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
Amber’s PoVI could hear their laughter as they came towards the cell and the sound of Peter’s voice instantly set me on edge. I knew exactly what he was capable of and I was under no illusions of what he would do to me now that he had me entirely at his mercy.“Amber, don't give in to him. Don’t let him touch you!” Ryan demanded furiously through the mind-link.“That’s easier said than done,” I snorted, “How the hell am I going to keep him off me if he decides to take me here and now while his mother watches? I barely made it out when it was just me and him, and I doubt his mother would lift a finger to stop him. If he brings his guards to hold me down as well then I don’t stand a fucking chance.”I could feel the bile rising in my throat the longer I stood here talking about this but there was no escape for me and the pit of dread that coiled in my stomach grew ever bigger as the voices came closer.“I’ll kill him in the most painful way possible Amber, I promise..”I didn’t bother
Tom’s PoVIt had taken a few days but things had finally calmed down enough at the pack for us to be able to mount our reconnaissance. Lilly hadn’t wanted me to go, worrying that I would run into trouble and end up hurt somehow. I tried my best to reassure her though and finally, after much persuasion, I left her to go and meet the mercenary leader.We had agreed to meet with Delores before we left so that she could update us on Alpha King Andrew’s condition but as I expected, when we arrived, there was very little change to his condition.“Would you like to see him before you leave?” She asked softly as we stood outside his room, peering through the glass on the door at the myriad of tubes that linked him to life-saving machines.“Is it really necessary?” I said coldly as the mercenary leader tutted loudly.“The least you could do is pay your respects to the king you know. Once he’s recovered I’m sure he’ll be immensely grateful to all those who helped to remove the usurpers and rein
Lily PoVI paced endlessly while I waited for Tom to return from their mission and the possibility that things might go terribly wrong terrified me.What if he ended up like Ryan and Amber? Locked away in a cell somewhere, waiting for his fate to be decided by a bitter old queen.I groaned loudly and threw myself face down on the bed. There wasn’t even anything that I could do to distract myself from my overactive imagination. Delores had spent a little time with me but she had to dash off to see to something urgent after a little while.Then, the sound of cars pulling up filtered through the window, and I pushed myself off my bed, running over to see if this was Tom returning home safely.My heart pounded in my chest as I watched him step out of the car, my eyes roving over his body to make sure there were no signs of injury and when I saw that he was unharmed, I let out a sigh of relief.He stepped back to the rear passenger door and opened it. I watched as the mercenary leader step
“Do you think we got enough information?” Lilly asked me as soon as we stepped outside the interrogation room, my head turning and snapping towards her in surprise at the sound of her voice.“Lily? What are you doing down here?”“I had to hear it for myself.” she answered softly, “The sooner Luna Kelly is removed from her position the better. Do you have enough on her to make it happen?”“I think so,” I sighed, “It’s still going to be messy as hell though.”“Are we still moving ahead with the plans for tonight?” The mercenary leader asked as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully.“Yeah, let’s get these omega’s escorted to more comfortable chambers and take a quick break, What do you say?”The mercenary leader chuckled as he looked between Lily and me.“Sure, go and play lovebirds for a little while before we show your Alpha how an escape plan is done, yeah?”Lilly blushed furiously and lowered her head, and the sight of her so embarrassed stirred the fury of my beast.“I do not play at anyt
Amber’s PoVAfter Peter had made his intentions known, I had felt sick with my inability to change anything and I was at a loss of what I was supposed to do.Ryan had been silent since Peter's visit with Viola and his mother to the cell and there had been whisperings amongst the guards that Alpha Rick had arrived with his men too. Any chance of rescue that we had was growing slimmer by the minute and it was infuriating that it was beginning to look like Kelly was going to get away with this.A noise at my cell door had me looking up and once the door opened, it revealed Viola standing in the doorway, her face red with anger and her hateful eyes narrowed toward me.“Viola, what a pleasant surprise,” I intoned dryly as she snorted disdainfully at me and stepped towards me.“I can’t believe you’ve done this to me…again.” She hissed bitterly, “No matter what man is destined for me, you take them for yourself.”I sighed heavily and fought the urge to roll my eyes.“It’s about time you grew
Amber’s PoVWe moved in silence, Viola’s guards setting a brutal pace as they frogmarched us through the shadows, a wall of bodies separating Ryan and me from each other.The further we walked into the forest, the more a pit of unease grew in my stomach and I couldn’t seem to shake the image of Viola’s grinning face out of my mind as she watched us leave.“Ryan..” I said nervously but his name dissolved into a cry of surprise as the man at my back shoved me roughly forward and despite my best efforts to remain upright, I stumbled and fell.“For fuck sake, No talking! Are you dumb? Do you want to get us caught?!” The guard snarled as he lifted me by my hair off the ground.“Get your fucking hands off her!” Ryan snarled as he turned and attempted to come to my defense, but the other guards surrounded him, blocking his progress and laughing at his anger.“Not much you can do about this right now though is there?” The guard sneered as he dragged me to my feet and shoved me again, the men
Amber’s PoVI couldn’t believe it. Even seeing it with my own eyes as I looked through the window at where Andrew lay, it still seemed so surreal.“What are we going to do?” I breathed to Ryan as his face hardened beside me.“The only thing we can do. Try and wrest control back from Kelly and Peter. It’s not going to be easy though and I would rather avoid all-out war if possible.”“What do you have in mind, Alpha?” Tom asked seriously.Ryan was silent for a while before his eyes drifted to me.“Would you say it’s safe to assume that your step mother and Viola are involved in this as well as your father?”“Without a doubt. Although my father wouldn’t be involved if he didn’t stand to benefit financially.”“I was thinking that too.” Ryan hummed thoughtfully, “Have there been any changes with his financial staff recently that you know about?”“Not that I know of,” I said as I shook my head, “I don’t think he would take the risk…not knowing what his accounting is like.”“Good. That means