Eva I came to my senses slowly, and even so, I couldn’t find the necessary strength to open my eyes fully. I groaned and tried to turn on my side. I found that I could. Switching positions made me feel sleepier, but I told myself that I wanted to have at least one look around before drifting off to sleep again. So, I cracked an eye open, and looked around. I was shocked to discover that I was in a very dark place, and when this concerned me so much that I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I stretched my arms above my head and yawned. The feeling was so great. I felt better than I had in a long time. But where was I?I looked around a few times, feeling utterly lost. I tried moving but felt a sharp pain between my legs. I suddenly vividly recalled what Cyrus and I had done, and blushed deeply, my face becoming hot all of a sudden. He’d cured me of that feeling. I didn’t feel it anymore. I now knew that it was gone. Would it come again? I wasn’t sure. But for some reason, I wasn’t worrie
Eva When I woke up, it was to the sound of the van doors opening. Sunlight streamed into the dark space, and I had to screw my eyes shut because of the glare. I put a hand on my face and blinked slowly until my eyes adjusted. Two men were standing outside, watching me. “Rise and shine, sweetie pie,” the man who was with me in the van said. He was older than I expected—seemed to be around fifty, maybe more. He was wearing a gray jacket and jeans. The man standing next to him was relatively younger, and his hair was cropped and he had a marking on his face. Was that a tattoo? I wasn’t sure. “We have to go,” the older man said. “We’re behind schedule.”What choice did I have? I got out of the van, holding the tattered front of my dress, and climbed out of the van. I underestimated how shaky my legs would be, and ended up falling. The two men picked me up, one holding each arm. The front of my dress was open, my breasts almost fully exposed. When they released me, I covered up again,
Eva Once inside the apartment, I looked around and saw as much filth as there was outside. The scarred man practically pushed me into a bedroom with a single bed and a single chair propped against the wall. He stood at the door to block the exit and said, “You wait here. Do so quietly because I’m not very patient.”“Why am I here?” I asked in a small voice. I couldn’t find it in me to yell. I was so scared that I could barely find my voice. Also, there was the fear that I’d let go of the front of my dress and expose my breasts. It was a truly awful situation. “What do you want from me?”“You’ll be told everything in due time. He’s coming in a few minutes. Sit down and wait. Don’t make any noise. It’ll only make me gag you, and you don’t want that.”The door was closed abruptly in my face. I looked around the room and despair hit me like a punch to the throat. The room had no window, so I couldn’t peer out of one to take a look at my surroundings. This room was perhaps the cleanest p
CyrusEva had been missing for two days. Two whole days. Nobody saw her. Nobody had any idea where she could have gone. At this point, I was starting to feel like she was only a figment of my imagination. It felt like I was going insane. How could she have vanished in the space of ten minutes?That was how long I had been gone. Perhaps a few minutes longer. Guilt was the one thing that I couldn’t shake off. If I had never left her by herself, then she wouldn’t have disappeared. I was starting to think now that perhaps she didn’t go willingly, that maybe she was taken. Then again, it was impossible to tell because she never wanted to consummate the bond. She’d begged me to when she was in a very desperate state, but perhaps after doing that, she felt so guilty and repulsed that she had to leave?I had no clue and no way of answering this question. People had their own ideas of what might have happened. I paid attention to none and didn’t judge any of them because they didn’t know
EvaI hadn't realized that I had fallen asleep until I heard the door open and sat upright as if I'd never dozed off to begin with. It was Nox who walked into my room, and he looked furious. His rage scared me, because now that I was awake and thinking more clearly since the shock passed, I knew I was potentially in a lot of trouble. This man wanted to kill to prove a point to my father. The tools he would use to do that were still inside the suitcase on the floor. I was locked in this apartment with him with no way of escaping or asking for help. Also, I was at his complete mercy. To make matters worse, we were mates. How, I wondered for the hundredth time, was that possible?"Mate," he said coldly before shaking his head. "I don't understand how that's possible. According to the reports I received, you were my brother's mate, correct?"I could only stare at him. "You would do well to answer the question, Eva," he said in a calm voice, though his facial expression suggested any
NoxI didn’t know what I was doing. I ran my hand through my hair as I stood at the filthy kitchen counter. A few hours ago, Vic was following me with his eyes and asking me if something was wrong and whether I needed help with anything. Now, he’d given up. He was reading his report and wasn’t saying anything to me. The truth was that I didn’t know what I was doing and had no idea what to do next. The plan was a simple one: We were going to find her, capture her, and then slaughter her before placing her head on her father’s doorstep. Cruel, yes, but a necessary one. Kolton Longwood was an arrogant bastard, and everyone around him—all his shameless supporters—had to realize that he wasn’t as dangerous or as precise as they thought he was, and that I—the Alpha of a relatively small pack—had managed to find his missing daughter and even kill her. If I could do that, then anyone else could too.I’d been against it initially. Kept delaying the moment. But a few weeks ago, when Kolton
EvaMy eyes sprung open and I found myself staring at Nox’s face. “You’re a thorn on my side,” he said as soon as he realized that I was awake. “I can’t seem to pull you out.”My lips were sealed. The despair I felt was starting to get to me in ways I couldn’t explain. For instance, every time he came into my room to taunt me with words, I felt like throwing myself out of the window. “I can’t seem to figure out what to do with you,” he claimed. In the dim lighting of the room, I couldn’t see his face all that well. His eyes, however, were gleaming. “Sparing you might ruin everything that I’ve worked very hard toward but killing you just doesn’t feel right.”What could I say to this? I was hoping he wouldn’t kill me. I’d complained about my situation before but it had been in vain because at least Cyrus hadn’t been trying to kill me. I wondered if he had a clue of where I was. I wondered if he was looking for me. It felt unlikely that he wasn’t. The moment we shared in the barn had
EvaThe Ghost Moon pack was not what I expected it to be. My knowledge of packs were limited, but when I entered the warehouse, I was stunned by what I saw. It was completely modified; the whole space was compartmentalized, so there was a huge space near the entrance that they'd created for lounging, I assumed, and then there was a narrow corridor made of the same black brick walls they'd used everywhere. It was like a labyrinth.I received glances from a lot of people we passed. Nox was walking ahead, and he told a woman we encountered, "Call everyone down for a pack meeting. Tell them it's urgent."I supposed that the person they would be discussing was me. Goddess, I didn't know what to make of any of this. I still felt like I was in danger and that I had to run as fast as my legs could carry me regardless of what this man said to me. The woman nodded before looking at me and turning her back to us. Nox ran a hand through his air before glancing at me. We made eye contact for a