Third-person POV
As Cole, being led by the guard, walked into the dungeon, he thought of this as nothing but another trespass made by a spy who would claim to be innocent. When he was shown the cell Aria was put in, he found her in a corner of the cell, looking like a lost sheep. A female omega, a rare thing in history, he was shocked, but only for a while. When he locked eyes with her, he immediately felt a strong urge to protect her. The one that a friend or an older sibling has towards a very close friend or a younger sibling. Wondering why he felt this way over an omega, he linked minds with Alpha Lucas. "Pleasure to meet you. I'm Cole." He said. Aria, staring at the muscular blonde-haired, golden-eyed mid-tall man, gathered the little strength she had left in her. "I really didn't know that I had trespassed." She said. "This is a misunderstanding." Looking at her, the honesty in her eyes and the way she said that she didn't intentionally trespass made her more intrigued. Cole mind link Alpha Lucas about this new special arrival but was told to take care of it. "I really didn't trespass intentionally, I was just walking and bumped into warriors. You have to believe me." Bending to meet her on the floor where she sat, Cole looked her directly in the eyes. Why do I feel like I want to protect her? He asked himself. Seeing that she was barefooted with a sprain on her ankle with a discolored red, he suddenly felt anger building inside of him. He felt like ripping anyone who had ever hurt this girl to shreds. "What's my problem?" He asked himself, snapping out of his thoughts. "Most of the people that we catch red handed always claim the exact same thing you are claiming right now." He said rising back up to his full height. "But guess what?" he continues, "they all turn out to be spies wanting to steal information." He concluded "Look at me then." She said catching Cole off guard. "Do I look like a spy?" Aria asked, choking up tears. Trying to rise, she fell back down thanks to the severe pain in her ankle. "Is this how spies look? As battered as I look? Tell me." She asked, staring straight into Cole's eyes. Cole, at this point, felt like hugging her, telling her that all was going to be alright and that he would protect her forever. Mind linking Alpha Lucas again, he received the same response to handle it himself. "I'm not a spy. I'm really not a spy." Aria said, looking up at Cole with teary eyes. Cole just couldn't take it anymore. Turning to the guard that brought him to the cell, he said, "I'll go get the Alpha. Until I arrive, keep a close eye on her." He gave Aria a final look and left while the guard bowed. Aria couldn't believe that she was mistaken for a spy. Her a spy? That was not even among the possibilities of what she could be. ***** As Cole left the dungeon to get Alpha Lucas, he couldn't help but think about that girl. He hadn't even gotten her name. Why did he feel the urge to protect her? Why did he feel like beating anyone who hurt her enough to leave her with a sprained ankle and a bare foot? "Did I hit my head somewhere without knowing, or did something happen to me that I might have forgotten about?" He whispered. She's just a stranger like the other ones, so what's so special about her? As he neared Lucas' office, he understood why Lucas felt reluctant to come when he had called him through mind-linking. Lucas was known as the Alpha who only gets involved with prisoners when they are seen or perceived as far too dangerous. But this girl was neither seen nor perceived as dangerous. She was just...just what? He questioned himself. What was she? He couldn't think of any word to describe her, she was just... different. She was weird. She felt unique. She looked like she had been through a lot. What could her story possibly be? Cole thought as he made his way to call Alpha Lucas. "Why am I attracted to her? Why do I feel angry that she's hurt?" This is so unlike me. He said to himself, Prisoners are nothing but spies trying to get information on the secret of the Moonlight Pack's power and fame. He said looking for an escape route from what he was facing. But there was just something about her that he couldn't wrap his finger around. Which was why he needed Alpha Lucas to see this. Knocking on the door to Lucas office twice, Cole walked in. Lucas was sitting at his desk, flipping a pen in his hands, looking at his best friend and beta, Cole Brown. "Why were you disturbing me over something we both know you can handle perfectly?" He asked, dropping the pen on the table in front of him. "This is not just anything, it's something huge, Lucas." Picking up the pen he had