Cassandra's POVI take my time throught the whole day. Checking on what should be checked on and even on what does not need my attention. I stroll round the grounds and say hi to everyone who says hi to me. I must look mad , I know because ever since the takeover I haven't had time for anyone, for my self , my father and mother. For Elia even and I feel weird about turning to them when I need their help now. Jack's words echo in my ears and I sigh." Either you mate with him in that cell or you bring him out, clean him up and then mate with him. The choice is yours and I don't discriminate and I do not judge. I just do not want you to die. And I see through it, this whole charade. Maybe Schofield sees it too. Your heart is in pain because your mate is suffering in there. Do the right thing, sister. I don't want to loose you" his voice repeats word for word and I wonder if it's just my wolf being antsy about leaving our mate in the dungeons. We had a talk on it the other day,my wolf
Cassandra's POV"I thought about your father again and again and I was shocked about the fact that I wasn't thinking about flowers and herbs I could crush to cure whatever aliment was on my list. I zoned off one time during dinner and my mother gave me a knowing look. I was so embarrassed about being seen through that I ran away from the dinner table. It wasn't until a month later at the annual mating festival. I was shocked and mortified to see my dream man or rather the man disturbing my dreams right there on a podium giving a speech as the Alpha's son" my mother said and I naturally widened my eyes at her tone. "It's weird to hear you talk like that , usually people feel joy when they see their mates are people in power. " I tell her and she hums. "I am not disputing that fact. In fact I acknowledge it. But as an introverted person, it was a nightmare. I did not even even know he was my mate then. All I was thinking was that my crush was the alpha's son. I tried to flee but my mo
Cassandra's POV "You have thought about their living arrangements?" I asked and she goes blank for another few seconds and I see a pattern. When you ask her what she wasn't expecting, she goes blank. Or when she is faced with something she did not see coming she goes blank and it is obvious to see her brain trying to make out the answer or solution to that question or obstacle."We have a few building they could live in. There's an abandoned school, they could live in it as a hostel. " she says and I hum."What if they have mates and children?" I asked and she sighs like I'm stupid."We wouldn't bring the mated ones here , just the unmated ones" she says and I give her that ohhhh sound as if I just realized that she was right. We get to the office and I walk in, she comes in after me and we both see Scofield in the office, overlooking some files. He immediately stands to greet me and I pat his back. He completely ignores Georgiana and I smile to myself. He can be petty sometimes. He
Cassandra's POVIt was like he knew I was coming. Or maybe he knew because the closer I moved to the dungeons the more the mate bond throbbed , pulsated even and when I got to the front of his cell he was standing and waiting for me. "You're here" he says and I nods. "It's been a while" I say and he nods. "How are you doing?" he asked looking me from the hair on my head to the shoes at my feet and I tilt my head. "Is it just me or you're happy to see me?" I asked him and he smiles. The idiot smiles."Yes, I'm happy to see you" he says and I fold my arms over my chest. "No anger over me killing your parents, taking the pack from your hands?, where is all the anger? " I asked and he takes a few steps backwards before copying my stance. "I'm done fighting" he whispers but I hear him loud and clear in this empty and echoing dungeon."Done fighting how?" I ask and he tilts his head backwards looking at the ceiling of his cell. "I've made peace with myself. Everything is my fault. Ev
Alder's POVMy skin bristles at the way he speaks to my mate and I clench my fist looking at the size of fifteen of them. I glanced at Schofield and saw he had that same disgusted , angry look on his face for their manner of speech to his Luna. Good, at least I had a glimmer of hope that of I start beating them to a pulp he would join me, at least to defend the honor of his Luna. I flinch as Cassie takes a step forward and makes a show of counting them. "Fifteen" she whispers loudly. "Is this your total number sir?'' she asked the one who confronted her, taking position as an unsolicited leader in the group. He huff and shakes his head. "No, we were fifty. The rest stopped work when it became too dangerous and the wage became too small for the stress. It just wasn't worth it anymore." he says and I flex my wrist. "What's your name?" she asks and I'm curious as well. I wanted to have his name in my mind , ready to hit him. "Eugene" he said and she tilts her head. "Well, Eugene,
Cassandra's POVAs we go back home, I am there nestled in the back seat, looking out the window because my cheeks are red and embarrassment is eating away at me. I cannot believe I held hands with him. I even locked fingers with him, Oh for goddess he must have found out that I felt lonely and so deprived of love. Another reason I am looking outside is because for weird reasons I just realized I can lock eyes with Alder through the rear view mirror , well yes it was because he caught me staring at him. It has been just a few hours out of the dungeon and he was already making me feel like this, this mate bond throbbing,. blushing like a school girl kind of way. "Anything left for today?' I asked out loud and Schofield answered with a"Nothing more, although you asked me to mark training at four pm today" Oh, I already forgot about that but thank the heavens that I put it there. Something to get him off my mind as well as giving Schofield the pass to hit me, that is if I'm not tr
