We reached the Dark Autumn Pack after Jocelina prepared the gifts for the new Alpha Zion.I know they weren't visiting the pack to congratulate him out of happiness. Alpha King had made his intentions clear to me before about his animosity for the pack and I know it was just his subtle way of making his way inside our mansion.I had worn a black long dress and had a black pillbox hat with a net veil as demanded by Alpha King Aramis.Jocelina was wearing a blue gown and Morgana had a red dress on.Alpha King Aramis was in a Charcoal Grey suit. We rode in the Lamborghini together and it was the most awkward car ride I have ever been in.Now that I have arrived at the mansion again, the memories from before started to haunt me.They have set the garden as a venue for the coronation and after party.My family didn't come to greet me and neither did I approach any one of them.They saw me getting out of the car but remained on their spots and greeted the others with bouquets and gifts inst
Zion was surprised when he was stopped from hitting me and the person stopping him was none other than myself.I held his raised hand in the mid-way, protesting to get hit by him after he stole my everything.“You will not hit me again,” I mumbled but that’s when I felt another strong pair of hands getting a hold of me and pulling me away from Zion. Markus tripped me on the floor while aggressively standing straight in front of me.“We will not let a slave insult the alpha.” He warned me not to repeat this mistake. It was funny how my own blood was a poison in my body and in my life. Where everybody was silent, Veronica remembered she was hurt so she began to wail again.“Ahhh! It hurts,” she was squirming and crying with no tears.“Let’s take her to the room and call the salutary,” Hassel suggested and the others agreed with him. I remained on the floor, watching them walk past me and not even minding my existence like I was some dust in their way. After they have scattered away, I w
I didn’t protest either, he was running his hand up and down my stomach so gently that all I could feel was a soothing wave running through my veins.I heard his throat swallow a little gulp when his hand traveled up my stomach and stopped when it was right under my brea**.I was shivering a little, thinking hard about what he was planning to do. As soon as he decided to proceed, the whole mansion shook with the earthquake. And this time, it was pretty bad.He parted from me and stepped away, looking around and then stretching his neck angrily.We both knew what it was but he would never admit it was his fault that the wailing brides were angry now.“This won’t stop until they get what they are promised to get,” I voiced after the earthquake was over.“Go back to your room,” he ordered with a grunt, obviously he stole eyes from me now. I assume he was aware what he just did was beyond the boundaries he had created for us.“I will send a medicine to your room, it will help you heal qui
“I am warning you, Phoenix Hart! Don’t say those things again,” he warned me while standing just a foot away from my face.“So that you can do whatever fuc*ked up things you want to do?” I inquired, looking straight into his eyes.“Phoenix! Get the f**k out before I lose my control,” he closed his eyes and squirmed in anger, cocking his face to the side to avoid looking at me and getting angrier.“Not before you answer me. What are you planning to do with that naïve girl?” as I asked him again, he grabbed my arm and started dragging me towards the exit.“Let go of me,” I freed myself and snapped at him, “You told her that you are her mate?” I shouted, bringing my eyebrows together to express my anger towards him.“I did what?” he looked completely lost at this point, “Did you have one of those nightmares where you thought you are a warrior and the world is under your feet and then you woke up thinking it is all true and it really happened?” he showed the mentality of a child when argu
‘A monster's power is your weakness, he is not scary when you stop fearing him,'My father's words rang through my head and I got up on my feet. My eyes scanned the room quickly to find anything that could be used as a weapon.Finding nothing, I rushed out of the room and was struck with horror. Everybody was running around and screaming at the top of their lungs for help.I made my way to the end of the hallway and once I reached the staircase, I saw a prisoner trying to snatch a woman downstairs.I didn't think about my wolf not being with me and lunged at him.The moment my fist made a contact with his jaw, he trembled and fall down the staircase."Go and hide somewhere," I told her and the others while running downstairs where I could see more prisoners in red prison jumpsuits.I was surprised how they have managed to escape the prison but also shocked that they had run straight into the Alpha King's mansion.There were guards, that had been beaten up badly, and were lying down wi
After the wailing brides had left, I ordered the guards to take the dead bodies to the wailing river. I even find out that the Alpha King was being informed about the whole incident and he was returning. He even warned the guards from leaving the bodies at the wailing river but I made them do it anyway.I know they were afraid enough of the thought of the wailing brides returning with another mess and leaving the bodies for them to collect but now they were frightened of The Alpha king, who will get very angry when he will find out that they didn’t listen to him.I was in the living room with Morgana and Joce, waiting for the arrival of the Alpha King. The instant his car was parked, he rushed out and ran inside the living room.I had my face all messed up with a black eye and a busted lip. I couldn’t even heal and blamed it on the tiny amount of the wolfbane they inject into me every morning.He stopped right in front of us, probably acknowledging how much damage those prisoners have
