Angelina's POV"How are you not dead?"I was laying on the smooth floor of a cave. The ground felt chilly beneath my skin and it felt smooth too.So immaculately smooth that I would have slipped off and gone tumbling into the lake a few feet below if not for the person who I was currently pressed against.Winston was laying down beside me, very close to me, close enough that I could feel his heartbeat and hear his thoughts as if they were mine.We were both bare, and we both didn't have a speck of clothing on, but that didn't matter.If anything it was necessaryWinston had his eyes slightly closed and he opened them the tiniest bit just to look down at me and place a kiss on the side of my cheek.I chuckled and tried to swat him off but he simply pulled me in closer and placed a kiss on my lips too. I chuckled against his lips."No more unless you're planning to break me."He smirked and moved in closer again."You really wouldn't mind that to be honest."He was right. I wouldn't.W
Angelina's POVWinston gave me the full explanation of all that we were currently dealing with.Apparently, he was the Alpha of a wolf pack, although not the only wolf pack in the world, at least he was one of the originals.That place where he had kept me imprisoned for the past month and a half now was his pack house. Apart from that house, there was a whole other small civilization of werewolves further into the mountains.Their goddess, the one I had read of in Christine's journals, had created that realm for them and handed over the power to control it to the Alpha.That was one of the reasons why Winston was bigger than any other werewolf, that was why his eyes also glowed that enchanting gold and that was why he was so feared and respected.No one could leave the pack without his permission. Only he had control of the barrier, the same barrier that he had blindfolded me so we could cross.'"You're still going to take me to see the barrier though. I want to touch that thing."Wi
Angelina's POVLeslie couldn't believe that she had found me.I almost couldn't believe it myself.After the hugging we had done and after I had introduced her to Winston, she started asking questions.Even as we drove she was still asking questions. She had handed over control of the car to Winston and opted to sit with me in the back seat so we could discuss instead.So far I had told her of how I had been "taken away to serve for the sins of my father"Even Winston had chuckled at that. He had simply rolled his eyes and told me I could tell her the truth.I loved the way we seemed to be able to trust each other so quickly now. I hadn't told Leslie anything too solid until he permitted me to tell her and I was glad he did.Leslie was one person that I knew would die over what I now knew.At first, she thought I was playing a trick on her, but she almost didn't believe me. Well, she literally didn't believe me until Winston did that glowing eye thingy for her.She looked like she wou
Winston's POVMarco was hurting my wolves.I could feel it. I could feel every bit of pain they felt and I could feel the grimy feeling of the magic he was using on them.I felt so foolish. How could I not have known?I had a snake beside me all these years, I even let him get the chance to kill Christine, and not just her but our kids. I gave him the chance to kill every baby my mate ever had.We became so confused and we felt so hurt, and he was always there to comfort us. He was always there to take over and leave us to mourn the death of our children.He was always there to tell us "there's always next time" and we would smile at him and foolishly try again.We lost twelve kids!A good twelve of them. And Christine became a former shell of herself. She had tried to tell me. She would slip pieces of paper under my door with coded messages. I didn't believe her. I thought she was running mad so I ignored all she was saying and I let that monster hurt us.Christine might say she doe
Winston's POVWe spent only one day in the human world. Angelina and her best friend were joined at the hip all through that time and I could barely get her alone.I didn't really mind though. I would still need to ask her what she planned her future to be like.Maybe she would start school again, and if need be I would make us move to the human world. I could go back and forth to check on the pack from time to time, but it would be difficult.A lot of things about our relationship will be difficult, but I wasn't scared about that.The moon goddess had blessed me with another mate. I wasn't about to lose her.I wouldn't let myself lose her again.Angelina linked her fingers with mine again and I felt it hum between us. Love.The feeling felt like cold nights and warm days all at the same time.'I'm afraid of losing you.'I felt Angelina's hand stiffen in mine. She turned her head to look at me and I could see the surprise on her face.I only smiled at her and pulled her closer to me.
