ROMAN“Call home, tell them to get Eden and bring her here now!”I picked up my phone and called her. I was sure she would be at work but right now, this was more important.The first call didn't go through and neither did the second. So I called Lucian.“What's going on? Where is Eden? I've been calling her and she's not picking up. I hope she's not alone..”“Alpha, she's in a meeting with the board and-"“I don't care if she's in with the President. Pull her out of there! Now!"I ended the call and stormed to the car, slamming the door shut and turning on the engine.“Get in the car!” I shouted at Quinn and the driver.Quinn quickly got in the passenger's seat.“Alpha, please let me drive. It's not right for me to sit here while you drive.”I knew it was one of those stupid laws that my father had passed back when but right now, I didn't care about anything else.“Forget it."I drove out of the pack with one thing in my mind. I was going to kill Maximus and I'll make him pay for d
EDENWhen Lucian walked back into the room, I knew something was wrong.His expression gave it away and the fact that he didn't break eye contact while storming over to my seat made me more worried.“The Alpha is mad. Why haven't you picked up his calls?”“I had no idea, I wasn't with my phone.”My phone was with my assistant and she hadn't even given me a signal that I was being buzzed.I noticed that the meeting had stopped.”Please, carry on.”I turned back to Lucian.“What’s the matter? Why's he calling?"“The Alpha wants you to come back home. Now.”“You mean-"“I mean, the pack. He wants you there within the next hour.”I stood up immediately, drawing the attention of everyone.“You must excuse me. I have something very urgent to address. Let's do this some other time."They all agreed and I marched out of the conference room with Lucian hot on my trail.”What is going on, Lucian? Is it about my daughter?” My heart was beating fast at this point.What could make Roman possibly w
EDENI woke up with a jolt.The dreams were becoming more and more real with each passing day and I was beginning to wonder where they were coming from.Roman was in the room when I woke up. He was looking outside the window with one hand in his pocket and his mind very far off.He didn’t know I was awake until I sat up.‘Hey.” He smiled when he looked at me.‘Hey.”He crawled into the bed and pulled me into his chest.‘I missed you. So bad.”As I rested on his chest, his scent filled my nose and the baby kicked.“Ow.”Roman got up immediately.,“Is everything okay? “He touched my stomach.‘Yeah, it’s fine. It’s just been a while since he heard your voice so he got excited.”He laughed and kissed my stomach and cheek.“I missed all of you too.”“How long have I been asleep? Feels like forever.”He stroked his chin.“Two days.”“You’re joking.”He pulled out his phone and showed me the screen. It was monday. I had left the office on Friday.What the hell?“I figured you were tired fr
ROMANThat was all I needed.I didn't want to do anything without letting her know so that when she heard it, she wouldn't be too surprised.I was doing all this so we could get out daughter back. Maximus' would beg for my mercy and I would show him none.Quinn was waiting for me downstairs.“Is it a go?”She looked like she was starved of this. I could understand that feeling. It had been a long time since we left the pack so it was understandable.”Let’s go.”She gathered the men together, all of them fully equipped, carrying weapons.“The location is Sapphire pack. Capture everybody in sight, burn down every building but do not kill anyone."They shouldn't have to pay with their lives for Maximus’ stupid deed. But just as he had taken something very precious to me, it was the same way I was going to carefully take all that belonged to him.The Sapphire pack was very far from ours because it was the smallest in Maximus' kingdom. I chose that pack because I knew that was where his wi
ROMANThat bastard had nine wives and the concubines… Well, let's just say I didn't even want to count them.I'd given orders that none of them be harmed. They were women and children who didn't know anything about this and who were probably forced into this life.As we rounded them up, I looked at each and everyone of them. They were starving. That bastard wasn't feeding them. What did he think he was keeping? Animals?Even animals have to be fed to survive. Most of them were pregnant so we had to be extra careful when dealing with them.Everyone here was female, he took all the male kids to the palace as soon as they were born and the female remained here to entertain if need be.If I had known that Maximus didn't care about these women, I wouldn't have brought so many men. There were no guards protecting this pack. It's a surprise no one has attempted to attack.Well, no one would think that there won't be any guards and even if they knew, no one wanted to be on the wrong side of M
EDEN“What’s next? What are you going to do?” I asked Roman as I sat in his office.“What do you mean?”“Your primary plan was to make him come after you right? It's been three days since you took his family away and he hasn't said anything.”I was surprised when I saw the men of the pack returning with so many women and children. I hadn't expected this many people.When I first got the memo to come down to the hall, the first thing that came to my mind was that they had been injured in battle and they were going to need treatment.My fear got even worse when I saw the beds being laid out. I helped them in laying out the beds and I was about to mindlink Roman to ask him if he was okay when I heard someone shout that they had returned.As I walked back outside, I scolded myself because all this had happened because of me. I should have known that they won't sit back and watch Roman try to take what belongs to them.When I saw the wolves with women,I was confused for a moment but there
EDENRoman went on to do more just as he said that he would.The plan was to conquer as many as possible with as little deaths as possible.But you can’t take over a pack without expecting them to retaliate so I knew very well that there were going to be deaths of people who weren't involved in all this.While I wanted in anxiety for Roman to return from his daily battles, I focused my mind on the women and children that had been brought into the pack. Most of them had needed more medical attention than we anticipated and it had become almost too much for the pack doctor to handle so most of us had to help out.I could see the trauma in them, the way they jerked when a man walked past, the way they obeyed the men without talking back and the way they jumped at the food when it was time for dinner.I would never understand why a person who claimed to be human would do something like this. There were almost twenty with each of them having at least two or three kids.Little Herschel had
EDENI was sitting at home when the guard passed. I hadn’t been paying attention because I was busy playing with Ethan while Herschel slept. She had been very tired and weak these days and I feared for her.I knew he went to Roman's office so I didn't really bother with it.“I’m hungry.”I was glad that he was speaking now. For a few days after he came, he still hasn't spoken and I feared that he was non-vocal. I asked Herschel if that was a new thing and she said yes because he had always been speaking. I just figured that it was because he was in a new environment.“Really? Let’s go get you something to eat then.”He jumped off the chair and we walked into the kitchen. Being around him made me not want to wait for this baby to come out. While Belle was still my baby, she wasn’t a baby anymore.“What do you want to eat, pumpkin?” He pointed towards an apple at the top shelf and I was just about to reach for it when I heard a loud crash.It sounded like glass breaking and it shocked E