Tyler was in too much pain to respond. He lay on the ground, his chest heaving, as the other wolves circled him. He thought he had lost the fight, and he knew that he had no choice but to accept his defeat. As the pack moved in to surround him, Tyler closed his eyes, resigning to his fate. He was just getting a hang of Lana's betrayal when this was added. How could she?“Tyler?” Her voice shrieked from afar.Suddenly, she lunged forward, snatching Aragon's gun. She shot precisely, aiming for the neck, stomach, and head. Herrick's anger boiled over Lana's attack. He lunged forward, his teeth bared. “You're a bitch!” he snarled. Lana tried to dodge Herrick's attack, but Herrick was too fast. In his rage, he tore into Lana's flesh. He had the intention of killing her. Lana fell to the ground, blood pouring from her wounds. Herrick stood over Lana's body, panting heavily. It was only then that he realized that she had a gun pointing at his crotch. Winking at him, “bye, rapist!” She sh
As Aragon and Frankie rowed the boat towards the small island, Lana sat in silence, staring at the lifeless body of Alpha Tyler. She knew deep down that he was gone, but she couldn't bring herself to accept it. As they reached the island, Aragon and Frankie carried Tyler's body out of the boat and laid him on the soft sand. Lana got down on her knees beside him and placed her hand on his chest, feeling the stillness of his heart. “There's no hope,” she said softly, her voice barely above a whisper. “He's gone.” Aragon and Frankie exchanged a somber glance, their faces filled with sadness and regret. But Lana didn't give up. She cried profusely, her tears falling on Tyler's face as she begged for him to come back. Suddenly, something strange happened. Lana's tears began to glow, forming a bright orb that floated up into the air. The orb hovered above Tyler's body for a moment before shooting off towards his back, where Herrick had stabbed him. As the orb disappeared into the night
The pain she felt was unlike anything she has ever dealt with. Part of her heart was taken out and crushed as she watched Tyler's back fading into the darkness with no hope of ever seeing or being a front of him with a smile toward her.It had all made sense to her until now. She was deeply in love with her mate, and it was beyond physical. Her inner walls came crushing. All of it. Her will for revenge was replaced with an urgency for forgiveness. She didn't mind letting go of everything just to be with Tyler once more.Lana was left alone. Broken, she wandered off deep into the island. Not even the tree branches that scratched her skin affected her. Nothing existed anymore. She wanted to feel some other type of pain. She wanted to inflict it on herself. Finding herself under a waterfall, she put her head down, not minding the coldness.The water kept slapping against her skin. Her wailing voice filled the silent night. “Tyler, I'm sorry,” she silently begged, wishing there was a way
There was no need to treat herself to warmth. She went out of the tent and fixed her bath. She was still sobbing.Lana was lost in thought as she immersed herself in the cool, refreshing water. She was so deep in thought that she didn't even hear Tyler's footsteps as he approached.Tyler had been out for a stroll, trying to clear his head. He wanted to avoid Lana but, he couldn't help but feel drawn to her. As he turned a corner, he was stunned to see Lana standing in the water, her back to him.At first, he couldn't look away. Her long, silver hair was cascading down her back, and her curves were accentuated by the way the water clung to her body. He could feel his mate bond igniting within him, urging him to go to her.But he couldn't. He felt that she had hurt him deeply, and he didn't want to make things worse by saying the wrong thing. So, he forced himself to turn around and walk away, ignoring the fierce desire that burned within him.Lana, unaware of Tyler's presence, continue
Tyler kept pacing, his mind unsettled. Although his energy was back to the fullest, and he felt invisible, he somewhat felt lost and in pain, but it wasn't physical. It was rather emotional. His thought drifted to Lana. He could feel her discomfort, hear her sobbing, and scent the shift in her floral smell.He had gone on a walk, thinking it would've helped. He even ended up working out, numerously punching the innocent trees, thinking it would subdue the hurt. Still, it got nowhere. Coming back and accidentally crashing in on Lana taking her bath, awoke all his emotions and dilemma.What even broke him more was the betrayal. He didn't know how to forgive that. All his life, he has been surrounded by disciplined people who feared betraying him because they knew the consequences of doing so.In a bid to cool his head, Tyler opted to take a quick bath too. He took a steady path out of his tent to the waterfall, where he allowed the cold stream of liquid, to cascade down his body. As free
The night was terrible for Lana. She felt guilty so much it kept her awake all night. Little did she know that her moments of twisting and turning led to the day breaking without her getting any sleep. She felt a sense of tension between her and Tyler. She had barely slept at all the previous night, her mind racing with thoughts of their relationship and the future. As she saw him outside, she took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves.Immediately, she dressed in one of the loose tracks and a hoodie, dashing outside. She was prone to trying to get him to probably act differently toward her. “Good morning, Tyler,” she said softly. “Morning,” he replied, not meeting her gaze. Lana could feel her heart sinking. She knew that nothing changed between them, but she still wanted to try harder.“Pack up. We're taking the bikes to the main house,” he said to her.Lana was surprised by the proposal, but she agreed to go along with it. “Sure, that sounds like a good idea,” she said. Fran
Lana's mind was distracted to the point nothing that Aragon or Frankie said made sense to her. She was lost in thought and overwhelmed by emotions. Still, she tried to fake commitment to their conversation until they noticed.“Luna, did you even sleep last night? Your eyebags are visible,” Frankie pointed out, cutting through leaves that opposed their walk.“Yes, I did,” Lana lied, trying to put up a facade. She wasn't going to be vulnerable before these guys again. Put up a show of strength, for as long as it lasted. “Why didn't we change the packhouse to this place after realizing the threat from Annik? Lives would have been saved.”“The timeframe to convey everyone was short,” Frankie explained. “The best thing was to stay back and defend our pack. No matter how we tried to escape, they would've caught up with us.”It wasn't making sense to her, but she didn't want to push further too. “What do you guys know about mindlock?” she suddenly asked.Both of them stopped in their tracks,
“Viktor, I thought you didn't make it,” Lana added, ignoring Tyler's emotionless attitude. “I was so worried about all of you,” she said, her voice shaking.“It's good to have you back,” Kamala hugged her, sobbing uncontrollably.Levi gently slapped Frankie and Aragon across the shoulder. “How did you guys survive?” Tyler finally asked.Leading them through the darkly light tunnel to the full square of the basement, “when they gathered us to set the cells on fire, two of the prisoners they put us with, showed us the crack they've been creating to escape. Collectively, with our powers, we worked faster. Soon, we made it to the hole. As many cubs as we could lead, we led out with those prisoners. When Annik's came back and saw that our cell was empty, they just set it on fire. I'm thinking that they didn't dare report to him that we had escaped for fear of their lives.”The tunnel wasn't brightly lit, but, since they knew their way around, Kamala just led Lana by the hand until they go