CHAPTER 52Declan’s POV I pushed the door to Roberta's room open and walked inside. She was sitting at the window, like she always did.I could not see her face, but just from the aura around her, I could sense that she was in a very gloomy mood.Her face did not immediately snap to the door when she heard it open like it usually did.She did not even twitch in her spot as I took steady steps towards her.“How are you feeling, Berta?”, I asked as I paced myself in her direction. I saw her body move up and down as she sighed heavily. She tilted her head to the side, still not turning around to look at me.I circled around her and stood in front of her, looking down at her face.“You know, I can't even feel him anymore”, she said.I continued to stare at her, taking my seat on the window pane gently.“I hate when you do that. I'm trying to look out of the window and you're obstructing my view”, she said. There was more than just a hint of irritation in her voice.In fact, she sounded
CHAPTER 53 Declan’s POV The next time that Sheila and I had a deep conversation was two years after I had confessed my feelings. That was around the time that Vincenzo had just been crowned the Alpha King.For some reason, he had decided to make round trips to all the packs under his rulership. He claimed it was to check the quality of life that his subjects lived, but we all knew it was a way of showing off to all the Alpha's in the colony.It was his way of letting them all know that he had sovereignty and supremacy. He wanted to prove to everyone that he could be directly under their roofs and they still would not be able to harm him.To think that I admired him for it, and even got excited when my father told me that I would have the honour of showing the new Alpha King around during his stay in our pack.I liked having Vincenzo around.He was a good figure to look up to.He was only a couple of years older than me, yet he had beaten down every wolf that dared to raise an eyebro
CHAPTER 54Roberta's POV I stared blankly at Declan whose face was completely expressionless.He was so engulfed in his thoughts that he did not notice my eyes travel around his face.He looked deep in thought, and whatever he was thinking about, I could tell that it bothered him. It made him sad, even.“Are you okay?”, I asked.The faraway look immediately snapped out his eyes as he turned them to me at once.“I'm fine. It was a while ago”, he said, adjusting his position and leaving his eyes on me.Our eyes lingered on each other for a while before I sighed and looked back out the window.“It felt so real. I can't believe I even fell for it again”, I said and shook my head lightly.He looked at me with confusion plastered on his face.“Life has no good plans for me, Declan. It's like every time I accept that, something great just happens and I delusionally think that just for once, something nice could be mine”, I said tiredly.The room was quiet for a while as neither I nor Declan
CHAPTER 55Charlotte's POV I yawned and stretched lazily on my bed as the intrusive streaks of sunlight pried their way into my eyes.I grimaced and sighed as I turned to the other side of my bed.I was surprised to bump into a hard wall of muscles when I turned to seek refuge from the light that came from my windows.I shifted away from it a little and squinted my eyes to try and steady my vision. It was Tarik, the hot guard whom I had started sleeping with.I sat up on the bed slowly and looked at his sexy figure as he breathed steadily.His endowed chest rose and fell steadily at the same pace with his breathing. “You know I can see you watching me, right”, he said in his deep morning voice.I stared blankly at him as he opened his eyes to meet mine and smirked at me.“Good morning Luna”, he greeted with a smug look on his face.I stared at him and tried to keep my expression unreadable, even though I really just wanted him to pin me down on the bed and dick me down just like he
CHAPTER 56Natalie's POV The heavy shouting of the annoyed hunters reached my ears as I stood beside Manuel in the strategy room, listening to them rant about the poachers we had caught and what should be done to them.“I say we hang them in front of the city gates so that everyone else knows that we don't tolerate intruders “, one of them growled.The others growled in response at his vicious suggestion.I studied Manuel's expression as he looked from one of them to the other until his eyes had scanned through the whole group.I was sure that in his head, he was thinking about what monsters and animals they were, and he liked the reaction and the rage that radiated from them as they yelled angrily.That was one of the things Manuel and I had in common; our burning hunger for blood. That blood thirst was what made the hunters my favorite group of people in the entire territory. Not only did they go head to head with multiple beasts everyday and supply the territory with most of its
CHAPTER 57Manuel's POV I seethed quietly as the old man stared deep in my eyes with an insulting smirk on his face.My reign is over?I scoffed lightly as I did my best to match his wicked gaze.“And do you already have a candidate to be the next Alpha King in mind?”I said, rubbing my left thumb against my other fingers while my right hand gripped the arm rest firmly.“That would be me”, a voice came from within the other council members.The person who had spoken stood up gently and faced me, trying his best not to seem intimidated by my eyes that were peering directly into his.“Alpha Stefan “, I snickered, sitting up on my chair.This should be an interesting meeting.His facial muscles tensed as he breathed heavily, refusing to be affected by the amusement that I did not even bother to hide. I could not hide it, even if I tried.“Of course. I'm sure
