Liya's POVThe pounding of my heart filled my ears, my body filling up with so much trepidation that I could barely breathe properly. Connor yelled out my name as I ran through the cold night air to get to my mother, but not once did I stop. My feet bounded through the forests, tears filling my eyes as I wondered what had happened to my mother.Please protect her, I continued to pray silently to the moon goddess as I ran. Despite the cold air slapping against my face, my palms grew sweaty."Where is she?!" I demanded of the warriors in my mother's tent when I arrived and could not find her."The pack doctor had her brought in–"Without waiting to hear more, my legs carried me as I rushed over to the medic at lightning speed, pushing the door open without bothering to knock."Mother! Mother!"When I found her she was laying in one of the clinic beds, her shut as she writhed in pain."What happened to her?!" I asked the doctor, trying to keep my tears at bay as I intertwined my fingers
Alpha Wade's POVI stormed out of the car as the chauffeur halted at the parking lot, walking into the mansion and heading straight to my chambers to cool off. Although the business matters I travelled to attend to had gone very smoothly, it had still been a hassle dealing with those hard-headed business men.Fucking measly humans!I swore under my breath as I recalled the shock I felt when I'd arrived to see that Alpha Joel supposed new partners were a pair of humans. It was unheard of! Werewolves and humans should never mix, that much was an unspoken rule. And every single person in the werewolf vicinity was aware of that. But Joel had always been a stubborn old goat.Regardless, I had been careful not to blow my cover, so I forced my claws back in and concentrated on the meeting, banishing thoughts of digging into those humans' necks and snapping the life out of them for even daring to look my way.I snorted as I began to climb up the stairs. It had ruined the whole meeting for me,
Liya's POVI was up at the crack of dawn. Although my anger from yesterday had calmed down considerably due to the improvement of my mother's condition, I was still determined to start my training so I could avenge my parents.A cold shower woke me up fully, and I threw on the clothes Connor had lent me. It was not much of a training gear, but I had no other options right now and it would have to do. In less than twenty minutes, I was out in the biting cold. As I walked through the trees down to the training ground, the icy dew from the trees fell onto my neck, making me shiver violently from the cold.I was surprised to see more than a handful of warriors at the training ground despite it being so early. As I began to search for Connor, his voice floated over to me in the small crowd."Liya!"I turned around to see him waving an arm in the air as he motioned me over."Wow, you're up early," he commented, looking me over. "How do you feel today?""Pretty good," I lied. I was exhausted
Liya’s POVI paused in my training to show respect for the man and woman I came to know were Connor's parents. The resemblance between Connor and his father was so great that I might not have been able to tell them apart if not for the streaks of grey in the Alpha's hair.My heart was soured against them knowing the pure evil they put their son through, but I was in their pack and I had to show respect to avoid being thrown out.My arms folded, I watched from a distance as Connor walked to them and bowed in greeting. I did not magnify my hearing senses to enable me listen so as not to cross boundaries and breach their privacy, but the coldness between them was obvious. Feeling sort of protective towards Connor, I did not want to get back to training just yet.Minutes later, Connor motioned me over. I obliged, bowing when I got to where they were standing. "Alpha, Luna," I greeted. To my shock, the two of them were beaming at me."You must be Connor's girl, Liya," the Luna said, lookin
Liya's POVI narrowed my eyes at the Alpha, every nerve in my body pricking at the mention of my mother. What he was implying was obvious, but I refused to believe he would even propose such a thing."I don't understand what you mean by my mother remaining here," I said, barely able to curb the rage that threatened to explode.He did not look fazed one bit. "If I am going to make this deal with you, there needs to be some kind of collateral.""Don't you dare refer to my mother as collateral! I already gave you my word that I will assist Connor in whatever scheme you are planning. What I will not allow is you using my mother as some kind of hostage. In case you hadn't noticed, she has suffered enough already!"The Alpha did not look very pleased at my outburst. He narrowed his eyes at me, sneering as he walked closer to me."You can give me your word all you want. As if that makes a difference. The truth remains that you are the daughter of a rogue, and I make no mistake by assuming th
Hunter's POV"No luck, sir…" the soldier in front of me said, bowing as sweat trickled down his forehead.My jaw clenched. "What the fuck do you mean?! They couldn't have disappeared into thin air, could they?! Obviously fucking not! So, get to work and stop giving me excuses!"The soldier cowered at my voice, but bowed and raced off in the other direction to join the others. In the distance I could see Gunter yelling at another soldier.We were all pissed. Pissed and fucking stressed. It had been three days since our fool of a brother, Ryder, let Liya and her mother escape, for stupid reasons best known to him. My blood burned each time I remembered that it was his fault that our mate was gone.All our wolves were in anguish being so far away from her. Since the day she disappeared, I had known no rest, tossing and turning each night, restless and worried about her. Although we had searched high and low, there was not a single trace of them.Every morning, Father would rage and bring
Liya's POV"Are you sure you don't need anything else?" I asked my mother as I peeked into her room once again with the slice of cake I'd brought for her as dessert.Mother was propped up on the bed in the small chambers that had been assigned to her by Connor. Three months of living in a pack devoid of fear and abuse had done her so much good that she looked better than I ever remembered. Her sunken cheeks were filling back up slowly, and she had an overall healthier glow."I'm sure, Liya," she smiled. "I'm okay. You've done enough already. You should head down to the training ground. Isn't that due in five minutes?"I shrugged, waving off her concern. "I'll meet up. For now I just want to make sure you're okay.""I'm fine," Mother protested with a laugh. "Seriously, go.""Okay, I'm leaving."I pretended to shut the door fully, but peeked through the hinges as I watched her slowly climb into the bed and rest her head against the bed frame. Although healthier than when we first joined
Connor's POVAs I walked back to the pack house with a sobbing Liya in my arms, worry settled deep in the pit of my stomach. She was still mumbling incoherently about needing her mates, and as I watched the tears stream down her face, I could not help but feel an overwhelming sense of pity for her.I hated seeing her like this, so helpless and teary. It made me want to burn the whole fucking world to the ground and punish the bastard that made her feel like this! It just wasn't fair that someone so pure hearted would suffer this much.When Allen rushed down to my chambers to inform me that Liya was causing a scene in the tavern, I was completely speechless."Tell me that's a fucking joke," I had said, but I arrived at the tavern to meet the last thing I ever expected. It was strange seeing her so out of her element. Liya was reserved, and preferred to keep her pain and grievances to herself, so seeing her sobbing openly had been a stab to my heart.I was even more worried when I heard