Venus's POV"Edna and I are coming to the training grounds. So if you and your mate are doing something scandalous, I suggest you stop it now asshole!" I mindlinked Dorian real quick as Edna and I walked towards the training grounds. It's been three days since Michael asked me to train Edna. The first day, she sulked that she doesn't have proper outfits for it. The second day, she screamed that she felt ill which was fake. And the third day, Michael himself gave her the fight outfits to which she couldn't say no to. And here we are now. This is the first time I am seeing Edna in something other than her dresses. She is feeling a tad bit uncomfortable and it shows. The tunic and workout pants are hugging her body nicely and boy oh boy she has a great body! Edna was always seen dressed in long sleeve dresses so I haven't seen much of her skin other than the neck, face, hands and a bit of a cleavage here and there. But now with the tunic on her and her arms on display, her skin looks
Alonso's POVKissing Venus is something I would love to do for a lifetime, and still never be bored doing it. Her scent, her soft skin, her low moans, the way she tugs at my hair, everything about her is making me go so damn crazy. "I love you," I whisper as I kiss her belly button. She moans a little as I lick her all the way down to her thighs. "I love you Alonso, please" she is already squirming under my touch. But our session stopped abruptly when there was a knock on the door. It took me a second to catch the scent since the door is closed and the scent isn't traveling freely through the air. It's Dorian and he is now pounding the door. Both Venus and I cannot escape now. He will catch my scent and it will be thick in the air since I am still here. "It's okay. One day or other we will have to do this," Venus says as she puts on her clothes. I do too, rather quickly. And by the time Venus opens the door, I am sitting on her bed, fully clothed. But Dorian's eyes are screamin
Dorian's POV The scent of salt hits my nostrils and I smile before even locking the door behind me. I see him in the corner and smile even more as I walk towards him. "Now that's the view I love coming home to," I say watching him chop something on the kitchen counter. He is shirtless so that makes this whole view even more insane. "I realized you'd be hungry. And this is the time you get off work. So I thought I'd make you something," Cole tells me. All I could do was just smile at him. No one paid me at least a little attention. Venus indeed cares but sometimes, she gets sucked into her own life that she never has enough time for me. "And you should seriously stop having leftovers so you can have it for the next two days. My father would have had mine and my sister's maids if we were fed leftovers," Cole chuckles but I don't. Ever since mom and dad passed away, I pretty much grew up on my own. Sometimes Venus's mom took care. Some other times Alpha King's mother. But it never
Venus's POV Last night was a dream. That's how good it was even though we got interrupted by Dorian and the threat letter again. Alonso doesn't seem fazed by it. Probably because we have received a ton of those until now and yet, no action proved it. Maybe the occasional rogue attacks but the rogues are constantly attacking on the pack's Alphas to prove a point that doesn't exist. So we cannot come to a conclusion based on that. I sit on my bed, staring at the sunrise, still yawning. I used to sleep an extra hour before I got my wolf. But now I spend my mornings going on a wolf run with Alonso. And let me tell you, it's my favorite part of the entire day. I get up from the bed and walk downstairs, running my fingers through my hair to make it seem less messy. The wind is colder than usual. And since the winter is approaching, it keeps getting colder and colder. And winter means one thing. It's Alonso's birthday around the corner. I spot him at the clearing waiting for me and I wav
Venus's POVDorian and two others are here. Dorian is now injecting a safe amount of wolfsbane into the Rogue's body to make it unconscious. Wolfsbane in the wolf system will force it to shift back into human form since wolfsbane is lethal to wolves. And only then we can know if this wolf is a he or a she. Alonso shifted back and he is just wearing a pair of joggers and no shirt. He is walking as he scans the surroundings, but his eyes mostly on the Rogue we are all waiting to shift back. I cannot shake the feeling of someone watching me. I feel their intent gaze on me but no matter how many times I look around, I don't find any. Or maybe it's in my head. The Rogue shifts back and it's a girl. Usually the Rogues have furs that are not well groomed so it's hard to say the sex of those. In cases of emergencies we don't have any other option but to touch the wolf and see the genitals. We don't opt for that easily since they are Rogues and they stink beyond reasoning. Dorian draped a
Venus's POVI slapped the girl again and this time, blood trickled down her chin. Her knees are already bleeding and her hands are tied behind her. And yet, she hasn't said a word. Usually Rogues have no pain tolerance and no proper stamina as well, which is why they are often easier to kill. "Let us make this easy for you, and me both," I whisper, grabbing a fistful of the brown hair she has and yanking her head back so she is facing me. Her stare is unwavering as she looks at me. Even though her face is covered in both dried up and fresh blood, I can still make out the facial features. Looks like she wasn't born a Rogue. Recently turned one. Maybe that is why she is tough to deal with. And if she is looking at me in the eye, then she might be of a good rank before she became a Rogue. "What pack did you belong to?" I ask and she smirks at me before spitting but I move aside just in time. My hand still holding her hair, I land another slap on her cheek. But with my other hand sti
