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AURELIA~~My first conscious action was inhaling deeply, which irritated my lungs and I started coughing. The dryness of my throat sparked curiosity and I found myself pushing my eyelids apart. However, the sudden brightness that attacked my eyes forced my lids to go against the command from my brain. I felt like I had been hit by a truck and–The car! I gasped, realizing that I was indeed hit by, in this case, a car. My kids… The thought of my kids flooded my mind and blood pumped rapidly within me, causing my heart to pound despite the pain in my chest.Again, I tried to open my eyes. I needed to see what had happened. Did I black out? How long have I been unconscious? I asked myself questions as my eyes fluttered open, slowly to get accustomed to the brightness around me. My brain immediately registers the state of the roof as I fixate on it. The roof was made with dry palm fronds which allowed sunlight to hit my face. I was in a hut. On a bed. And alone. I couldn’t see
AURELIA~~With every second that passed, my mind came up with my questions but it all turned into a satisfying groan as my back came in contact with a cold yet warm body of water. It was the perfect temperature yet it couldn’t be described as lukewarm. “Where is this place?” I asked, relaxing into the perfect, comforting embrace of the water while staring at the roof of this bigger hut. The foggy layer over my sight was beginning to slip away with every second I spent in the water. My senses which I couldn’t access before also came to life. I sensed Katie and Kyle in the room with me while other unfamiliar scents tickled my nostrils. Mia Lu’s voice came again, “It’s called the purifying lake, Aurelia.”“You know my name?” I asked. She chuckled, sitting on a stool beside the body of water, “I know more than enough about you, Aurelia. We all do.” My eyes shifted around the room and I noticed the figure of five other people. They all had something in common with Mia Lu– Their gre
AURELIA~~I saw myself on the hospital bed and Tristan sitting beside me. At first, I was confused because while I was seeing myself on the bed, I was also standing in the corner of the room, hand in hand with Susanna. The room was familiar. It was the same room where I saw and met Tristan properly for the first time… The room where he told me that I had two babies instead of the one I was expecting. Susanna muttered to me as if she could read my mind, “This is the past, Aurelia. I brought you here so you can see for yourself. To be honest, you led us to this present moment.” “But how? We were in the hut seconds ago and now I’m here?” I asked her, my voice barely a whisper as I feared that I would be heard by Tristan who stared at me with curiosity while I remained unconscious… well, the past version of me.“You don’t have to whisper. They can’t hear us. This is just a replay of your past.” Susanna said to me, smiling brightly before she answered my question, glancing at our lo
AURELIA~~As I watched my past self interact with Tristan, anger rose like a bile in my throat. I hated myself for crying and I swore to myself that I’d bring Dolf’s fear to life… Tristan’s plan will backfire because not only has he trained me in combat, but he has also helped me find myself.I was a blunt knife but with his help, I had become sharp. Also, with the help of the white wolves I have somehow reconnected with, I’ll break free from whatever he did to me and–Speaking of that, how did he manage to feed me the concoction every month without my knowledge? I didn’t recall taking any such thing from him willingly. I have also been in Dark Moon Pack for almost two months without Tristan. Why have the effects not worn off? I asked Susanna and she muttered to me, “Hold on tight. I’ll be taking you through the memory lane and you will get to see how he achieved his goals. It would be fast. Try not to get overwhelmed.” I didn’t take her warning seriously until the hospital room
AURELIA~~Of all the people in the world, he chose her. Of all the ladies in the world to get married to and mate with, Tristan, the same man who went on his knees and proposed to me, chose Larisa, the same woman who snatched my destined mate, manipulated our bond with dark magic, made my life a living hell, kidnapped my son and almost killed my kids and myself. Anger overlapped within me.Gosh, I had never felt this angry in my entire life. I didn’t even know I was capable of carrying this much anger in my body without exploding. Thank goddess I didn’t fall in love with this man. I did feel grateful for the gift of him but now I realized he was more of a curse than a gift. How could life be so cruel to me? How could I escape the manipulative version of Raiden only to fall into the trap of a narcissistic man? A twisted Alpha who couldn’t think straight? So the only reason he wanted me was for my power and perhaps he assumed I would help him take over the realm. But now that I
AURELIA~~I was living my best life in the hut assigned to my kids and me in the hidden pack while the rest of the realm assumed we were dead. Unfortunately, my best life came with constant anger and sadness at times. I was sad because I realized that no one was looking for us. No one cared enough to try to find us. It’s been two weeks since we got here according to Mia Lu–“Even if anyone is looking for us, we can’t be found. The pack is hidden from other wolves and we would have had trouble finding it if we weren’t brought in by the trackers that sensed our spiritual energy when we tried to create the shield.” Inara explained again. I groaned, “Not like I care but it would be nice to know someone out there is looking for us still.”My wolf hummed in agreement while my eyes scanned the area. The huts were built in rows, leaving a big enough bath between each row. Some huts were big while others were smaller, depending on the number of people that make up the family it belongs to
