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ISABELLA’S POV For the next few days, I watched him. Thane never spoke a word to me, and I wonder if he had forgotten everything because I hadn’t. I didn't exactly lie to the Luna, but I wasn’t telling the truth either. I did remember a part of my life. A part where ‘He’ was my everything. SOME YEARS AGO... I had found an abandoned house, right in the middle of the woods. It was the perfect place. Here I wouldn’t be encroaching on any packlands; no one would ever be able to find me. I was a runaway wolf. I had left home one day and never returned; my parents might believe that I died; I didn’t think they would cry over my death. To them, I was already dead. I had an illness, one we all knew would kill me in the end, and maybe that’s why I ran away. I wanted to live life to the fullest with the little time I had left. I've always loved nature, so it was no shocker that I ended up in a house surrounded by trees and nature’s wildest animals. I wasn’t alone; no, I never really
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THANE’S POVRiley wouldn’t exactly understand why I wanted the ‘new girl’ as far away as possible.How do I explain to her that the girl I had seen in the healing room was a complete replica of Bella? And turns out they have the same name, Isabella.Bella never told me her full name, but Isabella was close, too close.It felt like fate was playing some kind of game with me. I stood over the railing, taking a sip of vodka, and just then ‘Isabella’ walked in. Of course she was easy to spot; her red hair and bright features made her stand out.She said she forgot her memories; I believed she wasn’t being honest. I should go to her and ask her some questions, but it didn’t feel right to be anywhere close to her. I watched her from a distance though, noticing more similarities she had to Bella. Their walking steps were very alike.I had already talked to Regnux about keeping her far away from me; maybe she could be placed in other pack homes outside the main pack house; that would make muc
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RILEYI replaced the flowers on Axel's grave. Just as I had been doing for the past months."You used to be someone I could always talk to." I began. Staring at his grave, his name had been engraved on the tombstone ‘Beta/Commander/Soldier —Axel Dean of the Nightshade’. "So much has happened since you've been gone. It turns out that Thane has been keeping some things away from me. It doesn't make me mad though. I know whatever he does, he does to protect me, but sometimes I wish he could see that I am a big girl and I can handle stuff." There was complete silence, still I spoke on."The baby is growing well; that's what the healers said, and I'm excited, but at the same time, very… scared I don't want to mess this up. Thinking about the baby had taken my mind off so many things, like who I really am. I discovered a while ago that my 'wings' might be having a little issue; they haven't healed up since the 'incident,' but I'll keep ignoring it; maybe it just takes time."I paused aga
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The sorceress, Jade, had warned me, I was to keep it all a secret, but then my priority had been to keep Thane alive; I couldn't care less what anyone thought at that moment, and if time was taken back, I wouldn't have done things any differently, and yet I… worried.I walked into my room and shut the door before I noticed I wasn't alone.A man sat on my cushion; no, he was no stranger; he was my… son. The demon I birthed. His mouth was stained with blood.I stared at his almost surreal face; every inch of him had been designed to allure preys."Mother." He called. "I've missed you.""Who's blood is that?" I questioned."No one from this pack," he said, wiping it off. "I didn't want to kill them. I only wanted to make friends, but they were afraid of me, and so I had to.""You don't have to; you never have to kill people.""Then explain my lust for blood.""You can control it.""I can't; I tried, and I can't."I walked to him, cautiously taking a seat beside him. He stretched out his
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"Are you alright?" Thane asked, kissing my lips and then my stomach."Yes, I am now.""I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you.""I know you have work to do. I am fine, and that's all that matters." I say, but I could see the debate in his eyes; he wanted to be there; he wished he was. "What happened?" He asked."I felt some pain, which I guess is some kind of contraction; the healers can't be sure because my system doesn't operate like a werewolf's anymore.""You will be fine," he assured me, kissing me once more....We were back in our room, "I guess you know by now who accompanied me to the healing room." I said to him, I had expected him to bring this up the moment we returned here, but he didn't."Those who saw him all seemed to have something to say about him; it doesn't take a genius to know who this mysterious man they spoke of was. But you know what? I don't think we should talk about this now.""I want to talk about him."He inhaled deeply."Riley, as much as I appreciate t
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Daemon served the food on four plates, just as he always did, but this time, the girls came down to join us. I wondered if he was doing this to make me feel comfortable around him—no, I shouldn’t try to find meaning in everything he did.The girls finished their food first, just as always.I didn’t miss the way the older girl kept throwing side glances at me throughout the meal. The moment she was done, she pulled her hair to the side, baring her neck to Daemon.Daemon pushed her aside, clearly not wanting to feed from her in front of me."You've had your turn," he said, looking past her to the other girls, who kept their eyes down. Unlike the older girl, the younger ones were quieter, shyer, and more reserved.“You know my blood tastes better than any of theirs.” She bragged like it was some sort of achievement. She dug her fingers into the healing wound on her neck, and a single drop of blood trickled down. Daemon’s eyes darkened with need; he wanted this, but he was only holding ba
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I tried to keep it from her because I didn’t want her to worry about me, but as the days passed, it became harder to conceal.The withdrawal symptoms had kicked in hard. Kaida was only aware of the progress I was making, but I didn’t let her know what I had to endure. I wiped away the blood trickling from my nose. It had been five days since I stopped taking the doses of wolfsbane, and every moment had been pure torment. Breaking free from my ‘addiction’ was easier said than done.I rarely got any work done. The withdrawal symptoms were impossible to ignore— involuntary shaking, random bleeding, a relentless pounding in my head, dizziness, irritability, and the tiny lapses in time that seemed to stretch wider with each passing day without my doses.I stared at the bottle of aged bourbon spiked with wolfsbane, sitting on the wooden cabinet. all I had to do was reach out, take a drink, and it would be all over; the pain would disappear. I hadn’t realized when I rose from my chair and ma
