Andrew's POVI got up and looked at my phone for probably the thirtieth time today only to see Shenaya’s name disappear because of the low backlight on the LCD screen of my phone. She still wasn’t picking up. Not a single call or even a damn text message from her.She had been acting weird since the night we kissed and it's been awkward between u. She had been avoiding me like a plague since the last time e saw her at the club. I do not want to drag Lilah into this, but with Shenaya's attitude, I think I will have to. Aiden is here and this is the time I have to make her mine. Even if I have to play the victim here to make her mine I will. I know Lilah would be in my favor because she had always wanted Shenaya and me to be together. She once mentioned that we would be a perfect couple. Everyone could see it, I don't know why Shenaya herself isn't seeing it the way she should. I could have used a spell on her like Skylar did on Aiden years ago but she wasn't my mate. It could only wor
Andrew's PovHow could Skylar still be alive? Most importantly, with the look on her face, she looked like she already had plans for everything she wanted to do. Why was she after Zoey? I mean I knew Zoey was her daughter but if she wanted to take it, she would have done that by now instead of taunting them by appearing and disappearing in her life. I later called Lilah to hear the full story about Skylar having been visiting Zoey and thankfully she told me everything and how Skylar told Zoey, Shenaya wasn't her mother. What the hell was she thinking?I lodged the rooftop hotel closest to the Roux estate so I could keep an eye on Zoey and Shenaya from there. I sat on the balcony, I could capture the whole city of Pari from the spot. My eyes landed on the Roux residence and it reminded me of the Caesar residence. "The Caesar Legacy" as my mother would proudly call it. It still isn't mine yet, I promised my mom I would take the rightful place and it's been years now. I only came close
Aiden's POVAiden’s POVThe weight of the past few days remained in the air, unresolved like some storm that I couldn’t dismiss. It was all weird – Skylar returned, got to Zoey, and told her she was her mother, the pack looking unsafe. Shenaya had barely left Zoey’s side, and even when she did for a little bit, she was overly cautious for the fear that Skylar might come through the portal and find her at night.I couldn’t blame her.This means that we had been operating on adrenalin for weeks, with little sleep and lots of anxiety. The witch—the very one who has tormented me in the past, is back, actively messing with our lives.I glanced at the clock. It was already dead in the night, and I thought to get some rest, but something in me told me I needed to go and see Shenaya in the pups' room. Even though I knew they would be fast asleep by now, I still wanted to check and be sure.The whole mansion was quiet except for the faint sound of the guards moving around the perimeter of the
Shenaya' POVShenaya’s PovI blinked myself awake slowly, realizing I was lying on the soft surface of Zoey’s small bed. It was early morning, and even the curtains did not let much sunlight in the room. So, as soon as I managed to open my eyes and look around, memories of the horrifying events of last night came flooding in like a tsunami. Aiden said Zoey stood above me with a knife in her hands, her cleaver face looking like a different person than she isn’t. Picturing it alone gave me goosebumps. Instantly, I sat up, looking around frantically.Zoey wasn’t beside me.I looked in the direction of Leo’s bed across the room. It was Empty as well.Where were they?My heart was beating hard against my chest. Darker thoughts began to run through my head, and questions came to life: Did Skylar get to them while I was asleep? Could I be too tired to notice her slipping into the room?I slid off the bed, and the touch of the bare floor sent shivers through my feet. I needed to find them now
Andrew’s POVI was standing at the side of the room looking at Aiden, and he was handcuffed and seated on a chair in the middle of a slightly dark room. Seeing him like that gave me a grim of satisfaction. He didn’t know how long I had waited for this moment. The great Alpha Aiden Caesar, currently tied and gagged right in front of me, could have no clue of just how much dominance I possessed.I gave a low chuckle, and Aiden pulled his head up. His eyes looked angry, bewildered, and perhaps scared a little. I couldn’t say.“Do you know who I am?” I asked, my voice laced with mockery.Aiden didn’t respond immediately, and his gaze locked on me as he tried to place my face. The anger in his eyes grew. I could see it dawning on him—realizing who I was.“Andrew,” he spat, “Shenaya’s friend. You traitorous snake.”I grinned at his words, crossing the room to stand before him. “Ah, so you do remember me. But I’m not just her friend, Aiden. I’m much more than that. You see, there’s somethin
Ethan’s POVI opened my eyes slowly and yawned, feeling the bright light that shined through the blinds entering the room. My phone buzzed from the bedside table, and I stretched out an arm and, with blinking eyes, tried to focus my gaze on the screen. A message from Aiden. Odd. We didn’t usually chat outside of pack business, but the following cryptic message caught my attention. It was a GPS location tracker linked to his phone.“What the hell...?” I muttered, sitting up. Why would Aiden send me his location? He will never run to me for personal help despite us being allies. My internal voice said something was not okay, and I sensed that my time to move on had not yet come. We were not close friends by any means, but because we began training partners, I had learned to think of him almost as more than a friend. Plus, I noticed that he and Shenaya had marked each other but were keeping it secret. Wolves like us could sense things like that.I didn’t waste any more time thinking. I g
