Unknown Third Person POV
"The Imperial Ball has begun, my friend," the cloaked figure said to his companion, rubbing his hands together.
"Yes. Our time is here. We shall strike soon. We will have everything we need by tonight and then, we shall make our first big move," his companion said, smiling viciously.
The cloaked figure chuckled darkly. "I can hardly wait for the fun to begin. I want us to target the hybrid first."
"The hybrid is-" his companion started.
"-not to be hurt," the cloaked figure finished for his companion, sighing loudly afterwards. "Yeah, yeah, I know. She'll be on our side, or at least that's what you keep telling me. But what I meant by targeting her was something else. I want to see how she reacts to what I have in mind," the cloaked figure explained.
His companion looked at him curiously. "How?"
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Ivy's POV The Ball last night had been a pleasant enough affair. Save from the lone incidence about what had happened with Luna Seline, everyone had been pleasant enough to me. The next two days and nights had gone by in a similar fashion, with little to no incidence and tonight was the last night of the Imperial Ball. I was happy that everything had gone as smoothly as it had. Sure, there had been a lot of people who had been curious about me and some had probably even been against my mere existence judging by the way they stared at me, but no one had said anything rude to me directly. I had a feeling a lot of it had to do with the fact that I was the Luna of a pack. I respected Chris for his foresight on this. Had he not made me the Luna so early, things would've been a lot different. "Watcha thinking about?" Chris asked. It was early morning and Chris had been getting ready to go for t
Chris' POV Ivy looked around, the panic clear on her face. As far as I knew, Misha had become a good friend of hers over the course of the last few days, and she was obviously worried for her friend. I was too. I couldn't even begin to think about the kind of chaos it would cause if Alpha Hunter somehow ended up getting hurt. I had a feeling he was strong enough to protect himself and his mate if need be, but the attackers seemed to have mind controlling abilities too. It would be disastrous if they somehow managed to attack him. We had to find him. Fast. I quickly began to look for Alpha Hunter's Beta, Daniel and directed some of my warriors to do the same. Beta Daniel had been attending the pack meetings with Alpha Hunter regularly and seemed like a serious enough guy. He would definitely have the ability to mind link his Alpha whenever he so pleased. That way we would be able to find Alpha Hunter
Ivy's POV I made my way to my room as soon as possible. I hadn't wanted to leave Harper alone in a time such as this but checking that journal seemed important now given what I had witnessed. After noticing the way Fred's body had reacted to the venom, my mind had instantly flashed to the journal my father had left for me. I remembered reading something similar in it. I hadn't really read all of it then. And later, I hadn't bothered reading the rest of it, thinking it was his research on some topic or another which wasn't really something important to me. But now I was realising that maybe he had been trying to find a cure to the venom. That was what he had been studying- the response of a person to the venom. Upon reaching our room, I dragged the carton out from under our bed and grabbed the journal. Quickly, I flipped through the pages, my eyes skimming over the words. Most of it was filled with hourly response of
Chris' POVThe attacker was a vampire. It hadn't been clear when he had been unconscious but one look at his face when he woke up, and we all knew without a doubt what he was. If his lifeless, pale blue eyes and sharp canines weren't proof enough, then the way he healed within seconds was definitely was.So now, it had been confirmed that the attackers were, in fact, vampires. But the possibility that a few witches were involved with them couldn't be ruled out just yet. Some of those infected had had their minds tempered with and as far as we knew, only witches had the ability to do that. The other Alphas and I had met up in the meeting room and I had explained everything that had happened tonight to them, right from the note Ivy had gotten to Fred getting injected with the venom.Thereafter, we had all gone down to the dungeons to get some much needed answers from the vampire we had captured. O
Ivy's POVAs much as I tried not to, I couldn't help but think about what that vampire had said about what some of the people amongst the pack thought of me. It wasn't because I was thinking about siding with them or something, of course not. It was because I had always considered all these people as my own while some of them hadn't ever really given me a chance. It hurt that someone from the outside was pointing it out to me. I didn't understand why despite not doing anything bad to anyone I was labelled the bad guy by some people.I was brought out of my thoughts by the sound of something crashing to the floor just as I neared the infirmary. The voice had come from inside the room. I rushed in at once at the sudden commotion.Harper and the girls stood to a side, wide eyed while Fred thrashed about in the bed, clearly in too much pain. He had probably accidentally hit the pole on while the bottle of
