Semua Bab The rejected luna stolen pups: Bab 61 - Bab 70

"Did you really think she's going to find out eventually?" Liam's sharp, angry voice resounded down the darkened hall. Sophie froze, hands shaking on the tray of tea, as she slammed against the wall, trying to catch voices speaking in the study."You underestimate her curiosity," Silas said. "Irrelevant, anyway. Sophie has no choice but to follow our plan. She's too tied to her own survival."Sophie's blood ran cold. With deliberate slowness, she set the tray on the floor and inched closer to the partially open door."She has done quite well so far, hasn't she?" added Liam in mirth. "Ethan does not suspect anything from her, and each bit of information given by her proves valuable to us."It all fell together in a heap for Sophie as her stomach cramped. All the information? Her mind suddenly ran wild; all the little details of Ethan's plans and actions which she had given Silas, none of which was relevant, was part of something bigger."But we cannot afford mistakes," Silas said. "The

"You can't be serious, Ayla." Ethan's voice cut through sharp and laced with disbelief as he stepped into her room without knock.Whipping around from folding the light jacket, Ayla was caught by surprise at Ethan's sudden entrance. "Ethan! Have you forgotten what privacy means?"Ethan's piercing blue eyes narrowed and his arms folded across his chest. "Forget privacy-is it true? Are you actually considering leaving with Liam?"She straightened her spine and clamped down on her jaw. "Yes, I am. He asked me to go with him, and I said yes.”Inconceivable," Ethan muttered, running a hand through his hair as he began to prowl the room, restless. "Do you have any idea what you are doing? Or how dangerous this is?""I know exactly what I'm doing," Ayla returned forcibly, her tone without inflection. "I am not a child, Ethan. I don't need your permission.”"This isn't about permission! It's about your safety. Liam is-" He bit the words off, fists clenching."Say it," Ayla challenged, taking

"Are we lost, Liam?" Ayla's voice finally cut the silence as they approached the looming gates of very familiar territory. Brow furrowed in confusion, she darted between the high stone walls and uniformed guards standing by the entrance. "This is not the direction you said.”Liam said nothing for a moment, kicked his horse forward, face deadpan. Till they pulled to a stop in front of the iron gates and then gave off a minuscule reassuring smile towards her. "We are not lost. We wanted to be here. Just believe me, Ayla."She furrowed deeper into her frown. "Exactly where are we?”"The Moon Shadow Pack," Liam said lightly as could be, swinging himself off the horse and gesturing for her to join him in dismounting.Ayla froze. "Moon Shadow?" she echoed incredulously. "You never said anything about coming here. Why are we here? The moon Shadow pack has never been on good terms with us, what if they attack us?Liam offered a supportive hand to dismount, which she ignored, slipping from the

The moon was low in the sky, a pale silvery light cast across the great sprawl of territory marking the domain of the Moon Shadow Pack. Ayla leaned against the fogged window of her room, cool breaths misting onto the pane as her gaze went to the night sky. Every one of her senses was strained taut, poised to run breakneck through possibilities and contingencies.“This had to work,” she told herself, the knuckles pale as she grasped the strap of the satchel tightly. “If I stay here, they will destroy all that I care about. I just could not let it get that far.”Then, suddenly, a creak pierced her thoughts, and her heart catapulted to her throat. She whirled around as the door opened, her pulse thundering in her ears.The door opened, and with it, the arrival of the supper tray of a guard. As usual, without any sentiments expressed, the sight of him just about caught the corner of his vision, when: "Dinner," he rasped, dropping it onto the small table next to her bed.Ayla nodded slight

Ayla swore silently, pacing the small, darkened room, little different from a prison cell. With every second, the walls inched closer, closer, squeezing the air out of her lungs. Her eyes stung and ballooned from hours of crying, and the tears just simply refused to dry. And they never did.She froze, planted herself before the now closed-and-locked door, her fists clenched to her sides. "How could I have been so blind? Ethan warned me. He tried to tell me, and I-" Her voice cracked as one hand went to press against the ache inside.And now Ayla could almost hear Liam's words in her mind, cold calculated words: "Your pups are with me, they always have.”She shuddered, the wave of guilt washing through her. Had she really so easily bought what Liam had offered? The man who once took hostage her heart, if only for an instant, held her hostage; her pups, her poor pups, they were out at the mercy of some kind of monster."Ethan," she whispered, little more than a quavering breath. "I must