KADEN’S P.O.VIt took every ounce of self control that I had mastered over the years to stop me from responding to Gregory. I sat there immobile trying to figure out if I had heard properly when he branded his own daughter a traitor. I could tell that Caleb was holding his breath and waiting for my reaction but I stayed perfectly silent not saying a word.I tried to reconcile the narrative he had just painted of Amelia to the scared girl who stumbled across my border and I just couldn’t see it. I could not see a reality where Amelia was a traitor or anything even related to being a traitor. I may not have known her for long but I knew and so did my wolf that she was not what Gregory said she was.I could tell that Gregory was gauging my expression for a crack in the mask. Something that would tell him that I knew what he was talking about. I had already given him too much intel when I turned to him after he spoke but I was determined not to make it easy for him at all and I kept my ex
AMELIA’S P.O.V It felt like hours had passed since I had started to feel weak. My fever was worsening a little and I could feel it. It felt like my head was on fire and I felt so weak, almost like someone had run me over with a tractor and left me for dead on the side of the road. I couldn’t move a single limb and I knew the moment I opened my eyes that I was dreaming because I was back in my old pack. I was in my closet sized bedroom and I was sitting on my old and worn sheets. I wasn’t in the same clothes that I fell asleep in. I was in one of my more common outfits from home. It was a faded grey dress with brown leather slippers. My hair was in a braid over my shoulder and I knew I didn’t have the energy to do it myself. Even in my dream, I was completely weak and it felt like a chore to get up from the bed but I managed to do it. I had to brace my hands on the wall and the dresser so I wouldn’t fall over and my legs felt so shaky, almost like they hadn’t been used in a very long
KADEN’S P.O.VEveryone was staring at me and desperately waiting for me to give a reason as to why I stood up so urgently. I could feel Gregory staring at me with barely controlled interest as if he could somehow get the answers out of my face while Caleb was looking at me in concern. He hadn’t gotten the mind link like I had so he was completely in the dark and I knew he hated that.After a few seconds, I cleared my throat and straightened the collar of my shirt then brushed off invisible lint off my clothes to appear uninterested.“I am afraid I have some important work to attend to,” I said and with one leveled look at Caleb, he rushed to his feet as well.I walked past Gregory without offering any explanation but before I could reach the door, I heard him clear his throat. He was as annoying as a fly on the wall and I wanted nothing more than the sick satisfaction that would come with squashing him like a bug but I knew that it was a shameful act to attack someone when they were u
AMELIA’S P.O.VWhen Blake leaned down to kiss me, my first thought was to turn my head to the side and avoid his kiss. I was angry with him for leaving me. I was angry with him for keeping me in the dark about everything. I wanted to know how long he had been aware of the plans my father and Brittany had against me. I wanted to know why he felt so comfortable with leaving me. I was furious but I couldn’t bring myself to pull away from him.There was something comforting and familiar about his touch. There was something warming about his hold and I couldn’t help but just lie there and allow him press his lips to mine. Even if I wanted to, I was too weak to push him away and so I did nothing.I barely had time to process his lips on mine when the door flew open and Kaden appeared. He was drenched by the rain and his clothes were wrinkled as if he had put them on in a hurry. His body was dripping wet and his hair was plastered to his forehead. At first there was shock on his face but it
BLAKE’S P.O.VI fell through the window with a large crash. My entire body ached and it felt like I had been run over by a freight train. My eyes were half closed and swollen because of the hits and there was dried and crusted blood on my nose and lower lip.I expected the man to follow after me through the window but when he didn’t immediately, I rushed to my feet and into the woods. I hid behind a tree and watched what was happening. I saw him glance out the window as if he was debating following after me but he decided against it and walked back into the room.Judging by the aura emanating from him and the unnatural strength that he had, I knew he was the Alpha but I couldn’t imagine what the Alpha was going in Amelia’s room. There was no reason why he should be bothered with a lower pack member like Amelia unless there was something he wanted from her.I tried to peek into the house from my position but I couldn’t see anything and I muttered a small curse. I took a small minute to
AMELIA’S P.O.VMy head was pounding. It felt like someone was running a construction site inside my skull. It took me what felt like hours but I am sure in reality was only a few minutes to get my bearings and get myself acquainted with reality again. I forced my eyes open and to my shock, the sky was a beautiful mixture of colors. It was like someone had splashed a water color palette into the sky prompting it to turn into a mixture of orange and purple and a slight pink hue around the edges.The first thing I noticed after staring at the sky was that the room had been fixed. The dresser had been replaced and so had the windows. The room like brand new with beautiful wooden carvings replacing the things that had been broken during the fight as well as a beautiful vanity sitting on top of the dresser.I glanced at the clock beside the bed and it read 6 p.m. I couldn’t remember the time Kaden and Blake fought but I could clearly remember the day and it was not the date I was seeing on
KADEN’S P.O.V: FLASHBACKWhen Amelia fell unconscious in my arms, I panicked. I tried to shake her awake but she was not moving. I could feel her pulse and I could feel her through the bond but everything else was quiet. It was like she was barely breathing and she was as still as log. If not for my many years at being around dead bodies, I could have mistaken her for one.The thought of her dying was enough to send me into another panic and I began to shake her furiously trying to will her awake but nothing seemed to be working. It felt like hours when in reality it was only a few seconds. I tried CPR and but she still wouldn’t stir and that was when I knew that I needed medical help.I lay her gently on the bed and took off in the direction of the front door. I had left my phone with Caleb when I rushed out so I decided to run all the way to the hospital to get the healer. I calculated it and figured it would take me about twenty minutes to get the healer and return. I just hoped th
KADEN’S P.O.V: THE PASTI stared at my mother with a blank expression waiting for her to say that it was all a joke but she remained smiling as if she had just given me the opportunity of a lifetime. I glanced over at Lucy who looked up at me through her lashes in what was supposed to be an innocent look but ended up making my skin crawl. I promptly looked away and I saw her smile fall.I was pissed that my mother kept trying to interfere and shove Lucy down my throat. I had told her time without number that I was not interested in Lucy that way but she seemed determined to have me mate with Lucy. I wanted to tell her that I had a mate but I knew that conversation was not going to end well at all so I stayed quiet.“What do you think?” she asked when she realized I hadn’t said anything. “Lucy is available to start whenever you want. She is a hard worker and she-”“You don’t need to speak for her,” I cut my mother off.She was shocked that I had spoken back to her and I saw her entire