Avery’s POV The intensity and emotion in James’s words hit me with a force that I didn’t expect. Tears streamed down my face, blurring the ink on the paper. He was really sorry for the past, and I knew that he was truly being sincere. But wasn’t it a little too late for us now? As much as his apology moved me, I realized I couldn’t see a future with James anymore. His future belonged with my sister and their children and I didn’t want to get in the way of that any longer. It was now also clear to me that James wouldn’t let me go without my permission. He was still holding on to the broken promises we shared. He was hoping for a reconciliation that I could no longer give him. I had to let him go and make him know that it is fine to let go of the past. I grabbed a piece of paper, and wrote my reply, but Just as I was about to finish, the door creaked open, and Kane walked in. Remembering that communication with the outside was forbidden, I quickly hid the letter b
Avery’s POV Kane turned me to face him. “Stay here, Avery and you’ll be safe. I won’t take long just wait for me.” He said, getting ready to chase down the intruders. “What?! No!” I yelled. “I want to come with you. I can help you fight them. I may not be able to shift, but trust me, I can still fight.” I argued. “I know you can sweetheart,” Kane said, his voice softening for a moment. “But I need you to be safe. If anything happened to you, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself. Just be my good girl and wait here, please or I might have to punish you.” He begged. I clenched my fists, fighting the urge to argue further. I knew that he was just worried for me, but that didn’t make it any easier to accept. Eventually, I was able to manage a reluctant nod. “Fine, I’ll wait.” But before he left, I grabbed his face and kissed him, hard. “Promise me you’ll come back safely.” Kane cupped my cheek, his thumb brushing my skin. “I promise, my Nuri. I’ll come back to you safel
Avery’s POV Hot tears began to stream down my face as Zander and Greyson rushed Kane back to the palace where doctors and nurses were already waiting to treat him. I wanted to hold Kane’s hand through out the procedure, but the doctors forced me to wait outside while they saved his life. I felt the painful pressure of guilt on my chest. This was my fault. The men had come to my window, they had come for me. Kane would not have been hurt if it weren’t for me. The thought twisted my gut, and I wanted to punch a wall. Most preferably, I would have loved to punch the faces of those intruders that had dared to hurt Kane. Who were they anyway? I remembered that their scent was familiar.. like someone from my former pack, but I wasn’t able to place it so I could be wrong. The crazy thing was that, if the person were from spring pack, I would have been able to mind link them and found their identity a few hours ago. But that was impossible now because I had cut ties with t
James POV I sat on the edge of my bed, with Avery’s unopened letter in my hand. After taking a deep breath, I tore the envelope open and began to read. "Dear James, I heard you have been punishing yourself for what happened between us. Please, stop. I have already forgiven you and I don’t wish you any bad will. We were both hurt by how things ended, and we both lost the life and future we had spent so many years creating, but holding onto that pain won’t do anything but cause is more pain. You always say that we’ll be together till death does us part, well I’m sure you heard that I was killed on the day of the attack. I don’t understand how I survived it, but I was told that I truly died for a few hours, so that means that death has truly parted us. With that in mind, I hereby release you from every promise and vow you have ever made to me as my husband and lover. It’s time for you to move on with Lizzy, just as I have. My only wish now is for you to become the car
James POV After Kane’s letter was read, the hall fell so silent that you could almost hear the proverbial pin drop. I could even see that a few Alphas had begun to anxiously sweat, despite the cold temperature of the room.Most of them were scared now, and no one could blame them. Alpha Kane had just threatened to kill us all if we tried to take Avery, Marie and Brianne from the north. And everyone of us knew from painful experience that Kane was a man of his word. He did not make threats lightly.The hall remained into a quiet as Elder Novak proceeded to open the package Alpha Kane had sent. Inside was a set of rare and valuable western knives, clearly hand crafted by most of our highly trained warriors.It was proof that someone from the west had truly been foolish enough to attack the north, but who? Who else besides me wanted Avery so badly that they wanted to risk a war for her sake?My mind went to Dorian, but I quickly dismissed the thought because I wanted to believe t
Avery’s POV I held the large fish tightly in my hand as I walked into the forest with Leah, my wolf turned puppy, padding alongside me. She glanced up at me, and I could see her golden eyes was filled with worry. "i really don’t think this is a good idea," Leah mind linked me. "Kane told us never to leave the palace because it’s dangerous, shouldn’t we listen?” I shrugged. "So should we allow fear of danger stop us from saving his life?” I asked and she sighed. I wasn’t intentionally going against Kane’s warning because I was stubborn. I was going against it because it’s the only way I knew how to save his life and ensure his quick recovery. The doctors told us that it would take an ultimate miracle for Kane to be healed in a few weeks, but he would most like be permanently scarred from the injuries. If Kane hadn’t been determined to protect me, none of this would have happened. I owed it to him to help him in anyway I could. So far, the forest seemed fine and s
Avery’s POV Kane must have realized what I was thinking because he quickly grabbed my hands in his.“Avery, After Dorian left, i immediately came to explain everything to you, but you had disappeared,” Kane revealed, “then the next thing I heard was that you had come to this dangerous forest all alone, what the hell were you thinking?” He scolded. “You!” Fury and unbelief was boiling inside me. “I was thinking about you! You asshole! I was worried that you were going to die. I blamed myself for putting you in pain. I was so scared that you were going to die and leave me alone, but you were faking it all along?! How could you do that to me?!”I yelled with tears filling my eyes.The adrenaline of the past day, the fear, and the shock of seeing him now was finally getting to me.Kane looked deeply pained, like it hurt him to see my tears. “I’m so sorry, Avery. I was going to tell you everything as soon as possible but I didn’t have enough time, and that was my only chance to get ri
Kane’s POV If I wasn’t sure of my feelings for Avery before, then I was more than sure now. I now honestly believed that the goddess must have tied out destines together or Avery must have put a spell on me because—there was no other way to explain the raw, sharp, sheer terror that consumed when I heard that Hailey had sent Avery into the dangerous forest all alone. I almost had a heart attack and I knew that Hailey did it intentionally. I already knew that Hailey had been acting as a spy for a while now, she had been snooping around for any trace of Mona. But I’d taken every necessary precaution, to ensure that there was no evidence leading to Mona anywhere near me. It really wasn’t my intention to keep the sisters from each other, but Mona thought it was necessary, so I had to be the bad guy and keep lying to Hailey no matter how bad I felt when I saw Hailey break down from missing her sister. But the unfortunate thing was that Hailey was a smart girl and she seemed