Angelina's POV"This is so freaking cool.""Shut it, Leslie."I was sure Leslie heard me when I told her to shut it, but she continued squealing all the same. She would get the both of us killed in no time if she didn't keep shut and stop all that squealing."Are you really going to keep on doing that?""I'm sorry okay, this just feels so damn cool."We both spoke in whispers and I could see the excitement twinkling in my best friend's eyes. But what would she do if her excitement got us caught and killed?Winston had opened the barrier to let us in but he had also said there was every possibility that the witch lady would know so we were to be very careful when finding our way back to the packhouse.He said he would lure Marco away long enough for us to get into the building through some of the secret entrances for the omegas and burst my father out of the underground prison.And after he knew we were all safe he would end the tussle by finally killing Marco and banishing that old la
Angelina's POVWe arrived at the pack house to meet a bunch of wolves guarding the perimeter of the manor. I could already tell they wouldn't let us in if we asked nicely, and Leslie was too busy looking around to even say anything about our current situation."Angelina, why isn't this place any different from the human world?"We were presently still a few leagues away from the manor and we were crouched on the floor and concealed by the forest. I was still worried about them hearing us.They were all werewolves. The fact that I had been living in a manor full of werewolves all this while and I had been none the wiser to it made me feel like slapping myself now.I shook my head and looked over at my best friend. I could always assume that it was her naturally adventurous spirit that had prompted her into accepting my offer, but I knew that wouldn't be the whole truth.I wouldn't be giving her the credit that was due and I had to, I really had to. I told her we could die and that we c
Marco's POVI watched as the door to the office swung open and in walked my old friend.Winston. Alpha of the werewolves, and protector of the realm.I scoffed.Angelina stood beside me, bound in rope and mumbling words that weren't actually words.Winston was too predictable. Angelina even more so.I knew she would try to use the secret entrance into the manor, and I knew she would try to use the one the maid had shown to her.But what I didn't know was that she would bring yet another human with her, into werewolf territory and the werewolf world.I could feel anger pulsing through me at the thought of that and I smirked as I leveled my gaze at him. His eyes still had that faint glint of gold in them.The gleam confirmed to me that he had been the one who opened the barrier.I was worried that I had been sidelined by the witch. I wouldn't put it past the two-hundred-year-old crones to actually have some trick up her sleeve that would give her the power to do that.We had trust issue
Winston's POVAngelina slept for five days.In the space of those days, we had her father and her friend buried.I quite liked Leslie, she seemed to know a bit more about werewolves than her friend did, and if all Angelina had told me about her was true, then she would have loved to see the wolves herself.She would have loved to see us transform and she would have loved to see us run. She would have wanted to see the borders and she would have loved to see where the sea went to.She would have loved to know about the creatures she read so much about, but she didn't get the chance to.I still couldn't understand how Marco had managed to get to them so quickly. Angelina had said they would take one of the secret passageways Ella had shown her.Only the omegas knew of those passages, and seeing as one of them attacked me, I would say one of them had been in league with Marco too.After I had led the wolves on the run, I came back to meet Angelina passed out on the floor, her father dead
Angelina's POVFather and I were more or less forgotten outside for the night.We heard the wolves had their run in the woods and we heard the distinctive howl of the biggest one. Like a lead singer who directed the voice of all the others.My father and I watched as the body of the witch caught fire as soon as the rays of the moon touched it.I could almost hear screams coming out from those flames, and I would have felt pity for the soul that was being extinguished, but I knew all the things she had done.I was aware of how she had deprived another woman of the joy of having kids and I knew of how she had practiced her infernal magic in a wolf pack for almost two hundred years.Her magic was what kept her alive. Her magic was what made the pack remain so low in population and her magic was what gave her the power to forge alliances with people like Marco and continue their streak of evil.Her magic wasn't needed anymore. The world was better off without it.I turned my head to see m
Angelina's POVMarco was winning.I could see what he was planning to do. Winston probably wasn't aware of the amount of damage that had been done to his wolf, but it was a lot.Winston's wolf wasn't looking good, it wasn't in good shape.I couldn't speak to him anymore. We couldn't talk to each other lest I distract him, but if I could I would have told him to take some time to just circle Marco so he could heal up a bit.The despair had already started to set in and my thoughts had become dark. I was already considering death and what it would be like to be dead.This had to be the most awful thing to ever happen to me in the history of awful. To think that I had happiness at my fingertips, only for me to see it being yanked away from me by some evil guy and his disgusting witch lover.People would do anything for power and Marco was a clear example of that.I couldn't die though.If I died the baby I carried in me would die too and that would bring an end to Winston and his lineag
