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Chapter 11

DIAMOND POVCome back.Those two words keep playing in my mind as I watch more and more of my people getting up from their seats to follow Alpha Tristan and the others. Neither Carlos nor I can move or speak. I don’t think I can even breathe properly.All I know is that every person that takes off feels like a direct stab in the heart. Eventually, the people stop leaving. However, the ones that remain look like they’re just too scared to follow. They don’t look like they want to stay. A part of me wants to yell at them and tell them to leave if that’s what they want. But a bigger part of me wants to beg them to remain here so they could see what I could do for them, what I would do for everyone.But what do I even do in this situation? Everything is falling apart.“Alpha,” Carlos says, and I feel the vibrations of his voice very close behind me. I turn around to face him, and I can tell that he’s waiting for me to tell him what to say, but I can’t find the words. Still, it seems that

Chapter 12

DIAMOND POV“Mama told me it was dangerous there.”Alice’s tiny voice rings in my head as I sink deeper into my dream. This time, I see her as her much younger self. We’re standing at the edge of the forest behind the palace, facing the tall trees and wondering how we could get in without being caught.I remember this. The night my life changed.I still had a voice, and I heard myself saying, “It won’t be so dangerous if you’re out with me. Do you trust me, Alice?”She looks up at me, her eyes too big for her small innocent face. “I trust you.”With that, she reaches for my hand, and together we go into the forest. The shadow of the trees seems to swallow us whole, opening like a big black mouth devouring every single ray of light. The leaves crunch under our feet, brittle and loud. The air seems to be colder here, like it’s secluded from the rest of the world.I remember Alice’s hand tightening around mine. I remember her breathing getting shorter and more rattled the deeper we went.

Chapter 13

ALICE POVThe sinking feeling I had when I realized I was surrounded by Rogues is back, only this time, it’s much worse because the ones eyeing me are sentient humans who can kill people with guns and are not afraid to do so.Max is especially terrifying right now, even with his bleeding nose. If anything, the blood smeared on his face is what’s making him so scary.I look at Ruth for help, but she’s wearing the same curious, hostile expression that everyone else has on. I know that she’s not a bad person and she doesn’t want to put me in this position, but I feel like her years in battle have made her this hard and tough. I don’t blame her at all either.So I just take a deep breath and say, “To be perfectly honest… I have no clue why they’re looking for me. Because the Alpha King himself kicked me out of the palace last night.”The silence in the pub is almost unbearable. I almost wish they’d start rallying against me instead. I think being stoned to death is better than being stare

Chapter 14

ALICE POVI recoil as soon as Max steps away with the brand in hand. He’s watching me as though he’s assessing my reaction to the hot, searing pain, so I try to keep a brave face on even though I want to cry from the torture.Thankfully, everyone cheers, and that makes me feel slightly better. Ruth pulls me to her and wraps my arm with a thin gauze that hurts like hell the first time it makes contact. She laughs when I gasp, but she ruffles my hair anyway.“Welcome home,” she jests. “Now the only thing you need to do is train.”“But for now, we all rest,” Max announces, but he’s looking just at me. “Now that the royals know who we are and how we could be a threat to them, we need to prepare.”Everyone chants their assent, and I stand there, still woozy with pain, wondering what’s in store for me. That night, Ruth and Henry take me to my room.My bags are dirty, and they definitely need to be unpacked, but I’m too tired to do it. I just lie on the cot that they provided for me, tossing

Chapter 15

DIAMOND POVCarlos and I stare at the flags, which are waving merrily in the breeze as though they’re trying to mock us. That alone is dumb to think about, but then again, I already feel stupid and insulted at the fact that Tristan has made more progress in a single night than I ever did.However, I know Tristan. He’s not a man of action. He prefers to sit back and wait. It’s totally out of character for him to get into this kind of fast action in a very small amount of time.“He must have planned this for a long time,” I tell Carlos, who’s still staring at the flags. “I can’t believe he already got a village to support him. A big one at that, too.”“You’re right,” he says. “Should we go in? Do we continue doing this, or should we just turn back?”I think about that for a second. We made the journey, and it would be bad to leave now, wasting all that time. We’re already here. We might as well make something work.“Let’s pretend to be travelers,” I say. “We can look at the Rogues and t