CHAPTER 58Manuel’s POVA soft, chilly breeze snuck its way into my room and caressed my face lightly, straightening out the wrinkles that had formed on my forehead as a result of the dream I had gotten the night before.I felt the memories of what I had sought in my dream slipping away as my eyes snapped open quickly, welcoming the fresh sighting of the morning.Without moving from my position, I moved my eyes to the window of my room.The curtains had been released from their cuffs, allowing them to dance around freely as the cold breeze pushed its way in.The routine movements of the curtains caused the dim light from outside to peek into the room a few times, but since the sun was barely out, there was not much light disturbance to be let into the room.I sighed and reached behind me, hoping to feel Natalie's warm body while she lay quietly asleep beside me on the bed.Instead o
CHAPTER 59Roberta’s POV It was a beautiful day.The sun shone brightly into my room as I lay down on my bed, facing the window.The view outside the window was breathtaking. There were countless flower vases lined up by the window pane. The sun's light helped to accentuate the beauty of the flowers as their sweet scent filled the atmosphere. They looked and smelled just like the ones Vincenzo had planted in the garden at the palace for me.A small smile drew itself across my face as my mind began to bombard me with the fond memories that Vincenzo and I shared in that garden.“They are just like the ones I planted for you, aren't they?”, I heard a familiar voice ask behind me.It cannot be.I rapidly sat up on my bed and turned my head a few inches to the left of my bed where I had heard the sound for.True to my suspicions, it was Vincenzo standing there, lookin
CHAPTER 105Tyler's POV I tried to be as quiet as possible as I walked into the hallway that supposedly led to Charlotte's room.I adjusted my pace and marched slowly every time I came across a group of soldiers who were also marching around at a slow pace.I had managed to beat up a soldier and had taken his uniform as a disguise. My problem was with getting into Charlotte's room, since she was Luna and it was practically out of bounds for anyone to be in her room uninvited.I could still recall the conversation that I had held with Hazel the day before, after I outed her as Charlotte's sat.“Now you're going to tell me, is Roberta still alive?”, I asked and looked at her. Her eyes dashed up at me swiftly before darting away like I was a plague they needed to avoid.I felt my heart rate slow down as she nodded her head gently.“Yes, she is”, she said lowly, avoiding my eyes still.I sighed wearily and stepped away from her again. I stared at her with my eyes bare, letting so many of
CHAPTER 104Tyler’s POV I walked confidently into Vincenzo’s room as soon as I heard his voice inside announcing that it was okay for me to enter.As I walked in, I noticed that he was just sitting up on his bed, staring into space. His countenance made it seem like the reality of a new day has yet to dawn on him.As I walked in, his eyes followed me lazily from the door until I gently took my seat on one of the sofas in his room. As soon as I seemed to have settled down, Vincenzo looked away from me and back into the endless abyss that he had been staring into before I interfered.“You don't look so well dude”, I joked, trying to lighten the mood. He completely ignored my efforts as he continued to stare into space with no sign of a thought forming in his head.I sighed and nodded as I turned my face away from his own. As I gently dropped my head in embarrassment, I heard him let out a long, heavy sigh beside me.“Look, Tyler, I'm sorry for acting like a dick. I am not mad at you,
CHAPTER 103Charlotte's POV The crowd remained engulfed in total silence as Stefan's body fell limply to the ground.Declan let out a very loud, eerie yet victorious roar as he looked around the arena where the people sat.He flexed his muscles and yelled non stop, trying to rob his victory into the faces of all those who hoped against it. There was no stunt he did not pull to celebrate the fact that he had beheaded a person with his bare hands, and that he had also managed to put an end to the entire family line.I watched him with irritation on my face as he moved around endlessly. Before Declan even became the Alpha King, he had already begun to clear out entire family trees.I was certain that if he continued to rule steadily for about ten years without having a change of heart, he would singlehandedly orchestrate the end of the werewolf species.Just as the referee was about to walk to the centre and announce that Declan had won the duel, to everyone's excitement, Declan lost hi
