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
Amber’s PoVIt took only a few seconds for the realization to dawn on me that Delores was implying that all along, Ryan and I had been meant to be together. Both of us had been meant to suffer to get to where we are today, yet, none of this seemed fair in the slightest.“You need to tell her Ryan.” Delores pressed, “There's no escaping destiny, and the more the both of you know, the better for you both.”“Ryan?” I asked with a frown as he radiated nothing but anger and hatred towards the woman before us, “What is she talking about? What don’t I know?”“You just don’t know when to shut up, do you? I don’t know where you get off waltzing in and out of people’s lives as and when you see fit, to proclaim their futures as if they asked to be chosen for something special…”“Ryan please!” I pleaded with him as my heart began to beat anxiously in my chest.Whatever it was that Ryan was hiding from me couldn’t be good and as he turned to face me I could see the conflicted emotions on his face
Amber’s PoV“I see you still enjoy turning people’s lives upside down with your prophecies, Delores.” My mother said with a soft chuckle as she stepped forward to hug her tightly before turning her attention back to me, “I know none of this is what you wanted to hear Amber, but this curse…it feeds on secrets and lies and only draws strength from it. You must..”“No! I don’t have to do anything. “ I hissed, “All of this talk about curses, secrets, prophecies, and lies…I never asked for any of this. All I have ever worked for was to free myself and my mother from my fucking deadbeat father's grip and now, I find out that not only my father, not only my mate, but it’s looking like my mother had a hand in all of this?! What the fuck is going on?!”“Amber I promise you, I had no idea what your father was capable of when I accepted the mate bond.” She said as she stepped towards me.I felt trapped being surrounded by so many people that I felt had betrayed me in the worst way.“We met entir
Tom’s PoVIt wasn’t difficult to track down Alpha Luke’s head of finance. When we found that he wasn’t anywhere near his workplace, we headed to the only other location that he was known to frequent.The smell of stale sweat that assaulted our senses as we entered the bar made me want to gag, but I did my best to hold back the urge.“I don’t see him here.” The mercenary leader murmured as we scanned the faces of the patrons here.I grunted in response and pushed my way past the bouncers who looked at each other hesitantly. This was a private club and only members were allowed, but with the mercenary leader at my side, engaging us was more of a risk for these men on the door.“He won’t be in plain sight.” I replied, “He has specific tastes that aren’t fit for public knowledge.”The mercenary leader’s face darkened as soon as he understood what I meant and he lifted his lip in disgust.“The back rooms then.” He snorted as he turned and headed straight for the door where an increasingly
Amber’s PoVI still hadn’t made my peace with the fact that my mother hadn’t been able to somehow let me know that she was okay sooner than my wedding night, and I was still reeling from the fact that Ryan had planned to completely destroy me in every way possible in order to get revenge on my father.I know that I had managed to win him over by being the exact opposite of Viola, but it still didn’t sit right with me because he seemed to be quite happy to spit in the face of the Goddess and our mate bond just to get his own back for the death of his parents.I had no part in their demise yet he would have happily thrown me to the proverbial wolves. What happened to the benevolent Alpha that took care of his pack and helped even the Omega’s feel safe under his care? Was it all just an act?“Amber?” Ryan’s voice came from outside the locked door that I refused to open for him, or anyone else for that matter while I tried to get my thoughts in order.“What do you want? I told you I wante
Amber’s PoVThe Elder’s arrived as inconspicuously as they possibly could so as to not draw attention to the safe house location.As they were ushered into the hall and heads bowed in respect as they passed, I would be lying if I said I didn’t expect them to be more…imposing.The eight members of the council filed quietly through the crowd with benign smiles on their faces as they approached the head table. Both Ryan and I stood to greet them and bowed our heads in respect as we greeted them warmly.“It’s a pleasure to finally meet you all,” Ryan said seriously as their smiles remained in place.“Well, we come when called, and in the event of serious issues…I would say that the alleged events qualify as serious issues…wouldn’t you?” The man at the front answered with a sigh.“Delores said that the Alpha King is still alive?” another Elder asked curiously, “Would it be possible to see him?”“Come now Cecil, can it not wait until after we’ve eaten?” Delores grinned as she appeared behin