583RD POV.The brothers are seated, their eyes focused on the door, as they await the presence of the Alphas. They’ve received news that their visitors have entered the town, and they will soon enter the palace.In readiness for the meeting, Kade, Kyle, and Kieran have linked their minds together to create three in one, so they can communicate their feelings, thoughts, and emotions with each other. And they have relied on Kade to do the talking since he’s also the Alpha between them. He would have what it takes—the aura—to confront them. If there’s one thing Kieran and Kyle are still susceptible to, it is the aura of the alphas, and it’s only when Kade is near that they could escape that.There’s a creak followed by the door opening, and the Alphas walk into the room. The brothers adjust themselves on their seats, while Kade stands up with his arms widening in a welcoming gesture.“It’s a pleasure to have you all here. I trust that your journey wasn’t very stressful.” Kade speaks wit
593RD POV.The brothers run towards Kaya just as soon as they see her plight. Kieran has already grabbed her head before she can hit it against the ground.She’s weak and quivering. Each of the brothers can feel her pain and fear. She has been shaken to the very core, and she’s worn out. Her arm is still bleeding profusely, and Kieran is now applying tight pressure there. As he sees her blood, knowing that someone else has caused her pain and not any of his brothers, neither has him, he is more than palm-twitchingly infuriated at whoever it might be.Kade crouches sharply to ask Kaya, “who did this to you?”Kaya can’t speak, as the shock has sent chills down her spine. Her lips are only vibrating, shivering non-stop, but she points to the distance, down the hallway. Kade’s eyes peel at the direction before he utilizes his senses.He adapts his sense of sound to feel the vibration of the ground, sensing someone’s heavy footsteps. His body sharpens at the realization.Whoever must have
603RD POV.The woods are in disturbance with the heavy turbulence being released by the two strong wolves in them. Their hastened paces cut weeded paths within the woods.Kade is almost catching up with the attacker. His brows furrow in response to his thoughts and anticipation in eagerness to know the reason behind this attacker, attacking Kaya, only when she is left alone in the room. He has sniffed the attacker, and he doesn’t know his scent, which means whoever hired him must have done that for a specific reason; they must have traveled far away from their kingdom just to hire this assassin.Kade’s now rhymes with the assassin, and brutally, he cuts through the distance between them, his body biting past the woods till he catches the assassin, but when they lose their momentum into the air, his hold on the assassin is released.They tumble continuously in the air at the loss of stamina, both their bodies hitting hard against the woods. As soon as they stop, Kade hurries up and pr
61Kaya’s POV.Once again, I’m standing in front of the mirror with my being still captured in this hell-scape by these monsters. My hatred for them hasn’t lessened, although situation may have for me.Perhaps because of the pregnancy, the triplets have actually lessened the amount of the work they give me. They still threaten me and it sends chills down my spine, but then, they allow me some hint of peace.The only thing that has changed about me however is my body. My limbs have become plump, and the baby is growing quite fast than my imagination could have assimilate. I have no idea why but perhaps because they are hybrids, it might explain the reason as to why.I slip into a flip-flops after I have worn a flaring gown that streams down my body. I’m not wearing such gown to conceal my stomach as the whole kingdom has already gotten to know the supposedly secret after what happened with the leaders of the other five packs, but because of convenience.There’s a knock on the door whic
62Kaya’s POV.It is late in the night, and I am still contemplating whether I should go to the fountain or not. “I don’t trust that man.” I say to myself as though I was talking to someone. I actually don’t know what to do at this point, because there’s a conflict inside me.As much as a part of me wants to go, the other one doesn’t trust the man. He is a confusion to my senses as a witch. I can smell magic on him, but as well, I know he’s not a wizard or anything relating to a mage. He’s an ordinary wolf in his true form, so it is indeed conflicting.The moon is already shining bright and the wind is howling with cold every now and then. With every puff of the breeze is a chilling sensation. I am at the balcony and although, I am wearing a shirt made with wolf’s fur, I can still feel the little bit of cold seeping in. With the glove in my hands, I rub my hands together and blow out a smoke of cold air through my breath.“Well, that man doesn’t seem like he’d hurt me anyway.”I mean,
63Kaya’s POV.“Some dark ages ago, when the powers of magic still rule the world, it is believed that everything is born of balance but everything is not as it seems. There is always darkness. I faced it. I was a pup when I was captured by witches. They raised me with magic till I grow up, feeding it into my energy. They said it was an experiment. An experiment to build a hybrid without it being created by the Creator himself. They wanted to shift a balance, on the believe of a betterment. It turned me. I became this. I am still a wolf but with the presence of a wolf.”As he’s telling me this and I pity with him because I can only imagine the pains you pass through when another specie captures you to experiment on you when they have not understand what your creation is about. They try to alter your very being, the way your life should be and it hurts so much. I have passed through such event and I am in fact still passing through, so as he explains, I understand his pain.“I’m sorry,
64Kaya’s POV.“Why am I not surprised to see you walking in secrecy?” Emilie begins as she stops right in front of me. I am praying she would just insult me and let me go, that nothing more is to happen.There’s a smirk on her face as she adds more while I lower my gaze, realizing that I was staring too long. “Oh, my bad. You’re a witch. Isn’t this the time people like you love, as it’s the best time to do all the evil in the world?”Why would she be accusing me of such when she knows that I have no powers?I exhale softly. “There must have been a mistake, your highness. I had been called by Commander Chester, nothing more.”“And why would Chester be in need of such a slave like you?” When she asks that, there was a change in her tone. It was as though she is troubled when I mentioned Chester’s name.I’m stealing glances at her to read her expression, my mind lurking backwards to the story Chester told me about her, when she also snaps her eyes back down at me and I clear my throat a
653RD POV.The double handled door opens with haste with the reveal of Kade, Kieran, and Kyle entering into the room.“My Lords, this is not a play anymore. They are serious. They are really going to attack.”“And how could you have been so feeble with such information that everyone in the kingdom has gotten to know?” Kieran is the first to talk, bashing his words at Chester, who’s at the other end of the strategic table.He bows his head lowly as he defends him, “My apologies, sire but I’m not sure. Perhaps not only I have a bird in our enemies post.”Kieran wants to respond back but Kade waves his hand at him. “Now, what are we up to? How many men do we have available? How can we meet up with counts before the ambush?” Kade turns to his brothers. “Since they want to be dirty, I guess the knight’s code doesn’t count anymore then, does it?”He’s asking from Kieran who shakes his head. “Not at all.” Afterwards, Kieran joins Chester along with the other two commanders to begin the plan