~Hazel's POV~ "He will be fine, Haze..." Despite everyone's best efforts to put my mind at ease, I was not able to take a rest. They say he will be fine but I feel otherwise. And I hate the way I feel. The last time I felt this, I learned that Hudson used poison to win the duel, and now... No... I don't want to think about the worst to happen to my mate. This wasn't supposed to happen... "This wasn't supposed to happen... She said it would work!" I said while shaking my head. We were still waiting outside the room in which Liam was being checked but neither the doctor nor Lexi came to me and told me what the heck was wrong with my mate or what went wrong. I don't know what to do! "Where is she?" I asked Scarlett who was sitting beside me. "She will be here any moment. She said that he might have attacked him before the poison could wear off his claws." His neck was scratched badly along with some tiny scratches on his legs. But when did Hudson go that deep into h
~Liam's POV~ My eyes slowly flickered open, and I gave myself some time to get out of the sleepy zone. The white ceiling with some dim lights came into my view while some beeping sound came from both of my sides, confirming that I was in the hospital. But why? I don't feel... Hurt or any sort of ache in my body. I am not sure why but I had this feeling in my heart that whatever happened to me wasn't good. I... collapsed. I never collapsed like this before, like today, so for sure, something happened that I don't recall. I knew it was bad, but I didn't feel a bit of ache or any sort of thing in my body. Instead, I feel light and... Energized. How? I don't know... I turned my head to my right, and my eyes widened while I sat straight on the bed with terror in my heart. Hazel... What the heck happened to her? She was fine when I last saw her... Or she wasn't? No... I remember she was. It was me who was fighting, not her. "Hazel? Baby, what's wrong?" I asked while getting
~Liam's POV~Tucking my black shirt into my gray pants, I walked out of the closet and looked at my mate who was still sleeping. The sound of beeping machines and the smell of medicines took me back to the day when I bid goodbye for once and all to my father and I hated every single second that spent there after I was done listening to Ethan. The hospital is never anyone's favorite place unless you are a doctor or a nurse. And I am no different from others. It was safe and good for both Hazel and me to bring her back to the packhouse, to our room where we were the most comfortable. I lay beside her and kissed her head which made her snuggle close to me with a soft sound coming out of her mouth. Her brown hair was messy, in great need of a shower while the corner of her eyes looked puffy. She cried way too bad till she heard I was out of danger. I didn't need anyone to tell me this, her eyes were enough to say what she experienced in my absence and I seriously don't think she would
~Hazel's POV~ I knew the first dinner after their duel would be awkward but didn't think it become abnormal as well. Though the Silver Moon wolves never fail to amaze me and do everything in their power to throw a surprise in my face, but I never thought they would be that way like everyone around them. I thought it was only me who was treated like no one but after today, I am sure they are the best wolves to make people doubt their existence. After seeing the tension of today, I thought of either seeing no one in the packhouse or people in a dim mood but they were opposite of what I thought they would be. Just like any other day, they were roaming in the packhouse with smiles on their faces and doing everything as they used to do. Even the dinner table looked no different. Instead, it was filled more than usual days. Nobody asked about Charlotte and Ethan and they were so quick to fill their seats that no one could ever know they ever existed. I even doubt if anyone in
~Hazel's POV~ Last of her bloodline...? Has everyone from my distant family and every other silver wolf already died? Jeez... That's scary... I knew I was different when I couldn't shift into my wolf on my eighteenth birthday but I didn't want to be this different. It's scary and... Dangerous. "All of them are already dead?" I asked Mr. Haywood. He nodded his head with a heavy sigh coming out of his mouth, "It was your uncle's family that was killed in the last assault by rogues. His mate, one-year-old girl, and he... They all died protecting themselves from the rogues." What... One-year-old girl? They were such monsters! "What happened? Tell me everything," I asked him, my heart racing and my breath becoming heavy. They killed a baby... How can they be so cruel to do this to a baby? "Rogues and some packs were chasing silver wolves for so many years. They wanted their... Blood. As you already know, you are immune to silver. This is a powerful prevention against a
~Hazel's POV~My head was already spinning with so many things unfolding in front of my eyes that I couldn't seem to handle them anymore. But... I know I have to go on if I want to know the whole truth. "But the pack would have helped them? Why do they have to go on their own?" Liam asked Mr Haywood. "Ivy received a threat note in the same handwriting as the letter that Peter received, stating that they would be coming for both the Silver wolf and were-witch. We four believed that it was our fight, not the whole pack. Doesn't matter what the year was, we all were welcomed in this pack by your ancestors. We respected that and wanted to keep their people safe, it wasn't their fight. They weren't supposed to lose their kids or parents because of our kids so we chose to fight on our own. Also... Alpha Nathaniel doubted that someone from the inside was giving information to outsiders as Julia shifted only once into her wolf but in the depths of the forest. No one could get that deep
