Talia's POV



I knew the only place Nadia could be headed to, Landon's house.

As soon as we got deep into the bushes where no one would hear from outside, I quickened my pace.

We were already getting closer to the other side, and Landon could've made arrangements with the rogues he knew to protect her.


Nadia, I could handle, but not in addition to the killers Landon had at his beck and call.

I jumped on her from behind, startling and threw her off.


Her wolf was out in no time, and I expected it. There was a full moon.

He launched at me. My already wounded shoulders carried a limp hand.

I felt no sensation in it at all. She took the hand and pulled it to my back.

I almost felt it disconnect from by body.

Baring her teeth, she sunk them all in my skin, abd but out a large chunk of flesh.

All the reasons I had to put her to death suddenly came to mind, sane as the poison I had on me.

I carried it for multiple reasons. In case the night went bad and I was caught, I wasn't going to go down by them. I planned to kill myself.

Feeling fir the bottle of poison, I brought it out.

One hand was at Nadia's mercy, and the other was busy.

I summoned the last strength in me and flung her to my front.

Startled and shaken, she lay on her back, looking at who it was.

I put a leg with drawn claws to her neck.

'Do you know who I am?" I asked her.

'And idiot." she said. 'That I'm sure of. You're an idiot."

I slapped her across the face with my battered arm,

'It's Talia." I felt all the air go out of her body.

Nadia's wolf was wicked, that I knew, so I never took an eye off her.

'You're crazy. And you're crazy for putting Tracy up to that." She screamed at me.

'You're the crazy one. And also the one who's about to die." I took it out, and without further stalling, I injected her with it.

It was going to be slow, I still expected her to have a little strength for a while.

'What happened?" She asked me, her strength failing her already as she tried to get my foot off her neck.

'Moon Goddess said it wasn't time. That's what happened." I replied to her, very sarcastically.

'I can see that, dummy," She replied. 'I mean before then." Nadia added.

'You really think I still do not know about all you and Landon have mapped out. Tracy has confessed to more than just Vance. As we speak, nothing is going the way you envisioned it, and that's the only reason I killing you slowly. So you can see your world crumble before your own eyes." I replied to her.

When I saw she was too weak to be dangerous, I stepped off her neck, and sat beside her. One more conversation wouldn't hurt.

'Why did you do what you did?" I asked her.

I knew there could be no logical explanation for it, but it did not hurt to know.

'You possibly can't understand. You had loving, lovely parents. I never did. I met yiu abd I met the best two men I ever met in my life through you. There was no way I could let that pass up. I did like you as a friend, at first. But seeing that you had all I wanted, sparked something that just admiration in me. It also did not help that Vance had begun to like having sex with me, I doubt he ever liked me." She had gotten to the part where tears started to pool in my eyes.

'We used to have sex a lot, and he said he was keeping you for when you'd fully become his wife, and not just mate. At the time, I already knew Landon was my mate. But those times you think we spent together, he spent the bulk of it away from me. I got threatened by people from the other packs he was using. I even almost fell in love with one who captured me right here in Moonstone, when Landon sent me off because he wanted to have sex with an omega in the palace. You saw me leave, you didn't care, you never cared!" She broke her first tear.

'I'm sorry. Who was it that came to threaten you?" I asked her, holding my breath.

'He had a somewhat unconventional name. It doesn't come to mind now, but he was sweet, we even kissed. He let me go when he saw that I was just as used as they were. From that day onward, I knew I had to take the reins of my own life, and that was the only way I knew how. I was having regular sex with the Alpha and Beta, and my life was no better than an omega's. I had to do something. You would have if you were in my shoes." She said.

'And, how has life been for you since you pinned the death of your baby on me? A baby I'm sure was not Vance's in the first place. How did you think he wouldn't know by the time the child arrived? How did you think Landon would feel after giving yourself to his friend turned enemy?" I was getting mad at her, so I decided to slow down and remind myself that she was dying. There was no point in getting riled up. It was going to be our last conversation.

'Didn't you catch the part where I said I was thinking of only myself?" She asked, sounding pissed.

'You have started what you can't finish. I had always known there was something off about you from the way you looked at me at that pack meeting nearly a month ago. And then you made Vance keep you somewhere comfy, outside the palace, and the basement he had you locked in initially. I discovered that when I finally got a gun to smoke you out, but it was empty. How are you even different from me?" She flashed her bloodstained teeth, at her weak attempt at blame sharing.

'I never had sex with Vance. My new life came with a man, an actual man and not a cheating monster, and a child, a beautiful little girl." I put extra emphasis to rub it in. She looked the other way and that was the end of her smile.

Her eye was beginning to bet clouded, the poison was kicking in.

In a few hours, daybreak would have come and I isn't have all the time to spare.

'Kael. His name was Kael." She said.

I felt something shatter in me. I wasn't so fortunate with men at all. Nadia had a taste of all the men in my life before I even did, except Ken.

I resented Kael for never telling me about her, even though my memory at the time was wacky. And as I walked away from Nadia who was already half dead, I left my feelings for Kael with her.

There was no way I was carrying so much emotional baggage for a man who had a fling with Nadia and never told me. It felt bad, but I felt free.

'He's dead too. I hope y'all meet wherever it is you're going." That was the last time I ever saw Nadia.

It was time to head back to Karl's and wait for everything to come crashing down on Vance's head.

I took only a few steps, dragging my almost dead hand with me when a big strong wolf crashed on Kara, mine.

I knew that smell. It was Landon.

I was actually expecting him. He was never too far from Nadia. Their relationship was stupid and toxic, but it worked.

I was expecting him, but I wasn't at all prepared.

I stood no chance against his big wicked wolf, with just one good hand.

Determined to not go down without a fight, I put up some struggle, making sure I made him bled with every move I made.

Landon was too strong for that and I knew it.

The moment I started to hear voices, I resigned. Whether it was my hallucinations or it was real, either ways, the beating was about to stop.

I continued to feel the blows for almost two minutes after, and just when I was about to take law into my own hands again, Landon was off me.

I managed to open my swollen eyes, and Vance held him hard at the throat.

An already purplish Landon kept kicking and injuring Vance, but the laters grip was solid.

Vance dropped my brother to the floor dead. I closed my eyes, and surrendered myself to whoever. But it wasn't Vance who lifted me, it was Karl.

Grateful to have someone I knew in all the crowd of people who had come out to watch Vance kill Landon, I held on to him tight.