บททั้งหมดของ The Beta's Heart: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

LylaI sat in the black svu next to Travis. I'd dressed in what Sage liked to call 'work' clothes, black leather pants, black top, and black boots meant to give me freedom of movement and protection from anything physical that could happen. I pulled my black hair into a pony tail and applied minimal makeup because, well, you couldn't scare a man without a proper look.Sage and Noah were in the suv that followed us with more warriors in yet another car. Travis and I were in the front with Jackson and his team were in another suv. All in all, we had gathered ten people together for this mission. Janice and Carl were in the suv with Travis and I sitting in the back looking tense but ready. Neither seemed to be worried about what was coming. Just focused.I had drawn a map of every room in Julian's mansion that I could possibly remember from my horrible time there. I had also mapped out the surrounding grounds that it sat on in case we needed it later. Chris, the coward and now sitting in

TravisWe had just taken out the rest of the guards, all of them lying in bloody heaps of severed limbs and heads in a pile in the woods beside the house. Lyla and Sage had made it into the house through the kitchen, now we were just waiting for her to deactivate the alarm."What's taking so long?" I asked Jackson as we stood watching the house from just inside the tree line. "They should have put the code in by now." Midnight was starting to get antsy at the thought of something going wrong with our mate trapped in the mansion with a monster like Julian. "Something's wrong." I felt Midnight's paws dig into the dirt beneath us as he prepared to charge in to save our mate. "We have to get in there!""No." Jackson said beside me in a firm voice. His Alpha's voice. He knew I was going to go in whether he told me I could or not. My mate was in there! "Trust Lyla and Sage, Travis. If we rush in there now, they will all die. This man will take everyone down with him. That's what human's lik

LylaAfter we had seen the kids and spent some time with them after the gifts were distributed, we all went to another part of the hospital where the five women were being treated. Each had their own room and looked much better than they had the last time I'd seen them. The Women's Tribunal had brought new clothes, make-up, and toiletries with expensive perfumes for them, Sage taking the lead in handing them out and talking to them. She had really changed since coming to Forest Moon and it was definitely for the better.Kimberly, the woman that John had recognized as his mate, was also in a room to herself, but with her was John. He sat in a chair next to her bed holding her hand, his eyes never left her. He only briefly glanced at Travis and I as we walked in hand in hand.I smiled at Kimberly. "Hi, Kimberly. I'm Lyla and this is Travis. We just wanted to come by and introduce ourselves since we didn't have time for introductiions the last time we saw each other." I looked at John wh

LylaNow that the survivors were well into their healing process, my days were spent helping the Women's Tribunal help them with anything they needed for daily life and healing. Most of us talked to them and let them get their stories out. Most of the women were just people who had the unfortunate luck to fall for a scam by Julian designed to make them think they were getting a legitimate job to better their lives, only to find that they had been cruelly tricked into getting into a van and thrown into a cell naked to only be let out to do a 'movie'. I remembered those times after Paul had sold me to Julian. I couldn't let these women and children go through what I did to escape. We helped them know they were now safe and no one would hurt them again. We brought them everything from clothes to toys and anything in between. Kimberly, the woman who had found her mate in John, was already healed thanks to her mate bond and John staying so close to her. He wouldn't leave her side, even af

LylaI stood in front of the full length mirror at Janice's house staring at the woman in the beautiful royal blue dress. It was tight at the bodice but off the shoulder and dipped to show a good amount of my modest cleavage. A saphire choker adorned my throat with matching drop earrings. No doubt, I looked better than I ever had but I suspected the glow of love was what made it all stand out.Travis had stayed with Jackson at our house while he got ready. The Ceremony was happening on a platform in the center of Forest Moon that had been specially built for this occassion. Travis had only asked me to perform the ceremony with him a couple of days ago, and I knew that it was not just because he loved me, but also to keep me safe from Theresa. I had scoffed and told him I could take her. Travis had laughed half heartedly at that, but I could see the fear in his eyes. He knew Theresa well and he wasn't about to risk my safety because I foolishly thought I could destroy her. I was just a