CLAYTON'S POVWhen I woke up, it was bright outside. I wasn’t quite sure of the time, or how long I’d been asleep for, but I felt energized. I could remember how I got to our room, and that my mate had pretty much tricked me into sleeping.I wasn’t sure yet if I was mad at her or not.I got up and headed to the bathroom to get ready. I’d checked the time on my watch to find that it was early morning, and when I was done, I headed to the kitchen. As usual, Ariel was making breakfast.“Good morning Alpha. Didn’t think we’d ever see you again,” she teased.Her question had me groaning. “How long was I out for?”“Three days,” she responded.My eyes widened. “Three days?”She nodded. “Three days.”I narrowed my eyes at her. “And you’re not kidding?”“It was actually almost four. You would’ve made it to four had you woken up later in the day,” Bentley stated as she walked into the kitchen.“What the hell did she drug me with?” I grumbled.“She wouldn’t say. She just mentioned that she got t
AZALEA’S POV“What are we doing here? What are you doing here?” I asked her.She was visibly panicked. “I can explain.”Before she could respond, a frantic lady ran into the room. “Princess Pixilia, your father is on his way!”Princess Pixilia?Pixie looked even more panicked as her eyes widened. “What? He’s not supposed to be home for the next week!”The young lady shot a look at Clayton and I. “He heard about our guests.”I could hear the footsteps coming closer and closer to the room we were in, and when the man walked in, I was a little speechless. I don’t know what I expected considering this was a fairy kingdom.But my uncle was a large man.I just knew he was my uncle, and he stood tall, big muscles bulging from under his tight costume. His long hair was loose on his shoulders, and he was dressed in training gear by the looks of things. He looked downright terrifying.He noticed Pixie in the room, shooting her a sharp look, before his eyes landed on Simiyan. “Simiyan.”She lowe
AZALEA'S POVClayton helped me up before we followed my uncle through to the lounge. Unlike the lounge at the Draxlar castle, this one was dainty – but then again everything about this place was ethereal.We got seated, and my uncle surprised me by making the staff make sure that I was completely comfortable. He requested they bring the snacks to the lounge, and requested a complete menu for dinner.We were clearly staying.“So, you said your mother’s missing?” he asked.I nodded. “I was raised in the Nomad World. My parents escaped there when they found out of a plan to overthrow them by their then close friends. On the day I was born, my father was called out under false pretences and taken by the Nomad government. My mother, thinking he’d gone back home, returned to the Lycan Kingdom alone, only to be captured by an enemy we don’t know much about.”“And where is your father now?” he questioned.“Fate was kind enough to me to grant me an army general as an adoptive father. Through h
AZALEA'S POVRealizing that he was in a tough spot, my uncle turned back to me. “Did your mother give any clues about where she could be?”I shook my head. “She has no idea.”“We believe she may be in the Forgotten Lands, and that she was taken by a shapeshifter,” Clayton spoke up.We watched my uncle tense up. “A shapeshifter?”“Do you know what we’re talking about?” Simiyan asked him.“Have any of you encountered the creature?” he instead asked.“Lea did,” Clayton informed.My uncle sat forward, more engaged than he’d been since we arrived. “What did it say to you? Did you get a good look at it?”I was frowning when Clayton held my hand. “Why do you seem so desperate to know?”He looked reluctant to say anything, until he sighed. “Because Avril wasn’t attacked in the Lycan War.”“What?” Simiyan and Pixie reacted.My uncle sat back on the couch, rubbing his face. “Fate clearly has it out for me because that creature caused my wife’s death and now it has my sister, who my wife was try
AZALEA’S POVI hadn’t alerted him of the tingles, but the look he was giving me suggested I didn’t need to. “How can you tell?”“Your eyes,” he replied.I didn’t have a mirror anywhere close, but I didn’t need one since the water was clear enough. I looked down and the fiery eyes I was used to were gone. In their place were iridescent eyes.And much like I did when we arrived at the castle, I was glowing.“I can feel her,” Shia stated.“Can you see her?” I asked.“No. I can only see bright colours, but I can definitely feel her. It’s almost like she’s trapped by something,” she explained.I was still checking my eyes out when I spoke to my uncle. “Shia, my Lycan, can feel my fairy, but she can’t see her. What exactly does this mean?”“I don’t know for sure. From what I’m currently witnessing, your fairy side is a lot more powerful than one would guess for someone who is a hybrid. The assumption as I made was that because you have a Lycan, you couldn’t possibly have a fairy, but I gues
AZALEA'S POVMy mind went absolutely blank. I was already stressed out about having one baby, and now I was being told that I’d be having two. I was a little over a month away from giving birth, and while I figured I was as big as I was because my son is special, finding out that I was having two babies instead made sense.It would just take time to accept.“Did you really not know?” my mother asked.I shook my head. “This is news to me.”“But, you’re so big for one baby,” she argued.“Look, I brought up the same thing and I was told its probably because my son is special,” I replied.My uncle looked just as baffled as my mother. “Wasn’t a scan done?”I shook my head. “I haven’t had time to go to the doctor with Clay. I wasn’t about to get the scan done without him. Besides, everyone can sense my son. What about the other baby?”“It’s a girl, and I think she’s a fairy, or at least that’s her predominant genes,” my uncle stated.I don’t know if it was his words or what, but I suddenly
