NATALIE“ My child died when they knocked me down and gave me wolfsbane. ” The first thing she reveals makes me shrink in myself. The foreign agony makes me sick to my stomach and I don’t want to imagine if it’s only a fraction of his pain or if it's everything he feels.“ At first, they planned on blackmailing me with you. They said to me that they are going to make you come clean about something by using me. I was so scared, so I rejected you instantly. ” Britney sighs, rubbing her palms.“ When I rejected you…my wolf died. That’s probably why you all couldn’t feel my presence in the Pack bond either. ” She looks at Ryker who is still standing by my side.My chest tightens as I steal a glance at her face. Her eyes are glazed over, hinting that her mind is traveling to dark places.“ I thought—I thought they will kill me. ” She jerks her head back, blinking rapidly. “ But they didn’t. ”“ Why? ” Ryker asks.My head turns in his direction. He is being too harsh right now. She just to

RYKER‘ I don’t feel bad. Her wolf refused to talk to me anyway. ’ Grey grumbles.‘ She was our mate once. How can you be so unbothered? ’ It doesn’t settle well with me that Grey refuses to feel even a little pity for Britney.‘ Natalie and Nyla are worried because of her. That’s all I care about. I am happy with Nyla so never even think about ditching my darling for that weird creature. ’ He sneers before blocking our bond.I press my lips in a thin line, staring up at the ceiling in my office.There is something I can’t understand. This something doesn’t let me believe that those rogues kept Britney alive for so long without telling me, or letting anyone else know. The fact that Britney doesn’t have any injury marks over her spotless body is another troublesome reality. It’s horrible that I am questioning her after she went through so much, solely because of me, but I can’t overlook so many things because I am the Alpha. And I must not allow emotions to overcome my rationality.Th

NATALIEI know. I know I have to go.So, I turn around and make my way out of there, as fast as I can. Unlike the night when Ryker stopped me, no one comes in my way.I continue to walk, unable to comprehend what has happened. My mind is blank and my body, cold. When I am close to the border, a voice finally calls out to me. “ Natalie! Where are you going? ” My breath hitches in my throat. Tears sting the back of my eyes. I whip around, facing Anne who is rushing to me.“ What’s wrong?! ” She huffs, coming to a stop in front of me.“ I—He doesn’t love me. He—He still loves her. I don’t know what to... ” I sob, my voice breaking at the end.Forgetting what happened between us, I embrace her. The lava cooking inside me, bubbles out in form of tears streaming down my eyes. She rubs my back, letting me cry over her shoulder. I finally know what I feel. It’s like my heart has broken into so many pieces, it’s hard for me to gather the shattered mess. “ Tell me what happened. ” She pat

NATALIEFor a whole week, I stayed close to Ryker. He took me to the office when he left, brought me to visit all the places he had to go to, and carried me back home in his arms when I was too tired. As Anne said, Ryker behaved normally when we were close. He started acting aloof whenever I was away, even for some minutes.I kept him away from Britney all these days. I didn’t let him meet her when she was discharged and sent to Zio’s house. She was so close. I was so scared that she was going to come knocking on our door anytime, but thank Goddess, she didn’t come.During this week, I have tried communicating with Evangelina’s soul, multiple times in my dreams but I always wake up when she turns to look at me. She is burning all the time. When I stare into her eyes, something starts burning inside me too. I feel sad, so fucking sad. My heart hurts even when I wake up in the middle of the night and find Ryker sleeping beside me. It won't be wrong to say that communicating with her is

BRITNEY I am lucky.I was born into a wealthy, loyal Beta family. I am beautiful. It’s not a lie that I can daze anyone with my looks.In addition to one of the most important thing a woman needs—the beauty, I have the brain too. Whoever said that beautiful women didn’t have brain, was wrong. I have both.That’s why I have always been lucky.I get what I want, whenever I want. No one ever refuses me. All I have to do is to smile or speak a few sweet words, and everyone gets ready to kiss the ground I walk on.That’s how it has always been and that’s how it was supposed to be. I was living on cloud nine throughout my life. I enjoyed being the pampered princess. But, Ryker Ambrose broke the fairy-tale world for me.When his father first brought him to the pack and declared him the Alpha heir, I was instantly smitten by him.He just had that thing—A charming prince look about him. He was the perfect man and I knew, together, we both will be undefeatable.So, I went to him, told him I lo