Evie's POV After that cryptic message from the man, he continued to loosen the ropes binding me."I don't need your help," I repeated to him. He ignored me and continued with his task. I knew I was acting like a wench for acting like I was ungrateful to the man, but I was indeed ungrateful. How could someone act as both the messiah and the killer at the same time? I didn't want such a person in my life. If dying was the way to prove my integrity, then so be it.He finished untying me, and I made to move away from him. I stumbled backward, and my legs gave way before I could control myself. I cursed the weakness that assaulted me and also cursed myself for taking such rash decisions when I should have known that I might face such consequences. Apart from not eating for days, I was tied to a spot, and my legs already felt like there was no longer any life in them. Yet, I had risked it.The same man who made me take the risk rushed to my side. His hands wrapped around me, and he picked
Damon's POV For three days after moving into the forest and discovering the strange cabin, I didn't show my face to the world. I was in my office, busy trying to make sure that none of the files I had compiled escaped my scrutiny. Time was an enemy, one I didn't want to lose. But then, I didn't come up with any solution to the problem I was dating from all angles. I got up from where I sat and made my way straight to where the door was, I opened it and summoned one of the guards there."Summon all the pack Elders for an emergency meeting," I commanded the man. The guard bowed to me and raced off to deliver my message. Usually, I just send everyone a mind link message, but today was just not it. I was tired of facing myself off in a battle.And to be honest, the reason why I sent a guard to fetch them all was to see which one of them respected my mantle as an Alpha and which one would rather be rude to me than accept the call. I moved back into the study and changed my clothes. As I s
Damon's POV A part of the wood was burning.The moment I heard those words, I knew that the part of the woods that was burning was no other part than where the cabin was situated. I became so dazed that my feet refused to move for more than a minute."Alpha!" Gamma Samuel screamed at me. I jolted out of whatever hold I kept myself in and zeroed in on the man."Is it... where the cabin is?" I asked slowly. Gamma Samuel showed his surprise that I even knew about the cabin in the first place. "I stumbled across it three days ago when..." I cut myself off, not willing to let them know I discovered the place after I was forced to go on a rescue mission for Evie."I have men trying to cool off the fire, but I can tell you that it would be razed to the ground by the time they achieved that feat because it looked like someone deliberately touched the place." My Gamma explained to me.I nodded in understanding. A part of me wanted to leave the task to him but I knew that I needed to see the p
Damon's POV As soon as I was able to get away from my Gamma and the pack guards, I strode hurriedly to my office. I wanted to avoid having as much contact with the world as possible. I knew that everyone from the pack, especially the pack Elders, would want me to give a reply and let them know what was going on and how I meant to tackle the whole ordeal, but presently, my mind was not settled and I didn't trust myself not to make a blunder in front of them if I tried to give a speech.Heck, I didn't even want to think about anything as I was. Not about the pack, not about the threat to my life, not about the person who thought that it was wise to use something akin to dark magic, not about how every effort I had made for the pack could get swept under the carpet any time soon, not about the part I had unknowingly and might still unknowingly partake to aid the criminal, not about the whole reason for my existence and why I was struggling so hard to exist.At this point in my life, I f
Miss Kardashian's POV"I want you to take care of Evie from now on." I heard the Alpha say to me the moment we were done with the second round of furious pounding, and I froze.Take care of that wench? What the hell for?I looked at the man who had just finished slamming into me with all the vigor he could get from being angry. Even though I hate to admit it, these days, the man was annoying me to no end. One of the reasons was this same Evie he just mentioned. I mean, how could he ask her to be taken away from the correctional tree just like that? Wasn't she supposed to suffer for all eternity for killing a witness?But no, the Alpha chose to be lenient with her -just as he has done with her the other times when she made grave mistakes. Even though I didn't want to admit it, it felt to me like he was the one that punished her, yet he still pardoned her when it suited him. I was beginning to get tired of the ways he kept trying to act like she was his worst enemy, yet he always had m
Evie's POV I gasped multiple times, trying to get some more air into my system. For a second there, I thought I was going to die. I thought it was going to be the end for me. My eyes went to Miss Kardashian and I saw her looking at me like I was a monster. I became angry when I saw that expression on her face. How dare she treat me like I was the monster when she was the devil's spawn herself?I knew the woman to be all things, but never have I imagined her to be anything that can easily be treated as a killer. If she hadn't been forced off me, was that how she would have killed me? Would that have been how I would have ceased to exist? At that moment, in the face of death itself, I promised never to take life for granted anymore. My eyes fitted to the woman again. If she had killed me as she planned, how would she have explained my death? My hands went to my neck and I winced as I felt the pain from even touching it lightly. I knew without being told that the place would be tender
Damon's POV As soon as Evie was out of seeing and hearing sight, I sighed inwardly. I released the hold I had on Miss Kardashian and stepped away from the woman. I couldn't believe that she could go as far as trying to kill someone just to soothe her ego. But that was not what bothered me so much about the incident.It was in what Miss Kardashian said about Evie's eyes. While I wanted to think that the blonde woman did nothing but lie about the whole situation, I couldn't help but feel that it was not impossible. Why would I when I saw the same thing happen the last time I was in close contact with her when she went hysteric?"Why did you just let her go?" Miss Kardashian hissed at me.I ignored her and made to move away. I shouldn't have been a witness to her cruelty in the first place. But I had felt Evie in danger. Heck, the burn I got on my shoulder from trying to ignore the mating pull still hurt a bit. It was when I began to sweat and felt like I would die if I didn't do anythi
Evie's POV I sighed in relief as I was finally done with the last chores. My stomach grumbled loudly, and I held my stomach with my hands to keep the sound from getting out. Not that it helped though. What I needed to settle the low rumbling was food. "At least, I'm done with work and can actually find something to eat," I mumbled to myself."Is that so?" I heard a voice ask from behind me. Dread filled me as I turned around and came face to face with Miss Kardashian. I had hoped with everything within me that the woman and I would not meet anytime soon. Maybe even not forever. My neck itched, reminding me of the harsh treatment I got from the woman that morning. I knew she could only be standing right in front of me for a single reason -to cause more damage to my life."And here I thought you were just starting." She said in a voice that felt like it was full of sympathy when, in fact, it was filled with the anticipation of her next step to earning the world guineas record of bein