When I woke up the next morning, I felt a bead of sweat on my forehead where the sunlight had been shining through. I wiped it away and sat up, realizing that I had been tucked in, which was odd since I didn't remember it. I was starving and needed something to eat, so I got up and went to the bathroom to rinse out my mouth. However, my mouth still felt uncomfortable, so I decided to take a bath and brush my teeth since Dante and Asher had planned a shopping trip for today. I needed to buy new clothes since the ones I had were soiled and old, and I had ripped some of them while helping Dante get back.After my shower, I met Bella in my room, smoothing out clothes she had laid out on my bed. She had offered me two pairs of dresses when I had described the type of dresses I wanted. I put on one of them after putting on some lingerie and went to the mirror to braid my hair for the day. Bella came over to help me and brushed my hair gently, making me forget that she was doing it. I thanke
The driver took us straight to the town hall, where the meeting was still ongoing. Through the external sound system, I could still hear Asher's voice booking, and I bit my tongue to stop the blush from overcoming my face. “Should we go in or wait here?” asked Dante, turning to me.“Let's go in, I want to sit at the back and listen to Asher.”“Sure,” he said, pushing open the door. Once out, he held out a hand to me and I took it, getting down with his assistance. Once I was out, I headed into the hall while he stayed back to shut the door, coming after me. Together, we went into the hall, and I spotted Asher the instant we came in. As I took a seat at the back, he realized his head and smiled into his speech, spotting me. Elbowing Dante, I asked, “how did he know that we were here?” “We're mates, we can kind of sense you, all the time. Regardless of where you are, we can feel you, but when you're near, it's like the air gets charged.”Nodding solemnly, I gave Asher a little wave,
An hour later, we returned to the mansion with Bella in my thighs, exhausted from the day's trip. Asher and I had remained silent after the hug. He had not known what to do when I launched myself at him, and as a result, he had awkwardly pulled me in. We had almost kissed, and now that the car was rumbling slowly on the way to the mansion, I kept on replaying it over and over in my head. If I had leaned forward by an inch, we would definitely have kissed. I placed a finger in my lips and thought back to the last kiss I had, wishing that I had actually kissed him. The healed had given Bella a stocky leaf soup that had made her feel better and handed us a jar of it to give to her the next morning. He assured us that if she took tomorrow's dose faithfully, she would be healed in no time, which made me happy, because I had come to think of her as a friend. The car rolled to a stop in the driveway, and almost immediately, we were ambushed by Dante and some concerned maids who helped Bel
An arm tightened around my waist and my eyes snapped open. Disoriented, I attempted to sit up and found that I was being held in place by a strong, hairy hand. Tracing the hand back to its sources, I found Dante, and quickly, the events of last night rushed into my brain. “Oh god, what have I done?” I asked, making attempts to untangle myself from the knot of limbs. Yet, it seemed that with every attempt I made to remove herself from in between their limbs, the tighter their grip got. Soon, the struggle seemed futile, and I sank into bed with them, deciding to get comfortable. Minutes after, Dante's eyes snapped open and he turned me to face him, planting a kiss on her cheek. ”Good morning beautiful,” he said, bringing an easy smile to my face. I hated how truly easy it was for him to get a smile out of me, but what could I do? Now awake, he planted a kiss on my forehead and shook Asher awake. Asher also planted a kiss on my forehead and left the room, both of them leaving me spent
A week later, Bella was feeling better, and it seemed like my friendship with her had grown into something beautiful. I had gotten used to doing most things by myself within the time that she was sick, so when she came back, she would often complain that I would do things without her. A few weeks more, and she had adjusted very well to the changes of being more of a friend than a maid, and my relationship with Asher and Dante had flourished. We regularly spent nights falling asleep in each other's arms, and they were both so sweet. I had not even devotion to someone as great as what they showed me since my parents died, and it made me miss them while also making me so unbelievably happy at the same time. They would bring me so many flowers that my room was covered with enough flowers to become a florist's shop, and when they had to be Oiza they would bring me mementos and even looped Bella in on their plans to woo me. I would get flowers sent to my room and cookies in the shape of h
I carried her atop my back and took her back to the shift gathering, noting that the only people who had remained were Bella, my mates and their own mate. On spotting the fact that I was carrying an injured person on my back, all of them stopped looking at me and helped me get her off my back. Turning to me Dante asked me where I had found her and why I had brought her back to our gathering. “Do you have any idea who she is ? She doesn't even look like one of us? And here she is, you have brought her here into our pack.” “Please, she's hurt,” I pleaded, placing two hands together. Wordlessly, they agreed and started to lift her out of the field, where I had set her down. Dante was the stronger of the two Alphas, so he morphed into his wolf form and carried her on his back, adjusting to her weight, while Asher went ahead of him to prepare a room for her to stay in. I was more than confident that at least one of the maids in the mansion would know a little bit about healing, and I d
