Ever since Hunter had closed himself in his room, River tried her best to divert her attention and for that she spent extra hours at the training center Even though Nancy would ask her to come to the pub or other places where the young Lycans hung out, she didn’t go Mia was a nice distraction but Mia had her studies and since she was in an elite Lycan high school where she was being trained to be a Luna, she was available for very less hours
It was on the third day that River went back to the tallest tower of the castle where Ella was imprisoned
“You didn’t come back to meet me,” Ella complained, her voice weaker than usual “I waited for so many days and then lost all hope that you would help me.”
River ***in a sharp breath. She had met Ella a few weeks back and after that Ella had gone at the back of her mind. River was making up her mind to talk to Hunter about Ella but the topic never came up “I am sorry” she murmured.
“Don’t tell me you are in love with the Lycan King!” Ella said in a sharp voice. “He charms you at first and then just throws you here. Don’t you fall for him. Use your logic. And the logic says that we must escape!”
Drawing in a rough breath, River said, “But how do I free you? I don’t even know how to unlock you from this prison can’t find the door.”
“It is much to your right,” Ella guided her. “Almost towards the ledge.”
“It must be locked,” River replied as she forced herself off the ground. She walked towards her right and saw… nothing “There is no door here,” she replied. “Are you sure that it is here?”
“Yes, it is there,” Ella insisted.
River went to stand in front of the wall that was curved but it was the same everywhere. She placed her hand over it to feel any hidden knob or handle or a crack, but there was nothing of the sort. “How do you open it?” she asked, irritated.
“Faria has the keys for this,” Ella answered. “She comes every day to give me food, so she must be knowing”
River stilled. “Faria?”
“Yes. She is taking care of me in this prison. Do you know her?”
In her many days of association with Faria, River never thought that that woman would be so cruel.
“Faria has the keys and if you can get hold of the keys, I will be freed. Please River, you must help me!”
River was so stunned that she had no words.
“Are you there?” Ella asked in a panicky voice.
“I-I am,” River said.
“Do you know Faria? She is a maid in the castle. If you don’t, just find out about her.”
“I will…” River pressed her palm against her forehead. She didn’t know how she was going to ask Faria about it, but she was. Or maybe she would steal the keys from her. “Do you know how to run out of the Veil?” she asked, not sure if what she was doing was right or not. What if they were caught? “There are demons all around!”
“Don’t worry, River,” Ella said. “Once I am out, I will take you along with me. I know a few demons who will help me.”
“Oh!” River was surprised that Ella knew demons, but that information was to her advantage.
“When will you come back next?” Ella asked. “I am getting impatient to taste freedom again!”
“I will come soon,” Ella said in a promising voice. “Hopefully by evening ”
“That would be wonderful!” Ella squeaked. “Finally, tonight I will become free all over again!”
River pursed her lips as a blush covered her cheeks out of excitement and nervousness and also a kernel of sadness that was associated with leaving Alpha Hunter. Was she ready to take that big leap?
River walked back to the castle in order to speak with Faria. She was sure that Faria wouldn’t give her the keys so easily, and so she had to find out where she kept them and take them from her. As she was coming back, she heard a soft whirring of the helicopter and looked up. Someone was going back out of the Veil again. She took a deep breath in and walked to her bedroom. When she came back, she realized how quiet everything was. Alpha Hunter was unusually quiet. There was no noise. “Good change,” she murmured and hurried inside to take a bath. She felt like going and checking in on him, feeling that familiar tug of heart, but she decided against it.
Alpha Maxim wanted to break his head for what his son didn’t do with River. He had the chance to reject her, but he hadn’t. He had received a call from Alpha Hunter’s beta, Elijah.
“Alpha Maxim, we talked to River about her reluctance to breed with Alpha Hunter, and we came to know that your son, Hector, is her mate,” said Elijah. “Why did you hide this information from us?”
Alpha Maxim swallowed thickly. “I…” he was dumbfounded. He pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger when a sudden headache developed. He couldn’t lie to the Lycan because there was no way he wouldn’t know that River was his mate.
“We transferred a large amount to you to buy the breeder and you dared to deceive us? Not only that, this is against the treaty amongst werewolves and Lycans. You have breached the integral point of the treaty which clearly states that the girl should be a virgin and unmated,” Elijah added.
“I am so sorry…” Alpha Maxim said. He started panicking. If his deceit came out, other Alphas were going to come at his back. “But everything happened so fast that we didn’t know what to do. I think Hector is too kind to have rejected River. But I will take the blame for it. It was an oversight on my part. If you will bring River back here, I will make sure that Hector rejects her.”
“That is out of the question! What if Hector changes his mind?” Elijah snapped. “The breeder cannot go anywhere from the Veil. Hector has to come here and reject River!”
Alpha Maxim was petrified. If Hector went inside the Veil, there was no guarantee that he would come back alive. Hector was his heir and would take the reins of the pack one day. He was not going to let it go so easily.
Maxim had ***the real Alpha of the pack, Alpha Lowell, because he wanted peace amongst the Lycans and the werewolves many years back and had taken over as the new Alpha. After all, he belonged to a faction of werewolves who had secretly waged a war against the Lycans.
Along with two more Alphas, Maxim had massacred the entire family of Alpha Lowell, but little did he know at that time that his daughter had gone to spend her time at the house of her omega nanny Hazel.
Hazel and Kirk came out with the secret that they had River with them who was Alpha Lowell’s daughter a month later. By that time Maxim had taken over as the Alpha of the pack. He couldn’t get rid of the little girl. In order to keep them quiet with the secret, Maxim had given yearly allowance and threatened them that if they ever revealed it, he was going to ****them. He had thought of ***the couple but he didn’t want to be seen as a reckless ***.
And that little girl was no one else but River. River was Alpha Lowell’s daughter.
River had alpha blood in her.
Maxim was aghast when she turned out to be his son’s mate. The past had reared its head again. But he cleverly got rid of River when he gave her as a breeder to the Lycan King. At that time, he was happy that he was finally victorious. However, the past came back haunting him in the disguise of the phone call by Elijah.
“Are you there?” Elijah’s voice pulled him out of his reverie.
“Yes, I am. But you have to guarantee that Hector is safe. And I would want Victoria to go with her. Rejection is a hard emotion. At least Victoria would be there with him when he rejects her.”
“That is fine with us,” Elijah growled. “Make sure that he is ready. Our cars will arrive in a few hours!”
“I will,” Maxim said and gritted his teeth. There was no way out of this situation.
The line went dead and Maxim called Hector. Suddenly, an idea came to him. He called the leader of the faction of werewolves who kept on waging one or the other war against the Lycans. “Hector and Victoria will be going to the Veil tonight,” he said in a low voice.
There was a long silence from the other side. “I will call you back with the plan in an hour,” he said in a deadly cold voice and disconnected the call.
