Bella“Why did you burn them?” Amanda asks as I concentrate on the road.I wasn’t a driver and the last thing I needed to do was kill us all. Especially as the rain appeared to be getting heavier by the second.“It’s what the King does.” I mutter as the car slides around the corner. I hadn't thought about it. After the attack it just seemed like the logical thing to do. Burn the evidence.“Your Wolf is massive.”“I know.”“Why?”“I don’t know. I wasn’t even sure if I could shift.”"But you did and there were so many of them.""I know, I was there." The Rogues had just kept coming. One after another, attacking us from all angles. I was exhausted, but I couldn't stop.“I miss being able to shift.” she muttersI would probably have said the same if it had been taken away from me completely. Yet, somehow, the drug never had a lasting effect. And I still didn't know why.“Does he have a name?” I mutter as she keeps her child clutched to her chest.“No, I’ve been too scared to name him, j

BellaI don’t know how long I was asleep before I wake to find Aiden staring at me. His arm draped over my waist, his fingers slowly circling my skin just above my hip. He was warm and comforting, it overrode the anger I had towards him and I hated it. Why would the Moon Goddess create such a bond? Why would she make women feel the need to be safely wrapped in a man’s arms? Like we were unable to defend ourselves?“What are you doing?” I whisper with frustration in the dark bedroom. I was well aware Connor was asleep nearby and didn’t want to wake him.“You were….”“Don’t do that. Don’t blame my nightmares. Don’t use them as an excuse.”I lift his arm off of my waist and slide out from underneath it. Tiptoeing across the room. I check on Connor. He was still fast asleep but he was in a different outfit to what I had put him to bed in.“I was trying to say that you have been asleep for almost forty eight hours.” Aiden whispers.“What?” I was so confused. “Forty eight hours?” It didn’t

BellaI find myself just staring at the mug of hot chocolate. I had placed it on the desk in the bedroom and sat in the chair, staring at it, like it was going to explode at any moment. It was a simple gesture on his behalf, but one that means alot to me. It smelt like him. There’s a soft knock on the door. When I don’t respond, the handle starts to turn and the door creaks open.Amanda smiles at me. “I just wanted to check that you were okay after everything.”“He didn’t come, if that’s what you are asking?”She places a hand on her chest. “Thank the Goddess for that!”She steps further into the room and quietly closes the door. Her brown eyes scan the room as if she is waiting for someone to jump out on her.“Did you ever meet him?” I ask. She didn't talk about her time in the dungeons, but then neither did I.“Linc? No. I saw the inside of the dungeons and the inside of a small room. I was then moved to a house, full of other pregnant women. We never got to see the man behind it a

BellaDanica keeps talking through her tears. Blabbering on about how she is sorry as she rocks my brother in her arms.Aiden keeps her talking, though she was starting to slip. Information leaking through the gaps as she is no longer able to keep up with her own lies.“Were you told to say that?” I ask as I keep my eyes firmly on my brother. He was relaxed in her grip. It made sense, she was his mother. But her finger tips are pure white. Holding onto him like he was going to be taken from her at any second or that he was some kind of prized possession. “No, I had to tell you. You have been so kind to me, both of you, Leighton too.”“Why did you wait so long?” Aiden demands. “Why didn’t you come clean before?”She looks down at Connor, kissing the top of his head. She rests her cheek on him, closing her eyes as she sways side to side.“You’ve known me for a long time, Bella.”“What the hell are you talking about?”Her blue eyes go to Aiden, “You too. You just didn’t know me other th

AidenHer golden eyes shine bright as she gazes back at me. All this time, she had kept fighting. Trying to overcome the odds. Even when things were rough, she tried something else. Yet, now she seemed prepared to give up, like she had decided dying was the only option. It wasn’t like her and if I couldn’t scent our bond, I would have been sure a Shifter was standing in front of me, not the Bella I know.“You have your Wolf. He doesn’t know what your Wolf looks like.” I try, hoping that she would find the fight she usually had.She slowly nods but doesn’t speak. Rising to her feet, she heads to the door. “I’m going to check on Connor.”“Sure, I will check on Theo.”She scowls. “Theo isn’t here.”“What are you talking about? Are you trying to say he got up and walked away?” I smile, trying to break the tension.She looks down and blicks a few times,“Um, he took Theo. Theo is his son.”“I thought….”“We all thought that Christian was the father, because that's what Aman…Danica told us.