"Good morning," Devon greeted Luna as soon as her eyes fluttered open. "When did you get back? what time is it?" Alice tried to get up, but he stopped her. "Not long ago. lay down some more it's still pretty He said, and she did as he had asked her. "Did you find out where she is?" Alice asked now fully awake and Devon knew she wasn't going to go back to sleep till she heard an answer to her questions he shook his head and he could see how her demeanour became. "What about everyone?"
"They are here. we all came back together. including Diana, " He said, his hand patting her head softly, hoping she would stop worrying herself, but he knew the only way she would stop was when everything was finally over. Then she would have peace of mind. We missed something, but... I don't know what it was that we missed. " Devon's hand slowly travelled to her stomach. her due date was drawing closer with each passing day. Alice placed her hand on his and closed her eyes. She hated that she had to live in constant fear. She soon fell asleep, and Devon lay beside her and fell asleep soon after. _______________ ________________ Alice opened her eyes to find herself back at the lake. "Alice." She heard Johnathan's voice and turned to see him standing behind her. "Johnathan," She said and walked to where he was standing. He had a slight smile on his face as she approached him. "How have you been?" she asked, and he nodded "fine" He replied. But his gaze soon left her and travelled behind her. the smile on his face disappeared as he said "Joan" Alice immediately turned to see her friend standing a distance away from them. "Joan!" Alice exclaimed and immediately rushed to where her friend was, Johnathan, following behind her. "Alice." She heard the voice she had missed so much call out to her, and Alice drew her into a tight hug as soon as she got to her. Joan hugged her back, as tears escaped her eyes. ", have you been? I've been so worried!" Alice complained after breaking the hug. Joan looked confused because of the expression Alice and Johnathan had on. "I've been okay," She lied. when, in fact, she had been at her worst for the past month. "Joan, please tell us where you are so we can come get you," Alice said, hoping Joan wouldn't give her an excuse. she doesn't want to tell Joan about Hazel and make her worry... She glanced at Johnathan, hoping he wouldn't say anything. "I am fine, Alice, you don't have to worry. I will come visit you before the baby is born, I promise, " Joan assured, glancing at her friend's baby bump. "Joan," Johnathan said in a worried tone. "There is something you should know... Hazel escaped, " He said, and Joan's face immediately dropped. Alice felt her heart squeeze when she saw her friend's facial expression. "What!" Joan said in disbelief, refusing to process what Johnathan had just said. "You are not safe where you are. We have no clue where she is and what she is planning to do. you need to come back, " Johnathan added. he didn't mean to shock her, but he knew if he didn't tell her this, she might not agree to come back to where was safe because of Liam.. now wasn't the time for that. he was afraid that what he had seen in his visions would still happen... He didn't want his visions to be proved right. he wanted all of them to be safe... "Joan, please tell us where you are. we will come to you." Alice held her friend's hand, hoping she would say something, but Joan just remained silent. Her face was expressionless now. "How did she escape?" Joan finally asked. "We are not sure, but we think someone helped her escape," Johnathan answered. Joan sighed deeply. she wondered how Liam was. He would definitely be blaming himself right now because he procrastinated her execution, and now she was on the loose again... He would be devasted.. She wanted to face palm herself. Nothing changed. she was still in love and worried sick about him. She had bad thoughts going away would help her, but it only made everything worse for her. not seeing him made her heart break over and over again each passing day because of how worried she was about him... ___________________ ___________________ "Devon!" Alice shook Devon awake when she opened her eyes. Devon eyes flew open and immediately held her arm, thinking something had happened. "What's wrong sweetheart. Are you alright!" He asked his eyes, scanning her body, and he immediately checked her belly, her facial expression for any sort of pain, but there was none... "I talked to her. me and Johnathan, " Alice explained, and his hands dropped from her arm. "Who did you talk to ?" He asked, confused. "Joan, she is fine... she told me where she was. we need to go her quickly, " Alice said and got up from the bed. "We need to tell Liam he has to come with us," she said. Devon was still lying on the bed when she stopped in her tracks and turned to look at him. "What are you doing?" she said, a little annoyance lingering in her voice. "What?" Devon asked, confused. "Why aren't you getting up?" She answered, and he immediately got up. when they left the room, Johnathan and Lilac were on their way out of their room also. Johnathan had told Lilac about it already. it was still early in the morning, when Devon knocked on Liam's door, he didn't take long for him to answer. Liam looked like he hadn't slept a wink the whole night. He looked at them curiously, wondering why they were up so early and standing by his door.. "What's going on?" He asked, confused and curious. His eyes travelled from one person to another.. "We know where Joan is...""Good morning dear" Joan's neighbour greeted her as she