ANDREW
Taking the opportunity while Lyra is at Silver Wolf, I meet with my best trackers. We are trying to pinpoint Cain’s location. Knowing that he is coming for my mate, I need to change the future while I still can. My phone vibrates in my pocket, and when I see Chase’s name flash across my phone screen I immediately know something is wrong.
“What happened?” I growl, dismissing my trackers with a wave of my hand.
“Lyra is missing.” Chase sounds panicked. “I left her with James at the stables and when I returned she was gone.”
“What do you mean you left her with James,” I scream as I climb into my truck, slamming the door behind me.
“I am not keeping my sister from her mate,” Chase growls.
“So they have run off together,” I say as I speed down the road to the Silver Wolf Pack.
“No,” Chase suddenly sounds grave. “James is still here, he was stabbed. It does not look good.”
“Tha
I hope you enjoy this bonus chapter today. Things are moving a little slower because my whole family has come down with COVID but I will try to keep things updated daily.
LYRAAs my vision slowly returns, I try to raise my hands to wipe the crust from my eyes, but a burning sensation around my wrists keeps me from trying to lift them. I can feel heavy cuffs around my wrists and ankles, and I know that I have been bound by silver. The silver cuffs will keep me from using any of my werewolf abilities. My eyes try to adjust to the darkness around me but without my wolf, my senses are equal to that of a human. I cannot even growl in frustration. Glancing around in the darkness, I can barely make out a bed and a toilet. The floor feels cold under my feet. The walls are nothing more than cement blocks and there is a single door with a tiny window at the top. Surveying the room I try to formulate a plan of escape, but there are no windows or vents that I can fit through. I try to wiggle my hands out of the cuffs, but I know that I will not be able to escape them without breaking my thumbs. Even though the cuffs burn against my ankles I test t
LYRAThere is no light inside my cell except what filters through the cracks around the door. I cannot tell how long I have been in this cell. Cain has come in twice and tried to reason with me. Both times left me battered and bruised. The door to my cell opens once again and Cain comes in with a tray of food. I have been in this moment before, and it did not end well for me. Cain drops the tray of food just within my reach and goes to leave. “Wait,” I call out with a little desperation in my voice. “Please stay with me.”Cain’s eyes are wide with suspicion, but he still turns and pulls a chair close to where he dropped the tray. I let my eyes glance quickly to the door behind him and I see that he has left it cracked open. My eyes flicker back to Cain, his eyes are focused on my chest, and he licks his lips lustfully. I repress the revolting shudder that wants to wash over my body at his action. “I thought I should a
UNKNOWNTwo days I have been watching Lyra on this grainy monitor. The video feed from her cell to my room was dismal, but just knowing that I was in the same building as her was enough to keep me going. Just like her other admirers, I had watched her grow from afar, not daring to enter her father’s circle. I knew that my pack rank would never be enough to secure her for my own. She is stronger now. The Lyra that I knew would sit in the back of a classroom with her eyes down, not daring to bring any attention to herself. This Lyra is bold and mouthy. Whenever Cain enters her room she refuses to submit to him. Even after he beat her she would still never submit. I was counting every mark that he left on her body and make sure that he paid them back in tenfold when I ripped control from their hands. Her cell door opens, and she does not even flinch as he tosses her tray of food on the floor. I silently pray to the Moon Goddess that she keeps her mouth shut today.
JAMESAndrew and I just glare at each other for a few moments, neither one of us willing to talk first. I know that he is waiting for me to ask to come home, but I am too proud for that. He knows that I am waiting for him to share out mate, and he’s too proud to ever do that. Andrew starts to shift uncomfortably in his seat, and I cannot help but want things between us to be the way they were before Lyra came into the picture. So, I decide to wave the white flag. “Hey, look,” I grin at Andrew childishly and turn my neck to the side. “We are twins.”The murderous look on Andrew’s face wavers a little. “Can we not,” Andrew groans as he pinches the bridge of his nose. I crack another smile. “Can we not… what?” I tease. “Do this,” Andrew gestures between us. “Can we just ignore the elephant in the room for a little longer?”“Whatever you say,&rdqu
LYRAThe air is crisp and cool, and a thick layer of snow blankets the ground. A full moon hangs low in the cloudless sky. Gazing into the clear sky, I can see every star as they hang suspended in time. It reminds me of the first night that I shifted. The sound of snow crunching under approaching footsteps alerts me to the incomers behind me. As I turn to greet those behind me, I am aware that the snow does not make a sound under my feet. I am not supposed to be here, this is not my memory or my future.Three figures approach me silently in the dark. Two of them I know immediately. There is no mistaking Andrew or James. As they come closer I no longer see the carefree wolves that I know now. They both have aged. Andrew’s dark hair is now peppered with silver streaks, his eyes have fine lines around them, and a scar runs across his right eye. James’s normal military hair cut is long gone
ANDREW“I cannot believe you got her a cat,” James growls as he lugs his suitcase back upstairs to his room.“How many more times are you going to say that?” I say as I follow him with his duffle bags.Dumping his suitcase on the floor, James runs his fingers through his hair. “It’s just a cat, and we are wolves.”I lay my hands on his shoulders, “Did you see how big her smile was? That’s why she got a cat.”“Yeah,” James says as he grabs the duffle bags from my arms. “I get it.”“I knew you would eventually see reason,” laughing as I turn to leave, I can feel James on my heels. “What are you doing?” I grumble as he follows me.“I want to see Lyra,” James shrugs, and I do not have to admit that I want to see her too.We both knock lightly on the guest room door,
LYRAI press my forehead against the cold marble of the kitchen island, trying to relieve the pressure that is building in my head. Andrew and James have been pelting me with the same questions since I came down the stairs. “I told you all I can remember,” I gently pound my head against the marble as I speak. “Cain was definitely there when I was kidnapped, but there was someone else there too.”“Was it his father?” Andrew repeats for the thousandth time.“It did not sound like Edward,” I breathe in deeply trying to remain calm.Andrew is pacing the length of the kitchen and with every step is getting more irritated. “Did you recognize the voice?”“I do not know, Andrew.” I grit my teeth to keep myself from yelling. “The voice sounded familiar, but it is not one I can place.” I have been racking my brain for hours, trying to
ANDREWAfter James and I force Lyra to eat a few granola bars she retreats to the guest room with her devil kitten. Her mind is exhausted from using her powers that James insisted she go lay down. Walking behind her, James is practically pushing her up the stairs while she protests. But as soon as she and that cat lay down on the bed her eyes are closed. James stalks back down the stairs and his jokester persona is gone. He sits on the couch beside me and holds his head in his hands. “What are we going to do?” He mumbles.“I am going to put together a team of trackers and find them and make them suffer,” I growl.James looks at me in disbelief. “You are going to just leave her here?” “She will have you while I am gone.” I place a hand on his shoulder and turn to face him. “There is something you should probably know.” “More good news. Yay,” James says dripping with sa