dropped, Alpha Lucas picked up some papers and began to go through them, completely ignoring Cole. "You have to see this, Lucas." Cole said, moving over to Lucas' right-hand side. "Is whatever it is dangerous or something close to dangerous?" Lucas asked Cole. "No..." "Then take care of it. It's so unlike you to disturb me over a prisoner." "I know it is, which is why you really need to see her." "It's a she?" Lucas was surprised, dropping the pen on his table and looking at Cole. "Yes. She's a female omega." "A female omega? Fascinating. You take care of her. She's a prisoner, a spy." Lucas said, picking his pen back up. "She's not ordinary." Cole said taking the pen and papers from his best friend. "She's not an ordinary spy." "No. That's not what I mean.' "Then what do you mean, Cole? I'm working right now. Can't you see? And you of all people know how important this I'm doing is." Lucas said, rising from his seat. "She's different." Cole continued. "And..." "And what?" "I believed her when she said she wasn't a spy." Anyone present could see that this had gotten Alpha Lucas interested, as his face lit up with curiosity and excitement. "Someone that you actually believe? I'd love to see for myself." Alpha Lucas said. "She looks like she's lost. Like she has been abandoned," Cole told Alpha Lucas as they walked to the dungeon. "I see." Alpha Lucas said. "That person you believe in, I really want to see." "And I also felt something." Cole continued "Something like what?" "The urge to protect her, just like an elder sibling toward their younger sibling or a friend towards a very close friend." "Interesting. So you've gotten yourself a new friend." "Is that all you can say? Alpha Lucas?" "Yes, beta Cole, it's all I can say." "She really looks like she's been through a lot. She..." Cole stopped talking as Lucas stopped in his tracks. What was that? Lucas asked himself. Did my wolf... "What's wrong, Lucas?" "Nothing's wrong. Let's keep going." Lucas said still wondering why his wolf suddenly awoke. As Lucas and Cole neared the Dungeon, his wolf started feeling restless and impatient, prompting him to move faster. Why? He was confused. Why would his wolf suddenly come awake at a time like this? He pondered as he walked closer to the dungeon with Cole. As he moved closer, his wolf became aggressive and began to push his feet to move faster. It became frantic, as if it had found something it had eagerly been looking for. As Lucas moved nearer, he got hit with a scent he never thought he would come across in his life. A scent he had given up on finding. A scent he never thought he'd be able to find after an endless search of futile findings. Could it be coming from the dungeon? It is impossible! He thought, not able to believe it. He had been to this dungeon a sufficient number of times in the past and left just as he had come. He had never perceived this sweet scent of flowers in their full bloom, warmed by the sun. This only caused his wolf to be more aggressive. It kept pushing Lucas towards the dungeon, trying to get him to move faster. When the guard at the entrance of the dungeon opened the door, Lucas could hardly believe it. As Cole led Lucas into the cell, Lucas' wolf was almost uncontrollable. In the cell, Cole pointed at Aria, sitting in the corner, looking so small. As his eye settled on Aria, a call for his mate came out of him. "MATE"EPILOGUE "What happened after I passed out?" Aria was curious, needing to know what exactly went down."Well, you turned into this beautiful new wolf. It was really huge." Lucas was still in awe of his wife. He wished there was a way he could take a picture and show their children just how cool their mother was. She only smiled and blushed a bit. "I'm sure it wasn't that big.""You're right, it was gigantic." Lucas corrected, and they both burst out in laughter. They could joke about it because they turned out victorious. Her parents were still around, so they had dinner together. Even the twins were present. Both of them left their normal seats to go perch themselves on Augustine's lap. He could barely feed himself."Aria, darling, you're not eating." Her mother noted."I've been trying to get my appetite back, but it just isn't coming.""Yeah, well, no rush. It's all the attention you're getting. You're not used to it." Her mother was right. She was getting a lot of attention. Sh
