EVAN'S POV"My Master left the palace last night in the company of your mother and none has returned until now. They also didn't . . . say where they were going." The slave maid shivers under my cold gaze. She is repeating the same news we have heard from the few soldiers outside.It isn't what we were expecting. No one seems to know where their alpha disappeared to. His son, Miles, also happens to have left for Silver Moon even earlier and his father's beta is said to have left with him. In simple no one that can give us answers is available. An ordinary soldier who knows nothing has been left in charge of the Kingdom. I doubt it's a coincidence considering that my evil mother was the special guest that Alpha Jason spoke to before they both disappeared to an unknown place. Purposely of course.They have never been close friends, not enough for her to seek his help when she has turned into a nobody. The obvious thing is that she was here for Talia's mother for a very obvious reason.

TALIA'S POV"You do know you too can create a portal, right?" Evan asks as we step through the portal he created and find ourselves standing several metres away from the impressive building that is the palace of Silver Moon pack.We showed up far enough not to scare anyone. And at the right time because my powerful eyes can see a large escort outside the front entrance of the palace that probably belongs to Alpha Jason's son, Miles. I can't see the faces of those in the carriage or the soldiers riding the horses. But I am assuming its Miles and his classic escort returning home. I had no desire to walk into that palace again, so it's a blessing that we will meet him out here. "I wouldn't know where to start," I answer my mate's question. "You don't need to know where to start, it's not magic. We are just able to do it because we belong to a different Goddess." He says, making me look up at him with a confused face. When I came back to life with powers the first thing I thought abo

TALIA'S POV"I was mean to you because I sincerely love Evan. I had no right to be bitter since I am sadly not his fated mate. I just couldn't help feeling hurt watching him pretend to suddenly love you when we had a thing before you showed up." Rose says with that innocent face that she puts on when she is uttering things that are infuriating.Apparently, she thinks that it's not obvious that she loves my mate and thinks that I need to hear her say it. She even has the guts to claim that Evan is pretending to be in love with me, right in front of my face.Everyone probably thinks the same. We were enemies after all before he proved that I needed him as a friend. My name didn't mean anything to him before the mate bond of course. That's why I too doubted the genuineness of his affection. But who else would have found my brother and brought him back to me without strict demands? So far he has been nothing but the best helper and only someone bitter would claim that he is pretending to

TALIA'S POV"How much longer are you going to stay in there?" I shout at my mate who has been taking a bath for a whole hour and a half. "I really need to get her disgusting smell off me." He shouts back. "You can walk right in, I don't mind." He teases. His day cannot have been any better than mine. I would like to comfort him, but I will be risking ruining our plan. Rose would go mad if she realises that we are playing her. She needs to believe that we fell apart and that Evan is attracted to her with all his heart. It hurts but it's a situation we will have to endure so we can win this war."I am sorry I can't join you. We are supposed to act like enemies, remember?" The door finally opens and he steps out with only a towel wrapped around his waist. I pinch myself just to make sure that I am not hallucinating his beauty. His skin is so smooth to a point of glowing and my fingers itch to touch every inch of it. His flawless muscles become even more taut and salient when he takes

TALIA'S POVI wonder if I should be out there with the soldiers searching for my mother and Taylor. I know Evan is doing his best to make Rose reveal everything to him, but what if his mother doesn't contact her again? It's good that we didn't choose to torture the answers out of her. If she had the slightest idea of where his mother is she would have already told him. She seems too eager to please him that I am certain she wouldn't be holding that information back. Evan won't be thrilled to hear that I am leaving him with Rose. But I know he will understand. After all, he is in a palace while my mother is a hostage and Taylor is lost somewhere in the south. I also noticed that I have become an object of pity as everyone now believes that their King chose a servant over me. I can even hear the voices of the servants gossiping while hanging wet sheets to dry several metres from where I stand. They're talking of how inhumane Evan is to break my heart after all that I have been throug