CASSIUS’ POV“We should stop seeing each other,” I told the woman dressed to the nines despite having told her we were only going to a small coffee shop.“Why?” Her eyes immediately watered. “Do you not like me anymore?”It was not that I did not like her anymore but that I had never liked her. She was a vain woman who only knew how to talk being herself and what was even worse was that she had nothing of her own to brag about so every time I was in her presence, she was either talking about her father’s achievements or the Luna Queen. It was like hanging around a bug that could talk. Rather than being fascinated by the bug, I was annoyed at how much useless information about the bug family I always got.“Is this because of Persephone Adelard?” Whatever I had wanted to say died in my throat. “I know you have been meeting up with her in secret. Did she badmouth me? Did she tell you to break up with me?”Why? Why did that name come out of her mouth? Why did she only ever mention names t
I knew Koa would take things a step too far when I told him everything. Despite telling him I wanted to handle Cassius on my own, even though he nodded, the expression on his face let me know he was not being sincere.I did it. I told someone about my past life. It was a burden I did not know I had been carrying until I shed it. Now, I felt lighter in places that had been strung tight since I opened my eyes a week before my engagement to Cassius. I told Koa everything, even the embarrassing details of playing games with April and my final death. I told him everything and he did not laugh at me. He did not call me insane or doubt me. He believed everything I said like it was normal for people to turn back the hand of the clock.Now he knew why I hated Cassius and why he could never do anything right in my sight. He knew that Cassius had plunged a silver blade into my chest and less than twenty-four hours after I told him all this, Cassius stepped down as the Alpha of Blood Crescent pac
As expected, Elder Raphael did not waste any time but how did Lucas who just came into Blood Crescent manage to snag the position of Beta and why did my father think it was necessary to tell me this?“Is that a problem?” I asked him. “I had planned to ask the new Alpha to let us go. It would be best for us to go back to being the Adelard pack and not having to worry about an asshole of an Alpha.”“You are to be the Luna Queen and I am old and do not want to be burdened with more responsibilities or have you forgotten I was almost retired in the first place? What would happen to the rest of the pack upon my death?” He shook his head to show his disagreement. “I am not a man that can be messed with with ease so I do not mind remaining in Blood Crescent. After all, being an Alpha would be nothing but more work for me.”“Just – but…” In my mind, my father must have hated Blood Crescent and would be elated to leave. He just did not have the time to put in the work to get us out of the pack
“Alpha Koa,” Cassius’ smile was nothing more than a stretch of lips and eyes filled with loathing.“I hope I am not interrupting anything?” Koa asked without much care or regard for whether or not he was interrupting.“He was just leaving.” I gave Cassius a pointed look and he laughed. A dry sound that was more of a pained squawk than an actual laugh.“Yes, I was just leaving.” His gaze fell on me with a lingering stare.It was satisfying. Eating my favourite food could never be this satisfying. Watching him crumble and come to beg just as I wanted was more fulfilling than anything I had ever done in my life. I wanted to kick my feet and squeal in amazement.Life was too good these days. It was so good, it was almost suspicious.“Be careful of this one, Alpha Koa.” My ears picked up Cassius’ low whisper to Koa as he walked past him. “She may seem sweet but that beautiful appearance hides a demon from the pits of Tartarus. One wrong move and she would not hesitate to destroy everything
“Anastacia.” The Alpha and his Luna came out to greet me. “Anastacia, it is so good to see you.”“I would prefer to go by my first name.” Goosebumps exploded all across my skin as they mentioned that name. “Call me Persephone.”“But we have always known you as Anastacia. Do you not like that name?”“Just call me Persephone,” I asked of them but they only smiled in response and continued to call me Anastacia.The Luna, Luna Gemma, was a slender and tall woman with flaming red hair and her mate was the opposite of herself. Alpha Noel was short, round and had dark hair. They both wore expressive smiles and doting expressions as though they were grandparents meeting their precious grandchild after a long time.What made it all the more ridiculous was that my mother’s pack never appeared in my life both in the past and now. In fact, my father was so sensitive regarding anything that concerned my mother that he never mentioned her or where she had come from.The people in the mansion did no
“Surprise!” Koa exclaimed, his lips pulled up in a grin. “You must be too stunned to speak.”Words failed me as I stared at him. I was both surprised and excited. I had made peace with the fact that I may not be able to see him for a while. After leaving my home and coming to this remote place far from my pack and family, I did not expect to see a familiar face. When the familiar face turned out to be Koa, the person I missed the most, I got dumbstruck. Did the goddess see my deepest desires and grant me a wish? I wanted to see him and had been thinking of him, wondering what he was up to and how the crackdown was coming along but now he was in front of me.“I-“ As I opened my mouth to confess how much I missed him and how glad I was that he was here, a woman I had not expected to see poked her head out from behind him.My joy soured and my racing heart calmed.“April Arlington.” The bulge in her belly was gone. Even while she had carried Cassius’ alleged bastard, she had remained sl
“It is not – none of us have tried to bury her memories and pretend she never existed.” Gemma cried out. “She was my best friend and she meant the world to me. We were practically sisters. When she left – before she left, I begged her and she said it was something she must do. She was my friend and family and I never wanted anything bad to happen to her but I could not hold her back. She was the type who never changed her mind once it was set.” Tears had filled her eyes and were threatening to drop.“From the day she set out, I mourned her but what could I do? She knew what she wanted and I am not the goddess. I do not have the power to change her destiny. She chose her path and she was happy with it. She was a sweet girl and I – everyone in this pack missed her dearly but what could we do?” It was a long rant that I found difficult to follow. None of the things she said to me made any sense but she kept going on and on and the tears in her eyes spilt. Her mate looked like the world
Aryana Adelard. A quirky woman who had known of her death but did nothing to prevent it. Despite knowing she would die during childbirth, she still went to meet my father, she still got pregnant with me and died without trying to stop her death.Why?‘You must be very surprised.’ I was dreaming but even in that dream, the ethereal voice that had awoken me after my death could not be mistaken. ‘It has been a long time, Anastacia.’The goddess’ voice was like a soft breeze whispering secrets. It was smooth and melodic with a distinct echo. When she called my name, I felt goosebumps on my skin and a sense of awe wrapped around me.‘You must be the goddess.’There was nothing but darkness. Pitch-black darkness. No, it was much more than darkness. It was like I could not see. There was nothing to see, not even darkness. It was then panic gripped me. It was a dream but it was a cold dream filled with nothing but a voice that whispered against my skin as close as a lover’s yet as distant as