Elizabeth’s POV.-This will take a minute at least, so I need to calm my nerves and concentrate full-time. I maintain a steady respiration as my eyelids fall shut. I can feel it...the gentle energy stirring within me and pervading my being.I can feel the presence of people spread about the property, and I know the safe route to take. So I try the door again and keep a low profile as I trace my steps to the stairwell without anyone noticing my presence. Phew, good thing all the children are out having fun in the courtyard and garden.I suck in a breath and nearly slide to a stop when I hear a door open. My back tapes itself against the wall and I hold my breath as I stay still.“I wonder if it’s alright to go check on Alpha Vyin’s mate now” I listen to a girly voice say with a pout. “She’s missed breakfast already. No one even bothered to wake her up”.A male voice chuckles, “I think she’s mad he didn’t take her along with him. I bet she won’t be anymore when he returns w
Elizabeth’s POV.-Will I be willing to take another life to bring the redemption we’re after?I’m unable to reach a firm conclusion as I come to the end of the forest where it breaks into another tarred road. Catching my breath as I peel off strands of my hair from etching onto my face, I continue to have my mind and heart ridden with unsettling pulsations.That beneath the tough exterior I’ve been trying to construct, I’ve only been busy forging nothing but imitations all along. When the enemy comes for me in full force, will these hands of mine...this power of mine, be capable of taking a life that threatens to truncate mine?“Ugh, let’s just push these doubts aside for now” I suck in a breath and try to calm my thoughts down with unsteady respiration. “I can address them later”.I shake my head to further ensure those disturbing thoughts are dusting out of my head as I step onto the road that stretches down both directions. It looks almost no different from the road I
Elizabeth’s POV.-After coming around, I found myself back in Vyin’s bedroom. I quickly jumped out in search of him and found him at the study I had been introduced to Mother. How did we change locations so fast? I wanted to ask so badly. The last thing I recalled was suddenly attacking that fiend on an impulse to my need to satisfy my anger.But.“What? That was it? That was all it took?” I ask with disbelief, pulling back unconsciously as I blink at Nova and Vyin by the desk.Vyin is seated behind the desk, relaxed and taking a deep drag from the cigarette between his long fingers while Nova leans against the side of the desk with a mirthful smile on his face.“You were pretty amazing back there, Beth.” Nova starts to say again while I struggle to digest what he just informed me. “You knocked out that Fae so coldly they couldn’t bounce back until we crushed their forces and easily won back the Pack”.Nova dips his head a bit to flash me a proud smile that reflects in
Elizabeth's POV-There is no sprinkle of roses in the air, the mood isn’t merry and pervasive with romance, and neither is this moment one with jubilation between two lovers who share a mutual bond. There isn’t even any melody to stir something.Rather, it’s just that all of that is not needed. No, it’ll only devalue the magic of this once-in-a-lifetime moment. As my eyes shake between his fixated orbs, I can’t help the liquid bubbling into them as my vision becomes flooded and I can’t make out his gorgeous image perfectly.Ah...how could I have been so daft to the emotions you so esteem me with?I give up...I drop my head the instant the tears make a break for it and come gushing down my face. Those words were so simple, yet so magnanimous that they assure me to the brink of reassurance of how much I mean to my mate and more.When I think of how foolishly I’ve been running helter-skelter just to attract his attention to how much I feel he’s disregarding me, I bite my lip with
Elizabeth’s POV.-At first, I mess up my narration with my annoying nervousness, but as they all seem to egg me on by not giving me weird and freaky stares and giving me encouraging nods instead, I step back onto my smooth track and tell them everything from the day I and Tori had gone to meet my aunt.I step back a bit after I finish talking, standing timidly like I’m awaiting their criticisms. No one interrupted me while I talked, or were they just waiting after my gibberish gush? Ugh, think positive, Beth. They’re not pulling faces at me. Stop panicking!“So...”My ears perk up promptly as I hear that mussing voice, and I snap my eyes in front of me to see Angie with her grip on the edge of the counter straining as she pulls her body away and tips her head back in her seat.She rolls her eyes slowly and settles them on me to finish, “...you kept this big a secret from us, and of all people, you had to tell Tori first?” Her face transforms into a big pout and I wonder if
Elizabeth’s POV.-“I’ve got a score to settle”Before they can try to argue with me, I show them a cool glare as I growl lowly, “You’re only gonna get in the way. You’re no match for that Fae”.I equally surprise myself as they get stunned by my sudden display of authority, but it’s not time to awe and fuss over that right now. I slowly return my gaze to the fiend and my brows furrow deeply. I have no idea just how powerful they are yet. I only got lucky they were distracted that time, so I got away with revenge.This time isn’t certain, I’m still not up to optimum strength yet.Let’s deploy something treacherous first. I begin to detach myself from the company of the others and speak in a loud voice, “Hey! I was sure I hit you pretty good last time. Here to get your ass handed to you once again, huh?”I hide a grin as I practically feel their rage ignite from my provocative words. In other to contend with an enemy of more advantage than you, you need to find a way to d