Venus's POV "I am Andrea. And I was the Gamma's daughter of The Silver Soil pack," the girl says and I raise my eyebrows at her. This sounds crazy. But looking at her, I would believe so. So I just nodded at her, asking her to continue what she was saying. But she shoves another spoonful of porridge into her mouth instead. I wait for her to finish while raiding through my memory on who the current Alpha of The Silver Soil pack is. "Then what made you a Rogue?" I ask her and she eats all her porridge first before answering. "It's been four days since I last had anything. So I just had to eat," she says and somehow she is even more relaxed now. She sounds so. I just nod at her and watch her try to sit. But her legs are still tied and she is on her knees. She looked at me with expectant eyes but I did not make a move to untie her legs. I might be kind but not stupid. I raise my eyebrow at her now, hoping she would finally start to talk. And thankfully, she does. "My Alpha kicked
Edna's POV"Who are Shawn and Ezekiel?" I ask Dorian as he accompanies me walking towards the pack house. They arrived just when Alonso and I were about to come to the prison to see what Dorian mindlinked about. But I didn't expect to see a Rogue who killed herself though. "The Alpha and The Beta of The Sacred River Pack. And both Alpha King and Venus are good friends with them since they are of about the same age. Usually all other Alphas are older than this group so-" "Then why are they here instead of being in their pack?" I cut him off and I am aware of it. He just talks a lot. My brother would be delighted that someone like him is here. Because even Cole wouldn't stop talking. But then again, I remember how Dorian tried to injure my brother during a friendly fight two days ago. The day I was supposed to receive my first training session. I didn't go there again. That is just not my cup of tea. "They come here every year to submit their pack report submission to the Alpha King
Third Person's POV..Three years later. ..."Oh come on now! It's time" Alonso screamed at the top of his lungs but no one seemed to care what he wanted to say. And he was only growing more frustrated with each passing second. Venus agreed to mark him back after three years of solving all their problems. And today is the day they killed John Adams three years ago. "It's Dorian's birthday tomorrow. I am just wrapping up a present for him," Venus screamed back from their bedroom. "Is that really necessary, love?" Alonso asks her even though he knows that she misses her best friend."Of course it is," Venus said, finally opening the door so Alonso could get in. Cole and Dorian are now the Alphas to the Ocean Howlers Pack. Cole is the Alpha by his right after his father passed away. He still doesn't know how his father died. He only knows that he died. And the fact that he never tried to know told everyone pretty much the backstory of it. There was a huge ruckus about the Alpha
Alonso's POVI sit before John Adams who doesn't have any idea that I cracked the code. Or he knows but is not ready to act so. I instantly understand I am standing in front of the man who is probably the most dangerous person I have ever encountered. He was right in front of me all the while and I never knew. He was right in front of my family and they never knew. Because he made sure he touched the topics we were supposed to think about. About the wedding. About the political alliance. About the life debt. He successfully dodged the subjects of everything else. In a way that no one had a doubt. When Venus and I were talking about the camp and attacks and everything, he offered his help. So no one could doubt him. How would someone even doubt him when he just offered his freaking help? So did Edna know all the while.? "How is my daughter?" John Adams asks me and I raise my eyebrow at him. "Are we talking about Edna or Marissa?" I asked him and just like that, he stopped reading
Venus's POVThe rest of the journey to the Ocean Howlers Pack went by a blur. Because no one said anything. No one spoke anything. The story Michael said spoke volumes and I guess now everything is falling into place. That was why Michael was forced to give his word. The life debt. The one John Adams used to get his daughter on the throne. I never knew John Adams had a son before Edna and Cole. So for the last two years, we had been celebrating the life of John Adams's son. Not Alonso's brother. And Alonso's memories were wiped of because he stared into the red fire. His memories slipped out of his body through the blood tears that day. Now that is a lot to take in. And before we knew it, we were in The Ocean Howlers Pack. We all stepped down and people were partially shocked to see Theo without the chains and everything else. Because technically he was taken as a prisoner. They half expected that he would get executed as soon as he reaches the capital pack. And people bowed to A