walked past her house. "Good morning Mrs Wilson." Joan greeted her back with a smile and the woman nodded as Joan passed by. "I know Alex would like her. She is just I should call him to come home. so he can meet her" Patry muttered to herself with a smile on her face. she had been delighted when she saw Joan moving in almost a month back. The house house had been empty for almost ten years and she always wondered if it would always be that way. But a fine young lady moved in and now she wanted her grandson to meet her...The town was just on the outskirts of the city. it wasn't populated at all and only a few houses were around the area. she had lived here for more than thirty years after retiring and loved it ever since. it was peaceful down here."Where are you, Alex? it's been a few hours already. When are you going to get here" Patty complained over the phone...____________________________Joan pushed open her front door a
Liam sat in silence as the car drove further and further to his mate his. His wolf was beyond delighted that they were finally going to be reunited again and was on edge, but Liam was able to keep his wolf in check and stay relaxed. He had this feeling also. Fear? was that it? Fear of seeing her again? Fear that he was going to hurt her like he did before? He would never forget the way she had looked at him the day she had left the Palace. There was pain in her eyes and he could also see it...how much he cared for him, but he was too big of a fool to stop her ans instead had to let her go only to leave in regret for the past few months. He had not been himself since she left and felt like it was the shell of his real self. He had not been himself for centuries, but with her, it was far worse. Spending just a few months away from her was far more torturous than the last centuries he has spent. He had tried his best to convince himself that it was just the mate bond between them, but he
Joan let out a deep breath when's he heard a knock on her door. They were here, and he…he was here too. Her hand traveled to the doorknob but stopped midair and she let out another deep breath, why was she so nevrous, she needed to act cool so he wouldn't notice how affected she had been the last few months. She closed her eyes and reopened them and then opened the door and the first person she layed her eyes on were Alice and her big baby bump, the warmest smile immediately appeared on her and Alice drew her into a hug without wasting a single second. She had missed Alice so much and was genuinely happy to see her. Alice broke the hug, and Lilac also hugged her, followed by Johnathan. Diana finally got out of the car and simply smiled warmly at her. She was glad to see the troublesome witch also. After she was done with the greeting with everyone, her eyes searched earnestly for someone, but she couldn't bring herself to ask about him. Devon sighed in frustration when he realised Li
What!” Liam exclaimed when he heard Joan's words. “What do you mean you want to stay here? Didn't you hear what Diana just said to you” He added, confusion etched on his face. “I don't think she will try anything now, with her powers gone and all and most people are unaware of this place” Joan tried to give the perfect excuse but it sounded so stupid even in her ears. “And I've been learning how to use my powers the past month so I can protect myself now” She added, followed by a nervous laugh. Diana shook her head and couldn't hold her tongue anymore. “Are you doing this because of him? You don't want to go back because of him. Are you kidding me right now!” The witch snapped and rolled her eyes. Joan couldn't believe this witch, How could she say something like that in front of everyone! “It isn't because of him!” Joan spat out and immediately regretted it when she saw the look on Liam's face. Even his ears were red. “I don't care about your lover's Quarell right now. You are c
"What!" Joan exclaimed with her eyes now wide in surprise because of what he said. "I see no problem in me staying here. to keep you safe, " He said. Joan let out a deep sigh. when she had left the Palace that day, if he had been this outspoken and not just watched her leave, maybe she would have stayed behind with him. Thinking about it made Joan a little upset and a deep frown now settled on her face. "I can make whatever decision I choose. You can't stay here, " She said firmly with finality in her tone..."Then are you coming with us?" He asked. "I was supposed to be thinking about that when you came in here to interrupt my thoughts," she retorted, and silence reigned between them after. Liam could only stare at her with regret in his heart. He wanted to tell her he was sorry and that he missed her and he wanted to hug her and feel her warmth. He wanted to tell her that she was his queen. and that he wanted to be with her at every second and every minute. That he wanted to mark h
"Jonathan, Johnathan!" Johnathan started to hear a familiar voice call out his name from a distance, and slowly, everything started to fade out. He gasped as he was transported with a force back to reality where everyone was. Lilac held his arm with extreme worry written all over her face as she stared at him. Diana, Alice, and Devon with Liam too looked really worried. It took him more than a minute to finally calm down and realised that he was back to reality, and what he had seen was just a vision of the future. "What did you see?" Diana asked it seemed that everyone also had the same question. Johnathan was about to say something when Joan came into the room with confusion etched on her face.She had heard Lilac voice from way upstairs and had to be leaving what she was packing to check what was going. "What is going on?" She asked, but everyone attention was still on Johnathan waiting for him to say something. He swallowed as his chest heaved. "Can I get a glass of water?" He as