Chapter 16

DIAMOND POVAround us, the people in the pub start to tune in. When they see Morgan squaring up against us, they all get up too. I see flashes of blades being drawn. I can sense the tension in the air. It’s drawn taut like a string, one wrong move, and it could all just whip up a perfect storm.I freeze, slowly raising my hands to show that I mean no harm. But the citizens don’t like that. Instead of backing off and letting us get out in peace, they see this as some sort of attack. They all rush to Morgan’s side, glaring at us like we’re carrying bombs.I look at the faces around us, and my heart nearly jumps out of my chest when I realize that some of them are familiar faces. The people who left my pack and came with Tristan… some of them are here.The very same citizens who used to bow to me, greet me, and treat me like their friend and their leader are now staring at me with eyes full of hate.I wonder if they disliked me for a long time, and now they’re just getting the freedom to

Chapter 17

ALICE“Stop this,” Max suddenly says, pushing me away from John. “Get away from him. Now.”I open my mouth to say that I have done nothing wrong, but he doesn’t let me finish. He takes me by the arm and starts to drag me into the corner, away from John. Out of the corner of my eye, I see him sitting up, rubbing the side of his head in confusion as though he’s not aware of what happened just moments ago.This scares me even more. But Max makes this worse by holding me by the shoulders and shoving me into a corner. “What was that?”“I don’t know!” I say, my voice rising in agitation. “He talked bad about me, so I retaliated, and that’s it. I don’t know what happened to him or what caused that.”He peers closer at me. I can tell he doesn’t believe me. “Right. And you mean to say that he just happened to obey your words?”“I told you, I don’t know.” My words come out through gritted teeth. “Like all of you want to point out, I’m just a maid. Do you think I hold some kind of power over any

Chapter 18

ALICE POVMy chest tightens as Nana’s words roll over me, finally giving meaning to something that I’ve been wondering about. Suddenly, I feel like a gigantic weight is pressing down on me, knocking the air out of my lungs.I don’t think I can do something like that. I don’t think I’m someone who could just… put people under my control. Even if you set aside the moral factor, I’ve never convinced anyone other than John to do anything. Hell, I begged Diamond to not kick me out. If this is true, then why didn’t he agree?This must be a lie. Nothing but an old maid’s tale. Right? So why am I unable to turn away from it?“Most Siren Wolves throughout history have played an important role, delivering tales and warning people of danger,” Nana continues. “A few of them possess great power, the power to command people. And when those powerful ones come by, you know a storm is brewing.”“Do you mean to say that Alice is dangerous?” Max asks.The old woman is quiet for a long time. But then she

Chapter 19

DIAMOND POV“So you’re telling me that you both think someone is in there?” Drake asks as Carlos gets to the end of the story of our journey.We both nod, but that doesn’t ease the frown from Drake’s face. If anything, he looks more confused. I’m pacing behind my office desk, back at the palace now.Drake and Carlos are sitting in front of me, waiting for me to make sense of it all, but I know I’m going to have to disappoint them. Even though hours have passed and it’s dark out now, I still don’t know what I saw exactly.Could that have been the Rogue King? Was he and his people hiding in plain sight? Was that really their headquarters? Were they in their human forms, which would explain why they had no smell? The questions keep milling about in my head.I desperately need answers for all of them.“Do we sneak in and investigate?” Carlos asks. “We could get a small army. I mean, what else are the villagers going to do?”‘Probably call Tristan for help,’ I say with a shrug. ‘We can’t b

Chapter 20

ALICE POVJohn gets behind me, yanking my hair back to make me look up at him. He’s smiling like he just landed a jackpot, even letting out a laugh as he brings out a roll of thick rope, dangling it over my face before binding my wrists with it.“You little freak,” John hisses at me, pulling me back until I’m lying on the ground, my head narrowly missing a protruding rock. “What did you do to me, huh?”I don’t know why he’s asking me questions while I’m gagged. It’s almost comedic, but the hilarity of the situation vanishes when the other men crowd around us, looking down at me like they’re excited to hurt me. In fact, one of them tries to kick my stomach. My instincts kick in. As soon as he raises his boot, I raise my knees over my stomach, curling up and retaliating with a kick of my own. My foot makes contact with his shin, and he yelps, skipping back away from me.Before he can aim for another kick, I sit up as quickly as I can, ramming John’s chin with the top of my head. He fall

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