Here was an inside look into Julio.
GRANT Angel’s shutdown gutted us because she was hurting. It also thoroughly pissed us off. Carl had caused it, so he would pay dearly. Sexual assault of any kind was not tolerated in this pack and had harsh sentences. Pack members who broke pack laws were put on trial for their crimes. Evidence would be presented, and pack members would have input on what the sentence should be. However, it was the leadership who made the ultimate decision. Carl would get his ass handed to him. Sexual assault was one of the Teir A crimes, meaning that they had the harshest sentences. However, anyone involved would also be tried. It really sucked to be Lucy Taylor. Or it would be that way soon. I wanted both of their blood. Them being traitors was secondary to what they did to Angel. Lucy was just as responsible because it was her plan. I still could not wrap my head around the fact that people could be so fucked up in the head to think ‘hey, sounds like a good idea’ or some shit like that. Everyo
ANGEL‘I was able to finally reach her wolf,’ Athena said. ‘She’s very weak for some reason, but she said to be careful and not to underestimate Lucy.’Oh, I would not be underestimating this bitch. Why was her wolf weak? Lucy was clearly strong, but her wolf was weak. That was not how it usually worked. The strength of our wolves was typically representative of how strong we were.‘What if Lucy is a leech that’s siphoning her strength from her wolf? It would make her wolf completely submissive to her. I had to send some healing to her wolf so that she was strong enough to talk. There’s something going on here,’ Athena informed me.Lucy’s eyes wandered around the room, realizing that she was fucked. There was no getting out of this after what she had just shouted out. This made her dangerous because she probably felt like she had nothing to lose.A chill ran down my spine when our eyes met. They were cold and void of the warmth that used to be in them. Had she been that good of an acto
ZIYAH “She’s losing a lot of blood,” the surgeon said. Dr. Hastings was one of the best trauma surgeons on this side of the country. Luckily, he had been visiting his sister who lived in our pack. This was not the first surgery that I had overseen. I trained as a combat medic and have been brought into countless surgeries because of my experience as well as my healing magic. Unfortunately, not everything could be easily healed. This was one such instance. “Does she have any blood relatives here? Parents or siblings?” he asked me. “Not parents or siblings. She has a cousin that lives here. We can bring in her grandparents if that’ll help,” I told him quickly as I continued helping him to irrigate the wounds. I heard him curse underneath his breath when her blood pressure dropped down. ‘C’mon, Angel. You need to fight. Your mates need you. We all need you. Fight, sweetheart,’ I sent to her and flooded some love and strength into her as well. “Grandparents will have to do. I can t
GABRIELI saw Angel being attacked both by Carl and by Lucy every time that my eyes closed. It made me feel like I was losing my damn mind. It was as if the universe was reminding me how poor of a mate I was that I could not even protect my other half.A warmth covered my hand, pulling my attention away from burning a hole in the ceiling. I had not even realized that anyone had walked into the room. Aunt Ziyah and Uncle Dante were standing beside the bed.“Any changes?” she asked quietly.About ten hours have passed since she got out of surgery. They said that she would wake up whenever her body and mind were ready to. Unfortunately, they could not tell us how long that might be. Hours, days, weeks, months, etc. Only time would tell. Well, I would like to tell time that it fucking sucked.“Not yet. I know that we need to be patient, but we’re really worried that there’s still been no change,” I admitted.What if she had gone through too much trauma lately? Not only did she have to deal
ANGELI was waiting for someone to make the next move because I needed to play it safe for now. Rushing into a two-on-one fight was a really stupid move because it pushed the single fighter into a series of reaction instead of strategic action.Garrison and Deluca came at Athena from either side, attempting to distract me, thinking that I would only be able to focus on one. How in the hell was Garrison a warrior here? It was a laughable thought. I was certain that even Willow could best him.Deluca tapped into his wolf’s speed and rushed at me. He brandished a hunting knife that looked fairly sharp. It was serrated and would do a lot of damn damage if he was able to use it on me. I would prefer that not to happen.Athena whipped her body around when he got close enough, tossing him away like a fly being swatted.The silver chain burned as it was wrapped around Athena’s neck. She let out a warning growl, the only one that they would receive. Nobody could blame us for what would happen i
GRANTI had no idea what to expect when we realized that the mindlink was a trap. We popped back to the hospital and rushed into the room.The scene had been a huge disaster. It looked like a warzone. There were broken machines, everything was thrown about, and there was blood smeared throughout the room.Athena, our amazing warrior wolf mate had fought for her life against two attackers and came out on top. Thank the Goddess that she was trained by Mama Faye and was a naturally gifted fighter. It made sense, knowing what Athena was.My brother and I felt like we failed her again. Had we been here then nothing like this would have happened. She would not have been harmed at all. Speaking of her being harmed, there was something that did not make sense. Nothing in the bond fluctuated. There had not been any signs of pain or fear, nothing to suggest that she was being attacked. Remo had also not been alerted.‘Athena said that they had soundproofed the room so that the guards wouldn’t be
ANGEL Athena pointed out a total of six people that she felt needed to be monitored because their reactions to what was being shared were suspicious. I made certain to share their faces with my mates after the pack meeting concluded. It seemed that my mates had also picked up on their reactions and promised that they would be watched. Sadly, we had no way to tell who all was either a part of this or willing to be. How many people were in this pack that were willing to betray it for the right price? How many people would destroy the peace that we had here? A part of me felt like this was all my fault. Josef sent Maxine here to learn everything she could about the pack and about me. Now, our pack was being threatened because of Josef’s obsession with me. While he was no longer here, he set the wheels in motion before he died. We had war a ‘It’s not your fault. Julio would’ve found out who you were even if Josef never found you. He still would’ve found out about the prophecy. Here’s
ATHENADenton lived alone, but there was no telling if anyone else was there. That was precisely why we had to be quick and covert.We had everyone on standby just in case something went south. Hopefully, it would not, but we needed to be prepared.His house was in one of the outer subdivisions where many warriors lived. It was close to the barracks and training center. Luckily, it was dark outside. That was certainly a plus right now. Unfortunately, casting a cloak was not an ability that we had. However, our mates could manipulate the shadows to help cloak us.‘Be safe, our warrior mate,’ Grant whispered through the open link between the three of us.‘Definitely be safe or else we’ll just slaughter the fuckheads,’ Gabriel said with a smirk on his deliciously handsome face.‘Same goes for you two as well.’They kissed their marks and let the shadows take over. The door was locked, so a shadow went into the keyhole, effectively unlocking it. The door slowly swung open.We slipped insid