REID’S POVGasping, I forcibly woke myself up from an unwanted nightmare. Beads of sweat were dripping down my head as my chest moved up and down to catch my breath. I sat upright and began looking around the familiar bedroom back in the pack house. The place was a bit dark, and the only thing lighting up the room was the moonlight pouring through the window.Swallowing hard, I tried to remember what happened. The vivid memories of how the witch blocked us on our way home and how she attacked every one of us made my eyes burn."Aliyah..." I called my wife’s name as I surveyed the room again. "Aliyah!"I was about to stand up when I felt the throbbing pain in my stomach. I looked down only to realize that I was terribly wounded due to the silver bullet that the witch used to knock me down. However, I gathered all my strength and forced myself to rise to my feet. Slowly, I walked out of the bedroom and called out to Aliyah once more.I co

ALIYAH’S POVTwo days had passed. I was at the point where I cried myself to sleep at night, and began waking up from the nightmare of how Samarra shot Reid with a silver bullet the next day. I felt my body weightless, my head empty, and my heart wrenching every single minute of my life.I was in total grief. At the same time, I had no choice but to serve my ‘family’ and the witch who killed my mate—that Samarra, who I started to observe whenever my mind stopped being fuzzy.Apparently, she became Shawn’s fling. I didn’t know how she was able to get into this territory without getting attacked. As far as I recall, my father loathed witches more than he hated vampires and humans. He even ordered the warriors to kill every other creature who would dare enter this land. Now, I could not seem to understand why he let a witch live in this house who bluntly seduced Shawn, as if my brother didn’t have any reputation to protect.

ALIYAH’S POVThe roaring thunder woke me up. Blinking, I realized that my body was trembling due to the cold breeze that was entering through the small open window. It was raining heavily outside, which made the night sadder and emptier.The room was engulfed by darkness. Only the moonlight pouring through the window lit the tiny space of the attic. My gaze surveyed the place, and I did not understand why this room that became my cage for most of my life was giving me a strange feeling. It was just the same as far as I recalled before I escaped the last time, but now it felt so foreign, too different.My body had not recovered from Samarra’s attack earlier. It felt so heavy that I could not move properly. I could still feel the trauma lingering in every part of me, particularly from my lower abdomen, which she purposely clutched using her magic. In an instant, my eyes welled up.Because of my poor attempt to kill that devious witch, I put the

ALIYAH’S POVMy hand formed a fist. I could feel the rage burning inside my chest. It was so extreme, and it made me desperate to shift, fight her, and win.Why did she have to include Reid’s name in this conversation? How dare she speak his name like she never did anything wrong with the man I loved?I clearly remembered how she killed him... and yet there was no remorse in her eyes. All I could see in her was pure evil, and she was hungry for a fight.Biting my lower lip, I wished that I could lean into my wolf side. I hoped I was powerful enough to seek revenge for what she did, and that I wouldn’t force myself to be submissive to her. But here I was, sucking it all in. This whole thing caught me off guard."You better stop ruining my mood, Aliyah." She shot me a deadly glare as her eyes narrowed. "Let’s go!"She stormed out of the boutique like a spoiled teenager. I turned to the cashier, who seemed to have awaken

ALIYAH’S POVMy wolf swirled inside. It was like she wanted me to trust this werewolf sitting across from my seat, despite the fact that we’d only met an hour ago. I remembered that day when I first escaped from this territory, Reid interrogated me too. While I didn’t feel any regret that I escaped for the second time around, I could not help but feel so pissed that I had to go through interrogation again.If only Reid was the one who was questioning me, I would not mind answering all his questions even if it took us forever to get done. But in front of me was the Gamma of the Silver Moon pack, whose dangerous, impatient eyes were darted on me and seemingly wanted to pin me down at any moment. I swore I thought he was kind, but the moment he heard me talking about Samarra, his behaviour changed, and I did not understand why.I wiped my tears away as I sucked in a breath. I guess I had no other choice but to somehow trust my wolf about her gut f