Chris' POVI watched silently as the nurses and doctors who had descended over Fred like a swarm of bees finally cleared out. By then, Ryan, Julian and Mateo had come in to check up on Fred too. Gia and Amy were explaining the situation so far to them while Harper and Fred talked to each other in hushed whispers.I couldn't help but hear in on their conversation."I'm scared, Freddy. I won't be able to survive if something happened to you," Harper was saying.Fred shook his head at her. "No. You're stronger than this. Even if I don't make it, you will live on. I... I want you to find someone else to spend the rest of your life with."Harper was shaking her head even before Fred had completed his sentence, tears in her eyes. "You're my mate, Freddy. We were paired with each other by the Moon Goddess herself. I won't ever be able to love another man the way I love you. I'd rather die
Ivy's POV The next morning when we woke up, still wrapped up in each other's arms, the first thing we did after having a quick breakfast was go to the infirmary to check up on how Fred was doing. When we went in there, the room was empty save for Fred who was sitting up in the cot and reading what appeared to be a sports magazine of some sort. "Good morning, Fred, how are you feeling?" I asked. He smiled at us. "Good morning, Luna, Alpha. I'm feeling pretty good. Definitely better than yesterday. And I have you to thank for it. Harper told me about that drug you helped 'em find. I'm feeling the way I am because of it." I gave him a genuine smile of my own in return. "Oh, I did what I could to help. Even though we weren't sure if it would be any good, we still tried. And speaking of Harper, where is she? And the bigger question is, how did you even convinc
Chris' POV Ivy was a blubbering mess by the time we reached our room and I picked her up in my arms, cradling her as one would a child. "Hush, now," I murmured softly before sinking into the bed with her in my arms. She shook her head, burying her face into my chest. I hated that she was hurting like this. And over what? Something that wasn't even her fault. "Ivy, it's not your fault any of that happened, love. No one knew how that chemical would act," I said to her, wiping the tears off her face with my hand. To be honest, it was frustrating she would even think of something like that. She was only trying to help, we all were. Had someone else found that chemical, they would've tried to help too. "I know. I was trying to help but now it's all spoiled and he's going to die. I just... I wish I could've done something else. I hate that I've disappoint
Ivy's POVMy limbs felt heavy and so did my head. So much so, that something as simple as opening my eyes felt nearly impossible. But I knew I had to try.Ever so slowly, I pried my eyes open, blinking lazily as my vision focused, landing on a figure sitting beside me with their head down.It took me a moment to realise that it was Chris. Oh, Chris.Putting in all the strength I had left and then some, I squeezed his hand which was holding mine, making him jolt up at once. He looked disoriented for a moment before his eyes fell upon me and widened. "You're up," he whispered, seemingly shocked. "Yes," I croaked out, my throat horse.Almost immediately springing into action, he brought a glass of water and lifted my head up a little to help me drink it. The cool water slid down my parched throat and instantly, I felt better. "Goddess, I've been worried sick about you," Chris murmured, pushing my hair behind my ears tenderly as he looked down at me with so much love shining in his stor
Chris' POV It had been nearly an hour since Ivy had lost consciousness. She had on an oxygen mask now since she had been having trouble breathing earlier. Dr Winfield had explained that this was how her body was reacting to the antidote but he would only be able to tell more about what was happening once he had run some tests. He had taken some blood samples and was doing just that. As I paced near the foot of her bed, praying to every deity known to save my mate, Ivy's friends and Martha came rushing in through the door, probably having heard the news of her being infected. They all looked as disheveled and worried as I felt. "What is going on? How is she doing?" Gia asked, all of them taking in her sick form lying on the bed with watery eyes. I explained what had happened in short, quick sentences, not wanting to relive the memory again. The sight of her mother injecting the venom into her was still as clear as day in my mind and thinking about it made my blood boil like no o
Chris' POVI watched as the darts came towards me from either side before coming in contact with the invisible protective shield I'd had the witches put over me and falling down.I smirked to myself. I hadn't come unprepared, that was for sure. These darts could be thrown from a distance which was one of the reasons why all my other soldiers I'd brought in with me were not in plain sight. Only the witches were. Because the venom obviously couldn't affect them. And they would also be able to protect Ivy better should the need arise. After Ivy's warning over the phone, I'd gone straight to Elder Nigel and gotten the entire truth out of him. Then, I'd killed him in cold blood for that was what the bastard deserved after what he had done. None of this would've been happening if not for him.My goal for now was to convince Ivy's mother not to kill any more members of our species or I'd have no choice but to kill her. I didn't particularly want to kill my mate's mother but I wouldn't hesita
