Alden couldn't sleep. At the crack of dawn, he went to the dungeon. It was so that he could speak with Brendan without hindrance.The guards opened the gate for him and ushered him to where Brendan was.He assessed the dungeon. It reeked of cigar and ashes. The ceilings were almost dropping. The last time he was here was 10 years ago.Brendan was without clothes, bound and crouched like a criminal.They disrespected his instruction. He cocked his head. They understood and left them alone. "Why did she frame you?" He asked.Brendan refused to talk. Maybe Brendan had a secret? He thought.After a while, with his head bowed. He confessed."I did it." "Care to repeat that?" He asked. Alden wanted to believe he didn't hear well."Yes, I did." He looked down ashamedly."Do you understand the consequences of this allegation?" He asked."Yes." He said somber. Alden squi

 Cisca had been avoiding Martin for some few days.She didn't want to complicate things between them. She enjoyed his friendship and she couldn't bring herself to imagine him as a boyfriend.Though, she forgave him for stealing her first kiss, she wasn't really happy about it.Especially now that she knew that she had a mate.Ezra protested within her.It made her feel like she was cheating on Alden.Though, Alden never spared her any glance neither did he acknowledge the mate bond.Yet, she still felt that way, and Ezra wasn't helping.Ezra hadn't spoken to her since the incident.Thankfully, she wasn't assigned to the pack house.She was careful in avoiding the pack house, and it's environs while doing her chores. She didn't want to run into Martin for she knew that he wouldn't let her go till she explained what was wrong. How would she tell him that she didn't care about him in

 After a long time of sobbing uncontrollably, Amelia finally stopped crying. Cindy patted her back. She looked small. Touching her stomach."I need to get rid of this thing in me."Amelia should have warned her before dropping this bombshell on her."You want to terminate your baby?""Its not yet a baby." She refuted."I don't want it." "Who's the father?" Cindy asked.Did she get pregnant for another man?"It.. it is not a baby." She corrected."I'm sorry, I can't help you." Cindy refused. She was carrying a potential heir. It was a crime to commit abortion.She wasn't going to jeopardize her life for Amelia's sake. Cindy went into the room to get some water and a pad to cool Amelia's temperature. Amelia marched into Cindy's bar, and popped open the first drink she saw. It smelled, she downed greedily. She heard somewhere that strong drinks

 Cisca bumped into Amelia at the door. She apologized hastily and ran away. Amelia thought it was weird.She walked in and met Stiles groaning in pain.He was very furious. 'The nerve of the wench!' He muttered angrily. He wasn't even expecting that. He would surely get back at her and she would have no where to run to"Get out!" He shouted at Amelia.Amelia jumped in fright and left the room immediately.Knowing Stiles, she guessed what happened.Maybe he tried to lure Cisca into sleeping with him but she refused. She didn't have time or energy to waste for Stiles tantrums.This morning she saw her period. It confused her, since the doctor confirmed that she was pregnant. She had been feeling very weak these days. So she decided to visit the doctor.He conducted a scan on her.She was pregnant with twins.He said it was too soon to find out their genders though.

 A bird perched on Alden's window chirping loudly drawing him out of his thoughts.Alden got up and went to close the window. The bird flew away and he saw a note. "You're next."Blood drained from his face. What the hell? He remembered the last warning."Your enemy is close to you" and Brendan dropped dead. Was the anonymous person the culprit?He closed the window sharply. He visited the dungeon the next day. He did a thorough search maybe to see a pointer as to what was used to kill Brendan. He asked to see the rope Brendan used to kill himself.The guards pitied him. They thought he wanted something to remind him of Brendan.They gave it to him. When he got back to the palace, he inspected the rope. It didn't look like someone tied it in a hurry. It didn't look stretched for long.How did Brendan get a