AURELIA~~I’d be a fool to not have noticed how the few people in this pack stare at me when they think I’m not watching. They stared at me with something close to awe in their eyes and before Mia Lu revealed some facts to me, I thought they were just trying to wrap their heads around how I survived among enemies all my life. I thought they were looking at me because my kids and I were different. My hair was still black as the dye hadn’t washed out and my kids still had their dirty blond hair, unlike other kids with white hair. But I began to doubt that after Mia Lu said to me, “She did that because she blamed herself for not seeing the evil the Black Fur members brought with them when she welcomed them into the pack with open hands and she believed protecting the last of us was her duty as–” “But she was pregnant. She should have considered the life of her child.” I lamented. “I told her the same but she said it’s her child’s responsibility to protect the survivors. Not just h
AURELIA~~The six elders of the hidden Pack; Mia Lu, Jeremy Dunns of the Beta family, Susanna Rios of the Gamma Family, Ross Hart of the Tracker family, Lori Hale of the Mender family, and Otis Bay of the Elemental family; allowed Raiden to be brought into the hidden pack. Although Jeremy, a headstrong man in his forties, and Otis whose personal ability has something to do with green life didn't stop grumbling about Raiden’s presence in the pack. “Lori can mend him. She can heal him faster than all of us combined.” Otis seethed as Raiden was placed into the purifying lake. The Menders were superior to regular Healers. While Healers and medical doctors in other packs work hand in hand to repair, sometimes leaving scars, Menders heal in a way that leaves no scar. For instance, if a wolf loses an eye, healers can just stop the bleeding and heal the wound but Menders can give the eye back. Of course, their ability is limited and takes a lot of energy as they weren’t the goddess.Lor
DAVIEN~~Despite not witnessing or being a part of the argument that Katie told me about before we came down for breakfast, the tension in the dining hall as we ate in silence was enough to make me understand just how delicate this situation was.For me, I might never understand Kyle fully, but I knew I wouldn’t want to be with Katie if it wasn’t right and if I would be depriving her of a life she should experience. Camila was a very young girl, and if we were in the human world, Kyle would be tagged as a criminal if he dared to let anyone know that he was attracted to Camila.Even in our world, where bonds and ties were more intense, it still seemed very wrong, and my heart went out to Kyle because he was a good young man. He didn’t deserve to be hurting like I knew he was.“Being a possessive Alpha male makes it ten times more intense,” Dolf said, lamenting Kyle's situation as well.The Royal Beta chimed in before Dolf and I could get lost in our thoughts, “This is weird, guys. I
Princess Katie Anne~~“He can’t leave.”Davien exclaimed the second he understood the message I was trying to pass as we both got ready for breakfast after Elora left our room that morning.Although Davien and I had agreed to talk about our personal issues after eating with my family, I thought it was best to tell him about what was happening because I perceived the air in the dining hall would be thick with tension.Or should I say Davien forced it out of me when he noticed that I was still brooding, even after he assured me countless times that I had nothing to worry about when it came to us?So I told him about the argument and the effect it had on everyone last night, and that was his reaction.My mate’s eyes widened, and he shook his head. “This isn’t the time for him to leave, Katie.”I was quick to recognize the fear and doubt in Davien’s eyes, and even though I didn’t expect him to react like that because his relationship with Kyle was still as fragile as our mate bond, I c
Alpha Prince Kyle’s POV~~Last night was intense, which is perfect for explaining why I didn’t get a wink of sleep and why my heart kept racing all through the night.While the mate bond remained a constant issue, my primary concern at the moment was how my actions and words had affected my family. Though I was overwhelmed by my emotions last night, I took the time to reflect and realized that I had overreacted and acted impulsively.The Kyle that shouted at his Ma last night wasn’t me.The Kyle that made his baby sister cry wasn’t me either, and the mean-ass elder brother who condemned his younger brother was not me. Even Katie. Gosh, I hurt Katie too. My twin sister was close to tears last night, and she was no crybaby.Guilt and regret flooded my mind, body, and soul as I lay on my bed, intending to stay there until all arrangements had been made for me to leave the realm. I couldn’t bring myself to face my family or even apologize.“You don’t want to apologize because even thou
