••• Kyson’s POV •••“She’s angry because you asked her not to hold back,” Night laughed.“And yet she couldn't help but to still use 75% of her strength on Gamma Grey,” I chuckled.Aleena came to us and fussed over Gamma Grey’s injuries. Once Gamma Grey assured her he was fine, he diverted the attention to Colton.It was time for Aleena’s and Colton’s fight. The crowd was buzzing with excitement. They thought this was a fight between siblings for the title of Alpha King or Queen.Colton dragged Aleena toward the center of the training ground, where they would begin fighting.“Sister, use your elemental magic on me,” Colton said.Aleena raised an eyebrow at him and asked arrogantly, “Are you sure you want to fight me while I use my elemental magic?”“Why? Can't do it? Are you only able to use it during the war, and now it’s gone?” he taunted her.I saw Aleena roll her eyes at Colton and smile sweetly at him, “As you wish, Brother.”I smirked. For once, Colton was smart. He purposely as
••• Aleena’s POV •••“Aleena, today we are going to Zalarus’ tomb,” Dad said as we were eating breakfast.I looked up from seeing my breakfast.“One of the witches told me it is getting more difficult to contain him. She said Zalarus’ aura is getting stronger, and it seems like someone deliberately wants him to awaken,” Dad explained grimly. “Someone wants to awaken him?” I was shocked.“Yes,” Dad nodded with a gloomy expression.“But who would want to awaken something dangerous?” I asked.“Someone who wants to conquer the world?” Colton said while munching his food.“Is it possible to awaken him?” Kyson asked.“It is possible. But he would need a vessel,” Dad said.“A vessel?” I asked. What kind of vessel?“A body. He needs to occupy someone’s body,” Mom answered.“But wouldn't the witches know the person?” I asked in confusion. The witches have been guarding the tomb. If someone deliberately wanted to awaken Zalarus, they should know about it or even be able to stop them, shouldn't
••• Aleena’s POV •••The room shook, and I prayed hard for it not to collapse, or we would all be buried alive.Thankfully, my prayer was answered, and the room stilled after long moments of shaking.The dust began settling, and once it settled, there was no more Uncle Cain. There was only Zalarus, the Demon King, in front of us. Zalarus had long black hair, eyes as black as the night with no white part, chiseled facial features, and tattoos all over his bare upper body. He actually looked mesmerizing, if not for the vicious aura surrounding him.“How weak and stupid. Pathetic,” he muttered to himself, and we all knew whom he was referring to.He swept his gaze across all of us and grinned evilly. Even his gaze caused me to be rooted in fear.“I have to thank your brother for reviving and giving me his body,” he told Dad lazily as if blowing Uncle Cain’s body up was nothing.“You won't get away with this, Zalarus. We will seal you once more and keep you here forever,” Dad said with a
••• Aleena’s POV •••“Aleena Luv, activate my protective spell!” My mates ordered through the mindlink, and I understood what he meant.I quickly channeled my energy to his protective spell, and it shone brightly before the entire body of my mate was covered in flames. I had forgotten all about the protective spells since they were broken during the war with the Black Heart Pack, but Kyson’s remained with him.“Aleena, your Dad’s protective spell!” I heard Mom’s urgent voice in my mind.Dad’s protective spell?I looked at Colton, Dad, Lucas, and Gamma Grey, and only then did I realize that besides Kyson, Dad also had a protective spell floating around him, which was red in color too!Could it be...I tried doing the same thing to Dad as I did to Kyson before, and sure enough, his wolf form was soon surrounded by flames. Yes! I heaved out a sigh of relief.With both Kyson and Dad in flames, Zalarus shouldn't have any chance to win anymore!Night and Dad lunged toward Zalarus, and for