I hated that he had seen me crying. I cleaned my tears with difficulty and marched outside to hear him out. I have seen him avoid getting inside the room many times, he would only march in when he was too angry.“Don’t tell me you have punished the guards,” I used my normal voice, pretending like I wasn’t even crying just a second ago.“Stop pretending,” he said in a calm voice, but I frowned like I had no idea what he meant?“I am sorry?” the tears were wanting to spring out with force, but I was keeping them hostage until I am alone again to cry in peace.I was mistreated so many times that I promised myself I will not beg before someone noticed me or feel for me. Tonight, he had a chance to make me believe he felt a little concern for me but he missed it. I am sure whatever he would say now will just be an act.“Your injuries are still fresh, why?” he mentioned my injuries and it burned my skin like a fire. I hated him talking about my pain now.“They will heal. Tell me about the g
It had been a few days and every night, Aramis had sent the medicine by the hands of his guards repeatedly. I didn’t take it, I wanted my body to get used to healing itself like a normal flesh and bone creature.The wounds not being able to heal had raised eyebrows at me, but it was fine. I know they cannot kick me out for not having a wolf, I am not here for them. I was brought to this mansion for my mate.I was in the kitchen, washing the cup I had drank coffee from when Joce and Morgana marched inside.“Your brother found a new mate,” Joce was the one who went ahead to give me this news.“Markus?” I asked, forcing the pain I feel whenever I hear his name inside me to not show.“Yes,” she smirked, I bet she was waiting for me to show a reaction or probably wanted to see the tears be born in my eyes. This same brother wrote a rejection letter to Tanner along with the others because he was dying to get justice for his mate and now he had moved on from her in literally a month?“Oh gre
"Oh! And the kid who used to steal her candies?" Zion excitedly said, reminding us of a little quarrel Veronica used to have with this little kid because he would always steal her candies and would not even eat them. "Yeah! Keep bullying me," she playfully rolled her eyes and then looked my way. I gave her a smile of reassurance to brighten up her evening. It had been a year since we last fought with the wailing brides. The bodies were released, and it took us time to say goodbye to everyone and give them a proper burial. Aramis finally let go of Tanner’s body. I cozied up in his arms, sitting around the fireplace with the others and enjoying a beautiful evening. We gathered around to celebrate my baby shower. I heard from the doctor that I was having twins, a son, and a daughter yet again. We were all sitting on the floor with blankets wrapped around our bodies and shivering in the cold. Markus had found a mate, while Veronica was not ready to date anyone. She wanted to focus on h
Phoenix’s POV:As planned by Aramis, Morine was executed, and her body was thrown at the wailing river to get picked up by the wailing brides. Morgana was left injured. She woke up to the wailing bride getting attacked by the warrior. The horror she witnessed was compared to nothing when she died their slow and painful death from her wounds. She kept yelling for the guards to not leave her body here after she dies but they didn’t care. This was the first time in over a year that they had received a body. So the wailing brides came to collect the body, and that’s when Aramis attacked them with the sword he made with graphite.Since we had collected a lot of it before returning to our world, Aramis was able to make a few swords. That was the basic problem. Most of our guards were only going to protect and delay their attacks. After the wailing brides were killed, we knew they were coming.Since Aramis and I knew where they would be coming from, we had prepared our army to stand on the g
Author’s POV:"I don't understand why they're accusing me of all this nonsense," Hassel had been on the verge of tears since Mr. and Mrs. Heller read the case Aramis and Phoenix had prepared against him."So you don’t remember?" Aramis scoffed. "Let me jog your memory a bit with these text messages and audio recordings." He held Iris’ phone up and played the audio. Iris had deleted everything from her side.Silver had been staring at Zion, who was holding Iris close by. She didn’t think he would get fooled by her so easily. But then again, she remembered her own beliefs. It was true that the Alphas only want a she-wolf, not some witch like her."That is---," Hassel felt his throat drying up, "I do--- this is a huge conspiracy against me," he claimed, trying to get up from the seat when two guards pulled him down and held a gun with silver bullets to his temples. He was frozen in shock. It was happening. His downfall has arrived. Veronica and Markus were standing behind Phoenix’s couch
