Andre’s P.O.V“General.” A soldier knocked on my door at midnight.“Come in,” I called out; placing the book I had been reading on the table in front of me. “What is it?”“General…it’s your mate.” He panted, looking as if he had run quiet a distance before reaching here.“What about my mate?” I stood up from my chair, instantly alert.“I saw her leaving just now.” He said almost fearfully. “She had a bag and she escaped to the woods.”“And no one stopped her?” I asked incredulously. “What about the castle guards?”“I think they sensed her…but they let her go.” He gulped. “I came running when I saw that the guards didn’t try to stop her. And I didn’t have authority.”“Fuck!” I slammed my hand on the hardwood table and it shook under

Flora’s P.O.VI wrapped a bandage around Clay’s abdomen, careful not to tighten the cloth too much so his wounds could heal on their own.I was slowly starting to realize that being a rogue didn’t only mean mental instability, but there were certain physical drawbacks as well. Rogues didn’t heal as fast as any normal wolf would and they also became highly aggressive when injured. Even now, Clay was gritting his teeth together to stop himself from lashing out.I wasn’t worried though. Clay had always had iron control whenever he was with me, but what I was worried about, wasn’t his physical but mental state.“How are you holding up?” I asked once I was done with the bandages. I kept a set of healing supplies inside one of his drawers, just because he needed it more often than I anticipated.“You should stay away.” His voice was rough. “I’m not myself right now.&

Flora’s P.O.VOne Month Later…I closed my eyes in concentration, channeling my healing power into the rogue wolf sitting in front of me. Its fur was dark grey with a white patch on its forehead. Clay didn’t know any of their names but he told me he did feel each of their essence separately in his mind.But after five minutes of channeling my power, I gave up and opened my eyes.The wolf looked at me through huge red eyes, a whining sound coming from its throat as he lowered his head to the ground.“I’m sorry,” I told him, feeling bad that all my efforts were being wasted. “I’ll try again tomorrow.”Nodding its head, the wolf left to join its peers to guard the house while Clay was out hunting with some of the other wolves.I had gotten accustomed to staying alone with the rogues and even though they were still a bit uncomfortable around me, as if

Flora’s P.O.VI walked hurriedly after Andre as he pulled me along with him by my hand, not so gently.I could see several of my fellow maidens and soldiers looking at the scene wide eyed, but they were too scared of Andre to say anything. Did he really hold that much power over the wolves of Lindersay already?He took me straight to his office and I saw his own soldiers hesitate a moment before the flung the doors wide open and Andre dragged me inside. I ripped my hand out of his instantly, massaging my wrist with my free hand. I was sure that if I wasn’t a wolf, I would’ve had bruises forming already.Gone was the nice, polite man I had come to know in the last few weeks. The person in front of me didn’t seem as a stable wolf anymore and his behavior definitely hinted at anger issues. Maybe I had failed to notice what had always been beneath the surface.“What are you doing?” I snapped at Andre

When the knock sounded on his door, Malachi had already been expecting his visitor.“Andre,” he welcomed his visitor. “Have a seat.”There was something wrong with the other man, that much, he was sure about, but what the problem was, he wasn’t aware yet. Andre looked unusually calm and his stance was rigid, robotic almost.Malachi debated on what he should ask the other man; thought it better to let him talk first. Malachi wasn’t a man to get easily intimidated or worried, but he had a feeling that Andre was lying about a lot of things. He was far older than what he had told and stronger too. He had a gut feeling about the other man that he couldn’t shake and it had only gotten stronger in the days after he had found the other man injured in the forest.He held a grudge too strong and he was sure there was much more to his secrets than he let on. Although it was understandable that he hadn’t wanted his mate