Judith's POV After my session with Lila, I rushed to the city for my fashion design class. Yes, I registered at a fashion institute where I'm required to make a physical appearance at least twice a week.It was almost bedtime, and I sat on the couch with Jonathan's head on my thighs as I brushed his hair gently.With Dominic out of town, he was left in charge of overseeing the smooth running of the Pack.This is the best I could do to relieve his stress, sometimes I would massage his back or help him have a soothing bath.We've talked about it a lot of times and we have decided to get married as soon as everything is over. When the whole elemental and black magic saga comes to an end. After the dust has settled, we will get married and be happy.“You're unusually quiet, what are you thinking about?” His voice suddenly cut through my thoughts, making me smile.“Just thinking about random stuff,” I responded, still rubbing his head.“I want to hear it,” He said softly. A tone he only
Juliana's POV **A Week Earlier**“Go get your things, we're leaving.” He ordered authoritatively, the weight of his words leaving no room for argument but I wasn't just going to follow him around like a puppy.“Dad! “ I exclaimed, slightly surprised or I was pretending to be. Maybe there was something else I was masking it with.His eyes narrowed down on me and I could tell he was losing his patience.When that witch burned my wrist, I cried to my father. He had told me to go home, but for some reason, I bluntly refused, leaving him with no option but to send the best healers to me.Now, he's furious that no punishment had been given to Lila for hurting me, all because she's the Alpha's mate.He's more disappointed in Alpha Leo for not considering their friendship over the years and choosing a witch from a conflicted background. For siding with her over us. I was also a bit disappointed in them. My wound isn't healing fast despite being a wolf. It looks unpleasant to the eyes. My ch
Lila’s POVIt was a regular day at work as usual; attended to patients when needed, avoid familiarity with my colleagues, talked when I was required to, and avoided unnecessary drama. That’s how I live, so you could say my life was an ordinary one. But deep down in my ordinary life lies traumas, hidden from the world—pains buried deep within my soul. I opened the door to my house, hoping my mother would be in a calm state as she was always in a different mood each day, due to her manic depression. I didn’t see her in the living room, so I went straight to my room first so I could change and take a shower first. At least I won’t have to deal with seeing her face after all the work I did today. I noticed the drawer in the right corner of my room was slightly open. I’ve been living with OCD for almost half of my life, so I’d never leave my drawer open like that. I walked closer to it and took a peek inside, only to discover that my piggy box was gone. My heart started racing, and I cou
Lila's POV My arm was covering my face, and I already considered myself dead or badly injured. I heard bones breaking, but they weren’t my bones, so I dropped my arm to see. There were two men, throwing punches at the man who was about to attack me—they kept punching until he fell to the ground; dead or passed out, I didn’t care. I rose to my feet and took careful steps towards them, afraid they might jump at me the way the man on the ground did. I was about 2 meters away from them, so I bowed my head a bit, “Thank you for helping me out.” I said, rubbing the arm I fell on. I didn’t get any response from them, instead, the eyes of the man with the jet black hair and hazel eyes were fixed on me, while the other man with the well-trimmed brown hair kept exchanging glances between me and the other man. Honestly, if I were to judge their appearance, I’d say they must be walking models. I’ve never seen men as good-looking as they were. “I said thank you,” I waved my right hand in fron
My back collided with the car as I kept screaming. My screaming stopped the moment the wolf jumped into Dominic’s arms, licking his face. It was the same reaction dogs give to their owner when they return home. I looked ahead and saw other little wolves, playing in the background. But I almost fainted when I saw some of them shapeshifting. I turned to face Dominic who had dropped the wolf in his arms on the ground. He gave me the look that said, ‘I told you.’ I shook my head slowly, saying ‘This can’t be real,’ in my mind.As if he could read my mind, he shook his head slowly, following my action, ‘It is real.’ I interpreted his head shaking that way. I stepped further away from him. Why would he bring me into the wolves’ den? He ought to have left me in the woods. “I know you exist now. So, can I go back home?” I asked, hoping he could sense the nervousness in my voice. “Come with me,” he didn't even wait for my response before he started walking towards a house that had a sign
“Then you must know who I am,” I said, holding onto the door to the passenger's seat.“Of course, you must be his mate, or perhaps his rejected mate.” She chirped in her birdy tone.“Julian…” Jonathan called, but it sounded as if he was cautioning her. “Is Dominic at home?” She asked, but her gaze was fixed on me.“Yes,” Jonathan replied.Without saying another word, she headed towards the house, humming a lullaby.“Tell me, it had been planned that he would reject me even before he met me right?” I asked Jonathan, but deep down I already knew the answer. He didn’t reply to me, and he entered the car, starting it immediately.I closed the door to the passenger seat and went to the back seat. He opened his mouth to protest, “Nothing will make me sit beside you in front,” I beat him to it. He figured I wouldn’t listen to him regardless, so he moved the car and we left the pack.I felt betrayed, not because I was rejected by him—but the fact that he already had an arranged mate, and I
