"What did she say?" Hassel's lips formed a weak smile, trying to deceive us into thinking he has nothing to worry about."Like how much you love to battle. In fact, I thought about it and for her sake, I decided to give you a chance to live the best of your dream," Aramis pulled me even closer to his chest as he wrapped his arm around my body and rested it on my stomach.I saw Hassel secretly tying his eyes to our closeness and then breaking the stare to Aramis' face."I don't get it. Umm! My love for battle?" Hassel seemed lost but I knew what Aramis had planned for him."Yes! We have these weekly cage battles between any warrior and prisoners. I think I can arrange one for you," Aramis' words knocked the world from under Hassel's feet, it seemed. He couldn't even process what happened for the next minute until Veronica joined us."What is going on in here?" she frowned seeing her mate lost among us."Your mate has expressed a desire to participate in a cage battle tomorrow," I could
I turned over to face her but she was gone now. The only thing in my sight was an open window and darkness outside of it.The wind was swooshing in my ear after her words had blown me away. Once I regained my strength and senses, I booked to the window and shut it down.“No! I don’t belong with anyone but my mate,” shaking my head in hysteria, I mumbled under my breath. I must have imagined it because they had no reason to pay me a visit.I stopped panicking because I reckoned it was starvation causing me hallucinations.The two days have gone by and I have not seen Victor around too much. He had been skipping his job too. The once determined Victor was lost now.Morgana had been trying her best to help him but it appeared as if he had begun to keep things to himself. He would rarely come to the family meetings or have meals with us."I will try coming home soon. I have arranged that cage fight for that asshole," Aramis' eyes were fixated on the mirror until he turned around to watch
Everything got ruined in just those few minutes. The guards didn't listen to me, Victor didn't understand what he was doing was wrong and now I felt responsible."It was not your fault, Phoenix!" Aramis was holding my hand calming me down.It had been days but I hadn't forgiven myself for what happened to Victor. If I had been more available to him and had helped him locate the wailing brides he wouldn’t have taken matters into his hands.“Then whose fault was it? I should have known the pain he was dealing with. He wanted to catch them and I promised to find a way to start looking but then I---,” I was in the process of explaining how I messed up when Aramis spoke up.“Then you fell sick and still attended the meeting with the packs to warn them about the upcoming war and dangers. Phoenix! What else could you do? He had his mate trying to comfort him. I have set my people around him to help him in any way they can with his investigation. The only thing left out was a dead body and he
“What kind of a monster?” I inquired while watching him pace back and forth in worry. It wasn’t easy to overlook these attacks now that the Wailing Brides were bringing other creatures against us.“Draugr!” he replied in the midst of texting someone.“Why would Draugrs help the wailing brides? Weren’t they supposed to be against them for taking away the dead bodies? Aren’t they supposed to be the guardians of the dead?” I had so many questions brewing inside my head.The draugrs were once the guardians of the buried ones but then they disappeared. Only to come back to the side with the dead treasure stealers.They used to be gray in color, a horse with a broken back, no tail or ears. They were undead creatures. Their body was supported by two feet and in their human-like hands, they had these silver spears they carried around. “I don’t know. Nothing makes sense right now,” Aramis stopped pacing when his eyes fell on my face, “what do you want?” he asked, giving me a hint that he wou
“Go on! what is causing the delay?” Hassel had a smirk on his lips. I assumed he knew me too well. He was one of those who knew how to get under my skin by a single gesture.The moment I stretched my hand out to grab the sword, a hand snatched it away from me.“What the fuck is going on here?” Aramis’ voice didn’t only shake them up but shook the entire mansion too, “You were pressuring her into a suicide mission?” he yelled at Hassel, who no longer had a smirk on his lips.“We were---,” Veronica thought she could be sassy and slid in some more insults to me but Aramis wasn’t having it that day.“You! You will not speak a word before me, you little piece of useless shit,” the way he pointed his finger in her face and yelled at her, I saw the corner of her eyes welling up.Hassel, being a coward he was, didn’t even come to her defense. Iris looked shocked too but she was clever enough to instantly back down when Aramis took the sword out of her hands.“I am over here trying to help you
“Milady! I don’t think we should open the gate in the middle of a war,” the guard whispered in fear seeing me hold a Bronze hammer must have been a little odd for him.Just an hour ago, I wasn’t able to hold a sword and now I was ready to hit the battleground with a bronze ass hammer in my hand.“Open it,” I asked him nicely and he turned his head to Iris and the others, “Don’t look at them, they don’t make decisions here,” I groaned not breaking the eye contact from him.I wouldn’t let my mate fight alone, not happening on my watch.“I---,” he stuttered and looked around to possibly get some help.“Open it!” I whispered and he finally understood I was not backing down. They knew I was not an armature, if I was introducing an idea, I must have a plan for it.He opened the gate, the cold and dusty breeze brushed against my skin. I stepped out and tightened my grip around the hammer when a draugr tried to get past me to the gate. I swung the hammer and his head flew over to the side.Hi
"Get out of my way," I yelled at Iris, who stood even stubbornly to prevent me from reaching the lock."He is gone! Opening the gate means letting that monster in," she screamed back at me while sobbing and shivering at the same time."Aaaaaaaaaaah!" Zion's cry came penetrating the silence and averted my gaze from Iris to the gate."He is still alive," I announced hearing his cries. I expected her to move aside and maybe react more emotionally for her mate this time.There are times when a person makes a wrong decision in either haste or fear but if they are given another chance they mend their mistake.I was wrong!She shook her head even more aggressively this time. Zion’s agonizing screams should have been like needles to the skin but they all decided to turn their backs on Zion.“Didn’t you hear my Queen? She said to get the fuck off her way,” It was Aramis who yelled and rushed towards Iris, which made her bow out of her decision and let Aramis open the gate.The moment we saw th
Just because he had realized he was wrong doesn’t mean my pain withered away. I was in eternal pain because of the decision he has made getting influenced by that snake of a mate.“I don’t forgive you!” my words stopped his sobs, “I will never fo---rgive anyone of you,” I kept my spine straight and my chin up even when my lips were quivering and my eyes were raining, “But you are still my brother. You are still my bl---ood. I cannot see you in pa---in,” I remembered the pain I felt lying there in the hallway and knocking on doors, hoping somebody would come and help Nix.“You know it was sooooo hard!” I closed my eyes to take a deep breath, “I was ruined too!” I smiled as I opened my eyes, “But it is sad that you are only seeing your wrongdoings after I put my life on the line for you. Why is it that I have to show and fight for everybody’s love? Now you are feeling my pain but you didn’t feel anything when I was begging each one of you to have mercy on Nix.” It was hard recalling tha
"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