••• Kyson’s POV •••“Hey, Kyson. Don't you think you look better now?” Night popped a question as I was standing in front of the mirror after taking a shower.Better? I looked into the mirror and studied my reflection. Not to be a narcissist, but I did look better with Zalarus’ tattoos over my arms and upper body, plus my hair that was now reaching a little past my shoulders.“You look cooler, don't you think so? Like a badass,” Night asked again as he also admired my reflection.“Of course, he looks cooler. It’s because of me. Because I’m handsome and cool,” Zalarus boasted and smiled proudly.“Will the tattoos show when we shift?” Night asked.“It’ll look better,” Zalarus replied with confidence.“Really? Kyson, let me take over. I wanna shift!” Night’s excited voice sounded, and he tried to push me away. I let him, and a few seconds later, he shifted.He stood there watching his reflection. Even I thought Night’s Lycan form indeed looked cooler. The black tattoos on Night’s dark
••• Aleena’s POV •••It’d been a few days since we were back at our old packs. I was nervous about how to tell my pack members about me being the next Alpha Queen.So now, I was in my study with Kyson, Colton, Lucas, Beta Greg, and Gamma Luis.“Beta Greg, Gamma Luis. There’s something I need to tell you,” I began. “My parents... My biological parents... They are alive.”“That’s great news, Alpha,” Greg and Luis said simultaneously. “You found them when you went to Solaris? Are they members of the Night Shade Pack?” Greg asked.I had no choice but to tell my Beta and Gamma where we went and what happened when they saw the changes in Kyson’s appearance, but not about me being the daughter of the Alpha King and Luna, aka Witch Lily.“Ummm… My Dad is Alpha Zane,” I told them shyly.The excitement on Greg’s and Luis’ faces changed into blank looks.“Aleena, can you repeat it again?” Greg said.“Alpha,” Kyson growled.“Sorry. Alpha Aleena, can you repeat what you said?” Greg said again.“M
••• Aleena’s POV •••“Alpha,” a passerby greeted me as Kyson and I were walking around Solaris.“Luna,” the same passerby greeted Kyson.Both Kyson and I gave him a smile and a brief nod.It had been two years since we moved to Solaris, and three months after I was crowned as the Alpha Queen.During the first month after Dad retired and I officially became the Alpha Queen, I got a lot of challenges from Alphas all around the world. They couldn’t believe that Dad passed the title to me instead of to Colton. Thus, they purposely challenged me to gauge my strength. They didn't know that I was a Lycanthrope and had magical abilities.When they witnessed my strength and lost to me, they immediately accepted me as their Alpha Queen, and soon the news of me being a Lycanthrope with magical abilities spread across all the werewolves population, and since then, no one dared to challenge me anymore.“You are now used to being called ‘Luna’,” I told Kyson with a teasing smile.“What can I do? Y
••• Colton’s POV •••“Fuck, yes, right there! Right there! Don't stop, Lucas!” I groaned as my mate was thrusting into me from behind.“Did I just hit your sweet spot?” he smirked.I really wanted to glare and smack this mate of mine for stating the obvious, but then he withdrew and slammed hard into me again, and all my fusses were gone into thin air.My arse was up in the air, and my upper body was down on the bed - that was his favorite position since I became pregnant.“Lucas, my cock.” I couldn't move my hands as he was pinning them above my head.“Your cock?” he took one of his hands away, yet the other still gripped my wrists and circled it around the head of my cock. I groaned as his thumb rubbed the tip of my erection.“Look how much you are leaking,” he smirked proudly as he bought his thumb that was wet and listening with my precum to my mouth.I opened my mouth and sucked it greedily.“Greedy little mate,” he chuckled as he kept thrusting hard into me.I kept moaning and g
••• Colton’s POV •••“Fuck,” I panted and slummed back to the bed from the doggy-style position. After so many years together, Lucas could still fuck me into oblivion.“Good?” he smirked as he perched himself on one elbow and looked at me wickedly.His question and smirk made me blush. Damn him for always being able to make me feel shy.“Mommy, Daddy!” We heard the voices of little girls and constant knocking on the door.“Open it,” I told him as I stretched my body lazily on the bed and covered myself with a blanket.He put on his shorts and opened the door. When the door opened, two cute little girls barrage in, jumped to the bed, and bounced around.“Mommy, did Daddy bully you again?” my baby girl, Summer, asked.“No,” I shook my head, sat up, and pulled Summer into my arms.“But we heard Mommy screaming. Daddy must be bullying Momy again!” my other little princess, Winter, said with a serious expression.They heard me? Goddess, how loud was I when being fucked by my mate?My cheeks