When Lilah said she would take us to Andrew’s house after I explained the situation to her, my little spark of hope lit up. I didn’t feel right the moment we entered the house, and I had this strange intuition that something was wrong.The house was quiet as death, and now the door stood half-opened as if mocking us. We gingerly moved into the room, looking under tables and chairs and all around, hoping we could find something that would lead us to them. Unfortunately, nothing was found. The furniture was still the same, untouched, with the smell of Andrew’s cologne still pervading the room. He had been here recently.Ethan picked up a note that was lying on the kitchen counter. He unfolded it, his eyes scanning the words before handing it to me.I read it aloud, my voice hard as stone.*"I already got my woman and my daughter. Next is your pack, Aiden. Watch out for me. And as for Skylar, the only way you can get rid of her is if her body is burnt. Unless you do that, she is still co
Aiden's POVI stood at the edge of the training ground with every sense on high alert, my wolf, Smoke was pacing just beneath the surface. The air felt different, It was the kind of tension that reminded me of the ambush that had shattered my world seven years ago. Back then, I had been caught off guard, but not this time. This time, I was ready. I had prepared for this moment, for this war.I reached out with my senses, the familiar hum of Aunt Belle’s protective magic wrapping around my territory like an impenetrable shield. Her enchantments were powerful and ancient, and no magic could breach this place now. If Andrew thought he could sneak in with his usual tricks, appearing as his faceless shadow to strike from the darkness, he was in for a surprise. There would be no more ambushes. No more tricks.This time, it was blood for blood—life for life.As I turned to walk back toward my pack house, I felt the air shift again. A chill ran down my spine, but this time, it wasn’t fear; it
Skylar's POVI stood at the edge of the forest, staring at the Crescent Moon Pack grounds from the shadows. My heart was heavy with a weight I had carried for years—a burden born of betrayal, power, and regret. The whole betrayal thing had scarred me, it drove me to chase power to fill the void left. In the process, I had betrayed everyone, hurt Shenaya, and nearly destroyed everything I once held dear, just because of Andrew's fuel for power.I feel so lonely, I live in isolation, no one talks to me, and I live as a shadow that was why I insisted on having Zoey around. Deep down I want to have a purpose too, I wanted respect but all the power I possess right now keeps radiating without using it. Watching the Roux and the Casaer family from afar for years, I could see the consequences of my actions. Aiden was no longer the man I once wanted. Shenaya, his chosen Luna, had become the Alpha I never thought she could be, so strong, commanding, and loved by the pack. And I, a rogue in spir
Shenaya's POVThe air was thick with anticipation as I prepared for the journey that lay before me. Aunt Belle’s hut was filled with the scent of herbs, their pungent aroma lingered in the air as she arranged them into intricate patterns around a large circular tapestry. The room was very heavy with energy, the air tingled with the magic that would guide me to Aiden’s mind where I would search for his lost wolf and his broken memories.“Shenaya,” Aunt Belle said gently to balm against my frayed nerves, “I hope you still remember that this is not a physical Journey. It’s a journey within your mind. It's a place where memories are intertwined with emotions and spirit. I’ll be here to guide you, but only you can reach him.”I nodded slightly as I knelt on the tapestry, and my hand began to shake. My thoughts kept drifting to Aiden’s face, his empty eyes when they looked at me. His eyes used to be very warm whenever he looked at me but now they are filled with distance which I hate so muc
Aiden's POVThe sun was setting in faint, soft hues over the horizon, casting long shadows over Skylar’s garden. The fading light made the colors dimmer, the sky was heavier than usual. I sat under a tree, alone, lost in my thoughts, still feeling like a stranger within my own skin. I was near Skylar, my mate yet I felt hollow, like I was adrift, floating in a place I didn’t recognize, I recognized Skylar to be my mate but the emptiness I felt within me since the day I decided to follow her could not be comprehended. Her presence felt distant, as though I were standing in a foreign city, lost among faces that should have been familiar but weren’t.Memories flitted through my mind, strange and elusive. Images of Skylar were clear, I knew that we’d been through so much. I could recall being bonded to her, yet somehow, I felt as if someone else was missing, as if part of me was struggling to break free, to remember. Shenaya’s name floated to the surface of my thoughts, insistent, and wi
