Before there was Selene, the goddess of werewolves, there was Hestia --the goddess of warmth and fire. **Avery’s Pov Most women say that when your husband is cheating on you, you will know immediately. But in my case, I didn’t find out until it was too late. It was evening and my pack had just finished celebrating the end of a lunar eclipse in our house. Everyone had been partying, and i watched with pride as my husband graced everyone with his beautiful smile and enchanting eyes. It was the same smile that stole my heart 3 years ago and made it impossible to refuse when he asked me to marry him just a few weeks later. Of course I was worried that we were rushing things plus there was the fact that i was a mere commoner with no noble blood, and to make matters worse..... I had a disability. I couldn’t shift into my wolf form... and that was a big disgrace to werewolves. But James didn’t care, he had sworn by the heavens and the earth that he was hopelessly in love wi
Avery’s POV James eyes widened in surprise. “W-what?” “You heard me. When you asked me to marry you, You swore to reject your mate when you found her, so do it.” “Avery.. I can’t just—“ “Do it James!” I yelled. It felt like I was losing my mind. Lizzy suddenly screamed and fell to her knees, clutching James’s leg. “Please no! Please don’t reject me! I have a heart condition remember? If you reject me, I won’t be able to handle it, I’ll die! Please tell him sister.” Lizzy begged, looking at me with tears in her eyes. It was true, one of the reasons that I and Lizzy had grown very close was because she was diagnosed with a heart condition when she was 5. Luckily we managed to keep her healthy but she had always been fragile. We were always worried that too much shock or stress would kill her so we did everything and gave her everything to make her always comfortable. But now she wanted my husband too? No! I couldn’t give her that. “Avery please.” James begged
James POV Avery is my wife, and I love her. I love her so much that my heart aches sometimes. From the moment I first saw her, I was struck by how stunning and kind she was. Her Hazel eyes glowed with specks of gold in the sun and I felt my heart stop immediately. I was in love, and I needed her with me forever. I knew that she was a commoner, and I knew about her disability —that she couldn't shift, but I didn't care. I just wanted her. When I had sworn to reject any fated mate that I might find, I meant it. I loved her so much that I could never imagine another woman taking her place. I was 23 and way past the age of finding a fated mate. I honestly believed I didn’t have a fated mate, and I would have never Imagined in a thousand years that my fated mate would be her sister Lizzy. I truly felt horrible. Avery loves Lizzy so much. Why did it have to be her sister? Fate really was cruel. That evening, I was upstairs changing, when I heard knocking on the door. Th
Avery's POV When I awoke, James had already left. Usually he’d wake me up with kisses when he was about to leave but I guess he must have forgotten to do so today. I wonder why. I tried not to let it get to me as I got ready for the day. I picked up my phone just to see a notification of almost 200 messages and about 50 missed calls. I didn’t need to open them to know what they were about. I guess the news about my husband in bed with my sister had already spread around. I sighed and put down my phone. I still couldn’t believe that this wasn’t just a horrible nightmare. Just yesterday morning, I was a happily married woman, but today?..... I don’t even know if the man who married me still really wants me. I tried to drown out these negative thoughts in the bath, but just like yesterday, the water was overheated and I didn’t realize it until my shampoo bottle started contorting and crumbling under the heat. I quickly shut the water off, mildly wondering how I hadn’t me
Avery’s POV “Sister.” She acknowledged with a sad smile. For a moment I was at loss for words. Her big blue eyes were staring at me with warmth and guilt. She looked tired and I could see dark circles around her eyes too. She’d obviously been crying but she hadn’t tried to hide the evidence like I had. A confusing mix of emotions swirled around in my brain. Yes, I was definitely mad at her for endangering my marriage, but at the same time I felt a little sad for our pure relationship that had now been ruined. After all, Lizzy never chose to be fated to James. No, I had the moon goddess to thank for that. Lizzy had simply done what most women would do when meeting their fated mates. And looking at her now, I could see that she obviously felt bad for her actions. So how could I blame her for something that was out of her control? I still wanted to punch her though. “I am so sorry sister.” Lizzy began. “I never ever meant to — I didn’t want to—- I’m so so sorry Avery.” She s
Avery’s POV I didn’t see the dark haired man when we finally entered the hall. But that wasn’t surprising because it was a very large hall, holding almost two thousand people. The spring pack was the largest, most prosperous and most advanced pack in the west, so the east and the south all gathered here for meetings. Every important person of power was here. The Alphas, noblemen, and finally the panel of elders. Alphas ruled the packs but these twelve elders of the Council where the rulers of Alphas. The meeting began with the most urgent and most important topic. The topic of “The Blight.” The Blight was a deadly pandemic, a rotten infestation that was slowly consuming and destroying everything it touched for decades now. From livestock, to plants and finally pack members. Nothing and no one was safe from it. The good thing was that it was very slow to spread and only the spring pack seemed to be immune to it for some unknown reason. The council finally came to
Avery’s POV This became our routine for the next few weeks. During the day, James would yell at Lizzy and she would cry and snap at him. Then at night, James would kiss me goodnight, then when he thought I was asleep, he would sneak out to her room and return very early in the morning. Sometimes, it was almost funny to watch them pretend to hate eachother. Who where they putting up the fake act for? To fool me? Or to make themselves feel better. In these two weeks, James did not make love to me even once. In the past, we made love several times a week and James seemed to not be able to get enough of me. But since Lizzy moved in, he barely remembered to properly kiss me at all. I also began to see him less and less. He used to randomly check on my work with the pack during the day, but now I barely heard from him at all until we were going to sleep. Lizzy on the other hand seemed more bubbly than ever. She was always laughing and trying to redecorate my home when she p
Avery POV It took Elder Novak quite a while to finally get the hall to settle down. It was obvious that everyone one hated the King of the north, or as he was called, the barbarian of the North. Alpha Kane was a greedy tyrant that suddenly began to attack and seize all surrounding packs until he completely claimed the whole northern region and declared himself king of the whole north. The north central was the only defense separating him from the rest of us, but he had now destroyed it too. There was nothing stopping him from attacking us now. “Please settle down, we haven’t even gotten to the worst of it yet.” Elder Novak revealed. “Alpha Kane sent us a letter last night. He has explicitly refused to help us provide food to the victims of the blight, not only that, he has formally issued a threat to us. He says that if we attempt to cross his territory again, he will not hesitate to slaughter each and every one of us.” The hall burst out in shouts of indignation. “How da