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. Thinking it was my beta, I invited the person in. The scent that wafted in hit me hard and threw me off my balance. She smelt exotic, fresh and flowery. My head snapped up and I saw her. Her big round eyes widened as our gazes locked. She stepped closer and my vision blurred out everything that wasn’t her. In that moment, nothing else mattered. Not Avery, not the fact that she was downstairs and not the fact that this was her sister. Everything I felt about Avery changed there and then. I tried to remember why I should not touch Lizzy but my love for Avery felt like a distant memory in that moment. “Mate?” Lizzy whispered and I lost it. I needed to touch her, taste her, have her. I tried to shake my head clear of these thoughts, but Lizzy placed her delicate fingers on my chest and my wolf howled with joy. He had found his mate. She pressed her body against me but I tried to stop her. “Lizzy, wait, we can’t.” I gasped. “Alpha please.” She begged, looking up at me with needy eyes. I tried to pull away from her but she buried her face in my neck, kissing and nipping until I snapped. I kissed her with all the passion that I didn’t know was bottled up inside me. Soon we were on the bed and that’s how Avery found us. I felt guilty that Avery caught us, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t make myself regret what we did. After Avery left, I tried to leave but Lizzy clung to me. “Please Alpha, don’t reject me. My heart won’t survive it. Please! I will do anything you want, be whoever you want me to be. You want me to be your concubine? Your sex slave? Your mistress? Anything! Just tell me and I’ll do it! Just don’t leave me.” She cried. Seeing her tears hurt my heart. It wasn’t her fault. She was an innocent young girl who just got caught up in my mess. I could do as Lizzy suggested, keep her with us as my mistress. But Avery would have to consent to that too. Was that even possible? Would Avery agree to share me with Lizzy? I know that it was a cruel thing for me to ask of her, but what was I supposed to do? I couldn’t reject either of them so what other option was left?! Was the moon goddess seeing this? If so, why did she let it happen? Why was Avery being punished for loving me? Why was Lizzy being punished for wanting her fated mate? Why was I turned into a bad guy for being in love? I tried to leave the room but Lizzy started touching me again, begging me not to abandon her. I almost gave in, but I managed to overcome my lust and push her away. I searched for Avery but couldn’t find her. I sent everyone home, especially Lizzy. I wanted to be alone with my wife when she got back. The most infuriating thing was that no one would understand me. If I told my uncle about this, he would tell me to just reject Lizzy and deal with the consequences later. My uncle loved Avery, and he especially loved the influence Avery had on this pack as the Luna. The people loved her and saw her as the savior who helped the new Alpha bring them into an era of peace and prosperity. They weren’t wrong too. If I ever tried to reject Avery, it would turn the pack against me. I’m sure that there would even be a few riots in her name. So for the sake of the peace of and for all she and I had been through together, I couldn’t reject her. I slumped down on a chair and let out a deep groan of frustration. Just then, Avery walked in wet and covered in dirt. From her swollen eyes, I knew she had been crying. I felt shame and guilt well up in me. I had never seen her look so broken before. I tried to talk to her but she shut me down with her questions. Asking me if I was trying to replace her with her younger sister. I remained quiet. What could I say to make her feel better? What could I say to take her pain away? Meeting Lizzy might have made me forget what I had with Avery, but seeing Avery now brought back some of my feelings for her. So I tried to make her feel better by promising to never sleep with Lizzy again. …… The next morning, I had a meeting with Tyler, my Beta to discuss pack matters. I noticed that he kept looking at me like he wanted to say something. “What is it Tyler?” I asked after getting fed up with his stares. “Well, it’s nothing much sir…. But are the rumors true?” He blurted. “What rumors?” “The rumors that you and the Luna’s sister are you know…. Fated?” His tone made it obvious that he didn’t want the rumors to be true. I released a tired sigh. “Don’t say another word about this to anyone else Tyler, it’s a complicated family affair. How did you even find out about this?” I asked. “Almost half of the pack was downstairs when it happened sir. And everyone saw the Luna storm out before Miss Elizabeth left the house looking like you and her had been——“ He didn’t need to finish the statement. I know what it looked like to everyone. I sighed again, I needed help, I