Joan woke up earlier than everyone, and the sun was barely up in the sky when she made herself a cup of hot coffee and walked to the back of the house. There was a chair she loved to , on, and this had become like a morning ritual to her since she returned back here.The last months of her life were something she wouldn't have imagined. if someone told her a year ago that she had powers and was among the children of the prophecy who were supposed to stop the dark witches and also the mate of a lycan king she was would thought the person was completely insane. But it really happened, and she witnessed it all. Joan Howard took a sip out of her morning coffee and sighed deeply as she was trying to come into a grasp of the situation at hand. The lycan king that she was mated to had an ex who turned out to be the leader of the dark witches that she was meant to stop with the other children of the prophecy. They had finally managed to stop her, but she had escaped, and now they had no i
Saphira walked into Supreme Alpha Devon's pack with Ash following behind her. Max and darius had strongly declined following them and thought it was a completely bad idea to go there after what had happened with Hazel. "What if they become suspicious of you and think you planned the whole thing with your sister. Are you crazy! how can you suggest we go back there, Saphira?" Darius had said trying to stop them, but saphira was adamant on going, and Ash was ready to follow her. He had nothing to worry about since he had no idea of what Hazel was going to do at that time. He couldn't even imagine she would go that far. He remembered when he went to visit her, and they had an argument because he thought she was too forgiving and wasn't getting her revenge against the Donovans.He had no idea she had been planning her revenge the whole time. It all made him feel like he didn't know her anymore. It felt like she was a completely different person and not his sister, whom he grew up with. It
Joan turned to look at Liam, who was fast asleep beside her... she couldn't even bring herself to wake him up and tell him about what had just occurred... she got up from the bed and walked straight to the balcony of the room. Her heart was still racing like crazy... the thought that Hazel was still out there and definitely planning her revenge made her feel sick... She stood there for a while and let the night wind blow towards her... what was she going to do? How were they going to defeat Hazel this time... it had been just a slight chance the last time... "I need to learn more about my powers," Joan muttered and sighed deeply... She was completely wide awake now and knew it was useless trying to go back to sleep after such an event... she closed her eyes and took a deep breath... she had to explore her powers more and put them to good use... The last time when she stopped Hazel, she had trapped Hazel in her own memories... was there a way she could manipulate into what she w
Coraline tapper on Hazel's shoulder, who was seated up with her eyes closed. she looked like she was asleep, but Coraline knew all too well that she wasn't asleep. "Hazel!" she gritted her teeth in rage and tapped on Hazel shoulder, but still didn't get a response. she drew a chair and sat opposite Hazel, waiting for Her to get back... "She must really hate her." Gwen, who was seated across the room with a glass of wine, said.... she took a sip from her wine and smiled... "You know she reminds me of you a lot," Gwen said to coraline... Coraline glared at her old friend. "How does she remind you of me... she is stubborn and doesn't listen. " Gwen chuckled and shook her head... "Yes, like you," She said, and coraline shook her head... "I wonder why she can't just leave them be since the king wants to be with his mate," Gwen added and sighed... "If it happened to you, you would have reacted worse, gwen... she might look strong on the outside, but what happened seemed to have ruined he
A beautiful woman with mesmerising red eyes and dark hair walked into the living room where Coraline and Hazel were seated. Each step she took screamed out elegance and confidence....She had pleasant smile Immediately she saw them seated and said "Coraline" in the sweetest voice even. Even her voice was different, Hazel could tell she was different breed when she saw her. Her difference was screaming at them. She stood out.... "Gwen!" Coraline said and stood up...She gave her friend a warm hug and Hazel could only watch and wonder where the two had crossed paths... Gwen's eyes darted from Coraline to Hazel when they Broke their hug and coraline Immediately introduced the two woman ... "This is Hazel"Hazel stood up and stretched Out her hand for an handshake "Hazel, your name sounds familiar... are you the same Hazel who tried to kill the king here" Gwen said and Hazel felt like she had been slapped on her face...What the hell did she mean! "Oh you must be her!" Gwen looking excited l
