<b>His </b><b>Eyes </b>


    Das‘ p.o.v.


    I am lying in bed between my Mates, staring up at the ceiling.


    Daxton and Darius did an excellent job of keeping me distracted, but the moment they fell asleep, my mind started racing again.


    Charna has been quiet since we heard that our Mother wasn’t dead. She must realize that we have information in our mind that can answer a few questions. All we need to do is find the pieces and put the puzzle back together.


    I shoot straight up at the memory that Charna is showing me and I am already halfway to the door when I realize that I don’t want to do this on my own.


    “Daxton.” I call out as I shake his shoulder to wake him up. Darius is the first to open his eyes and without asking questions, he gets out of bed after knocking Daxton on the head.


    “What?” Baxton asks as he sits up in bed and when he sees me standing next to him, he smiles. “You figured something out, didn’t you?”


    I grab his hand to drag him out of bed and pull him with me out of the bedroom. I grab myptop before we leave the Beta floor and we walk up the stairs without saying a word.


    We walk into the library on the Alpha floor, both my Mates looking as if I have lost a few marbles.


    “Do you remember this picture?” I ask as I show them the picture of the ne that Lucy destroyed. “Yeah, that was supposed to be yours and Walker gave it to Lucy.” Darius answers.


    “Take a good look at it and tell me whates to mind.” I say as I sit down in a chair next to the table.


    “It must have been beautiful when it was in one piece.” Darius says with a smile on his face.


    Daxton looks at me from the screen before he starts staring at it again; he must have figured out what I want him to see.


    “Das, tell me you’re kidding. This can’t be true.” Daxton mumbles as his eyes remain fixed on the screen. Darius isn’t seeing what Daxton sees, but then again, he wasn’t here that first time.


    “Care to exin what you are doing on our floor in the middle of the night?” Preston asks.


    “Sure, but your Gamma couple might want to hear this too.‘ I tell Preston as I turn the screen towards Peand ask her the same question I asked my Mates.


    Like Darius, she doesn’t seem to get my drift. I wait until everyone has taken their turn at staring at the damn picture, but only Daxton has connected the dots.


    “Darius, can you describe out loud what you see?” I ask him, while turning theptop towards him.


    “A pear–shaped stone with a rainbow effect, featuring many small diamonds and a small chain adorned with a teardrop–shaped diamond.” Darius says as he looks at the picture.


    While everyone was listening to Darius describe the ne, Daxton had turned his attention elsewhere.


    “Are you fucking kidding me?” Darius asks when he finally looks at his Brother and sees what Daxton is staring at.


    The painting of Princess Dy features a diamond choker consisting of two rows, with a pear–shaped stone hanging in the middle, creating a rainbow effect.


    His Eyes


    Every person in the library knew the story behind the ne; they knew why it was gifted to Dy and what the consequences had been. It nearly destroyed their Kingdom and their Royal family.


    “How did she get her hands on that ne?” Daxton asks “I thought it was hidden deep in the Royal vault, out of reach of anyone who might want to use it for evil.”


    “The bigger question is: how did she know what the ne could do?” Darius asks.


    I don’t have an answer to either question because I never knew the story behind the ne until Daxton shared it with me.


    “You said during the trial that Walker showed it to you on your sixth birthday. Did he tell you when he got it from your Mother?” Daxton asks.


    “I always assumed that she gave it to him when she left, but I can’t be sure.” I asnwer him.


    All I know at the moment is that my Mother left me a ne that would have prevented me from shifting if Walker had done what she had asked of him. For once I am d he was an Asshole.


    “I guess we owe Walker a big thank you for fucking up a simple request.<i>” </i>I say and everyone stares at me with their mouths wide open.


    “What?” I ask. “If he had given me that ne, I wouldn’t have gotten Charna. Without Charna, I wouldn’t have felt the connection to Nico. We all know how that ended, which means that I wouldn’t be here if Walker had done as he was asked.“.


    “I think we need some more answers. We also know where to start looking for them, so tomorrow morning, we will visit Shadow Valley Pack. Das, make sure that your Squad is ready to apany us. Something tells me that we will need their assistance.” Preston says.


    On our way back to the Beta floor, I link my Squad members to inform them of our ns. I leave out the details as to why we are going back there; it is best if only a select few people know the reason.


    Suddenly, I hear a soft growl from behind me and when I turn around, I see Darius ring at Joshua.


    “Next time you leave our room, you will put on a robe.” Darius says as he lifts me up and rushes into our bedroom.


    He crawls onto the bed with me still wrapped around him; neither one of us is willing to let the other go and it takes an hour before we settle in for some sleep.


    I dream about the ne, about the day I first saw it and everything is as I remember it. No mention is made of when my Mother gave it to him, nor is there an exnation for why she never wanted me to take it off, yet there is something in his eyes.


    The Message