Hazel’s POV I groaned when I heard multiple footsteps rushing toward my cell. “Fuck no, Elijah!” someone screamed. “I am not letting you make that mistake!” “Move, Ian!” one of my mates yelled. “Don’t make me punch you!” I tried to open my eyes, but I felt like something was on my eyelids. I tried so hard, but they wouldn’t open. They weren’t listening to me. A throbbing pain in my forehead wasn’t making it easy on me either. It felt like my entire head was on fire and I all I wanted to do was sleep and never wake up again. “I said no!” the other man yelled again. “I can’t let you do this. I can’t let you make this mistake, Elijah. I am protecting you both.” One of my mates growled loudly. I heard the door to my cell open and fear made my stomach turn. “Hazel,” my other mate called me quietly. “Wake up.” I furrowed my eyebrows and tried to open my eyes again. A stabbing pain in my temples made me groan. “Wake her up!” my other mate screamed. “Right the fuck now!” “She is sick
Elijah’s POV I was so fucking confused. I was so fucking angry. I wanted to destroy everything around me, including myself. “Is she dying?” I asked, my voice trembling. The pack doctor looked at me and shook his head. I breathe out in relief. “She is weak and she will need some time to rest, Alpha,” he said calmly. “She will be fine when she wakes up.” I tightened my jaw and nodded. “Please call me if there is anything else you need,” he said as he stood up. “I will come back to check up on her in a few hours.” I kept my eyes on her. She would be okay, right? She had to be okay. “Thank you, Jim,” Aiden said quietly. “We will see you in a few hours.” I heard him walk away. I didn’t look at him. I couldn’t move my eyes away from her. “What the fuck were you thinking, Elijah?” Aiden mumbled angrily. “If you touched her…” “I would never do that,” I said, looking at him and tightening my jaw. “I wanted to scare her, nothing else.” I looked back at her and gulped. “I wanted to s
Hazel’s POVI was dead. How did I know?I was lying on the softest surface my hands ever touched. I was the warmest I had ever been. I was the comfiest I had ever been. My body felt like it was wrapped in a soft, warm cloud. I felt like I was floating.It had to be death. There was no other explanation for it. But I was confused about one thing. Why was I so comfortable? Why was I so warm? What did I do to deserve this? Was I really reunited with the Goddess? “Hazel,” I heard someone’s soft voice calling my name. Who was that? Was it the Goddess herself?No. No way. I would never get to see her. I would never get to meet her.“Hazel,” the voice said again and I felt someone’s soft fingers on my forehead. I gulped and turned my head toward the voice. I wanted to open my eyes, but my eyelids felt heavy.“Come on,” the voice said quietly. “Wake up.”I sighed and furrowed my eyebrows a little. The fingers caressed my cheek gently. I really wanted to know who was talking to me so I g
Hazel’s POV My heart wasn’t beating when the door opened. I wasn’t breathing when they walked inside the room. Their scents reached me and I wanted to whimper. Their scents were both comforting me and scaring me. I really didn’t want them here. I didn’t want to be here. “How are you, Hazel?” one of them asked as he leaned against the wall and crossed his arms over his chest. My eyes fell on his huge arms and I felt fear burning a hole in my stomach. He could kill me just by squeezing me tightly. I shivered as I looked into his eyes. “Aiden asked you a question,” the other one said angrily. I looked at him and I lost all the feeling in my legs. He was the one who wanted to touch me. He was the one who wanted to… “She still has a fever, but she is doing much better,” the man next to me said and placed a hand on my back. My angry mate growled at him. “Don’t touch her,” he said, narrowing his eyes and tightening his jaw. The man next to me sighed and moved his hand away. “You are
Aiden’s POVI wasn’t sure if I was more shocked, angry, or hurt.Did she really just suggest that we let her go? Did she really just say that we would never see her again?Elijah’s back was turned toward me so I couldn’t see his face, but I could see how tense he became. I could feel the anger and the fear rolling off him in waves.Hazel was looking at him wide-eyed. It looked like she was surprised by her own question.“What?” Elijah mumbled after a few moments of silence.I still couldn’t speak. A huge lump was stuck in my throat. I couldn’t imagine not having her here. I couldn’t imagine not being able to breathe in her scent. I couldn’t imagine not being able to touch her again. I couldn’t imagine not seeing her beautiful brown eyes every single day for the rest of my life.No. She couldn’t fucking go. She had to stay here. She belonged here.Hazel gulped and glanced at me. I tightened my jaw and forced myself to take a deep breath.“What the fuck did you just say, Hazel?” Elijah
Ian’s POVI opened my bedroom door and smiled. My beautiful girl was waiting for me in our bed. She was reading a book and she looked up at me as soon as I walked in.“Hi,” she said softly, closing the book and placing it on the nightstand. “How did it go?”I sighed as I approached her. I had to hug her and kiss her before I did anything else.“Not so good,” I mumbled, leaning in and placing a kiss on her soft lips. “Hazel asked if she could leave.”Katie’s eyes widened.“Oh, Goddess,” she mumbled quietly. “How did they take it?”I sighed again and sat on the bed next to her. I took her hand in mine, lifted it, and kissed her knuckles.“Not so good,” I said. “They just don’t want to admit how much they actually need her and want her.”I simply couldn’t understand them. I couldn’t imagine my life without Katie in it. I couldn’t imagine being away from her. I couldn’t imagine not being able to kiss her, hold her, and tell her how much I loved her. My life changed completely ever since I
Elijah’s POVI ran my fingers through my hair and leaned against the shower wall. I closed my eyes and bent my head. I let the water drip down my back, trying to find a way to stop thinking about her.I wanted to stop thinking about her eyes. I wanted to stop thinking about her hair. I wanted to stop thinking about her scent.I desired to touch her. I desired to kiss her. I desired to feel her soft skin under my fingertips. I could only imagine how she tasted. I could only imagine how warm and soft she was.I groaned as I felt my dick harden. I simply couldn’t stop thinking about her. I couldn’t force the thoughts of her away. No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried, no matter if I was asleep or awake, she was always on my mind.“Elijah?” I heard my brother’s voice coming from my bedroom.I gulped and raised my head. I forced myself to take a deep, calming breath.“Coming,” I said as I turned the shower off.I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel over my waist. I wal
Hazel’s POVI woke up feeling a bit better than yesterday. My legs didn’t hurt as bad. My stomach didn’t feel like it was twisting and turning all the time. My heart wasn’t racing as fast as it did yesterday.I was feeling better and I was going to get out of there. I had to leave before they broke me completely.I threw the blanket off my body and stood up carefully. It felt weird to be on my feet after I spent days lying in cells. I took a deep breath as I stood up straighter and looked around the room.I had to find a way out of here.I assumed that it would be impossible for me to just walk out of the packhouse. Someone would stop me. Someone would ask where I was going. Someone would call them and tell them that I tried to leave. I couldn’t let that happen. Hopefully, I would already be out of their territory by the time they figured I left.Maybe I could use a window.I approached the nearest window and my hopes were crushed immediately. We were so high up that I wouldn’t surviv