Zac's POVI stood outside Hailey's door, my heart racing with anticipation and nerves. It had been too long since I'd seen her, and I couldn't shake off the feeling that I'd made a grave mistake by leaving her abruptly and I didn't expect her to even acknowledge me or welcome me. Gabriella and Madam Crystal's visit still lingered in my mind, their words echoing in my thoughts.“Some people are here to see you, Alpha.” I remembered that my meeting was cut short and I left for my office as soon as I heard who was waiting for me: Gabriella and Madam Crystal. I initially thought something had happened to Kendall or Hailey or both of them but alas, they were here to reprimand me. I had already made up my mind to visit them today because I missed Kendall. Hailey mostly but Kendall because I haven't seen her in a while and even when I went back to see Hailey at nights, she was always asleep. "Zac, you're a fool for leaving Hailey behind," Gabriella had said, her voice laced with concern. "S
AUTHOR’S POV “The Oklahoma festival is coming up soon!” is the statement on every lip. The annual Oklahoma Festival is a vibrant tapestry woven from the threads of community, culture, and joy. Every year as the sun rises over the small town, a buzz of excitement fills the air, like the gentle hum of a prairie wind. The streets come alive with the rhythmic thump of Native American drums, the twang of country guitars, and the sweet scent of food, especially the fried onion burgers. As the day unfolds, the town square transforms into a kaleidoscope of colors and sounds. Artisans display their handmade wares, from intricately crafted pottery to vibrant textiles that tell the stories of their ancestors and the rodeo arena thrums with the energy of cowboys and cowgirls as they showcase their skills in bull riding, roping, and barrel racing. The dancing and singing competition gladdens the hearts of people and what stays at the top of their minds is the mysterious sponsor for the event and
HAILEY'S POV“Oh my God!” I heard someone say and it snapped me back to life. “It arrived again, right?” I heard Natalie's voice. She wasn't even bothered, like she already knew that the truck would come. Well, it wasn't like I suspected her. She, in my own opinion, doesn't have it in her to keep this under wraps without someone's help for too long. I came out of my tent and I was greeted with the brightness of the sun. It was festival day already. “Did anyone…” “No.” Philip responded sadly. Philip is a young adult whose family abandoned him in Oklahoma. Not necessarily abandoned him, it had something to do with Granny Francisca who stays at the nursing home close by. She is his grandmother and his mother wouldn't visit her because she doesn't even remember her but she remembers Philip. Well, another night with bugs all for nothing. ^°^°^°^The festival started on a very high note. It was Saturday so everyone was attending the festival. Kendall and I started from the food truck
WRITER'S POV Zac looked around but he couldn't see Hailey. It was almost time for her presentation and Natalie panicked already. Kendall couldn't sense her and he couldn't connect to her anymore, like her wolf couldn't hear his wolf, it felt like her wolf had been suppressed by an even greater force. The festival isn't on the girls' mind anymore. Finding Hailey became their priority. Alisha appeared out of nowhere and she claimed she had been in the crowd, roaming around with no specific destination because Hailey was with her family and she wasn't friends with Hailey's friends and besides, they were busy too. Hailey's head throbbed as she slowly opened her eyes, groggily taking in her surroundings. She was in a small, dimly lit cabin, surrounded by the musty scent of damp wood and decay. Panic set in as she realized she was tied to a chair, heavy silver chains binding her wrists and ankles. Fear crept up her spine as she struggled against the restraints, but they wouldn't budge.De
Writer's pov Maltida paced the room, her eyes darted towards the clock every so often as she grumbled to no one in particular “What's taking him so damn long, if they had just killed Hailey the moment I had told them to, Zac would be distraught and I would have been in charge. Dammit!” She picked up her phone dialing Cedric's line for the third time. “I hate this, he knows I don't like being kept waiting, what's the hold up for moon's sake. He better not be doing this on purpose.” at the dial tone she dials another line, tapping her feet with a vengeance “Pick up, pick up! Great now even Fisher isn't picking” She throws her hands up dragging a loud sigh. “A simple job and they couldn't even do it.” “Stop panicking it's not doing much good. We just have to find out what's wrong.” her wolf snapped at her. “What if Cedric has been captured, the big idiot has always thought he was untouchable, he could have gotten too cocky and let something slip” she frown, clutching her phone ti
Writer’s POVShe tried breaking herself away from the ropes but they were too firm so it was beyond her. She tried cutting one of the ropes to free herself but it was heading at nothing important as nothing she did seemed to help.She wasn’t exactly panicking but she had this uncertain feeling lingering at the corner of her heart. Everything was so uncertain to her because she had no explanation so far.She wanted an explanation so if at least she was being kept here against her will there should be an explanation as to why this was being done to her.She had a thought that this might be from someone she was so sure about but she didn’t want to make assumptions till she was sure of what was happening.Could it be? Was she desperate to have her eliminated from the picture? At first thought it didn’t seem to be making any sense but she wasn’t someone that I knew personally.Who knows what she could do to get what she wanted as the person she wanted to keep me from, I didn’t even care a
Writer’s POVThe door flung open and their attention was focused on who was at the door. Hailey immediately sprung up trying to make herself visible in case this would be her chance to be saved.She knew she already played a part by trying to manipulate Fisher but that wouldn’t do everything. She felt some kind of pity for him even if he didn’t even deserve it.She just felt bad because she knew one way or the other Cedric was the one who would have cajoled him into this and he wouldn’t be able to tell that he’d been used. Cedric isn’t showing his face in all of this for a reason.He knows what he is doing and he knows who he is going up against. He knows how dangerous this is yet he has his stuck-up personality of being selfish. This time around Fisher was merely a pawn to achieve his goals.If it worked then it was his luck and if it didn’t he would be the one to face it all by himself. There’ll be no me there for him and that’s what Fisher failed to understand. He was so worked up
Writer’s POV “No you.” Zac held Fisher angrily by the collar and lifted him up. By this time he was already shivering and his body was already weak.Hailey stood at the corner watching everything and he still felt bad for Fisher even after what he did for her. She was to be angry and ensure his punishment but instead she wasn’t.She felt bad that he would be the one to get all the punishment as Cedric was smart enough to manipulate him and leave him to blame for everything.Hailey wonders what pushed him to be so gullible, couldn’t he tell that there was a foul play when he was supposed to be the one acting while Cedric made the calls?This was supposed to be a lesson for him but Hailey was more interested in Cedric, she wanted him to pay for this as he wasn’t here and she knew he might end up escaping. Once he finds out that I was freed he’ll know Fisher has been caught but he wasn’t caught in the act of anything.Hailey held her wrist and massaged it gently because it was aching h