REIGN "Greg?" I was confused. Zephyr went missing? My heart was sore all of a sudden.Who was Seth? What was doomsday?I had a million questions up my sleeves that only deepened my frustration. "Greg was my elder brother; Father to the Alphas." Uncle Astor answered I kept looking at him expecting a more detailed explanation but Uncle Astor was definitely not willing to share."Tell me more, what happened to Zephyr and who is Seth?" I asked but Uncle Astor hung his head low and remained silent for a while."I am afraid I can not say more, I am in no place to divulge such information to you." Uncle Astor shook his head as he gave his reply."I understand but at least tell me what you found about Alpha Hrigh," my frustration was beginning to get the best of me."I think just like them someone from within is giving him information about our pack, about the Alphas and about the curse." Uncle Astor looked defeated and at a loss.He looked like he had reached a dead end in his investiga
REIGN"We can have it all Reign, rolling in the deep but I know you would try to play it to the deep." Nirson was not denying anything and he was not backing out either, rather he was spitting threats."We?"What did he mean by we? Who were the components of we?'Yes Reign we. You, me and the others that you trust so much to keep your mates safe. I advice you look before you leap because you are well out numbered. Get on the winning side and you could still be my Luna.' My eyes popped as Nirson responded in my head.He did not dare voice out such incriminating words because in werewolfdom, the f&cking walls has ears lent to them by the beasts that lived within.It was treason to say such things and Nirson knew better than to give me any evidence to pin him down or risk being heard by someone else.Nirson had a half smile on his face as he looked over my shoulder talking in my head before walking away.I turned to leave when I was met with beautiful set of gray orbs, fine thin lips,
DANTEThe past few days had been awful seeing Zephyr collapse was a torment to me.Reign was not having it either, she had been quite on the edge lately and everyone could tell. Zephyr had informed to look out for Nirson before he passed out.“What is the update on our suspect?” I eagerly asked Tyler when he entered my office.Tyler looked exhausted, he had been at the hem of affairs heading the investigation about Zephyr's attack. “We have a head way. We found some items around the vicinity including these.” Tyler displayed the items he found on my table before Axel and I.Axel put on a glove before picking up an item to analyze. “This is Zephyr's bracelet,”“Exactly, the person had access to Zephyr's room.” Axel and I exchanged knowing glances at Tyler's statement.The bracelets were the exact ones Zephyr had got when he visited a coven in France, in a bid to tame Ghost after he almost killed Tyler.“Look at this,” Tyler pointed at one of the items.“It is a silver knife, what abou
REIGN"Yes, we should all share our secrets and you can start by explaining what doomsday is" I watched as color drained from both their faces. There was no going back now, they were surely going to have to spill the beans. "Reign, it is not what you think. " Axel started and paused. Oh! I was Reign now? Dante opened his mouth to speak but closed it again. "Who told you of doomsday?" Axel had managed to compose himself when he asked but I was not going to let his cold demeanor scare me one bit. I was searching for the right answer without having to lie when a knock rapped on the door."Come on in," Dante called out. He knew who it was.Alexia!I jumped to my feet and hurried to Alexia's side."Oh Alexia, I am so sorry I totally forgot about our appointment for the banquet tonight." I grabbed Alexia's hand and moved us closer to the door.Alexia stared at me perplexed but she complied.I was thankful to the goddess for having Alexia intervene. If it was someone else, I could
DANTE I was dressed early and availed myself at the banquet. Axel was already in the hall when I arrived. I looked around for my mate and frowned when I could not see her."Looking for someone Dante?" Tyler startled me."Not exactly,""She definitely would not be here at this time. You would have to wait quite a while into the ceremony before she arrives." Tyler continued to tease but I was in no mood for his games."How is the security so far, confirmed guests too." I asked and Tyler immediately swung into work mode."All formations are definitely unknown to Nirson and all guests would be confirmed before access is granted." Tyler continued to give me a breakdown of all security details and Nirson's restrictions.No one could openly restrict Nirson because neither of us had any concrete evidence to pin him down. It would be a great crime to accuse royalty without proof."Dante, we are up next. Do you have your speech ready? I checked on Zephyr Zephyr already so you need not bother.
