And the truth is being revealed...
Alessandro: To say that I froze would not be a lie. And the fact that Alaric looked away from us only confirmed that what his mother was saying was true. Valerie’s heart raced, and I knew that this was not something that I kept in mind. It wasn’t something that I calculated for, nor was it something that I would have thought would happen. However, it seemed to me that the woman had other plans that she didn’t intend to reveal to us; I doubted that she would have told us anything because she was trying to be ‘friendly’. “Mother, she does not need to know of something that I do not intend to use her for. Had I been willing to have her as a mate…” “You do not get to decide what a Phoenix is to know and what she is not. As for you not wanting to use the cure, last I remembered, you had promised yourself and your siblings that you would be getting cured from the mistake…” “It is not his mistake, mother.” Rheniera said, stopping Esther. The woman glared at her daughter, and Rheniera ra
Valerie: I kept my eyes on Alaric as he walked out of the room that we were in before looking at Alessandro. My mate, understanding what I wanted to do, nodded, allowing me to go. I knew that I was going to have to speak to the man. I wasn’t going to be liking it if I didn’t, but the fact that I knew that a lot could change with this conversation was not going to be a lie. I didn’t even know where it was going to lead, but I knew one thing, it wasn’t going to go to a bar for a drink. He kissed my temple, and I smiled before getting up and following Alaric’s steps, watching as he entered a room. He didn’t close the door, silently letting me know that he was well aware that I was following him. “You do not need to feel sorry for me,” he said, and I looked down at my feet for a second, watching as he walked toward a desk to sit. The office wasn’t his, that much I could tell, but the man didn’t bother. “Do you mind me closing the door?” I asked, and he scoffed. “They can all hear u
Alessandro: I watched as Valerie walked back inside the sitting room where we were sitting, and I couldn’t help the frown that formed on my face when I noticed the annoyance in her expression. I looked at Alaric, his eyes meeting mine for a second before he nodded. I looked at Valerie and she walked toward me, and I wrapped my arm around her waist, pulling her to my chest, watching as she curled up in my arms for a second. “Are you okay?” I asked, and she nodded. Her heartbeat was calm, but I could tell by her stance that something happened, and whatever it was, she didn’t like it. “We are going to have to start speaking rationally right now. And I doubt that you are going to be doing so if you are going to choose the path of sympathy,” Esther said, looking at the two of us. I shook my head in question at the woman, and she raised an eyebrow at me. “I think that you should have decided what you have to give me as a response…” “We are going to be fighting this war, wherever it lead
Valerie: I looked at my mate for a second too long before looking away from him as I tried convincing myself that I had to do what I did to ensure that no one got hurt. He wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him as we walked through the building’s hallway. “You are quiet,” Alessandro noted out, and I smiled, shaking my head at him. I knew that I was, but I didn’t want him to get worried about the reason why I was quiet. I just needed to clear my own mind before doing what I had to. Maybe then, everything was going to calm down. This never ending war was going to be one that we would be done with; at least, it was what I hoped for it to be. “I am just worried about Destiny. While I know that this is safer for her, the idea of leaving her again when I barely just got to hold her is hurting me a lot more than I can describe.” I said, and he nodded. “I think that we are going to have a lot to deal with, and knowing my brother, I can assume that it would be better for
Alessandro: “So, you killed my first son, and now you believe that you are going to be getting away with it?” Valerie tensed as she heard her father’s words, and I couldn’t help but find myself growing protective over her. She didn’t say a word, but she didn’t need to, I could tell that she was upset that this was happening. “You sided with the enemy. The man who killed…” “Alessandro was not the person who killed Elijah, and you are well aware of that, Morozov.” Alaric said, stopping the man. His eyes hardened, and I could tell that the man was more than ready to attack. “What are you doing right now is not only creating a war, but…” “Coming from the man who wanted everyone to submit to him, I am surprised that you have found it in you to stop the bullshit nonsense that you wanted to do.” He said, mocking Alaric. The man growled, and Valerie shook her head before taking a step forward. “You are making a mistake, father, and you know…” “I have no daughter like yourself, and you ca
Valerie: If anyone had ever told me that my mother, the person who I knew was against everything that my father did, was part of this too, I would have told them to stop joking around. To me, in my eyes, she left the house because she no longer wanted to associate with what my father did. She didn’t take part in raising us because she didn’t want to be part of creating killers and assassins. But now, even that was something that I was starting to question. My body was bruised and the cuts that I had all over it were countless, and I had to admit, I didn’t really care to know how deep they were; but I knew one thing. “This started with fire on the night that you were born. The sun and moon lined into one, the fire was greater than it had ever been that night. It has to end with fire, Valerie…” Alaric’s words played in my head, and though I couldn’t find myself speaking to Alessandro about it. I knew that he wouldn’t be letting me think of it, and that was another problem that I did