Ivy's POVI disconnected the call when mother shouted at me. Or should I even call her that? Because this monster clearly wasn't my mother. The sweet, compassionate woman I'd known as my mother all my life was no more now. In her place stood a woman so blind with anger that she was ready to kill an entire species because of it.Though, I was glad I had warned Chris about what was going to happen. I hoped to God he had understood some, if not all of it, then enough to not come see me in an hour like I'd asked him to.When I didn't say anything to mom, she held her hand out. "Give me the phone now so I can send the address to the Alpha. We will end him first so that his entire pack is in disarray. They'll be easier to take down without anyone to guide them. We'll work on taking down the other packs afterwards. This one should go down first for the main culprits belong to this pack," my mom said, t
Chris' POV"You all may go. We'll continue looking tomorrow," I said, sighing a little before letting my small team go. It was pretty late at night anyway and they'd all been hard at work all day long. They deserved the rest.It had been five very long, painful days and there was still no sign of Ivy. It was as frustrating as it was saddening. I wasn't about to give up, not any time soon but I really hoped I'd be able to find her soon. There was only so much time I could spend without her before I went crazy.Just as I got up from my seat in the office, a soldier posted at the pack borders mind linked me. 'Alpha, it's Elder Nigel, we believe he has been injected with the venom.'Shit.'Bring him to the palace right away,' I instructed before I mind linked Dr Winfield, cursing myself internally as I did so.'Elder Nigel has been
Ivy's POV"I'm here to get you out.""Mom?" I gasped. I'd know that voice even in my dreams. How did she even find us?"Yes, dear, just a second though while I take care of this imbecile," I heard her voice reply but I couldn't see her just yet.Then, within seconds something whizzed past my head before embedding itself into Elder Nigel's midriff. It took me a moment to realise the rather familiar looking dart injection. It was the same one I'd seen with which the venom had been injected into the victims, only this one could be used as a dart and could hence be injected from a distance.I gasped as Elder Nigel fell to the floor at once, both shocked and terrified over what was happening."Oh, my boy, my beautiful, beautiful boy," I heard my mom all but coo behind me.Evan. So she had known that Evan w
Ivy's POVIt had been five days since I'd been brought here. I knew because that was how many times those good for nothing goons had taken Evan with them to his bed to sleep. So far, they had injected me twice more, which meant that whatever drug they had come up with stayed active for forty eight hours at the most. And I'd been fed a total of four times since I'd been here.But none of these things had been as frustrating as the fact that their master hadn't been here to see me once ever since I'd arrived. Worse still was that he had trained his minions well. They never said more than what was strictly necessary no matter how much I shouted at or insulted them."Ivy?" Evan called out to me.It had been at least a day since I'd been injected so I could at least speak now. "Yes, Evan?""Where is your mate? You said that he would come get us. But it has be
Chris' POV It had been three days since Ivy had gone missing but there was still no sign of her. After having thought long and hard about that warning, I had stopped searching for her openly, calling back all the people who I'd ordered to do various different things in an effort to find her. Then, I'd set up a small team consisting of me, Beta Ryan, Mateo, Julian and two of my most trusted warriors, Trent and Dave. These were the only people I trusted enough to say that they were without a doubt on my side and wouldn't betray me. I'd told them to keep looking for Ivy, only a lot more secretly than we had been doing before. The other Alphas had offered to help but I'd declined their help, telling them to go back and look after their packs instead. They all might not have liked Ivy too much but they knew what it was like to loose your mate, even if it was temporarily and had been more than willin
Ivy's POV Whatever they had injected me with seemed pretty strong this time around. A few hours in, I could speak almost normally but I couldn't do any magic or move even a single muscle. It was as frustrating as it was scary. I didn't know what these people, whoever they were, had planned for me. They could end me once and for all for all I knew. Given the state I was in, I wouldn't be able to do anything. Or they could keep me imprisoned in here forever like Evan. Neither possibility seemed particularly appealing to me. I sighed to myself, feeling completely useless. This drug, whatever they had given me didn't seem like it was going to wear off any time soon. And no one had come in after that one time even though I'd shouted myself hoarse at least three times already. I wondered what Chris would be doing. Probably going crazy trying to find me. And Fred, was he dead already? I'd been here at