"Damn Elena, you are everything I want and more," he gasped as I rode him tirelessly.I flashed him a warm smile, leaning down to capture his lips in a slow kiss, conveying my love and as well as my pain through that one kiss. I tried not to see the moment as our last, but their was a tiny voice at the back of my head repeatedly reminding me of how soon it will all end. Once we leave here, it's all over.I could feel how weak Narla was, she was always excited to be wrapped around Killian's arms, but right now, she just laid quietly in a distinct corner sulking. At this point, there was nothing I could do. Darius was determined to end it all if I didn't do as he said. If I decided to outsmart him by telling Killian about the situation, it will get a lot messier and with my kids still locked away in a faraway land, any more complications wasn't needed.There was absolutely no way out anymore, I needed to abide by Darius's rules. I growled slightly as the taunting thoughts haunted my

Killian's POV.A sudden wave of happiness and relief washed over me. I could feel my wolf leaping in absolute joy. I quickly hustled to my feet and rushed towards the door, knocking repeatedly. Shortly afterwards, the door creaked open and one of the healers walked out, she had a small smile on her face which somehow, was a soothing remedy to my bruised nerves.Funny how I made sure every healer present for the day was locked up together with Elena in her ward.I was willing to do anything to save her life, even if it meant swapping my life with hers."Hey, what's the news?" I raised my brows at her. "Fortunately, your mate is a fighter, we thought she was gone but he moved all of a sudden," she replied.I couldn't hold back the huge smile that broke out on my face as her words filtered into my ears. Of course my Elena is going to fight for her life, for us. She wasn't going to leave me like that ever again."Well, can I see her now?"She shook her head negatively. "I'm afraid you

Elena's POV.With panic blowing terribly at the tip of my stomach, I quickly sat up on the bed and tried to push myself to my feet.An agonizing pang of pain struck my chest, knocking me back down to the bed.After several more attempts to leave the bed and falling right back to my previous position wailing in agony and pain, I surrendered to my helpless situation and fell back to the bed, streams of tears rolled down my cheeks.If Killian found out about this from Darius, things would never remain the same again.As I lay helplessly on the bed, my heart pounded drastically, different thoughts ran through my head. What would be my faith with Killian if the truth finally came out? How would he look at me? Will he yet again, banish me from the pack, and this time, demand that I never return?My heart almost jumped right out of my chest as the door roughly creaked open and Killian walked in. Once my gaze landed on his face, I knew my worst fears had manifested.He had a huge frown smeare

Elena's POV.No! There was no way I would let him do all those horrible things to Darius.Not that he didn't deserve it, he was on the wrong path, he deliberately ruined our plans and handed us over to Killian despite forcing me to leave with him and turn my back on Killian.But he has done more for me, he has been the absolute blessing to me, I couldn't imagine what would have happened to me if he hadn't found me that night, he took me in even without knowing anything about me, he cared for me and made me see his pack as my home. He did everything to put a smile on my face. He might not be the one I love but he was dear to me.Even if Darius has been going the wrong way these past weeks, he was worthy of my forgiveness and that of Killians. He was in this mess in the first place because of me no matter the other reasons he might have for his actions.Without stopping to care that I was barefooted, and in terrible pain, I ran after Killian.Tears streamed down my cheeks as I ran behi

Killian's POV.I felt a strong wave of anger surge through me. If I could lay my hands on Aragorn right now, I'd brutally slaughter every bit of his body parts and feed it to the birds of the air.He had abducted my kids and was using them as a means to manipulate my mate into killing me. And thinking about it right now, this isn't entirely about killing me, he wanted to make Elena suffer as well. He was aimed at getting her traumatized for being responsible for the death of her mate."I thought I had gotten over you, and it would hasten the process, but I fell madly in love with you over and over, the moment I set my eyes on you again," Elena sobbed bitterly."Believe me, I wasn't going to do it, I had already made up my mind to find another solution to it, Killian, please you have to believe me," her eyes were filled with bare truthfulness as she spoke."And Darius? You can't say the same for him," I retorted."Darius was only carrying out the plan to save me and the children from