Dante When we got there we found a pool of blood flowing from Zephyr's room.I picked Zephyr's scent in it.In a second Axel and I shifted and pushed the door open.I was not going to lose Zephyr so casually.What I saw forced me to shift back immediately. "Damn it Ghost! Did you have to dice his throat into bits?Ghost was hovering over the lifeless body of his prey. I walked to Zephyr's wardrobe and picked out a replacement for my ripped suit.Ghost had a very bad habit.He would always go the extra mile to completely and inhumanely butcher his prey.I was not interested in whatever had transpired because from the reaction of Ghost and the silver dagger on display, I could already tell.It was good and bad news.The good news was that Zephyr was safe and alive. I could beat my chest and bank on the monster he accommodated to save his life any day and any time to preserve his in turn on earth.The bad news was that Ghost had destroyed possible evidence and a prisoner who we could hav
ZephyrThe room was dark and I laid still, alert and awake and just like old times, I smelled him. Excess whisky with a mix of mint. An awful combination he always adorned himself with.I guess old habits never died but certainly old habitors did.He came close but not too close, I clenched my fist as tight as I gritted my teeth. All the while I laid in wait."Oh, look at the mighty Alpha Zephyr, the same that sends shivers down the spines of lots at the sound of his name." He snickeredHe leaned in very close now, just as old times I expected it, the torment that would push Ghost over the top, that would vex my spirit and put me on the edge so he could inflict his strokes in my memory.He would bite through my skin with his whip soaked in wolfsbane, it would land on my skin greedily and leave with a chunk of my flesh hanging on its spikes as the contents sipped through my blood and weakened, no! paralyzed ghost."Now you lay bare before me as helpless as you were then. At my mercy."
Zephyr"I had resigned myself to never trying to escape because it only cost me more. I sat still until you saved me." I said directly to my mate and she stared at me in surprise."I saved you? How?" Reign asked."This is the second time you are giving me another chance at life" I smiled, took her fingers in mine and kissed them lovingly.She had indeed saved me that night. I had barely realized until recently during the surgery at the hospital. The more the little girl called out to me the clearer the similarities became. Looking at Reign now I pieced together the pieces. Comparing the images from my memory to the image before my eyes.There was a contrast yet both faces stayed the same only that she had grown a little bigger. Her lips were still the same, her nose, the arch in her brows and of course her touch.Familiar."Did you always have silver strands?" I asked,She shook her head as she eyed me suspiciously. "No," she laced her fingers on her lap and fiddled with them."Red h
ReignIn all the stories told in Silver Crescent, the name Zephyr never went extinct.He had survived, he had lived through the pain and troubles and he had lived on the the tablets of our hearts."Zephyr! Stop running around," I scolded my little son.It had been three beautiful years and he really did substitute for my lost mate."Good thing you still have four mates to share your attention. How would you have managed with five?" Dante asked leaning on the door post.The bright sunlight illuminated his features."Hi," I said admiring him."When I look at him, he does grow up answering his name." Dante said and his voice caught Zephyr's attention."Dada!" He called out to Dante and ran towards him."Big boy!" Dante easily lifted Zephyr off the ground. "How's your day going?" He ruffled his hair."No! Hair! No!" Zephyr struggled in his grip and I laughed at the interaction between the two."Stop taunting my son," Axle joined us on Zephyr's room.I had initially thought naming him Zeph
"You will lose even more than you know it, the longer you stay here, the more time evades you. You mating pair is stronger than nations and will attract the wrath of more. Follow the voice within you for you are the light in the path you seek a bulb."This time their meaning was clear and I wasn't going to go down so easily without a fight.Then all of a sudden something else took over me and I stood up. I looked Chester straight in the eyes and said the words that came to my head."Oh goddess accept the soul I bring to you, my heart is sore and my spirit weak but this rogue has defiled your laws. Die!!!" I shouted and like an expired glass he exploded and shattered into several pieces.I felt weak as I rushed to Zephyr who was still bleeding out profusely.We already had company as everyone had found their way to my room at the sound."He can't die, let me save him." I pleaded with my mates who won't listen to me."Reign you've done enough, don't risk the future of the pack for my sa
ReignI knew something was wrong, I knew danger was close and if I didn't come out, I felt as though the person was going to bring down the entire building with fire to get to me because of the strict security so I decided to meet whoever myself.I had not intended to drag Zephyr along but he had insisted on coming out with me now I feared the danger he may be exposed to at Chester's hands."Chester let go of me!" I tried to protest and rescue myself from his grip but his hands were firm.He and Zephyr bore holes in each other shooting deadly glares.'come quickly, Chester is he---' I didn't finish my sentence when a blow hit me hard forcing me to move back several meters and land on my butt.This was why Axle and Dante had not recovered. The ritual was not over because no soul Sacrifice was offered."You will have no one's child but mine." Chester roared and I struggled to get on my feet."Reign!" Zephyr ran to my side from where he had equally been dealt a blow of his own from the m
