It was their fourth trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary, and Jack had decided to spend it in a place with snow that year.He also wanted to show Violet and the kids something called Aurora Borealis, something that she had never heard of, but Jack said they'd love it.It was one of the most incredible things he had seen with his father as a child, and he wanted to show it to her and the children.Charles was four years now, and they had one little girl who was about to turn two called Adele. Every year, they would go in an adventure to celebrate their wedding anniversary, and Jack was very committed in fulfilling his promise to take Violet to know the world.And she was more than happy to do it with their family. Charles was the apple of her eye, while Adele was a true daddy's girl.Their family was much more than she could've ever asked for.They had chosen Lucinda and Lance to be the godparents of Charles. They were also married now and had a little girl called Louise, to who
"Violet, are you here?" a voice came from outside of the bedroom."Yes! Just a minute." she answered, getting up from the bed.Violet was about to go on the mission of her life. She didn't have much of a choice, since her adoptive father summoned her to be in charge of that.While going through the plan on her mind over and over again, she couldn't stop her anxiety from kicking in. She was so nauseated by her fear and worries, that she could throw up at any minute.If she kept overwhelming herself with those thoughts, she was going to cry for sure. She couldn't allow that to happen. She had to be strong. She was strong. She just lacked a little trust in herself.Violet closed her eyes for a few seconds, breathing in and out slowly, trying to stay calm. Another knock on the door pulled her out of her meditation."I'm coming!" she yelled, annoyed.Violet opened the door to find a woman from her pack waiting for her impatiently on the other side."Finally! I thought you had given up or
Gwen got closer to her and pulled Violet for a hug too. She returned the gesture with the same affection."You already know what to do once you get there, right?" Gwen asked.Violet's heart was pounding and she was feeling a void on her stomach. She saw those expectant eyes on her, and whatever fear she was feeling inside, she had to hide.Specially now. They were all counting on her."Yes. I memorized the map that one of the spies gave me. I'll say I'm from the Mahina Pack, which is a pack of female wolves that lives in the North. They are special guests and they never came to this part of the country, so they won't be able to recognize any of them." Violet repeated as she was instructed. "I'll say I got lost from them on the way, that's why I arrived alone.""How did they know all of that?" Gwen asked in shock. "I mean, that's very detailed.""We have a few spies from the Diamond Pack infiltrated outside of the walls to get information from them once in a while." Lance answered brie
As soon as she saw herself out of the palace and its boundaries, Violet started to take the path to where the party was being held.She memorized the map because she didn't want to walk around carrying that piece of paper.What if someone caught her? How would she explain that map?She needed to pretend she was a part of the Mahina Pack. It shouldn't be too hard. No one from the palace was expected to do something that stupid. They didn't have any reason to get out of that safe and comfortable life to risk themselves outside.And as Violet was getting near the place she had to go, she could see a few people on the street, walking freely, happily, like they didn't have a poor life.Wasn't that what Violet always heard? She was always told that the wolves outside the Diamond Pack lived a miserable life that she would never want for herself.But, for a first impression, it didn't seem too bad.She shook her head trying to focus on what she had to do. And a few minutes later, she saw her
"Hi, I've never seen you around. Are you a member of the Rebels?" Violet heard a low voice behind her, which almost made her heart stop.She was caught off guard while examining the exits that led to the pool of the mansion. Could she escape from there?Violet turned to look at the young lady that was talking to her. She looked like a teenager, not older than fifteen years.Why was a girl so young like that in a party full of alcohol and adults? Arden would never allow something like that in his palace, for sure."Oh, hello!" Violet tried to sound polite and calm, although her legs were almost giving her away. "Ah… I'm afraid not. I came with a friend of mine, but it seems that we got lost from each other." Violet smiled friendly at the girl."That happens to me all the time when I go out with my friend. She always leaves me alone to be with some guy she just met. It's ridiculous!" Violet raised her brows. The girl looked desperate to talk to someone. "It sounds to me that she's not
Violet took a detour, trying to avoid meeting that man. She could never let that encounter happen.She looked back to see if he was still behind her, but couldn't find him anymore. She exhaled strongly despite still feeling that weird sensation inside her.As she walked down the hallway, searching for a safe place to hide for a while and think of her next step, she saw a door slightly open on a side room.Maybe she could hide there for a few minutes.She looked back one more time to make sure nobody was seeing her, and went inside.She closed the door and tried to adapt to the dark space in front of her.It took a while to realize she was inside a small library, full of bookshelves and dusty papers."Oh, God! What is that?" she murmured to herself, trying to breath deeply.Her heart was pounding excessively and didn't seem to want to stop so soon.She heard steps on the other side of the door and her inner wolf snapped to attention.Despite the fact that she shouldn't draw too much at
Violet's body exploded with mixed emotions and feelings.Her blood was running through her veins so intensively, that she could almost hear it.Her lower belly was contracted and ordering her to get even closer to his body.Her arms and hands were now out of her control and taking actions by themselves.She could feel his hair intertwined on her fingers, and his hands were squeezing every part of her body that he could reach.Her sides, her legs, her butt…Somehow he managed to loose her hair from the ponytail, and his fingers were now tangled on her soft hair.For a few minutes, Violet completely forgot what she had to do, why she was there on the first place…But when they backed off for a bit, to recover their breaths, Violet came to her senses.How did she let that happen? How could she lose control like that?Why didn't her inner wolf helped her run away, instead of encouraging her?She blinked twice trying to pull herself together.When the man tried to approach her again with hi
"You are Jack Morde?" Violet almost choked with those words. "I believe we missed that part of the social etiquette before, right?" he asked with a smile. "That wasn't very gentleman of me, I have to admit." How was that even possible?How could her mate be the man she had to kill?"So, I do have a lot of questions for you, and I really am confused and frustrated at the moment, so I can't promise to be a very nice guy." Jack continued, as Violet tried to put the pieces together inside her head.How could she be reasonable with all that happening in her life? That kiss was still pretty vivid and real inside her mind. And looking at him in front of her, knowing who he was, turned everything into a bigger mess than it already was.Could Arden know that? No, that wasn't possible at all. People couldn't know that in advance.So how could she be so unlucky?That force she was feeling, compelling her to that man in front of her was intense and powerful."What intrigued me the most was the