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NEILLA'S POVMinutes ago..."That'll be all." I said to Lady Justina as I concluded. "Alright, Darling. So, I'll just go back to sorting things out. Do not be dismayed, we shall get the kids home. The palace is a little lonely without the sounds of their mischief." She confessed with a sigh.Not wanting to dampen the mood further than it had, I opted for another topic, one that was even long overdue. "I haven't heard from Nia in a while, is everything okay with her?" Something clattered to the ground on Lady Justina's end. She swore sharply in Greek before she replied, "Oh yeah, after what she did to you, she felt so ashamed about it and decided to stay out of your hair. I'm sure she's running about finding clues as well even if she won't admit it."I kept mute, not for lack of things to say but but not trusting the way I would put it. I opted for listening."She thought she was doing Lykos a favor by telling him about you even when we know that it was your place and your story to t
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE
NEILLA'S POVAt first, I strained to see through the thick blanket of darkness blotting out any form of light.There I stood, clueless and vulnerable, waiting on some miracle to spring up from nowhere.No sounds, no smell. I knew I was being transported somewhere, but there was no air around me to at least tell in what direction. I waited in the darkness, praying for a flicker of hope or light to drive away the hopelessness I was feeling inside. "Why did the book bother taking me only to drop me at the edge of nothing?" I whispered to myself, blindly reaching out and withdrawing my hands in the same dejection.Just as I began to let the frustrations hit, I imagined a fickle light. It went off as soon as I tried to focus on it in the distance. That was new. It was something at least. I waited again with bated breath, hoping for it to happen even if by sheer luck so I could fumble my way out of this empty void.The silence that re-echoed was deafening. It enabled me hear my heartbea
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO
NEILLA'S POV"Now, let's go back to your roots."Thena barely waited an extra second before she set off towards the castle. The place was unfamiliar grounds, yet it called to me, drawing me in like the calming waves of the sea."Wait up, Thena!" I called out, increasing my pace quickly in order to catch up. There was one thing I noticed as we weaved our way between the playful pups and the adult werewolves who were in their human forms watching over them:They barely spared a glance in our direction. All of them seemed to be so immersed in their individual pleasures that they refused to take note of us. Almost like we were invisible."Because we are, Neilla. We are invisible right now." I noticed Thena had fallen back into step with me. We moved side by side, me dependent on her sense of direction to move. It suddenly felt wrong to be there. We were invading their privacy without due consent, about to explore their lands unrestricted all because of the cloak of invisibility we som
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE
NEILLA'S POVLooking around the room with a matching wicked gleam in their gazes, they stepped over the bodies in a crumbled heap in the doorway as they left the room.I stared at Napthena and in the fraction of a second, made up my mind to follow them."Neilla!"I heard her call out in a panicked voice from behind me. I skidded to a halt, throwing her an impatient look. "What?""Did you hear that?"I waited, listened for it, heard nothing. "There's no time for games, Thena. If we delay for too long, they'll be too far gone to catch up with them.""You have to put your ears to the ground, dammit!" She swore so vehemently, I flinched."B-But, there's no one else here. They killed every single person. We should see where else they are headed. Perhaps we could--"I continued on my way but she was quick to intercept, her footfalls too light for me to even notice her move."Listen, you dumbo, whatever is happening now has happened in the past. The book is doing us both a favor by letting
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR
NEILLA'S POVI was floating on air, weightless, unable to feel my bearing. Soon, I was lowered down to solid ground once again. Eyes closed in half panic, I struggled to listen for sounds in hopes that I was back in Moonstone pack, back with the others in my room.In fact, the only sound I needed to hear in the midst of the madness was just one.The sound of Lykos's voice. Surely, I hadn't been gone a long time. He was still waiting for my arrival, wasn't he?The pounding of feet against the ground had me second guessing my decision to keep my eyes closed. In the fraction of another second, they flew open just in time to see a woman dash past with inhumane speed.My eyes captured what seemed like a wooly swaddle blanket wrapped by both of her arms as she fled deeper into the forest. Quickly thinking on my feet, I realized what that might be.It didn't take long for me to follow after her and looking behind me to find Napthena also hot on my heels, I knew I was doing the right thin
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE
