Everything started five years ago. 

Elise Collins was framed, left everything behind, and ran away, never wanting to even take a glance at it again. However, news of her being pregnant spreads like a wildfire in the city, and her thought that someone will be able to help her, crumbles as everyone avoids her like she’s a curse.

In a snap, she had no place to return to. 

Defeated, she aspires to become stronger, and that happened when she came back five years later, already a top hacker.

As soon as Axel Carter knows it, the father of the child she gave birth to, he instantly chases her. Trapped in the hospital, he confronts her.

With those scarlet raging eyes, his teeth gnash. "Do you know the price of playing with me, woman?"

Mrs Alpha

As I hurry through the darkened hallway of the pack house, I decide to mind-link Gomez. He needs to be informed about the sudden turn of events. Who knows? Maybe Amanda could go looking for revenge; starting with him. After all, she has a plethora of targets to choose from -- including myself.

I receive no response, which only raises my stress levels. Gomez always replies, even if it's a brief afterthought just to say he is busy. Right now, it feels as if every mental thought is hitting a brick wall. I tell myself that he's probably asleep. I should try again later.

"Nora?" I call loudly, hoping the matriarch of Midnight Fire will appear. Kieran closes the door behind us, carrying our sparse luggage.

"We're in here, dear." A soft voice flutters through the air. "Are you alright?"

Chapter 56. Monsters in the Shadows