“I realize now that I would have regretted it if I had chosen Celia. You were right to intervene, and I’m grateful for your love and guidance,” Lorcan spoke with gratefulness and a small smile as he stared into his mother’s eyes. Savina’s fingers twitched nervously when she heard Lorcan’s answer, so she hid it behind her. She doesn’t know what to do, and she is at a loss for words. What had she done? Oh, what had she done? If she had not stopped Lorcan before, this wouldn’t have happened. It was too late for her when she realized her mistake; Lorcan had already moved on from Celia. Celia would be devastated if she found out about this. Colton will not be able to live if something bad happens to his daughter. Savina is troubled; she doesn’t know how she’s going to solve the problem she has caused anymore. Savina pursed her lips and turned her head away as she addressed Lorcan’s answer. She snapped back to him again to reach out and gently touch his arm, her grip tightening slightly
Raven is silent as she has dinner with the rest of Lorcan’s family. Even though Lorcan and Raven are already the Alpha and Luna of their Pack, they let Savina and Axel sit at the head of the long table just like they used to.Raven sat across Savina with Lorcan sitting beside her, their seating arrangement was the same as their seating arrangement before Lorcan and Raven had before they were mated with each other.Raven stole a glance at everyone. They all looked guilty of hiding something from her.They were all busy eating, not saying a word to anyone and not even daring to make eye contact with each other. They made it look so obvious that they were hiding something.Raven matched their silence. Awkwardness permeated the room with their unusual eerie silence. In their meals, they used to talk a lot and laugh a lot, but not for this meal.Raven waited for someone to mention something to her. She thought Savina and Axel would always be her friend but if they were, then they should ha
Celia had a mischievous smile on her face as she finally saw the pieces of her plan falling together in one big masterpiece. Her goal of getting rid of Raven is finally within her reach. With her father’s blessing and the approval of Lorcan’s parents, she could finally be the Luna of the Moonvalley Pack, just as she had always wanted. It doesn’t matter now whether Raven is pregnant or whether Lorcan has finally decided to honor the mate bond. All she needed was to have the pack’s favor, the approval of Lorcan’s parents, and her father’s blessing. As for Lorcan and Raven, they will become too powerless to fight against those things. They will have no choice but to go with the flow, just as Celia was forced to do before because Raven had the Alpha and Luna’s favor, who were the most influential people in their Pack. Now that Celia had their favor, though, it would finally be the other way around. “Come to my room, now,” Celia commanded Kissa through the pack link while she could s
Kissa’s confident posture faltered when Celia only laughed at her serious words. “You had no idea, do you?” Celia asked her with a smug look on her face. Kissa blinked; she had no idea of what she was pertaining to. “Just because Lorcan had marked Raven and she had already ascended as the Pack’s Luna, that doesn’t mean that I couldn’t become the Pack’s new Luna anymore.” Celia rebuttedKissa averted her gaze. Her brows were knotted together, causing deep creases to form on her forehead as she tried to understand what Celia had meant. Raven is already the Luna. She is marked under the full moon and ascended to the Luna title that very same night. She is already rightfully declared and recognized as the Moonvalley Pack’s Luna. How could Celia still become the Pack’s Luna? A pack can’t have two Lunas, can it?Kissa’s eyes widened, and her body froze in fear when she thought of the answer. “That couldn’t be!” Kissa accidentally whispered out loud in shock. Celia smirked when she saw
Raven’s eyes locked on Kissa when she heard her words. Silent and unmoving, she simply stared at the unspoken question hanging in the air between them. “Do you believe me now, Raven?” Kissa probed her even further with desperate eyes. She gained more confidence when her words caught Raven’s attention. Raven blinked. She clenched her jaw when her confident posture almost faltered. “H-How did you know that I’m pregnant?” Raven stuttered when she asked.Kissa lifted her chin when Raven did not correct her. “I told you already they are planning to kill you. You and your baby’s life will be in danger if you stay here much longer.” Kissa’s voice grew stronger. Raven felt tightness in her chest as Kissa’s words sank in. With a trembling hand, she pressed her tight chest. With the other hand, she grabbed the wall beside her for support. Raven bit her lower lip as she tried to calm herself. She gasped in quick and shallow breaths like she had just taken out on a run. “R-Raven, are you o
Raven’s heart thundered in her chest. Every muscle in her body tensed as she sprinted through the dense forest, the thud of her footsteps drowned out by the deafening rush of blood in her veins. The sound of paws hitting the forest ground reverberated through the forest, growing louder and closer with each passing second. Panic surged within her as fear gripped her. She realized whoever they were, they were coming for her, and they were closing in on her. Raven’s breath came in ragged gasps, her lungs burning with exertion and fear. Sweat trickled down her forehead, mingling with the tears that welled up in her eyes. She felt desperate and alone as the forest itself conspired against her, its branches reaching out like gnarled hands, snagging at her clothes and scratching her skin, impeding her desperate escape. Raven was pulled to a stop when she made a bad step, breaking her footing. She managed to bite her tongue just as when she was about to scream. A metallic tang seared ou
Raven held herself tight as she looked at the deep cliff before her and then at Celia who slowly sauntered towards her with a smirk on her face and a sharp look in her eyes. Raven swallowed hard as danger loomed over her. Her breath turned quick and shallow when Celia took out a silver dagger behind her, its sharp edge glinting under the moonlight. The edge of the dagger’s handle is a small round hole, Celia played with it using her long slender fingers. Raven desperately crawled backward with a horrified look on her face. When her fingers touched the bare edge of the cliff, she knew she had no other way to run. It’s either she dies on Celia’s hands, or she dies by jumping off the cliff alone, dropping to the cold hard rocks and her corpse dragged and beaten away by the deadly raging waves. Raven ran away from the Pack so she wouldn’t have to die in Lorcan’s hands and give him another chance to play with her feelings and hurt her again. She escaped and ended up here to fight for
Lorcan woke up with a start when an electrifying shock shot through his chest as if a bolt of lightning had struck him while he was fast asleep.Lorcan’s face turned red in pain as he clenched his jaw tight. He fell off his bed and curled in pain as he gripped his shirt right above his chest until his knuckles turned white. Lorcan couldn’t breathe, his whole body quivered badly as hot tears trailed at the corner of his eyes. His wolf whimpered weakly inside of him as they both felt the jolt of pain that surged through their body.After a whole minute of holding the ache in, the pain was gone. It completely disappeared like the pain didn’t happen. “R-Raven,” Lorcan whispered desperately as he forced himself to push himself up from the ground. “It can’t be,” Lorcan thought to himself as fear and disbelief coursed through him.He was just peacefully sleeping when the mate bond he had with Raven suddenly broke apart. Unexpectedly, the connection he had with Raven is gone. He and his w