••• Lucas’ POV •••When we reached the Night Shade Pack, I raced toward the infirmary with my pale, still-unconscious mate in my arms.“Doctor!” I yelled and saw doctors and nurses already stationed outside the infirmary with a stretcher. Aleena or Witch Lily must have mindlinked them to receive us. I quickly placed Colton’s body on the stretcher and followed the doctors and nurses as they wheeled him inside.“I’m sorry, Alpha Lucas, but you are not allowed to go in from here on,” a nurse stopped me from entering the operating room.No matter how much I wanted to be on my mate’s side right now, I still complied with their rules.“Please save him,” I begged the nurse.“We’ll do our best, Alpha Lucas,” the nurse said professionally and joined the rest of her colleagues in the operating room.I clenched my fists tightly as I watched the red lamp above the operating room blink, indicating they were operating on my mate.My wolf was as restless as me as he kept prancing around in my mind
••• Colton’s POV •••It had been a while since they went down to the dungeon. They should’ve found the rouges, shouldn't they?“Lucas, have you found them?” I asked my mate through our mindlink.“Yes,” he replied.“How are they?” I asked him nervously.“They are fine. Chained, but only with minor injuries. We’ll free them now,” I heard him say.I breathed out in relief to hear that the rogues were fine with only minor injuries.“Shit,” suddenly I heard my mate curse.My heart thumped wildly. Did something happen? “Lucas? What happened?”I waited for his answer, but there was none. “Lucas?” I asked, and still, there was no response from him, and I became alarmed.“Lucas! Lucas, what happened?” I asked frantically. Why didn't he answer me? Did they get caught?I couldn't sit still anymore and went to take my car key.“Luna, where are you going?” Beta Nick stepped in front of me.“Move,” I glared at him.“I’m sorry, Luna, but Alpha has told us not to let you go anywhere,” he said polite
••• Lucas’ POV •••“Lucas, please be careful,” my mate told me as I opened my car door to go to the Night Shade Pack.I released my hold on the car door and turned around to take my mate into my arms. “Don't worry, I will, my love.”He blushed when he heard me calling him my love. I seldom used that kind of words, but today I felt like doing so to make him feel at ease.I kissed his forehead, lips, and finally, his huge, bulging pregnant belly.“I’ll be back in no time. The Beta and Gamma couples will stay with you. If you feel uncomfortable, just let them know, alright?” I traced his cheek and jawline with my finger.I was actually nervous to leave him alone with just the Gamma couples. Even though there were still two weeks until his due date, I was afraid something would happen, and he would deliver our pups without me by his side.But no matter how nervous and reluctant I was to leave him, I had to do it. This matter was important to my mate, and I had to save those enslaved rogue
••• Colton’s POV •••Another day had passed, and there was still no news from our spies. Even though my mate didn't tell me anything, I knew he was withholding information from me.“Lucas, where did you go last night? I asked him with an accusatory tone.“What do you mean? I was sleeping next to you,” he lied smoothly, which hurt me.“I know you purposely had sex with me to make me fall asleep,” I straightaway called out his trick. “You went to the Night Shade Pack, didn't you?”“Colton, I don't know what you mean. I was asleep next to you the whole night,” he acted as though he was confused by my words.“Lucas!” I yelled at him. I couldn't take it anymore.“I’m your mate! Do you think it’s nice to be lied to by my mate?” my voice rose up a notch, and I felt hurt that he was still pretending and lying to me.“I’m your mate!” I screamed again. “You should never lie to me and include me in everything you do!” My emotions got the better of me as my body trembled, and tears started to spi