AZALEA'S POVI smiled at my mate. “I’m perfect. My uncle unlocked my fairy.”“Will I get to train her?” Pixie asked my uncle.He nodded. “We’ll both train her once she’s given birth. Her mother has instructed her to take it easy until then.”“Hopefully she’ll listen,” Clayton mumbled.I sighed, grabbing his hand. “I’m sorry.”He squeezed my hand. “I knew what I was getting into by being your mate Lea, but you have to meet me halfway. I’m already so stressed out by everything. I don’t need to worry about you going rogue too.”“I know, I know, but doesn’t it count that I took you along with me on my rogue outing?” I pouted.He shook his head, smiling. “You’re annoyingly cute and that means you’re getting away with a lot, but no, it doesn’t count. We had no idea what we were coming to here. You could’ve put our child in danger. I am only one person Lea, and despite how strong I am, I will fail to protect you against an army of stronger creatures. I don’t want to live with that guilt if t
CLAYTON’S POVDinner was as exquisite as expected from the demands given. King Hayes had gone all out for us and after that meal, and the news I’d received from my mate, I couldn’t wait to get back home.“You were so confident in defying him. I don’t understand your hesitation to return home,” Simiyan teased my mate.“As usual, I didn’t think things through. I’m telling you, he’s waiting for us at the portal,” my baby mama panicked.“Love, staying here overnight isn’t an option. Our dads will kill me for sure,” I pointed out.“Besides, I stood up to my dad for you. I don’t think anyone is going to hurt you without getting through me,” Pixie added.“They wouldn’t hurt me, but that doesn’t mean I’m prepared to get scolded,” Azalea stated.King Hayes walked into the room. “Would it help if I came back with you now?”My mate beamed. “Would you?”He chuckled. “That wouldn’t actually help your case, but yes. I can come back with you now.”“Did you finish setting up your contingencies?” Simi
AZALEA’S POV“I can’t believe two years into your marriage and you’re still pulling these stunts!”“How else am I supposed to keep the romance alive?”“He’s going to kill you, you know that much, right?”“He wouldn’t kill me while my dad still lives.”“At this point, Hugh would welcome your death. You truly are a menace.”My mouth dropped as she giggled. “You don’t mean that!”“Oh, I believe it too. When they told me you’re a menace, I didn’t know just how right they are,” my aunt teased.“You all just hate me,” I argued.“No one hates you because you won’t even allow us to do that much,” my mother commented.I gasped, and the evil women just laughed at me. “I can’t believe you’re in on this too!”“You and I are connected, and while the reason why is still a myth to all of us, at no point in my life did I swear to stand by your foolishness, especially when it involves tormenting that poor sweet boy,” Simoa stated.“There’s nothing sweet about him. You guys just don’t get to see how he
CLAYTON'S POV“I underestimated Eligor’s memory spell. I was desperate to explain myself and my actions, and to ask for forgiveness. I wasn’t sure if going to Aragon would help, so I went to the only other two people who knew me better than he did. Avril and Val were my best friends, so I thought if I could get them to understand, then they’d help me make sense of everything and help me deal with my new reality. I was lost, and in pain, and I just needed someone to understand me, except it was in that moment that I realized it would never happen. If the people closest to me couldn’t remember me, then I had no one. I was officially all alone,” Alyx explained.“What happened? Where have you been all this time?” her brother asked her.“After what happened with Avril, I knew I had to find a way to control what I’d become. I got some of Eligor’s powers through our mating, and they helped me to an extent. I found out he was abusing the Xeglan, and they asked for my help in keeping them from
CLAYTON’S POVOnce King Brennus lifted the spell from them, it was decided that we should head back while their memories started to trickle in. With everything over, the packs had been instructed to stack the dead hybrids and burn them.We suffered a couple of casualties and injuries on our side, and it was decided that the bodies of the dead would be put aside and we’d have a funeral for them the following day. We needed to let everything settle down first.With Eligor out of the picture, King Brennus ordered the Xeglan to return to Advalur, and they happily complied, while the Xeglan hybrids were imprisoned. At the end of the day, they were traitors, and it would be decided later what we’d be doing with them.Azalea led her aunt to our room, refusing to leave her side, while Pixie was quickly at mine. “You’re coming with us.”I followed after her, and she led me to a room with our friends in it, including Brantley and Bentley. “When did you guys get here?”“That’s not important! Wha