Theo's POVMy eyes go wide when I realize that the hen was Edna. I didn't know when it happened. The last time I saw Edna was when she was in the clearing along with everyone else. And then Roger or whoever the fucker he was, struck Marissa with a silver knife. I rushed to the hospital along with Alonso and then I was shifted to the prison again according to the rules and regulations.I didn't know Monica turned Edna into a hen. Why did Edna even get down from the carriage in the middle of a fucking war! As soon as the carriage stopped back at the same spot again, I got down from the carriage and looked for the hen with white feathers. I feel Marissa behind me probably searching for the hen too. It didn't take us all ten minutes but Monica found the hen. The hen is sleeping under a tree with her beak so red she might have eaten berries or something. Typical Edna things for sure. I smile as I take the hen in my hands. I honestly can't believe this is Edna that I am holding. We all s
Alonso's POV "John Adams?" My mom asks me with shock clearly written on her face. Now this is something even she did not see coming. Everyone in the room is shocked. Except for Monica and me. Because this is something we both knew from the beginning. "Are you going to hide things or are you going to tell your kid about that man now?" Monica asks my father and I look at him. What is there about John Adams that I should know about?"Get the carriage ready. We'll go there and we are going to talk about it on the way," My father says and his expression is something else as he looks at me. "Is there a carriage that fits like ten people? Because we are all going to go as we get to know about the past. And it is going to be one nasty ride," Monica says. ....We didn't have a carriage that fit ten people. But in the short time that we have, all we did was join two carriages as one and break one side down so it's open. And then joined the two sides and made it into one big carriage th
Alonso's POV I sit with Venus and watch her fall asleep once again. Give it to her to fall asleep at any time, and any situation. Marissa is with Monica and even I didn't see it coming that she could be a witch. Even Monica seemed to agree with me when I told her that I see John Adams in her. I tried bringing up that topic with Venus but she just didn't see it that way. For a while I thought maybe I was reading too much between the lines. Venus stirrs in her sleep but I keep her head on my shoulder so she can still sleep conveniently. Her drool is on my shirt now and I smile a little. Apparently Monica restored the spell again and she said she made a few changes. I don't know what kind of changes, but I only hope she is sure about them. When the doctor finally walks out of Dorian's room, that's when Venus wakes up and is on alert mode. The doctor bows to me first and then her. But there was a smile on his face when he was bowing to Venus."Gamma Dorian is awake. And he is perfectly
Monica's POV I sit at the table again, with the hen in my hands. Venus didn't want to let go of the hen only because she doesn't know who this actually is. A bowl with rice grains flies out of the kitchen and lands in front of the hen. The hen starts eating the rice and I look at the kitchen, waiting for it to give me something. "Oh so now you are disrespecting me again?" I ask her and there is no noise. And when I am about to scream once again, a glass with cold water lands in front of me. I raise my eyebrow at it and look at the kitchen again. "Where the fuck is my morning tea you stupid!" I scream and a cup of tea flies out of the kitchen again. I roll my eyes and take a sip of my tea. The hen is about to finish the entire bowl. And I realize the entire pack might not have eaten dinner. Because the ruckus has happened during the dinner and everything stopped after that. I take a few deep breaths as I get rid of the papers strapped to my thigh. And I pull out the potions I stu
Monica's POVI flip through another page of my spellbook when someone knocks at the door. The time is odd and I would usually sleep right now, but somehow I chose to stay awake to go through the spell books. I need to find a way to get to Renee. That bitch is my daughter but she is just as powerful as I am. I can't even get a grip of her. If she does the blood rite, it brings greater evil into this world and I am so not ready to face all of it once over again. I looked through the orb when I heard the knocking in this unusual time. And I see someone from the capital pack. Not the Alpha or The Beta or Michael themselves. I ask them to come in and they walk in but in their wolf form. I am at least happy that they remember, I am not fond of humans or the human side of the supernaturals. "What is it?" I ask him in a deadly sick tone. The wolf just moves his head a little. And I see a note hanging in his neck. I carefully grab it, being careful not to touch the wolf. "We need you, Mo
Venus's POVAlonso holds Marissa as she falls down while I rush forward to grab Roger. He fucking turned into a mist. It's like I am trying to hold the air before me. I scream in frustration and turn around to find Alonso already throwing Marissa on his shoulder. He is rushing towards the hospital with a team of doctors running behind him. Everyone is here and probably a few nursing staff stayed behind at the hospital to nurse the already existing patients. I stayed back at the clearing. Now it's dark but the werewolf sight is helping me look at everything in a clear way. Linda and Michael are standing in the middle, scanning the surroundings again. "If Roger took Dorian's form. Then where is Dorian?" Dawn asks me and I look around once more. Where is Dorian? And how long did Roger stay around as Dorian? "When was the last time you talked to Dorian? Did he sound or seem suspicious??" I ask Cole and he thinks for a moment before shaking his head. "I was talking to him an hour ag