needed advice, I needed to talk to someone who had gone through what I was going through. I needed to call Ron. Ron was one of my oldest friends from childhood. He had found himself in a similar situation as me a few years ago. “Well shit man!” Ron exclaimed when I explained what had happened. “I don’t know whether to congratulate you on finding your mate or sending my sympathy for your divorce.” “Divorce? I didn’t say anything about a divorce.” “Well what else do you want to do James? You realize that Avery will feel the pain whenever you’re with her sister right? I think it’s best you just let her go. Choose Lizzy or else you'll regret it." He said and I frowned. “You know I can’t do that Ron, Avery has been my wife for 3 years. I can’t let her go just like that, the pack members won’t even let me.” “Still you have to claim Elizabeth to stop the bond from hurting Avery anytime you’re having sex with her sister. If you claim Lizzy, the bond will recognize her as your legal mate too and will stop alerting Avery and causing her pain.” I shook my head. “There is no need for that. I already promised Avery that I wouldn’t sleep with Lizzy.” Ron laughed at that. “Can you honestly promise that James? You know what the mating pull feels like now. Can you honestly promise that you will be able to resist your mate now?” Memories of yesterday flashed through my mind. Memories of Lizzy touching me, kissing me, looking up at me with those big beautiful eyes. I could lie to a lot of people, but I couldn’t lie to Ron. “No, I can’t promise that." “I thought so. If you really love Avery, you’d stop her pain. Claim Lizzy.” I closed my eyes in agony. Was I going to break the vow I had just made to Avery? Wasn’t there another way to handle this?Yayy! You’re here! Have a cupcake, while you tell me what you think about James. Is he a victim in all this? What can he do to fix this?
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
Avery My face betrayed no emotion as James continued. “Since she’s pregnant, I have to marry her, or else the child would be a bastard.” He explained. I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. Lizzy was pregnant? He got her pregnant after years of refusing to have a child with me? “I thought you weren’t ready to have kids. When I told you I wanted to start a family, you refused because you weren’t ready. Now you want kids with her?!” James closed his eyes as the look of guilt covered his face. “I didn’t mean for it to happen Avery. We some how got lost in the moment and it just ...happened. Please believe me, I wanted to start a family with both of you in the future, maybe next year. Not now.” He explained and I burst out laughing. “So let me get this straight, you were planning to get i and my sister pregnant at the same time?!” I yelled and he froze. This was hilarious to me. How had I never realized that my husband was a sick twisted asshole? Did love blind me
JamesI had a nightmare. A masked man was dragging my wife away from me. Avery was screaming my name and trying to hold my hand. I was trying to run to her, but someone who’s face I couldn’t see kept dragging me back.“Avery! Avery!” I kept screaming in fear, but my wife was disappearing before my very eyes.“Avery!” I screamed as I jumped awake.“Nephew, You’re awake!” I looked up to see Uncle Luther looking down at me with a worried frown.I felt dizzy as my memories started to flood my mind. I remember that we were attacked by northern men, and they had overpowered me before I blacked out.But what happened to my wife?“Uncle? Where’s my wife?” I asked and Lizzy suddenly appeared and rushed to hug me.“I’m here baby. You were passed out for hours, I was so scared.” She cried against my shoulder.I pulled away from her and frowned. “Where’s my wife?” I asked again as the nightmare replayed in my mind. “Where’s Avery?” I added for clarity but Lizzy looked away.“Nephew maybe you sho
Avery I didn’t know what I expected the northern kingdom to look like, but it was certainly not this. When I thought about Alpha Kane, I pictured dirty, old, dark, depressing castles that resembled dungeons. I never expected state of the art architecture or beautiful blooming flowers everywhere. The castle itself was majestic. Tall and proud, not flashy, yet it commanded attention and respect. Everything looked and smelt of wealth. We were led into what looked like a waiting room and forced to line up with our heads bowed. All of us were hand cuffed, but the men tied me up in another set of silver chains because of my earlier stunt with Greyson’s nose. I looked at Greyson’s bruised nose and smirked. I was very proud of my self. A man walked in, and from the sound of his steps, I realized that he was tall and confident… most probably someone important. I took a peek at him and realized I was right. He was dressed like a high ranking warrior.. most likely the gamma, but