Alessandro: “Something is bothering you, neonata.” I said, looking at my mate. She looked at me for a second and I sat down by her side, putting a hand on her knee cap. She didn’t say a word for a while and I didn’t press on her to do so, wanting her to take her time in the trust that she wanted to give me before she spoke. “I am lost in everything that is going on, Alessandro. With my parents, my brothers, everyone around me. You know, it is a point in my life where I feel like everything that I have ever lived through was nothing more than a lie, and I don’t find myself liking it.” She said, and I nodded. I knew that she was speaking to me as I spoke to her when we first met. No judgment, and no anger, nothing. At this point, I knew that she was just letting out what she felt, she didn’t need me to judge or give my opinion. She just needed me there, listening to her, and that was what I wanted to be for her. “We need to go back to LA,” she said, and I raised an eyebrow, waitin
Valerie:I didn’t say a word as I walked out of the house, not knowing how I was going to face my mate to begin with.The pain that I saw in his eyes was one that I didn’t want to find myself dealing with, and that was the main reason why I told Alaric not to say a word about it. But I was dumb enough not to believe that if not him, his mother would.“Were you going to tell me?” Alessandro’s voice caught me off guard as he followed me. I stopped, not knowing what to say and knowing better not to move. There was no running away from this now anyway. “Or did you plan on leaving me oblivious of something like this? You know, forcing me to deal with its pain when it happened?” “You know for fact that if I could have stopped it, I wouldn’t have hesitated for a second.”“I take it from your response that no, you weren’t going to tell me.” He said, and I looked down at my feet as I turned to face him. “Did it occur to you that I was going to be hurt when I found out?”“Did it occur to you t
Valerie: I smiled as I looked at myself in the mirror, my heart skipping a beat at the sight of myself in my wedding dress. I put my hand on my stomach as Rheniera, the last person that I expected to be the best friend that would be by my side through it all, helped me with my veil. “You look beautiful.” She said, making my heart swell. “Do you think that he is going to like it?” I asked, feeling somewhat insecure for a moment. The fact that I knew that I would be walking down the aisle alone was not something that I was going to deny. I neither had a brother or father to do it by my side, but I knew that even if they were alive, neither one of them was going to be there for me today. “He is going to be a blind man if he doesn’t find you as gorgeous tonight.” Alaric’s voice caught me off guard as he walked inside the room. Rheniera smiled at the sight of her brother, and he walked toward us, looking at me. “You look like a beautiful princess. Though most would be fooled by the t
Alessandro: I ran my finger over Valerie’s bare shoulder, smiling as I looked down at her as she slept in my arms. The fact that she was now officially mine was something that made my heart swell in ways that I never thought possible. To say the least, I knew that I got everything that I could have ever wished for, and I knew that my wolf was more than just a little content with everything that had happened. I leaned in and kissed her shoulder gently, letting my lips linger there for a few seconds before I put the blanket over her shoulder, covering her. Everything that happened up to this point played in my head, and I got up from the bed, knowing that tomorrow was going to be the third full moon after finding out about everyone’s lie and scandals. I never did expect to find myself being allies with those that I thought were my enemies, and not for one second did I consider that my best friend and ex lover, regardless of when it had happened, would turn their backs on me the way
Valerie:Alessandro wrapped his arms around me, turning me around before he laid me back on the pillow.He connected his lips with mine in a kiss that made my chest swell before he pulled away to rest his forehead against mine as he grinded against me.I knew that this was not something that he expected to hear from me after the conversation that the two of us just had. But I knew one thing, and it was me wanting to be his and wanting him to be mine. At this point, it wasn’t something that I had to ask, and it wasn’t something that I had to tell anyone against. He looked me in the eye as he pulled away from me, and for a second, I felt like I was a virgin who was going to have her virginity taken. The nervousness that I felt was one that I could tell Alessandro saw in my gaze, and I couldn’t help but blush when he chuckled and leaned in to kiss my forehead.“If you want me to stop or if you are having your doubts…”I shook my head in response. If anything, I wanted this more than eve
