REIGNIt took me some time to wrap my head around Uncle Astor's warning as I tailed behind him to the garden.The smell of fresh lilies and roses caressed my senses as we walked past the array of beautiful well tended flowers.I noted that the gardening was done excellently and meticulously with the intricate details of the rows being highlighted."Ava is the company you should be mindful of, Nirson said something to her and now she thinks we want her and her son kicked out unjustly. We should sit here." Uncle Astor paused at one of the stone chairs just a stone throw from the manor itself. The evening was cool and the darkness was already the burying the remains of the Sun's reflection. The dusk displayed little orange strides accross the deepening blue sky. As nature took its course I thought it was only natural for a mother to protect her son but there was more."Nirson is shaken but he is not certain yet that we are working together. He only speculates that I may know something s
REIGN.I made a terrible choice the night before not following my mate. I carried out every other activity quite distorted by his emotions but I dragged myself through everything else.The sun stretched out in beautiful orange spills above and outside my window. I enjoyed my bath and decided to go out into the open market today. I felt bright and bubbly but a cloud of darkness hid somewhere deep within me a contrast to my actual light hearted mood.I pushed deeper the feeling and dressed up casually for my outing. I was just hoping to pick out a few groceries and familiarize with the pack members.Nailah had chosen a pale blue hood and dark blue joggers to match for me. I hid my mystery coloured hair in a cap matching my joggers and sneakers. I of course did not want to draw much attention to myself but I still decided to head out without shades and most definitely without guards.I had just left my room with Nailah trailing behind me when I met Ava. "If I were you I would not head out
REIGNI noticed that I could sense and know things that were not told to me and inasmuch as it made me feel wonderful, it baffled me.That aside, I wondered what a wizard's note was doing in Nirson's office, curiosity got the better part of me and I slipped the note into my pocket. I needed to take a closer look and examine the contents of the letter. In the confines of my room, I studied the note; Power and Rule would remain in their hands. Strong the five would rule with their mate binding them undefeatable. Her mark would severe the tie of generational bondage.I could barely make sense of the note but I studied it further and there the ability kicked in.I understood the note partly. The Alphas would remain undefeated as long as they stayed mated to me and as long as I was present in their lives. I needed to mark my mates as soon as possible. We were four but the note said five and I wondered.My hand flew to my mouth as realisation hit me. I was the new target. Ava and Nirson had
ZephyrRecently everything had been fine. I had asked Tyler to keep an eye on Nirson and we put a limit on his movements. You can trust the Alpha blood in Nirson to resist Tyler and the same in Tyler to attack.I got along surprisingly well with Tyler recently and it didn't feel quite bad. 0Yes, so about Nirson and Tyler. Tyler had put a restraining order with mileage limits from the Manor on Nirson. Nothing that the Alphas did not approve of actually but Nirson still flaunted it."That's your guy isn't he?" I pointed out Nirson to Tyler as I leaned on the rail. We were out on the training ground and from what I could deduce, Nirson was trying to sneak away."I could have called him a bastard but I won't since you are here," Tyler cussed as he crossed the ground to block Nirson."I like that you are a smart man Tyler,"I stayed back and observed the interaction while maintaining my distance."Going somewhere? Last I checked this is already beyond your restrictions." Tyler challen
ZephyrTyler's words were a little bit of a source of comfort but the letter communicated danger. "So you all are witch hunting or what? I thought you could not stand witches or wizards?" I asked Axel.It was a wizard's note which meant they had been writing to one, that was quite new if I was familiar with Dante and Axel or even Tyler and Alexia."We did not." Tyler responded. "I found the note on the floor after my little exercise with Nirson earlier. I suspect he must have.""This keeps getting better in my opinion," I picked the third cookie but Alexia snatched it from my hand and moved the tray away."Enough already," she rolled her eyes at me but I ignored her."Fine, just one last one" I held up a hand to her and she passes me the tray. I picked two instead of one and scooted away from her reach when she tried to stop me."Zephyr!" Alexia called but we were all already laughing at her response."Leave him be Alex, he is not worth the stress. His mate would deal with a toothless
Axel“Where is Nirson?” I asked Tyler when he returned alone, Zephyr split my table in two before I could as little as let out a sigh. Dante entered my office with Alexia. All returned with negative reports. Zephyr stormed out in a rage. I let him be because I was certain he would bring our mate home if Ghost found her. “Where is the damn therapist? I barked. He would definitely know something, my first instinct was to question him. “What did the Luna say to you?” I had calmed myself when Dr. Alberto was brought before us. I had to be really careful when dealing with sensitive Pack members like Dr. Alberto. “The Alpha brought her to me because he felt she was having some relapses"She was brought to me for psychological trauma." Dr. Alberto started out but I was not ready for formal bullshit."Answer the damn question the way I asked it." I growled out of impatience."She said someone was following her, she said she was being watched, I gave her some sedatives to help calm her ner
NirsonThis was more interesting than I had anticipated it to be. I felt a lot more powerful having custody of the Alphas’mate.I had received a note earlier from the brain behind the plan to distract the Alphas and he would deliver their mate to me. At first I felt his idea was absurd but my mother insisted we did exactly as he had asked.I had created work for Axel and Dante unknown to them but Zephyr lounged at the training arena unmoved. He had dismissed every attempt to draw him into the manor and get him neck deep in his work behind his desk. I assumed he was in an outdoor mood so I decided to give him a reason to stay out a while longer. It was going to cost me a lot of pain but I knew it was going to be worth it in the end if all went as planned.I crossed the line.I went out of the Manor and went past the limits Tyler had previously informed me of and just like I anticipated Tyler came at me like a predator seeking his prey. Tyler reprimanded me for crossing my limits and
ZEPHYRThere was no difference between night and day for me anymore, sleep was a plague to my eyes as images of my mate constantly flooded my mind whenever I tried to close my eyes. I busied myself round the clock with work to distract myself from my reality.There was so much work to do now that we anticipated the attack from Hrigh's pack. In normal circumstances, we would not go this length to prepare but we were two days away from doomsday."Alpha, we found Nirson." A guard bowed slightly and informed me. He had knocked twice and let himself in, that was the proper thing to do since it was an office."Where is he?" I asked with a low voice not raising my head to spare him a glance."In the questioning room with the other Alphas.""Go, I'll be there shortly." I needed to call down before going down to where Nirson was. The sound of his name put Ghost on the edge with a hunger for blood on his tongue.I headed for my room instead and slipped on my magic bracelet, I could not afford G
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