Tom’s PoVI couldn’t believe what was happening. I had left to see Lilly safely back to our room as everyone was leaving the main entrance hall, satisfied that there wasn’t anything that could possibly go wrong now that the main groups who usually clashed had left, and just as I was going to go back and check on the reports from the guards, I received an urgent mind link from Ryan.“What are we going to do?” Lily whispered anxiously as I paced the floor.“This is insanity,” I murmured, “Ryan and Amber would never conspire to do anything like this. I don’t know how any of those disloyal bastards could believe this.”“Why would they think to question her though? She was the King’s devoted wife after all…”“Obviously not,” I laughed coldly, “She’s claiming that the bottle of wine we retrieved from the cellar was the bottle that King Andrew drank from.”“But that implicates us as well!” She gasped, her beautiful eyes so wide and fearful that my wolf wanted to rip Kelly’s throat out for th
Tom’s PoVBy the time we reached the safe house, I could tell that Lily was exhausted and as soon as we were inside I had one of the mercenaries show us to the room that we were allocated to.“Will you be okay while I go and catch up with everything?” I asked her and she smiled, although I could still feel the worry oozing out of her.“Sure. I’ll get unpacked and take a shower then I’ll turn in for the night.” She paused as she bit her lip and looked at me uncertainly, “Will….will you still be able to share a room with me?”I blinked at her and laughed humorlessly.“Of course. If you think I’m leaving you alone tonight then you don’t know me very well at all. I just need to brief everyone on what’s happening. I’ll be as quick as I can, but they need to know so adjustments can be made.”“No problem. I’ll see you soon then.” She smiled as she stood on her tiptoes and planted a soft kiss on my cheek.“If you need anything, let me know though, okay?”She nodded and I left her to it, headi
“If we can just take a moment to think about this rationally and calm down..” I said in a placating tone, but it did little good. “Calm down? While she is locked up in a cell with Goddess knows who, being forced to do Goddess knows what-” “Can we please stop taking the Lady’s name in vain-” Delores sighed irritably with a pointed look towards the Mercenary leader. “Sorry,” he mumbled, having the good grace to look a little abashed in front of one of her priestesses, “But now is really not the time to be sitting around on our hands.” “And going in guns blazing straight through the front door is?” I snorted, “All we’ll be doing is handing them the ammunition they need to make a bold move…one that none of us will ever forgive ourselves for.” His lips pressed into a thin line and he stared at me furiously until finally, he sank down in his chair with a grunt. “Then what do you propose?” He mumbled, his fists still clenched tightly in front
Viola’s PoVThe journey to see Peter had been too long for my liking, but my mother reminded me before I left that how we conducted ourselves now would determine our future. I hadn’t realized just how much she had been doing behind the scenes to try and elevate both her future and my own.So as much as I despised the fact that all Peter would talk about was my fucking step sister, I had decided to suck it up and keep the rage inside for now. I would be the one marrying the prince, not her. It would be me with the crown and the authority, not her, and my children? They would be of royal blood. What I did now, was for them, my future children.I already had Luna …no, Queen Kelly on my side, and she supported my marriage to Peter so the hard part was done.The car pulled to a stop in front of the guardhouse and I frowned as the mean-looking guards peered into the back windows, leering as soon as their eyes landed on me.“Well
Viola’s PoVAs much as I wanted to sink into the ground to avoid his gaze, I knew that I couldn’t succumb to that desire. If I was going to stand any chance of holding my head above water with Peter as my mate, he needed to know that I wouldn’t take any abuse, otherwise, it would be no different to my mother's relationship with my father.“Well? I’m fucking waiting for you to answer. Did you come all this way just to waste my time?” He sneered.“Actually no,” I answered, summoning all the strength that I had to keep my voice even, “I came here to release you and take you home.”Peter snorted loudly and tipped his head back and laughed.“Really? You and what fucking army?” He spat, “I was exiled, there is no going back for me and even if there was, you are not the mate that would be able to break me out of here. You’re a fucking weak, pathetic excuse for a she-wolf but then I can’t really expect more from the daughter of Alpha Luke and his second mate.”This time, it was my turn to lau
Viola’s PoVI had done as Peter had demanded and as he entered the back seat, settling back with a knowing smirk on his face I lowered my eyes, feeling the shame wash over me.“There’s a good little whore,” He chuckled as he stared at me without emotion, his eyes running across my body with nothing but cool disinterest, “I don’t want you to think that being my unwanted wife is going to be easy on you. If you get everything you want and I get nothing, then where is the justice in that, hmm?”I stayed quiet, knowing that he wanted to punish me for the unfairness of the situation that he found himself in. I couldn’t blame him really. It was because of my fucking step-sister that he was ever put in this position in the first place, and now, as the thing closest to her that he could get his hands on, I was sure that his anger at her would be taken out on me.“You have no idea what I went through in there.” He hissed suddenly as he leaned in close, the sudden change in proximity startling m
Amber’s PoVThe stench that permeated the air in the cells seemed to fill my senses uncomfortably and no matter what I did I couldn’t seem to get away from it.I had lost count of the hours that I had been held down here and it seemed an eternity since my wedding night.Ryan wasn’t far from me, a few cells down in fact, but the thought didn’t provide me with any comfort. We had called to each other initially but now we had to resort to our wolf's mind link to communicate after Kelly’s guards had stepped in and enacted the punishment that Kelly had dictated for “continuing to conspire while detained”.I snorted to myself softly. This whole situation was ridiculous and I couldn’t believe that the Alpha’s had fallen for her manipulations so easily. I wasn’t the least bit surprised about my father's involvement though.It wasn’t enough that Ryan had bailed him out financially every time that his business floundered because he kept making terrible business decisions, nor did it matter that
Kelly’s PoV“Luna Ke…”The omega froze as she realized her mistake and I hissed through my teeth furiously at her as she cowered before me and quickly corrected herself.“Queen! Queen Kelly! I’m sorry! Please forgive me!” She stammered as she prostrated herself on the floor before me.“What do you want?” I hissed, still furious that she had slipped up in such a big way, “If you’re here to waste my time as well as insult me then don’t think you'll get away with this lightly.”“My apologies my Queen, I did not mean to offend you!” She pleaded again as she audibly swallowed and moved to a kneeling position, “It’s just…your son. He and Viola..hey…they’ve arrived.”My lips curled up at the edges as I looked down at the pitiful wretch before me.“Good. Send them up when they arrive…I’m quite comfortable here as it is.”“Yes, my queen.” She nodded quickly and leaped to her feet, scurrying off to do as she was told.I chuckled softly to myself as I leaned back in the chair traditionally reser