Jackson.Standing in front of the full length mirror of my hotel room, I straightened my tie. Taking a deep breath to calm my nerves, I inspected my dark blue tailored suit, noting that it was starting to feel a bit tighter. I needed to do something about that. As I adjusted my cufflinks, I remembered Kelsey’s words and the expression on her face as she’d said them. It was clear that I had hurt her greatly, and I hoped she would forgive me this one last time. After that, I didn’t intend to hurt her anymore.Leaving the mirror, I went towards the bed and picked up the small box which had a beautiful diamond studded ring. I opened the box and held it up. It was beautiful and had been recommended by the best jewellery sellers in New York. The size of the ring didn’t matter to me, and I was sure it wouldn’t matter much to Kelsey, but I needed the best for my woman. I knew it would make her smile.I planned to propose that night, but only after she forgave me. If she didn’t forgive me, I’d

In a trance like state, I walked back to my room. It felt like I was just gliding down the hallway, instead of lifting my legs and walking. When I got to my room, I went straight to the bed and dumped my body on it, not bothering to remove my shoes. As I sobbed that night, all the memories came rushing back. I remembered all the things that had happened to me, even before Edmund died. When I realised that I had never really been happy for a long period of time, I cried even more, letting everything out. I ended up falling asleep on top of the covers, my heels stuck to my feet. I woke up in darkness. It must have been at 4 or 5 am. Sitting up, I removed my shoes and tossed them to the floor. I got up, climbed out of the bed and walked to the window. I was feeling so melancholic and that made me wish I was human so that a fall could kill me and I’d be away from this world. A guard was walking in the backyard. I watched as he went to the pool sat on a lone chair and lit up a cigar. I w

Leo Killman turned out to be the monster in charge of making me curse the day I set foot in Midnight Pack. I screamed when I felt the lash hit my back. It was on the third one that I felt my shirt rip apart. A high pitched scream escaped my wide open mouth as tears soaked my entire face. The crowd was animated, with some people yelling as the lashes hit my back in quick succession. Eventually, I stopped counting and screaming. My bruised back felt like it was being boiled while hit at the same time. The pain kept becoming more intense as time went on, and the tears never stopped coming. It went on until it all became like a distant blur. My mind started shutting down as my body became weaker and weaker.“Stop there,” I heard someone say. The voice sounded familiar. “We don’t want her to pass out. She needs to feel this.”By now people were just talking, no more chanting or cheering. I just stayed there, resting my face against the pole, wishing I could lose consciousness. After some

I didn’t pass out. I must have taken a smaller dose that required, or maybe it was because a guard found me early. He lifted me and took me to the kitchen and put me on the floor.“What’s going on?” the older woman asked.“How did she get the wolfsbane?” the man asked, heading to the cabinet. He opened the same compartment I’d opened and removed a bottle. He came to where I was and poured the contents into my mouth. I swallowed everything. “How did this happen?” I heard a new voice. It belonged to David the beta of Midnight pack.“I don’t know,” the man told him. “I heard a scream and went to see what was going on. I found her writhing on the bed after drinking the wolfsbane.”“Where did she get it?”“Ohh, she must have got it when she came for snacks.” The old lady said. “That sneaky little woman.”“And why was that compartment open?” David grilled the poor woman.“I had to get some Nythrin poison for the prisoner downstairs,” she said. “I forgot to close it. I’m sorry.”“You’re luc

When the door opened, I jumped out and studied my surroundings. The driver was standing there, watching me.“Hello,” he said.We were in a small town. There were barely any people in the streets, and it was fairly quiet. Most of the houses lining the streets had their inside lights off.“Thank you so much,” I told the man. “Where are we?”“Huntswood,” he said. “It belongs to Black Moon pack.”“How close am I to Bryson Miller’s pack?”“It’s two towns away but I can’t go there now. Why did you run away from Midnight Pack?”“They were going to kill me,” I lied. I couldn’t tell him I was the woman his alpha and his friend were talking about. The one who had got Jackson King’s mind twisted for a second. If he knew that, he would realise that I would soon be highly wanted. I knew that Jackson was going to put a huge price on my head when he found out I was gone whoever was going to return me would get something good out of it.“Were you a slave?”I nodded. “Yes. Why did you help me?”“It se