Venus's POVSo Marissa is Theo's mate. They both found the mate scent in each other and their wolves are sure about it as well. But here only Cole feels like that. Cole feels the mate pull and mate's scent but not Marissa. Now this is the kind of situation that Monica would understand. But I am not sure if Monica would look into this or not. Because she strictly asked and ordered Alonso not to disturb her for a while. Until she says so. And no one knows what she is up to I just hold Marissa's hand and we all walk out and towards the clearing. "Why is he staring at me like that?" Marissa asks me, as she turns around to look at Cole again. I am contemplating if I need to tell her the truth or not. So I mindlink Dorian instead who asked Cole and then mindlinked me back saying it's alright if I want to tell Marissa. So I tell her about it without wasting another second. "He thinks he is your mate," I whisper and Marissa freezes on the spot. She stops walking. She doesn't even move a
Venus's POVAlonso's arrival stopped all the drama, but from others. But Monica still has her other dagger pointed at Edna. She is ready to throw it and will do it even if Alonso asks her to stand down or not. "Why?" Is all Alonso asks. The scent of herbs is overpowering the smell of fresh cooked food. My stomach growls somehow and Monica's glance lands on me because of that. Fuck. "Give her some damn food. She might be tired of the drama by this point," Monica says and I don't say anything. I just stand behind Alonso, choosing to be his Beta instead of being his mate in this situation. Monica then looks at Edna one last time before she walks towards Alonso and I. I just stare at the ground for a moment and then nod my head, giving her a silent bow and she nods back at me. It is also a way to tell her I am sorry. "That idiot was the one who used your seal and sent it to her father. The blank letter," Monica says. Alonso and I turn around to look at Edna and she is just standin
Alonso's POVIt only took me a few seconds to heal my broken nose. But I am turned on for some weird reason. I understand Venus's anger but she doesn't know the pact Edna and I have at this moment. Lunch goes by in pure silence. My mother and father don't say a word. At least my father mindlinked me asking if I was okay, but my mom clapped and hollered the moment Venus punched me hard. I try mindlinking Venus but she blocked me and rightfully, her anger has a sense. She has all the rights to be so. Once the Lunch was done and people were preparing for the bonfire, Venus and I went back to the Alpha's office to take care of more paperwork. Venus doesn't say a word as she goes straight to the couch again with more papers in her hands. But I take them from her hand and toss them aside. She doesn't even look at me as she gets down and grabs them again. I didn't waste a second before tossing them once again, and this time I held her hands to stop her from moving. She kicks me with her
Edna's POVHow is this girl mated to two of the most important people of my life? Theo and Cole. I don't know how to gather courage to ask them both to reject her. I can at least ask Cole and he would do it since he is my twin brother but I can't ask Theo to do it. Especially not when he did not involve in my mate issue. He says respect and privacy should go both ways and I know that. I can already hear those words in his voice, in the back of my head. Alonso told me that Theo would get released now that it's been proven he didn't do anything. It was me. It was my doing. I had access to The Ocean Howlers Pack's stamp since I am their Alpha's daughter. And I had access to the Royal stamp since I was their future Queen earlier. Now that the truth came out, it's been awkward here at this table. Linda hasn't even looked my way since lunch. Michael is just sitting and staring at nothing for a while until he and his wife mindlinked about something. And then he stood up and left the clear
Marissa's POV"Yes. But also, I realized I don't know anything about you," the twin brother of that lady talks to me. I told him already that I don't feel the mate bond and I don't think he is my mate, but he just wouldn't listen. Alpha King's mother sent us away after coming to know that he is my mate. I didn't know how to tell her that a man in prison is my mate. I was afraid they would throw me out of this pack if they came to know a prisoner was my mate. Even though he was the Beta of The Ocean Howlers Pack. That's what Venus told me about him. "What would change if you came to know about me?" I ask him, totally uninterested. He would probably think twice before going ahead with the relationship. He is an Alpha's son so obviously he would think about his own reputation. What would people think? What would people say? Living with Venus and her mother for the last few weeks helped me learn a lot. I learnt people and their way of mindset when I was in the camp. But I learnt abo
Venus's POVAlonso's lips are on mine and the mate sparks are just flying everywhere. I will never get enough of these honestly. We made sure we locked the doors and windows before getting on the couch again. "So everytime your mate and you have a disagreement, it leads to sex?" Dawn asks me and I just block her before kissing Alonso again. "I love you," Alonso whispers as he pulls away and trails his lips along my neck line. "Mhm," I moan when his tongue follows the trial of his lips. My fingers are already buried in his hair, making sure his head stays in place whenever he is kissing the soft spots on my body. Especially the place where his mark now lies on the side of my neck. Just the thought of it tempts me to mark him as well, but now that things are getting better I would like to wait. We have an impending war coming from someone we don't know. "And I love this body of yours," Alonso says as he lays on top of me entirely, his partial weight on me, but mostly his hands su
Alonso's POVThe lady who is dressed in all black doesn't even resemble Marissa. That's when I realized that this is yet another plan to get Marissa back to the camp. The main question that's been running through my mind is why is the so-called chief so eager and restless to get Marissa back to the camp. It's either she holds valuable information that she still hasn't shared with Venus or I. Or Marissa herself is valuable. I can't rule out the second possibility because she is not a Rogue. She is a pure blooded werewolf. But she was just raised by the Rogues. "Who are you?" Marissa asks her and the lady just spills a few fake tears. "Your mother," the lady says and her acting skills suck! "My guard here has more resemblance to Marissa than you," Venus scrunches her nose and I do my best to keep a straight face. Sometimes her mouth doesn't have a filter. Her words just come straight out of her mind and she doesn't even realize it. "What's the name of your chief?" I ask Marissa b
Venus's POVJacob, out of everyone! The one who is the chief in the royal army. I look at Alonso and my eyes go wide when I spot another movement behind him. But this time, he is the one to react quicker than me. Within two minutes Alonso and I have Jacob and Charlie kneeling down. Jacob has a silver knife in his hand and Charlie with a silver dagger. Alonso's hunting eyes take one look around him to see if anyone dares another move. But everyone's frozen and except for the kitchen utensils, no one is holding anything. One nod from me got the guards grabbing hold of Jacob and Charlie. Both of them are in the army by the way. Once they were taken out and into the dungeons, Alonso and I sat but again, after taking another double check at our surroundings. "Looks like we don't have time," I whisper and Alonso nods. We were both so engrossed in our mate drama that we sidetracked the main issue. The impending war from someone we haven't met yet. "How are they turning our own people a
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