That instant, Mara found herself walking out of the room to find him.From hearing that howl, it was like a magical compass had attached to her mind's eye, and she suddenly could find herself outside her room.To her surprise, she did not encounter anyone as she stepped around the castle.When she realized what had just happened, she was already standing in front of a vast dark forest.She was drawn to him and was sure he was there within the depth of the forest and needed her help.Mara knew that instant that she needed to find him.She had utterly come to forget the pain in her feet and was walking into the forest with just the light of the moon as her guidance.She continued walking until she came to a part of the forest that was cleared out.The moon focused on this part as if it were the middle of the forest.Mara unexpectedly could tell that Sebastian had passed through that exact place.She still could not understand why she was out there searching for him, nor could she bring
"You had no right being out there and bringing him to my castle, woman," he said as he turned suddenly to face her.Mara followed him instantly when she heard him say he would send someone to get rid of the wounded man on the bed.She could not understand why a man like him would be cruel to someone else, but then he had to turn to her and tell her that she had no right."You said you would get rid of him." she pressed onto the subject so he would not change it.Sebastian frowned, "I would not have you bring in strays and unfamiliar beings to my castle. Not even if you are my...my... forget it." he said and made to turn away.He could not believe he had almost said those words out loud.How could he refer to her as his mate when he knew well enough he could and would not accept that responsibility ever? He needed to get away from her before he said any more wrong things, but she would not allow him. The woman was so stubborn and determined to get whatever she wanted.Perhaps even he
Old Sonya sighed but said nothing while Maria stared at her with eyes full of curiosity, hoping she would start speaking.After a while, when it was apparent the woman was not going to speak of it, the young girl decided to do it herself. She informed Mara that she would tell her, against Sonya's wish. She hurriedly tried to stop Maria by saying the story was not something she should be worried about, but Mara became more adamant about listening to her words and insisted on them telling her.She asked Maria to proceed with the story because it could be helpful for her in the future, and with her current situation, she was ready to accept and listen to anything that might help her.Maria cleared her throat and then began.It was something that happened many moons ago that was told to them. Sebastian had not always been this way until after he had lost his father.It was said the old man had been attacked by some other pack and died in battle, but that was not all there was to it. In
There was tension in the air. Probably not hers at the moment but in his own space.Sebastian was forcing himself not to react or seem overly protective of the frail Woman when he wanted nothing to do with her.But now, Silas was overstepping his bounds, and Sebastian was not sure how to classify his actions. Perhaps he was intentionally trying to provoke him when after she introduced herself to him, he took her hand in his and kissed the back of it.His wolf shifted angrily within him, and he felt so much displeasure. To make it worse, his brother had looked at him in a cocky manner after doing that without leaving her hand.Sebastian flashed him a warning before she could notice by bringing up his wolf's eyes briefly. Then he cleared his throat. She looked at him now, and although he wanted not to be angry, he could not help being mad at her.He cleared his throat to make her realize what was happening while glaring at the hand holding hers.He noticed how she held his brother's han
Of her specie, this man was totally unbelievable in all his ways.She wanted to walk around that table to where he sat looking dashingly handsome and punch him in the face.All he did was make her angry from the moment they met, and now it seemed like each time they met, an intensity of anger increased within her like each meeting with him was fuel.It was pretty unusual, but she was intelligent enough to understand that it very well would have everything and more to do with her being his mate.She wanted to know the meaning by all means, even if she already suspected something to be what it was.She liked the prospect of her thought surprisingly but yet again disliked it.Silas, who had been standing there enjoying the show between the duo, was beginning to feel for hisbrother.He could understand that all this action he was putting up was an intro to the pain he was feeling inside. Nothing hurt more than an unclaimed mate, which drove them wolves to madness.He had to step in immed
Waking up that morning, Mara had quite a lot on her mind. The previous night had been hard on her as all she thought about was circling Sebastian and his life story. There were so many questions on her mind and so many regrets.When she had gone inside the previous night, Old Sonya had been waiting still for her. Poor old woman,she was watching over the werewolf she had dragged home and had worn herself out. When Mara entered the room, she was seated on a chair and sleeping.Mara had woken her up and escorted her to her room after insisting she would watch over the man who she doubted his status after her eavesdropping revelation.The young man on her bed looked pretty much young and seemed like he was much younger thanSebastian and Silas. He was dashing with blonde hair, although hers was way lighter. He needed to wake up soon enough to avoid irritating Sebastian further.Mara had drawn the chair up close and sat down to watch him. The night had not been easy as she was busy mappi
