“Miss. Grace Hawthorne, come forward and present us with your evidence or account of your event.” The Judge announced, making Emma’s face pale with fright.I stood up, I moved as I was about to head towards the podium, there was a little serene expression on Lizzie’s face, as if she knew that I had nothing to prove my innocence, but then to her shock, I turned back.With a steady hand, I retrieved a USB drive from my pocket, holding it up for all to see. "I request permission to play a video, a piece of evidence that will shed light on the events in question," I stated firmly, my voice unwavering.I looked at Xander and he smiled at me. I took a deep breath, to calm my nerves. Xander was here for me.My request sent a ripple of tension through the room. Daniel's face twisted with anger, his voice rising in protest. "This is nothing but a ruse to waste the court's time. This is a fabricated piece of evidence, a desperate attempt to smear my daughter's name!" he roared, his accusations
Lizzie’s POVAs we were escorted back to the Packhouse, the guards showed no signs of sympathy or concern for our predicament. The people who were always respectful towards me because of Daniel’s position were now openly glaring at me. Their indifference only added to the weight of the disaster that had just unfolded in that courtroom. For all three of us, this trial had been a catastrophe, but it was me who had the most to lose.I couldn't help but steal a furtive glance at Daniel. Over the years, I had played my part as the wicked seductress, using my body and the dark magic I possessed to ensnare him. I had kept him s*xually satisfied to keep him under my control. I had twisted his thoughts, manipulated his emotions, and made him cruel and malicious in ways he would never have been on his own.I made him hate his daughter, Grace, and made sure that she knew this. I wanted him to be cruel and his heart full of hatred, so my dark magic could function better, but now Emma’s one stupid
Lizzie’s POV“You are as good as dead. Emma.” I hissed at her, even though there was a difference between us and I said my words lightly she knew what they really meant.A venomous growl rumbled from deep within me as I advanced toward Emma. My steps were deliberate, my presence intimidating, and she, in turn, instinctively retreated. Panic flashed in her eyes as she realized the situation she was in.There was no way out for her.She wanted to cry for help, to scream for anyone who might come to her rescue, hard luck for that, because we were imprisoned in our own house, only because of her. Her fear had sealed her lips shut. As I closed the distance between us, she closed her eyes, her body trembling violently.My disappointment in her was immense, and I had no intention of sparing her now. With a cruel grip, I grabbed a handful of her hair, yanking her head back. She winced in pain, tears streaming down her cheeks, and her muffled cries fell on deaf ears.“Mom, please,” she cried a
Grace’s POV“Stop doing this,” I whisper-yelled at Xander as he, once again, touched my thigh. His face was devoid of any expression, while mine was flush red with embarr*ssment.After the trial, Xander whisked me away on a dream date. It was already pending, he asked me once before too, but my life was nothing but a whirlwind of frisky situations and we never got a chance to go on a date.But now here we were, under the warm lights, in the high-end restaurant, where soft music was flowing in the air with the warm scent of summer and spring combined.I wish I could stay here forever.“We can, If that’s what you want.” Xander smiled at me, and I realized that I had spoken the last sentence out loud.“You were not meant to hear it but I just feel relaxed, like when you go back home after a long day from work and you know there is a long weekend ahead of you. There is calmness and serenity. I feel that at this moment.” I said while sipping on my wine.“Last few days were a lot to take an
“W…What are you doing Grace?” Xander moved toward me, his expression dark.“I want to be a little fun. My mate likes me when I am fun.” I smiled innocently at him.I was still backing out, and he was marching slowly toward me.“This is not fun, Gracie. This is called being naughty. And trust me you don’t want to know how I would punish you.” he growled.A wave of pleasure ran down my whole body thinking about the ways Xander could punish me for being naughty.“Maybe I want to be punished,” I said with a sultry voice and winked at him.When I was sure I was going to flash him, he came and covered me with his suit jacket.“We are going to talk once we reach home,” he whispered in my ear.“We don’t need to. I know different ways to use my mouth, and I know you would love those ways.” I smiled at him and touched his hardened cock.“Oh, goddess.” he took a harsh breath, and then I was being taken to the main lobby, with his hand firmly branded on my waist.“We need a room,” Xander said in
“h*ll, Good Morning,” I answered the call more chirpily than usual.A lot of things were changing in my life and for the better. This change was a welcome one and after so long I was happy, really happy, and not faking for the sake of my father.I miss my mother sometimes, thinking that she would have been so happy to see me happy with Xander and happy to see how I was able to defeat those witchy mother daughter duo.I should have felt bad for Daniel, but I was smug, thinking about his pale face when he saw Emma’s real face in the video.And now everything I fought for was mine. My position. My mate. My Xander.I smiled thinking about Xander.“You seem different,” Daisy questioned.“What nonsense, I'm your old crazy Grace,” I answered.“You are crazy, no doubt, but you are not that old Grace.” she chuckled.“Oh, that’s what you think. Would you care to explain why you think so?” I asked her while heading out to the new office building that Xander gave to me.“Because you are in love,”
