VANESSA'S POVOlivia slept off in my arms that night, and I tried not to let it show how much it got to me. I had left her behind to go and start prepping her breakfast, when I bumped into Julian.He immediately reached out to steady me, eyes flashing with concern. "Whoa, steady." I waited till I had my balance back before stepping out of his arms.His lips lifted in a tiny smile and I returned it because I already had Olivia. and he didn't. "How is she?" I lowered my gaze, lest he see the satisfaction that was on my face. Julian was asking me about her. "She is doing better now, sir. She was a bit disoriented last night, but she slept off. She is still sleeping.""Ah. I see. Do you know if she is still mad at me?" I shook my head, biting my lips to keep myself from smirking. "I don't know, sir. I didn't mention your name that much. It seemed to only upset her."I heard Julian sigh and I glanced at him to see him rubbing his face. "I thought as much. Still keep an eye on her for me, o

"Yes, we did." Julian grabbed me and pulled me towards him."I'm not done with you, mate."I gasped as he pulled me into his warm embrace, our chests brushing against each other."What about we go another round?"It wasn't like Julian was going to take no for an answer so I braced myself.***"Ahhh," I groaned as Julian pounded me from the back.It was nearly daybreak and I didn't see myself escaping his grasp. Julian also seemed more interested in fucking me than preparing for the party we agreed on.The mindlink between us had its perks, he could directly communicate what he wanted with me and I could do the same. It was like exclusively sharing a part of him and it was quite thrilling.By daybreak, Julian had gone to his room so I was left alone to clean up.Then I caught a few hours of sleep before I heard a knock on the door.Vanessa then walked in with an incredibly fascinating purple dress.So Julian wasn't kidding when he said he bought me something fancy.The purple dress Van

OLIVIA'S POVI averted my gaze from Leo's and looked at my brother, Gillian as though he had lost his mind. "Leo is here," I mind-linked Julian."Don't bother about him, he won't do anything. Even if he does, I'm here." Julian's words always had a way of making me feel safe."Olivia," Gillian said with a scoff, bringing me out of the daze I was in."How dare you show up here acting all mighty and proud?"After seeing Leo, I wasn't sure I had any energy to argue or yell at him, so I linked my hands with Julian's. "I have no idea what you're talking about and you shouldn't talk down to me and my mate unless you're ready to pay for the consequences." With that, I walked away from the Alpha of my previous pack and Gillian."Olivia, thank you..." Julian said through the mind link, I looked at him and saw mixed emotions in his eyes. "You've been through a lot. I'm shocked you came here with me just to show me the truth about you and I'm utterly grateful for it."I smiled at Julian, not kn

JULIAN'S POV.Julian woke up with a pounding headache and the whole of my head felt like it had been clobbered by heavy metal. Not just my body, the whole of my body ached and burned like it had been set on fire and left to burn through the eternal burning flames. When I heard a loud bang ring from somewhere in the place where I was, I opened my eyes slowly to see what the sound was.When I opened my eyes, I saw that the room I was in was very dark and only a tiny flicker of light came from somewhere in the place. Something like running water kept sounding in my ears, making my head hurt some more because of how loud the sound was for my wolf ears. I closed my eyes with a loud sigh for over a minute. When I finally opened my eyes again, I channeled my wolf sense and saw that I was in a cave.Julian managed to sit up and I looked at the place I was lying on. I saw that it was a bed of rock and I wondered if that was responsible for the body pain I had. I looked around once again while

JULIAN'S POV.The moment I was away from the cave and the faerie and I stepped into the blinding light of the day, my wolf began to thunder in my head. I understood that he was worried about our mates just as I was worried about her too and all my efforts to calm him down proved abortive. It was as if my wolf could sense that our mate was in danger and we needed to hurry over.When my wolf felt like I was wasting time in hurrying to get to her, he tried to dominate me completely and take charge of the operation. It took me a great while before I could take the control back from him since I knew that I couldn't afford to shift where humans were. Even though I couldn't comprehend why my wolf kept rushing me, I knew that delay was going to result in catastrophe.Hurry up. My wolf said to me.I'm trying to. I told him.Well, hurry some more. He told me again.I just need to get Holden and the rest of the fighters in the pack so that we can all save her at once. I told him.No time for tha