KILLIAN'S POV "It's been a whole month since I sent you an invitation. Why are you here now, Sloane?" A foxy smile carved the corners of his jaw. "I have honored your invitation exactly as you wanted, alpha Killian. I have come without my men and without a single weapon. I come to talk peace with you," he said. "The only problem is that you didn't come on the date I fixed, you fox. Shouldn't it be obvious to you that I'm the last person in this world who'd fall for your tricks?" "It's better late than never. And speaking of tricks, I have no intention of playing games when I'm after something as important as peace. I'm tired of all these long years of fighting and killing. I don't want any more lives to be lost. I don't care if it cost my own life, as long as the two packs come to terms with each other," he said. My face went blank and I bent low, crumpling my fists tight. "You don't know how irritated I feel listening to you," I muttered, crumpling my fists harder. "Peace...
ERIKA'S POV I woke up in cold sweat and quickly clutched my bedsheet to my chest. My heart throbbed heavily and my feet recklessly quaked. As if it had just happened a second ago, I touched the base of my neck immediately, where I had seen the werewolf bite me. But I wasn't on the floor bleeding to death, neither was I about to stab Killian with a knife. So it was just a nightmare after all? I breathed out thankfully that what I saw wasn't close to being a reality. That was probably one of my most terrifying nightmares, if not the most. I fell back on my pillow tired, my face to the ceiling, my eyes wide open, hoping not to drift back to sleep again and have another nightmare like this. But then, I did. My eyes became heavy again and I found myself succumbing to the call of sleep. Five minutes passed and I woke up again, everywhere felt quiet and different. I looked at my wristwatch, it was 9 am, about the usual time when Stacey filled the whole air with her high notes until Miss L
KILLIAN'S POV I jolted up from my bed immediately after I heard the cry of Erika's wolf ring in my head. It wasn't a dream. My mate was in danger. "Take the priest with you," Alek growled at me, "the inexperienced wolf has been chained." He understood the voice more than I did. Quickly, I ran to the priest's quarters and banged heavily on his door until he came out. "What is wrong, alpha?" He asked. "Sorry if I'm interrupting anything you're doing right now, but you're coming with me to the human world right away," I said. "There's no second to waste." Without wasting any time, he joined me and we drove off for the human world, leaving the pack in Ciro's hands as usual. As we drove, I called Miss Loy and told her not to let Erika go to school that morning until I arrived. I drove the car so fast that we got to the human world in less than forty minutes. Miss Loy was already at the entrance of her house waiting for me. The priest and I quickly rushed out of the car and into t
ERIKA'S POV All alone in my bathroom, I sobbed and sniffled. Cladded in shame, I buried my face into my palm as I sat on the toilet seat. So Liam was fake? So I was just used by him? I could swear I felt something for him at some point, but I never thought he had me under his manipulation. Everything about him was fake, even the innocent look he had on his face, even the moments he made me feel special. Even when I had pushed him away and he made me fall all over for him again. I thought he had found a reason to fall in love with me, but it was just a facade. How could I have not known? The memories kept flooding in, driving more tears out of my eyes. All those kisses, the way he made my body confess to him, the way he held my hand like he was scared to lose me... How could all that be fake? I traded the usual time I spent with Charles all for him. And only the heavens know how Charles had been feeling all that while. Assuming Milca and everyone else could remember him still, the
KILLIAN'S POV "Lock this dungeon up," I ordered the dungeon guard immediately after I walked into Sloane's cell. "Keep everyone off," I declared. "When I say everyone, I mean literally everyone. No one is exempted, not Ciro, not my uncle." "Yes, sir," he nodded with dispatch and went to do as I had ordered him to. From his gloomy cell, Sloane taunted, "Ah... You've come to visit me again, Killian. How predictable of you? Well, what can I—" His words froze when he saw me tying a long steel chain on my right arm, my eyes blazing red. "Not even death will save you today, Sloane," I threatened. "You will call for death and it will refuse to answer you." The chain was firmly tied around my arm now and I was ready to start dealing death blows to him. The fury in my eyes startled him. "What have I done?" He shuddered. "I'll answer you when one tooth has come out," I said. With that, I pulled Sloane close with my left hand, and with my right, I dealt a heavy punch to his face. "
KILLIAN'S POV Ciro and I were lying with our backs on my roof, two bottles of beer between us as we peered emptily into the vastness of the starry night sky. "I wouldn't have stopped you from beating Sloane, you know," he turned and looked at me. I glanced at him for a second, then returned my gaze to the sky before taking a deep breath. "Why?" I asked impassively. "I spoke with Miss Loy and she told me everything that happened," he revealed. "I see. But it doesn't matter anymore. The deed has been done, and Sloane has been served what he brought upon himself," I said. "From now on, I'll keep a proper eye on Erika." "Yes. But still, don't make it look like you're caging her up. And don't make it look like you're judging her for what happened," he advised. "Dude," I groaned, lifting my bottle into the sky and gulping the last of its content. "I promised myself that I won't make her scared of me again. Things won't be the same between us for a while. But I know I'll get over the
