ALPHA RAGAS' POVI sat in my room staring at the reflection of myself in the mirror. I had been miserable ever since I discovered Athena was alive, but wasn't returning to me. It had broken me to see her acting like that.I really wanted to find her those times, and apologize. Maybe I had just been too late. Maybe if I met her before she had managed to meet Tristan, she would have accepted me back. I was just too late. Too late!I poured more apple cider into my glass, and raised it to my lips. It took several bottles to knock me out, but that was my ultimate goal. I hadn't been to the company in days. Everyday was filled with drinking. In a few days, I had drank several types of alcoholic drinks, and I wasn't about to stop. I wanted to get totally wasted. She wanted to break the mate bond— how could she say that when it was the only reason I had to cling to her? How could she want to break off the only thing connecting us? No, that would be impossible. She'd have to kill me first.

ATHENA'S POV.“No!” I heard myself say strongly before I could stop the words from bursting out. That was impossible. It was the very thing I was against. The very reason I hadn't wanted to go to him in the first place. I didn't want him trying to claim Aiden for any reason at all. He looked at me with those eyes I had stared at so much on Aiden's face, and I looked away, suddenly breathing hard from anger. “Athena…” he called softly.“He is mine! He is mine, and mine alone. You do not get to come after all the struggle, and just… and just claim him like he's some property you own.” “Athena, I will make up for it. Also, I'm not claiming him. I just want to be in his life. Is that too much to ask?”“It is too much! Do you know what I think when I see you? I think, oh! Maybe things would have been better if he hadn't raped me!”“Athena.”“Maybe I wouldn't have had to go through hell with Alpha Jeremy, and spend nights crying all alone in my bed.” I spat at him, venomously, and he sta

OCTAVIA'S POV.A week after Alpha Jeremy broke off his mate bond with Athena, he had become like someone else entirely. I wondered if that was what happened when a person broke off their mate bond, or Alpha Jeremy had just become hopeless, and pessimistic.He had come and had sat at the dinner table without saying anything, placing a hand on his heart countless times subconsciously, but I didn't dare talk to him.I already knew what he was trying to do. He was trying to make me do or say something, so he'd have reason to vent his anger on me and do something that would hurt me just as bad as he was hurting.I wasn't about to let that happen.After that, he had resorted to staying on his own. It felt like he had turned the garden to his room. He didn't change clothes, nor did he take a bath. He was gloomy, cranky, and somewhere within the week, I had tried to talk to him.The elders had been worried about his behaviour, and had told me it was my duty as his wife to find out how to heal

ATHENA'S POV“Yeah, why don't we fight to the death, and Athena will have no choice, but to go with me at the end.” Alpha Ragas said, and my heart began to beat faster. They weren't really going to fight, were they?“If you can survive.” Tristan replied.“Where do we have the fight?” Alpha Ragas asked, and that was when I realized I had to step in because they were indeed intending to fight to the death. “Stop! There will be no such thing as a fight. Not when I'm here.” I said.“Athena, stay out of this. I'm trying to end all this once and for all.” Tristan replied, still staring at Alpha Ragas. “Maids are watching, we are having dinner. Do you want to shed blood here? I'm not pleased with this, Tristan, and if both of you think a fight will solve this, I'm just going to walk right out those double doors with Aiden. I mean it.” I said, in my strongest voice. “We are mates, Athena. Shouldn't you side with me?”“Alpha Ragas, I will be the one to choose the man I will stay with. Not y

ATHENA'S POV.When I opened my eyes, I was on a cold floor, and all around me was tons of space. My hands were tied behind my back, and there was a gag in my mouth. It hurt the corners of my lips, and my sounds were all muffled, as I tried to call for anyone who was behind me. No one answered, so I tried to recall what had happened. There had been the guy with the phone. Yes, he was the one who had abducted me. But wait? Why would anyone want to capture the Luna of the pack? Did they want to make Tristan mad? Why would they do something as stupid as that?I suddenly felt large and strong hands grip my shoulder, and I made a loud muffled sound, as I was made to sit. It turned out I wasn't alone afterall. I was in a large warehouse, and there were men in dark suits lined in two different columns with a lot of space between them. They looked like body guards, but on second thought, they looked like assassins with black glasses on their faces.It meant there was someone else—the boss. T