••• Lucas’ POV •••It had been three days since our spies tried to gather information on the Reckless Banes Pack. So far, they hadn't seen anything strange yet. The Alpha, Beta, Gamma, warriors, and guards didn't do anything out of line. Our spies didn't see any of them capturing any rogues or bringing back anyone suspicious.“Why isn't there any news yet?” Colton asked as he paced around our bedroom.“Calm down, Colton,” I told him helplessly. I didn't know how many times I had told him those two words since we heard what Ada had said.“But it’s strange. If what Ada told us was true, our spies must have noticed something,” he said as his brows furrowed.I nearly blurted out that Ada might have misremembered, but seeing how much he trusted Ada, I kept my mouth shut in case he lashed out at me.A pregnant mate was somewhat terrifying. I wouldn't dare to cross him, or he would throw me out of our bedroom and ask me to sleep on the couch.Suddenly I heard a ping on my phone. I reached
••• Lucas’ POV •••I felt my mate’s emotions going hay wired. He was furious as he looked at the condition of the rogue she-wolf.Even I felt angry with whoever treated this she-wolf until she looked like a stick.Everyone present knew how much he cared for rogues, but this was not the time for him to get angry. He was pregnant, for Goddess’ sake! He needed to keep his emotions under control!I kept my hold on my mate’s hand and kept mind linking him to calm down. I reminded him that he was pregnant and fluctuation of emotions could harm himself and the babies in his belly.My warning seemed to fall on deaf ears as his body trembled from his rage. I quickly changed my tactic and told him that his anger would frighten the rogue she-wolf, and those words worked in calming him down.The rogue she-wolf, Ada, seemed to have gone through terrible things. She got frightened easily. And from her words, she was fed stale food or simply starved other than being raped and abused. It wasn't a won
••• Colton’s POV •••“Lucas, Lucas. She’s awake,” I grabbed my mate’s shoulders and shook them to wake him up.I hadn't been able to sleep peacefully since the rogue she-wolf was sent to the infirmary. I had just woken up and mindlinked the guard I had placed outside her ward, and he said she was awake.My mate groaned and turned his body to the other side.“Lucas!” I smacked his shoulder with all my might.“Colton,” he groaned again. “It’s still too early to wake up.”I looked at the alarm clock on the bedside table and saw that it was only 5 am. He was right. It was still too early to wake up, but I couldn't wait to see the rogue she-wolf and hear what happened to her.Lucas’ hand shot up and grabbed mine, tugging it suddenly, so I fell back into bed.“Lucas!” I yelled at him.His eyes flew open, and he sat up abruptly. He looked at me with worry and started to touch my belly.“I’m sorry. Did I hurt you?” he asked apologetically.I glared at him. If I didn't roll to my side when I fe
••• Colton’s POV •••I became anxious the moment I heard there was a rouge in Solaris. And when Aleena said she was in the infirmary, my blood started to boil.I had a soft spot for rogues. After all, I spent a few years being a rogue myself, and at that time, I saved many of them and gave them a pack where they belonged so they wouldn’t be targeted by other packs and became their slaves.We went to the infirmary hurriedly, with Lucas supporting me.“Where is she?” I asked a doctor once we reached the infirmary.The doctor looked confused.“The rogue,” I said impatiently.“She’s in the emergency unit,” the doctor said.Hearing the words ‘emergency unit’, I couldn’t stand still anymore. I wanted to run to see the rogue she-wolf, but everyone stopped me because I was pregnant.“Don't run, Colton,” Lucas said as he took my hand, and we walked slower than Aleena and Kyson.“Brother, walk slowly. Don't be rash. I’ll go there and check her with Kyson first,” Aleena said, and I nodded.Lucas