Zack’s POVI had not expected that question from her and I nearly dropped my drink. How did she know? Did the beta tell her? Or had my father called her while I was gone?If I lied and she already knew the truth from any one of these men then I was screwed and she would not trust me again. I looked away from her which was a wrong move as she would see me as the guilty one who had killed her mother. Shoot! That was a terrible move and I was wrong to have looked away.“Oh my God,” she gasped, putting her hand to her mouth. “You did kill my mother.”I couldn’t lie to her anymore. The cat was out of the bag. There was no way of putting it back.“I can explain,” I said to my feet as she placed a hand to her lower abdomen, backing away from me. She was scared. The look on her eyes broke my heart as she was terrified of me.That was one look I didn’t want to see from her but she looked at me like I was some sort of monster.She wouldn’t even let me explain.I knew I shouldn’t have fallen f

Zack’s POVI didn’t go to the palace immediately, instead I headed for the mountains on foot.I had my security details go to the palace in their own cars and leave the car for me at the foot of the mountain.I didn’t know why I was being drawn here since she had not shown up at the palace last night.The climb up was stressful as usual but when I got to the top it was worth it.I found her sleeping on the cliff. That was dangerous and she could fall off if she wasn’t careful.I didn’t want to get close to her to wake her up so I sat on a rock by the edge of the cliff.“What do you want?” she asked, getting me by surprise.“You’re awake. I thought you’d be sleeping.”“Well I’m not.”“Does my scent bother you? Is that why you refused to sleep at the palace?”“I don’t think I want to stay in a place filled with murderers.”There was nothing I could say to counter that so I stood to my feet.“Let’s go to the palace, I have someone waiting for you.”She turned around to look at me with re

Kayla’s POVThe trip back home was weird. I had my things packed into my fathers car and had to stay in the backseat talking to willow.We chattered on and on, catching up on what we didn’t know about each other.I had expected her to be a teenager but she was in her early twenties. This made a ton of difference in the way I saw her.My father drove us to a mountain to rest as he excused himself to meet someone.Willow and I stayed on the hood of the car, staring at the flower fields which spread out before us.“Those flowers only grow on mountains,” she said to me as I smiled.“I know. I love staying on mountains because of them. They help with my thoughts.”She laughed. “It’s so cool having a sister. I can’t believe it. I know we’re not from the same father but at least we shared the same mother.”“Yeah.”I looked down to my feet to see a few worms popping their heads out of the earth.“I heard you’re pregnant,” she smiled. “Why are you staying in the palace when you could be with y

Kayla’s POV“You sound really pained like you were tortured by men,” Willow said with a sigh. “I expect that you won’t be telling me how you got the baby bump.”I looked at my growing stomach and fell back in my seat. “It’s a long story.”“I’m all ears.”I felt ashamed to tell her anything concerning my pregnancy. It could let her see me as a whore or a loose canon.I would be destroying the trust she was having in me already. I needed to tell her that I was not a loose girl but my answer would change that.“You don’t want to tell me?”I sighed. “I do, I’m just really nervous.”“It’s just the two of us. There’s nothing to be nervous of. Dad isn’t even at home. He went on his night shift and would be back by morning.”Her explanation didn’t make things any better. Of course I’d also be out of a job and I had to get one so that I would help in the monetary department.“Don’t think about father right now. He’s a big boy, he can take care of himself. He’s been doing things for years now

Zack’s POVBut to me it was. In fact, I felt like it was a sword which had two pointing edges but the edges were all on me, stabbing me slowly until my body hurt from what I was going through.Maybe I wasn’t meant to fall in love. Maybe this was how it would always go.“So you believe not everyone was meant to fall in love?” I asked Mateo who chuckled.“I don’t know what you want to believe alpha,” he sighed. “Now you can believe that you were not meant to fall in love which is true and false at the same time. Or you can believe that you were meant to have your happily ever after. It’s your choice. “But don’t forget that happily ever after comes from the conscious choices we choose to make. If you want peace then you have to strive to make peace. You’re an alpha, this should be very easy for you to do. “And if you want war, then war you shall get. It’s not like I woke up and chose to not be loved. I do want to love and feel loved. I do want to feel that warmth from my mate from time