ARABELLA POV“What did you just say?” He asked.“Lily,” I repeated slowly. “You know, the one that’s Arabella’s friend?”His hand shook a little, and then he concealed it. I frowned slightly when he didn’t reply to me.“Don’t you know her?” I asked. “I swear that she said she’s been in your proximity before.”Rhys held up both his palms in the air, trying to understand what was going on. Finally he asked:“What are you doing speaking to Lily?”I shrugged nonchalantly. “She’s my new friend; she seems to be the only person who’s really honest, you know? Though we haven’t spoken much.”“What did you two speak about? Matter of fact, you know that associating with Lily will only make Mia upset.”I arched my eyebrow, making him see the sarcastic expression on my face. Rhys chuckled and continued.“That isn’t what I mean, Emma. All I’m saying is, Mia is enemies with a few people and I think you should lay off those people.”“Oh please, this is bullshit.I opened the back door of my bedroom a

ARABELLA POVEver since Mia caught Rhys here, I haven’t seen him. I won’t say I was missing him, but we had a lot of unfinished discussions that I would like us to conclude. There were so many things I wanted to tell him, so many questions I wanted to ask.Sighing, I looked around the empty house and tried to find something to keep my hands busy. The triplets were at school so the house was literally quiet and in order. I wish they were not; I would love to keep my hands busy so I won’t have to think about him. And it isn’t like I was falling in love, but I would just love, love to get to finish up that conversation about his selfishness.Sighing, I rubbed my hands on my face and went on to pick my phone. It felt like ages since I last spoke to Jenny. What the hell was keeping those test results, anyways? She should have sent it to be or better yet, texted it to me. Filled with a new found purpose, I dialed her number.Jenny picked immediately, her voice breathless and tired when she

MIA POVI was angry. Furious. Upset. I was all shade of red and I wanted my own pound of flesh. How did it even get to this point of no return? I wanted my pound of flesh, period! Emma must be absolutely crazy if she thinks she can hold that little secret over her. How had she heard of it, by the way? Who told her? Who let the cat out of the bag? The only person who knew about our secret relationship was me and the person I was in with—Craig.On that note, I brought out my phone to call him. Perhaps if he was here it would help me think and strategize better. This way, I would know exactly what to do since it has become clear that Emma wasn’t on my side anymore.Craig picked his call on the second ring. “Hello?”“I need you here right now,” I demanded.“I can’t,” he said. “I’m very busy right now with the Alpha. Let’s do this some other time.”“I need you right now, Craig! Come here right now!”“Okay, okay, Jeez.” He sighed. “Is anything the matter? You sound stressed.”“Just come her

ARABELLA POVI quickly adjusted my skirt back the minute I found my orgasm. This wasn’t supposed to be like this; sneaking around in my office and sleeping with the Alpha of this pack ho was also married to the Luna of the pack. While it was fun, it was also forbidden because apart from the fact that I wasn’t supposed to morally do this again with Rhys, it was also a flaw to my revenge plans. I can’t continue humping a guy and letting him touch me intimately if I was gonna exact my revenge on him.Sighing, I went to the door and unlatched it. Anyone could have caught us together because the door isn’t even supposed to be locked in the first place. If Mia finds out in this early stage that I was getting on with her husband…“You have to leave,” I said to Rhys. “Please go, we’re done here.”He smiled, as if knowing my harsh words were just a layer of my true feelings. “Yes, but before I leave, I have something for you.”“I don’t want anything from you, Rhys.”“You’ll want this, trust me

ARABELLA POV “Ma’am, can you please come with us and step into the vehicle?”Joshua blocked the officers way before they could take his mate away. “No! No, Lily would never do such a thing!”“I don’t even know how that got there!” Lily cried. “I promise I’m a patriotic citizen!”It was chaos. Josh shouted and tried to hold her back for as long as he could, but there was nothing to do. There was contraband amongst her goods, and there was nothing to be done but take her away and investigate the matter. Josh turned to me the minute they were gone and shook me vigorously, removing the stunned spell that caught me since I saw the content of the box. Guns.Individuals were not allowed to have weapons like that.“She’s not a killer!” Josh said to me. “You need to do something, please save her!”We’re all killers, I thought, but not that kind of killers. Not the kind that got guns so it would be untraceable to the source. At least if claws and teeth were used, it’ll be easier to sniff out