WINTER POVI stood frozen, staring at my mother with wide eyes. A loud voice snapped me out of my thoughts."The Alpha is convulsing!" Without a second thought, I rushed inside the infirmary.Slade, the Alpha, and my mate lay on the wooden bed, his large frame jerking back and forth. He gripped the duvet tightly, writhing in agony.The small bed barely accommodated his thrashing body, and the situation looked absurd.As I darted forward to help, my mother yanked me back. I swirled around, and our eyes met. "Why?" I raised a brow."Do you know what might be going on?" She asked."If I don't check on him, how can I?" I stared at her hand, and she nodded."Please, be careful," she mumbled.I wanted to retort that I had been in worse situations, but I bit my lip and walked towards Slade instead. Gingerly, I reached out and smoothened his creased brows. My lips quivered, and I gripped his hand. "Slade...." I muttered, but he didn't respond.I attempted to shake him, but he sat up abruptly,
WINTER POVSlade grunted, "No, please, no!"I leapt to my feet and dashed towards him, my heart thumping."Help me!" he cried, his body writhing on the bed. "Help me, please!""Slade!" I shook him vigorously, trying to rouse him from his sleep, but he continued to sob uncontrollably.I blinked back tears that threatened to spill from my eyes, feeling helpless as I watched him suffer.I had been in the room for almost ten hours now, tending to Slade's worsening condition. From the moment it had started in the afternoon, his symptoms had only gotten worse, despite all the remedies I had tried. Even the herbal concoction I had made had no effect, which made me question the severity of his sickness."My lady!" Lisa's voice interrupted my thoughts as she entered the room. She walked towards me; her brows creased with worry before she exhaled. "The alpha will be fine; I trust your expertise."I shook my head, disagreeing with her for the first time. I had never encountered a case like this
WINTER'S POVI couldn't stop staring at Jude, who stared back at me. After a while, I cleared my throat and spoke softly, "We need to have a gathering to explain what's going on so that no one gets the wrong idea.""Yes, my lady, you're right," Jude replied. He leaned in towards Lowry and whispered in his ear. Lowry nodded before leaving the room."We'll all be seated in an hour, including the elders," Jude said. "Do you have any further instructions?"I shook my head, and Jude left the room, leaving me alone with Lisa and Denise.The room was quiet and peaceful, and I wished it could stay that way. But the tranquillity was short-lived."So, do you feel like a queen now, Winter darling?" Denise sneered.Ignoring her, I walked over to Lisa and picked up a syringe from the tray near her. Furrowing my brow, I asked, "Is this the mixture?"The liquid inside the syringe was darker than usual. All the ones I had administered to other patients were dark, but not like this."Yes, my lady. I f
WINTER POVLisa asked me, "Are you still thinking about what Lady Denise said?"I shook my head, even though it wasn't entirely true. I couldn't tell her that Slade's mother was acting stranger than usual, and even if I did, I doubted she would understand."I feel like she's trying to make you afraid," Lisa added, placing a small bottle filled with a concoction in front of me. "What are we going to do with this?""We need to research what's in it," I mumbled, wincing as I felt a sharp pain in my arm. Glancing down, I noticed that the vein had turned blackish, giving the appearance that I had painted it."Your hand, my lady!" Lisa exclaimed, grabbing hold of my hand. "Did the shot do this?"I nodded, pulling my hand away and covering it with the sleeve of my sweater. I then glanced over at a sleeping Slade."Whatever was in that syringe was meant to kill him. And how did Lady Denise know it was fatal?" I furrowed my brow in confusion."She mentioned the name of the plant..." Lisa inter
Summer POV"Lyra," I called out, but there was no response."Lyra...!" I said again, but still, there was no answer.Frustrated, I kicked the coffee table in the centre of the room, wincing at the pain before glaring at Damien, who was sniggering at me."How can I get the wolf to come out? Does she only show up when I'm in danger?" I muttered to myself.I had even gone to the dock earlier and threatened to jump into the frozen lake, knowing I couldn't swim, but Lyra had remained silent. Now, it was as if she had never existed.I glanced at Daniel, who frowned at me."That's no way to talk to a wolf," he grunted."Then show me instead of being quiet and watching me suffer!" I snapped, biting my inner cheek as Daniel raised his eyebrows."I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap. I'm just frustrated," I said, trying to calm down."Get your act together because we'll need you for the upcoming feast," Daniel muttered before standing up and walking towards the door."Meet me in the room later," he
SUMMER POV"You are fucking zoning out again!" Daniel's bark startled me out of my daze.Gasping, I lost my balance and landed hard on my butt."Fúck!" I groaned, shutting my eyes as my head reeled."Amazing!" Damien hollered, then clapped with a smirk on his face. "Aren't you the best she-wolf in the whole world?"Damien's clapping only added to my irritation as he strolled into the training centre. I shot him a glare before turning back to Daniel, who looked fed up with my lack of focus."I'm sorry, I guess I need a break," I mumbled, staring at the ground. Daniel's eyes narrowed on me."I'll give you one minute to pull yourself together," he grunted. "I won't tolerate any more zoning out. If I have to, I'll force you to train."Daniel stalked away, leaving me with Damien, who immediately came over to me."Did something happen between you and my brother that I'm unaware of?" he asked. "I might need to warn you; he's not as nice as I am. Or did I tell you that before?" He tilted his
SUMMER'S POVThe full moon was out, and I found myself back at the training centre, this time with Damien instead of Daniel. I was unsure why Daniel had ditched me, but he had made an excuse about having something important to do. However, I found it difficult to believe, considering he was only sitting on the bench a few feet away from where Damien and I were training. To make matters worse, he was watching all that we did. I was tempted to confront him and ask if he was busy, but I didn't dare to do so. Instead, I kept my thoughts to myself and decided to focus on the training.Damien caught me zoning out and smacked me in the head, making me wince. I shot him a glare and darted towards him, attempting to swat him, but he dodged and gripped my hand, twisting it behind my back before shoving me to the ground. I growled in frustration, eyeing my bleeding leg grazing against the grass."See why Daniel was berating you? How the hell will you bring out your wolf if you can't stay focused
WINTER POVI wiped the sweat from my forehead and snuck a peek at Slade before turning my attention back to the book of spells, or grimoire, as it was called. The feast was tomorrow, and I needed all the powers and knowledge I could get from the book."Light," I murmured, gazing intently at my palm as a flicker of flame appeared. I never thought it would be as easy as this. At first, I was scared and unsure of my powers, just like it was hard to achieve the first two aura powers. But holding the book of spells had been very helpful. Not only did I acquire the third power, the power of light, but I also found something that could ease the pain that Slade was going through.His condition had worsened in the past two days, but I had been able to help him contain it, taking most of the pain inside of me."Winter," Slade muttered, interrupting my thoughts. I stepped towards him, gripping his hand tightly."Stay with me," he said. "Everywhere seems suddenly dark and cold.""I'm always here