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
Elizabeth’s POV.-“I’m yet to meet the other one. Where have you hidden Undine’s eldest daughter?”Undine? That’s my mother’s name. ‘Eldest daughter’? What are they suddenly divulging now? Do I have an older sister? That’s not true, I’m an only child.“Ah,” The fiend rings softly, looking at me slyly. “It seems you’ve been oblivious about her existence as well, even though you were particularly close in your early childhood. Sue didn’t tell you about your older sister, did she?”What are they saying to me?! They keep speaking with validation like they know this mysterious older sister I can’t recall spending my childhood with.“Aunt...Sue?” I find myself calling in an empty voice as I look to her to clarify what this fiend is on about. She stiffly looks my way and all I see on her face and swarming in her bleak eyes are her deepest regret, grief, and remorse.It slams me hard like a pelt of rocks as I shudder coldly and stagger back a few rattling steps. Harsh palpitat
Elizabeth’s POV.-“What’ll it be? We take each other on here and now and end this, or we do this some other day?”I rise to my feet and hunch on wobbly legs. That just came from my mate. What’s he proposing this time? I wince from my throbbing knees and gnash my teeth to prevent a cry of pain. Taking a quick observance, I notice Vyin’s underlings everywhere and the Hunters have been subdued.Of course, with the exemption of that obstinate fiend.My hands brace my knees to keep me from crumbling, and I see the fiend with a very nasty frown, glowering with extreme contempt at my mate who remains erect and unremitting. The Fae is angry, their plan didn’t go as planned, and as a result, they fasten Aunt Sue and press the glinting edge of the blade against her skin.Aunt stiffens with discomfort, her face pained and sweat drops gliding down her face. I panic and straighten in a bid to rush over as I make a desperate call, “Aunt! Darn you- Let her go!”We can’t do anything whe
Elizabeth’s POV.-“Mom often cried each time she stared at this old photo...I’m sure you recognize your parents and the little girls with them”.My trembling fingers grab the sides of the photo and gradually bring it closer to me who’s raking with tremors and a loudly pounding heart. It’s indeed a very old picture of my parents, another man, a boy about 10 years old carrying a toddler...and there’s the girl who looks identical to me, carrying the toddler me with a wide grin like the others.My trembling thumb brushes over the rough surface of the picture as I stare at her in particular with my vision getting blurry from my tears. I struggle to breathe as I repeatedly stroke her face. I can’t remember her at all, and it makes a chunk of me feel empty, like a part of me is missing.“S-she’s...my sister” I mutter with pains suffocating my heart and I press the photo into my chest and buck over as my tears surge.All this time, I had believed I was alone in the world. I was lo
Elizabeth’s POV.-The distant thumps of footsteps stir me awake, making me groan in protest and snuggle closer into- Huh? Did I...fall asleep?“...you should’ve listened when your mate made mention of it. She’d been dead certain there was someone else behind them that we weren’t aware of”“You think I wouldn’t have thought that far, Ludis? How many of them have you croaked? Don’t take out the girls’ father just yet- Oh, you’re awake”I wanted to pretend to still be asleep, but my mate quickly senses me and descends his cool gaze down at me. I shrivel with heat rising to my cheeks, and keeping my eyes away to stare at Ludis leaning his back against Vyin’s desk, I nod my head childishly.Crazy. I don’t know when I fell asleep, and our positions have been reversed. I’m the one laying on the couch with my head on his thighs. Kyaah! We’re finally getting to do something romantic for once!Stupidly, I’m squirming with elation as I thrust my face in my palms. I hear collectiv
Elizabeth’s POV.-We come to a stop behind a line of cars waiting for the traffic light to flicker green. My unconscious grip on the seatbelt slanted across my torso slackens and I assume a ruminating composure. All I know about my older sister, Danika, is that she was left in Vyin’s Pack to live with Nova and his family. Since she’s a wolf, she was the one who sprang up with the idea to stay behind while our parents left for Ewon to build their new lives.The car begins to move but I remain engrossed in my thoughts. We were only close in our childhood despite the distance between us, and I presume that wherever she is out there, there’s a high chance she hasn’t come to know of our parents' demise yet.My brooding mood sinks, and I hum with dread, elevating my gaze to see we’re still on the highway. I wonder how devastated she’ll feel when we find her and tell her about it.Danika.I know we’ll find her. No matter what, please stay safe wherever you are, Danika. We will fi
Elizabeth’s POV.-As the gate keeps lifting slowly and I’m jittering like Elaine beside me, something suddenly jabs me across my mind and I wince and recline in shudders. It’s like a spasm of extreme pain that distills me completely. What is this...why do I feel this sudden bout of pain and….A tremendous burst of refined indignation?I shudder greatly, the foreboding pressure rattling my being as I blink my eyes with extreme terror. I recognize this unstable compressing energy. It’s definitely not mine.I dart forward and harness a look of concern Rex’s way. I see it, as per my fear, Rex is bristling in a very provocative and unusual manner as the commentator introduces his challenger.This is bad!“Kashira!” I whip my neck to the side pensively and on my toes. Kashira looks at me with stunning effect and I tell while struggling to keep my fears still, “Something is gravely wrong. Rex knows that wolf- Ah, that’s not it”I cut myself short, gripping my hair in distre
Elizabeth’s POV.-“Kashira!”“No, Beth! We have to go!”Elaine holds me back as I make a move to go over to the wolf biting down Kashira. I glare indignantly at her and snap, “What do you mean we should go?! I’m not letting anyone put their life on the line to protect me!”I struggle with Elaine and break free. “Just wait here, I’ll be back!”But Elaine is defiant and the strength in her grip around my arms suddenly intensifies. I look down at her hands and notice the veins growing prominent, and I look back up to see her eyes blazing a cool lilac. She yanks me forward, in time with a wolf crashing onto someone who just ran past me, and she brings us away to an ajar door.“You stay here, I’ll go get him,” She says to me, craning her neck into the room to check around. I wear a frown and object at once, “What? Are you crazy? The most we can do is go together, I’m not letting you off on your own!”Elaine returns her gaze to meet mine, making to speak when she suddenly ji
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