Amelia's POVI didn't think that when Elizabeth told me that story, she was actually expecting me to lose focus of my goal but that was what I had done. I had made a full one-eighty degree and felt like the world's biggest fool. That was exactly what I had done. I had listened to how Cassius had murdered a woman that he had claimed to love and others that he believed might have aided her escape. I knew without a doubt that Sophia and those maids were just a speck in the number of people that he must have murdered over the years. I knew that he was a monster. The kind that had lost all ability to feel remorse for what he had done, the kind that would play along to whatever scenario even though he was nothing but a lying crook and a master pretender. The kind that deluded himself to believe that he was always right, that no one except him was the best, that it was either him or no one else, and instead of buckling up, I had allowed my rage to blind me. I had allowed my thirst for free

Amelia's POVMaybe it was because I needed to actually have a good night's rest again or maybe it was because I almost died, but when I opened my eyes, I saw that I was sitting in a vacuum. In a dark room that looked like the place had no beginning and no end. I called out to anyone that I believed could help me, but there was no one there. There was no one but me here and even though there was no monster in sight, I couldn't help the fear that gripped me and soon the loneliness turned to terror. I started to scream when I heard Elena's voice trying to reach out to me but couldn't see her. "Open your eyes, Amelia" the voice kept saying over and over again. I screamed, opening my eyes to see Elena watching me, her hands gripping one of mine tight as tears trickled down her eyes. I was back in my bedroom, laying on my bed. She heaved a sigh of relief when I opened my eyes and helped me sit up with my back resting against the head of the bed. I winced when I tried to turn, rememberin

Amelia's POVMy nightmares were probably one of the things I might actually look forward to if they were just dreams. But it seemed my night terrors had chosen to take a chaotic turn for the worst each and every time and I was an unwilling participant, having no choice but to watch and see how this one would end. This time, I wasn't in any classroom. I was wearing a wedding dress, standing before a huge door. There was no one in sight when I looked back at the dark empty hallway. I looked at the huge door in front of me, rather than feeling joy even though the wedding dress hinted that this was supposed to be an auspicious day. I felt nothing but bone-crushing terror, as I waited for the doors to open.After what felt like hours, the doors finally croaked and opened to reveal a crowd of people I didn't know or recognize in the hall.All of their eyes were on me but my eyes were on the person waiting for me at the end of the aisle. My eyes were on Damien as he smiled at me.But I cou

Amelia's POVThe entire night was filled with organized chaos. Even though I had volunteered to be a part of it, so that I could keep my mind busy, Elizabeth had ordered me to remain still because of the bruises that I had gotten. I had no remembrance of how they had gotten there but I was sure that it had been the night that I was caught by Cassius and one of his goons. The night that my best friend was murdered in cold blood. It was safe to say that I would forever remember that night with sorrow, especially because one minute, I was so certain that I was finally close to freedom, that I was finally going to have a shot at being happy, and that Elena and I would finally be able to find out what it felt like to live a normal life and the next minute, everything had come crashing down and it had become the worst night of my entire life. Clutching the purple bracelet with my other hand, I watched as everyone moved about and things were cleared as if we were preparing for an invasion

Damien's POV"The house is empty. There is nothing left. No one left." Nathan said to me slowly and even as those words hit me, I could not believe it. I knew my Beta would not lie to me and right from the main gate that led to Cassius' mansion, I had already suspected that something was wrong. The place had looked abandoned and even though I didn't want to believe it, I wanted to hold on to the hope that I was not too late. That I had not lost Amelia. Standing outside the mansion with some of my pack's finest warriors who had followed us, I had waited for Nathan to go in and come out and now that he was out, I found it almost unbelievable that everything was gone without a trace. Because if I accepted that reality, then it meant that I accepted the fact that once again, Cassius had outsmarted me. And that I had taken a thousand steps backward in getting my mate to come back home with me where she belonged. I had lost her again and the knowledge felt like there was a knife twisti