RYAN'S POV As we marched out of the palace gates, heading towards the kingdom's boundary where the battle would hold, I couldn't help but feel unsettled. I hated how bothered I felt, about not seeing her before I left. We had last seen each other yesterday on a very terrible note, and I thought she deserved an apology. She had felt insulted, and giving an apology was the least I could do. I spent a better part of my night, thinking about the state of our relationship. Within me, I knew that she would reject me after the war. "Are you missing her already?" I turned to see Liam shooting me a sad smile. "Audrey told Layla, who told me that you had finally gone to see her yesterday." 'You did?' Logan's voice burst through our mindlink. He was walking a few feets away from us, but I could tell that he had listened in on our conversation through his vamp hearing. "Can we talk about this after the war?" I asked Liam, very sure that Logan heard that as well. "Wow! The best way
RYAN'S POV I sat still, closely watching every movement Keturah made. Up until now, Rose was yet to wake up, and it was all because of the blade that was used to slit her throat. It was apparently laced in a concentrated amount of rainos. My blood had healed her, but she was still unconscious and incapacitated, due to the effect of the damned spelled plant.The noise within the walls of the palace, had me a bit distracted. We had won the battle, but so many lives were lost. Our fallen soldiers included Beta Justin, Liam's father. King Xavier had also been brought back to the palace unconscious, and I could only imagine the hurt he'd feel, when he wakes up to learn that his Beta had lost his life. The most important thing was for king Xavier to make it back to consciousness. I couldn't help the worry within me, at the thought of losing him. He had been that person who had always stood by me. When my parents died, I thought I had lost my only opportunity to have a parent, but king Xav
ROSA'S POV I sat on my bed, lost in thoughts. I had almost died. And then, I willingly agreed to sign a contract with my mate. A thing I thought I was never going to do, except I was insane. Now here I was, a step away from being Luna of the coldmoon pack, under very unusual circumstances. Audrey turned out to be the Flaming wolf, and she was still unconscious. That bothered me even more than the recent agreement I had with Ryan. Today was making it three days since she had been unconscious. I had woken up a day ago, and you can only imagine the emotional and psychological pain I had gone through, unsure of when she was going to regain consciousness.I was still deep in thoughts, when a voice burst through my mindlink.'Rosa!'. That was definitely king Logan. The hairs on my body stood immediately. It definitely had to be update on Audrey's health.'Yes, your majesty'. I rushed out.'She's awake....', I didn't wait for him to say more, before shutting off our mindlink and jumping of
ROSA'S POV "Welcome to the coldmoon pack." Ralia grinned, forcing me to return the gesture with a smile. "Would you be staying with my uncle now?" I looked down to see the younger one of Ralia's sons, looking up at me in hopes of getting a response. "Would you give us cousins?" The other asked, and I went silent. In that moment, Ryan and I locked eyes, before quickly looking away. If only they all knew the truth behind my presence in their pack. I wasn't really here as their Alpha's Luna. I was simply here to birth his pups. To give them as much cousins as Ryan felt was enough. I was a mere breeder. 'You're a Luna'. My wolf corrected me, and I slowly found myself nodding in agreement. Moreover, I had all the power as Luna, and that was what truly mattered. "Stop with all the questions already." Ralia scolded the kids, probably noticing I was becoming uncomfortable. "No, Ralia." I managed a small smile. "Let them ask whatever they want. It's totally fine." She gav
RYAN'S POV "Uncle!!" I heard the voice of Zane, making my senses come alive instantly. It was morning already? I abruptly opened my eyes to see him looking quite bothered, tears clogging his eyes. There was a problem. "Zane." I sat up on my bed immediately, scanning his body for any sort of injuries or bruises. He seemed to have realized what I was doing, and quickly spoke up. "I'm not the one with the injuries, Zephyr is." He said, his cries getting louder. "Zephyr!" Goddess! "Where is he? What happened? Where is your mother?" "We were playing on the training ground, when...." The moment he said the words 'training ground', I dashed off. I knew he was running behind me, but it would definitely take him a couple of minutes to get to me. I got to the training ground to see a group of guards arguing amongst themselves. The moment they noticed my presence, the entire place went silent. While I walked towards them, my eyes caught sight of a big dumbell, with some blood spla
ROSA'S POV "Auntie Rosa healed me." Zephyr grinned, pointing at me. To say that I was shocked, was an understatement. Where did he get that from? Before I could hold back, I started laughing. Ralia stared at me in confusion. "Rosa, did you really....?" She trailed off. "Can you?" "Ralia, don't take his words seriously." I chuckled. "He's just a kid." "A smart kid." Ryan countered, staring at me so closely. After a while, tension began to fill the place. For a moment, it actually got me thinking. How had Zephyr actually recovered? He spat out Ryan's blood in our presence yesterday, because.... Because he had black magic in him. That was it! "Maybe his black magic healed him." I suggested, unsure of my assumptions. "I know what I'm saying!" Zephyr stomped his small foot on the floor, effortlessly grabbing all our attentions. "Auntie Rosa has a light, and it healed me." He pouted, making me further confused. "What light?" Ralia asked him. "You showed him a light yeste
ROSA'S POV The moment he stepped out of my chambers, I rolled my eyes in annoyance. The guts of him to request I wore a happy face for the ceremony, and still deliberately sour my mood. I pulled off the clothe I had on, and walked into the bathroom. Washing up quickly, I stepped out of the tub and wore one of the fluffy robes in the bathroom. Putting my face against the soft texture of the robe, a reflex sigh of satisfaction escaped me. I pulled open the door, and stepped into the bedroom. "Oh my goddess!!" I screamed in fear before I could even hold back. "Luna!!" They all yelled in worry. It was then that I observed them well enough, to realize that there wasn't any cause for alarm. "Luna, are you fine?" Laura enquired. It was now I noticed she was amongst the maids in my room. "Y'all scared me!" I couldn't help but pout childishly. "So sorryyyy." Laura apologized. "We are sorry, Luna." The others added. "It's fine." I waved it off. "Apology accepted." I smil
RYAN'S POV The moment she stepped into the reception hall with Ralia, I felt this unexplainable heat within my body. Goddess! How could she look very decent, yet insanely hot?! Was it the red lipstick, or was it the way she curled that pretty hair of hers? There was something about her that just screamed 'bold', and it was hot as hell. She had locked eyes with me, and I hated how fast my heart began to beat. I hated that she was beginning to have such effect on me. 'She has so much power over us', My wolf said dreamily. 'She has no power over me! No one does!!!', I shot back angrily. How could he even say, or think a thing like that? She and Raiia had been conversing about something, but I didn't really pay so much attention to what was being said. My attention was totally consumed by the beaded ruby neck piece she had on, loving the way it contrasted to the paleness of her neck. That was the only amount of skin she exposed. Luna." The council chiefs chorused, fin