Winston's POVI felt the bond pull at me the moment Angelina did whatever it was she did.I saw Marco shrink and bare his teeth at me, the light in his eyes glowing violently and a crazed look appearing on his face.I howled and launched myself at him.The wind rippled around us and with it came the leaves of the forest. I felt them set the bounds of our battle.The duel was on.Marco launched himself at me with speed and precision, an attack of teeth and claws and his eyes giving off that aura of danger and confusion.Werewolves didn't feel things the way people did, we were connected to nature in a way no other creature could be and we felt things a lot stronger than any other creature.So when Marco placed his eyes on me and attacked, the dark magic that fueled that glow in his eyes made me falter.Marco struck with aim and precision, going straight for my hind legs and slashing for my throat.I dodged his slash but I felt his teeth sink into my hands.I howled and gave in to the w
Angelina's POVThe rules for the duel were simple.Well, it wasn't really simple, but it was our best shot at this.No matter what happened, I wouldn't be losing Winston anytime soon.When an Alpha challenged another Alpha to a duel, the power that ran through the forest, the same power that made them Alpha would listen, and the moment the other Alpha agreed to the duel, it would be sealed and locked in place.Anyone who defected or violated the rules of the duel would have the magic of the realm to contend with, and that was exactly what Winston was planning on.Marco wasn't a true Alpha, but for now, he was. I had to explain that to Winston last night. He said he had heard me all through the night. He had heard my bones cracking and he had heard my screams. He said he had smelt me too.I still couldn't figure out how that happened or exactly what had happened.I also didn't understand why I heard the word Mate in my head but that wasn't the issue at the moment.The wolves returned
Marco's POVAngelina and Winston escaped.'"How did they escape?"The fool I had put to guard the entrance to the cells looked away as I asked that question. I hadn't been expecting anything else.How did two shackled people, two chained and shackled people manage to get out of their chains and out of their cells? How could that have happened?Well, I could think of one way. One solid way that would leave me so annoyed if I found out it was true.I looked at the door as it came open and she walked in.She didn't look scared of me, at least not anymore. Siblings had to stick together after all and she was my sister. I had always thought she was my mate, but we had both known that wasn't true. "Did you let Angelina out yesterday?"She shook her head and I took a whiff of the air. She wasn't lying. I could feel a lot of things coming off her though. Like fear, desire, and maybe remorse.Was she starting to feel guilty now? Because of a human?I chuckled at that and gestured for her to
Angelina's POVMarco had his men take me and Winston to the dungeons.He gave orders for us to be separated.I could feel Winston in my head. The same way he could feel me in his and neither of us said a word. We simply sat there. feeling each other through the bond but not saying anything. I could tell Winston wanted to say something to me though.I knew he wanted to.But he didn't, and so we both sat in silence, so close to each other but yet so far away. Two thick walls separated me from him.Leslie's death was making me feel things I didn't want to feel.I heard the creak of the door as it came open and soon I was no longer alone.Ella was with me. In one of my dresses and with that sickly green look in her eyes. The light illuminated the sneer on her face and an identical sneer was on mine."Come to gloat?"Ella only chuckled and walked closer to me. I had my hands and feet in chains and I couldn't move. The slap she gave me was crisp and loud.It stung.My head whipped to the si
Angelina's POVSorrow.That was all I felt.I couldn't scream and I couldn't hear anything that was going on around me. The only thing I felt was sorrow.Deep and undeniable sorrow.Leslie was dead. My best friend was dead.Face down on the floor and unmoving, I could see the blood seeping into the shirt she had worn.Leslie was dead.Why?Why did he kill her?I could barely register the voices that were speaking in the room. I knew that Winston and Marco were talking, and I knew Marco was asking for something that could never be his, but I didn't care about all of that.The only thing I cared about at the moment was the person who lay on the floor. My best friend had been alive a few moments ago but was no longer alive now.Why did I bring her here? Just for her to meet an untimely death? No. I wouldn't have offered to bring her with me if I knew she would end up being killed. We had been captured because of my short-sightedness. I thought no one else would be using the servant pass
Marco's POVI watched as the door to the office swung open and in walked my old friend.Winston. Alpha of the werewolves, and protector of the realm.I scoffed.Angelina stood beside me, bound in rope and mumbling words that weren't actually words.Winston was too predictable. Angelina even more so.I knew she would try to use the secret entrance into the manor, and I knew she would try to use the one the maid had shown to her.But what I didn't know was that she would bring yet another human with her, into werewolf territory and the werewolf world.I could feel anger pulsing through me at the thought of that and I smirked as I leveled my gaze at him. His eyes still had that faint glint of gold in them.The gleam confirmed to me that he had been the one who opened the barrier.I was worried that I had been sidelined by the witch. I wouldn't put it past the two-hundred-year-old crones to actually have some trick up her sleeve that would give her the power to do that.We had trust issue