Cilla’s POVI wanted to leave, but I was not stupid. I knew that I had to take time and plan in order to have a successful exit. Otherwise, it would all end in a bigger mess than the one I’d seen when I tried to escape from Micheal Frey’s pack. I walked along the perimeter wall, touching it occasionally. Every touch sent a surge of hope through my body. When I reached the part I wasn’t supposed to go beyond without permission, I paused. Looking around, I saw that there was no one in the vicinity. Taking a deep breath, I decided to continue while trying to come up with excuses of why I was there in my mind.I reached a part where the perimeter wall stopped. My heartbeat skyrocketed as I smelt the taste of freedom. Taking a look around, I tried to step past the boundaries. “Ahhh!” I screamed as I pulled my leg back. It had started burning immediately it went past the boundary line. I took a few steps back and sat down, then stared at my quickly healing leg. Magic. There was a magic sp

Cilla’s POVAfter the meeting with Ridian, I forgot all about my escape plans. When he left me there, I sat down in order to process everything. The four words he had said went deep and meant a lot. I couldn’t help but wonder if he had actually meant what he said. A part of me desperately wanted to believe it. I started to rationalize. It had to be true or he wouldn’t have said it. Why else would he have sex with me if he did not love me? Another part of me was saying he had only done that because of the attraction from the mate bond. He did not have any extra feelings for me and I was grasping at straws. The same kind of thoughts were going on in my mind for over half an hour. When I finally got the strength to stand, I did. I stood up and started moving towards my residence. Since the alpha had already seen me, I had no reason to fear. I was pretty sure one of the members of his security team was aware of what had happened between us. When I got to the quarters, I saw the workmen

Cilla’s POVI was no longer a slave. That was the best thing that had happened to me in a while. It meant that I was free to do so many things, but the only thing I was interested in was traveling out of the pack once in a while in a bid to find the twins. I didn’t know if that was included in the terms and conditions of my release but I hoped it was. Hope was all I had. For the first time in a while, I felt truly happy. I felt unstoppable. This was proof that Ridian had not lied when he said he loved me. My mate loved me! My heart was swimming in happiness as I moped my room. Since I had not yet been assigned any work, I was free as a bird. I could lie on bed all day if I wanted. It was amazing. It gave me a glimpse of my life before my parents were killed and I was enslaved. Back then, I did not have to wake up with my mind full of duties that needed to be done. Janine had taken over. Thinking of Janine made me drop the mop and go out to see how she was doing. I had to gloat while

Cilla’s POVA few days after Jane Willow had arrived, I was summoned to the main house by the head of housekeeping Mrs. Conway. Maryanne was more than eager to be the one to deliver the news. Having not seen her in a while, I was shocked to hear her saying she was the one at my door. When she opened the door, she looked around with an air of superiority, acting as if she had never lived in such a room. I knew she was not there to see me as a friend.“Mrs. Conway asked for you,” she said. “You need to get to the house in less than five minutes.”“Good morning to you, too, Maryanne. Remember when we used to be friends?”Maryanne rolled her eyes. “I remember no such thing. We came here together but I don’t remember us getting close.”“Anyway, what does Mrs. Conway want me to do?”“I think you’re going to be Miss Jane Willow’s personal maid.”“What?”“You heard right. Jane willow needs someone at her beck and call, and it seems she asked specifically for you.”I frowned. “Why would she d

Jane’s POVEntering that basement marked the beginning of endless torment for me. It started a nightmare that I thought would never end. Mark had planned it so well, the way a real psychopath would.When I regained consciousness, I found myself in a dark basement that smelled of mould. My hands were tied together and then tied to a bedframe. The mattress was so thin I could feel the metals underneath. Duct tape had sealed my lips. I kicked around while making muffled sounds for some minutes before giving up. No one was coming for me. My werewolf strength failed me and I knew the reason. The smell of wolfs bane was unmistakable. I could tell that there was a lot of it under the bed. It was what made me feel so weak. I wondered how Mark had been able to tie me up with wolfsbane so close. Did he have an accomplice?I stayed locked up in that basement for weeks. Mark had a human accomplice who had helped him. It was the driver of the car that had brought me. The two did not seem like fri