AZALEA'S POVThe turned Lycan looked my way. “I’m the source of a lot of your problems. With me out of the way, you stand a better chance of taking over this kingdom, but you’re going to have to catch me first.”I closed my link to my family and friends as I turned and made a run for it. I could hear him following after me, as well as my family following after him. I had absolutely no clue what I was doing, or what the plan was, but this distraction was giving me some time to think.And before I knew it, I was running past the border and into the Forgotten Lands.Being here, I knew that only Eligor, Clayton, King Brennus, Greier, and my aunt could follow after me. My father and Clayton’s father didn’t have the bracelets on them, so they’d be affected if they came through.I finally let my mate through our link as he ran in after me, shifted back and changed into shorts. “Now what?”“I have no idea, but I know this is where everything has to end,” I told him just as Eligor’s beast grow
AZALEA’S POVShe looked more badass than she had in the vision. Confusion surrounded us as we watched everyone wondering why the Xeglan hybrids weren’t fighting, and who the woman was. Much like in the vision, she was preceded by smoke, and when it cleared, I could see recognition from our inner circle.“It’s her. It’s the woman from the painting,” Pixie was the one to state.“It’s Alyx, isn’t it?” Cleo asked, but no one responded.Instead, we watched as Eligor took in his mate, surprised to see her in her true form. “You can control the faces?”“I can do a lot more than that, but I’m not here to tell you all about that,” she told him.“Well, it’s about time we joined hands and finally took over the kingdom as planned,” he smiled, walking over to her.She put her hand out. “You either didn’t hear me, or you’re choosing to ignore what I said. I’m here to stop you.”It was a slight opening in his emotions as the vulnerability showed on his face. “Tell me that these people aren’t right.
CLAYTON’S POV“Avril and Valencia were my closest friends. Lost as I was, I thought if I went to explain myself to them, they’d understand, but I underestimated Eligor’s spell. They really had no idea who I was, and the changing faces and my changed form weren’t helpful. That’s when I realized that I needed to learn how to control the faces and my body.”Azalea was crying beside me, and I put my arm around her. “Where was Eligor during all this?”“I didn’t want anything to do with him, and he agreed to give me my space. However, in that time apart, I realized that my love for him was turning to hatred. Every time he checked in on me, he would let me know about his efforts to undo what he’d done, but I’d already lost too much. Being with him didn’t feel like something I wanted to do anymore, so I kept to myself. One thing I got through our mating is some of his powers, and I used them to travel the dimensions, learning as much as I could about what they knew about shapeshifters. I also
AZALEA’S POVThere she was.She was dressed in a dark emerald dress, and there was smoke around her, but I knew it was her. The same eyes I’d seen in the painting were looking straight at me. She was unmoving, showing no emotion on her face.“It’s her.”I didn’t know if I could even bring him with me, but I was relieved to look to my side and find Clayton there. “Do we go to her?”He shook his head. “We wait for her.”I agreed, and we waited. Before getting pulled in, we moved off the battlefield, hiding, and I could only hope that we’d stay hidden given the fact that we had no idea what was going on outside this vision.After a while, she finally moved towards us. I unintentionally squeezed Clayton’s hand a little harder, and he put his other hand on top of mine. I looked up at him, and I knew what he was telling me through his eyes.He was with me, and he had my back.She walked until she stood before us. Much like I’d felt back in the castle, it felt like I was looking at an older
CLAYTON’S POV“Report?” my father asked.“They’re coming from the direction of the castle, so we can confirm that it’s Eligor and his army. There hasn’t been any movement from the Forgotten Lands,” his man reported.My father nodded. “Take to the skies and stay there waiting for my command.”“And Isaiah?” the man asked.“Tell him to stay where he is,” my father replied.The man nodded before leaving. “What’s going on Hunter?”“Like Theo just said, Eligor is headed this way with his army. There’s no word from Alyx’s side,” my father replied.I was about to ask a question when my mind link was prodded. “CLAYTON!”“Simoa?” I asked.“Yes, it’s me. Where is your mate?” she asked.“She’s here with me. Why?” I countered.“Eligor is on his way. I have been trying to let her know, but I haven’t been able to reach her,” she huffed.I turned to my mate. “Love, is there anything going on with your link to Simoa?”I heard the murmuring, but I didn’t care for it as my mate scowled. “I can’t feel he
AZALEA'S POV“Are you sorted?” I asked him.He nodded. “Ariel and Cleo are directing everyone here. Greier and the Lyca will join us shortly. Your uncle linked to say there’s a bit of a delay with the archives, but that he’ll be here as soon as he has the information with him.”“Should we maybe not talk to our people before they get here?” Clayton suggested.“He’s got a point Aragon. While we may be understanding of how you reached the decisions that you did, your people may not be,” Clayton’s dad joined us.“I’ll address them once they’ve all assembled,” my father agreed.As expected, our pack members were the first to assemble, and I could see the pride on my mate’s face at seeing his people still as efficient as ever. The pack members of The Rebelution were officially the pack members of the royal pack.I had read up on the royal pack, with my father answering any more questions that I had. Apparently, the royal pack that he was Alpha of was either taken over by Eligor, or those wh