Reign"Definitely we are not alone, there's a little man in there as well," Zephyr joked but I knew what I was sensing was different."What is it?" Seth asked studying me for a while."It's, it's gone. I just felt it for a moment but now it's gone" I waved it off as quickly as it had come and we walked back talking and laughing yet I kept looking back anticipating someone.I often related with Axle and Dante but I was the only one who could curb Axle, we had met the elders and they insisted that one of the rituals had been incomplete for such an anomaly to occur.The day we were going to announce I was having a baby came and my delivery date was just a few days away. In the meantime I worked with Hermoine as Beta and she was surprisingly not as dumb as I had envisaged.Nirson also worked hard and became more productive assisting Hermoine with most of the responsibilities.Everything was going smoothly save for Axle and Dante's growing conditions. It was like every day that past, the d
Reign Power left me but I didn't feel as weak as usual.Kudos to Seth, everyone knew I was pregnant, everyone sat beside me on the bed with Alexia and Nailah being the most dramatic."You need to lie down so Dr. Alberto can check you next, we don't want to ruin things for our little Alpha," Alexia teased."Or little Reign," I shot back."I think I'll take sides with Alexia this once. I really want you to have a boy" Nailah stabbed me straight in the heart taking sides with Alexia in my very before."Really Nailah," I feigned a heart break holding my chest and everyone was laughing including Hermione.She was awake and recuperating."The entire pack sure does want an Alpha, you can't exactly blame Nailah you know." Zephyr said proudly and the atmosphere was light.Everyone was happy, the bad energies had been dispelled but Axle's soul remained corrupt.Something no one could explain.The elders had told them that after the ritual of the joining gates and the soul offering, everything
ZephyrI stayed up all night, unease clawing at my chest as the clocked ticked my body drenched in cold sweat, I walked back and forth every now and then. I had to protect my mate, had to get to my brothers. Since she vanished into the flower I sensed something was off with my brothers, the connection with them had intensified then dulled and I was worried. As the tension continued to increase,a rumbling ache usurped the depth of my tummy. My heart continued beating, spreading malaise though my veins, I didn't know whether I wanted to sit down or remain standing! In this unyielding fit of distress, I tried to imagine how he would be faring on they would be faring on their own, but my muddled mind could only conjure up gruesome images, mortifying me the more.After a couple more minutes of frantic waiting, I walked to the stone hill in the forest. My sensed picked a distinct scent and I couldn't resist the hunch to follow it. As I moved deeper into the dense thicket, the smell intens
ReignJust as we got dressed to continue our search, I felt something call out to me. I looked around and Zephyr noticed my discomfort and commented."You seem to be looking for something,""Didn't we come out here to look for something in the first place?" I asked in a very cocky manner and he laughed realizing how stupid his question was."Right," he said and followed behind me as I followed the call on my soul and essence. I was so much more at ease so I could very easily pick the scent and follow my instincts to what I sought after. "There it is," I said when we got to the top of the hill we climbed.It was a yellow flower, beautiful, elegant and unique. The last time I had found it, it was purple but this color seemed to fit it very perfectly. The shape was different as well but I knew that was it."Really? That is what stressed us all along?" Zephyr saidIt looked like an ordinary flower so it had to call your attention before you could find it. Sometimes it was an actual plant
ReignWe had explored most of the forest but I was still yet to grasp a sight of the flower. I knew how the plant looked because I often used it back in Chester's pack to save the soldiers and wounded ones.There was a limit to the amount of energy I could push into a person to restore them without losing my own life so I had sought out other means to save more people."We've been going about forever, what exactly are you looking for?" Zephyr asked me, he was definitely not the type to go flower picking with a lady or treasure hunting so the unending search already greatly wearied him."Relax, it's a life plant so it doesn't have a definite form, shape or color" I said to him."You have got to be kidding me," he covered his face with both his hands and threw his head back. I watched his Adam's apple bob up and down like a simple pendulum as he spoke in that position unaware of the things he was doing to me."So how are we supposed to find it?" He asked before taking his hands off his
ReignIt was all a very dramatic and chaotic scene and what hurt me the most was that what I suspected and anticipated the most yet denied, turned out to be my very reality.I had trusted the enemy the most all along, I had taken all my secrets and findings to him Everytime.I had always let him in on my plans time and time again. Uncle Astor was the only one I had said goodbye to when I ran away. He had tried to convince me and claimed he was going to come get me back to the pack before I shut my link then.Little wonder Chester was already waiting for me out there. I regretted a lot of things, especially not listening to Dante every time he warned me against Uncle Astor."Come with me," Zephyr grabbed me wrist on the heated hospital ward and we headed for the door while Uncle Astor displayed.I shook my head, not refusing but I was weak, I could feel the energy sap right out of me. I did not even have the strength to speak.Before I could give a response, Zephyr scooped me off the f