CHAPTER 102Charlotte's POV The training arena was packed to its limit with citizens of the colony.They filled the seats and even more, waiting to watch in hopes that their vicious Alpha King gets beaten to death by a vengeful simpleton.I, like them, wanted to be ambitious enough to hope for that, but I knew that it was practically impossible. The duel, like everything else that involved Declan, was just a dumb display.If I was going to get Declan to fall to his knees in defeat, I was going to have to take matters into my own hands, both literally and figuratively. As I stared into space, the crowd suddenly began to roar wildly with women screaming and children jumping and pointing at the centre of the arena.There stood Stefan. He was not exactly the perfect hero. His muscles were severely underdeveloped. He was not lacking in height, but his bowed legs made it easy to tackle him to the ground, and he was definitely lacking in confidence too.However, he had the right motive, he
CHAPTER 101Tyler's POV I sighed and dropped my head on the pile of books open in front of me. I had spent a good portion of my day in the library, studying through all the books on mate bonds.I was looking to find any phenomenon where the mate bond still lasts after one mate had died, but I found none.As I felt the coarse brown paper on my face, I worked up the courage to accept what I already knew a while ago.Roberta was still alive, and Vincenzo had still been feeling her bond. I had a little skepticism about it because according to him, the feeling was shaky. Sometimes he could feel her, and other times he could not.However, in one of the books, I saw that werewolf mates going through some kind of emotional trauma could subconsciously lessen their bond with their partner.I believed that to be true because from my conversations with Darla, she sometimes could not feel anything for her mate, even though she was already marked.I sighed sadly and closed my eyes as Darla's pictu
CHAPTER 100Declan’s POV “I don't appreciate being summoned”, Charlotte called out to me as she walked noisily into my meeting room at the training arena. As I heard the obnoxious clicking of her shoes against the tiles from a mile away, I wondered how she managed to stay as crafty as she was when her shoes kept making all that noise. Her enemies had to hear her coming from a million miles away.“I'm the Alpha King. I can do whatever I want”, I smirked as she closed the door behind her.For the first time since I ascended to my new position, I was truly alone in a room with another person.I watched her glare at me while she walked all the way around the table to stand beside me at its end.“I think we both know now that that is not true”, she said with a hint of satisfaction in her tone.She looked at me with a coy look on her face. Her countenance itself was boastful.
CHAPTER 99I walked around Hazel, making sure that she did not tremble at my presence. I only wanted to prove to myself that whatever she was saying to me was genuine.“Good, good. He has to kill Elijah, you know. If he doesn't, then this was all for nothing and we will all die if Elijah gets back. You know that, right?”, I said, walking towards my closet.“Of course, Luna. We're not going to mess it up”, she said after me.I smiled slightly and nodded.I turned around and noticed that she was still in the bedroom. She had not followed me into the closet.“Come on in here”, I called out to her.She did not respond, but immediately the words left my mouth, I could hear her walking towards the closet gently.She reached the door and just stood there quietly, looking at me.I carefully took off the robe that I wore, leaving my bare, naked body out for her to see. I sighed as
CHAPTER 98Charlotte's POV I yawned and stretched lightly on the bed as I could feel the last surviving bit of sleep vanish from my eyes.I stretched tiredly on the bed, I felt my hand press against a hard body. I startled awake and opened my eyes to see Elijah smirking down at me. I gasped lightly at the proximity between our faces, but then relaxed when my mind began to take note of my environment.“Elijah”, I called wearily, fluttering my eyelashes at him. He moved closer and planted a soft kiss on my lips. I stayed still, enduring the way his horrible morning breath grazed across my nostrils.“How was your sleep?”, he asked sweetly, brushing my hair away from my face gently with the tips of his fingers.I nodded lightly, pursing my lips as I stared at his face.His fingers trailed down to my cheeks and without warning, he pressed them painfully, causing me to wince in pai
CHAPTER 97I looked on curiously at the man in front of me as he returned my gaze with a great vendetta brewing in his eyes.I was used to getting hateful glances. Everyone I came across usually had one to spare before they moved to kiss my ass. However, he looked at me differently. He stared at me like I had wronged him in the deepest, darkest parts of his soul.“Do I know you from somewhere?”, I asked, tilting my head at him and squinting my eyes, trying to find out if I had ever seen his face before and where.He looked even further annoyed by my question as he clenched his hands into fists beside himself and gritted his teeth, while obviously seething.“You don't even know who I am”, he scoffed, looking back at the crowd of followers beside him.Even though they felt slightly empowered by his display of strength and bravery, the people behind him were too afraid to even shake their heads in his support.I chuckled lightly as I looked at him. I sat upright once again, studying his