Time seems to blend into a continuous stream without a window to tell me whether its day or night I have absolutely no idea what time or even day it is or how long I’ve been down here, each day the same guy brings me a tray of food but I don’t see anyone else. I try and connect with Jewels but I’m met with silence every time, I'm sure they're poisoning my food or water with something but I have no option but to eat what they give or starve to death and that is not something I’m willing to do, I need to get back to my twins. I picture their faces every dip and crease of their features their lips, Molton eyes and high cheekbones, I miss them so much, I rub my chest trying to rub away the ache that’s settled there since I’ve been kidnapped and separated from them but nothing eases it. I know they must be feeling the same ache I am and it tears me apart to think of the pain that they must be feeling but I’m trying to figure a way out of here but there

It's been three days since Aria was taken and each day my heart hurts more and more, my heart feels like it’s being torn from my chest, I've tried reaching her but I get nothing, nada, and it's becoming a war in my head, I want to snap, to fight, to tear the world apart until I find her, but I know it will do no good if I can not think clearly. Each minute I'm fighting my dragon for control, his need for his mate growing more and more as the time passes and he is becoming just as restless as me. I can see the same war playing out on Darian’s face, we're like a mirror image in this exact moment, eyes flashing, teeth bared on the knife-edge of the abyss that lies below, we need to find her and we need to find her now. Sitting in our father’s office waiting for the list of those men who knew about the new surveillance systems that we had installed, we have a rat among us and they helped Eli take Aria from us. Darian’s knee is bouncing up and down and with a hard look on

We clung to the shadows like a second skin, crawling along the treeline surrounding the shack on every side so there was zero chance any of these pricks were making a run for it. Darian was by my side, his eyes glowing in the shadows as we crept closer to the rear of the building. There was nothing else around no outbuildings, cars or neighbours so we were pretty much sliding along under the radar without the chance of the guards being alerted by someone else. Dad was on the west side of the building with a handful of our own soldiers ready in the shadows and waiting for our signal to move in. Hunter was to the East with the best vantage of the front of the building keeping the two waiting guards in his sight. I looked to my right at my brother who’s eyes bore into me with such a force that if he could shoot lasers my head would have two additions to it. He nodded his head slightly letting me know he was ready to do whatever was needed to get aria

I collapse into the arms of my mates and sobbed into Darian’s chest, the heat from their bodies surrounded me at the same time their arms bounded around my shaking body.   I clung to them while I balled my eyes out, my body shaking from the remaining adrenaline coursing through me and the fatigue from the fight and running through the woods had taken its toll on my body physically I was shaken but mental I was exhausted, exhausted from being away from my mates, exhausted from being starved, exhausted from thinking they wouldn’t come for me, I almost allowed myself to believe they wouldn’t but when the mate bond pulsed it reminded me to have faith in my mates and in their love for me.     We stay huddled together on the damp muddy forest floor holding strong to each other as I took deep breaths to control my sobbing and inhaling their scents something that calmed me almost instantly, the love we had for one another pulsed around

That evening was a flurry of preparations. The dragon council’s guards would be here tomorrow to transport us there before the trial began, so we had time to settle in.It was a strange feeling, being in front of the council no one ever really saw them. They remained in the shadows of our world, ruling from behind the scenes rather than taking a hands-on approach in the day to day running of our world. The only reason they chose to hold court was if your crimes were so heinous, the alpha felt the punishment he was able to hand down was too lenient and the council could hand out a more serious punishment fitting of the crime, like with Eli.Everyone was scurrying around packing for the upcoming trip and the housemaids had packed for the alpha and his family, myself included, which left me with my own thou