The room felt charged with a mixture of excitement and relief, despite the frown on the Luna's face.I smiled as I looked into Aiden's radiant eyes. It felt like a weight had been pressing on our shoulders, and it had finally lifted.Adam pulled me into another tight embrace, wrapping his strong arms around meAiden joined in, completing our little group hug. It was an embrace filled with warmth, relief, and happiness.It was Adam that spoke first, his gruff voice full of gratitude, "Ava, you have no idea how much this means to us. You've done something incredible for our pack.”Aiden chimed in, “Yes, we can't thank you enough. Your intelligence is what made this happen. Thank you so much.”I blushed at their words, feeling a warmth spread through my chest. “I only did what I had to do,” I replied. “It's just my end of the bargain. I'm just glad I was able to play a part in this to get them off our backs, too.”“Well that's correct.”“I still cannot believe it was that easy to have th
We have been so lost in celebration I almost forgot to go see my sister.By the time I remembered, Gisele insisted that it was too late, and she needed to rest properly after bathing in her herbs.So once I woke up the next morning, the first thing on my mind was to go see her.I made my way to her room, eager to see how she was dark faring.However, as I gently pushed the door open, I was met with an unexpected sight. Diana was still asleep, her breathing steady, but Giselle was sitting beside Diana's bedside, a look of deep concentration on her face.I approached Giselle with a smile, hoping to strike up a conversation without disturbing my sister's much-needed rest. “Good morning, Giselle,” I greeted her in a hushed tone.Giselle turned to me with a warm but slightly weary smile. “Good morning, Ava. How are you today?”I sighed, my gaze returning to Diana's peaceful expression. “I'm as well as can be expected, given the circumstances. How about my sister? Has there been any improve
Days passed by and nothing got better.The twins weren't willing to reveal their true intentions to me. Not that I should be bothered because that was never part of the arrangement.The arrangement was simply to pretend to be their bride.However the more they evaded the questions, the more suspicious I grew.There had to be at least a hundred females in Silvermoon.Numerous Werewolf females.Why did they choose me?Went through the trouble of having to convince the council that a human is their mate?And the more suspicious I got, the more uneasy I felt.Something is missing in the puzzle and I have no idea what it is.Diana was not getting much better, although I could notice some slight changes in her speech, her expression. Just yesterday, she chose to wear a black dress. Which might sound normal to anyone else who doesn't know that black was her favourite colour because according to her "It represents her soul" but since she got sick she's been wearing yellow and pink.A good cha
"Ava!!" "Ava! Help us, please rise and do something.""Damn it Ava! Do something!!"I opened my eyes slowly, head aching from the noise around me, and the sight that caught my vision made me gasp.The palace, the village... Everything was on fire. Every single thing.What on earth is happening? What happened?"Ava!" I turned to my left and saw my sister Diana running towards me, the hem of her gown in her hand.Her dress was torn and there was blood on her.Her face looked like she had taken a very serious beating."Diana!" I ran to meet her mid way but before I could get to her she fell down and stopped moving, her eyes lifeless and just gazing at the sky.She wasn't moving."Diana! Diana!" Thus cannot be happening. I crouched before her and started shaking her body vigorously but she didn't respond. Didn't even twitch her eyesShe's gone."No!!!"I could not stop the scream that escaped my lungs as I cradled her against my chest.This cannot be."You have to rise, Ava..." A strange
"Do I really have to go to this ball?" I grumbled for like, the ten millionth time in the past five minutes and just as the first time I did, the twins gave me the same response."You know we have to do this Ava. People are watching and we have to....""Seize every opportunity we can to prove to the council that we are in love and truly mated. Yes, I know I know." I said cutting Adam off and he grinned, then leaned down and kissed me shortly.And as always, his kiss sent flutters down my stomach.There was no one present but I couldn't protest the stolen kisses and touches between us."You are adorable." He said, "And I think all the dresses are so beautiful. But red looks the best on you."I bit my lip and looked at the dresses which were brought in earlier by the maids.It's crazy how barely a few weeks ago, I could never dream of owning a single ball dress, but here I was having to choose between dozens of them.Crazy how my life has changed in the past few weeks."Oh, just looking
I wasn't surprised when Aiden winced instead of responding but I was annoyed all the same."Listen," I said and took a deep breath to calm my nerves, "Listen to me you two. I don't know what y'all are planning and honestly if you don't want me involved that's fine. I never had a problem with that. You know what I have a problem with? I'll tell you. As long as whatever you are hatching up has to do with any shit about me, I have a right to know. You have no business keeping me in the dark like an idiot."When I stopped, I took another deep breath, closing my eyes. I was angry, very angry and I had no idea where it was coming from.But what exactly is it that they are hiding from me?"Listen Ava...you don't understand -""Of course I don't," with my hands up I cut Aiden shut, "Of course I don't because you don't tell me anything. There's more going on here than you let on and I demand to know the answer now!"I snatched my hands out of Adam's hold and got out of the bed, suddenly unabl
"Diane! Diane!" I threw the door open, scanning the bedroom hastily. My frantic voice permeated the entire house as I called out for my sister. She wasn't in her room. Neither was she in the living room, nor the library. My chest heaved as my heart palpitated wildly. Diane could be anywhere. I had to find her before she hurt herself or worse. Like last week, my mind supplied and goosebumps littered my arms. Crap no, last week could not repeat itself. I had almost had a damned heart attack seeing my sister's golden hair all wet and mussed up in the mud, her eyes closed and her body limp. We had found her next to an abandoned shack a few meters away from the house. I had no idea how she had wandered that far. Our house was right atop a small hill in Claw Village. It was hard to miss. We lived on the outskirt of the village anyways, away from the werewolves who detested our stench. The stench of humans. Diane was all I had left, the only other human I could relate with and the only
I was beyond appalled. What were the princes of the entire clan doing at my door at midnight?! Oh this was bad. This was very bad. Had they found out about my intentions? Hell, I had only told Gisele that and that was barely a few hours ago. There was no way word could have reached the palace-Oh wait, who was I kidding? I was dealing with werewolves. I slapped a hand down my face, dragging it down, trying to breathe through the haze of confusion and fear that surrounded me. Just play it cool, Ava. There's no need to fear. "Miss Lopez?" The deep silvery voice that had spoken earlier, called again. "Quite a number of people would think it rude and offensive to keep a prince waiting outside in the blistering cold." My eyes widened. He was right. And besides, I thought staring at my door, considering the reputation of the twin Alpha Princes, I doubted the frail thing had a chance of protecting me from them. Taking a deep breath, I reached for the doorknob and turned it. The doo