The old lady was amused by her lie with the way she smiled at Mara and responded sarcastically."Oh, I see," she said.Mara was at a loss instantly and decided to switch to full defensive. She had to first agree to the fact thatshe had heard the very same thing, but it made absolutely no sense to her as such superstitious beliefsdo not attract her.She was a free woman of her own free will and would not be coerced into believing some ancient stories. All along, the old lady had been paying her attention and paused on what she had been doing to listen fully to her speech, for that was what it seemed like to her.First, she corrected Mara on the fact that she did not believe in superstitions by asking her a simple question. It was a straight one as it was just that had she been told without seeing that werewolves did exist, would she have believed? Mara thought about it briefly."Of course not. Right now, I'm still trying to believe it fully," she said"Good. In the same way, you must
Mara had never been more frightened than she was at that moment when the young man suddenlygrabbed her unexpectedly.She felt her heart do a little huddle and back again as she froze for a moment on the spot.Slowly, she turned around to see what had caused the sudden grip of the young man.Ever since she had rescued him, she had been waiting to see what beautiful eyes lay behind those closed lids of the handsome young face because that was the only way she could tell if he was indeed a werewolf or not, which she hoped would not be because it will justify her defense of him against Sebastian on how wrong he was judging the young man as a werewolf.However, if she had made a bet with her life on that, she would have lost it woefully because the moment she turned, her eyes stared back at eyes that were not deemed humanlike, and I knew instantly that I had been wrong all along. This one had a strange color like the others that had attacked her in theforest but nothing similar to Sebast
His piercing scream and then the impact on her body from the way the old alpha had slammed herreached into her depths. Mara had never been more pained and even now, she had forgotten how toturn for a moment into her human form. Her baby was all that mattered to her and then she got over itand let it free. She had returned back to her human for, bare and all. The minute she opened her eyes, two things happen simultaneously. Grimshaw pulled a dagger andthen held it close to her stomach area just as she saw Sebastian in the action of trying to make it over. “Now you stop there boy or I would be sending her and your baby to hell.” He said “Baby?” Sebastian asked caught dead in his tracks Yes baby. Continue wizard.” Grimshaw said to the wizard whom yet again had been distracted. Sebastian must not have believed his ears when he closed his eyes and listened. He could hear it finallythrough the noise, the steady tiny beating heart of the child within her. He could not believe his ea
He pulled her along quickly taking the shorter route to the stone altar he already had in preparation fortheir rites. The wizard was there and Grimshaw had never been more excited over his plans ahead andof time of making the wizard key into all his plans with Alexa the late sorceress. The breach of his wallshad seriously extended to where they were and it was only a matter of time before they get closer andget to him. But not for long, he was going to make certain he beats them to it. He had some of his menstand guard around the place as he pulled Mara along. He was not going to waste anymore time.“You may begin.” He said to the wizard“Yes my lord. Everything is nearly prepared but we might still be needing the one inhabited by life.” Thewizard said.Grimshaw caught Mara smirking but he had a surprise for her.“Oh she is the one inhabited by light.” He said“But I thought Alexa…” the confused wizard said“Alexa was gullible and let a little girl play a fast one on her. But su
She has been unnecessarily frustrating since he took her to see Zyair and abruptly refused eating until hefrees the boy. Grimshaw also knew within that the knowledge that her own mother had put him onpermanent protection was something way more challenging for her. He felt really proud but morehappy about the fact that her powers were actually awakening. It was a go go for him actually as he hadbeen waiting patiently to be able to harness her powers. But since what happened with his men theother day, Grimshaw suspected that something was off with her and her powers. The sorceress hadAlexa had said that it was a force field of death that she wielded based on what Mara had told her buthe could point out loopholes around those words. He knew he had to revisit that issue himself and seefor himself to make certain that her powers were what they seemed. He had asked that his men looksaround and finds the sorceress text but it would turn out that it had disappeared miraculously.Grim
