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
Author’s POV:After they made the decision, Silver was the one who packed to travel to the Dark Autumn Pack with Aramis.“I want to come too.” Layla sat down in the bed, watching Silver prepare for the journey.“You can though. Just pack your stuff. I will sneak you in one of the baby’s bags.” Silver was worried everybody was falling into a deep depression. It was nice to sometimes make a little joke, but Layla didn’t feel the same. Her life seemed to have stopped after the attack. She didn’t see any improvement in her relationship with Aramis and that was worrying her.“Layla! I understand what your feelings are, but things take time. As for Aramis, you were made aware repeatedly that he might never accept you like he did Phoenix. You chose this life for yourself, so you need to be patient and positive about it. Or, you can quit. Nobody will force you to stay.” Silver didn’t just want to dismiss her emotions. She was aware of her state as well, but there was not much they could do ex
Author’s POV:“Calm down, Aramis!” Silver had to drag Aramis to the guest room to simmer him down and talk some sense into him.“How can I calm down knowing that asshole is now the Alpha who hurt Phoenix and traumatized her entire childhood? Why is he getting promoted like he did something good?” Aramis was pacing back and forth, yelling without a care in the world.“Aramis!” Layla whispered to get his attention, which angered him even more. Aramis grunted before paying attention to her. She was the last one he wanted to see at the moment.“What? what do you want now?” he shouted at her, glaring her down.“You are scaring the bab—ies,” she said under her breath and pointed at the cribs. Both Evelyn and Roman were because of Aramis.“Oh!” he paused, realizing what he was doing. He rushed over to his babies to calm them down, but for some reason, Evelyn would only find peace with Layla.“Look! I am not asking you to completely forgive him. But you cannot kick him out now that he is an A
Author’s POV:“You like praising the beauty of nature, too?” Silver approached Zion, watching him stare into the space and be lost in his thoughts until she sat down on the bench beside him.“That’s all I am left with now,” he tried to joke, but she was a righteous judge of mood and emotions. She could tell that’s exactly how he felt.“Why is that?” she asked, just to point it to him that she didn’t see anything wrong with him.“I mean look at me, I am in the worst condition than a bird locked in a cage,” his dry lips let out a sigh of sorrow, “sometimes I think karma had me good,” his heart was still filled with the burden of what he did to his little sister when she needed his support the most.“Have you heard that story?” he zoned out once again after recalling his sister.“What story?” Silver didn’t want to cut him short and ask for information from him when he was so down. So she let him open up to her first.“There was a beautiful princess, strong and independent. Her father che
Author’s POV:Aramis took Layla back to his room and, just in the next few seconds, Silver too joined them.She had an entire conversation prepared in her mind but seeing Layla panicking and out of breath shocked her. “What happened to her?” she asked Aramis, who had filled a glass of water for Layla to calm her down.“That bastard frightened her,” Aramis grunted, not because he was too passionate about Layla but because Hassel was still walking around and harassing others.“I wish he tries that on me. I will shrink his balls with my magic.” Silver clenched her jaw, hugging Layla and patting her back.“That won’t be necessary. Remember, I have told the werewolf counsel you are not practicing magic anymore.” Aramis sat down because he had some questions for Silver. “You spoke to Zion? Did he say something informative?” he couldn’t wait to find out why the wailing brides took Phoenix’s body away.“He told me how their mother died,” Silver started after breaking the hug from Layla, “it w
Author’s POV:3 Months Later:“What did you do?” Zion asked Iris, his eyes were gloomy with tears. She had just returned from the hospital and it seemed like she had finally done her job.Got rid of the baby, but at the same time, made Zion feel incompetent.“I killed our baby because of you,” she finally snapped at him after not returning home for a week. She told him she had gone for her pack., little did he know, she was planning all this.“Don’t blame me,” he covered his ears in his hands and broke down. The sad part was that he had no issue with her deciding to not keep the baby. He could wait, but the fact that she was making it seem like he was the reason she had to do it was messed up.“I wanted my baby so much, but you! You ruined it all for us,” she shouted for him, making him more confused than ever.“How is it my fault?” He whispered to her, sitting in the bed and watching her from afar.“Ask yourself. Can you perform normal duties of a father?” she had no shame in demeani
Author’s POV:“I understand. I am also aware of the big decision you took,” he put the files aside and got up on his feet to walk over to the door, “Look! I am going to have a serious talk with you. Take me as your brother-in-law teaching you something important,” as he locked the door, he smirked to himself.Returning to the sofa, he sat down but this time he was positioned to face her.“Your mate has gone through some stuff. It is not going to be the same for you two for some time,” as he said that, he rested his hand on her thigh, “You need to give him some time. Let him heal first,” with those words escaping his lips, he ran his hand up until it met with the ribbon of the robe she was wearing.“I don’t want to wait anymore,” she was already ready to be taken by him. She was aware of him steadily playing with the robe she was wearing and opening it. The robe slipped down her body and revealed her sumptuous curves. Hassel almost gulped visibly when seeing her in that condition.“I w