All Chapters of EMBERS OF REVENGE: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Hope's PovShock and confusion were the two things I felt at the moment. If Orion had recognized me, why had he ordered that his guards to throw me into the dungeon? His voice was filled with so much venom and hatred. He had called me a traitor? What was happening?My chest beat with anguish and pain from being betrayed. But was it betrayal?“Orion, no. Tell them to stop!” I struggled weakly as the men dragged me down the steps. The sharp stones tore into my skin, adding to the pain my body was experiencing. My face stung from the spot where the guard had hit me for resisting."Traitor!" A guard spat on me as they flung me into the cell. It was dark and smelled like rotting meat down here. I wasn't the traitor, Lucian was!"Help!" I screamed with the little energy I had left as my mind pondered hard. What had happened over the years? I shouldn't be here! They didn't given me a chance to explain why I was here. Was it because I was in their territory? They didn't have problems with th

Orion's PovI felt nothing but utter disgust when I saw Hope again. When the guards had dragged in a wounded girl, I was initially worried. It was a trait an Alpha was supposed to have, care and compassion for other wolves irrespective of their pack.But when I found out that that wounded girl was the daughter of the man that wanted my father dead? I felt consumed by hatred and disgust. She was bold and courageous, I would give her that. It would take guts to step your feet into a territory where you plotted a coup.My wolf, Adrian, tried to convince me otherwise. He provided excuses that she was just 12 years old and was probably unaware of the father's plot. But at 12 years, I was old enough to sit with my father at his meetings. I was old enough to make strategic plans on how to combat enemies.Hope knew, she was aware of her father's plot and she was using me as a pawn to get to my father. This angered me the more, the fact that she was using me. I genuinely cared for her, she was

Hope's POVI felt like my entire world stopped and my heart was violently ripped out of my chest. A burning sensation rippled through my skin as I stared at the mark, glistening on Kaia's neck, mocking me. My eyes hurt as the tears pooled to the side before casually strolling down my cheek.I wanted nothing more than to rip Kaia from his arms and pummel her till she stopped moving. I wanted to be in his arms, I wanted him to wrap his arms around me and hold me close.I didn't understand this strange feeling of jealousy because a few hours ago, I wouldn't have bothered if he wanted to be with someone else, but now, it felt like I couldn't live without him.I hadn't seen him in over six years, but it felt like he was all I could live for now. So seeing him reject me in the most cruel way possible made my body quiver in sadness.“Get out,” the cold voice of Orion pierced my heart. My head buzzed terribly and my vision became to blur as I found it almost impossible to stand upright.I fel

Hope's POV“Babe, I think she's ignoring you,” she whined again. I heard the chair scrape along the floor and his footsteps. My heart raced in my chest but I sat still, waiting.I felt his thick fingers wrap along my braids and yank it backward, slamming my head into the metal crown of the chair. I winced in pain as he tugged on my hair, afraid that my scalp would come out.“Did you hear what I fucking said!?” He shouted into my ear and my hands rushed to grab his hand that was yanking my hair violently. I gritted my teeth, determined not to give an answer, but my head burned from the places my hair roots were.I heard another scrape of the chair and I knew Kaia had gotten up, she walked around the table and my eyes followed her quick movements. She walked close to me and then…smack.The hall echoed with the sound of her hand connecting with my face: my cheek burned, but my eyes burned more with the reserved tears I didn't want to give them the comfort of seeing me shed.She tucked he

Orion's POVStanding by the altar and waiting for the ungrateful human, anger coursed through my veins like it was being pumped by my heart. The entire pack and I had been waiting for over an hour, but Hope still hadn't shown up . How dare she? What audacity did she have to keep all of us here? To keep my father waiting!?Inasmuch as I was livid at such outright disrespect to my father and the entire pack, there was a bud of happiness springing at the base of my chest. If she didn't show up in the next few minutes, then the rite would be shifted and the thought of not being tied to such a being was relieving and very freeing.I clenched my fist around the seat I was sitting on, my eyes darted toward the right where my father sat. From the grim expression on his face, I could tell that he was unhappy as well. I didn't want to be the one to tell him that this was his idea in the first place, I knew from the very start that it was a bad idea. If we had killed Hope for her treachery, it w