CHAPTER 80 Selene’s POV.It was late evening as I walked out of my room, recalling Roman’s words on my way to where I was going.“Lay down and act nice my foot.” I have stayed inside since that same morning, eating and washing up, thinking and rolling over my bed on what I could do. And no one, not even the goddamned Roman himself showed up to check on me. I lifted my hands up to knock on Ryker’s door when it opened, revealing the grand master itself. His brows furrowed as he saw me, my heart sighing in satisfaction.I wanted him to be surprised to see me also.“To what pleasure do I owe this surprise, lady of the house?” “None actually. I’m here to discuss business.” His lips curved up in a mocking smile, eyeing me down, “and what business do you know that I do not know, Selene?” All my insides heated up with the way my name rolled over in his mouth. Selene. Urghh. This was the main reason I liked Ryker. Everything he did oozed sexiness, the way he walked, the way he talked, th
CHAPTER 81Keleigh’s POVI had just finished dressing up when a knock pierced the door, both my head and the maids head spinning towards the door. I signaled for one of the maids to go and open the door and stared at it.My brows earned a raise at the sight of both brothers, my eyes widening at what they were wearing. They were both in the same attire, their hair packed in the same way, leaving just little difference between them. Even though their resemblance was uncanny, I could still recognize Ryker to Arnold. Arnold walked towards me, taking out his hand from his back and revealing a small bouquet of flowers. “Good morning, princess.” He added with it.A small smile formed on my lips as I took it from him, my eyes finding Ryker’s instantly. “Good morning to you too.” Ryker walked towards us, a smile dancing on the corners of his lips. I looked back and forth between the two of them. They were acting up the same way they were doing yesterday morning.“What’s the occasion today
CHAPTER 82Arnold’s POVRyker’s hand moved to my thighs, gripping it hard enough for me to release the fork I was already nurdeding in my hand. She looked up to meet my eyes, a smirk on the corners of her lips. “And what is the essence of telling me this?” Keleigh said, as I glared murderously at her. “It’s nothing at all. I’m just letting you know. Who knows, they might just be with you for the essence of impregnating and running away or aborting for you.” She looked away from me and back to Keliegh, “didn’t you say as girls, we should look out for each other?” Heat steamed from my ears down, anger bubbling like hot lava wide inside of me. If Keleigh was not here, and Ryker not desperately wanting me to keep calm, I would have grabbed her throat and snapped it instantly into two. “And I appreciate you. But I don’t think either of your words are useful to me.” Keleigh retorted. My head turned to Keliegh and our eyes met for a quick second before she looked at Selene back agai
CHAPTER 83Arnold’s POV“I’ll say this one last time Selene, one last time to you,” I said, my hands wrapped around her throat as her eyes begged for mercy.“If you ever try what you did today again, it won’t be me just flinging you out of the room. It would be me making sure your existence comes to an end, and even if you try to run, I’ll find you wherever you go too, and I’ll destroy you.” I threw her to the floor, signaling to the guard to bundle her up as I walked back to my chair and sat down. “Fuck!” I cursed out, closing my eyes and clenching my jaw. Ryker was all right from the start, she was not worth it. She was just a piece of slut looking for her opportunity, not wanting to let go even if it was nothing about her again. I heaved a deep sigh and swallowed down, feeling heavy. My thoughts shifted to Ryker, who was mad as hell at me. He was always the good one. The better of the two of us, knew when to walk, when to talk, when to act. He was so fucking good. He never got
CHAPTER 84 Keliegh’s POVI was seated on the table with Arnold and Ryker in the evening, both of them feeding me like a baby. My face was full with smiles, happiness flowing in my heart like a stream of water. Arnold looked happy too, and for some reason, my wolf was happy with it.Perhaps they were my true mate after all. We were gisting and laughing together when Roman entered and the smile on my face died, replaced by seriousness as I turned to face my meal. I didn’t even meet his eyes but watched from the corner of my eyes as he relayed whatever he was here gently and quietly to both brothers.I could sense something was wrong at the sight of Ryker’s wrinkled forehead, my eyes squinting at him.“What’s wrong?” I questioned.He looked at me, his jaws clenched and eyes tended, “there has been a rogue attack again. We need to go on a trip this night to find why they keep attacking.”My spoon froze in the food, the same thought I had the last time washing over me again. Has he found
CHAPTER 85Keleigh’s POV.My night was short lived on dreams and thoughts of Jake coming back to haunt me. By morning, I was already out of my bed, took my bath and dressed up even before the maid woke up. I stood at the window, arms folded underneath my breast as I stared outside with hope and a jumpy heart.Various questions whirled around my brain, my heart pounding in my chest. What if it were him? Is this the reason why the brothers were not back yet?“My lady, is there anything wrong?” The maid asked, stopping the cleaning in the room as she stared st me.I returned her stare with a small hopeful smile, to give both her and mostly myself the hope that it was just nothing and maybe I was just overreacting before shaking my head negatively. She returned to what she was doing as I walked towards the door, opening it to meet the guards still stationed there. They all bowed to greet me and I returned with a curt nod,“Does anyone have information on what’s going on out there?” “Not
CHAPTER 86Ryker’s POVSomething was wrong. Something was deeply wrong with me. The mate bond I shared with Keleigh was flaring deep in me, at the same time weakening in the shed I was. I rushed out, my heart and brain pounding as a result of this as I searched for Arnold. I found him at his own shed too, his head bowed down and sweat on his crunpled face, trying desperately to breathe.“Ryker..Ryker…something is wrong..” he muttered.I clenched my jaw, helping him seat up to touch his neck, his temperature cold and his entire body wet with sweat.“It’s Keliegh. Something is wrong with her.” “We need to ride back to the park now.” I said.He nodded at me and stood up, the both of us rushing out of the room instantly. We shifted into our wolf, running through the forest. The mate bond was weakening the more, and my heart pounded heavily.Where could she be? What about the guards we left with her? Were all of them not useful anymore? Or where in the world did they go to? What kind of
CHAPTER 87Ryker’s POV.Sweats beaded my forehead desperately, fear coursing through my entire body. I kept roaming back and forth in the front of the room, my heart beating rapidly on my chest as I waited for a response from the doctor.Five hours later and yet the pack doctor has not left Keleigh. I had no idea what was going inside, or what was happening. And it scared me so much that I had no fucking idea. I clenched my jaw as I continued to walk back and forth, my head facing the ground and lifted up as a guard approached me.“Your attention is needed in the dungeon your highness. Alpha Arnold asked of you.”I nodded and proceeded there, hoping for something good. The last time I saw the doctor come out, he asked us to specify the name of the poison that was used so he could work more on it. And we’ve asked Selene, begged her but she won’t bulge, claiming not to reveal anything.If not for Arnold, she would never have stepped into this pack or even have a fucking rank to her hea