Xander’s POV“I think that’s all for today. I hope everything will go according to the plan and if we encounter any problem along the way, I will be just a call away. This is a serious concern and we need to focus on this matter alone. Nothing is more important than this. Am I clear?” I asked everyone present in the packhouse. My voice resounded firm and strong as it should be.Everyone agreed and one by one dispersed, leaving me mostly alone.I had just wrapped up a tense meeting with the Alphas, where we had agreed to unite against the rogues who'd been causing havoc in our city. It was a beneficial arrangement for the smaller packs, but it also meant expanding my already vast alliance. The weight of my responsibilities as Alpha had always been heavy, but this new coalition only added to the burden. I had just relayed that meeting’s message to my pack members.As I was deep in thought, contemplating the upcoming challenges, Daisy, burst into my Pack House. Her face was filled with u
Emma’s POVAs I hung up the phone, the weight of my actions and their consequences bore down on me. The dungeon was a cold and dim place, a fitting setting for the dark deeds that transpired within its walls. Lizzie and I had been confined here for what felt like an eternity, while Daniel, my father, stayed locked away in his room, a distant and shadowy presence in our lives.I begged him for forgiveness, but to no avail. I was desperate to prove myself and all this brought me to this stage.My gaze was drawn to the door of the room where Grace was imprisoned. I imagined the terror and helplessness she must be feeling, subjected to the horrors Lizzie and the dark witches had prepared for her. It was a cruel fate, but one I couldn't change. I had to stay loyal to Lizzie, my mother, no matter how dark and twisted her plans became.For years, I had watched Grace enjoying the benefits of being the Alpha's first daughter, while I had been the subject of mockery from everyone, including my
The room was filled with crying kids and the crying did not feel like a curse, it was indeed a blessing, a symphony to my ears.The nurse gave the kids to Xander and he took the bundle of joy with so much love and adoration, I couldn’t help but smile at him.All curses left my mind when I looked at him handling our kids with so much love, this man was my family. I love him.“Grace, look these are our kids,” he showed the faces of my babies to me and a laugh bubbled up my throat.I nodded. Xander leaned down and kissed me on my forehead.“You have given me the best gift, Grace, I am going to worship the land you are going to walk on. You are my goddess from now on.” Xanderr boasted and I laughed.And then suddenly the door opened abruptly.“How dare you all, keeping me out of the room, don’t you know who I am?” Daisy cursed like a sailor as she tried to enter the room while the guards were trying to keep her out.Xander rolled his eyes at her, clearly not ready for her drama.Daisy pun
Xander looked at me, his wolf growled but we needed to act fast. I with my she wolf troop marched toward the rogues, they were not expecting us and were startled when we attacked them, in just one move we had rogues covered from all three sides.From the west Kai was acting like a killing machine, eliminating rogues, from the north I was there and my troop with their agility easily defeated the rogues and Xander’s experience was making rogues run for their lives.But they had nowhere to go, with the help of Robert we had the area covered, anyone who dared to leave the battlefield would burn like crisp hips, so we all were sure of our victory.And after two days of continuous fight, we eliminated every rogue in the area. We were standing before the corpses of our foes and there was a calming peace in the area.A victorious wolf came from the west, my heart skipped a beat knowing that Kai won and I copied him and then waited for Xander, his howl came moments later and I leaped in the ai
Grace’s POV“I, Grace, The Alpha of Blood Moon Pack and Luna of Silver Moon Pack, stand here in front of the members of both packs, to announce that I am leaving the pack to fight alongside my mate. I am leaving not because I only care about my mate, it’s true that I do and I have full faith in him. But more than that, I believe that at this crucial moment, my forces need me. If in a time of crisis, I can’t be there on the battlefield helping my soldiers, then what kind of Alpha I would be? I want to lead my forces, supporting them so that I am there for them, so they are aware that before them the enemy has to deal with their Alpha. All my life my father looked down on me only because I am a woman, not worthy of the title of Pack’s Alpha. But time and again I have proved to him that my biology doesn’t define my worth. My power does, and my authority depends upon my skill. I have earned this title and today I will pay the price of this title. My mother, the Luna of the Blood Moon Pack