Over the next few weeks, Asher and Dante got busier with the pack. They had decided to finally erect a perimeter around the pack, like a wall so incidents like what had happened during the shift never happened again, yet they wanted to make sure they didn't obstruct any major paths, which was the main reason it was taking so long. They had taken to spending only nights with me; they would get back, we would share the table at dinner and then proceed to one of our rooms, where we would then excite each other until we had to sleep. It was a nice routine for me, and I found that I rather liked the company of Bella and Andrea. I had decided to tell Bella that I was pregnant, since she was the one who dressed me everyday. As soon as she knew, she became more careful with my outfit choices, which helped me conceal my pregnancy from my mates. Sometimes, Dante would ask if I was putting on weight, and I would jokingly wave it off as me eating way too much food since I had first met them, an
That morning, before heading out, both Asher and Dante came into the kitchen. With wide smiles, they kissed me, Andrea and Alec goodbye. Smiling, I headed to the living room so I could have breakfast there. Toasting and buttering a few slices of bread, Andrea took her time, asking me to please come get Alec.Grateful for the opportunity to be around him for a while longer than I had thought, I nodded and then realized she couldn't see me, coming to pick Alec from the kitchen counter where he was perched.“Hi Alec!” I cooed, smiling at him. Clapping his hands together, he squealed, and I pulled the precious boy towards me.“Would you like to eat some eggs? They're really good!”Nodding his head, he attempted to wriggle out of my arms and onto the floor, so I set him down, watching as he jumped out of my arms and onto the floor.Crawling towards the plate, he picked up a morsel of egg and put it into his mouth, chewing noisily on it. He made a curious face first and then ended up with a
P.S: Dear readers, we've come to the end of this book. I'm happy we both have come a long way and I'll appreciate if you could leave a comment in the comments section for this book. I'm not asking for too much but your rating will go a long way too. Thank you. **** Blanco had fought until the enemy soldier before him had slumped to his knees as if dead. But the man, a black ring on his finger, was not dead at all. Only the demon inside him. And when soldiers of countless coasts began to cheer, when word spread that a prince, no he wasn’t a Prince anymore, the King who was promised, had defeated Kera, Blanco simply turned from the battlements.He found him by scent alone. Even in death, the scent lingered, a path that he followed through the wrecked streets and throngs of celebrating, weeping people.Rowan Mikhail smiled at his bleeding heart, and he had seen him first as Blanco ran to his friend’s side,“Don’t die on me!”, h
The final showdown part 3 Blanco’s breath was a steady rasp in his throat as he charged through the lines of demon soldiers, screaming ringing out around him, Rowan swinging beside him. Nearby, cutting a swath through masses, Dante and the king of the south fought. Soldiers swarmed, but he hadn’t seen the Queen. Then it happened, the demon soldier had gotten the better of him, he had been too late to react, and the demon reached for its sword, fatigue had set in, the demon’s head falling to the ground, as Aelin Bellamere, stood before him,“Too sloppy, human.”, her eyes unto him,“What changed your mind.”, he said, “A certain Queen did.”, her eyes backwards, to Queen Olivia EmmaThe Queen’s cavalry shoved the demons back, and above them, wolves and wyverns clashed.Beasts, feathered and scaled, crashed to the earth.Still Elon fought above the queen, guarding her from the demons who spotted that white banner as good as a banner amid the sea of
The final showdown 2The Wolf kings walked beside her, and the thousands of soldiers that they had been able to gather in such a small period was impressive indeed. But they won’t be enough. She had heard of the thousands of soldiers standing guard at Purisca, ready to be unleashed at the final words of Kera Asgorn, and demon soldiers and creatures might actually get onto their world, but for some reason she was not afraid.Neither were any of them afraid, Dante, nor Asher, defying the odds like they always did, one last battle, one last rite to fulfill, and maybe, just maybe they might get to see him again.And the army matched forward, day and night.Benny Blanco and Rowan Mikhail led the group of warriors, as they sojourned on their journey to Asgorn, the Northern coast, the place where the ripple of power had come from, he had hoped the Queen had listened to his message, and no walloped in her grief, of a missing son.Whilst they passed through these fore