"How will I make Epheba's power mine?" Hazel said, and Coraline smiled... "First, we have to find out where she is, but the king may try to stop us from finding it... I'm sure he has people out looking for you. " "The king has no way of stopping me this time!" Hazel said in a firm voice and opened the boom, but coraline dragged the book from her hand and closed it. "Relax or you might ruin everything... what will you do if Epheba overpowers us. we have to think of a plan before acting out like you are right now. calm the hell down. " Coraline's word seemed to work, and Hazel sat down... "How long do we dark and black witches have to live in hiding like we have some infectious disease..." Coraline sighed and shook her head. "I know it's infuriating, but that doesn't mean we have to act rashly. Tomorrow we leave for Rusvil, " She said, and Hazel turned to look at her with slightly wide eyes."Rusvil!" "Yes, Rusvil! the place you were overpowered by those lycans is still a place tha
Johnathan and Lilac walked out of the doctors office hand in hand, and Johnathan couldn't stop himself from smiling... He had never felt like this before in his entire life... The feeling was priceless.. He was shocked at first, but after the doctor had assured him that their baby and Lilac were fine, that shock was soon replaced with a type of happiness that made his heart race so much... it was hard to explain, but his heart raced... He glanced at Lilac and then at her belly that was still flat... their baby was really in their.... He or she would be here in just a few months. They didn't have a lot of time left anymore...He had to choose a room for the baby, what would the baby wear... They had a lot of things to do now... He stopped in his tracks, and Lilac looked at him a bit of confusion in her eyes... "We are not telling anyone yet," She said firmly when she thought that was what he was thinking about... Johnathan looked around to make sure no one was watching before he disappe
Lilac propped herself up with her elbow and sighed. she didn't know how to feel about Jonathan's reaction.. She didn't even know how to feel about what she it... She was shocked as she was, but she couldn't ignore it anymore and thought it was time for him to know instead of hiding it from him any longer. "Are you sure?" Johnathan managed to say after almost a minute, and she shook her head. Lilac shifted and placed her back on the head wood of the bed. "I'm not completely sure, maybe about seventy per cent." She ran her through her hair and sighed again... "I'm sorry... this is really unexpected. " Johnathan immediately took her hand in his."Why are you sorry... you don't have to be... we will see a healer first thing tomorrow, okay?" He said softly. She nodded and laid back down. She was wide awake now staring at the ceiling of the room. She knew Johnathan was wide awake now, too. she had given him something to think about through the entire night. Alice, baby, on the way during a t
"Everyone Seems to be happy right don't they. they have a baby on the way... The king has his luna, but here I am living my life in rage of what they did to me, isn't it funny" Hazel said as she had coraline stood at the balcony of Coraline's house. It was dark outside already and it was a particularly cool evening. "You chose to live in rage, nobody asked you to" Coraline said and chuckled a bit. "if you know you were going to be like this then you should have killed them when you add the chance. you had many chances but you wasted them plotting and extravagant revenge. you lost all your allies because of that and now you are sitting her with me." She continued, not caring if her words were like a knife to Hazel... "if I were one of your allies I would be plotting for a way to kill you and not the lycans. you do know you deserve whatever is happening to you right. So let me put this simply. You are mad because your Ex found his mate and wants to be with her not you. you wasted the
Lilac's eyes slowly fluttered open and was met with the white celing of the guest room of her brothers pack. Where was she? She slowly turned and saw Johnathan still unconscious beside her, and then she saw Lilith, who was slowly dozing off... "Lilith," Lilac said. Her name softly and the healer eyes flew open. She became wide awake. "Your highness!" Lilith said and stood up. She immediately stormed out of the room to call the king and Alpha before Lilac could say anything to her, and Lilac sighed deeply. Johnathan slowly started to stir, and his eyes fluttered open too. "Where are we?" He asked, and Lilac answered,"My brother's pack. " She got up from the bed and Johnathan got up also and followed her out of the room. They met Alice on the way out of her room too... "What about joan" Alice said and then they all saw Joan climbing up the stairs with Devon, Liam and Lilith... "You are all awake" Devon said in relief... Lilac stepped forward a deep frown on her face, she needed immed
Diana carried Lilac to the Queen Lilac immediately stopped crying, causing both women to smile at one another. "When should we start, the king will be back tomorrow morning so we have to leave soon" The Queen said and Diana stood up and disappeared in the back room of her house. she came back with a smaller book in her hands and started to flip the pages till she finally arrived at the page she was looking for. "From what his written here, they will be born once again, but this time each of the children of the prophecy will be mates to the children of the Royal family, so they can be protected... We have to make sure Devon is the first" Diana said and fhe Queen turned to look at Devon who had immediately hid behind his mother when Diana mentioned his name... "its okay darling don't be afraid, Diana here just wants to help you, so you can wait till you find your mate... Don't you want to find your mate" Little Devon turned towards Alice again like he could see her before he nodded and