Lilly POV It wasn’t fair that all the witnesses they brought were against me. But then again, I had no friends left at the shadow mountain pack. Patrick was literally the only person who would have vouched for me, but even he had eventually betrayed my trust. Even my own parents hadn’t shown up. Just the wolves in my transport patrol were there. While they agreed with me that Ivan was evil, they were a far cry from being my friends. I waited nervously as the elders debated. Surely they would see my side, they would understand. I told them everything right from the beginning. How Johnny and I were meant to be, but how he had been manipulated and brainwashed. How Ivan and Rebecca were imposters trying to take over my home, and wipe out our race pack by pack. That stabbing Patrick had been an accident. I couldn’t explain how everyone testified so perfectly without Ivan here. Perhaps his mind powers were stronger than I anticipated. But the elders, they would see through it. They were s
My head was pounding as I looked around. I was in some sort of cell and I started to panic. The last thing I remembered was I was running in for forest. Something must have gone wrong. But why didn’t I remember anything? I heard footsteps approaching and keys jingled before my cell door opened revealing three vampires glaring at me. One looked slightly familiar as I started to remember earlier events. The one I didn't recognize stepped forward. He had a very powerful aura around him, he must be their leader. I gulped. I didn’t want to do this anymore. As soon as I told them where Rebecca was they were going to kill me, I was sure of it. “Don’t be scared little wolf, we’re here to help you.” His voice was mesmerizing and instantly calmed me. Kind, but somehow cold at the same time. “It is my understanding that you would like Rebecca to leave your pack, I want the same thing. We are on the same side, we can help each other.” “What...What do you want?” I stuttered. “Simple, you just t
I awoke with a familiar view, I was in my old cell, the one Rebecca had put me in the day we first met. Footsteps approached and keys jingled. Unlike the relief I had gotten from seeing Ivan walk into my cell that first time, I felt dread as the door opened to reveal three vampires. Two I recognized from the department store, Julius was the name of one, but the other was a new face. “Nice of you to join us again mutt,” Julius spoke with a smirk. “Enjoyed our hospitality so much you came back for more?” The one with long black hair chimed in. The third held up his hand for silence. He must be the one in charge. “It’s nice to have you in our cells again John.” Shit, he knew my name, Lilly must have talked. I kept my poker face on and my heart steady. “You know my name, but who am I talking to?” I had a feeling, but that didn’t make his next sentence go down any smoother, “My Name is Claude. King of the vampires. As I understand it, our friend Ivan had been spreading lies about whe
“Rebecca felt that you got hurt and went after you. The king was still in the warehouse and confronted her. I don’t fully know what happened but her and Ruthie are in the cells. Ivan and I didn’t make it in time." I forgot how to breathe as I realized my worse fear had come true. The king had her. “We’re coming in to get all of you." “No! They are expecting you to come for me and are prepared. Lilly is planning on taking over the pack. She made a deal with the Vampires. Send word back to Shadow Mountain, I can get us out myself.” “We’re not going to leave you here, you sound like you’re in rough shape.” “That's an order Killian, you and everyone who’s still here are to stay at the Eclipse pack. I’ll be able to fight my way out and get the girls to safety in a few hours. I’ll meet you then.” I could feel how uncomfortable he was when he spoke again, “Alpha. You chose me because I can make hard decisions that others can’t make. You chose me because I can see the big pictur
"Rebecca, don't panic," Ruthie said softly. "You can get us out of here, I know you can. Just take a few deep breaths and focus, just like Ivan taught you." "I'm so sorry Ruthie, this is all my fault! I thought I could face him but I..." "Don't worry about that right now." She kept her tone smooth and comforting. "Just focus.” I looked over at her slumped on the wall, her clothes torn and her body bruised. She was standing in a puddle of blood…Too much blood. I had gotten her into this mess, I needed to get her out. I tried to steady my breathing, to get my mind off of Claude, but I was distracted by a cackle coming from the door. "Finally! The both of you right where you belong" Lilly was peering in from the small barred window. She looked fine. "Lilly! what are you doing?” I almost screamed at her. She was in a good position to escape and here she was gloating. "You've got to get out of here! Claude, he's going to kill you!" She just laughed some more. "Oh he may have killed a
John POV "Quick Bex, we gotta go!" I said as I tore the rope off her wrists. Killian unlocked Ruthie who stumbled over to Ivan, her body was in rough shape. Ivan lifted her into his arms and started whispering to her. "Where did you get those?" Asked Rebecca nodding to the keys with her eyes narrowed. "From you, from the day we first met." Bex was off, She was really upset about something but we didn’t have time to talk right now. "Rebecca, call out to the fire." Ivan instructed as we rushed down the hallway. She glared at him. "You don't think that if I could I would have by now?!" We were shocked by her outburst. She never talked back to Ivan and certainly never shouted. "Do we need the fire?" I asked. "Vampires won't go near one, it's the best way to clear a path." Ivan reasoned. "Rebecca, we are all in a lot of danger right now and we need a clear path. You can do this." Tears streamed down her face as she held out her hands in front of her. I was proud of her for tryi
At first, it was us against only Julius and Alejandro. Both who fought well, obviously skilled at their craft. Claude and Lilly had hung back, but no doubt had called for help as soon more vampires started to trickle into the room. Ivan must have gotten to Rebecca or found some matches because I saw him throw someone into the wall exposing the studs. When I looked again he set fire to them and let him burn in the wall. The wolves pushed the fight closer to the fire. We were vulnerable to it as well, but not like Vampires. The only way to truly kill them was to burn them. Claude looked worried. His long thin fingers were gripped tightly around Lilly’s arm, She was his key right now. Knowing this I moved the fight to them, everyone following my lead. Ivan got there first. The king tossed Lilly behind him to block Ivan's attack. Despite his age, he was a skilled fighter, this surprised me. “Traitor! You stole her from me!” The king yelled as he threw Ivan across the room. Julius fell b
“Ready to go?” Tyler, Kasey, and Trish walked up, Trish immediately embracing Aiden. “We had some checked luggage, I can go get it.” I volunteered. “Most of that is mine, here I’ll come help.” Jenna followed me to the carousel where the suitcases were starting to come out. “Ivan, Why were you staring at me on the plane?” She asked keeping her eyes straight ahead. I didn’t know what to say. If she didn’t know, I wasn’t sure I should be the one to tell her. But on the other hand, she did need to know. If she was hiding it? Well then she would feel like I invaded her privacy, it was a lose-lose situation. “I was staring? Sorry, must have zoned out.” “Don’t lie to me Ivan. You heard something, didn’t you?” She did know. “Yes Jenna, I can hear them.” “Please don’t tell Killian yet!” She begged, eyes starting to water as she turned to face me. “I was going to tell him after the trial if it went well, but it didn’t, and now the vampires are coming and he can’t be distracted by anythi