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
I was shocked after hearing her confess to her mother what she has done.“What? Morgana tell me it is something you are saying out of impulse or anger?” the way Joce asked her made me realize she wasn’t aware of her daughter’s doing. No wonder Morgana grew messed up, her mother never paid attention to her actions.“Listen! Don’t act like it is a huge thing. I didn’t do much,” Morgana didn’t sound like she was guilty over anything. She was talking back to her mother and even getting angrier at her for showing such a harsh response.“What are you saying, missy? You just told me you have a hand in his murder. Tell me what did you do?” I heard a little sob in Joce’s words when demanding her daughter tell her the truth.“I didn’t murder him; I just didn’t stop him. That day when I gave him medicines, I couldn’t help but keep thinking about what Aramis had said earlier. He said he wouldn’t ever marry because Tanner is there to continue the bloodline. It made me think Aramis would never acce
They were able to lug me around to the car and had driven away. I was surprised how good they were at sneaking out, no wonder Morgana had been visiting Ezekiel’s window and nobody caught her. These were trained people. Back when I had Nix, I would be very attentive, so something like that would have never been missed but now was a different story.I was in the backseat crying and praying they have a change of heart. If not for me, maybe for the innocent lives inside me?“Do you think Aramis will accept you after losing her and the babies?” Joce questioned Morgana, who was recklessly driving without giving it many thoughts.“He must. He will have no other choice. It will be like two broken souls connecting who have recently lost their mates,” Morgana seemed creepily calm about killing someone. I bet she wasn’t even flinching when talking about murdering the Alpha King’s mate.“I am scared, what if anybody saw us?” Joce whispered turning her neck around and watching me, “I cannot believ
“You admitted to instigating a patient who was suffering from depression and had suici*** thoughts. You provoked him and provided him with a silver dagger. You also kidnapped the Luna Queen and had planned her murder. There are many other things you are accounted for which include harassing a family and their child. Faking your sui**** and also terrorizing the others around you,” the werewolf counselor was ready to make a decision against Morgana.She had been beaten up by the she-wolf cops to make her admit to her crimes and she did except she denied ever visiting Ezekiel’s window. She opened up and told everybody everything other than that. Joce, however, was not really involved directly in anything except for my abduction.“In that case, Morgana will be sent to the pack’s dungeon cellar, where she will stay for the rest of her life whereas Joce will be sent to the regular prison,” the werewolf counselor of adults stamped the decision and soon Joce’s cries hit the roof.Morgana hadn
“Here!” Layla gave me warm milk to calm my agitated nerves down before I walk down the aisle. I took a few sips of it and then handed it back to her because it was time. “May I?” I heard Aramis whisper in my ear when offering me his hand to walk down the aisle with me. He had prepared the entire mansion with lilies and the venue with pearls and flowers. They decorated the gazebo as if it was a wedding from a fairy tale. I was wearing a white Princess Gown, and he was looking charming in a black tux. The makeup artists had done a great job of making a corpse like me look alive. All the packs were invited to share and enjoy this moment with us. My siblings had been sitting in the crowd instead of walking me down the aisle. Zion did express how much he would have loved it but he wasn’t ready to come before the staring eyes for now. I admit, walking down with Aramis was the best choice. The elderly member of the werewolf counselor was waiting for us under a gazebo. I was beginning to f