ERIKA'S POV The sun shone bright and the afternoon breeze grew light as it mixed up with the hot rays. The neighborhood was a graveyard as students had left for school. I sat on the floor in my room, sorting my school uniforms which I had planned to leave behind for Benita as I no longer had any need for them. She was the girl in the house who wore the same size of clothes as me. Stacey wasn't much bigger than us, but Benita and I had almost the same shape, height, and bust. There had been a time when we three girls in the house bought the same cloth for our girls' days, Benita and I ended up getting confused about who owned which. We later had to distinguish our clothes with markers. Miss Loy didn't go to work that day because of me. As she had told Killian, she had been taking me out for the past three days. But today was different. Today, I had to pack my stuff and wait for Ciro's arrival. My stay in the human world seemed to have happened in a flash. I couldn't believe that I wo
ERIKA'S POV Killian wasn't anywhere around the pack. Even Ciro was surprised that he had left without telling anyone, not even his uncle. "But I did see him walking toward the exit gate with Trevor when I was returning from picking spices," Lerah told me. "Okay," I said. "When he returns I'll see him. Right about now, what I need is a good shower and a nice nap." "Aren't you hungry?" Lerah inquired. "No, Lerah. I'll eat later in the evening," I said, pacing up the stairs to my room. In the evening, I came out to know of Killian had returned from wherever he had been to. But his presence was still absent from the pack. I decided to go to the entrance gate and ask the guards there if Killian had told them anything before leaving. Just then, as I went outside of the house, I sensed a strong presence coming from the direction of the dungeon. But quickly, that presence disappeared. "What was that?" I asked myself. "I hope I'm not just imagining things." I continued to the entrance
ERIKA'S POV"This is the last baby, Luna Erika! Push!""Push!" "Push!"I swallowed hard and bit back tears as the nurses encouraged me to push out my last baby. I could feel my whole body getting numb already.Childbirth was really painful. I was still hurting from the expansion of my uterus during the first push. But there was still one more to go.However, the majority of my pain came from the things I sensed happening outside."Concentrate on pushing!" The doctor tapped me when he noticed my senses were detecting things happening outside.Soon, the head of the last baby had come out and the doctor was gently pulling him out."Yes! Almost there!" He shouted, "Keep going! Keep going!"A loud cry left my mouth and I squeezed every last ounce of strength in me and pushed out my last baby."Yay!" The doctor cried.The whole hospital became a parade of joy amidst the battle going on. I fell back on the pillow and listlessly watched everyone as they cheered and danced. I thought I'd hav
KILLIAN'S POVThe Sloane before my eyes was nothing like the Sloane I knew. Even my wolf, Alek, could sense it."This is a bad idea, Killian," my wolf growled.But that wasn't the point where I'd care about it being a bad idea or not. I'd sworn on my life that not a single pregnant lady would get harmed. It didn't matter if the rest of us would die."I'd advise you shift immediately because you won't be able to scratch me with your human form," Sloane said to me.I smirked nervously."Don't get cocky! Sloane!" I yelled, rushing at him in my human form.I leapt into the air and came at him with a heavy punch. But the moment I swung my punch, Sloane had vanished from where he stood.My eyes widened in shock."Killian, behind you!" Ciro shouted.I turned around in midair and Sloane was coming at me. Quickly, I ducked left and barely managed to dodge his punch. But he grazed my cheek before I could completely dodge."Focus on your battle, Ciro!" I roared at him, "I'll send this bastard ba
ERIKA'S POVThree months had passed after the battle with Aldres. The petition had been filed against the Congress and presented before every region of the supernatural world. Thus, the Congress became careful with their actions.The barrier had remained on since that day I set it up. It constantly drained my energy, but I barely got engaged in activities, so I didn't worry about it.Killian brought my food to the bed. He'd take me to the bathroom whenever I needed to use it. Whether I wanted to bathe or poop, he'd assist me.The doctor visited more frequently than usual. All the pregnant women were almost due. We had less than two weeks to give birth. But some of us had gone into labour already. More doctors were brought from But for the past three weeks, there had been news of constant killing and kidnapping in the supernatural world. Due to that, and added to the fact that my pregnancy was almost due, Killian stayed back in the pack more often than usual. He postponed every meetin
