I had woken up in his bed with a salutary of the pack checking my blood pressure.“So, what is going on now? What did you find?” Aramis was standing beside her, watching me open my eyes. It didn’t take me long to realize I have woken up from a nightmare.“I don’t know. I have heard about people losing their wolves but they would eventually get them back because no matter what, we are incomplete without our wolves.” The Salutary was an old she-wolf, probably in her 60’s and being the best Salutary of the pack.Suddenly, my eyes wandered to her face. What did she say, I can get my wolf back?“But in her case, I don’t know for sure. The story about people losing their wolves and then finding them? Those things are just myths and fantasies. Nobody has ever come forward to claim they have lost or found their wolves again. The wolf never dies actually, so they cannot claim they lost it. It is a shock though that she lost her wolf, that was not supposed to happen even after being poisoned. H
"What did you say?" Joce was able to get herself together and ask him after his claim had shocked them into silence."We have felt the mate bond way before I brought her here. So, to help you not worry anymore, it's not inappropriate to have my mate in my bedroom," he stated without any shame. I didn’t get what happened to him, how did he go from hating me to forcibly making me stay in his room and also telling others that I am his mate."Mor--" Joce watched Morgana’s face who let out a whimper and ran out of the room after hearing that I am Aramis’ mate, "But what is the people going to say? They will point fingers at you for accepting your brother's killer as your mate," she tried to tell him that he needs to think again but he looked pretty stubborn about it."Did you not hear me before? She didn’t kill him and besides, I would love to see who can point a finger at me and gets to live," he said and made direct eye contact with me. Now that this was out in the open, I didn’t feel li
After bombing us with that announcement, Aramis left for the office. I didn’t get a chance to have a word with him and tell him my decision. Not that it would matter but I still needed to try.“Wait right there,” I was walking in the direction of the Alpha King’s room, which was now my room as well when I heard Joce commanding me to stop.Upon turning, I saw her walking in my direction aggressively with her daughter behind her.“Is that why you ruined their date the other night?” she stood face to face with me and dared question me.“What kind of a shameless creature are you? Your wolf felt a mate bond with both the brothers? How gross!” Morgana added, that she was shaking out of anger.It wasn’t a surprise that she wanted Aramis for herself, I was just amazed how bitter they were towards me when they can be upset with Aramis too.“It is not my fault that the Moon Goddess didn’t give you Aramis,” I shrugged my shoulders, not letting them have the satisfaction of making me feel guilty.
“You w---,” I wasn’t sure what I was hearing. My heart was doing all sorts of stunts inside my chest now.“I am not serious of course,” he realized a little late that he shouldn’t have joked about it, “I want to punish the ones who orchestrated this whole plan against my brother,” once he explained why he was now accepting me as his mate, I just felt lost.I might have sounded too convincing when I said I don’t want to be his mate, but his true motives let me down again.“So you thought it would be the right thing to use me without even letting me know?” I was hurt but it wasn’t something too bad. I could expect that from him.It is not like he had ever been truthful to me, so I was going to recover quickly.“It is just that our mission is one. You want the ones who murdered your wolf to be punished and so do I, my brother deserves justice,” He declared and I bobbed my head, “I want them to feel cornered and helpless from every angle. There is no way they came up with the idea of writ
Aramis left with his guards in search of Morgana while I stayed behind with Joce. I was not satisfied with how things turned out. Joce used this moment to her advantage and persuaded Aramis into accepting Morgana.“Sit down, you are giving me a headache,” Joce had her hands on her head and was sitting in the lounge, waiting for any good news regarding Morgana.I had been pacing back and forth this whole time in anxiety. His last words had been embedded in my head and my entire focus was stuck on them.“Ugh!” Joce let out a groan when I didn’t listen to her and continued walking around in worry. Her attention was shifted to her phone when it started ringing. I too looked at it with hopeful eyes but she shook her head at me and got up from her seat.“Some old friend,” she spoke under her breath and marched away to attend to the phone. I was a little shocked that she decided to speak to her friend instead of worrying about her daughter’s whereabouts.I had this weird feeling inside me th
“So you got yourself two young girls and you thought calling one wife and the other mate will not make things look weird?” I was yammering ever since Aramis had walked into the room.He looked tired and exhausted, they made him run around when she was hiding in plain sight.“Phoenix! I am tired as hell. Do not try me tonight,” he warned me while searching for some shorts to wear for the night.“Oh! Maybe the idea of having two women has exhausted you,” I bobbed my head, leaning my body against the wall and folding my arms over my chest.“Okay! What is it? are you jealous of her?” he gave up and turned around to piss me off. The smirk of skepticism from my lips disappeared and a straight line was formed out of my lips.“She played you,” I stated and he narrowed his eyes in my face, demanding me to explain my statement, “It was their plan to lure you into accepting her,” I was watching his face and when his expressions didn’t change, I began to worry.“Did you not hear me?” I asked just
It was then when he turned the light switch on, that I acknowledged what an idiot and desperate I was to quickly assume his kid would be a child.“Excuse me?” he groaned sleepily,I was able to see a grown-ass man, shirtless with tattoos and black long puffy hair, rubbing his eyes and complaining in just plain gray shorts.“I---,” I stammered, shaking my head and looking away from him in shock.What the heck?“What are you doing in our room? wait! You are that prisoner girl who killed Tanner?” he finally stopped torturing his eyes and deepened his stare at me to see me clearly. He had emerald green eyes, suiting his thick black hair and pale skin.“I did not kill him and neither am I a prisoner,” I voiced, placing hands on my waist and giving him the same quizzical look.“Do you ever quit talking? I heard you argue with air too,” he rolled his eyes at me.“If you speak to me, I will answer you back,” I used the same commanding voice that I use whenever somebody is near to piss me off.
I was wearing a white dress after so long when Aramis told me it would be a bad idea to still wear the black clothes when meeting my so-called family again.We were in a car together but none of us had spoken a word till now. I had a mix of emotions in my heart regarding going back to the pack. There was a time when I went there like a warrior and thought maybe that will bring some change and now once again, I was going back as a future Luna Queen, but the past was making me believe I will never win from them this time as well.“Don’t try to act smart there,” just when we had entered the driveway, Aramis suggested and walked out before me.I was left behind in a little bit of shock and amusement, what the hell did he mean by don’t act smart?When have I ever made a fool out of myself?I got out of the car in a very spoiled mood but it changed when the smiles on my sibling's faces faded away.Veronica scanned me from head to toe as she hadn’t expected me to wear any other color again.
"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