~AVA’S POV~I was furious as I paced back and forth in my quarters. How could Marcus and his team have been completely useless? They had been trying to kill Noah and Ciara for a week, and they had still not returned with any good news. The messenger that Marcus had been sending was beginning to get on my nerves. I had the perfect plan: once those two were taken care of, there would be no more obstacles in my way to me becoming Alpha.I was so frustrated and angry that my claws were itching to tear things apart. Was this how it was going to end, after everything I had done to make this work?Why was Marcus messing up the one and only task I had ever given him, when he was always so good at everything else? I had no doubt that I would exact revenge on him for this failure.I was startled out of my murderous thoughts by a knock on the door. I snarled, "Enter," not even trying to control my rage. Riley unlocked the door and entered the room, with Marcus trailing behind him. Immediately, I

NOAH'S POV"Are you sure you have everything you need?" Maria asked for the umpteenth time this morning since she came. The human was hellbent on making us pack the entire house with us. There was nothing partaining to food she didn't pack, not to mention the amount of clothes and water. She was completely ignoring the one thing I had been telling her for the past one and a half hour."We're running back to the pack, Maria. For goodness sake, we can't carry all these!"She stopped in front of yet another nearly filled bag and turned to me, a disgruntled look on her face and two cans of pringles in her hands. "And why not? I've seen you in your wolf form. You're huge!"I blinked, confused. "What does that have to do with anything?""What's the use of your werewolf super strength if you can't even carry these with you?" She lifted a brow, with her hands resting on her hips.I scoffed, taken aback by her reasoning. "It doesn't work like that! I get exhausted too, you know?"She huffed, s

NOAH'S POVHearing those words sent a chill down my spine. Goosebumps arose on my skin. This situation just became the craziest deja vu I had ever experienced in my life because those were the exact same words I said to my mate the very first day I met her too. The same way I accused her of nothing she knew of was the way I was being held accountable for a crime I knew nothing about.Hatred. Funny thing that was. Such a strong emotion. An all consuming notion that could change involved parties' lives for the worst. An ever continuing cycle that could last for a lifetime and be passed on for generations to come. A wave of bitterness and agony that drapes a curtain of darkness over a person's life. Strings of rash actions that make up irreversible mistakes. A path that leads to a life full of regrets...just like the one I was living now. My lifetime would be spent atoning for my sins and the idea made me realize that I was a lucky one. Some people never got a chance to right their wrong

 CIARA'S POV"Where are we going exactly?" Noah asked, his voice eliciting deep vibrations from his back which my ear was currently rested on. After the accident last night, I couldn't walk on my own without slowing everyone down.The others had met my step brother and I halfway on our journey back to them. Apparently, they had heard the explosion and my mate instantly rushed towards the sound like his tail was on fire, not even waiting for Jude or Nathan to show him the way. According to them, he almost stepped into a trap of his own. Watching Alex get scolded by Nathan was funny as hell. I would have laughed if my leg didn't hurt like a bitch while Nathan treated it."Now you ask that?" Alex lifted a brow, looking at my mate like he was the stupidest person

ALEX'S POVI spread my arms out, swirling around to start walking backwards. "This is our base camp," I said, watching for my sister's reaction. Her eyes lit up in delight and pure wonder as she swiftly examined the place. I couldn't help but smile at how much she looked like mum. The warmth I wished I had gotten from her, I could see in Ciara's eyes."It's a plaque of pure stone. No one would ever suspect."Of course this unwanted piece of shit had to speak up and ruin my mood. He had better count himself lucky he was my sister's mate or I'd have hurt him beyond his mediocre werewolf healing abilities. Just who did he think he was to torture my little sister? I knew how the Golden Bay pack dealt with their prisoners especially when they were fishing for information. How much more brutal would they be with someone who they thought destroyed their integrity and pride by killing both their heads in one night?"Wait, there are werewolves here?" Was the first thing out of Ciara's mouth th