Present day.Isabella's POV."The day is getting darker, I have to go now." I said to Beth."Go where? Can't I come with you?""No, sister. It's too dangerous for you out there but you can trust Marcus. He's going to take care of you and when you're better, you can come with me.""When will I get to see you again?""Soon... Very soon. I promise."Marcus and I retreated from the secret house and halted in front of his house."I think I'll need to get another better doctor to take care of her. We have to be careful now that she is recovering.""Yes, I agree. I have to be on my way now." I kissed him and was about to leave but he held my hand."Wait, I'll have my guards escort you to the border of your pack. And please, promise me you would be careful.""I promise to be always careful, Papi."He called two of his guards and have them escort me to the borders of my pack."I'll be fine from here." I turned to the guards and said to them."Sure, take care." They bowed and I watched them ret
Sarah's POV.The name sounds so familiar, though I couldn't place it. I snatched the letter from Alex's trembling hands and read it.“Who's Beth?” I asked, almost in a scream.“She was Alex's mate.” Mrs. Sophie whispered to me. My eyes fell on Alex, his emotions were curbing in on him, and he couldn't seem to get a hold of him. He was about to run out of the shade when I grabbed his wrist, he looked at me with the tiny tears that glistened his eyes. He wriggled his wrist out of my grip forcefully and ran toward the direction when the arrow came from. “I'll go see what's happening.” I said to nobody in particular and ran after Alex. I met him half way, he bent over, and I could tell he was shedding some tears. Gently, I patted his back and he hugged me out of the blues, which I welcomed for the sake of the situation. “I was unable to save her that day. If this turns out to be true, I'll make sure I save her even if it cost me my last breath.” He swore, his voice coated with sincer
Isabella's POV.All throughout the night, I couldn't get to blink my eyes. Though I was thankful for the interruption, at least that saved my life, but who could probably know about Beth. Who would want Alex to know about her? Tired and frustrated, I sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the skies. “It would have been easy for me to communicate with Marcus now if he had a phone, but he won't oblige.” I thought. “I think it's time for him to get a phone, I can't just stay worried like this. Doing nothing.”I grabbed my phone that was beside and looked at the time; it was 3:30am, and I was still not feeling sleepy. “What if I go to Marcus and come back before dawn?” I considered it to be a good idea. Snapping my finger at the idea, I stood up, grabbed a cloak and made to leave the room, but the unexpected happened as I stepped out of the door; I saw Mrs. Elise by the door. “Wow!” I screamed. “You startled me, old lady.” I added as I glared softly. But she kept her cool, just stoo
Isabella's POV.“Beth?” I roared, but she stood still, her piercing golden eyes staring at me uncomfortably.Confused and left with nothing to do, I decided to approach, but she didn't move a muscle. I should have been able to pick her scent from where I was, but there was no scent, I heard a thud behind me and I looked back. Seeing it was a deer, I turned back to Beth, but she was gone.“What's going on, Beth?” I thought and approached where she was standing.Still, there was no scent of her, which was very strange because I scented her yesterday when I was with Marcus.“Could it be that I was only hallucinating?”I let out a loud roar in the depths of the woods and went home, it was enough for the beginning of the day.When I got home, I walked straight into my room and was able to get a nap. I woke up to a knock on the door. Sitting up, I picked a familiar and an unfamiliar scent; it was Alex and Alpha Sarah.“Isabella, are you in there?” Alpha Sarah asked.“Did Mrs. Elise report m
Isabella's POV. “What do you mean by that?”“Ask him.” I glared at Alex, who tried to play dumbfounded.If he thinks he can fool people, I'm not in the category of the people he can full.“What?” He snapped. Alpha Sarah stood up and tilted her head a bit. “What do you mean by what?”“Are you accusing me again?” He scoffed softly. “That's enough!” Mrs. Sophie butted in with a yell. “I think we should all take a step back and think. We don't need any of these right now.” “Of course, and that's what I'm trying to do.” Alpha Sarah retorted. “I want to know why everything and everyone in this pack revolves around this person, that should be a question I should pay quality attention to.” She added. Seeing the way she behaved, I felt a pang of guilt prick through my skin for not telling her the truth. “Stop it, Isabella. You can't trust anyone, remember? They all brought pain to your family and this new person, nobody knows if she can be trusted.” Layla said, and I second her thought.
Marcus's POV"How dare you spill such rubbish from your mouth? How can you call me a traitor? You think I did all of these...... Spent four years taking care of her to hand her back to Alex?" I spoke in rage as I tried to make eye contact with her.She stood to her feet and looked at me straight into the eyes. "Then what do you expect of me? To just think everything is fine?" She uttered briskly, shrugging her shoulders occasionally, and took some steps away from me.She turned her back to me and crossed her hands against her chest."I expect you to trust me, trust me with everything you could." I snapped."With my sister's life?" She retorted, facing me with a swift turn. "I'm sorry but I can't do that. I would never allow any hurt come to her again, I failed to save her before but I'm not planning to fail now because it sucks." She yelled at me, slightly panting. "She had had enough over the years, it's time for Alex to pay for all his crimes and I won't let anyone stop me, not eve
Marcus's POVThe two of us got out of the secret house but were shocked by whom we saw, it was Sandro. He stood in front of us with a despicable smirk.“What's going in, Sandro? Shouldn't you be resting?” I asked.“Not when I haven't reached my goal.”“What do you mean? What goal?”I could feel that something was off, but I couldn't place it. All I know is that I need to protect Beth, even if it cost me my life.“Beth..... I need her to come with me.”“Why would I come with you?” She scoffed gently. “Because I'm going to take you to where you belong. You are only going to ruin our plans.”“What do you mean, Sandro? Are you out of your mind? How can you tell her to come with you?”“Stay out of this, Marcus. You have no idea what you're doing. You're never going to win over Alex. So, this is the best we can get.” He snorted. “Step away.” He commanded and beats his feet with an air of control. “Never! I don't know what came over, Sandro, but you don't have to do this. We've gone too fa
Sandro's POVWhile I was in the captive of Alex and Sarah, I overheard him talking to himself about Beth.“How nice it would have been if I had Beth with me? I would have been the Alpha and made Sarah my Luna.”I saw this as a good opportunity to exploit Alex, I was going to give him Beth, and he would provide us with what we wanted. Maybe there's a better way to this than trying to kill him. Perhaps this is the right way to go.From a distance where the guards and I stood, I watched Marcus's house burn; their voices making a pleasant rhythm with the burning sounds.A smile escaped my lips and I left with the guards.Though I don't have a place for us to stay now, but I can assure them it won't last for a week. We just have to get Alex on our side, and we would live the rest of our lives in comfort.After a while of wandering in the woods, a tired guard stopped me.“Wait!” He cried, his hand supporting his knee as he panted and tried to catch his breath.“Where exactly are we going? C