Layla was surprised, but she growled again in a warning.
The woman stopped, but said, “You must meet me in your human form. You are just like your father!”
Layla froze.
“Who is this?’ River asked Layla. ‘I want to shift.”
‘I don’t trust her, River.”
‘I don’t trust her either, but she knows my father! I want to ask her about it. And she smells… familiar.”
Reluctantly, Layla allowed River to shift.
“Oh goddess!” the woman said with wonder. “You are even more beautiful that I had anticipated.”
“Who are you?” River said.
The woman looked behind River and blinked once. It didn’t go unnoticed by River. Instantly, she charged towards the woman and grabbed her neck with her arm. When she looked ahead, she saw a demon standing there. “I should have known!” River said through her clenched teeth.
“Yes, you should have. But don’t you want to know about who your father was and your real truth?” the woman said, holding her arm. “After all, you are entitled to know the truth before you ***.”
“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.
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