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
Damon's POV I watched as Evie raced out of the office, but I made no attempt to stop her. It was even better that she had walked away from me before I -I meant my wolf- did something that we would regret.The moment I clawed her and smelled her blood, my sense of smell heightened when the scent of her blood wafted through my nostrils. Leo had nearly taken over, wanting to mark the girl once and for all. Since it was a matter of something I knew would never be irrevocable, I fought him back with all the will force I could summon. There was no way I would let him do something like that while I suffered the consequences of his action for the rest of my life.I raised her blood and looked at it, trying to see if it would change color or something like that. Anything to give me a clue to if my suspicion was true. The blood didn't change even after an hour of close examination. I opened the container and sniffed it. Leo went wild again the moment he got another whiff of the smell. I quickl
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