ZAIA.
Silence.
One that is an answer louder than any word could possibly be.
I stand up and he looks up at me, pale.
“I said nothing,” He says, his heart thumping. I said nothing!”
“Your silence was enough,” I say quietly as I walk around my desk and open my drawer.
I take out my gun, seeing his face drain.
“Please no! Please, forgive me! Have mercy!”
I ignore him and slide in a fully loaded cartridge, hearing the satisfying click as it locks in place – my heart clenching as I look at the door.
Agatha…
“Don’t do this! They’ll kill me, please!”
“Well, lucky for you, you’re going to be placed in a prison cell in isolation. You might just live, even if you don’t see the light of another day again.” I say coldly as I close the door.
Her smile, her bubbly persona, her concern for the children. I don’t want it to be her, I can’t take any more betrayal.
I feel like I have the strength to go on, but then something else hits me and I wonder how much more will I be able to handle.
losing control
because I had no choice.
I command, my voice shaking despite the power it holds as I walk
him drugged and put him in a cell. I swear if
are
come
fine alone.”
my own pack. I’m walking on edge, ready
one of
ask me nothing more and I quietly walk out through the pack hall. I can hear the rain pouring down and
door and stare at the downpour. It’s almost dark, and
step out when my phone rings. I look down at
Atticus?
heart leaps with a little glimmer of hope as
“Any leads?” I ask.
he- are you alone?”
“Yeah,”
through Red. As much as I fucking hate to admit it, he fucking
clever blueprint of the pack, one that pinpoints dozens of secret cameras
Sebastian…
a little lighter and I nod, although he can’t see me. “Perfect, remove them all. Let’s show them that we are not to be
say.
our way through the grounds. Jai, your father and myself are going to handle them
He replies.
make sure not to
“We won’t, rest assured.”
have something to handle,” I say quietly, cutting the
down at my phone, wondering if Sebastian has healed. Regardless of whether he has or not, it could still cost him a lot if they
invoke something inside. of me, Bastien… I hate
tears manage to escape as I gaze up at the sky. Almost as if it’s crying the tears that I wish to
the door, refusing to let my emotions weaken me as I look over the wall
She must have been
would have easily been able to access my bank accounts to make that payment from my account since we
when it was an only family home and a handful of trusted
me if I needed to go anywhere, Ethan would take me. Of course… keep
was so happy when
Lies.
I don’t understand why she would pretend to
it because she knew I’d choose the sublime?
slip it back into my pocket, making sure not to
the King’s mansion; the guards allowing me through, and I walk to the front door. I ring the bell,
hard to
as the door is opened. “Alpha Zaia, welcome home.” The butler says,
Is anyone home?”
ma’am, Madam is
I see.
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