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Chapter 37 : The Witch
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Alpha's Secret Mate Chapter 38 : Reunion
Ayda's POV "So now you know…"We'd sat together on the couch as Sebastian told me of Kathrine. I…I did not know what to think. Some of the story's elements rang true. Kathrine's lover dying at the hand of Kostas, Theron's diplomatic beliefs, Luna Arianna's death from what Maud had told me....But Kathrine being unable to shift and doing… whatever it was that she'd done at Court? Shadow wolves? Distorted air? Magic? That seemed… illogical at best. Religious experiences were one thing, but what Sebastian claimed wasn't seen in the natural world. The work of the Goddess, maybe.But then I remembered my experiences with the supernatural at the temple.The Goddess had spoken to me, hadn't she? Knew things that were personal to me in ways Medea wouldn't have known, not consciously at least. True, when I'd left the temple, I tried to make sense of it. Was it an actual conjuration, or was it a careful con constructed through years of observation? I wanted to be
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Ayda's POV "This isn't up for discussion, Ayda!""To be frank, my love, like Tartarus it isn't!"I cannot believe what I was seeing, and yet, here was proof right before my very eyes.Men were, indeed, fools!"Maybe we should listen to the ladies, Sebastian?" Andreas, bless him, was attempting to go down the road less traveled: compromise. Like Sebastian, he had changed into his fatigues, the emblem of Obsidian Moon emblazoned in blood-red on the back of his double-breasted military tunic."She has my son," Sebastian knelt to finish with his laces, boots polished to perfection. He was wearing the crown of the High Alpha, which he'd refused to wear since his unofficial coronation on the eve of his father's murder. I suppose when war threats were on the table; one did want to look their absolute best. "Who knows what foul magic she has tainted him with already.""You're being impossible! I'm sure everything is fine," but a part of me wondered if Sebas
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Sebastian's POV "So no, Sebastian, though I appreciate you worrying about me—about our son—I don't need you to protect me like some sheepdog!"Ayda's words kept rattling in my mind, ricocheting off age-old insecurities and doubts as I stalked the deserted halls to my upstairs suite. Where I would be alone for the night because we'd both agreed upon space. Or I was avoiding another potential fallout. Words would be said, and my anger would get the best of me and create issues we didn't need.Goddess' backside, weren't true mates supposed to get along swimmingly? Practically read each other's minds? Were we not meant to be? Is that why fate had tangled so many obstacles in our path?But no, we still felt the pull, felt that inexplicable bond between us.So what was causing this discordance?Why was Ayda being so stubborn, trying to fling herself into whatever danger presented itself like she had something to prove? Perhaps the question was not in her abilit
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Narcissa's POV There were worse places to be than rock bottom; never let anyone tell you otherwise.The people loved a comeback."Sissy?"Ah, sweet Callia!She'd been the first to reach me when we'd been so rudely kicked off the estate of the Obsidian Moon pack. She'd gone back to recover our belongings and secure us a carriage. I'd been surprised by Callia's ability to be level-headed enough to do that, but maybe that was the work of that little upstart Dahlia.Where was the little bitch anyway?I pressed my face to the glass of the carriage, searching for the little tramp, when my mind drifted elsewhere. Where were we going?I didn't know where we were off to in such a rush, and Callia didn't say.Not that I cared much.I could use a vacation with all the work I'd been putting in lately! Sebastian owed me that much. They all did! The miserable staff, my appalling stylist, and her horrid baby which was born of my fiancé himself–with h
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Narcissa's POV "Narcissa, please." Callia hung on me like one of those parasitic vines that choked the mighty redwoods near the Ruby Plateau in the Westerlies. "Just stay! You're not well, we don't have to go home. We could stay here, start anew!""GET OFF ME!"I bit her hard enough to break the skin, and the other two pulled her back, fearful of me. Good, they should be. For too long had I endured their endless sniveling, weighing me down with their uselessness. I didn't need ANY of them.I adjusted the hem of my new dress—white like the frozen lands of my home, lace flowers elegantly kissing my frame, and the pureness of the fetching A-line silhouette with matching cape—walked barefoot out of Opal Hill. I didn't require shoes; they would only slow me down; my legs—hidden beneath the long tulle skirt—had reverted to their true shape. Lupine and powerful, the white fur matching my look, a true werewolf queen.Had anyone seen a more beautiful woman?Someho
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Ayda's POV The morning after my fight with Sebastian was far more domestic than I thought it would be. We had breakfast in the tea room rather than the dining hall as I'd expected.The informality of the seating arrangement was just what I needed.One thing I liked about my life as a commoner was how everyday practices—like meal times, reading, or even hobbies—were all done in a communal setting. A practice only those who'd endured long generational friendships based on mutual goodwill and training, or for the formality of being related to each other, were allowed the privy of in an aristocrats' home. In a commoner's home, there was no stiffy nature of formality because of decorum; one could relax and truly be as they were amongst the common people! It made all the above practices even more enjoyable in a sense and staved off the inherent loneliness that seemed to plague the castle and manors inhabited by the upper echelons of Lycan society.I suspected S
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Ayda's POV "You are," I said, huffing, the rawhide chest protector chafing my skin horrifically even with the shirt he'd loaned me, "a terrible man. Have I told you that?""You may have," Sebastian passed me his waterskin looking unbothered in his casual clothes, olive skin aglow from the exhilaration. His hair was completely devoid of any product, left wild and free to curl around the masculine richness of his face. His Adam's apple bobbed, not clownishly large, but enough to let me know—with the broadness of his shoulders, the bit of chest hair peeking through his tunic, the svelte thickness of his thighs which led to the tight laces girding his manhood—that he was all male.And, upon girlish realization, entirely mine.Fencing was even harder than I'd imagined; the weight of even the smallest of his swords—a rapier—still commanded more stamina in me than I was used to. I wasn't necessarily weak, but given the lack of proper nutrition—skipping meals to
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Ayda's POV The morning came, and, to her disappointment, Nicolette wasn't cleared until tomorrow to travel by carriage per the good doctor's orders. Without someone to accompany me who was a little more trustworthy than Zoe (who was far too eager to travel about with a killer still at large), I was stuck until the next cock crow to venture again. Sebastian would have accompanied me to get our son, but he was too busy wrapped up in kingly duties to risk a few days from the castle.So, to not have the entire day wasted, I decided to keep working on my fencing lessons with Sebastian.Though I was much more careful to keep any sexiness out of it after we'd been caught the last time.Nicolette, not wanting to be trapped in her room for longer than was strictly necessary, decided that she'd join us in training. Granted, from the safe confines of the bench, hurling little throwing knives at a bull's eyes–looking miserable.I would have dispatched Zoe upon the poor wo
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Narcissa's POV "Narcissa, please." Callia hung on me like one of those parasitic vines that choked the mighty redwoods near the Ruby Plateau in the Westerlies. "Just stay! You're not well, we don't have to go home. We could stay here, start anew!""GET OFF ME!"I bit her hard enough to break the skin, and the other two pulled her back, fearful of me. Good, they should be. For too long had I endured their endless sniveling, weighing me down with their uselessness. I didn't need ANY of them.I adjusted the hem of my new dress—white like the frozen lands of my home, lace flowers elegantly kissing my frame, and the pureness of the fetching A-line silhouette with matching cape—walked barefoot out of Opal Hill. I didn't require shoes; they would only slow me down; my legs—hidden beneath the long tulle skirt—had reverted to their true shape. Lupine and powerful, the white fur matching my look, a true werewolf queen.Had anyone seen a more beautiful woman?Someho
