Alder's POV"Hello, ma", I grunt out, and she starts to shriek."Doctor, doctor!" I close my eyes again, hoping to slip back into a coma and stay with my mate for a while longer. Doors slam, and footsteps thunder up and down the hallway. I sigh and retry my attempt to get back my mate.Someone grabs my face and peels back my eyelid. I look up into a bright flashlight, and I move around my eyeball to avoid the flashlight."Thank moon goddess", a voice I don't recognise sounds out, and immediately the hand lets go of my eyelid. I'm repeatedly blinking to regain my 10/10 vision."He seems stable for now" I look at the woman dressed in a lab coat, and she looks at me with a hopeful look."Do you know who you are? ""Yes""Can you tell me your name?""My name is Alder."My mom releases a guttural cry of relief as she collapses into my father's arms."Do you recognize them as well?" she asks, gesturing to my parents"Frankly, you're the only one I don't recognize in here" She blushes in emb
Alder's POVI was up on my feet in two days. Whatever the doctor gave me worked wonders, and I was now running through the woods once my healthy self. Crown let out a roar, and I chucked.Dude was happy to be himself again, and frankly, so was I. The wind was a light one and melodically moved the leaves, one thing I was sure Cassie would have loved.She said she loved taking walks, and she told me when I was in my infamous coma. I felt the mind link crackle like a radio, and I was shocked it was working.After all, I thought I had gotten disconnected from the mind link as part of my banishment punishment."Future Alpha, your presence is needed at the Packhouse with immediate effect," a guard's voice came through, and I replied with an "Alright."Only higher-ranked guards were able to access that level of mind link, so I was sure it was something concerning my issues with the council. I turned on my paws and ran toward the pack house.I shifted and grabbed a pair of shorts just in time
CASSANDRA’S POVDressed in leggings and a sports bra, I walk toward the sparing room as fast as possible. I woke up late. The dream with Alder dragged on for longer, and truthfully; I didn't want to stop dreaming. "Williams! You're late," My instructor bellows, and I resist the urge to cover my ear. "I'm sorry, sir, I woke up late," I say, and he snarls "That's not even an excuse! You little snit," he says, and I roll my eyes. What have I not heard before? Frankly, I was the only Lycan in this school that hadn't transformed, and I was getting sick of the insults and abuse from teachers and peers, both seniors, idiots I was in the same class with, and my juniors. At one point, one teacher insisted on making me take DNA tests with my parents to prove I was their child. The annoying part was the shock on their faces that I was 99.999% a William. Everyone knew how unmatched the Crimson Moon Pack was and how strong the current Alpha and Luna were. So my life currently seemed like a jo
Alder's POVIt's a beautiful morning and normally I don't feel this good but Cassie and I became closer last night in my dreams and you can say I'm really going nuts but I don't mind. If I can have her this way I really don't mind. It's been a few days since I have been Alpha and it hasn't been easy. One of the rules I put down was a compulsory one- free- day each week. It's not slacking off but merely putting my health into consideration. And it was today, my very first free day since I became the Alpha and I was going to spend it in Cassie's house. I wanted to get closer to her on a realistic level, not only meeting her in my dreams. I already made a call to Jack to inform her parents about my visit. Whistling happily I pick out a shirt and trousers to wear. A few minutes in the shower , some more minutes getting dressed and I was ready to leave. I went downstairs , making my way into the kitchen I followed the scent of bacon. Yes, wolves loved their meat. I see my mom taking out
Cassandra's POVDressed in the actual school uniform of a baby blue pleated barely reaching the knees skirt, a white short sleeves button up that was tucked into the skirt and a jacket if the same color as the skirt, I made my way to my locker with my bag slung over my shoulders. Personally I loved my school uniform, maybe it was the color , maybe it was the way it was very fitting, it just made me happy anytime I put it on. I hummed in happiness as I go to my desk happy about the dream meeting with Alder the night before. Maybe it was something in the air but he got more romantic with every meeting. I punched in my code and as soon as I tried to open the locker a hand slammed on the locker door and I turned to see the owner of the hand. "Landon!" I breathe out. "Come with me " he says holding in to my wrist and dragging me along with him not giving me space to talk. I shut my locker with my free hand and sigh as he drags me away. Everyone watches, points and whispers and I know im
Alder's POVI take a minute to cam down and scan through the box Jack gave to me and I'm shocked to see how little stuff my mate was entitled to. I reached into the box and brought out the items in it one after the other. A hair brush, a very old one at that and it had a few strands of her hair. A little toy that had seen better days and a few books. That was all there was . I shudder in pain. I arrange the things into my room, the hair brush on the dresser, the books on the shelf and the little toy next to my pillow.I go downstairs dropping a text to Jack to meet me at the back of the pack in a minute. I was stressed and Crown was feeling restless. I turn to Tyler a guard who was on duty by my door"Call the patrol officers in duty , we're going for a run" I say and he immediately does as I ask. Tyler is a pretty awesome guy for a guard and truthfully if Jack wasn't in the picture he would have been my beta instead."Do you want to come along , Tyler?" I ask smirking. He tilt
Cassandra's POVI clenched my fist and sighed."I'll be your girlfriend" I say and the Landon's face was equivalent to what would have been on my face if Jack's mom had given me a proper meal for dinner. How did I get here? Let's take a few minutes to recap. It's been a week since I turned Landon down at the breakfast table. Every day ever since then I found a bouquet of pink roses in my locker everytime I opened it and I opened my locker twice a day, once in the morning to get books out and at the end of the school day to out books back in. So yeah about a total of 14 roses now if not more. At first I threw them away but then I started giving them to teachers and staff and pretty soon I was in good terms with a few more of my teachers.I didn't know how much he out down or how he convinced my sparing instructor, gym instructor boxing and wrestling instructors and even the school coach to let me be his partner but in every class I had to use my fists and not my pen he was my partner
Alder's POVA week later I was to meet the selected mate Savannah West and I was pumped as hell. Notice the sarcasm, yeah?.Well I shifted all the plans that I could to tha day and so I was suddenly too busy to meet her. This act becomes a routine because suddenly I'm too busy on the day I'm supposed to meet her and on my third attempt to shake her off I don't succeed.I sign just one more paper and drop the pen rubbing my eyes and stretching still in my seat.I think about how it's been a week since the dreams with Cassie stopped. No warnings, nothing. I just stopped dreaming about her in total and no matter how much I thought about her before sleeping I never dreamt about her. Either I don't dream at all or I dream and it's not about her. A knock sounds on the door and I call out"come in" without asking"who is it" and immediately I regret my slip. A woman dressed in a sort skimpy gown, make up that is so heavy I'm sure her face is feeling tired and heels so high it's a wonder
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