Elizabeth’s POV.-‘The Fae is gone. Are you okay, Beth?’I’m not surprised they’d leave with their tail between their legs- even though they’re Fae and not wolves. Snap out of it, Beth. Are you now demented just because they said so?I shake my head sideways to signify I’m alright, but wince as it’s a wrong move to make. My smile becomes stiff as I fail to convince the wolf now staring at me with concerned lilacs. If he was only a bit more in height and mass, he could rival his older brother.“I’ll be good...just need time to heal- Oh, you’re back in town. Did Vyin come with?”I’m staggering up to my feet when a crumbling rattle vibrates throughout my being and I lose touch in my knees. I fear a fall, but a hand grips my upper arm gently and I hear a voice ask with concern, “Are you okay, Beth? We apologize we couldn’t be of much help and you had to fend the enemy off on your own”.It’s one of Theodore’s colleagues. I offer a smile as I say while trying to gain myself,
Elizabeth’s POV.-“Elizabeth?”What? I-isn’t that...uncle? Why the hell is he here?At once, my body turns around on the couch, and behold, it is indeed uncle standing just in the doorway and looking just as stunned as we are- Aunt Sue! I whip my neck around so quickly that I fear it’ll snap as I stare at her with wide unbelieving eyes.Don’t tell me...did she call him over? Is this part of a ploy to have me captured by those vermins? Could Aunt really betray me and sell me out to the very people I should be on the run from?Then, why does she look so ghastly pale to see him here?“A-Adam...why are you...” Aunt Sue appears to be so deeply struck by shock that she even staggers and visibly fidgets. All a dead giveaway that just like me, she had no idea he was returning. Not yet.I guess that means I can go hostile now. I avert my attention to him still by the doorway and now glaring Aunt’s way. The nerve he thinks he’s got to be the one to express anger when I should b
Danika’s POV. - Three Years Later. ~ “Ludis did what?” I gasp, pulling a chair to sit while Kashira grins deeply to affirm what he just said. I settle down and look between him and Mao before lowly asking again, “He fought with them?” “It’s not uncommon among us, you know,” Mao starts to say in a rather calm tone. “Especially among Alpha families. If there are sons and daughters, or even just a son, it’s a test the son has to carry out to determine if his sister’s mate is worthy of her.” I bite down my protest and frown. “Ludis isn’t just any wolf, he’s an Alpha male and of the heterochromatic bloodline,” I argue defensively and Kashira shrugs, “I admit all four of them were powerful and Ludis didn’t make it out without a few bruises.” “But the kid won, and the princess is his,” He cheers, munching his dish of Chow Mein. Doing well to quell my argument as I growl stubbornly and Mao smiles at me. “This is great! I haven’t been to a Chinese restaurant in ages.” “Eat up and leave,
Danika’s POV.-I’m nervous. This is the most I’ve been in years. I can’t even breathe properly. Clutching my mate’s arm, I lean against him, trembling as I try to stabilize my breath. The Faeries who’ve helped me into my bedazzling nature-enchanted gown stare at me with confidence, trying to restore my timid brave spirit as I shut my eyes for a moment.I feel his soothing palm brush over mine and his tender voice speaks to me, “Do you want to sit down for a minute and pull yourself together?” Then he takes on a sarcastic edge, “Or I can just go out there and let them know you’re not up for it.”I growl and snap my eyes open to glare at him who smirks at me, poking between my brows as he says, “Yeah, that’s it. We can start from there.”Thanks to his tease, I’m a bit annoyed and I use that emotion to shake myself out of it. Ridding the unwanted anxiety and uncertainties that latch onto my frame and heart. Grabbing the bodice of my shimmering gown, I step forward.“I’ve kept
Danika’s POV.-Taren and Emma? Wow, will you look at that? Although it might seem as if Emma’s so smitten as she fusses endlessly, running her trembling lips, blinking her eyes, nervously fiddling with her hair, and unable to tone down the heat resplendent on her face...Taren is keeping cool about it but, it’s evident that he enjoys the reaction he’s eliciting from her.I don’t want to be privy to what they’re talking about. I muster a small smile, watching them a little longer as I feel a familiar presence close in on me. When her trembling fingers try to touch her hair, Taren beats her to it, sleekly sliding his fingers against hers to tuck it behind her steaming ear. At that stunning action, their gazes meet and hold for a moment before Taren averts his to smirk a little while Emma palms her face.“She’d never let Lian hear the end of it. But here she is, acting so silly like a girl experiencing her first love.”I raise a brow at Elaine who grins at me, only to have me deb
