ALPHA AUGUST POV"I hate being trapped in this goddess-forsaken cabin, not knowing what the hell is going on," I grumbled in frustration.“The Witch Council would have our heads if they knew we were here; we are way out of our league here on the coven’s territory.” Lenny so annoyingly reminded me.I threw my hands in the air and turned on my heels, making a beeline for the kitchen. I opened the fridge and was greeted with beer, mac and cheese, and a huge rack of ribs. Man, the woman knows the key to my heart," I thought as a smile tugged at my lips. I started pulling everything out of the fridge before I adjusted the temperature of the oven. “We might as well eat if we were stuck in for the night.” I handed Lenny a beer.After Lenny and some of our finest pack warriors arrived at the coven, Athena and Baine showed us to our cabins, where we could make ourselves comfortable for the night. With the Witch Council scheduled to arrive this evening to participate in both the chrysoprase ce
AUGUST POV We finally got the upperhand and the remaining neonates and rogues retreated but Melia and Roxy were nowhere to be found. “Lenny you better make sure no one gets away and I want as many captives alive and in our custody as possible.” “Yes, Alpha.” “And Lenny, you better not fail me again.” I growled. “August I did everything I could, the neonates were on the Matt kid like flies on dog shit. We couldn’t even see there were so many surrounding us and the other warriors were getting the elderly and children to safety like Melia ordered.” “You don’t take fucking orders from Melia. No one does. She isn’t your Alpha, I am. Do you understand me.” Bishop pushed through and had Lenny up off the ground by his neck. “Yes, Alpha.” He squeaked out breathlessly. “Now find my fucking daughter and she better be alive without one fucking hair out of place.” Bishop threw him to the ground like discarded trash. I wanted to help my friend but Bishop already had more control than I wan
MELIA POV I must have fallen asleep, but I didn't have a clue about the amount of time that had passed from then until now. I still had a mild headache, and I was still in the pitch dark. I tried to push myself up off the ground, but I collapsed from the pain that radiated from my injured hand that I had forgotten about. “What in the hell is going on. Why haven’t I healed?” I questioned myself outloud.“There are no magical abilities here. You can’t shift. Your wolf is suppressed, and your magic is useless.” A man’s voice came out of the dark.“Who is there?” I tried to keep my voice from shaking as I scanned the room, making my way to my feet using my good hand.“Don’t be alarmed, I just wanted to see what exactly my father’s new prized possession was that he thought he needed to keep hidden from me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lexington, but you can call my Lex.” A beautiful pale man lit a match, and all the wall lanterns came to life one after another so I could finally se
MELIA POVI was exhausted from all the tossing and turning I had down last night. I tried over and over to use my power and mindlink now that I was out of that goddess forsaking cage, but that must not have been what was suppressing my magic because I was basically rendered human here. Even my chrysoprase stone ring was useless. The heat didn’t help my restlessness, frustration, or the frizziness of my hair. My hand was killing me, and when Elsie knocked on the door to give me my attire for the day, I was right down rude and grouchy.“Miss I have your attire for the day. Are you decent?” A knock at the door pulled me from the frustration of uselessness.“I don’t want any attire for the day. I want to be left alone.” I groaned.“I’m sorry, Miss, but that just won’t do.” Elsie unlocked the bedroom and slipped into my room.“Oh dear, you're sweating profusely. You will need to go get yourself cleaned up. I’ll open some windows and blow out the candles. Our master forgets that humans don’t
ALPHA AUGUST POV It had been eight days since the attack and I was going out of my mind with grief and loss. How could I have let this happen to my family? "Alpha, will we be graced with your presence today?" Lenny pushed through my mindlink but I ignored him. "August, Maisie is asking for you." Lenny tried again, this time pulling at what was left of my heart strings. I closed my mindlink without a response, Bishop turned in the direction of the coven house and we slowly made our way back to civilization. I couldn't help but run through the last couple of weeks in my head. Things didn't make sense. How did we go from no rogue or neonate activity to a full blown attack that cost me my daughter and the love of my life? How could I have been so naive thinking I could have it all with no ramifications? Idiotic and stupid is what I've been, thinking a beast like me could have even the faintest bit of happiness that I didn't deserve. "Alpha." Maisie pulled me from my insane ramb
LEXINGTON POV I have to get her out of this wretched place before he can have his way with her. I can’t protect her here. He is older and stronger than me, especially on our home turf. I honestly can’t figure out why I care so much about this girl. My father has had many beautiful girls over the years, but never have I had an indescribable pull towards any of them. Yes, she is beautiful and I’m sure she’s very powerful since that’s my father’s weakness. He can’t pass up the chance to have a beautiful and powerful young woman to lord over, breaking them, making them submit to him. It was a game of power. He had to prove he was more powerful by dominating them, winning his own dulitional game. The girls are like drugs, and he is the drug addict and like all drug addicts, the girls are never enough, so he uses and abuses them just to throw them away. Then I have to compel the poor girl into forgetting him, just to send her back to her insignificant little life. For a little while every
MELIA POV I wasn’t able to get much sleep last night, but for the first time in a while, I was content as I watched Roxie get a decent night's rest. She was very restless and had some nightmares that she couldn’t seem to shake, but at least she was in a comfortable bed, next to a warm body, and not afraid of dying for at least one night. I was hoping it would give her the strength she needed to make it through until we could escape. I was dreading the sunrise to rear her ugly face this morning because I knew what it meant for Roxie. We stayed up half the night trying to come up with a plan, but without knowing what held our magic at bay, it was impossible to escape. There were several outside structures with doors, and if we could get to one of them, we would be able to get to the chrysoprase cabin, but what if the magic barrier extended over the length of the property and not just the house itself? How far could we actually get before they were able to capture us again? If I could ju
ALPHA AUGUST POV It took me nearly twenty-four hours to find Athena. Esme was keeping her in an underground bunker that was made for prisoners on the coven’s land. Of course Esme knew everything that was going on but Baine on the other hand was in the dark which just didn’t sit right with me. “With all do respect Elder Esme you are not the high priestess of this land. That duty should fall to Maise since she is of age but most importantly the High Priest is still alive and well so out of respect he should be informed of the discussions and the potential dangers on his land.” “With all do respect Alpha August you have no clue what your talking about when it comes to our coven’s rules or policies so its best that you as a guest not interfer with things that are none of your business.” Esme spat back at me. “I’m not here to rub elbows and play nice Esme. Either you tell him or I will.” ‘Tell me what?” Baine came up behind us. I could hear him coming but I had to be sure and time