Irina: I opened my eyes, making sure that I kept my breathing as even as it was, knowing that Arianna walked out of the room. I still couldn’t believe that the drunk act still worked on my brother. Flashback: I looked down at my trashed room and the amount of alcohol that I had poured on the ground and couldn’t help but shudder in disgust. It was something that I had to do, and knowing Dean, I knew that he would be coming to check on me. Therefore, the worst the state. The more he would be forced to take care of me, and considering that he would be blaming himself for my state, I was going to take advantage of it. The one person that I had to deal with later was Malakai. The idea of him finding out that I was working with Lorenzo was not something that I wanted, and though Lorenzo didn’t know that he used to be my mate, I still preferred that he didn’t find out that I was associated with my brother. I didn’t know how much I could trust him at the time, but I knew that since Lor

Arianna: I walked out of the house with a heavy chest, knowing that I was going to have to deal with more than I could handle. And though that was rarely ever the case within the case in my and Dean’s relationship, I am guessing that what is normally called the honeymoon stage was now over. The fact that I knew that Dean still didn’t see himself as wrong was not something that I was going to deny; however, at this point, I knew better than to comment on the subject. I wasn’t going to be able to teach himself something that he did not want to learn, and I certainly wasn’t going to be changing his mind on how he wanted to treat his sister. The most that I could do is force my own boundaries, and even that was going to take a lot more time than I would like. “Trouble in paradise?” Kai asked, and I rolled my eyes. The fact that even he was a dick to me wasn’t something that I could easily ignore, and though I understood where it came from, and I understood and could read his anger; I s

Irina: I had to fight back the cold smile that almost formed on my lips as I realized that Lorenzo had done what he wanted. The fact that the house has been quiet throughout the whole night told me that Kai and Arianna were now with Lorenzo and that Dean couldn’t find them. His attitude with me earlier was one that would have normally pissed me off, but I wasn’t dumb this time, this time, I knew that he lost, and that was something that I was more than a little happy about. To say the least, it told me that I was getting closer to my target, and that was something that I wanted more than anything in the world. “How are they?” I asked, entering Alina’s nursery. Though I didn’t really care how the child was doing, I knew that to get my place in the pack, I had to pretend to care about her. Mom and dad were coming home tomorrow, and I didn’t want mom to be the one taking care of Ray. To say the least, she has had enough mother titles in her life, and that was something that I wanted t

Lorenzo: “You just allowed them to escape?” Elijah asked, frowning in confusion. The man didn’t know that he and his sister were my bait. I threw it in, and now war was going to be starting. The one thing that they didn’t put in mind was that I wasn’t going to be dealing with traitors. If anything, they could betray me too. “You are foolish if you think that I ‘simply’ allowed them to escape.” I said, crossing my arms over my chest. Both Arianna and Kai didn’t know that they were asleep in the basement for the past three weeks, both recovering, processing, and of course, training in front of me. Flashback: Mariana watched from a distance as her son and my daughter fought. Both were under my control and all it took was a click on a button for them to react. And I had to admit, seeing them, their fire in their eyes, and how strong both were, I was impressed by my offspring. I watched as Arianna got on her brother’s shoulder, nearly breaking his neck and killing him, before I r

Irina: I watched as Arianna’s eyes darkened, and for the first time since I was a child, I saw Dean genuinely scared of hurting someone. “Arianna, snap out of this,” he said, watching as she approached him. The woman’s eyes were black, there were literally no pupils, her eyes were completely back, and for the first time since I have started working with Lorenzo, I couldn’t help but find myself fearing what I did. The man literally created a remorseless monster, and seeing Arianna right now, I understood why he chose her. The woman’s physique was not one that he could tamper with even if he was controlling her. The woman grew up strong, she grew up with the endurance to handle what she was doing, and that was something that Lorenzo took advantage of. “Viktor, she is going…” “You are lucky to be alive.” He said, stopping me. “And if I am holding on to my last strand of patience right now, I do suggest that you don’t take advantage of it.” He had me cuffed to one of the chairs, a