Author’s POV:Misty’s rejection caused an uproar because she denied leaving the pack and accepting the rejection. She wanted Markus to promise her he would accept her, and only then would she reject Hassel and leave the pack. Unfortunately for Iris, she had lost her baby. Hassel accused her of not taking care of his heir, but he didn’t reject her yet."He is going to reject me soon." She whispered to herself, crying for hours in her room and getting angry at her sister for her loss."If Phoenix’s siblings can betray her, how did I ever think mine wouldn’t do the same? She took my mate first, and now she's taken my baby." She broke down once again."What the heck was I thinking when I closed the door that day? I wish Zion had survived and was still the alpha of the pack. He used to treat me with so much respect. I was able to brainwash him so well, but this Hassel, he is only hungry for power and sex. I will never be able to win his heart and neither do I want now," she scoffed at the
Author’s POV:"You are becoming so difficult to deal with. Why do you have to question my every action?" Misty finally yelled at Hassel after listening to him for a few minutes, complaining about her spending most of the money on shopping and then coming home to sleep and not even looking at him."I’m the one who is difficult to deal with? You barely pay attention to me. This isn’t why I married you," Hassel yelled louder, walking back and forth while she kept sitting on a couch, texting her friends."You have other mates. Why don’t you go spend time with them so that I can be left alone for a few minutes?" Misty muttered, not even raising her face from her cellphone.Hassel was shocked to hear her say that. It sounded like she didn’t even care who he sleeps with anymore."You wouldn’t be jealous if I slept with my other mates?" He asked Misty in confusion and shock. He was slowly beginning to realize that while he used everyone else, Misty used him."It’s not like I can keep you with
"Hassel had offered me a good amount to get rid of Savia. When I arrived on the scene and tried to harm her, Tanner appeared out of nowhere. He started fighting for her and saving her. That’s when I started shouting at the top of my lungs that it was Tanner who did all that to her. Since she was bleeding and in his arms, the nearby pack members started accusing him. I realized he had some trauma from his childhood because he began to sob instantly. It wasn’t our plan to trap him, but it fits perfectly." Kian said while tied to the chair. Aramis had beaten him up really badly in order to make him take us seriously. He was no longer joking around or beating around the bush."So you accused my brother!" Aramis grunted. "Do you have any idea you killed two people that day?" Aramis punched him as he lost his temper. I just stood in the corner, remembering Tanner and feeling bad for him. He did not deserve what happened to him. His best interest was to save Savia. "You will be tortured a
Phoenix’s POV:"The memory came back when I saw her in the wailing world. It terrorized me to my core. I can’t believe I forgot about it. I am sure it was the Moon Goddess trying to save me from the painful memory of that night." Aramis had tears streaming down his eyes while he kept staring at his mother’s portrait."I am so sorry." I instantly got up and wrapped my arms around him. He sobbed in my arms like a little baby who never got a chance to mourn losing so much that night.Not only did he witness his mother kill his father and Naira, but he also saw her attacking him. She didn’t only take away his father from him, but his mother, too."I saw my mother turn into a monster and leave," Aramis bit the inside of his cheek as he broke the hug and held my hand to put it on his chest. "I always thought about why I felt this weird feeling whenever I heard the wailing brides cry. It is because they all imitate my mother’s cry, the cry I grew up listening to every night." He was shaking
Author’s POV:Years Ago:"Hush little baby, don’t say a word--- moma’s gonna buy you---," her eyes teared up when signing to her little baby boy Tanner. She was nicknamed Majesty after her beauty and elegance were noticed by many others. She was a Luna queen of Alpha King Nicholas Knight, but sadly, her life was not royal because her mate wished to reject her."Jocelina!" she cried for the attention of the nanny they had brought in. Jocelina walked inside and bowed down to Majesty."Where is Alpha King?" she asked, and Jocelina bit her tongue. She knew very well what interests her alpha king had."Majesty! Why do you want to know?" Jocelina sighed, feeling bad for her because it was like a routine now. Majesty will see her mate with that chosen mate of his, and she will not stop crying the entire night."He is with her again?" Majesty asked, feeling this weird anger bubbling inside her."Where else would he be?" Jocelina didn’t understand why the Alpha King couldn’t just love his true
"This much is enough." Silver held the bottle of blood in her hand and stared at it with hope-covered eyes."Silver! I know you are doing a lot already, but I need your help with something else." I watched her put the bottle down and turn to focus on me."Is it about finding Ezekiel?" she asked, and I smiled at her intelligence. "I am already looking for ways to break the protection spell. Once I am able to do it, it will be a lot easier for me to track Morgana down. The only reason she is able to hide from us is the magic Morine is using. However, she is old and very sick. Using so much magic can lead to her demise. If that happens, it will leave Morgana unprotected. I will try my best to keep looking for them." After discussing her plans and ideas with me, she nodded to herself and then smiled once something else popped up in her head."Thank you for coming back," she said."I couldn’t stay away from here. I just wanted to keep my daughter safe. The Moon Goddess gave Layla a chance