Aurora PoVWhen Klaus told me Axel had tried to poison him, I was not entirely shocked that Axel would pull a stunt like that. In fact, a small part of me was excited that he did.Klaus had an unhealthy fascination towards Axel. He almost worshipped the terrible Alpha as a god. No matter how much I tried to warn him about trusting a treacherous man like Axel, he never listened. He thought it was woman talk.But Axel had gladly proved me right. Now Klaus knows that he was dealing with the devil, and needed to treat Axel like an actual devil. That way, his hesitation to fight Axel to the death was dissolved. Now the real challenge was to make Klaus believe he can win.“You doubt your strength, Klaus,” I smiled gently, cupping his lean cheeks in my arm, “I have a very important news to tell you. Perhaps, it would be the motivation you need.”“Really?” his face lit up, “what is it? Tell me.”I looked deeply into my husband’s bright blue eyes and I knew I was right. Klaus had all the makin
Axel PoVI believed I had won. I’d defeated my worst enemy since Raphael, and I was already plotting out way to get rid of my Aurora and the abomination growing in her stomach. This time, I definitely wouldn’t miss.The pack might speculate about Klaus’s death, some might even suggest poison, and Aurora might try to accuse me of poisoning her husband. But without evidence, it’s all rumors, speculation, and suspicions. Soon enough, it would all blow over and I would go back to being the undisputed Alpha of the pack.Although I wished that Klaus had reached home and given the poisoned wine to his despicable wife, I knew he couldn’t have gotten that far before he collapsed and the poison did its work. Wolfsbane poison is as fast as it is terrible, and a small sip, such like the one that Klaus consumed the day before, was enough to kill even the strongest werewolf.There was no way he would have made it to Aurora. Which meant that it was up to me to kill Aurora myself. But I’ll need to
Klaus PoVI’ve seen Axel transform more than a thousand times, yet, each transformation always manages to scare and fascinate me. He hunched down on all fours, but his knee didn’t touch the ground. The transformation started from his legs, which were firmly planted into the ground. Sprouts of hair grew on his legs, congealing together to form a brown-blackish fur. And rapidly spread to every part of his body.His bones cracked. Toes and fingers extended into claws. The cracking of his spine was clearly heard all through the pack, as he morphed into a fierce, heinous wolf. His nose grew, eyes grew apart, and mouth morphed into huge, scary fangs. Then came the howl, and everyone gasped in horror and shock. Axel was the Alpha after all. His howls made most wolfs in the pack keel over but a few managed to keep their feet together. Al, Ed, and Aurora were, unsurprisingly, part of the few.Axel’s transformation had barely lasted a couple of seconds. Five seconds before he was hunched on a
Klaus PoV“Being Alpha suits you, doesn’t it?” Axel sneered at me.Few weeks ago, we’d changed position. I was languishing in the cell, while he looked down on me from behind the iron bar. But things have changed.Axel was the one rotting away in the cell, while I addressed him from behind the thick iron bar which I had reinforced to make sure he doesn’t escape. “It sure does,” I grinned, “and being alive suits you. You should be grateful you’re still alive.”“Would you like me to worship you?” anger and hatred dripped from his voice, “to thank you for sparing my life?”“Actually,” I laughed, “I wouldn’t want that. I’m not like you. Just stay right here till the end of your days. A reminder to any Alpha that tries to abuse their powers.”“You bastard,” Axel yelled as I began to walk away, “just kill me now. Kill me now, you rotten bastard.”“Make sure there’s a guard around his cell always,” I told Babel as I walked out of the dungeon, “we can’t risk him escaping.”“Yes, Alpha,” Bab
Axel PoV“At least the bastard knows how to savor his victory,” I groaned as I sat on the pallid floor of the dungeon.The battle flickered through my mind, but I instantly blotted the distasteful memory from my mind. It was embarrassing enough that my beta defeated me, reliving the defeat isn’t on my to-do list.I was not entirely sure which one I preferred, for Klaus to kill me in the ring, or keep me alive to humiliate me. A living warning to Alphas all over the kingdom. At least, death would put an end to the shame. Then again, I needed to be alive to take my revenge.“That bastard,” I groaned in anger. I looked around the dreary dungeon. The walls seemed to close in on me, but I cleared the thought from my head. A squalid place like this was enough to mess with your head, especially for someone like me who never imagined I could be in a place like this.I’d already made a list of people that I was going to lock in dungeons when I eventually won. And the dungeon was certain to be
Klaus PoVJust when I thought I could finally relax and enjoy being Alpha to the pack, spend time with my pregnant wife, and just generally enjoy my life, the moon goddess has dropped another trouble in my laps.I knew it was harsh to refer to Lisa as trouble, but that was the truth. She was the one that set in motion the chain of events that led to the showdown between Axel and I. I’d helped her before, and it almost cost me everything. Lisa came with a lot of baggage. There was the prophecy riding on her back, and there was Maximo relentlessly searching for her. And I do not want to make Maximo my enemy. That would be the dumbest move ever. I became Alpha two days ago, and I’m thrusting my pack into the hands of a powerful megalomaniac.Every ounce of logic in my body screamed at me to send her back to wherever she came, conscious or unconscious. It was the only way to stay out of the Maximo’s crosshairs. Which was a terrible place to be. It was the only to keep my pack safe.Then
Klaus PoVGood thing I paid attention a couple of times that Aurora was nursing injured people. She was not the pack’s nurse, but she was the next best thing to the nurse, and people often came to her when the pack’s nurse was busy of had her hands filled. I made sure she was safely tucked in bed before I locked myself in the study room. Having her come in unannounced defeats the entire purpose of stashing Lisa in the study. I made sure I packed in all the supplies I’d need, and then I got to work.The first thing I did was feed her chrysanthemum tea. A tea made from the chrysanthemum flower. The flower only grows under the moonlight and is special to wolves as it helps accelerates our healing. Two tea cups of chrysanthemum tea and Lisa’s color was already returning back to her. Her pale skin began to tan until it regained its original blushed color. Then I went to work on her face. An ointment with a silky smell returned her lips to its original size.I dabbed a cloth soaked in hot
Lisa PoV“You’ll suffer,” Maximo’s voice resounded in my head.His voice, as always, reeked of hatred and anger. The hatred in his voice clearly reflected in his eyes as he came into view. His veins popped off his body and pulsated as anger flared through him. His eyes slid between that of a wolf’s and that of a man. It was terrifying and unnerving.I didn’t understand. I thought I got away. I thought I ran away from his deathly grip and fled into the forest. How did I end up back there? It has to be an illusion. I would rather die than go back there. I wouldn’t go back. How?“You think you can get away from me, huh?” he sneered as though he’d read my mind, “you think you can escape your fate?”Fear and dread simmered within me, filtering through every part of me until I was shaking with fear. Goosebumps grew and sprouted, and the hair on my body all seemed to become erect all at once. It was unimaginable that I would end up there. I couldn’t believe it. I’d almost lost my life runnin