ADRIANA’S POV    I’m not surprised when I wake up to an empty bed, for a very different reason than the past few days, I'm happy Xander isn’t here because it means he has gone out to help in finding Daciana. I’m still hoping she only went out. All of that aside, I feel great. For some weird reason, I also feel different. I narrow that down to the man whose scent is still in every corner of the room. He might not have left long ago. “Hi, you’re awake.” Candace comments as she walks in, carrying a tray in one hand and a black bag in the order. I nod at her and stifle a yawn as she keeps

ALPHA XANDER’S POVThe skies darken to a deadly shade of gray, I look toward it in confusion. Wondering just what the hell is going on. The pain in my head hasn’t lessened one bit and I’m still in my wolf form. That isn’t fully my doing either. I didn’t need a scientist to tell me what the hell is going, I think it is pretty damn obvious and that annoys the fuck out of me. Magic outside of my pack, not my business, but in my pack and aimed directly at me. Then that fucking makes me lose my mind.I circle the area I’m standing in like I’m studying my prey. I’ll be damned if I’m the prey. If Dreaya wants to fuck with me then she should know very well I won’t easily back down and she needs to show her fucking face.I’m slightly worried about Daciana being with her, she wouldn’t do anything to her. Her problem was, and will always be men. I have no idea what shit they did to her but she hasn’t forgiven the entire species till date.“Fucking show yourself Dreaya,” I don’t care that I’m spe

ALPHA XANDEER’S POVI don’t have an answer to that question and from the look on Donovan’s face, neither does he. It is beyond frustrating at this point, how we keep looking for answers but only come up with more questions. There is a realm of possibility that Adriana is not his biological daughter. That would bring more inconsistencies in why he does most of the things he does. I know he is smart enough to figure out if she is not his, and there is no way he would let her stay in his pack if she wasn’t his. His mate died because of her discovery.I know Jameson is a piece of shit but even he can only stoop so low, and you can’t treat your mate as nothing to that extent. She fucking lost her life.“What are we going to do now? Daciana is still missing.” Donovan points out and I hum in response.Logic would suggest I leave Dreaya to play her stupid games and focus on more important things. How to stop her from getting into my pack and killing more of my pack members. Khai wasn’t a pack

ALPHA XANDER’S POVI give Adriana a confused look, trying to be sure I heard her right. I did, although I didn’t want to believe it.“No, that’s not a good idea.” I try to ignore the pang I feel in my chest at telling her no, but what she is asking for is something I can't do. Something I won’t do.“It is our best bet,” the ache in her voice makes me almost cave. I shake my head, not letting the sweetness of her voice make me change my mind.I found time to tell her about her Dreaya, I found myself telling her about it even before she asked. She had taken it all good, the fact that my father’s stepsister has always wanted to kill me, have tried to kill me but haven’t succeeded, and that she helped in killing him. That wasn’t really a problem, he was a heartless bastard.“She is only going to bring more problems, Daciana is strong.” I say the last part, trying to convince both myself and her.“I know she is, but that doesn’t mean she should allow her to be out there, wherever she is.”

ALPHA XANDER’S POV I don’t know for how long I sit there, staring at Adriana’s unmoving bloody body. I could have sworn the world stopped, my world stopped. I didn’t want to believe it even though it was glaring right at me, I wanted to find something to lie to myself about. Maybe, just maybe it wasn’t as bad as it looked. I’d even gone as far as telling myself this was all a dream, it had started like that. A fucking nightmare and I wanted it to end. The pain in my heart hasn’t subsided but I don’t feel it anymore, it feels numb. I feel numb, empty. I want to end it all and if it wasn’t for the fact that I needed to rip Dreaya’s heart from her chest, not because it would do anything for me but just because she was a waste of space on earth. The earth I didn’t even want to be in if my mate wasn’t with me. I stay on the ground for a moment longer, it feels like eternity before I hear the sound of footsteps, followed by a shrill cry and someone else’s presence fills the room. I’m on