Lottie’s POV Maddox hasn’t woken up since they dragged inside him. The cut on his neck isn’t healing. I can see blood seeping out of the wound. “That blade had better not be laced with anything.” Edward scolded Richard. “She was being resistive. I was motivating her.” He said, attempting to justify his actions. Edward takes a deep breath through his nose while he looks at me. “Get him on that table and get him monitored. He had better survive the silver in his bloodstream.” They drag Maddox into the dining room and take a machine in after him. “Get rid of that.” Edward says to someone, pointing towards my father’s body. Silver on the blade? I have heard that before. My eyes widen in shock when I remember. “You were the ones that killed my mother.” He looks at me and grins. “Not me personally, but I had a hand in it.” I stood there, shocked he had just openly admitted to taking part in her murder. “Dalton won’t part with his precious elementals, so I planned
Ember’s POV “You need your strength.” are the last words I say to Lottie before I block her out. I can’t heal her body after using her elemental abilities. She has never used that much energy and her human body needs to regenerate. I just don’t know how long it will take. I do as she asks though and go through the woods towards her mom’s house. Wolves surround the place. There must be around 20 of them. Either they are guarding the house to stop anyone getting in or to stop anyone from getting out. Either way, the house appeared quiet. In theory, this would be the first place Lottie would head to if she escaped. There is no way I am getting in there. I needed to keep moving before the rest of Edward’s followers found me. I began running. I'm running without knowing where I'm headed. After a lot of running, I came across a stream. I take a long drink and take the opportunity to catch my breath. I am hungry, but I can eat next time I stop. From a distance, I hear wol
Rayne’s POV “Isaac called. He needs to speak to me and Summer together.” I told Elizabeth as I hung up my phone, I planned on calling him back when we were together. “You’d best hurry. They will go to bed soon”. She tells me. It may have been a long time since I last spoke to Isaac, but I owe him. We all do. “You go, I will call her.” My mate tells me as she fights with our kids. I ran to the palace as fast as I could. Isaac wouldn’t have called if it wasn’t urgent. He had never called before. Summer and her family were gathered around the table playing cards. I dashed over to her home. “I have just had a call from Isaac.” I tell them all. Summer looked concerned. “He needs to speak to us.” I told my sister. “Call him back and put him on loudspeaker,” Nathan says. I know no one, especially Nathan and Dawson, has ever forgotten Isaac’s essential part in Summer’s rescue. Not to mention risking his life to save Jax. I dialed his number. He answered straight away.
Eden’s POV I remember Lottie. I only met her once, years ago. But I remember her. She and her sister could withstand our out-of-control aura’s. I remember it was nice to actually play with someone else other than my brothers. It was nice. I really felt connected to the pair of them. Then mom went and upset her, so she left. It was so nice to meet someone who looked different, like me. It made me feel better about myself. I wasn’t alone with my unique looks. I have never met anyone who looked like her since that day. But here she is, an emotional mess in front of me. What could have happened to her? I looked at my uncles, who were all staring at us. Everyone in the room looked confused. They wouldn’t know about Lottie. It was before we went to live at the palace, I personally never went back to that human town, but I know mom did. I wonder if Max and Jax would remember her? I wonder what happened to her sister. They seemed close. Lottie continued sobbing, her hear
Lottie’s POV The note Steff left for us at the diner said, ‘True Love is never lost, it can always be found, especially when there is a King around’. I am on my way to meet the King’s. Steff’s note must have been referring to Maddox, other elements of her note have come true. I know it. It has to be referring to him. I was sick with excitement on the way to the palace and I mean physically sick. Adam got the brunt of it. I vomited straight on to his lap. It just kept coming. Then Eden vomited because I was vomiting. He got some of that too. It was like a vomit fest in the back seat of the SUV. I apologized over and over again. I just couldn’t control it. When we pulled into the services, we all went and got freshened up. Adam should have stayed there longer because he stank. A few hours later, we finally made it to the palace. I wanted to find the King’s immediately. But Eden said they were with her mom at the hospital, where she still works as a doctor. Eden took
Lottie’s POV We head back to the sitting room when I am feeling composed. The Queen doesn’t rush me. When I walk in, I feel hopeful when I see two young men there. “Do you remember Lottie?” Eden shouts across the room. They both come walking towards me “Vaguely” they say at the same time. I looked at the pair. “Max.” I smiled at him before looking at his brother. “Jax. You still look the same.” “That is a skill, not many people can tell us apart.” Jax says. “Oh, it’s easy even after all these years. Max is prettier.” Jax’s face drops and Max burst out laughing. “Nice one.” Max says. Joking aside, though, I scoured the room, looking for Maddox. But he wasn’t there. I shouldn’t have got my hopes up so much, but I have to keep hoping. I am sitting by Eden. I explained to all the all the Royal family the things I feel they ought to know, leaving out the part about my elemental gift. It’s that part of me I am most cautious about revealing. Now more than ever, I heed my da
Lottie’s POV The crowd surrounded us. They were laughing and cheering. Amber, my high school tormentor, stood above me at the cafeteria table, the crowd encouraging her to continue. I just put my head down and accepted whatever she wanted to do to me. I wanted to retaliate; I wanted to fight back. But it would be an unfair fight. She slapped me a few times before she picked up the juice off my lunch tray and poured it over my head. She then grabbed a handful of food and smeared it into my hair. I just gritted my teeth and took it. The laughing and heckling got louder. She grabbed more food and done it again. People started throwing food at me. ‘She’s human, she’s human, she’s human, she isn’t worth it.’ I chanted to myself. It was all I could do to control my rage. She grabbed my hair, forcing my head back, sneering into my ear. “You truly are a pathetic loser.” Amber has been bullying me for years. I was always an easy target for her, as I never fought back. I
Lottie’s POV The day Caren started her menstrual period was the day she developed some magical powers. She could grow plants and heal small wounds. Over the years, her power grew. Now she could make a small breeze and cast a small safety barrier around herself. She occasionally used it when we were fighting. She had her own built-in defense weapon. When I started menstruating, I had abdominal cramps and a need to lie down. Mom would give me some homemade herbal tablets to help me relax. Mom didn’t allow us to have friends growing up. We were unpredictable, and I was moody. Mom sometimes gave me a pill to help me calm down. She told me it was herbal, but I didn’t care as long as it helped. We couldn’t risk anyone finding out who we truly were. So, it was Caren and I growing up. She was all I really needed, anyway. Since I was young, I have been physically fast and strong compared to Caren. As I got older, I got faster, stronger and more protective of my family. I knew