Vyin’s POV-“I’ll bring him with me” I state decisively and step back to see I’m done tending to his bruises. Mother gives me a surprised look as she steps up, “You’ll bring him with you? Is it okay?”“I can refer him to the hospital that caters for Ludis, he’ll be better looked into and get to receive the care he needs. That way I can keep a better eye on him and help develop his pheromones better. And he won’t have to feel left out and alienated when he’s with people who’re similar to him” I explain my intention to her and watch as she digests it all, looking at the boy.“I see...it will help him feel at ease and warm up to the people around him better. But, the problem lies with you, can you look after a child with your busy schedule? Won’t that affect your glacial image?” Mother drops a tease at the end and I frown with a low groan.“He gets to stay with me anyway. And when he settles in properly, we can enroll him into a school- Elaine would go crazy when she meets him,
Vyin’s POV-The doctor steps out of the ward and I push off the wall to meet her. She offers me a calm smile, “The pup had a few fractured ribs, but he’s fine. With much rest and food, he’ll heal up in no time- You really looked so worried, Vyin” She says to me as she grabs the door handle.I scoff, “I’m not all ice and hard places, you know. Having you call me got me thinking something happened with Ludis”. We enter the ward to see Domino sitting up in bed. I can tell he must’ve been paranoid by everything as he calms instantly when he sets his eyes on my entrance.Mao walks up to him, “We might be giving you the good news soon. Thanks to the new drug you made, he’s started to respond to treatment more that before...” She informs me, turning to look at me once she’s by Domino’s side.I fail to control my elation to hear that as I cover the distance between us, probing her, “Is that true, he might be waking up from the coma soon?”Mao stays quiet for a moment before noddin
Elizabeth’s POV-I should just wait it out till tomorrow, but the accusation in Angie’s words pisses me off the brim. I clutch the coat tighter to my body once I’m out on the porch. After strictly warning Angie not to follow me, I climb down the porch and go into the night.I know rumors don’t arise out of nothing. They might be exaggerated, fleshed out for dramatic effect but somewhere, there always exists a kernel of truth. Perhaps, this belief is what moves me out at this hour, tracing the way to the coffee shop. In search of, answers?Angie won’t give me them, she can’t anyway. Not when she’s so insistent on not coming out of her box and seeing things from a different angle. People are always quick to believe whatever they hear and never care to delve beneath the surface and know the truth. Yet they dare to spread those disgusting things so confidently.“Tsk, talk about scums” I scrunch my face angrily, puffing my breath into the air and watching the white cloud it make
Elizabeth’s POV-And I’m sent...flying? I crash with a thud, yelping when I fall upon a soft surface, banging the back of my head against an elevation that’s a bit hard against the feel. ‘Did I just...narrowly escape death?’ My body hurts all over and I wince from the thunderous pound in my head, crying as I try to gather myself up.“Get up and leave as soon as you’ve gathered your wits.”I blink my eyes several times to make sense of that chagrined voice as well as what I’m lying on, flattening a hand over the cushiony surface and heaving my body up as I struggle to subdue the migraine splitting my head in three. And I can make out his firm back facing toward me and practically see the fume defusing from the top of his head. He might’ve stopped himself in the nick of time.A spasm flashes through my mind and I wince deeply, pressing a palm to my temple as I lazily slide my feet off the couch. My vision shifts, swaying along the gentle movements of my head and when I try to
Elizabeth’s POV-“Amica’s birthday party?” I ask with brows furrowed and Angie nods with a grin. “We can all go, me, you, and Elaine. Chris will come to pick us though, so what do you think?”I hum, rubbing my chin as I ponder it. Surprisingly, I share my birthday with his youngest sister and since they’re throwing a party at his place, he’s invited us. If I don’t go, Elaine won’t...I’m worried, she doesn’t like men. ‘Should I decline? But Angie will feel sad’ What a bind I’m stuck in.Not to mention, Angie hasn’t been all cautious around Elaine these days. Maybe she’s starting to see outside other people’s selfish and miniature perspectives and getting to know the actual Elaine. ‘I guess that’s good then’.“Um, we’re not going someplace else for it, why’re you thinking so hard?” Angie raises a brow at me and I lean over the counter, “Elaine might decline and you know why. I’ll call her quickly and ask just in case”.Angie goes, “Oh” and I nod.I wait it out before I ca
Elizabeth’s POV-“Z-Zara?”But I give in under the pressure hammering in my mind, my body falling backward. “Woah! Are you okay?” I forgot he’s still bothering me. I hiss, scrunching my face as he sits me back, arm around my shoulder. “You shouldn’t move so quickly after drinking that” I hear a hint of laughter in his voice, grimacing at the itch in my throat.“W-what was in it?” I ask with irritation, feeling the urge to scratch my neck as I weakly try to shrug his hold off me. He chuckles instead and says, “Chris came up with the idea and got some of the drinks spiked, all for some game or something. Seems you got unlucky”.‘What?’ I tense at once, recalling Angie received one as well and even drank hers before me. But, she seemed normal. I groan again, feeling a burning building inside me as I swat his hand away that tries to touch my face. “I n-need to leave” I rasp, voice betraying me.I really think something is off with my body- what are these sounds? I grimace, p
Elizabeth’s POV-I help Rema and her coworker carry the last crates of beverages up to the first floor of the building. At this part of the building, there’s another coffee shop that operates differently from the ground floor where I work my shifts. The workers on this level are all full-timers and well, much older than I am.“Thanks for the extra hand, Beth,” Sid says to me, returning from the inventory and I shake my head gently, “It’s no biggie, glad I can help”. I make a gentle twirl on the barstool by the long counter, sweeping my gaze across the place.“But honestly, I know I rarely come up here but it’s really so cozy in here” I commend earnestly, eyes bouncing around. I then hear Rema’s voice as she tells, “You find it much bigger than the shop downstairs, right? As we mainly offer table service up here, we need as much space and the building’s got just that”.I nod and come to think of it, I never gave it an actual thought until now when I’m observing the shop clos
Elizabeth’s pov.-Just as her hand comes sailing towards me, a different hand grabs her wrist at once, loud murmurs roaming about the cafeteria as I trace it and my eyes come wide open.“What do you think you’re doing to beth?” Elaine grips her wrist, enforcing increasing strength, and the girl breaks into painful groans, recoiling from me as tears are quick to coat her green eyes. No one dares to make a move as elaine corners her with a blank look, exempt from pity as she continues to deliver pain to the girl who’s now crumbling to the floor.“Elaine...please” not until I step in, placing my hand over elaine’s. Angie shows up and I look at her who looks so alarmed. Elaine keeps her unwavering gaze upon the now crying girl begging to be set free and she clicks her tongue, letting go of her.Elaine rolls her eyes, “Why do you always go easy on them, beth? this way, these fools won’t learn their lesson not to mess with us”. Instead, she’s complaining? just like her anyway. I
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