Danika’s POV.-“You’ll sell the property?”“We’ve thought about it and that’s the conclusion we came down with.”Those voices sound familiar. I groan in my sleep, rousing sluggishly along my slow turn over. On my back with my hand rustling the sheets in search of my mate, I frown and open my eyes. I jump out of bed, pick up a random shirt from the floor, and pull into it along my exit.“Now, don’t look gloomy. It was never a home for you.”“Still, it’s where we grew up. Have a rethink, Christian. You’re making a hasty decision.”Found him. Wearing a gummy smile, I embrace him from behind, pressing against his bare back and snaking my arms around his waist as I drag my forehead up to his shoulder. He probably sensed me coming, that’s why I don’t elicit much of a reaction from him. I want to place my head on his shoulder but find Liam staring at me with heavy drowsy eyes.“Why you this little...” I whisper at him and his hazy eyes clear to revive a grin. Liam pecks my nose
Danika’s POV.-Why’s she with the Elf? How did she get here so fast? Puzzled, I walk towards them. Aunt Sue raises the Elf’s head onto her thighs and stares at him with a form of sadness I don’t understand. I watch them with scrutiny, how the Elf barely moves with his breath fading fast while Aunt Sue takes his numb hand in hers.“Sue...” He rasps, his voice almost just air. But she hears him, and so do I as I keep away. “...I’m sorry I couldn’t...go back to you...properly...”The little life force inside of him disappears after he says that. Aunt Sue hugs his head to her chest, trembling softly as she mutters in a shaky voice, “The times you did...they reached me.”‘Seems like they had something going on in the past,’ Violate ponders while I just stare at her as she slides her palm over his eyes to shut his eyelids. She gently guides his head off her thighs to settle on the floor as if he’s only sleeping.“Every sinner deserves even one person to mourn them.”I push forw
Danika’s POV.-“It’s a pity that her daughters inherited everything about her.”The splitting sound of a gunshot suddenly rings out. In a flash, Elizabeth and Chestnut fall over the handrail and Grandma Bo breathes her last. Shock stuns me in place, with eyes spreading wider each slowly ticking second as I remain numb and unperceptive for a moment.“Watch them die.”It all rushes back into me in an instant. The ravenous and black rage that consumed me before, sets my being ablaze in a breath. I leap over the handrail, going after them. I don’t see Chestnut. Elizabeth is still in her bind and I catch her when she’s just an inch from the floor.“Your Highness! This is the worst to have happened.” I hold my sister close, barely succeeding at holding my rage to force a turn around so I can see Tara and my mate. I see Chestnut is with my mate and I hand over Elizabeth to them.“You all should leave...help Yi Wen...and get the Tuyens out of here,” I manage to growl, the last r
Danika’s POV.-Poof! The head my maw should’ve crushed to pieces explodes into ashen fairy dust. I fall back swiftly and shake my head to rid of the cloud. Only to growl ever nefariously at the face of my grinning enemy standing across from me – with the stolen Grimoire in hand.“Heh, think you’d get me so easy?” He grins diabolically, intentionally hinting at the large black voluminous book in his hand. “I commend your prowess for making it this far, but this is as far as you-”Cut to the chase already. I ain’t got time for pointless blabbering!I’m onto him with a breath, working my maw aggressively, pounding my hefty paws here and there, breaking the floor and sending tremors through the walls- it’s now it comes to me. This is no longer the haunted maze. We’re inside the Tuyen’s mansion. What a sneaky game indeed.I snag him with a swing of my left paw, smacking the side of his head to send him smashing through a wall. The result isn’t gratifying, it only burns my fury
Danika’s POV.-“Danika, hey, slow down. You’re not thinking of rushing off, are you?” Taren questions behind me as we sprint back to the car. “Persuading me won’t work, Taren,” I cut him off coldly. “You heard that thing as clearly as I did.”We get to the car and I briefly turn to face him as I drop rustily, barely keeping my tumultuous rage in check so I don’t snap at him, “I don’t need your help to go save them.”I grab the handle and yank the driver’s door open, zeroing my smoldering orbs on my mate as I give the command, “Move over to the passenger seat.”They all regard me with surprise, Charles blinking at me like I’m someone else. He frowns and attempts to challenge me, only to flinch at the realization of something and lean worriedly towards me. “Is something wrong? Why do you look so angry?”“We’re only wasting valuable time,” I swat his concern aside and use my ability to make the shift happen. I snatch control of the steering wheel, startling my sister to prote
Danika’s POV. - My muscles still hurt from the intensive training I just concluded. I’m so sweaty, it’s making my clothes feel uncomfortable. I cringe at the reek of heat oozing from my body as I enter the Pack House with my mate behind me. It’s hard not to inhale the stench, and it’s driving me crazy. “Sparing with Alpha Vyin and Ludis for over three hours sure is taking its toll,” I grumble with a crumpled face. I toss my face aside as if I can detach my soul from my body, inadvertently robbing myself of sensing where I’m heading. That’s when my right foot bumps into something and my body lurches forward with a yelp. “If you were going to become this grumpy, you shouldn’t have chosen to spar in both wolf and human forms.” I cringe pathetically at the flat tone of my mate who’s saved me with an arm around my waist. “We don’t have much time,” He begins to say after helping me straighten up. “You go freshen up, in the meantime, I’ll go get the kids.” It’s day four already, and to