Shenaya’s POVI lay awake on my bed looking at the ceiling while the morning sun streamed through the curtains, I felt like I had no heart for it was overpowering me. Aiden had finally woken up after days of unconsciousness, but the man who opened his eyes wasn’t the one who had promised me forever. Now, it has been a week, which had been a week of empty sorrow and true suffering despite the fact that Aiden was alive. A week today he stared at me with that blank look on his face and then walked out with Skylar.I slid my hands along the edge of the bed where he once slept, and I suddenly realized there was no one. Aunt Belle had tried to reassure me, she tried explaining how Aiden’s memories had returned jumbled, woven with pieces of his past with Skylar. She’d assured me that the things he remembered doing with her were our memories, they were things he did with me, our moments but somehow, he saw Skylar’s face in them. I clung to that explanation, but it didn’t ease the ache. It did
Aiden's POVSlowly my lumbering eyelids dragged themselves apart and I stared at the harsh glare of the hospital ceiling light above. I could feel the slow pulse that spread dull and aching behind my eyes as if my very brain was aching with pain. My body finally responded, alert and rigid, as if the heavyweights of lead had draped around my bones and as a trial to flex my muscles, shooting spasms of lingering pain.The surroundings of the room were bleached and motionless, the steady sound of appliances providing me with a clear sensorium of time. For a moment, I understood that I was in a hospital, and while that much was clear, the why eluded me like a shadow that slipped across the grass just as one turned to pursue it. Something was amiss, there must have been a big hole in my head that I couldn’t locate or perhaps fill. Irritation started to build up beneath the thick layer of confusion when I tried to find something in my head that wasn’t there.Before I could breathe, thinking
Shenaya's POVThe days he dragged on with an ache that settled deep into my bones. Every morning, I woke in an empty bed, my hand instinctively reaching out to the space Aiden should have filled but he wasn’t there. He was in a coma, lying in the infirmary, his once formidable strength now silent and still. The doctor had said his wolf, Smoke, had sacrificed himself to save Aiden’s human side. The blow was heavy, but I knew it was what Smoke would have wanted—to keep Aiden here with me, even if only in part. But without his wolf, Aiden was more vulnerable than ever, and the emptiness gnawed at me with each passing day.My, Lily, had fallen silent in grief, her sorrow mingling with my nominee's loss of her mate had hit her hard, and now, in the long hours I spent patrolling the pack grounds and handling pack business, I felt her absence as acutely as Aiden’s.In Aiden’s stead, I had taken charge of the pack, managing the day-to-day challenges of leadership while also keeping a wary eye
Shenaya's POVThe early morning light fell like a soft blanket over the Crescent pack’s territory. Dew clung to the grass, shimmering under the sunlight, as though the earth was dressed in celebration of our wedding day. Today, I was marrying Aiden, my Alpha, best friend, and partner in fierce and fragile love.I could feel the energy in the air as the whole pack bustled with preparations. I spent the morning getting ready, surrounded by close friends, family, and members of the pack who all wore excited smiles as they darted around to help, offering me congratulations and teasing glances. The field we had chosen as our wedding site was dressed in rows of pristine white chairs, lined up in front of a wooden podium decorated with garlands of roses, lilies, and green ivy. My heart felt full, overwhelmed with love and gratitude for everyone who had come. Even Skylar, Aiden’s former mate and my one-time enemy, was here today, holding her daughter Zoey’s hand, standing in the crowd with a
LUCY'S POVThe stench of fear mixed with the sharp tang of silver and wolfbane, permeated the dungeon. Darkness wrapped itself around the cold stone walls, and Alenjro’s muffled gasps for air echoed within. The silence in between each scream was thick, and heavy with the weight of what was unsaid. I could hear him attempting to hold back his agony, but it was useless. His control shattered each time I pressed the searing iron that was already wrapped in wolfbane vines, against his skin. “Ahhhh!” Alenjro’s scream filled the room again, slicing through the air, raw and broken. A satisfying chill crawled up my spine as I watched his body convulse against the restraints, his skin blistering from the poison.When his scream died down to a low moan, he lifted his head, eyes glazed with defiance but flecked with terror.“Do you think this will erase what you are?” he spat, a mocking tone laced with an undertone of pain. “Do you think it’ll change the fact that your ‘precious’ son was father
Aiden's POVThe last few months had been surprisingly peaceful like the universe had finally gifted us a rare break from chaos. Shenaya and I had settled into a new rhythm here in Rome, a blend of family life and preparations for the wedding. Zoey had been making incredible strides in her training with Skylar, who surprisingly had shown genuine dedication and care for her daughter. Twice a week, Skylar would bring Zoey back to Shenaya and me, letting us have family time before Zoey returned to her lessons. Our daughter was stronger, and more in control, and I knew we had Skylar to thank for that.Meanwhile, Shenaya had thrown herself into plans for her new brand, hoping to establish it here in Rome now that we’d decided to build our lives here. Though she’d already given me her heart and allowed me to mark her, I felt the need to make things official. I wanted her as my wife, not just my mate, and she deserved to be given that choice. So, a few weeks ago, I’d proposed, and now Shenaya