~Hazel's POV~ In the past few moments, I got to know so many things about my parents and our past, and every time I felt agitated on the verge, Liam was calming me down but this time... He was the one losing his cool. His palms were turned into fists and his fists were so tight that I could see his knuckles turning yellow while the nerves on his arms seemed as if they would pop out any moment. He was doing his best in maintaining a straight face with no emotions on his face but I could feel how raged he was from the inside. He wanted to rip people's hearts out... He wanted to go on a killing spree... "Nobody told me that rogues had anything to do with their accident," Liam said, trying his best not to growl while I kept caressing his neck to keep him calm. Mr Haywood looked down at his lap and sighed heavily, "I know you might think we did wrong to you, but trust me, it was for the best." He gazed at Liam and smiled, "Charlotte and Nathaniel were each other's support i
~Liam's POV~ "So you are still not able to change her mind?" Axel asked as he threw a punch at me. I growled and blocked his punch, "It feels like I'm talking to a wall at times..." "It won't be easy," He groaned while pushing me back and threw a punch again at me but I ducked his attack and kicked his leg. I locked his neck between my arms and growled, "I don't want to wait." I freaking don't want to wait anymore... It's been three days since I am trying to change Hazel's mind about her wolf but she just doesn't want to listen. I am certain that whoever betrayed Dad and partnered with rouges is still breathing fresh air into my pack every single day... I want to rip that person's heart out from his body... That person snatched our parents... I want to burn him every single day till his soul begs me to put an end to his misery... Axel tapped on my elbow and I quickly let go of him, "I didn't realize I was holding on tight." "You do realize that you have to talk it out t
~Liam's POV~ "She wanted to be left alone..." He plainly said. "She was just a kid... Not even a teen," I emphasized. "Still, it was her choice," He replied with a shrug. I nodded my head, "Living alone was her choice, and I understand you all respected that. But what about her basic needs? What about food and clothes?" "Your parents did as much as they could She didn't want anyone's help. She wanted to be left alone and look after herself and all of us respected that. You can even ask her," He confidently answered. I sighed, "Fine... That means she was fine and living the way she wanted till my parents died and she turned eighteen. But what after that? You knew what she was going through and, most importantly, why she was going through all of that. Why did you never shoo away any of her bullies or report the mistreatment to me? You knew her and her history better than anyone else in the pack." I could see guilt crossing his face and was able to hear his heart skipping a b
~Liam's POV~ I dropped Hazel at Lexi's place, intending to have a word with her father, but it turned out he was already waiting for me at the packhouse. As much as I wanted to be with Hazel and learn more about the pendant, I let her and Lexi take the lead in this and left to move on to other tasks. Every gift Hazel received from her Mom and Dad holds a special memory, and every time she looked at them reminded her of the good moments that she spent with them just for a few years. I very well know the nostalgia of going through old memories, so I know how hard they hit, and with Hazel being in her last trimester of such a beautiful period, the pain and feeling were heightened ten times. Leaving her behind wasn't easy until Lexi gave her herbal tea, which helped her calm her thoughts and anxiousness and allowed me to look after other things that I had in my hands. We have so much to do... The welcome party of our baby and announcement of Nora and Scarlett taking the l
~Liam's POV~"I should take notes of this..." I whispered. "Wait till you see more," She giggled. "I thought it was a movable almirah..." She shook her head, "It isn't. It looks like one from the outside but it's not. The center part won't budge from its place as you already saw it's a door to this small room." The room was very small, enough only for a person to stand in, so Hazel walked into the room and turned to her right, where a giant locker was placed. She placed her thumb on its scanner and took glasses from the stand. The glasses seemed to get some... Wait... Are they scanning her eyes? "Your eyes are getting scanned?" I asked in awe. "Yup," She chuckled. What the heck? "I thought I had the best protection in my packhouse," I said, a little disappointed with the lack of such high protection in my packhouse. "Yeah, that's why Zoey was able to steal so many things," She smirked. "Hey, that's a personal attack," I said and slapped her butt which made her jump