Cassandra's POV"Yeah what's up?" he asks with a cutting edge in his voice and I inwardly grimace. Fuck I shouldn't have done that "I'm sorry for earlier" I say and his lips curl a little, not upwards but downwards. "Nothing wrong with a Luna correcting her subordinates" he shrugs and I sigh. This actually needs more repairing than I thought. "It's just, that's my wolf's reflex sometimes" I say lying through my teeth and praying it will get me off the hook this time."I said it's fine, I'm okay nobody's hurt" he says and I stand my ground." Well you saying nobody's hurt proves that you're hurt" I say and he scoffs. "Says who Luna?" he asks and I roll my eyes."Your words your tone, they all prove that you're mad at me. " I say and he nods. "What ever rocks your boat" he says and I sigh again. "Let me make it up to you" I murmur and he raises his head as he stops punching the bag of sand in front of him. " Make it up how?, you don't owe me anything, you made your mind clear
Alder's POV"I knew you were my mate , from the first time I saw you staring at me with those huge eyes. You weren't afraid of a huge wolf and I confess I was quite big for my age. I wanted to come close to you, till I heard you were the one without wolf. The one everyone was whispering about. The one every parent warned their child away from. I told my father and he told me to never speak of it again. Told me that before the people we should value mates as we got them from the goddess but we should try our best to switch the out. My mother wasn't his true mate. But that's a story for another day. " I say and she sigh."I'm tired Alder, tired of throwing blames, trying to find who is at fault and nothing is getting better. You did a lot of bad things to me as I did a lot of bad things to you as well. Things are not simple and easy but we can make it simple" she says to me and I nod."It's just about our feelings, I know how I feel about you. The mate bond is my witness. I feel it. Y
EL'S POVCassandra had been quite helpful to me which I couldn't be more grateful for. But the nightmares kept on coming causing a lot of issues for me. Now I'd thought my parents had been killed unjustly but could it be that there was more behind the story than I thought? Why was I seeing my parents giving souls to unknown figures? Why did it seem like they were ready to sell themselves away without even considering the consequences? My eyes widened, these souls were two, and I could tell mine was excluded. Why would they give out the soul of their children selling them off to ancient figures. They knew they price they were going to pay for it and that was what they paid for, and they paid with their lives. Now my siblings were missing. I just knew, I knew that I could find them.. In the darkness of the night and the isolated land of my dream, I unraveled the twisted threads of my family's enigmatic past. The nightmares haunted my every waking moment, pushing me to dig deeper into t
CASSANDRA'S POVI know that El had been going through a lot lately and it started from that night when she saw the book. And now it seemed as though there was more to what was happening than just the illness that befell her. And then the curse, the dream that she had. I sighed as she explained she'd been seeing so many things these days and I was trying to understand what it was that she was going through. "Seeing things, like what?" I asked."Like that same dream I had. I don't know why I keep having images of you or Julius getting killed. I mean is there something I don't know? Is something after you guys? Are you running away from something? So many things had changed since the day you found this necklace. A lot more changed since the day you found this book."Her voice trembled as she tried to talk about what she saw and I knew that it must have been shocking, I I moved towards her and held her hand, cause I knew I was certainly going to see what happened... then the terrible ima
JULIUS' POV Sabastian revealed himself from behind Alaric and I took a step back while Alaric, sensing him shielded him from me even though he was unfazed. "I see you two are finally enjoined.""What do you want Sabastian?" I asked."Oh, nothing much, just came to remind you of the oath you made. And you know it has consequences." Sabastian said, and I just knew I couldn't get off his grip easily. As Sabastian's words hung in the air, a shiver ran down my spine. I knew exactly what he was referring to - the oath I had made in a moment of desperation, when I thought it was the only way to save someone dear to me. But little did I know then, the grave consequences it would bring.My mind raced, desperately searching for a way out of this predicament. I couldn't let Sabastian have his way. There had to be a solution, a way to break free from his grip and nullify the oath. But it seemed like an impossible task.Alaric, still shielding Sabastian from me, glanced at me with concern in hi
