KATEWhen Arden showed up at my doorstep with Gilbert, I wondered why they came. They were the least people I was expecting to see. After the day Gilbert, accused me of drugging him and I had stomped out of his room, I have been avoiding him as much as I could. Though he came to me some minutes later to tell me he was sorry for accusing me wrongly, I did not accept his apology because it wasn't genuine. I also did not show up at his birthday party by pretending to be sick when there was nothing wrong with me. I wanted him to feel remorse for what he did and apologize properly but he never did. I also stopped joining them for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Neither Gilbert nor Arden asked why I made that decision."What are you both doing here?" I asked. "Did you miss your way or something?" I asked and Arden chuckled."Kate, you know we are here to see you. Why are you...""See me? I think you missed your way""We did not miss our way. We are here to see you, Kate. And I am sure you kno

GILBERTWhen my mom sent someone to me, I knew Kate must have reported the incident to her. I left my room and headed to her place, not after I sent for Arden too. Since he was there when everything happened, he should be able to defend me."Ask him to meet me in the hallway to the meeting hall," I told the guard I sent.Arden did not turn up early as I had expected so I had to wait for him."Why would you ask me to join you?" he asked when he met me in the hallway. "Is there a...""So you can speak to my mother" I replied.He furrowed his brows. "We are going to your mom's place?""Where do you think we are going?""You asked me to meet you in the hallway to the meeting hall. What do you expect me to think?"I scoffed. "Are we supposed to have any meeting today?""No, and that is why I was surprised when you sent for me""Why would you think it's a meeting when we are not supposed to have one""I thought it could be an emergency meeting""For what if I may ask? Is there any issue tha

KATEAfter locking Xavia up in the cold cell, I became worried. Worried that she might not survive in the cell as a human. I had to send some coats, boots, gloves, and blankets to her. But even with that, I was still worried about her, but I could not bring myself to set her free. I also did not accept to set her free when Gilbert and Arden came to meet me to forgive her.After her first night in the cell, I became extremely worried and could not sleep throughout the night. I could not wait for the next morning before I visited Gilbert's mom."I am worried," I told her."Worried about what?" she asked."Worried about Xavia""Why are you worried about her?""I don't know. I could not sleep"She sighed. "You should set her free, Kate. I know she shouldn't have fallen in love with the Alpha, but the innocent girl could not help it. Maybe that's because she spent more time with him than she spent with others""But what if Gilbert falls in love with her too?""He can't""Because she is a s

XAVIAMy life in the Ice Pack had turned sour in a twinkle of an eye and I became the worst enemy of the Alpha. I could not say if he treated me so badly because he found out that I love him or if he had another reason for treating me that way.After he threw me across the cell when he visited me, I had thought that would be all, and though he told me he was going to punish me after I left the cell, I expected it to be the usual strokes of canes. But I had not thought that he would show up at night in the cell again to punish me.I could not tell anyone what he did to me and how much pain he inflicted on me. Not even Arden, who has shown me so much love and is willing to help me, did I tell. When he visited a day ago, and saw the wound on my neck, he knew immediately that Gilbert was the one responsible for it. Although I denied it and told him I had fallen he would not believe it. There were no sharp objects in the cell, so there was no way I could have fallen and have pierced wounds

"You are welcome" he answered and I smiled.We were silent for a while, with everyone lost in their thoughts.Should I speak up? I wondered. Or should I let the silence linger for a little while?I decided it was best to speak up as I was also getting tired of the awkward silence. "Do you think I should ask him about it? I mean the Alpha" I wanted to ask but I decided against it.There was no point asking Arden if I should ask the Alpha. This is my fight and I need to fight it alone! However, I know that Arden will be against it and might advise me like Kate to leave."What is your plan now?" he asked.I furrowed my brows. "For what?""Now that you know about Gilbert being your mate, what do you plan to do? Are you going to leave or do you plan to stay"I shrugged. "I haven't thought about what to do yet. First I want to clear my name then I can think of the next thing to do"He sighed. "I already spoke to Gilbert's mom. She knows everything now and she promised to renounce the slave