Zalen's POVThe alpha would probably be dead now. I cried as I ran off towards... I didn't even know where I was going but I knew I had to go somewhere far away from where I was, far away from where the alpha had been captured and I had betrayed him by running away from his enemies.I had always prided myself on being his most loyal subject if not one of his most loyal subjects but I couldn't believe that I had just ran away from him to save myself. I had just—hours ago to be exact—picked my survival over my loyalty.I was a traitor. A real disappointment to my master and I hated myself for what I had done. I couldn't stop hating myself."Master!" I cried, falling down on my knees and sobbing hard.I thought of making it up to the master. I wondered what it was that I could do. What if I go back to save him?I hissed at the thought as it came into my mind. That was a foolish idea and a suicide mission. They would have killed the master by now and I would only end up getting killed if

Kevin's POV"Are you done packing?" Zeke asked in what felt like the millionth time.I couldn't count how many times I had heard that question today. He had been hovering around the room, doing nothing except frustrating me and getting in the way.I sighed instead of responding to him and felt Ella's hand on my wrist just as I was about to give him a piece of my mind and tell him to leave our room, the room I shared with Ella.At first I understood him but I no longer wanted to do that again. Ella could continue to understand her father but I wanted him out of my room this instant. What was there in packing that we hadn't been able to do for the past two hours? All and no thanks to Zeke.I didn't have up to ten outfits and it wasn't like Ella came with a wardrobe of outfits either. The only reason we haven't been able to do anything was because Zeke was being an annoying pest. I wasn't sorry to use that word for someone who was about to be my father-in-law. That was how much my patien

Ella's POVThis was like a dream to me; a dream I wasn't expecting. To be more exact, this was like a nightmarish dream. I had been thinking of going back to the land of the blue river pack but not like this. Not like a captive. Not like a traitor. Not like someone going with others as a pack of traitors instead of the entrance I had dreamed of in my head.I had thought so many times of coming back here to see mad granny and not my friends and this wasn't how I envisioned it. I had dreamed of getting a big entrance and welcomed by everyone. I hoped that those who knew me and we're familiar with me wouldn't be around when I get to town.I hoped but I didn't doubt that was going to be the case. I knew the schedule of the blue river wolves by memory and what they did at every moment.If we didn't get to town in the next one hour, it was possible that everyone would see us as we enter. It wasn't everyday that the soldiers of the pack walk the streets of the town so everyone would be curio

Ella's POVI still couldn't believe that I was here at the blue river land even though it was up to thirty minutes that we were here. I couldn't believe that we would be thrown into the dungeon like we were prisoners. Had Luke meant to deal with us that much? I wondered if it was what the rogue had told him alone that made him turn out this way but there was something else attached to it. I didn't know what to think of anymore.I sighed as I pressed my back against the hard wall of the cave, feeling sweats run down my back. It was hot in here and I was miserable. I didn't understand why I wasn't thrown in the same cave with the other wolves of my pack. I felt more miserable being in here all alone. I felt like I would be driving crazy soon anytime if I had to stay here for longer with the thoughts that were running through my head. I needed a distraction.I wondered if that was Luke's revenge for finding me with the guy he had fought with. It wasn't good to hold on to grudges. I wishe

Ella's POV"Do you know the implications of what you just said?" Oscar Nelson asked, pinning dad with a hard gaze.Dad nodded. "I just confessed to being in love with a wolf from the blood pack and having a child with her."Oscar Nelson sighed. "Is that why you have chosen to wander around all this while to be with your mate?"Dad shook his head. "No, I left my mate years ago. I didn't know I had a daughter until recently. I didn't want to lose her when I found her. You can understand why I extended my home to them when they were in trouble even though I knew it might get me in trouble.""What is your story?" Oscar Nelson asked Caleb.He bowed to his dad. "I was the one who told Elder Zeke about the resemblance of a girl I know to him and we were traveling together to find her when we ran into the wolves. He offered them his house when he found out that the rogues wanted to kill them.""Why would the rogues want to kill you?" Oscar Nelson asked Kevin."We had a fight five years ago an