THIRD PERSON POV:Hazel awoke the next day with Riley’s head on her chest. Just looking at him, she felt her entire body heat up, and she wondered what it would feel like to have him. However, she didn’t want to seem desperate, so she only clutched her hands tightly around his bare back, caressing it.His hands wriggled under her, so she lifted her body slightly, allowing him to take out his right hand, which he ran along her cheek, then on her lips while his head rested against her shoulder. Tiredly, he let out a groan, raising his head a little and sliding until his face met hers.Their lips met gently, brushing against each other softly as his hands reached for her waist. Hazel didn’t object because her body wanted this, but she was scared of being used. Suddenly, he broke the kiss, trailing his lips down her neck to her cleavage. Just as his hands reached for the fabric of her chest, her alarm went off, startling him. He quickly kissed her again, chuckling against her lips.“That’
THIRD PERSON POV:Adrenaline kicked in as Hazel was grabbed, causing her to scream, then Riley put a hand over her mouth as he rested his back against a tree. By now, she already knew it was him from his scent, causing her brows to furrow.She relaxed a bit, which made him take his hands off her, then she pulled away, turning to face him. Deep down, she was happy that he didn’t give up on her, but a part of her was angry because of the false panic attack he gave her.“I’m sorry, I couldn’t stay away from you,” he said to her, then reached for her hand.Hazel found her body becoming weak as her tough-girl attitude vanished the moment he drew her in. His hands went around her waist, pulling her closer with the box in front serving as an obstruction.Riley grabbed the box, placing it on the ground.“That’s better,” he said with a smile hanging on his face. “You look breathtaking,” he continued, causing Hazel to turn her face to the side to hide the reddening of her cheeks.Yesterday, he
THIRD PERSON POV:Hazel pulled away from Riley as she heard her name echo repeatedly from Finn.“I should get going,” she said to him, and he nodded with his hands still wrapped tightly around her.He didn’t want to let her.“I’ll be fine. The triplets take care of me very well, and Bella too.” When she said this, he shut his eyes, placing a kiss on her forehead.He knew this, but he didn’t want just that. As her mate, he wanted to be her support system, but he knew better than to push it.“Okay,” he muttered, letting her slip out of his hands.He ran his thumb over her face, wiping off the stain of tears. She held his gaze for a split second before kissing his lips.“I’ll see you at dinner,” she said, picking up the box from the ground.Then she made her way out of the bushy surrounding to the clear path where she saw Finn, who was already walking ahead of her. She hastened her pace, tapping him gently on his shoulder. This startled him, and he turned around with his arms in a defens
THIRD PERSON POV:For the past ten minutes after meeting with Hazel, Riley lay on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling as if it held the answers to his questions. His phone was on silent, so he had no idea Hazel was calling him.His life just had to be difficult. Why him? He questioned the moon goddess in frustration.“Aren’t you coming for the game at Noble’s cabin?” Ian asked.Riley barely heard him, as his mind was far away.Ian’s patience wore thin, so he walked over and tapped Riley’s legs, which lay flat on the bed. The touch jolted Riley back to the present. He sat up; the mattress creaking beneath him.“I’m heading out for the game at Noble’s cabin, and I—”“You can go without me,” Riley interrupted, his voice flat.Ian’s face fell slightly.He knew Riley was still hung up on Hazel. It bothered him because of the hold she seemed to have on his best friend. The Riley he once knew had vanished in the past three days.“If this is about that Howlstone girl, then I’m disappointe
THIRD PERSON POV:The message on Hazel’s phone startled her, sending a jolt through her body. She jumped to her feet, her breath hitching in her throat.Her clothes lay scattered around the room, and she hurried to collect them, slipping each piece on in a rush. She looked over at Riley, who was still fast asleep, and she slipped out of the cabin without a word with her heart aching with each step she took away from him.As Hazel rushed through the shadows back to her cabin, she nervously changed Riley’s name on her phone to “Bella.”Fae had a way of getting what she wanted, and she couldn’t disobey her due to the Nyx’s spell, so she had to be in character. Her heart raced as she made her way inside, the early morning chill biting at her skin.When the siren blared across the campgrounds, Bella blinked awake. Her eyes widened as she caught sight of Hazel sitting on her own bed across the room.“I thought you were at Riley’s?” Bella asked, her voice groggy with sleep. She gave Hazel a
THIRD PERSON POV:As soon as it was six in the evening, Fae took out the potion Nyx had given her and gulped it down. For a split second, she felt her heart stop, and she fell to the cold floor, grasping her chest as the pain surged through her.After a few minutes, it stopped, and she stood up at once, looking at herself in the mirror to see that she was still the same.“Now to make contact,” she said to herself, making her way out of her cabin to join the other students on their way to the food hall.From a distance, she spotted Hazel heading to her cabin, prompting her to plunge into the crowd of students. Luck smiled at her as she spotted Bella with the triplets.“Is it just me, or has Hazel been acting off? She asked me to meet her in the woods, and I have only ten minutes, so I’ll join you guys later. This Riley thing is getting out of hand,” Bella said, leaving.Fae trailed her closely until she left the campgrounds and took the narrow path that led into the woods.“Hello, Bell
THIRD PERSON POV:Hazel looked down at her watch to see that it was past seven, and Fae wasn’t back yet. She sensed something was wrong, so she got to her feet in an attempt to leave when Sebastian walked into the cabin.“Where is Fae?” she asked, her brows shooting up, and Sebastian shrugged nonchalantly.“She asked me to meet her here, so I did,” he said, walking past Hazel to sit on the couch.Hazel tried to sit back, but her spirit was uneasy, causing her to grab her bag from the couch and race out of the cabin without looking back. She knew the triplets wouldn’t let Bella stay in the food hall, but part of her felt something was wrong.She raced down the campgrounds, making her way to their cabin. The moment she opened it, she saw the triplets hovering around Fae, who had her tongue tied with Finn’s.“Shit!” Fae cursed, pulling away from Finn, and they all turned to look at her, the triplets uneasy as they turned away their faces from Hazel.“What is it I haven’t seen?”“Bella!”
