Danika’s POV.- This smell! Blood! Ugh, someone’s following me. I slow down to twirl around on my left foot and see who it is when my name diffuses into the night air. I narrow my gaze with the grit of my teeth. Why has he followed after me? Has he come to stop me? “Danika, wait!” I growl as soon as Taren comes close, “Don’t try to stop me, and don’t follow me either.” He looks at me with a brow raised in confusion and I continue to be hostile in regard until he clears the misunderstanding. “Stop you? Why would I?” He shakes the thought away and his countenance goes grave when he reads, “There’s something wrong, isn’t it? I’ve never seen you so distraught and enraged before”. Oh, he could tell despite how I bit down hard not to allow it to surface and raise Yi Wen’s suspicions. I don’t say anything to that and revert to my original position and gait with him clicking fast and tagging along behind me. ‘We would need the extra hand anyway. Good thing him of all people is with us.
Danika’s POV-“Did you ever bother to find the rest of your children?”This one question dealt a steep blow when Charles rudely interrupted me and adamantly refused to believe my persuasions. I wasn’t bluffing nor trying to butter him. Just how deeply does his destructive self-esteem run for him to willingly choose the path against redemption and relish in his misery?The rest of my children, huh...he did find the right time to tape my lips; I give him that. It’s never crossed my mind and it’s become a dilemma for me since its mention. I caress Chestnut’s hair out of her face as I watch all three of my children sleep. My mind is woven with brooding thoughts.The cool breeze coming in from the opened window brings my gaze to look out to the night sky tensely. I’ve got kids like these three out there. If not all, some of them must still be alive wherever they were sold off to. Everyone deserves a chance at life, even this helpless infant.No one should be deprived of it.
Danika’s POV.-Following the address scribbled in a crumpled piece of paper I found covered in dust at the bottom of Horace’s closet, we’ve arrived at Ewon, a nostalgic place still prominent in my slurry childhood memories.I feel my muscles going tense as I stare out and latch my contemplating gaze at the single-family home with a lush trimmed lawn around it. Warm memories come awake in my heart and surge through my mind, flashing colorful plates of beautiful memories that come alive as I see the little me running on the lawn while Mom chased after me. Dad carried my baby sister as he sat on the porch steps and laughed as he watched us.“Danika, you sure this is the right place?”Suddenly, the images fade like smoke, and I jitter out of my trance at the sound of Charles’s voice, discreetly wiping the single tear that rolled down my cheek against the back of my hand before I hum. Clearing my throat, I shrug my body to regain proper composure.“I just wanna ask whoever must
Danika’s POV.-As I listen to Charles narrating the tragic invasion of the werewolves’ lands and all that was lost, my heart keeps palpitating with fear and grief. We lost the sovereign Alpha, his Luna, and little Eelia among many others who had stood in opposition to the traitors and our mortal enemies.So many tears stream down my face as I clutch my baby and sob quietly, drops of tears falling onto his beautiful face that I wipe away clumsily. In all that adversary, Vyin had been on his feet, unshaken and never trembling before the challenges that threatened to cripple him. Did he even get the chance to mourn his parents and little sister?“You’re cousins with Nova?” He asks with wide eyes and I chuckle and hum, “Paternal cousins. My dad was the Pack’s Delta and my uncle was his younger brother with whom I lived with his family.”He nods away while I manage a simple smile as I watch him digest that information. ‘Do you want to tell him about it?’ Violet asks. I give it a t
Danika’s POV.-As we cruise down the busy streets of Mapo, I keep myself mesmerized by the bustling nightlife. It never ceases to amaze me how the metropolis of Oren is never asleep no matter the season or time. The spring breeze fusses with my hair strands since I have my head poking out the rolled-down window and I feel Liam moving in my arms, making me retract my head in time to hear Charles speak.“We’ll soon be there,” He informs me. “Is he hungry?” He gives us a corner gaze as I tend to Liam about to throw a fit with his little hands in fists and his adorable bright-tan face crumpling to burst into a cry.I give a short laugh, “He’s one hangry baby for sure.”‘Dani, what do you think you’re doing?’ Violet suddenly panics and I jolt, pausing my action. She hisses, ‘Are you really going to expose your breast in front of our mate? Aren’t you getting ahead of yourself here? Don’t be so shameless!’Self-awareness instantly frays my mind as I fidget explosively and rustily t
Danika’s POV.-I should slow down, it’s not like he’s running away, ugh. I know, I know, but I can’t help it. For sure things are kinda progressing at a Snail’s pace between us but, we’re still moving either way. I frantically use my tingling fingers to brush my flying hair out before they get into my eyes as I enter the apartment building.Bloom and Chestnut pulled out their trump card yesterday and won us an exclusive sleepover at Charles’s. Those sweet girls of mine. I smile smugly as I step into the elevator and push the button to the desired floor. It still feels surreal. Too anxious with excitement, I’d thrust Liam into his arms since he was itching for his affection while I got the girls readied up and left to drop them at school.The elevator doors slide open for me to step out. Sucks I had to go for my shift, but who cares? I can spend the little time before we go pick up the girls from school with him. Liam’s my own trump card to obediently have him sit at home and w
Danika’s POV.-“I noticed it too, but I can’t muster the courage to go up to her.”“Something is definitely troubling her. She’s been moody and mute for days now.”“I hate seeing her this way! It’s no fun.”“Maybe we should give her some more time, she’ll come to us when she’s ready.”My ears twitch discomfortingly as I hold the edge of the sink. I should’ve listened to Violet and not allowed that prick to provoke me into acting. I messed up all my hard work, and I ruined all the chances I had to win my mate over.Not to mention how much I’m worrying the others too with my devoted sulks. I splash water against my face and dab it with a towel along my exit from the washroom, only to see Taren with a frown and I jump with surprise.“Don’t you think you’ve held it in enough, sis? Come, we have to talk.”I clutch the towel in my hand as I quietly follow him to the locker room where we sit across from each other. I begin to fidget as the silence sinks and Taren’s serious eyes
Danika's POV.-I keep reiterating all Danny shared with me since that day. It's all that dominates my mind day in and day out. So gravely that my mood never alters from the pondering tension prevalent in my face.I do try to act cool with my girls and pretend I'm okay in front of the others at the restaurant. But it's not a solid lid I can force to stay still for long. Especially when my beloved mate is still putting up the cold shoulder against me and I'm repeating my glum and getting people worried for nothing.A brash nudge to my side brings my thoughts juggling and my mind disarraying as I stumble forward with a yelp."Oops, I guess I nudged too hard," A fake apologetic voice says innocently and I hiss and snap behind me while I catch myself in time before falling."Why you..." I grit the rest away, frowning angrily at him who shrugs with his gaze up somewhere before he lowers it sharply to give me a hard stare all of a sudden.What? Why's he suddenly the one to be displeased ins
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