Evie's POV "How dare that man?! I growled as I finally put on a pair of gloves to protect my hands from coming into contact with the deadly paint in any way.After he had ordered me to clean the paint without any regard for my life, I stood there, perplexed about how to go about such an impossible task. Even the child that died in the tragedy had not yet been moved because the men feared for their lives. It wasn't until two other men came in, fully clothed in leather clothes, and were able to drag the child out that I saw that there was a way out.So, after they had all gone to bury the dead, I moved to the servant's quarter and found some leather clothes for myself. I also got some boots to wear for my feet, and also some gloves. Now, I was about to start cleaning the mess. The mess that Miss Kardashian had given whoever the intruder was the chance to carry out the deadly plot.I didn't know why I defended the woman too when she had nearly killed me that morning. But it might have b
Evie's POV It was the middle of the night. I lay in the small corner of the room that now seemed foreign to me because of how I haven't slept in it for a while now, thinking about my life.Even though I tried to brush it off as nothing, I was beginning to lose my mind, and I knew I couldn't continue the way I was anymore. Life was beginning to tire me out, and I feared for my very existence. Apart from all the mistreatment I was getting from those two, I couldn't help but think about my life and my survival. I was at risk now, I knew that. And it was not just the risk of getting maltreated or getting framed for things I knew nothing about. It was the risk of losing my life.My life was already threatened twice that day. First, it was from Miss Kardashian who had thought that my life had little to no reason to still be there and had decided to snuff it off by choking me to my death. I couldn't help but shiver as I thought about what would have happened if the Alpha didn't stop the at
Damon's POV At this point, I wouldn’t even lie to myself. That girl called Evie hiked me. I couldn't believe that she had planned to escape from the packhouse. What would have happened if I wasn't around to curb her wings back into the shell where she belonged?It was a good thing that I was outside when I was or she would have succeeded in her plan. I had gone out because my mind was not settled, and I couldn't bring myself to sleep no matter how hard I tried to go about it. I was about to return to the packhouse after making sure that everything was right at the main gate when I heard a scream piercing the sky. The guards and I became momentarily confused about what was going on.A small mind told me that the show that was about to go down was the reason why I couldn't close my eyes. But I didn't sense Leo on alert. In fact, he seemed delighted. I nodded to the guards to check the threat out while I manned the gate for any more attacks. Once they were gone, I sniffed in the air. I
Evie's POV My body felt dead to me. Even as I diced the vegetables to use for breakfast, I couldn't feel any part of my body. More correctly, I was feeling every inch of my body, but I was feeling them the wrong way. The pain I was getting from it was almost like I was going to die if I let my brain process it. I lifted the plate in my hand to pour the diced vegetables into the soup and hot tears spilled from my face as the arm felt heavy, like extra weights had been added to it and it didn't belong to me. The pain I got sent a sharp warning to my brain.Try as I could, I couldn't block the pain out of my head. I couldn't admit that I was the reason why I was in so much pain. I couldn't say that I had done something wrong to warrant the pain. I hadn't. After all, there was nothing wrong with wanting my freedom, especially when what I faced daily was always pain and dejection.I sniffed in to control the tears that clouded my vision. I couldn't afford to make a mistake with the cookin
Evie's POV All through the rest of the day, I didn't set my sight on Miss Kardashian anymore. It was as if she completely disappeared from the mansion. Neither did I see Miss Aurora, or even the Alpha, or the Gamma. It was like all of them left me to my own devices. I didn't exactly mind the distance since it gave me the opportunity to think deeply about my life and what it was that I wanted.I sighed as my mind went back to Miss Kardashian's offer. Could I really trust the woman? And even if I couldn't trust her, could I trust her word that she was just doing it because she was grateful to me for saving her?I stood up from where I sat in the corner of the room. It didn't matter whether I could trust her or not. I was ready to take the risk. Even if it meant that I was going to be in trouble later. Besides, there was no way the woman would be able to get scott free if I got caught in her scheme. All I would do was point out that she led me up to it. But I was never going to lose a c
Damon's POV The fact that I had let the woman go weighed heavily on me. True, I might not want her as a mate, but I realized that now that she was gone, there was absolutely no way for me to break the mate bond anymore.Maybe it was a good thing she was gone too.I couldn't believe that she hated my pack so much that she had opted to follow even Miss Kardashian who had shown her nothing but hatred from day one when they had met. When the woman had told me that she was sure that Claire would take the bait if she promised to show her how to escape, I thought she was just saying gibberish. I didn't want to give in to the pressure, but she had sounded so convinced that I had given in just to prove to her that Claire would not be so desperate that she would go with the enemy. But she had surprised me by doing the exact opposite of what I believed she would never do.While Miss Kardashian gloated about winning the bet, I saw only one thing about the woman we made the bet about. She was on
Damon's POV I almost didn't get any sleep all through the night. For one thing, I couldn't wait until morning was here so that I could rush over to the marketplace. Evie had a hard time convincing me not to assemble my guards and storm over to the meat seller."They were supposed to meet by morning, so that means that the cloaked man would only be there by morning."I saw reasoning in what she said, so I decided to wait for that morning to come.Now, it was morning, and both Evie and I were tailing the gullible guard that had betrayed me for someone else. Once or twice, the man would turn around to see if there was someone behind him. The moment he did that, Evie and I would quickly hide behind something to protect ourselves from him. Soon enough, the man got the market. Sure enough, as Evie had predicted, he went straight to the only meat seller at the marketplace. He said something to the man. The meat seller looked around first before pointing the guard to a door that was hidden f
Damon's POVI blinked rapidly -about what could be counted as a million times- trying to be sure that I was not imagining who I saw seated. When I still refused to believe that who I was looking at was who I was actually staring at, I looked at Evie to be sure that I was not the only one imagining things. The way her jaw dropped and her teeth were out there in the open for anyone who wanted to count them assured me that I was not the one thinking about the wrong person.I looked back at the man, and I realized that he hadn't seen us yet. His attention was still focused on who he was talking with. I opened my mouth to say something, but no sound came out. Evie gasped softly after a while, and I felt that she was going to do something harsh if I did nothing to stop her. I couldn't blame her though, I was still in shock myself."Al-Alpha, is that... truly... who..." She let the words trail off, obviously afraid of saying the name."Cor...nel?" I stammered the one name I never thought was