I have heard that giving birth is like having transitions back to back for hours, but I didn’t know it would be so painful when I am a human. My body went through all sorts of pain but Aramis stayed beside me, holding my hand. There were moments when his eyes would pop out in fright or maybe this was the moment I close my eyes and never open them again. Even when I blinked and kept my eyes closed for more than a few seconds, I would hear him whisper my name like a plea and when I would respond to him by opening my eyes, he would smile in relief. It took me hours to deliver the babies but it seemed worth it. What confused me was the fact that I thought I will be dead the instant the babies are out of my body but that didn’t happen. “They are so pretty,” I exclaimed in happiness when Aramis let me hold my daughter and held the son while adjusting beside me. “I want to hold her,” he insisted like a child, demanding that I give him the daughter now. Silver and Layla barged in and watc
Aramis’ POV:I was singing about my world to sleep. Lying beside her, I felt blissful. The Moon Goddess must have a foul-up plotting the worst life for Phoenix. At least she compensated by giving herself another try in life.The instant melodies got mixed with the cries of the newly born babies. I fathomed it was time to feed the babies. I stopped singing, but a sweet smile plastered on my lips when I acknowledged I didn’t have to worry about her not waking up again.She survived for me.She survived for our babies.“And here ends the song. It seems like the interruptions are going to be part of our romantic life now,” I faked a complaint but followed it with a little chuckle to explain the non-seriousness of my mood. I was breathing comfortably even when my heart rate has gone down drastically. It was probably due to the cries of the babies. I was not very fond of people my entire life until Phoenix brightened up my life, and now my babies, too.“I guess you have fallen asleep,” I tur
Aramis’ POV:“Aramis, get a hold of yourself,” Silver hunkered down, consoling me by rubbing my elbow tenderly, “You are the Alpha King, the entire North is relying on you in this difficult time. If you will break down like this, who will console them?” her words no longer intrigued me when I watched Layla slip into the room drawing near the babies.It was the Moon Goddess’ way to taunt me, to mock me after snatching the world from me.The world around me seemed to speed up as my heart played a trick on me and raced inside my chest like a bullet being fired from a gun. Without dawdling for a bit, I got on my feet and sprinted into the room to snatch my baby away from Layla.The look on her face only explained how delusional she was to think I will let her ever hold what belongs to Phoenix.“I was ju---st trying to comfort him,” she slurred in her speech, looking behind me and expecting help from Silver or whoever the fuck had arrived to see the shattered Alpha King.“I am here to do t
Aramis’ POV:“So, what do we do now?” I felt helpless looking at Silver for help. If Phoenix was here, she would have smacked me in the head and told me to get up to work. But she wasn’t here anymore. It was only me, my broken heart, and my motherless babies.“I will go read about it. There has to be something in the books about them. I remember you have once mentioned another witch, who you have sought for help. Can you tell me something about her?” she seemed to be on something. Good! Anything to free Phoenix’s body from those dirty snatchers.“Yeah! She lives in the hills by herself. Her name is Morine. ” I told her what she wanted to know and from the looks on her face, I could tell that the name wasn’t new to her.“What?” I was devastated. Any little change in the mood scared me. I wanted to free Phoenix’s body at any cost. She hated the idea of the wailing brides torturing souls and bodies, and now her body was also kept with them.“Morine! She is not--- not a very positive one.
Author’s POV:The sad departure of the newly crowned Luna Queen has hit the news and reached every ear. The Dark Autumn pack was all awake after hearing the news of the passing of the daughter of the pack.“Death is inevitable. We make plans for the future, we think we are for eternity and then the reality sinks in. In her case, it was quite expected. She had been dodging death for months. But finally caught up with her,” Iris was sitting beside her mate and letting out sighs that resembled more of exhaustion than sorrow for the demise of Phoenix.“She learned to fight and trained for years, all for what?” Veronica didn’t know what else to say. She heard everybody praise Phoenix for changing the route for She-wolves and proving to be more than just a supportive mate to her partner. It always irked her how just a mere appearance of Phoenix would clasp attention and they would forget about Veronica.It wasn’t like she wasn’t upset for her sister, but deep down; she was relieved as she w
Author’s POV:Everybody was bundled off to their rooms after Hassel’s announcement of the meeting was shut and done. The night was still not over, and sadly, their worries differed.“I can’t believe he taunted our loss,” Veronica was puffing air out of her nostrils as she paced back and forth in her room.Markus and Misty’s wedding preparations once ceased because of the war with Draugrs and then the condition of Zion didn’t support the mating ceremony. After that, Veronica losing her child became another reason, but that didn’t mean Markus can mock them for their sorrows.“Veronica! Can you cut it off for now? We have already received enough bad news. Let’s just try to get some rest now,” Hassel couldn’t understand why he wasn’t completely pleased and relieved at Phoenix’s passing.He knew he would never be with her, but her being alive was a little hope that he might someday convince her to accept him.“Bad news? How is it bad news for you? Shouldn’t you be relieved that the girl ac
Author's POV:Aramis felt his only way to punish the Moon Goddess was to hurt what she had chosen for him. So he attacked Layla viciously.Her heart missed a beat when she found him glaring into her eyes and ready to hurt her without showing any mercy.“Please! W---hy are you hurting me?” she started pleading beyond control. She wished him to understand he was hurting her.But she knew he wouldn’t care. All his affection only belonged to Phoenix, and she didn’t ask for much but acceptance and respect.As he attacked her, she felt his nails scratch her arms and his teeth bit her cheek so hard that he tore apart flesh off her face.“Arrrrghhhh!” her blood-curdling scream woke Silver’s attention. She was in Layla’s room with the babies when her heart missed a beat as her cries of Layla echoed through the mansion.“What the heck is going on?” she asked herself. “Hey! Come over here, bring the babies to Alpha King’s room with me,” Silver commanded a maid as they both grabbed a baby each an
Author’s POV:It’s been days since the wailing brides stole Phoenix’s body. Aramis hadn’t forgotten anything, but was also spending most of the time with his newborns.“Your highness! We have locked the room and restricted it from anyone’s entry. There are guards on duty around the room 24/7,” the Royal Beta told Aramis the same thing he had told him before.Aramis had forbidden his bedroom from anyone’s entrance. They didn’t even clean it once. The dust left behind by the wailing bride was still resting beside the bed.“Thank you. That will be all for today,” Aramis replied as he held his baby in his arms and rocked him.“Sire! May I say something if you don’t mind?” the Royal Beta asked Aramis, but when Aramis didn’t acknowledge him, he realized it was a lot harder to get his attention now.He left the room and told Silver about Aramis’ condition.Layla had recovered after she was able to transition, but she hadn’t seen the kids or Aramis at all this time.“Where are you going?” Sil
"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