Alpha Kendrick’s POV“Parts of his body were found spread over a hundred yard stretch just inside the east border Alpha. The blood was everywhere. Some of the rogues are threatening to leave if you don’t take action. They say you treat them like they are disposable and wont sacrifice themselves unless they have assurances.” My Beta actually looks a little green. The Black’s must have really spread the worthless rogue all over the place if it has unsettled Vinny’s cast iron constitution.“Of course those mangy mutts are disposable, why the fuck else would I have them on our land, stinking up the place? When my prize is back where she belongs, those scabies ridden, rabid dogs will be tossed on the pyre along with those bastard Alphas.” I roar in his direction, though angry with the situation more than him. Glistening glass shrapnel showers the room a split second after my empty tumbler impacts the bars of her cage. The red mist that descended when she slipped through my fingers has stil

Zander’s POVCaleb is practically clawing at the inside of my skull, desperate to get out and tear that deranged prick limb from limb. How could this have been happening right under our noses? This whole time she was in the next pack, one that borders our own, and we had no idea Kendrick was raping, torturing and murdering she-wolves. ‘Our mate, she was there for years. He needs to be put down.’ Caleb snarls as he tries to push forward. ‘She needs us here for her now, we can’t just leave and go on a bloody rampage. We will have vengeance for her and Justice, when the time’s right.’ I talk Caleb down from a murderous ledge. If this is how he is reacting, I dread to think how Max must be going off inside Christian right now. Since finding Liberty he has managed to keep an impressive grip on Max, I hope this doesn’t push him too far.“Do you want me to continue?” Liberty asks. She looks from me to Christian and back again, obviously aware of our internal struggles. It might have been bet

Christian’s POVFUCK.FUCK.That fucking man is like a fourth goddamn person in this relationship. Every time it feels like we are getting somewhere, his bullshit antics come back to haunt her and fill her with nothing but fear and doubt.“You aren’t broken little one.” I release her arms and hold her to me. My shirt instantly wicks up her warm tears and clings to my chest. Zander looks on from the other side of the kitchen, where he is busy cooking up the food he has scattered all over the work tops. I know he wants to comfort her and tell her everything we have been telling her since we found her. I also know he is acutely aware of the damage that was done when she saw me in that alley, and that I need to heal that fray in our bond without his interference.“You’re right. You have told us things nobody should ever have the need to say, and we have given very little in return. It’s not because we are hiding anything from you baby. We just don’t want to add our baggage to everything y

Zander’s POVChristian effortlessly shifts back and comes to stand in front of Liberty, sandwiching her between us.“You will be ok baby. Trust that justice knows what she is doing and allow her to take control.” I whisper in her ear and spread my hand over her stomach, warm, calming energy passes from me into her and her breaths become slow and steady.“You will feel the shift, like pressure and pulling. It will ache and tingle for a few seconds, but it won’t be painful sweetheart.” Christian holds her chin in the ‘v’ of his hand. He kisses forehead and I feel his fingers spread over her lower back as he adds to the energy already flowing through her. Our parents used to call the gift ‘Alpha sedation’, and it’s been used by Alphas in our line for generations for many acts and deeds we are ashamed of. Christian and I have an agreement to only ever use it passively unless lives are at stake. We discovered, during our research, that many alphas have a gift of some sort. During the last

Christian’s POVI was the first through the door when we finally came to the abandoned hunting lodge in the Southern Mountains. It took our best trackers over an hour to pick up the trail and my imagination has been running away with me the whole run here. Kendrick’s biggest mistake was stationing rogues as lookouts along the way, their stink led us right to her. The slaughter of Kendrick’s men happening behind us is nothing compared to the sight that greets me as the shitty, rotting door falls in front of me.Liberty is naked and tied to the bed at her neck with her legs spread wide and bound to the frame. A body flies through the air and hits the wall so hard the flimsy building rocks with the force.Zander pushes past me and runs straight over to Liberty, she is shaking so hard I can hear her teeth chattering from where I’m stood, frozen to the spot. It takes a moment for me to process what is going on, what has been happening in this room.There is a hint of blood in the air. When