said. “But don’t hold your breath.”No

He barely resembled his father but I knew he was the new Alpha. I could smell his aura of power and authority like a strong perfume.Rowan was taller than his father and ruggedly handsome with a chiselled face and broad shoulders. He had wavy tan hair with streaks of blond in it. His eyes were grey like his father’s but with icy blue flecks.He was standing more than six feet away from me but I could see every detail of his physical features clearly. We stared at each other in silence, studying ourselves from head to toe. My initial fear soon gave way to desire.I had heard so much about Alpha Rowan but nobody had bothered to mention his unearthly beauty. I could tell that he was attracted to me too by the way his eyes began t darken and his nostrils flared as he inhaled deeply.The air between us seemed to sizzle as we continued to admire each other. It was only a matter of time before one of us made the first move and –“My lord, the scouts are back,” said a guard who appeared from

I couldn’t believe my ears. The same Hycinth that should be thanking me was instead accusing me of murder. How? Why?Since he had decided to act like an idiot, I took a deep breath and slowly told him how I got to know about the Gypsy Pack situation from an old friend in the village. I narrated how I entered the Highlands in disguise and my meeting with the Gypsy maids who gave me access to Mariah.When I was done talking, his mouth was hanging open in awe.“You did all of that for me?” He asked softly. “After how badly I treated you?”I rolled my eyes. “I didn’t do it for you, Hycinth. I did it for Lola and Mariah here. What you did to her mother was wrong and you should be ashamed of yourself.”He hung his head in embarrassment. “I know,” he said quietly.“Then why did you do it?” I asked. “And please, don’t tell me that your mother made you do it. You only listen to her when it favours you.”“You’re right,” he admitted. “I was angry. When you left, I thought that I had failed you.

Gertrude kept to her word and limited my access to the children. When I complained to Hycinth, he told me to pick my battles and let his mother enjoy a small victory at least.I hated how he always shied away from confronting his mother. He could see how being separated from the children affected me but he didn’t do much to help. “Just ignore her,” he would say. “She’s just doing that to annoy you and you’re falling for it. She’ll find someone else to bully soon enough.”His lack of action annoyed me greatly but there was nothing I could do about it. I thought about the other Gypsies trapped in the Highlands a lot. I wondered if I could convince Hycinth to attempt to rescue them but there never seemed to be a good time to raise the issue.Life in the Gypsy camp became boring for me. Nothing exciting ever happened and the harsh eastern weather was not even helping.It was the beginning of summer and the weather was very hot. We all abandoned our tents and sat under the trees surroundi

“Sahid!” I exclaimed happily. “You’re alive!”He grinned. “Of course, I am.”“But… what about Dominic?” I asked, looking around. “Where is he?”“The wolf? Well, he split.”“What do you mean by that?”Sahid sighed. He did not show any sign of distress and there were no marks or injuries on him. It was as if he never got into a fight earlier today.“His pals showed up while we were fighting and they outnumbered me,” he said. “When my fellow Lycans saw what was happening, they stopped watching and joined the fight too.”“Oh, my!” I gasped.“Trust me, I haven’t been in such a messy fight in a very long time,” he said with a grin. “It was mad fun!”“Are you kidding? How is that fun?”He laughed. “Babe, this place can be insanely boring. That fight spiced things up for everyone. They liked it too.”“So, where is Dominic now?” I asked.“I told you already. He ran off with his pals. That old lady killed his twin and they dragged him off with them when they ran.”“Darius is dead?”“I don’t kn