KILLIAN’S POV“Don’t tell me you’re so weak, Alpha Killian. What was all that hype from the Congress about you? Look whom they told me to be careful while fighting,” Aldres spat. I could barely see with my eyes as I lay on the warm floor after receiving countless blows from the vampire.“Stand up,” he said to me, “stand up and fight! I want to give you an honorable end!”I staggered up and spat blood out of my mouth. My spine had shifted when Aldres dropped me from the sky, but I was able to squeeze it back in form when he was punching me on the floor.I took in a deep breath and closed my eyes shut, concentrating blood on the nerves of my ears, making my hearing ten times sharper. I needed to last longer in this battle so as to buy the pack enough time to escape.With my sense super-heightened now, I suddenly sense Erika in the house. What was she doing there? But my panic eased a bit when I sensed Trevor’s presence there as well. Whatever they were doing there, they needed to be fa
ERIKA’S POVThe battle between Killian and the Vampire Lord had begun after Killian saved Edward from his head being blasted away by the vampire Lord. The vampire looked like he was still in shape like it had taken him nothing to beat Edward Blue and Black.In the first few seconds of their battle, they were evenly matched. Killian was even able to land two blows on the vampire lord.“Your moves aren’t as fast as they should. What’s wrong?” Killian asked him after landing the second blow.“Who’s going to go down first?” Lord Aldres said to him with a smile.Killian shook his head, “I overestimated you vampires.”With that, he launched himself at the vampire lord with full force and landed him with a kick. But Aldres was able to catch that kick with his arms.“Not quite heavy,” he smirked.Wing emerged from his back immediately and he flew into the air dragging Killian by the legs. Ascending to a very high altitude, he let go of Killian, and Killian came falling from the sky.Aldrs had
KILLIAN'S POVAfter making out with Erika, I slept soundly that night. But when I woke up the next morning, I had a whim that something was not right. The soldiers who had been on watch the previous night hadn't alerted me of any enemy presence. But inwardly, I kept feeling like the enemy had already come.I stood up from the bed and walked to the wardrobe, pulling out a black shirt and black trousers. I looked back at the bed, Erika was still fast asleep. Dressed up, I gently opened the room door and sneaked out of the room. My plan was to go to the outskirts of the pack and wait there for the Vampire Lord's arrival. If the battle commenced there, that'd give my pack enough time to make the escape preparations. However, when I stepped outside of the house, I sensed someone's pain come over and over again. It suddenly flashed through my mind that the pain I sensed was Edward's. It was then that I realized that the Vampire Lord had already arrived and Edward was doing the exact same
ERIKA'S POVThe next day was going to be the day that the Vampire Lord would come to battle Killian. The Elders knew nothing about this. Killian had found it difficult to rest throughout the day.In the evening, Killian went to the bar and kept drinking until I sent a servant to tell him that I needed his attention at home.He came back home, half drunk, his hair messy and his mouth reeking of liquor as he spoke."What are you doing, drinking when there's a battle to face tomorrow?" I asked him, "Is that what we should be doing by now?""Is it wrong to drink my last wine?" Killian countered my question with his own."Not actually. But you're overdoing it. What if the enemy shows up before then?" I asked worriedly."Aldres is a man of his words. He won't even come close to the perimeters of this area until tomorrow," Killian said, sounding so sure of someone whom h barely knew anything about."Please, there are better things we could do now," I beckoned on him."Like what? Pray to the
ERIKA'S POVThat night, Amiel visited me in my dream. She summoned me to the top of a rocky hill that had water running out from every rock on it. We sat on two rocks, discussing, while water rushed below our feet. The sound of the running water became somewhat of a distraction. Amiel waved her palm over the water and every drop froze where they were. Even the tiniest drops in the air froze and hung there."Wow," I gasped softly, "you're amazing.""Thank you," she said with a chivalrous smile."So, what happened with the mermaid queen?" I asked her.She giggled softly, "We no longer fought.""Ah... Why?""She submitted. We were two and she was all alone," Amiel said."I heard the mermaid queen is very powerful. I heard she controls the whole ocean," I said to Amiel."No. She's not that powerful. She doesn't even rule the whole ocean," Amiel said. "There are other beings in the water whom she is terrified of. And that's why she seeks more power.""Hmm... Really," I said. "So, would yo
KILLIAN'S POV I took to my feet immediately, rushing back to the house. I only knew little about pregnancy, but I had kept an accurate record of how long she had been pregnant. It was just six months. Was it normal for the baby in the womb to start moving? I couldn't tell for sure. But her voice seemed disturbed.When I got to the house, I barged into the room to see Erika's belly bulging up and down."What is this?" I gasped.It looked so outrageous like the baby was kicking her from inside. But what was more outrageous was that Erika wasn't feeling any pain from that."He's talking, but I can't hear him," Erika said to me. How did she know it was a "he"?"I think his Father will be the one to understand him," she said to me.Curiously, I walked closer to the bed and placed my ear on Erika's belly listening."Father, you're in danger!" A shriek flew into my ears.I shuddered back immediately, falling on the floor. That was when the kick suddenly quieted down."What happened?" Erika