Kevin's POVThe men in wolf forms glanced at me and nodded, surrounding us as they fought off the standing men."After me, Ella and Dalsa." I said and crawled down the tunnel.I led the way, knowing Liam would keep the men away from us and hoped Ella didn't stay to fight."Go, Dalsa." I heard Ella said and pushed the angel down the tunnel.I shook my head as I sensed the angel's scent behind me. As usual, Ella chose to be selfless and chose others over herself. She was braver than any female that I knew.Ella was right behind Dalsa and it wasn't until I sensed her that I was finally at peace. Thank goodness she finally stopped worrying me. She was going to be the death of me. I had no doubt she was going to give me grey hairs.I sensed Loki behind me and was relieved someone was watching her back. He had changed into his human form."Let's keep crawling. We will be out soon." I said, moving at a rapid rate and grateful the tunnel was wide enough to allow that."Just keep going and shu

Kevin's POVI gasped as I leaned down, placing my hands on my knees as I caught my breath. I looked back and noticed that we were no longer been chased. We had lost them.It was no use trying to fight them off when they couldn't outrun us in the open and we had a lot to do before nightfall."I think we lost them, my lord." Cephas said."Are you okay, Kevin?" Ella asked, patting me on the back.In response, I stood up and pulled her closer to me, kissing her softly on her lips for some minutes. I wanted to kiss her for more than that but had to consider the audience we had for."What was that for?" Ella breathed when the kiss was over, blushing when the men around us cheered. Even Dalsa gave her a naughty wink, making her blush go deeper.I smiled. "I missed you. I have always wanted to do that ever since I saw you again at that banquet."She smiled. "I missed you too."My heart swelled with excitement at her admission of affection. "I love you, Ella.""Enough of the love. Where are we

Kevin's POVI made it. We made it. I breathed hard as I jumped down the mountain on the other side and saw my pack members jumping down beside me and shifting into their human forms."That was close." Liam grinned as he stood up on his feet and dusted his clothes.I nodded, my chest heaving with exhaustion. I had imagined being taken down by those beasts and it wasn't a good sight in my mind."What next now?" Ella asked.I turned to her, watching her blank face. I didn't know if she was angry or was tired. She hated it when she was threatened. I knew she must have imagined ripping those beasts off with her claws. I wanted that too but I had to be realistic. We couldn't have fought those beasts and the only thing we could have done was what we did.They were bigger than we were and it was their turf that we were on. We had no idea of how many they were and if those who we saw were the messengers. If the messengers were built that way, I didn't want to know how the rest of them were.Mo

Ella's POVI rubbed my belly, feeling full. I had missed roasted food. The fishes we caught were much that it was a surprise to us."Who could have known that such a small river would have many fishes resting in it?" Loki smiled, chewing his sixth fish.I smiled and nodded at him in response, showing him I was thinking of the same thing. I had had my bath and loved how fresh and neat my skin felt. I was in bliss, feeling neat and satiated.I would like to sleep now but I knew that wasn't possible. I knew Kevin would want us to move quickly so we can cover more grounds while it was still daylight."Are you all full?" Kevin asked.I smiled to myself, knowing what he wanted to say. He could be so predictable at times it was amusing."Yes." We all replied."Let's take a break for one hour and leave." Kevin said.I was shocked, as were his men. We had spent two hours with making breakfast and I thought he would be pissed that we were wasting time.He chuckled as he saw the expression on ou

Ella's POVWe walked faster now after seeing the fire, without needing Kevin to motivate us. We got to the settlement fifteen minutes after we saw the fire they had lighted up.The people living there were gathered round the fire, talking and laughing as if they were having a family gathering. They were not more than thirty—men, women and children—round the fire and I wondered if that was all they were.It was no wonder the fire was burning brightly as it was for us to have seen it from the far distance we had. It had to be wide for them all to be able to sit round it.They didn't notice us immediately and it wasn't until we got closer to them that they did. They jumped up and glared at us as they saw us. Fear was written all over their faces and some of the men brought out swords from behind them while waving at the women and children to get behind them and get to safety.The women and children though ushered to safety still huddled at a far distance and peeped at us, curious to know