“Who the ***are you?” River snarled. The woman was talking mysteriously “And I know who my father is. So stop talking nonsense!” She pressed her neck further with her arm. “Don’t try your tricks on me. I can snap your neck in second” The woman chuckled. “You think your father is Kirk?”
“Yes, my father’s name is Kirk and my mother is Hazel! Now stop spouting nonsense and ask this denon to retreat otherwise I will ****you.”
“No, your father isn’t Kirk,” she said with a smirk.
River didn’t want to believe her, but the life that she had spent with Kirk and Hazel was horrible, and that was why she wanted to believe that her father and mother were someone else. She found herself asking. “Who was my father then? Do you know him?”
“Of course I knew him!” the woman said. “And I will tell you more about him if you leave me. Else I am going to ask this demon to ***you and it would be such a waste of your life…”
River narrowed her eyes at the demon. Her heart started beating wildly when she saw that his pointed horns were straight and so sharp that he could ***anyone in one strike like a raging bull. His claws were long and sharp and his jaws were filled with pointy teeth. He growled at her and closed towards them,
“Didn’t you see how I ***the last demon?” River growled back at him. “So don’t be mistaken that I will back down!” “Well, this is not the only demon here,” the woman said. “I have several more with me.”
Comprehension crashed with full force. “Are you Ella?”
“Yes, I am!” Ella chuckled.
River’s mind numbed for a second. “Then why should I believe you? You lied to me the last time we met!” And now she understood the familiar smell coming from her.
“Because I choose to speak the truth this time and it’s all about you, River, Ella replied.
River clenched her jaws. She contemplated on whether she should talk more to Ella or should she simply allow Layla to come out and take over. But the temptation of knowing the truth was growing on her. Ella was speaking with confidence. ‘What should I do, Layla?” she asked her wolf. After knowing that she had the most wanted woman of the Veil in her grip, River should have ***her, but now…. now her mind was wavering.
“I think she is speaking the truth, River. Allow her to speak. If you feel danger, let me come out, Layla said. River swallowed thickly. Making a quick decision, she pulled Ella back with her. The demon started to move, but she warned him. “Truth, no truth. If you come an inch closer, I will ***her and it’s not a threat.” She tightened her hold on Ella’s neck.
Ella winced and coughed a little. River was too strong for her. She asked the demon to stay back.
Basically, Ella was looking for more time.
Hunter had attacked their settlement just before the nightfall and they were taken by surprise. Many demons were ***and those who remained, fled. She was also fleeing along with two demons when she came across River. She had single-handedly ***a demon which was incredible. Ella was aware of her identity because of her scent that she had committed to her memory during their interaction at the tower.
River was precious to Hunter. She had gathered this from Victoria. After she had run away from the tower, she had gone to meet her brother Maxim and over there she came to know that River was Hector’s mate. Hector was called in the Veil only to reject her. This meant that Hunter really gave a lot of importance to his breeder.
If Ella abducted River, she could turn the tables. Hunter would be forced to allow them to enter the Veil. The thought was exhilarating
River stepped further away from the demon till she was against a thick trunk of a tree. She continued to grab her neck. “Reveal what you know!” she grated.
“So your curiosity got the better of your senses?” Ella said.
River grabbed her hair from the back and yanked them. “I don’t have time, Ella. I know you are buying time, but trust me, it’s of no use! If you don’t spill it in two minutes, I won’t hesitate in snapping your pretty little neck.”
Ella gritted her teeth. She started, “You are not Kirk’s daughter. Your father was Alpha Lowell, who was the Alpha of the Crescent Moon pack.”
River stilled. She was the daughter of Alpha Lowell? Air punched out of her chest at the truth.
“Your father was a peacemaker. He liked to live peacefully.” Ella coughed. “But that wasn’t the problem. The main problem was that your father wanted to make peace with the Lycans which we all didn’t like.”
“We all?” River asked, her voice thick with emotions. “What do you mean by that?”
“There are five Alphas who are together in this including my brother, Maxim.”
“Goddess!” Panic surged through her in strong waves. Alpha Maxim was one of the men who was fighting against Alpha Hunter?
Ella chuckled. She adjusted herself in River’s strong grip. She had hoped that after listening to this much only River’s grip would loosen, but it didn’t. “Yes, my brother and I are in that group who despise the Lycans. We are going to destroy them. We have been fighting for the past thirty years and we will continue with it.”
“Did Alpha Maxim ***my father?”
Ella laughed. “You are very intelligent, River. You connect the dots easily. But it isn’t a surprise. You have Alpha blood in you. And that gives you a lot of strength and beauty.” She paused for a moment to hear some movement. The other demons were near. She continued to keep River busy. “Yes, Maxim
***Alpha Lowell and his family. Unfortunately you were not in the pack that time and had gone to visit some aunt of yours. You were too young to comprehend and Maxim had already ascended to the position of the Alpha. That’s why he couldn’t order your direct ***. Instead he gave you to Kirk and Hazel and asked them to look after you in the worst possible way so that your wolf never develops.”
Layla growled on the inside. ‘They underfed us for this reason, River. They were scared that we would rebel.
River was so numb that she couldn’t answer Layla. There was so much conspiracy to keep her down, she couldn’t believe
“And when the right time came, they got rid of you,” Ella ended her story. “Isn’t that interesting?”
River closed her eyes. She was tortured and tormented by Kirk and Hazel to the level that she had
become depressed. “What about my mother?” she asked in a hoarse voice.
“Your mother was the daughter of Alpha Odin of the Black Howlers pack. That pack has very few members and lives in the human world. But she is also dead.”
River’s eyes welled with tears. In all these years, Kirk had informed her that her mother was alive and was his former lover. She ***Kirk so much now that it was beyond comprehension. “Kirk said that she was alive…”
Ella laughed. “Kirk only gave you lies. He *** you because you were a liability that Maxim had forced on him.” Suddenly, a sharp movement was heard from the trees.