~Liam's POV~ I knew coming back to the place that gave Hazel the worst memories of life wouldn't be easy. A Tsunami of emotions hit Hazel so bad last time we came here that I promised not to let her step into this house again, but here we are, once again, in front of the house that holds only the traumas of my mate. I tightened my grip around my mate's shoulder who was gazing at the house with a heavy heart and sighed, "I remember I promised you that you wouldn't be here again and I would get the whole house painted and repaired but I was so busy with other things that I couldn't look after it. I'm sorry." Just like the last time, her heart was racing and anxiousness was evident to feel within her without even trying. She was trying her best to control her emotions but since we were bonded, it was easy for me to see and feel every breath filled with pain that she was taking in. "Don't be. At least you asked people to cover up the walls. I'm grateful for that," She smiled at m
~Hazel's POV~ "Hazel, sweetheart, wake up! Wake up, baby!" I jolted up from the bed and caught my breath... What the heck was that? My hand instantly went to my belly, and I took a sigh of relief; my baby was with me... That... That was a dream... No... Nightmare. "Sweetheart, are you okay? Another nightmare?" Hearing Liam's voice made me snap out of the pain and grief that I was still feeling, and I cupped his cheeks while scanning his body over and over again. "I'm glad you are okay..." I cried and hugged him tightly. I have been having nightmares for days, but this was the worst one out of all. "Sssh, it was just a nightmare..." He caressed my hair and kissed my head. "I-I saw you and our baby... Dying... In front of my eyes," I whispered and hugged him tightly. I don't want even a bit of it to come true. Fuck this dream, I can't even see these two getting a scratch. Earlier, it was only a man, a woman, and a baby that I used to see in my nightmares, b
~Hazel's POV~ ***My heart was my guide and my eyes in this dark room. I didn't know where I was going or where I was in the first place... All I knew was that my heart was guiding me somewhere safe. I called for Liam every single second and steps that I took in the moon goddess knew which direction with racing heartbeats. I hate being alone... I have been alone all my life and I hated every single second of it. I don't want to be alone again... I have a mate and friends now; I want to be with them as long as I can, not in the darkness that I used to live in for most of my life. "Liam!" I called Liam, Scarlett, and others, but there was no one to hear my voice. Sweat formed on my head while tears started to pool in my eyes... It feels like I am living my worst nightmare. No one is around me... And this time, not only my loved ones but NO ONE. Not even a single person. With chaos in my heart and mind, I kept walking forward and soon smiled in joy as I finally found light
~Liam's POV~ "Is it done?" I asked Lexi, who had just gotten out of the dungeon with Nick. She nodded her head, "Don't take her out of her cell otherwise, the magic will lose its charm. Stay within the boundaries that I have created in front of her cell." "Thank you," I nodded my head and walked into the dungeon. Ethan and Charlotte were the first ones to get into my sight as I entered the dungeon. While seeing Ethan standing with a face full of arrogance in front of me, made me want to growl, my aunt's puffy face with dry eyes told me to stay put. She has been trying her best to change her arrogant son's mind but she doesn't know his mind stopped functioning in the right direction ages ago. Not wanting to initiate any conversation, I cleared the way for them to leave and moved down into the dungeon. It's hard for both of them to see their son like this but it will only keep becoming difficult if they don't accept today's truth. I walked straight in front of Zoey's c
~Liam's POV~ Nick walked into my office with sleepy eyes and a yawn coming out of his mouth which made Axel and I scoff at him. "We are hanging over a cliff but you seem to be dancing over the top," Axel scoffed. "Yeah, I was... Last night," He chuckled. "Great, now, we should work if we want to stay on top every night," I said while rolling my eyes. "Aye, aye, captain," He saluted and sat on the couch. He opened his laptop while I shared the records of my pack members with him. Forwarding my laptop to Axel, I sighed, "This is the data of the past twenty years, split up in two. List out all the names of people who have been around all the while and died the same year as Hazel's parents and mine, obviously the ones old enough to betray their alpha and Luna. And make a special note of people who were around when Lexi's mother and Adams joined the pack." While I read the letters and try to find something related to Hazle's wolf, I want them to dig into our pack's histor
~Liam's POV~ "So you are still not able to change her mind?" Axel asked as he threw a punch at me. I growled and blocked his punch, "It feels like I'm talking to a wall at times..." "It won't be easy," He groaned while pushing me back and threw a punch again at me but I ducked his attack and kicked his leg. I locked his neck between my arms and growled, "I don't want to wait." I freaking don't want to wait anymore... It's been three days since I am trying to change Hazel's mind about her wolf but she just doesn't want to listen. I am certain that whoever betrayed Dad and partnered with rouges is still breathing fresh air into my pack every single day... I want to rip that person's heart out from his body... That person snatched our parents... I want to burn him every single day till his soul begs me to put an end to his misery... Axel tapped on my elbow and I quickly let go of him, "I didn't realize I was holding on tight." "You do realize that you have to talk it out t