Kevin's POV"Liam!" I yelled, pulling at his clothes as I kneeled by his side. "Don't you dare die on me."He smiled at me, his teeth shining through the foamy liquid pouring out from his mouth. "My lord." He said and went unconscious.I shook my head and cried out. How could he have the nerve to call me his lord in this situation? He was dying for my mate and was supposed to hate me. How could he think of smiling at this point? I didn't dare think of how I would feel if I lost him.I didn't come here for a barter of lives. I wasn't going to trade the life of my best man for the freedom of my mate. I cradled Liam's hand to mine as tears fell from my eyes and my heart surged with fear.Through the fog of tears filling my eyes, I saw the others lying beside me. I saw the horror and guilt filling Ella's eyes as she knelt by his side, opposite me. I was dejected and couldn't bear to look at her. I knew without a doubt that I was back to what brought me here. Ella was going to have nightma

Ella's POVI ignored the guilt and grief in my heart and continued running, eager to get to the river more than anyone else. Why did this have to happen?I had imagined soaking myself up in a long bath when we get out of the jungle and back to the village and not having to go on another adventure right after we get back with Liam fighting for his life while we worried that we might not make it back on time to him.Damn. We had to make it back to him. We had to. I couldn't think of any other way. I would be devastated if we had to put an end to Liam's life to save him and everyone else. Kevin would be broken and everyone else would be affected as well.Liam had to be saved. He had to make it. He had to. I thought as I continued running, my paws hitting the ground hard as I ran faster than the others.I gasped as I saw a river and shifted back into human form. "Isn't that the river?" I said, pointing at it.The others stopped beside me and shifted back to their human forms."It is a riv

Ella's POV Finally, we were leaving. We were going home. I wasn't going to say that I was going to miss the runaway slaves in this village but I would think of them once in a while. Liam was fully healed and ready to go home. Asides the concoction from the daisies that had helped him, I had also made him some herbal juices that had renewed his strength. I wouldn't be surprised if he started to kick ass of enemies if we ever get into any battle anytime soon. That was how much I believed in the medications I made and how strong Liam was. "Are you all ready to leave?" Kevin asked, looking at our group as his eyes traveled round. I almost snorted at his question but kept it in check. Who wouldn't be ready to leave after all we had been through? I could bet my position that the men had been waiting for this day for a long time. "Yes, Alpha." The men echoed. The people came out to wish us goodbyes and as much as we wanted to act cool about it, tears still dropped from the eyes of some

Ella's POV"When did you escape?" Rok, the assistant community leader asked the newcomers."Two days ago." The response came."Why?" Rok insisted."The nobles are harassing the women and it's getting too much. We all thought it was peculiar to one household until we realized that they were acting the same way." One of the men in the group stepped forward and said. "They had all gone crazy because they know we don't have much choice because of the slave marks and can't survive in town with it. We eventually snapped and escaped when we heard that they were harassing the kids.""That is sad." I muttered under my breath."It is." Avila replied. I was talking to myself actually but I knew she had overheard because she was close to me. "The thought that they would experience more than they have suffered because of the mark breaks my heart more.""I wish there was a way to clean the mark without having to go to the jungle and risking your life.""Maybe there was." Avila sighed. "We have not

Ella's POVThe walk home after we left the villagers was as eventful as a stone dropping in water. It was a silent journey with nothing much to write about. We walked gently and steadily through the field, crossing the rivers when we got there and climbing the mountains.I missed them already but there was nothing I could do about that. It wasn't likely that I was going to see them again. There were times I was amazed at the advanced technology that the people in the utopia town enjoyed and wished I had something like that. It would be nice to have the gadgets they use to communicate so I wouldn't have to miss someone too much, worry about them and without knowing how they were.If I could have that, I could find out how the people were all doing, if they had gotten the freedom they desired, if Avila had succeeded in making more slave mark cleaning potions and if they were blending in back in the society.I could reach out to my angel friend to know how she was doing. She should have