Arielle’s POV:I didn’t hear anything from Richard after I had told him that morning of what his ex-lover, Elise, had come to do at my office.Now, hours had passed, and I only spared the incident of this morning a small thought as I sighed, closing the file I had finished annotating on.It had definitely been a busier day than I had expected, and that possibly had something to do with the fact that I wasn’t at the clinic the previous day, what with the mission into the forest, dealing with Leon and then spending some time with my mate.I turned my head slowly form side to side, feeling my muscles stretch. Thinking about when I would be able to go tomorrow for the training session that Lilian and I had, I was startled a bit when I heard the door open, without so much as a knock.Lilian strode in determinedly, clearly not giving a shit that she just walked in without even knocking to see if I was busy.“Hi,” I greeted my best friend, my brows furrowed as I watched her plop herself onto

Richard’s POV:‘Richard.’I paused in my movement, having been about to strip off my clothes to get under the shower.Why was Arielle sounding like that?My brows furrowed as I heard another, even more desperate cry.‘Richard, are you there?’ Arielle was asking.‘Yes,’ I replied earnestly. ‘What’s going on?’‘She’s here,’ her voice was shaky. ‘She knows.’That was all that I needed to hear.I put my jacket back on, striding to the door of my room, and down the hallway.‘Where are you?’ I asked my mate as I left my home, ignoring the way my guards and maids bowed when they caught sight of my presence. I didn’t hear any respinse, and it propelled me to put more speed to my steps, and I walked faster to the clinic, where I hoped I would find her, safe from Elise’s wiles and manipulation. ‘Tell me where you are,’ I reached out to her again, this time with more force behind my words.‘The clinic. My office. She’s throwing things,’ I heard before I felt a sharp pain in my chest. I put my ha

Richard’s POV She had been asleep for far too long. I had already managed to put her in her bed and now I was pacing the length of her room unable to sit still.Her breaths came out slowly from what I could tell of her chest rising and falling in a slow rhythm, and she didn’t seem to be in any pain and she wasn’t awake. Why wasn’t she awake?It's already been two hours. I had gone back home freshened up and came back to check on my mate only to find out that she still had not opened her eyes yet. No, I was at a loss for what to do. Why was she still sleeping or was this something else? Was there something that I wasn’t aware of?‘You’re driving me mad, angel. Wake up,’’ I said through the mind link. But just like the other times I had spoken to my mate in the past hour, she did not respond. Or perhaps it was more like she could not for the life of her, hear me.Already I had tried everything that I could to wake her. Shaking her awake didn’t seem to work, nor did calling her name. Ev

Richard’s POV:It was difficult to find words to quantify how I felt at hearing all of that come from my mate’s mouth. I knew that she was just repeating what the moon goddess had said to her while she was in that trance. But it was still such a profound statement that I couldn’t imagine what kind of “Arielle,” I began to speak but she cut me off with a shaky breath and smile aimed at her hands which were now on her lap.“I know that you don’t believe me, because I mean, who would?” She began to talk. “I know that, but please believe that what I say is the truth. I’m not lying to you. I could never-““I believe you, angel,” I said to her. Taking her face in my hands and raising them up to catch her blue eyes in my gaze, I thumbed her soft, supple lips gently. “I believe you. And you shouldn’t ever feel guilty for anything. Alright?”Her doe-eyed expression Made her eat you and your beautiful yard. She nodded and then I stood up from the bed satisfied.“Well,” I began to state with a

Richard’s POV:The next morning dawned, and I rose up with grim determination.After Arielle and I had a pleasant night, I went back to my home with thoughts in my head. I didn’t want to think about it, but I knew that I would have to bite the metaphorical bullet and face Elise in the morning. I had to, for the sake of Arielle’s and my relationship. My ex-lover was an obstacle that could easily turn rogue and cause more chaos than we could ever expect, if left unchecked. I intended to stop her now, right in her tracks before she did something irreversible.I needed a way to bring her to heel, and make her understand that there was definitely not going to be any more shenanigans tolerated from her.And what better way to do that than to visit her parents?Mr and Mrs Evans were much loved and seemingly loyal members of our pack, and they had been part of my father’s group of friends who kept him company when my mot met had passed away.Now, I had to approach them carefully, like people