OLIVIA’S P.O.VI need to escape from here and go back to Stermyer. I know that Austin is most probably looking from me but how would he even know where to look? I need to get back to him. I am sure that he would not turn me away. I would not get anywhere by sitting in this room. The room that I discovered earlier had a passage leading to somewhere. Maybe it is a secret way out of this place, I should go and check it out. The longer I stay here the more my life is in danger.I sneaked into the secret passage that I found my mother’s belongings in. Constantly I looked behind me, making sure that there was no one following me. After the little room where I found my mother’s belongings the tunnel went on, it was dark and creepy. I used my phone light to brighten up my passage and went through the tunnel. A person like me who suffers from arachnophobia had to really be brave and needed to be encouraged to go on along the passage, but fortunately for me, I

OLIVIA’S P.O.VI went to the secret room around the time that Susan and I agreed to meet. However, she was not there. I waited for a few minutes but there was no sign of her coming. I waited a bit longer and she still didn’t arrive, I was getting worried and impatient at the same time. Maybe she is just going to be a little late, maybe she is still getting the hammer. I couldn’t wait longer anymore, if someone sees me here they will get suspicious.I made my way down to the dining room for lunch, Cariso will be waiting for me since it’s the weekend and he is at home. “Hi, I didn’t see you down for breakfast,” I said to him when I saw him at the table. “Yes, I didn’t have much of a breakfast today. Instead, I chose the healthier option and decided to go for a jog and just have coffee” he answered, his voice was low and I sensed that something was wrong. “Is everything okay?” I asked, the housekeeper

OLIVIA’S P.O.VI couldn’t believe what happened…well…it was all expected from Cariso but my nails and the growl that escaped my lips was mind blowing. I was more than shocked, I was a bit afraid but more curious. I was also amazed about how well my eyes adjusted to the darkness, almost as if I had night vision so something.“Olivia, can you hear me?” I heard the voice again. “Who are you?” I spoke back to the voice for the first time. “I’m Alexis, your wolf,” it said. “My wolf?” my eyes widened with shock. “Yes Olivia, you are not human but a werewolf like your mother. However, it took me a lot of strength and time to be able to communicate with you like I am doing now. Being in Stermyer helped me, but when you came here, to our home, I regained all of my strength. On the contrary, I still cannot fully transform because I’ve been suppressed for so long” she explained. This

OLIVIA’S P.O.V“Alexis, I don’t think that I can make it any longer. Today is the third day without any food or water. I am weak, I am starving, my baby is starving. I’m surprised that I even made it this far” I spoke to my wolf as I lay on the floor, I didn’t have the energy to move. “Hang in there Olivia. Cariso doesn’t want you dead, if he did then he would have killed you three days ago but instead, he choose to punish you. Don’t worry, we would be free soon. He knows that you cannot survive longer than three days, so he should release you today. Just be patient, don’t give up and remember never to beg! You are stronger than you think” Alexis encouraged me. “Alexis…you were right someone is opening the door,” I said, using my hands to support myself into a sitting position so that I can see better and I wouldn’t look mercifully weak. “Good…shush now, they must not know

OLIVIA’S P.O.V“Sir Cariso  asked that you change into these?” one of the housekeepers brought in an orange garment folded neatly. Now they just enter my room, unlike before when they use to knock before they entered…I guess now they know that I am a prisoner here just like them and they don’t have to give me that respect like they did before. I took garment from her and held it up as it opened into a beautiful dress. “He wants me to have dinner with him, doesn’t he?” I asked, rolling my eyes. “You should get changed quickly, in a few minutes two of the guards will come to escort you down to the dining room” she said, before leaving, ignoring how I felt.“I can’t believe the arrogance of this man! He locked me up in darkness for 3 days, without a plate of food or even a glass of water. Yet, he still wants me to have dinner with him? Does he not have any self-pride or dignity? He is absolutely

AUSTIN’S P.O.V“A girl named Dawn contacted me. She said that she is friends with Olivia” Keith came into my office with this news. “Dawn? I think I heard Olivia mention something about a Dawn Summer’s. They were good friends back in New York, if I remember correctly” I said, thinking hard. “What did she want? Does she know where Olivia is?” I snapped out of my thoughts and asked Keith. “She knows that Olivia is missing and she wants to help find her. She said that they have been best friends from a very young age and she would be able to assist us” Keith explained. “Hmmmm…interesting…very interesting…how did she contact you?” I asked. “She called” Keith answered, looking at me strangely. I could tell that he didn’t yet know what I was thinking but he did know that I was getting somewhere with my thoughts and questions. “How did she get your number?” I as

OLIVIA’S P.O.V“Good morning Olivia, guess what… I have your test results” Cariso said, gleaming in front of the bed that I was tied up on. I remained quite as he pulled out a page from a brown A4 envelope. “Hmmmm, that is very interesting” his eyebrows creased as read the results. “Well, Congratulations Olivia. It says here that you are pregnant!!! Oh my word, this is such great news!!! In fact this is the best news that I have got today!!!” he did a little psycho happy dance. “Why are you so happy?” I asked, confused about how my pregnancy would affect him, besides the fact that the situation got more delicate. “Wait! You don’t look as excited as I am! You knew about this didn’t you? You knew this whole time and that is why you didn’t want the doctor here! So tell me, my dear darling Olivia, who is the father?” he asked, a big smile still on his face, he seemed proud of himself as if

AUSTIN’S P.O.V .  “The girl is here” Keith said, joining me for breakfast. “Which girl? Where?” I asked, looking at him with the most confused look on my face. “Dawn summers. We spoke about it two days ago!” he said, my half buttered toast in my hand as I looked at him just as confused as I was before he provided me with extra information. “The girl who said that she was Olivia’s best friend and wants to help us find her! The girl that wanted to come and stay at Stermyer! The girl that you were so suspicious about! The one that you think is either working for dad or Cariso” Keith half shouted in frustration. “Oh that girl. The one that called you” I suddenly remembered . “Yesss!!! That one! Oh my word Austin, what is going on with you?” Keith asked. “Er, not much except that my elder brother hates me and my mate got so scared of me that she ran away and then possibly got kidna

OLIVIA’S P.O.VIt’s a week until my birthday and I am still here. Slowly I am losing sight of hope. I don’t know what to do or how to break free from these chains. There is no one to help me and I myself feel helpless.“Don’t give up Olivia, Austin will come” I heard Alexis say. “How do you know that?” I asked. “I have faith in our mate and you should too” She answered. “I hope that you are right Alexis, if not then you know what needs to happen,” I said, referring to the plan that I discussed with her a few days ago.“Taking to your wolf, are you?” Cariso walked in, catching me off guard. “No, my wolf is too weak to talk. I was talking to myself, maybe soon my insanity levels will reach yours” I said. “How feisty? Just like your mother was” he laughed at me. “You still speak about her, reminiscing over the past? No, Cariso you are living in it. You

AUSTIN’S P.O.V“What’s bothering you?” my mother asked, watching as I just played around with my dinner instead of eating it. “Oh nothing, I’m just not very hungry,” I said. “Would you kindly excuse me?” I put my fork down and woke up from my chair. “No Austin! You are my son and I know that something is bothering you. Now you can choose to be stubborn and keep it to yourself or you can share your troubles with your brother and me, relieving yourself a bit. But remember if you choose the former rather than the latter, you wouldn’t be the only one not having dinner tonight but both you and I would be going to sleep on an empty stomach. So you choose Austin…” she said sternly, I chuckled a little seeing how she was treating me like a little child once again. “Mum please” I pleaded with her to leave me alone. “Don’t ‘mum please’ me, just tell me what’s wrong&r