The dead pack soldiers had been buried with tears and pain.Their families were compensated and taken care of, but we were not the same that week.Caine has not been himself since we left the hospital and was either working on his laptop or in the gym trying to get his leg to heal faster.The attacker had gotten him in the stomach and dug deeply into his right thigh, even though he was healing fast the leg was taking time to heal.I would wake up at night, and he would be grunting and huffing away with workouts.Or he was either in the garage or sneakily on a call or in a meeting with people I did not know when they arrived at the house.Everybody was trying to get to the root of the problem and being extra careful.He was trying to be sneaky about it, he did not want me to know anything about it.I had not seen Megan for a while now and David was not forthcoming with any information I asked about.Caine was still my sweet, loving husband, but he seemed a shadow of himself now and alw
The suppliers.Heaps of body bags were laid on the floor.“They were hunters. Recruited by Caleb. They knew what they were doing when they delivered the supplies. You don't have to feel remorse for them", Caine said.I had decided to follow Caine for a border check today after we heard about the arrest of the men.I also wanted to use the opportunity to stretch my legs.They were caught this morning, and it was already evening, and they were heaped up in body bags.They’re dead?” I gaped at them, then I turned to look at Caine.“Yes,” answered Caine . He did not sound at all apologetic.I felt bad for them, but they did try to kill my babies and me, but at the same time, I did not know what to feel about that.“Did you manage to get information that you needed from them, at least?” I huffed exasperatedly.And placed my hand on my belly as I stepped away from the bags.“Yes, Luna. All taken care of,” answers Caine “I’m sorry, but they hurt you and intended to kill you. I couldn’t rest
I opened the door slowly and came face to face with a total replica of Caine.Caleb Kingston.The banished malevolent brother.He stood tall, with big green eyes and a chiseled jaw, and he was smiling at me, so I saw the one-sided dimple Caine also had. The only difference was his hair color. Caine was blonde, and he had long hair, but Caleb had short brown hair and also their body size. Caine was bigger than him."Hi" he greeted in the most calm husky voice.If I did not know who he was, I would have felt very comfortable with him."Who are you?" I asked, not wanting to out the fact that I know him and delay him till Caine came back since he said he was not going to take time.I expect him back any time soon."I would have loved to introduce myself, but judging by the silver weapon you have in your hand, you already know me and have been warned about me." He said, eyeing the knife I had tried to conceal.Since he had found me out, I brought it out from behind me into the open."What
HAZEL'S POV"Hazel!" I heard Caine's voice "Hazel!" Tristan's own came right after."Caine" I whispered, and unlocked the door to the room I hid after Caleb left. "Hazel!" Caine yelled again."I'm here!" I called and ran out to meet them."Baby" Caine ran with a limp and engulfed me in a hug."Are you fine? Are you hurt? Did he hurt you?" Caine rushed and touched my face, checking me out."I'm okay", I told him."How are you brownie?" Tristan asked me."Shaken but fine" I said with a small smile."Did he touch you?" Caine asked again."No""Are you sure? I smell him all over you" Caine asked me, still double taking me."I'm sure, but I'm sure I angered him. He will be coming back", I informed them."I will make sure he never sets his sight on you ever again." Caine swore and hugged me."Do you need anything? Water. Get me water someone" he, asked again."I'm fine Caine""What's that in your hand", Tristan asked."A silver knife. I used it to keep him away from me", I said, and pa
“Here, drink this”. Caine handed me a cup of green tea.I forced a small smile before I collected it from him."Thank you. I needed this" I said. “You’ll feel alive in no time" he told me.I sighed and tried stretching my aching back. I had just gone through an unpleasant ordeal and my whole body was tired."It's two in the morning. I don't want to be alive, I want to be sleeping," I told him.He sighed and sat down."Well, look how we ended up. I'm sorry about this" he said, and I paused my motion to drink my tea."Why are you apologizing?" I asked quickly, coming off rude.His brow went up in confusion "Uh... it's a way of comforting you, I guess. You're not comfortable right now, and I feel bad about that" he said."Well you should" I muttered loud enough for him to hear before sipping my tea."O...kay?." He said, clearly not understanding my attitude.We sat in silence as I sipped my tea and he stared into space."I can't sleep" I said all of a sudden."Do you need me to massage
“The pack house was not where you first met me” I said to myself."You knew me way before, and you knew what was coming" I said again.“You didn’t meet me when I first came here” the realization hit me again, "and the guilt you felt for what happened made you despise me and, wanted to keep me out of the pack". The truth was dawning on me and my heart was beating twice as much.His silence confirmed everything I needed to know."You knew Caleb killed my parents, but you said nothing, you were there to talk to my parents that day, and you did nothing to help, you did not even try to stop Caleb from snuffing life out of them. Because he was your brother?" I looked at him, for him to deny this and tell me he had no idea about this and tried to stop his brother.Caine said nothing and I felt more infuriated and irritated."I thought he was coming for you" he said, and I shook my head. That was not an excuse.“When was the first day?” I squared my shoulders and raised my head.I met his ey
My tears ran freely as I sat alone with my thoughts.Sleep had evaded me for the past hours, everything kept replaying in my head.Have I been conned into this marriage with Caine ?How did I not see all these telling signs?How did I blatantly believe all he said?Did I really love him?Would I ever be able to forgive him or erase what his family had done to me?Why was my fate this way?The questions kept pouring in.The way nature worked was cruel, the one man I found peace in was the one to shatter my heart the hardest.He was involved in a horrible life-changing experience that happened to me.Cruel life.I smiled as all our sweet memories came flowing back.I love him, but why would he lie to me?Why would he try to cover up his brother's evil doings, in the hopes that I was better off not knowing?He knew the details behind my parents' death? Why did he not tell me or help me when I needed it?Why did he keep it a secret?He knew it was going to happen. Why didn’t he stop it?E
I woke up sharply to the sound of soft knocks on the door.My heart beat loudly as I looked around in alarm and remembered I was in a motel room after leaving my husband and the pack.I was so tired and stressed that immediately my head touched the pillow, I snoozed.I remembered Betty saying she was going to bring me some cinnamon, and after I ordered the food I slept off almost immediately.Now I was awake and the knock continued.I groggily looked around for my phone and found out that I had slept for two hours.And suddenly I looked around to notice my bag was still not here and Betty had not awoken me up earlier.Maybe she found out I was asleep and decided to let me sleep. My due date was next month, and I was supposed to be getting every rest I could get.The knock came again, and my attention went back to the door."Betty?" I called out.At first there was no reply and my heart rate started to spike."Betty? Is that you?" I asked again and there was silence.In fear, I picked