JULIUS'S POV I found myself back in the past, back to when I was discussing with Alaric. His eyes were teary and it seemed as though I was yelling at him to leave me alone and that I didn't love him but Sabastian. The glimpse of these memories kept coming to me and the times when I chased Sabastian and he just made my life a living hell. All these was erased from my memory? Then I saw the part where I kissed Alaric. I was obviously heart broken because Sabastian didn't treat me well. Alaric always stood by me and always called to me. He never once let me go. The tears rushed down from my eyes because of the pain I went through being with Sabastian. In the depths of my mind, memories long buried stirred like whispers carried by the wind. They danced on the fringes of my consciousness, elusive yet relentless. And as the echoes of the past grew louder, I found myself caught in a swirling vortex of emotions.This was a time of love and heartache, a delicate balance between two souls. Sa
JULIUS' POV "There are so many mysteries poppinv out of no where's these days. I'm starting to think which one would we figure out?" Cassandra had heard about the news by me. And she wasn't wrong. There were indeed many mysteries. "Can you remember any instance where you both encountered?" I shook my head at her question. This vampire was new to me in every way. I wasn't even sure whether what he was saying was the truth.I stood at the mirror side, contemplating while Cassandra was pacing the room trying to think of probably what to do."Do you think he holds the mysteries to somethings? Perhaps he knows some truth about a matter. Would you try to find out?" She questioned and I contemplated. I wasn't so sure about that. Cassandra paced the room, her mind filled with questions and possibilities. The mention of encountering mysteries with this vampire sparked her curiosity even further. I could feel what she was feeling, could hear what she was thinking. She couldn't help but wonder
JULIUS' POV I made my way under the tree branches and away from the sun, contemplating about could happen next and how possible I would be able to tackle it. The moon was out now and the weather caused me to breathe, but then I feared for Cassandra and her family. The doubts that suddenly threatened to consume me these days wasn't helping the situation at hand at all. Some times I just wished I would be ordinary, while living an ordinary life, with nobody's intervention into my affairs. Without having to worry every second of the day. I stared at the moon a little to long because without even knowing I'd stepped into another realm. This realm was one of power, magic, fortune, but absolute no peace or remorse from them. The funny thing was, I'd been introduced to something like this before by the moon goddess, and had no idea what it was that she was trying to show me. This camp...magic existed, power existed, fortune existed, but no remorse nor peace. Then something in my mind clicke
CASSANDRA'S POVThe pain shot through my bone, causing me to jerk. And even though Alder was here with me I just couldn't get any relief, the pain and heat was all over even worse than my heat. Alder brought me close to himself and even though I wanted to snap, his scent didn't permit me to, instead it made me calm.As Alder held me close, his strong arms enveloping me, I could feel the tension slowly starting to melt away. His comforting embrace seemed to create a protective barrier around me, shielding me from the unbearable pain that had engulfed my body. His head was buried in my neck and I couldn't help but moan at the feeling of his lips touching it. I pulled him closer, not wanting him to let go, not even for a moment, and that made me wonder if I was really in pain or in heat. I was perplexed but didn't really have the time to think about it because of the profound pain. Alder's presence alone was a soothing balm to my troubled mind. With every breath, his familiar scent, a b
CASSANDRA'S POV I paced the room whilst Cassandra kept staring at me with concern. My thoughts were running wild, mind was still unable to comprehend what was going to happen next. All I knew was that things were beginning to escalate. I was beginning to suspect Sabastian, he was definitely one of those who were after the necklace. I continued to contemplate, because I couldn't predict what could possibly happen next... "Perhaps there's a way around all of these. We can't keep sitting while there's something out there threatening to attack us." Cassandra said. "I was considering something...the vampires are yet to reveal themselves. Do you think there's something fishy about that?" "We all know that there's something tricky with them. They're cunning and wouldn't act upon their intentions unless the time is right." I stated. "Perhaps I can write the story." "No, you can't. I've written it already, so there's no need for that." Her words struck a chord with me. She was right; we
JULIUS' POV I squinted my eyes as I noticed a figure from the distance through the window. Perplexed, I didn't know we were expecting any visitors, or perhaps it was one of the members of the pack? As the figure got closer this house I noticed the familiarity of it and was caught by surprise at the revelation that dawned upon me. Morgana had really outdone herself, bringing the dead back to life, ascertaining that her intentions are being executed. The figure I was seeing was nobody else other than Kathrine, and my eyes automatically shifted to Sabastian's. It was intended, he had called her here, he had given her that permission. And from what I was witnessing, she had a flesh, no longer a shadow standing in the dark. Now she was the person she used to be before she died. And I knew what she wanted, I knew what she was after too. My necklace. I stumbled backwards slightly at the profound feeling of the shock that was about to overwhelm me. I didn't even have the time to focus on Sab