Dominic’s POV We were coming back from the annual werewolves conference held in New York. I was already tired, so I decided to take a nap. I asked Jonathan to turn off the AC so I could open the window. I love the smell of nature. Five minutes into my nap, I caught the smell of vanilla in the air—just vanilla. It’s very intoxicating and I knew I had not smelled something like that before. “Stop the car,” I said to Jonathan, removing my seat belt. He stopped without questioning my orders. The SUV following behind us stopped too. I stepped out of the car, likewise Jonathan. I instructed the rest of them to stay behind, while I mindlinked Jonathan about my new discovery.Finding my mate was something I had always prepared for. And I wondered what she was doing deep in the woods.“Could she be a rogue?” Jonathan said through the mind-link as if reading my mind. “Let’s find out,” I said, leading the way as I followed the scent. I saw her lying on the floor, her arms protecting her fa
Lila's POV Judith shifting into a werewolf wasn’t something I thought I’d witness in my lifetime. And to think her wolf was very strong too because she already took down three of those wolves. I scrambled behind a tree, hiding myself away from the fight scene. Judith fighting against six men was a lot for her, even though she was able to take down three of them, the other three managed to hit her as well, rendering her injured and weak. I felt a sharp pain in my scalp as a hand grabbed my hair from behind, I let out a heart-wrenching scream before turning to see there was another one; they were seven, not six. “Let me go!” I yelped in pain. My vision was immediately blinded by the hot tears that was getting ready to stream down any moment from now.“If you don’t want to die with your friend over there, stop resisting and follow me obediently.” The wolf that held my hair sneered. I could feel his hot breath on my neck, I felt even more disgusted. The pain in my scalp was intense. I c
Juliana's POV **A Week Earlier**“Go get your things, we're leaving.” He ordered authoritatively, the weight of his words leaving no room for argument but I wasn't just going to follow him around like a puppy.“Dad! “ I exclaimed, slightly surprised or I was pretending to be. Maybe there was something else I was masking it with.His eyes narrowed down on me and I could tell he was losing his patience.When that witch burned my wrist, I cried to my father. He had told me to go home, but for some reason, I bluntly refused, leaving him with no option but to send the best healers to me.Now, he's furious that no punishment had been given to Lila for hurting me, all because she's the Alpha's mate.He's more disappointed in Alpha Leo for not considering their friendship over the years and choosing a witch from a conflicted background. For siding with her over us. I was also a bit disappointed in them. My wound isn't healing fast despite being a wolf. It looks unpleasant to the eyes. My ch
Judith's POV After my session with Lila, I rushed to the city for my fashion design class. Yes, I registered at a fashion institute where I'm required to make a physical appearance at least twice a week.It was almost bedtime, and I sat on the couch with Jonathan's head on my thighs as I brushed his hair gently.With Dominic out of town, he was left in charge of overseeing the smooth running of the Pack.This is the best I could do to relieve his stress, sometimes I would massage his back or help him have a soothing bath.We've talked about it a lot of times and we have decided to get married as soon as everything is over. When the whole elemental and black magic saga comes to an end. After the dust has settled, we will get married and be happy.“You're unusually quiet, what are you thinking about?” His voice suddenly cut through my thoughts, making me smile.“Just thinking about random stuff,” I responded, still rubbing his head.“I want to hear it,” He said softly. A tone he only
Lila's POV “Lila!” Morinda's voice came as soon as I jolted back to reality.I was sweating profusely and panting, what the actual fuck was that? Wasn't that a memory? How was she able to grab me in a memory?I felt a cold shiver run down my spine.I looked into Morinda's wrinkled face as she bent before me, her face trying to read mine.“You have been gone for a while,” She said, giving me a moment to get my thoughts together, she asked,“What happened, dear? What did you see?” I checked my wrist where the witch had grabbed, I felt a sense of relief that it didn't have any physical effect.I swallowed hard, my throat had no trace of moisture.“I need water,” I said dryly. Morinda scanned my face for a while before handing me a bottle of water from her small table.“Thank you,” I said and accepted the bottle of water. I gulped down loudly, finishing it in one go.I was starting to feel my soul returning to me.Morinda dropped to the floor so that we were facing each other, she studi