They had been trying hard at keeping their ranks for sometime now as they had been really busy with the enemies. It was really tough as Sebastian had not been to war in a long but luckily for him, he had the experience and the true qualities of a leader. More and more had been falling into his ranks and aligning with his troops as everyone seemed to be calling for an end to Grimshaw’s reign. There were leaders around him both young ones and older ones to advise him and brush up his strategies. They were not so much but they were doing really well at holding out on the enemies. They fact that theywere short numbered was a cause for alarm as this was war and not a fairytale. It would only be a couple of moments and then the enemies would see through the hidden loopholes in their formation and then it would be their turn to start suffering the ills of war. That was just what Sebastian had been fighting tooth and nail to avoid. He could not loose this war. Not with the glimmer of hope h
Three days since he sent out his men, he still was not getting any responses from the battlefield. He last heard that they were engaging each other already at a place not so far from his castle, and now he heard nothing more. Grimshaw had sent three ravens out already. Two to the light claw pack and one to his general out at the war front, but neither had responded. The panic of not knowing was killing him; all he wanted now was reassurance from the general that his men were doing well, followed by a backup from the light claw pack.Apparently, it would seem like the old pack wanted nothing to do with or assist him. Grimshaw was not short of surprises as he knew well enough that all this had everything and more to do with the distraction he had received the other night of the banquet.The heavens knew what his son and Mara had voiced to the alpha. He had been told that they met with the man away from the banquet table, and although they tried to make it seem like a tour of the sorts o
“You should stop pressurizing him about these things, Max. It is not his problem.” Artemia said to her brother.“So you think,” Maxwell said.“So I know.” She said to him, firing up.Maxwell had been at the top of his beefing with his father again; this time, he was not buying his cowardice. He could not understand why the old man was acting the way he had been, even after the young woman had affirmed that she was being married against her will to this old wolf that seemed tohave been brewing all the troubles in the entire werewolf history.Maxwell had never liked Grimshaw, not even as a child, and many times when his father would meet secretly with this man; he always felt uncomfortable about it all. His father had not sent troops to help when the first war had happened, and as a child, he had not understood the reason why but this time, he was already beginning to think about it having relations with Grimshaw.All these years, they had been living in the wild and away from everyone
"Well, good morning to you, my hubby dad," Mara said as she entered the dining room, smiling ear to earwith so much amusement, especially at his face. Someone else was seated a little too early on the table, and he snorted laughter that had him choking on the drumstick he was biting down on."That serves you right, boy, for not waiting," Grimshaw growled as he observed Mara come to sit at her place."Are you alright?" she asked Zyair, who just drank from his cup and nodded. Mara then turned to Grimshaw, who was glaring at her. There certainly was a part of him that wished she had nothing to offer him so he could snap her neck, but he could not now, could he? He needed her alive so his plans could mature into reality. Grimshaw then furrowed his brow even more profoundly as he glared."You know, girl, I would rather the other bit of our relationship be kept secret." He glared at her"I do not understand. But that's what we are, right? And sometimes one could get confused with identitie
"Are you sure you want to do this and trust those treacherous humans again as our ancestors once did, brother?" Silas asked him for the third time, but this was at the boundary of Blackwell.The past few days, or dare we assume the week, have been the most hectic as they had been up and busy with the re-establishment of Blackwell, and there have been a lot of changes. Successfully a few daysafter the barrier had fallen, they had completed the sealing around Blackwell entirely. It was far more than what little Sebastian had thought they would achieve. It would seem the hands of fate had played them with way better plans than they had ever dreamt of as it was walled a little higher. Even more exciting was the line of persons, wolves in particular, that lined outside the new gates of Blackwell to surrender themselves to the new dawn and hope which was in the person of Sebastian. A lot had been happening these few days, but also enough to remind them that there was no longer time for so
Mara stood there as the maids attended to her with sadness in her eyes.She could not believe that this was happening despite the discovery. She looked grim as they put the gown on her, as she stared back at the mirror.Here has a damsel in distress that perhaps her powers alone would not save her from her impending fate.After the last altercation with Grimshaw, he had come to her room afterward and spoken to her.Mara then went to bed and did receive a confirmation of the fact that Grimshaw was her father. In fact, from what she had seen, he had known from the moment of her turning and yet had decided to keep it safely away from her while she wallowed in his desperation to marry her. He had come and put her in the tightest of corners when he warned her of the fate of Sebastian. He had sent a spread of words about her, and he also had more news.Two days ago, he learned that Blackwell castle had been again found. The barrier had already been lifted.Hence he could easily make an atta