Theo's POVEdna is getting married to Alonso. I see her walking towards him for the great blood rite. The one the Royals have to do in order for their wedding to become legal. Edna is dressed in this beautiful blood red gown with white flowers on them. She looks so good. So beautiful. And she looks just as fragile as I remember her. I look around and I find a huge crowd. Waiting for their new Queen to sit beside their Alpha King. And in a corner I see Venus, standing helpless. She is on guarding duty since she is the Beta and for some reason, my heart feels like it's being ripped. This shouldn't be happening. As much as I want Edna to become whatever she wants, even if it's being a Queen. But not at the cost of another woman's heart. If I had known what Edna was upto, I wouldn't have let her do it that way. I would have done everything in my capacity to stop it. But now Edna has the biggest smile on her face. And Alonso and Venus are looking as if they have no soul in their body.
Alonso's POVVenus is starting to smell a lot more like me. Even with Edna's dress on her, my scent is quite evident. The mark is now almost a tattoo. By tomorrow it will be a full tattoo where people will know that the black wolf is mine. I requested a carriage. I want to avoid shifting and running now. If at all there's any attack, Venus and I should save our energy for it and wolf runs take a lot of energy on their own. Moreover I don't think Venus is in a mood to shift and run for hours and hours. My father didn't ask a thing before he sent a carriage. The one big enough to fit five people. Venus and I are sitting on one side while Edna is sitting opposite to Venus. Edna is just staring outside through the window. She hasn't said a word to me since the panic attack she had this morning. Also I am sure I shouldn't be expecting her to talk to me even if it's just a word. I try holding Venus's hand but she looks at me without holding it back. She is constantly telling me that thi
Venus's POVMarissa is already asleep. She is leaning backwards on my shoulder while my hands are on reins. The capital pack is an hour away and it's already midnight. At least something is at our advantage. Not many people would be awake now and we can just deal with shit later. But once I go home, my mother will know. And once Alonso goes home, Edna might tell Michael before anyone else. I know this is stupid but it has already happened. The stupidity was already done so I should focus better on how to handle the reactions. And with Marissa now, I don't know what's going to happen. But we shall see. I don't think it's a coincidence that Alonso found Marissa. He was in a rage and killed everyone. I was observing everything and the body language of Marissa's wolf hasn't changed since the beginning. I would have stopped him from killing the smaller wolf if he didn't stop. Something about Marissa screams differently. She thinks she is a born Rogue but she is not. She doesn't have the
Theo's POVHer cries are literally so uncontrollable. I have never seen Edna cry like that. So that is making me a bit worried here. "Edna. What's wrong?" I ask her and she cries more instead of answering me. She is dressed in a turquoise green dress. The color of my eyes. The color she once said she loves the most. "Edna. What happened?" I ask her again, slowly realizing that this is not a dream. I often dream that she is going to be the Queen but now the way she is crying is telling me that this is not a dream. Edna is before me and she is crying. She is not faking it this time. I see that she is genuinely sad. "You ruined it all, Theo" she says and her voice is all rough and different. As if she had been crying for hours before this. "What happened? Tell me, Edna. Why are you crying?" I ask her and she looks at me, her eyes full of tears. I never want to see her crying but here I am. Consoling her through words because my hands and legs are in chains. "Venus came there, than
Venus's POV"What's with you and Alonso?" She asks me, coming straight to the point and I bite my bottom lip thinking of a clever response but none come to my mind at the moment. "The guards used the pack's link for it. Please tell me that's not true, Venus" my mother demands as she walks towards me in quick strides. She grabs my hair that's falling over my shoulder and pulls it aside softly, revealing the mark. And her eyes go wide when she sees the tattoo which now clearly shows that it's Alonso. If my scent does not give away, the tattoo does. "And who is this with you?" She asks again, her eyes landing on Marissa. Marissa shrinks under the gaze of my mother, prompting me to hold her hand tighter. She is not a Rogue but she is more scared of her life than a Rogue does. As a matter of fact, A rogue is the most fierce in a way. They don't care if they are about to be dead but still do whatever the fuck they want. Alright. Maybe becoming a Rogue if Alonso and I are stripped of ou
Alonso's POV"At what part of the dungeon is Theo kept in?" Edna asks me as soon as Venus leaves. She didn't even leave, I bet she could hear us. I turn around to see her, walking towards her house. She is holding Marissa's hand. Venus looks like she is lost in thoughts and Marissa looks at me. But when I look at Marissa, she quickly averts her gaze. Something about Marissa seems so familiar to me. I bet I saw her somewhere. But I cannot just point my finger where. "The right. You'll find the one with silver doors and follow his scent. I'll mindink the guards to -" "No. They will allow me," Edna says and starts to walk away. They will allow her? Without my permission? I turn around to call her back but my father's scent makes me stand straight again. I turn back again to see him stand at the entrance, his hands behind him and his eyes firm on me. He tilts his head at me and I nod, walking inside. I am prepared to tell him about Venus being my mate. And the mark I accidentally
Venus’s POV"No. Apparently Alpha King was sleeping with Edna. On her bed. Naked. The ladies in waiting who serve Edna say that they even saw them both kissing by the time they arrived" I hear it again. And again. And again. And again. That's the first conversation I heard as soon as I woke up and walked out of my house. I wanted to go meet Dorian before anything else and I heard two people talk these lines in hushed tones. I didn't want to believe it at first. But then, I heard the same words again. But this time it was in a conversation between two different people. I couldn't ignore it at this point. "No. Apparently Alpha King was sleeping with Edna. On her bed. Naked. The ladies in waiting who serve Edna say that they even saw them both kissing by the time they arrived" I stayed calm as they looked at me and talked about it once again. Apparently, the same words. The same sentences. The same everything but the way they looked at me and the way they hushed their tones as they
Alonso's POV"Tell me properly. Were you sleeping with Edna last night?" Dorian asks me to come straight to the point and I just nod again. "People saw what they had to see. I don't -" My words are cut short right after. Because something unexpected had happened. Dorian just punched me square in my jaw. Wow! And his punch actually had a good amount of force. If I wasn't an Alpha King I would have had a jaw fracture and even miss a tooth or two. I look at him and he still has his fist clenched, ready to throw a punch at me. "Can I for a minute pretend you are not my Alpha King but my best friend's mate?" Dorian asks me and I nod at him. That was all he needed before he punched me. And then again. And then again. And then once again. Until my jaw was bleeding along with his knuckles. I didn't even try to fight back. Because I know that I deserve this. In fact I wouldn't even mind if Dorian grabs a vase and smashes it against my face. I shouldn't have done what I did but honestly,
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