EVAN'S POVI had to retreat to my room to mull over my next move. I still feel like I have been wrecked inside. Every time I let my eyes close the appalling image of my mate's dead body lying in the dirt and her blood soaking the soil pops up in my mind.Three full years may have passed since I witnessed that awful scene but I now remember every second of it like it happened a few hours ago.All I cared about was avenging my servant's death. It didn't matter if we went too far and hurt people that were not responsible for the atrocious crime that was committed.I kept telling myself that the girl made her own decision and she probably was just as evil as her mother. Her death didn't make me feel better about my servant's death. It in fact made me realise what a mess we had made in our insane quest for justice.By now the true culprit, the mother, is either dead or truly regretting her actions. Her stupidity has made so much in my life go wrong.I don't regret being mated to her daught

EVAN'S POV"Your fake tears disgust me, woman!" I snap, stepping closer to where she has kneeled. "But I am going to make them very real soon!" I hiss and she visibly shivers.It's strange how the most wicked people are the ones that cry and beg for Mercy the most even when they have hurt others in the most abominable way. It's like their selfishness doesn't allow them to understand the pain of others or feel guilt."I raised you! You shouldn't be doing this to me!" Mother cries, literary crawling on the filthy floor of the cell. It's funny how weak she is acting already while her actual punishment is yet to come. A night in this cell is nothing compared to the horror she is yet to experience.One can only imagine the amount of pain she has caused my mate and her innocent family. It's atrocious if you also consider the fact that my mate's family could be dead or so abused to survive for long.I am not eager to have her executed yet. I will let my mate decide what should happen to her.

TALIA'S POVThe Beta stands to welcome his alpha into the room. One of the slaves runs out to fetch the man a drink."Our guest just arrived. I didn't call you since you said the meeting was important." The Beta explains, his respect for the Alpha is very vivid in his voice. The man walks past my friend without uttering a single word and heads towards me. I rise to my feet even if I am disgusted by the sight of him. He is a monster inside, the sweet smile cannot fool me."You're more beautiful than Prince Evan himself." He compliments me, placing a kiss on the back of my hand. "Sorry if I kept you waiting." He apologises."It's alright, we didn't wait for long. Thanks for meeting us." I say."The honour is mine, Miss Abrams. You and I have a lot to discuss." He takes a seat next to me and a drink is handed to him by the slave that had gone to get it."You're searching for your family alone while you could just ask your mate to find them for you. Did he reject you or do you hate him f

EVAN'S POV I figured out that I was never going to get to her unless I dumped my escort and moved faster. She is visiting dangerous people and that got me too worried. I am so glad none of those monsters hurt her already. Men like Alpha Jason have no sense of morality, sympathy or restraint. If I didn't use portal travel we would only be running after her with no hope of ever catching up. Then I wouldn't be there when some psycho dares hurt her. I wanted to keep some of my most stupefying powers secret as people are afraid of me enough even without knowing that I can be wherever I want in a matter of seconds. I want them to see me as their noble leader, not a super-powerful ruler they should fear. I didn't want to scare the hell out of my mate by breaking in through the door. It however appears like seeing me enter the room through a portal frightened her even more. She still manages to look like the most breathtaking creature I have ever laid my eyes on despite being in an oversized,

TALIA'S POV"It's been a long time since we got a worthy buyer. My sincere apologies for the rude welcome." The Lady puts on a smile as she rises from her seat and the young slave quickly crawls out of her way. Seems like money is all it takes to change her moods.I am barely managing to keep my anger from showing on my face. Guess I am not very good at ignoring how mean these people are to their submissive slaves. It's so hard to focus on acting like an actual slave buyer. "It's fine," I say in a hoarse voice. I know I sound sad and angry but I carry on anyway. "I don't care if a slave is a man, woman or child. All genders can do the work I need to do. What I really want is to choose them myself."The lady's smile widens even further. Her guard grins too. I will have to use my powers whether or not I find my family here. This woman won't react so well if we fail to find my family and be forced to tell her that we are not buying. If I find them and she realises they are my family sh