Kaden's POVWith Adler by my side, I stepped into the pack hospital. I was still not aware of what the bad news may be but I was sure interested in knowing. My thoughts wandered off to Audrey but I shook it off, knowing fully well that it wasn’t her, and couldn’t help but wonder if it had something to do with Shantel. I shook my head."You should slow down, your highness, and stop thinking the things you’re thinking" Adler cautioned, trying to keep up with my pace. I brushed what he said off as I literally began sprinting down the hospital halls and when he saw I wasn't relenting, he pursued after me and soon, we were even; Adler was by my side as I ran down the airy passage.Soon, we arrived at Shantel's room so we could check on her and I couldn’t help but feel dread as the door creaked open. The first thing I noticed when I opened the door was the fact that she was sprawled on the bed, looking as though the world had come crashing down right on top of her. Her face was pa
Audrey's POVI jolted up from my sleep when I felt a splash of water on my head and opened my eyes in horror when I caught sight of the scary looking men standing right in front of me with jeering expressions on their faces.My cloth was drenched with water and some droplets found their way inside my ear, momentarily deafening me. One of the scary looking men roughly pulled me to my feet with his mighty calloused hands and dragged me around like I didn’t weigh more than a rag doll.I felt insulted and it infuriated me but I kept my mouth shut in order to find out first what was happening to me before I took my chances."Where are you taking me?" I asked them but instead of an answer, a slap went across my face, making me stagger for a minute. One of the other men looked at me angrily and my face burned."You are not expected to utter a word," he thundered and I kept shut.I would deal with you later.I listened to them talk about taking me to someplace safer, for some reasons best kn
Chapter 57Audrey’s POV"What do you think you are doing?" One of them yelled at me when I jumped into the ground, clenching my hands into a fist in preparation for a fight.“I’d show you what I think I’m trying to do when you try to lay a finger on me.” I challenged them and all I got in return were their sarcastic laughter that filled the air. They didn’t believe me…"You want to die?" A man with a bald head asked me. I didn't wait to answer him.He probably took my silence for cowardice and rushed towards me in a bid to scare me but before he could lay a finger on me, I punched him hard in his stomach until I could hear the rumbling sound it made from the impact. My powers filled the veins in my body like never before. I was breathing fire and anyone coming close to me is going to get consumed by it.The bald man fell onto the ground, hitting his head on a rock. I sneered and turned around, throwing my legs into the air. I could sense some fear in them but they didn't seem like
Kaden’s POV:I quickly jumped up, drenched in my own sweat and shaking as the images from my dream kept replaying itself repeatedly in my mind’s eyes like a broken stereotape.I had seen Audrey again, and seen the blood moon almost exactly the same way I saw it the last time I dreamt it.This time, she was just beneath the bleeding moon and drenched in blood. I had tried calling out to her several times but surprisingly, I couldn’t find my voice.It felt weird, and oddly strange that I had suddenly gone dumb, and to make matters worse, it almost seemed like I was getting squeezed by some imaginary forces.I tried moving my limbs too as my mouth could no longer speak but instead ended up falling into the dirt like an infant still learning to walk.In my confused state, I watched as a large black bird suddenly dropped from the sky, picked up Audrey and flew away almost immediately like she didn’t weigh much.I cried, thrashing as I fought against the invisible forces holding me down. M
Kaden’s POV:Blinded by rage, I stormed into the room only to be met with a fire-spitting Shantel who was thrashing around wildly on the bed and threatening to hurt herself if anyone came close to her.As soon as her eyes landed on mine, her expression immediately turned sultry and she moved slowly towards mine like the viper that she was, ready to strike.“Where have you been?” She said in a hushed whisper, with her eyes locked on mine as if she was trying to see into my very soul.I immediately began to rethink my reasons for coming to see her in the first place and regretting it at every fleeting second. This girl is fine, she only just wants my attention.“I do not see any reason to give you tabs of where I’ve been or what not.” I replied sternly, then changing the topic, I added; “I see you’re better now and unwilling to remain here in the hospital, right?” I asked and she nodded, whilst staring at me like I had something up my sleeves.And yes I did, I needed her out of my sigh
Audrey’s POV:“Are you sure this wouldn’t seem like leading ourselves into danger?” Gamma Lucas said to me with cocked eyebrows.I understood his plight and the fact that he would be quite skeptical because he didn’t know who Kaden was but at the same time, there was no way I would leave them all here, practically in the middle of nowhere.“No it isn’t,” I answered, watching him. “I’m a good friend to the Alpha of the pack… at least after Jacob sold me to him.” I noticed how Gamma Lucas’s fists tightened at the mention of Jacob’s name and remembered when he told me of the wide deep gash of his back that had been caused by Jacob’s blade. That man was indeed a menace to a lot of people!“After killing your parents he still sold you off?” A young lad asked beside Lucas and I nodded, smiling at how pitifully he looked at me.“He sold me off because he kinda blames my parents and I for his father’s death.” I replied, “…but that’s all cowardice, they brought war and we all suffered its co
Audrey’s POV:“You ought to be careful milady,” Ian said worriedly to me as he wrapped me up in a costume looking more like a war gear than a robe.They were all still skeptical about Kaden, and I couldn’t help but understand their worries because I knew that they didn’t know him well enough to trust him.I still couldn’t bring myself to tell them that he was my mate though and I still do not know why.Ignoring the piercing stares from Ian and Lucas, I quickly wore the handmade sandal that I’d been given and walked out of the tent only to discover that almost everyone in this makeshift was just outside my door… waiting for me to step out.There was this tenseness in the air that got to me, it made me shiver with fear and my palms to sweat. I could notice how they were staring at me as if I was a lamb being led to slaughter and couldn’t help but smile at their concern.I didn’t say a word to them though, couldn’t bring myself to as I was in no mood to even offer any form of prep talks
Audrey’s POV“Who exactly are these people you want me to take to my pack house?” Kaden asked suddenly, almost before we arrived at the makeshift.He had been quiet during the entire journey here, with Adler following closely behind us but now I think I knew why. He was probably just as worried as Lucas had been about his people and also maybe as skeptical as my people were about him.“They’re people of my old pack who rebelled against Jacob after he took over the throne.” I replied quickly as we went up the steep hills leading to the deserted area of the forest. I panted as I climbed upwards, feeling myself struggle to get air out of my lungs. I immediately made a mental note to myself that I needed to start training again because it was obvious that I was no longer keeping fit.“My father’s Gamma, Lucas brought them here to this makeshift pack shortly after they were made rogues and that’s it.”“And you think they’ll trust me enough to come with me?… Us?” Kaden asked. At first I