Lila's POV I felt a sudden ache in my chest as those words left his mouth. “Dominic?” I called to be sure he was really the one saying these hurtful things to me.“What if she were a member of Blackwood? Would you throw her away because she's too much to handle?” He pressed, I leaned my head back on the wall and tried to blink back the tears that had gathered in the corners of my eye with heat rising in my chest, I struggled to stay open minded. Maybe he's just trying to advise me, feeling hurt is just an unintended consequence of his actions.“Lila,” He called softly, I bit my lower lip in an attempt to stop any sound from escaping despite the storm brewing in my chest.“To be Luna, you have to be a mother to everyone in the pack. This has nothing to do with age; you have to be mentally and physically prepared to handle things that are way beyond your control.”“You have to be adaptive; things won't always go your way, but you can make the best out of the situation instead of lame
Lila's POV I woke the next morning feeling unusually tired. Must have been all the mental and physical stress from yesterday.Remembering that I had to look after some kid sent a feeling of fear all over me.I instantly reached for my phone on the nightstand and dialed Dominic's number. This is something I should've done since yesterday. I should've called him yesterday and expressed my displeasure with his arrangements.It rang for a while and no one answered.Is it too early?I checked the time; it was already past seven, and he should be awake by now.I called again, waiting patiently.When he didn't pick up on the third ring, I gave up.Frustrated, I got ready to go to the library. I wanted to stay somewhere away from all this stress.I got out and met Brian outside my door with a lollipop in his mouth, I raised a questioning brow at him.“What are you doing here so early?” I asked.“I heard you got a kid, so I came to take a look.” He grinned widely. Did the informant not tell h
Lila's POV I was a bit taken aback at her utterance. A girl her age shouldn't be thinking of revenge. And the way she spoke with so much determination made me wonder who had hurt this little girl so badly to make her reason this way.We found a table and sat, and then I asked her, “Take revenge on who?”“The people who killed my mother!” She spat, her voice laced with venom and her eyes shimmering with tears that she fought back.The pain of losing a mother at such a young age must have made her believe that someone was the cause.Sometimes, things like this just happen. Things beyond our control and we look for someone to blame it on, just to feel better.“You think your mother was murdered,” I said, even though I wanted to make it a question.“I know my mother was murdered.” She corrected, her tone growing colder.She seemed offended by my statement.Whoa! This kid is something else.“Oh,” I managed to say.She was silent for a while, “Do you have anyone in mind?” I asked her. Beca
WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS HIGHLY EXPLICIT AND DARK CONTENT. ************************Morgana's POV Lila's Powers have been unlocked and fully activated. I got news that she was improving grateful in her training to master her elemental power.Everything is going exactly as planned. What could be better than this?I had two plans; to extract Lila's powers using a very dangerous spell or to let them fully activate it for me.Both were a win-win situation for me.If they hadn't done anything to stop me, I would've extracted her powers. And now that they stopped it, her powers are unlocked. Which was exactly what I wanted from the beginning.I was waiting for the best time to strike.“Morgana, this may be a little too extreme. Please come up with something else.” The coward, Victor said to me.“After all this time and you still doubt me. Do you think I would let myself in a situation where I would be caught off guard again?” I asked him, trying to hide the frustration in my voice.
Lila's POV Fuck! I turned to face Judith.“Judith,” I called with a nervous laugh, hiding the uniform behind me.“You're back already?” I asked her.“I never left this place,” She responded as she moved slowly towards me. I suddenly shifted as I found her unusually intimidating.“You never did? Then why didn't I see you when I came out?” I bent my head to the side, feigning confusion.“Cut the crap, Lila,” She said as she stopped in front of me.“I honestly don't understand what you mean by crap, I just went out for a moment to get stuff. I told you to stop knocking; I would come out when I was ready; it's not my fault that you decided to ignore my warning and camp here.” I said, pretending to be upset.“I never knocked on your door.” She said, her gaze piercing through my skin.But over the phone, she said she did. Did I just fall into her trap?“You did, I clearly heard it.” I deadpanned.She made click sounds with her tongue and shook her head in pity.“I did not.” She denied ada
Lila's POV The person stood about two tables from us. I couldn't recognize the person due to the gauze bandage that was wrapped all over his face and head. One eye had a plaster over it. He literally glared at me from one eye.He looked like Lazarus from the Bible story which was a bit laughable.“What are you looking at?” Brian asked, sensing my distraction.I gestured with my head and he followed the direction of my gaze and saw the person.“Who the hell is that?” He asked.“I have no idea,” I responded.Why would someone hold a grudge against someone they've never met before? Something seemed off.I stared at him trying to figure out how I had met him. To be honest, his figure looked quite familiar, but I couldn't just think of a name.Then it clicked, “Luis?” I called, not really sure if that's him. But considering the state I saw him the other day, it only made sense now.“That's Luis?” Brian asked, surprised. “Damn! They did him dirty.” I only hummed in response.He suddenly