Final showdown 1Isak swallowed once. Twice. The portrait of uncertain fear as he lay chained on the metal table, terrified, Hades waiting for his answer.And then he said, his voice clear as day “When you finish breaking me apart for the day, how does it feel to know that you are still nothing?”She grinned. “Some fire left in you, it seems. Good.”He smiled back through the mask. “You were only given the oath for this. For me.Without me, you’re nothing. You’ll go back to being nothing. Less than nothing, from whatI’ve heard.” Hades fingers tightened around the flint.“Keep talking, Prince, you'll crawl after me soon”A rasping laugh broke from him. “The guards talk when you’re gone, you know. They forget I’m Wolf, too. Can hear like you.” Hades aid nothing.“At least they agree with me on one front. You’re spineless. Have to tie up people to hurt them because it makes you feel like a woman, you're
Kera Asgorn stood at the Island, alone this time, no guard with him, just him and two magic stones, clutched to his pockets, it had been a lie, obviously, that was expected, he didn’t feel Isak Emma’s companions would he do willing to hand over the possession of the keys, he had followed their plans, like a hunter in search of a prey, but he also knew, they were not foolish enough, to drop the stones but they were desperate enough to drop something, to drop someone, dark magic, flickering at his fingers, as he set his eyes on his son Dale Asgorn. Dale clinched his sword tightly to his fist, he wouldn’t let go.“And what do you suppose to do with that son, slash me into pieces.”,“Don’t be stupid boy.”, he added, “Tell me where the stones are, and I might just let you go, you spineless boy.”. Kera hissed.“Get past me first father.”, he yelled, and went into the darkness.“Enjoy your rest?”Isak said nothing.Hades ran a hand down the metal table’s edge. “I’ve been debating wh
You’ve been here too long.She had felt the ripple of power when it had happened. Somewhere far away in the dark oak forests there she was, and then it had happened. The brutal awakening, her son was alive, Isak the chosen one , the King who was promised, had lived, and she was here, doing what exactly, sobbing and shying away from the kingdom, he had done this for. The west coast. The same kingdom that Isak had sacrificed himself to protect, she sobbed, she was not fit to be Queen, but all that didn’t matter to Olivia Emma, she wanted to see Jim, once again, this time, she moved faster than her legs could carry her, as she got to the courtroom, Elena, Dante, Asher and the witch boy, Bahask, stood, pausing as their eyes met,“Your majesty, you look quite different.”, Elena observed.The Queen looked quite different from before, the Werewolf Princess observed or had she felt that ripple too, it couldn’t be.“Ready the horses.”, An order,“We move north.”, Olivia Emma said.Dante rus
Kera’s smile turned sad. “Do you think she did, Isak”He considered. So many of their chats, their lessons in this glen, held deeper puzzles, questions for him work through, to help him when he one day took her throne, Adolpha at her side.As if he’d summoned her, the pine-and-snow scent of his mate filled the clearing. A rustle of wings, and there she was, perched in owl form on one of the towering oaks. His Witch.He smiled toward her, as he had for weeks now, when he’d come to escort her back to her rooms in the river palace. It was during those walks from forest to mist-shrouded city that she had come to know him, love him. More than she had ever loved anything.He again faced Kera. “The queen was clever, and ambitious. I would think she could do anything, even find the stones“So you would believe. And yet they eluded her.” “Where did they go?”Kera’s ark stare unwaveringly held his“Where
And when he awoke chained on the altar, he beheld what she had done to the iron coffin.The top of the lid had been warped. A great hump now protruded, the metal stretched thin.As if it had come so very close to breaking entirely.On a dark hilltop overlooking a sleeping kingdom, she froze.The others were already halfway down the hill, leading the horses along the dried slope that would take them over Akkadia’s border and onto the arid plains below.Her hand dropped from the stallion’s reins.She had to have imagined it.She scanned the starry sky, the slumbering lands beyond, the Lord of the North above.It hit her a heartbeat later. Erupted around her and roared.Over and over and over, if it were a hammer against an anvil.The others whirled to herThat raging, fiery song charged closer.Through herDown the mating bond. Down into her very soul.A bellow of fury and defiance.From down the hill, Alec rasped,“Adolpha.”It
P.S: Dear readers, it has come of notice that you're yet to do only one thing for me, and that thing is, your support; Yes, every comment and rating you give to this book motivate me to write more and I'll be so happy if you could do this for me. Please leave a comment in the app and a rating, thanks. Kera Asgorn The commander in the alley had claimed he had received the latest orders from Asgorn, North Coast, None of them knew whether to believe him.Sitting around a tiny fire in a dusty field on the outskirts of a ramshackle city, the blood long since washed from his hands, Lorcan , the Vampire Doctor again mulled over the logic of it.Had they somehow overlooked the simplest option? For Kera to have been in Asgorn entire time, hidden from his subjects? But that commander had been lying filth.He’d spat in Alec’s face before they’d ended it.The other commander they’d found today, however, after a week of hunting him down at the nearest