Princess Katie Anne~~I stood in the living room until my legs ached, and Elora fell asleep in my arms, missing dinner like the rest of the family.I waited for a very long time, and I lost track of time. But at some point, I finally decided to head to my bedroom, as Elora needed a comfortable place to sleep, and I needed rest too.It's been one hell of a day.“He will come back, Katie. I know he will.” Zuri’s voice was both a source of comfort and assurance.I held her words close to my heart, knowing that if Davien weren’t back by morning, I would go to him, no matter where he might be. I realized I wouldn’t be able to stop myself, even if he stayed mad at me.As I closed my eyes, I hoped I would be able to get some sleep, but my body wouldn't cooperate, and my mind also became a battleground as it began to replay everything that had happened in the living room a few hours ago.Once again, I lost track of time, simply lying in bed with my eyes closed and with Elora snoring softly
DAVIEN~~I have come to love the dark.The darkness that covers a room as soon as the light goes off, or the darkness that envelops my consciousness when I close my eyes and shut the world out.I have come to love the dark, unless I have to go through the pages of a newly acquired book, of course. Thankfully, I didn’t have a newly acquired book to read at the moment. If I had one, it would have been harder to just lie still and shut the rest of the world out.“You can’t lie here forever and ignore the fact that she is expecting you back home. You must be feeling her pain and regret through the bond, Davien.” Dolf’s voice cut through the layers of darkness that I had embraced.Sadly, my wolf was the only living being that I couldn’t completely shut out.Maybe Katie would have been in the same category as Dolf if we had completed the mating ritual. To be honest, in this very moment, I was glad the bond between Katie and me remained new and fragile.It would have been harder to lie st
Princess Katie Anne~~What has happened to us—the Seer King Flockhart family?Yes, we had troubles in the past, but none of those troubles had created this kind of mess because we always found our way back to each other.But right now, as my mom stared back at Kyle, whose privacy she had breached, I could tell that we might never find our way back to each other. Kyle was shaking with anger, and my mom, who had also realized that she had made the wrong move and broken Kyle’s trust, was frozen on the spot.I, on the other hand, didn’t know what emotion to settle on—anger, pain, worry, or the one that was eating me away but that I still couldn’t name.Although I didn’t take my eyes off Kyle, I could feel my dad’s confusion as he stood there, torn between his son and his mate. “Why would you read my memories, Ma?” Kyle hissed, his voice low and disrespectful.My mom put on a bold face and replied, “You left me no choice, Kyle. I had to know what we were dealing with—”“You didn’t have
Alpha Prince Kyle’s POV ~~“Kyle found his mate?”That question was expected, so I wasn’t surprised when my mom blurted it out with shock and curiosity. What I didn’t expect, walking into the living room, was to hear Katie telling our parents what I had told her in confidence.Katie went still and pale as realization flashed through her eyes. She stuttered into my mind, “You haven’t told them?”I failed to contain my rage as I retorted, “Of course, I haven’t! Why would you even think that I told them?”“I suspected you wouldn’t tell them without informing me, but I was cornered. I was under the impression that you told them last night. They made me believe—”Before Katie could finish speaking through our twin bond, my dad voiced, cutting her off, “Is that why you decided to leave the pack and study in the human realm? What went wrong?”“You can talk to us, Kyle. Are you going to the human realm because she is too young and you couldn’t make it work, or do you plan to go with her?”
Princess Katie Anne~~Walking around the pack didn’t help me clear my head; neither did it help me stop thinking about Davien. I desperately yearned to be with him, to apologize to him not just because I was in his mind but because of the hell he had to grow up in.“I feel so sad,” Zuri eventually broke the silent bubble she had popped around herself.Zoe, who had been pointing out how she was wrong since Davien ran out of the purifying hut, added, “Me too. I have been mean to him, and all of this happened because of me. I was pushy and unreasonable.”“You sure were, Zoe, but you had to. I believe this happened for a reason,” Zuri said to Zoe, comforting her even though that was the last thing I expected from her.Clearly, what happened with Davien had bridged the gap between my wolves and me, and I could only hope that this bridge wouldn’t collapse anytime soon. I mean, both Zuri and Zoe can be very unpredictable.“Still, I'm sorry,” Zoe apologized to Zuri and me.Her sincerity bro
Princess Katie Anne~~“Davien!” I called out as he ran out of the purifying hut with undiluted terror in his eyes. “Please wait, Davien.”I pushed myself out of the lake, ready to run after the man whose mind I had seen and now knew like the back of my own hands. I didn’t just have a small peek. I was in Davien’s mind long enough to have a glimpse of every memory he had stored.I still didn’t know how I did it, but I knew I saw him laugh a few times, and when I went deeper, I saw the real him. The young boy whose family failed him in all ways. I saw the real him, and my heart ached for him.My heart nearly ripped itself out of my chest when he screamed in the memory realm. Seeing him shake even in that space made me realize the kind of damage that had been done to his mind and soul.Fuck!Why was I in his mind?Before I could make it out of the lake, fatigue hit me like an enemy who was hell-bent on stopping me from going after my mate. Auntie Susanna caught me before I could lose