THIRD PERSON POV:Hazel’s world blurred as she heard the news, and she felt her heart stop momentarily. Riley was dead, and she hadn’t gotten to spend time with him. It was her fault; she had been foolish, and she should have loved him more, she told herself as tears flowed down her eyes.The world around her became a blur. As the security men let go of the triplets, they rushed to Hazel, who was stiff with her knees on the ground.“Hazel!”“Hazel!”They called out to her, but she could barely hear them as her entire being froze. Riley was gone.Kai grabbed her hand, trying to pull her up, but she grabbed his legs, burying her head in them, bawling out her eyes.“No! No!” she screamed, her body shaking against his knees.Ryder wrapped his hands around her stomach from behind, pulling her up to her feet.“Come on, we need to get you out of here,” he said, and Hazel shook her head, struggling against his grip.He knew how much it hurt, but if it was true, she had to get away from the sc
THIRD PERSON POV:Bella stood over Enzo’s battered form, her chest heavy from the stresss. Blood dripped from the cuts on her face and arms, but victory was near, so she held herself steady.“Bella! Catch!” Kai yelled, tossing her the stake.“No, you do not have to do this. We are partners,” Enzo said to her, and Bella scoffed. She hated the fact he thought his ‘sweet’ words would change her heart after she saw him take everyone she cared about.Bella reached up, her fingers closing around the black shaft, then she glared at Enzo, who was struggling under her grip. His once-dominating presence was reduced to desperation.“You deserve nothing but death,” Bella said to him, and he chuckled.“I will always find a way to ret—” Before he could finish, she drove the stake into his heart, and he gave a deafening scream that reverberated through the ground.Dark energy swirled around him as his body was being torn apart. Bella wasted no time pulling the stake free and driving it into his head
THIRD PERSON POV:As Bella’s body rose, her hand stretched out, pointing towards Enzo. Then the glow in her eyes dissipated as her eyes opened.“You want me, Enzo? Then come and get me!” she yelled at once. Enzo’s lips curled into a wicked grin, bloodlust evident in his eyes. He released Herald’s broken body, letting it fall to the ground.“Finally, you’re done hiding behind your pathetic friends. I’ll enjoy ripping you apart.” He licked his lips.In a blur, Enzo charged at Bella with blinding speed. Bella stood her ground as he closed the distance between them. She moved calmly, causing him to fall to the ground. Hazel undid the shield protecting them, and they tried to step in, but Bella turned to them.“This is my fight, and if you want to be helpful, then look around. Our troops are dying, and my father.” She locked off her emotions to prevent her mind from getting clouded by the thoughts of her father, who seemed to be dying.Then she turned to Enzo, who got to his feet with a sh
THIRD PERSON POV:Enzo’s eyes narrowed as he saw Sue collapse, clutching her chest where Fred had slashed her. She watched as the venom of his bite spread faster into her bloodstream. It was worse than being bitten by a living wolf, as it was consuming her twice. Rage bubbled inside Enzo as he watched her. She was useless to him, and he felt the need to get rid of her, as she had only foiled all his plans.“You!” He growled under his breath, leaving Halle and rushing toward Sue. As she saw her uncle from the fading light that drew her closer to death, her eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope.“You… you came to help me,” she whispered weakly, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. “I… knew you… cared…”Enzo stared at her in disgust as she said this, and for a moment, it seemed like the battlefield held its breath for this moment where Enzo was about to show kindness.With one pull, Enzo had Sue on her feet, then he stared into her eyes. “Of course, I came for you, Sue. You’ve been
THIRD PERSON POV:Enzo was still outraged about his failed immortality experiment. He was tired of running in circles with Bella and the entire werewolf community. He had sworn it would end that night, but now that it had failed, he imagined finding four hundred werewolves all over. That was close to impossible, and it was eating him deeply.“I asked you for one job, and you couldn’t get it right, yet you want me to acknowledge you!” Enzo barked at Sue, who was still in shock over what had happened.“I swear I didn’t do anything, Enzo. I would never do anything to jeopardize your plan. I will worship you forever, and—”“Silence!” he roared. “You are even more pathetic than my brother!” He gritted his teeth, and Sue felt as though multiple daggers were being thrown into her chest.He had to mention her father. It was said her father died fighting him, but Enzo had taken a liking to her, so he kept her as his daughter. He was nicer to her as a kid, but he abhorred her now, and it hurt.
