Edna's POVVenus's eyes were firm on me and I knew it without even turning around. A lot has happened in the last two days. I am still here and everyone thinks it's because I am waiting to meet my mate. But only I know the knife behind my back. Constantly making its presence known. And that invisible knife is being held by my father who is asking me to stay here so I can still have my hold on the throne. I don't know how I am going to do it after everyone approves Venus over me. But I have to. Or Theo wouldn't stay alive. "So. What is the state? Did someone crack the code?" Alonso asks Venus and she just shakes her head. Apparently Venus and Alonso saw a man who just disappeared into a mist. And in the place where he stood, was a blank letter. There is a team who is trying to decode what it is but apparently according to Venus, no one could conclude what it is. They said the last strand would be Monica. They said she is busy with something of her own. And she particularly asked Al
Edna's POV"Theo!" I call for him again and all he does is just stare at me for a second and then look somewhere else again. "Now what's the problem?" I asked him after two full days of silent treatment. I have heard that he talks just fine with Venus. If he talks well with her then what did I do to deserve this? "Well, I don't have to start with the list, do I?" Regina says in the back of my mind and I roll my eyes. Somehow my own wolf thinks I am now a lost cause. She thinks I am playing a fool's game against my father but I don't think it's a lost cause. Because I don't have any other option. "Especially to save Theo" Regina says in my head again. "And somehow this bastard cannot understand that much," I groaned and when Theo's head whipped towards me, I realized that I just said that out loud. "Who are you talking about?" Theo asks me and I just shake my head at him. "I know you enough that you sometimes talk out loud, Edna. Be it with your wolf or your own thoughts in the
Venus's POV"I'll catch up with you later then," Edna says and walks away. I just look at Theo and shake my head. He shrugs his shoulders and then taps the floor before him. Asking me to sit and I gladly sit before him. He is currently the only one who calmly listens to everything I have to say. I must say I was startled when I dreamt that I was having an affair with Theo, but thanks to Monica I realized that it was just that. A dream. Nothing to be so concerned about. "That's her feelings on display there," I tell him as I toss him another bar of chocolate and he takes that. I pull out one from my own pocket and we start eating it. Alonso and I decided that it's better we let Theo stay here until the real one is behind the bars. We don't want to punish him for something he didn't do. He is already suffering enough by doing something for the other person. He shouldn't be doing it anymore. "No. I know her. She is good at this, Venus" Theo tells me and I don't know what he means b
Venus's POVHe is pointing at Marissa! He is freaking pointing at Marissa who is reading a book that's in her right hand and a steak in her left hand. And yes, she is eating the steak with no cutlery. Straight from her hand. "She can't be your mate," I tell Theo even though I know very well that she can be. She is a werewolf. She belongs to a pack.. she is not a Rogue, I mean. And she is a girl. But I didn't expect Marissa to freeze and look at Theo. Momentarily I forgot that she has her wolf. So she will know what a mate bond is. She turned fifteen yesterday by the way. Even though fifteen is still an okay age to understand what happens when a mate bond is involved, she is still a minor. With or without wolf. "Does she know? She looks young," Theo asks me in a whisper. We both are standing at the entrance of my home while Marissa is sitting on the reading chair, a good fifteen feet from the main door. "She is an early shifter," is all I say and Theo's eyes are even wider now.
Venus's POVI sit in Alonso's office and walk through the records of two decades ago. I only know that she is from The Ocean Howlers Pack. Because Alonso and I used to sneak into the cells when we were young, only because Michael asked us not to go there. But I don't find any information on who she is or what she has done. The only little information Alonso and I know is that she will be there for a lifetime. And what she did was such. Alonso and I were too young to ask him what exactly did she do. And later, we had our own problems and didn't really think of what she might have done. Why is Edna meeting her in secret? To a point she had to use the masking spray? And if Edna had been doing that pre-planned, then it would be spot on. But the fact that she didn't care that her masking spray would wear off in seconds, yet she still risked.. says a lot. I groaned when I couldn't find anything and I caught his scent first before his hands snakes around my waist, pulling me closer to his
Venus's POVA tall man. I had seen him somewhere. His dark brown skin is a contrast to his pale white hair. His facial features are something too striking to not miss. And when Alonso's jaw clenches, that's when we realize who that is. The one Alonso and I saw two days ago. In the clearing. The one who turned into mist. That says he is a warlock. But he has a werewolf scent on him. I am not sure if that's a masking spray or a fake scent on him. I glance at Alonso knowing well that he can pick up when some scents are fake. "Is he a werewolf?" I ask him through the mindlink. And he doesn't mindlink me back. He doesn't, when his eyes need to be on the enemy. So all he does is merely nod, with his eyes still on the man. He is a hybrid then. Hybrids are rare. Not just in the werewolf world but any Supernatural world. So I take it that he is a bit more powerful than any others Alonso or I had encountered so far. "Hello, Alpha King. Hello, darling" the man says. And I did not expect f
Venus's POVIt was almost midnight by the time we all settled in the living room of the pack house. Marissa is in front of me. And Alonso beside me. My mom is beside Marissa while Linda and Michael are on the love seat. Edna and Cole are not a part of this since they don't belong to the capital pack. But Dorian is calmly standing behind Alonso and I. His eyes are on Marissa as if she is still a threat. He doesn't know her so I don't correct him. "So?" Alonso asks Marissa and she just groans before she looks at everyone in the room. "Yes. The reason I couldn't give any information on the whereabouts is because I don't know the way back to it. I don't know where it is. I don't know anything about the location," Marissa says, her shoulders sagging as an expression of embarrassment. "I was never allowed to go out of the borders so I don't know anything about where it is. The only time I was let out, Alpha King and Venus found me. So yes. I don't know the way back to the camp. The one
Venus's POVI wake up and get dressed in white. White is always the color for the big day. Everyone is supposed to be dressed in white. Even the prisoners in the cells and the dungeons will be given white clothes just for this occasion. I walk out of my room to see my mother dressed in white dress that resembles mine. But my dress reaches my knees and my mothers reaches just above her ankles. Marissa is dressed in a white jeans and white t-shirt. This is her first public appearance as well. Alonso and even Linda agreed to this. And maybe in a couple of days Marissa will be accepted by the Alpha King as a member of the capital pack. Her blood already runs red so there wouldn't be a problem with how she was raised. The three of us head out and the summer heat is already making it impossible for us to stay in a pleasant mood. My mom once told me that the dress code for the first few years was black but since the big day falls in summer, Michael later changed it to white. "What are we
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