THIRD PERSON'S POV With Aria's roar, the world came back into focus. The power that held them in limbo snapped. It had never happened to Hamilton before. This was the first time someone was snapping power from his hand.Everyone came to their senses, and they began to fight each other. They weren't aware that they had been frozen in time. Hamilton was disoriented. Beside them, Lucas stopped to stare. Everyone had carried on stabbing themselves, but he was stuck on the face-off between Aria and her grandfather.Aria glared up at him with all the anger her little body could muster. "You stole my childhood from me.""Because you don't deserve it. You are only holding on to that power so you can give it to me. You think you deserve it?""And you don't, either." He drew his sword first. Lucas was ready to step in when she drew her own sword, too. "You want to play, old man?""You are nothing but a little girl with a burden that she can't carry. You will always cry for love..." Aria lunged
ARIA'S POV It started from my dream. Hamilton was coming, and he was coming in waves. It seemed like he would never stop coming. In my dream, his wave threatened to swallow us whole. I woke up in a cold sweat. It was still dark out, and Lucas was sleeping next to me. I didn't want to wake him, not when he looked so peaceful. I quietly got out of bed to ease myself. When I came back, he was sitting up in bed. "Hey." "I didn't mean to wake you." "I know. Something on your mind?" "The only thing on my mind is Hamilton." "Damn, baby, you're thinking of another man when you are in my bed. Junior is very hurt right now." He pouted, and I laughed. Leave it to him to make me laugh and be aroused in times like this. "Aw, can I make it up to you and little Junior?" I climbed into bed and took his cock out of his briefs. I stroked him, and he groaned. "Fuck, it's been so long. I'm not going to last long." He groaned. Like he said, he was done in five strokes. He brought me on top of
ARIA'S POV "Wait, please, I can explain." Zoey came into view. He gave her a long look. "I will come back to you later." He said. "Let's resolve this issue first.""Actually, once, our mother told us about a fight she and my father had. Okay, to be fair, she didn't tell us. I eavesdropped. Hamilton didn't want our mother to seal her mate bond with Father. They were royals, and he wanted her to be with another royal family. Looking back now, it seems like Hamilton already knew that it was his daughter that would give birth to the next different-sex twins, and he must have thought that the only way it would happen was if my mother mated with another Royal.""That's exactly what happened." Helene said. Why was everyone just casually dropping by?"Your grandfather miscalculated. He was a proud man with a big ego, so he didn't beg. That must be why he had to fake his death so he could start gathering his army for this day. He's had decades to start planning for this, so you better be rea
ARIA'S POV I raced outside and jumped into the first car. I would have taken off if Lucas didn't jump in front of the car to stop me. "Let us come with you." He and Zoey jumped into the car with me, and I drove like a madwoman.In half of the time that it would originally take us to get there, I pulled into the parking lot. My speed was stopped by the doctor, who insisted on speaking to me before I could see my brother. "Before you go in there, you have to be reminded that he might not remember who you are. His memory will be all over the place. He's been asleep for more than a month. What I'm saying is don't take it personally if he doesn't remember things, and don't bombard him with too much information.""Got it, doctor.""And go in one at a time, that's all. Good luck, Luna.""Thank you, Doctor." We decided that it would be best if I went in to see him first. He was propped up against several pillows when I went in. I held my breath in anticipation. His eyes flicked to mine, and
LUCAS' POV Zoey's mother arrived barely thirty minutes after Aria left to go see her brother. Zoey was not lying when she said her mother was not the biggest fan of wolves. "The only reason I'm here is because my daughter barely asks me for favors. My name is Helene, and I want this to be a quick consultation." "Mama, they are good people." Zoey scolded her mother sharply. "Hello, Helene. I'm Lucas, and it's nice to meet you. Your daughter speaks highly of you, and it's an honor to have you here among us." "Flattery will get you nowhere, werewolf." She said, I tried not to take offense to her tone, but it was obvious that she was softening towards us. "Mama, thank you for coming." "Anything for my favorite daughter." "I am your only daughter." The two women smiled at each other. They could pass for sisters. I took the women to my office and introduced Helene to Lane and Cole. "Aria will be here soon." While we waited, I caught her up on what had been happening so far. She li