THIRD PERSON POV:The air reeked of blood and smoke, thick with the cries of war. The Dusk Pack's territory, once a sprawling, serene land, had become a battlefield drowned in chaos. The moon hung low, partially obscured by clouds, casting pale light on the destruction below. Growls and screams filled the night as werewolves clashed with vampires in a brutal fight.Ryder stood at the heart of the storm, his wolf eyes glowing a fierce gold as he ripped through the enemy ranks with unrelenting force. His clothes were torn and soaked in blood. He wondered how his father was doing and if he thought of him often. Then there was Bella, whom he hadn’t heard from in a while. As he fought, he was determined to win because there were a lot of people he needed to reconnect with.They had been torn apart after the vampires struck their den, forcing them to flee back to the Dusk Pack with Riley. He had been scared of his father’s wrath, but now he wished he had listened.“Behind you!” Ryder roared
THIRD PERSON POV:Bella’s spirit wandered aimlessly, her bare feet touching nothing but mist and shadow. The world around her was colorless—a sea of gray stretching infinitely in all directions. There was no up, no down, just an endless void that pulsed with her heartbeat, faint and unsteady.“Where am I?” she whispered as a chill ran up her spine.It was cold here. She looked down at herself, seeing her missing arm somehow restored. She touched it in confusion.“What the hell? What is going on?” she asked aloud, but there was no one to answer her questions.Then she noticed it. A faint, flickering golden glow ahead. It pulsed like a beacon in the dark, and though her instincts screamed for her to run, but she couldn’t stop herself from moving toward it. She was curious to find out what was going on, and she wondered if this was what it felt like to be dead.As she got closer, the glow grew brighter, and soon the mist thinned to reveal something that made her blood run cold. It was hi
THIRD PERSON POV:“Bella!” Hazel’s voice cracked as she rushed toward her, the globe clutched tightly against her chest.“No, stay back!” Halle’s voice cut through the chaos.Bella staggered to her feet, clutching her side where Sue had struck her.“But she’s dying!” Hazel’s voice was shrill, filled with panic and anger.Bella barely registered their words. The sound of her own heartbeat pounded in her ears, growing fainter with each passing moment. Her head drooped, and she let out a weak, shuddering breath. Darkness started to creep into her vision, the edges of her consciousness slipping away. She could heal, but not regenerate an arm, and she was in fear cause her to bleed too much, making it difficult to focus on healing. Evelyn rushed to her, holding her and trying to apply pressure to the bleeding arm. She was scared her daughter would die.Then the ground trembled beneath them.At first, it was a faint vibration rippling through the earth. But within moments, it grew into a vi
THIRD PERSON POV:As the chant of the witches echoed in the air, Hazel and Bella stood close to the rock. Halle stood nearby with her hands raised as she reinforced the protective barrier.“Are you both ready?” Halle asked the two, and they glanced at each other, nodding. They each bit their palms, letting blood drip onto the surface of the rock. The ground trembled as the stone absorbed their blood. A surge of energy rippled outward, and for a moment, it seemed like they had succeeded. But then a chilling laugh echoed through the air, freezing them in place.Sue emerged from the darkness, but neither Bella nor Hazel was moved. The witches kept chanting their spell, and Halle, who had created a powerful barrier, turned to Sue.“Well, isn’t this touching? The living and the dead all merged together. What a joyous reunion,” she said in a mocking tone.Sebastian moved first, stepping between Sue and the girls.“Stay back!” he growled, raising his hands defensively, and Sue chuckled light
THIRD PERSON POV:Fae turned sharply to Sebastian, her eyes blazing with fury.“What the fuck did you just do?” she hissed, her voice sharp enough to cut glass. Sebastian remained still. He didn’t answer, and his gaze fixed on the stone as his blood trickled down its surface.“Sebastian!” Fae snarled, stepping closer as she burned with rage. “You just ruined—”A slow creak interrupted her. It came from deep within the ground beneath the stone, a sound like an ancient door being forced open. Fae froze, her anger replaced by confusion.“What’s that?” she whispered as fear crossed her heart.The vampires surrounding them snapped to attention, their heads turning toward the noise. Before anyone could react, the vampires behind Bella and Hazel snapped their necks, allowing them to fall into darkness.**Bella’s eyes fluttered open. Her head throbbed, and her vision was hazy. She sat up slowly in a sluggish motion. It was still nighttime, and she was trying to remember what had happened.“W