Alessandro: It took everything in me not to avoid my mate’s eyes as I spoke to her. I didn’t even know how to describe what I felt, but it seemed to me that she understood everything that I wanted to tell her, without the need of me actually voicing it out. “Leonardo and I grew up together, literally. Mom used to change both our diapers, I didn’t even think, not for a second, that this would have come out of him.” I said, and she nodded. “I cheated on Rheniera, in theory at least, with Daniella. I don’t even know how I was able to look her in the eye when I heard of what Daniella was doing, and the worst part about it was the fact that I didn’t even know why she would be doing so. I didn’t hurt her, I was sure never to do so, at least, before I met you.” The fact that I slept with Valerie was something that I regretted when it happened, and though I am more than a little thankful for my mate and for my daughter; I knew that it wasn’t something that I would want for my daughter to b
Valerie: “Hi, baby,” I said, smiling at my little one as she woke up from her sleep. It was around eight in the morning, and though it was a bit early for me to wake up, especially considering the fact that the pack doctors asked me to rest, I still wanted to take the chance to see her. And I knew that she was happy about me being there as I saw her smile and heard her gentle coos of happiness. She looked up at me with big beautiful blue eyes, and I couldn’t help the feeling of contentment that I got, knowing that she was here in my arms, safe at last. And though a part of me knew that Alaric ensured her safety, something in me was never going to be content when it came to the fact that my child was not in my arms, and I knew that everyone that knew us understood that. Alessandro, who was in the changing room when I got out of bed, walked inside her nursery and raised an amused eyebrow. It made my heart swell, but I was more than a little happy to know that we were finally home and
Alessandro: If anyone would have told me that I was going to be happy seeing the Lycan alive, I would have punched them in the face. But when my mate ran to him, wrapping her arms around him, hugging him as if he was the one person that she wanted to see right now, I couldn’t help but find myself smiling. Both of them pulled away, and I watched as Valerie stepped back for a second, looking at him before he raised her pendant. “You had one wish when I stole it, and it came true.” He said, looking her in the eye. He wiped her tears before looking at me, and I smiled and nodded. “If I am alive today, it is because you truly didn’t want me dying.” “How would I want you dead when I knew that you were giving your life up for me?” She asked, and I looked at the man. “For me to live, you chose to burn alive. You asked me to go back to Alessandro, and I knew for a fact that he was the last person that you would have wanted me to go back to. You put me first, and…” “And I would do it aga
Valerie: Had I been told that the man would have done this I wouldn’t have allowed him to. Hell, I wasn’t going to be taking part in this in the first place. His mum’s pain made my stomach churn and it took everything in me not to vomit at the sight of her crying the way that she was. It hurt me more than I was able to let out, and that was something that I knew that my mate saw. Kai and Arianna stood a step back, and I knew that even they were in pain. Whatever was going on with them, and the damage that they had with their mothers, they both left them without an explanation to why anything was happening, and I knew firsthand what it was to have so many questions that wouldn’t be answered. Dean and Nicholas rushed toward us just as Dante and Aurora reached us, and I couldn’t help but find myself looking away at the sight of blood that each one of them had on his body. “Valerie?” Dante asked, and I squeezed my eyes shut as I found myself thinking of how the man had burned himself
Alessandro:I wrapped my arm around Rheniera, pulling her from the man that nearly stabbed her chest before breaking his back, causing him to fall to the ground.Her eyes were wide in surprise, and I looked her in the eye, wanting to see whether or not she was hurt; but I was thankful when she nodded in thanks, letting me know that she was okay.It wasn’t until an eclipse made the sky red that we all stopped. My chest ached, and I couldn’t help but find myself knowing what that meant. The idea of her not walking out of that building was one that I’ve been trying to distract myself from for the past few hours as we fought, but now that we were going to have to deal with it; I didn’t know how I was supposed to react. Rheniera, catching the pain in my eyes, put her hand on my shoulder, squeezing it in assurance, and I put mine on her hand, hoping for the best of this to come. Men fought, others ran, and I knew that we were going to have to go through this and we were going to have to en
Valerie: I looked through the portal that Esther opened for us, and knowing that I was going to go in there to face everything that I once knew was not something that I wanted to deal with. It pained me to go against my mother but I also knew that if things were to proceed this way, then I was going to have to end them the way that I knew best. And that was going to be with the fire that I was born with. Alaric looked at me, and for a second, I couldn’t help but find myself being thankful for him being by my side. To say the least, I knew that Alessandro would have weakened me, he was my weak spot, and I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to do anything with him being by my side. I was going to be scared of something happening to him in the process, and that was going to be more of a distraction for me, and I knew that he understood that very well. The idea of my daughter being away from me was something that broke me inside too, and I had to admit, I was counting the minutes for t