The whole day we were holed up in our room and when we went out it was already the next day.Grace and Xander were already present in the dining room.Xander took one look at his Beta and shook his head.“I don’t want to know,” he muttered under his breath, clearly not interested in what happened between us.I snorted, sat on the table, and started eating.And as the day progressed I realized that even though the dark Chapter called Morax had ended, it didn’t mean that all problems were solved. We were still in between the war.Like it was decided before, Xander was preparing to lead the troops to help Kai and Mason was already on his way to help his Alpha.We were standing at the front of the house, Grace held Xander’s hand, and I could see vulnerability in her eyes and I clutched Mason’s hand with desperation.“I am going to come back, don’t worry,” he *ssured me.“Indeed you have to. I will burn your soul if you won’t,” emotions swirled in my voice as I looked at him.He dipped his
“How are you feeling?” Mason asked me his eyes were fixated upon me, there was a fire burning in his eyes, there was a look of longing, a thirst.I had never seen him looking at me like this, except the time we met during our mission with Morax, there was the same intensity in his eyes that I am seeing right now.I always thought that Mason was this laid-back guy but now the possessiveness in his eyes was blinding, and my breath hitched when he moved toward me.“Great, just my bones are dancing with all the energy I had spent,” I smirked at me, as he prowled toward me like a hungry animal, which he was like a hungry wolf.“Why are you looking at me like this?” I questioned him.His eyes darkened as he stretched his hand and grazed my lips with his fingers, I trembled under his touch.His touch left me trembling on my bed.“How am I looking at you?” he asked me, his eyes fixated upon my lips.“Like you want to devour me, like you want to embrace me in a way where nobody could understan
I slumped down heavily on the floor as the door of my room burst open and werewolf warriors came inside.They searched the room through their eyes but found nothing, except the black mist. The residue of the confrontation between Morax and me.“We heard the noise,” The guard questioned as he looked at my slumped figure on the floor.I squeezed my eyes closed, my body feeling the weight of the fight that I had just fought.I just wanted to rest and sleep, maybe for a year.I opened my mouth to speak, to answer them, what really had transpired in the room. But apart from a hollow voice nothing came, my vision swam in front of my eyes. And the people I was seeing clearly were now just faceless figures, their images distorting.And with that without any prior warning, I just slumped down and fell asleep.I needed that rest, it was like someone just dragged into the dark abyss that was comforting and after weeks I was feeling safe, secure, and comfortable.After what felt like the most pea
Daisy’s POVMy head was pounding hard and even though I had said that I was ready to go with Xander on the field, I was lying to myself.I knew I couldn’t. Staying up on my feet was becoming a hard task and dots were dancing in front of my eyes.My mind was troubled with various questions. Mason being the most frequent thought. Whatever we were or whatever was going on between us was still a bone of contentment between us.I always knew that accepting the fact that I had two mates would be difficult for Mason. At the start, it was difficult for me because never in my wildest dream I thought of having two mates. But this came as a surprise to me.I just hope that Mason comes to terms with this because I couldn’t imagine my life without him. I needed my mates, needed my Mason and if he tried to break up with me, I would burn him into crisps.I internally snorted at the ridiculous thought, I could never do that.A chill ran down my spine when the re*ssuring voice never returned, somethin
“I want to come with you Xan. I don’t want to send you off to fight alone. You told me that we were in this together so why are you not understanding?” I pouted at him as he took me back to our room.“Do you think I want to leave you alone? And more so in your conditions. You are pregnant, Grace, I can’t take a risk about two important things in my life. One is my lovely mate and the other is my kids. So nope, you are not coming.” he said sternly and we entered the room.I whimpered with the thought that he was about to leave me.Xander sighed heavily, his eyes filled with a mixture of determination and concern as he looked at me. "Gracie, you know I would never willingly leave you alone, especially now. But the pack needs me, and I can't risk your safety or the safety of our unborn children."I crossed my arms, frustration bubbling within me. "Xan, I can fight too, I'm not helpless, and I won't let you face this danger alone. We can protect each other."He cupped my face gently, his
The conference room was dimly lit, the heavy atmosphere reflective of the urgency that gripped our pack. Maps sprawled across the large wooden table, marked with strategic points and the locations of recent skirmishes. Daisy sat to my left, her piercing gaze fixed on the maps as she tapped her fingers impatiently. On my right, Xander leaned forward, his eyes intense."We need to locate Morax before he am*sses more power. The hellhounds Robert sent are our best shot at finding the escaped witch," Xander declared, his voice resonating with authority.I nodded in agreement, my mind already racing through the possible scenarios. "We can't afford to underestimate Morax. If he's managed to gather more power, we'll be facing a formidable force. Daisy, was there anything that you found odd when Morax disappeared?Daisy shook her head.“Nothing, a portal opened up and he vanished, like he was never there. I tried to look around, but I was exhausted at that point and Lizzie’s attack made me muc