“As for the Moon Goddess’ decision. Remember when she gave me you? When she knew Tanner was going to die,” I explained why he felt the mate bond with Layla. The moon Goddess usually gives second mates to the men after they reject their first mates or their first mate dies.I was the only she-wolf, who was granted a mate after the death of her first mate. All this time I thought I was lucky, but now it felt like that was just Moon Goddess’ way to torture me in the future.“I am telling you, I am working on something,” he repeated himself much calmly this time.“I am not questioning your hard work. I just want to set some plans here. Aramis! If I die, I want Layla to be the one beside you,” my thoughts made Aramis step back from me. Layla covered her face in her hands after hearing that.I bet she couldn’t even look me in the eye out of guilt, but what was she guilty for?“Layla! Even if you could conceive, I would have still chosen you. I don’t have a problem with someone having her k
Flashback:Years Ago:I have lost my mother some time ago and things haven’t been on the right track after that point. My siblings had ignored me like I was invisible to them. They would only remember me when they have a joke to make about someone. That someone would always be me.I could still live with the taunts and the mockery, but what my sister’s mate was doing to me had me shaken up.I have just turned 15 but couldn’t get to celebrate my birthday because nobody remembered, nobody cared. Dad has been in the neighboring back for the matters of the pack safety so he only called and asked Veronica to make sure I get a cake and the gifts, I didn’t get them.The entire day of my birthday had gone by and I had spent it in my room, locked inside.“We are not going to let him come for us,” I told the Barbie I was holding in my hands. I had found comfort in the dolls, although I was too old for them but who else could I speak to?Nobody wanted to hear my voice, and I wanted to tell the w
“You never told me what exactly you went through in the mansion where you were supposed to be safe,” Aramis’ voice was filled with sadness after I told him how my life would have turned differently if Nix hadn’t woken up that night.I have asked him to meet me in the Royal garden after speaking to Layla. I knew he would come; he would never resist my call.“After that night I told my family but instead of believing me, my sister hit me. They threatened me into not telling dad anything. Sometimes I wondered if they knew what was going on but didn’t want to break ties with Hassel for me. Hassel had brought in whatever he had left of his pack to our pack and my siblings were just mesmerized by his charismatic persona. They saw him as their idol. I was left with no option but to sit down with my father and discuss the early waking of my wolf. It was a serious matter because our personalities were going to clash. I was a naïve and fragile she-wolf and my wolf was just ready to pounce. It w
The news had vanished my sleep, I had attended Silver and Aramis in the room downstairs where they had prepared the cure for me. It was a blue elixir with some red sparkling bubbles. I was intimidated at the sight but Aramis confirmed it would work.“The possibility of this one working is a lot. I am certain it will do. But the only thing is that we must do it in the upcoming days. We need to make sure we do this way before you give birth just to make sure your body adapts back to its normal state with the emergence of your wolf again before giving birth,” Silver knew what she was talking about.A smile hadn’t left my lips this whole time. I felt like somebody has pumped air into my lungs and chest. I was breathing profusely and crying, holding the cure in my hands.“See! I told you, there is nothing that can separate us,” Aramis pulled me into a hug and that’s when I felt his back be moist under his shirt. Breaking the hug, he noticed the frown on my forehead.“What happened to your
After I have returned to my room, I called Layla to have a word with her.“You don’t need to feel bad for me. You have told me beforehand why you wanted me to marry your mate. You haven’t hidden anything from me. It was my own choice to agree to marry someone, who has made sure he will never accept me. But now that you are going to live, I am happier than before. I have not met someone as kind as you in my entire life. I would have been shattered if anything happened to you,” Layla had seen the tears of guilt in my eyes ever since we sat down to talk.I shouldn’t be feeling bad for surviving death, I wasn’t!I was just worried for her.“You know, after I heard how he went above and beyond to find you a cure, I acknowledged he will be broken without you. Phoenix! You are the luckiest one to have a mate, who loves you so deeply.” Her warm hands had my hands in them, “I have only one request though.&rdquo
During the ritual, I went into a deep slumber, which was supposed to happen in order for the magic potion to work.I woke up to completely empty surroundings. There was nobody around me anymore. The room was all empty, with me being left on the cold floor.“Aramis?” the first word that left my lips was my mate’s name. I was aware he would not leave me lying around like this. Where was he?There was a dimly lit lantern in a distance, which could be seen from the ajar door. Getting on my feet with difficulty, I followed the light.I was supposed to be in Aramis’ room. Then where was this place?“Ah!” once I stepped into the hallway, I recognized the walls of my parent’s mansion. How did I arrive here? My mind began to question myself, but I was more nervous at the window sight.“You have to come to us one day,” that whimper mixed with a melancholic laugh brought back the memories of my childhood.I remember this place; I remember this evening. This was the evening when little me was vis
It had been a week that I accepted my fate. I was no longer ready to be a part of any ritual.“I don’t like the feeling of getting my hopes to rise and then boom! A failure strikes me,” I was sitting on the balcony with Aramis, holding hands with him.After days of constant persuasion, I have managed to convince him that this whole struggle to find a cure has tired me up.I was not ready for another failure; I have realized there is nothing they can do to save me.“I feel like I am losing a part of me every day,” Aramis mumbled, staring into the sky and probably complaining to the Moon Goddess.“Just promise me one thing, Aramis. No matter what, you will not fall into depression. You will forget about me and move on, take care of our babies and give them the best childhood that they deserve.” it wasn’t easy saying all that to him when there were silent tears leaving his eyes.“How can you expect me to do that?” I have made him promise me he will never break the promise he had made to
“Why don’t you ever think about her?” Joce was in the room with us, trying to persuade Aramis to calm down and not punish Morgana.“You are still defending her? How the hell did she think she will upset her and I will keep her around?” Aramis was pacing from one corner of the room to the other. I get it. He was madder about me dying and wanted to throw a tantrum at someone.“I will tell her to not open her mouth again. She has lost a lot; you need to feel for her.” Joce was being a hypocrite. I know she created Morgana just the way she wanted her.“Feel for her? Tell me if she has gone through nearly as enough as Phoenix is going through. Have you seen her walk around harassing everyone?” Aramis yelled at her, making her tremble in her skin.“I will go and talk to her,” Joce knew there was no point in arguing with Aramis. He had been aggressively talking back to everyone, and they all knew the reason behind his belligerence.“You better do. Tell her to come here and apologize to Phoen
"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