NEILLA'S POV"This baby is you!" Napthena exclaimed, taking it upon herself to spell out the obvious. We watched Mana Sylveon crouch low, doing her best to make no noise that would stir the baby awake. It was right there on her face; the look of adoration she had for the baby, like a mother who just put to bed of a baby after several hours of labor. She was proud to have me in her arms. Even though she barely let her emotions cross her face, she never failed to tell me how much she loved me.I felt the telltale burn in the back of my eyes as I watched the scene before me. With the back of my hand, I wiped the tears before they were fully formed."Shh, shh. I'm here now. The goddess did well to bring me to you." Mana Sylveon cooed in a soothing tone. "Neilla!" I turned to Napthena, blinking quickly to keep back more tears threatening to spill over from my eyelids. My lips trembled slightly in sadness.She was quietly observing Mana Sylveon hold the baby close to her with a croon i
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX
NEILLA'S POVThe crowd was abuzz with energy, pushing and pulling even as I was snatched away from the midst of them, the cries of them that loved Zadik.The echoes of Sapphira's scream of terror at her arrival. To see your mate's head roll uselessly on the pavement like waste, humiliated by the one he had to serve, for speaking his truth.I should not have come into contact with that book like Lykos had warned. It just felt right at the time to do it.What was left of that action anyway?Letting the situation, one I thought I had under my rein, slip out of my control.I'd be damned if this doesn't fuel Venn with fresh audacity to go on a killing spree, hunting down whoever had bad notions about her.If it had been bloody before, the bloodbath was now incoming to drown all.The noise from the crowd dulled into a low unified mumble as I was pulled into a state of nothingness.Silence.Deafening silence.Silence that spoke far more words than a fully functioning tongue.The only thing t
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN
LYKOS'S POV I stared at the back of Neilla's head as she took determined strides out of the house, not once turning her head or saying a word. Either to me or anyone. One of my men who sighted us from afar off quickly went to the cars parked, opened one of them and waited for us to get there before he took off in a half sprint around the car to get to the driver's side. "Why don't you take us to Rylan's palace? There are a few scores we need to settle there." She instructed with a cool voice as soon as she settled in. Using mindlink, I gave orders to have a handful of my men who were scattered around, meet us at the location we were going. Since Neilla had firmly decided to fix things her own way, the least I could do was throw male ego and protect her with my life. She was the air of salvation I breathed and I would rather die than have it snatched right out of my nostrils when there were options to protect it. At long last, she looked at me, "You're doing so much fo
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NEILLA'S POV "You were saying, sweet uncle?" I smiled sweetly at him, enjoying the look on his face. For the first time ever, he bore an expression other than arrogance and it thrilled me to no end. Setting the book down without taking my hands off it nor my eyes off him, I ripped each page disregarding how it scalded my palms. I would heal eventually so it bothered me less. "No! Anything but that, please." He crumbled to his knees, as he begged. "Anything but that. That is all I have of my mate." "Wrong! She did not ask you to avenge her or go taking packs forcefully." I debated in an anger that led me yanking off more pages in quick succession. "If you have lost a mate, you would understand." That touched a sore spot in me and I paused in the middle of my actions. "Lies!" Nia spat out for the first time since I came back to life. "In that book is all the secrets of his existence as a hybrid alongside all the monsters that do his bidding. Do not fall for his wi
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE
NEILLA'S POV I broke down, in shameful admittance of my failure to her. Everyone spoke of my mother in reverence in awe and when they knew I was her blood, they had exalted expectations of me. Even I had expectations of myself only to be slapped with the wicked truth. I was nothing compared to who my mother was before her death. "That's where you got it wrong, my daughter." My mother cooed, as she framed her face again with her soft hands. "You don't compare to me, I don't compare to you. I let sentiments get me into a trap that cost me my family, that cost me you." "If I had killed Vincent a long time ago, when I should have, you won't be in this mess. But I didn't, because he was family to me. He was my only sibling." She revealed, avoiding my face but laying strict attention to my hair. Was it something about my hair or something about the words she was saying? I wondered, pulling out of her hold. "Vincent was your brother and he killed you?" What kind of blood relation was h
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NEILLA'S POV"That's not true!" Nia pulled my arm, trying her best to dissuade me from confronting Vincent by myself. "You can't be the Alpha's daughter, you don't know what you're saying!" We turned to her, a buzz of energy humming around us as we replied her. "It is true. If you hadn't said that lie, we wouldn't have been brought to our fate."We turned our focus back to Vincent who slowly descended the short flight of stairs, hands behind his back and that cynical smile on his face.The model definition of a psychopath. "No, Neilla. Let me handle him. Save the kids." Lykos ordered as he appeared by us in the blink of an instant. "I said this is my fight!" We roared suddenly. Frightened, the triplets scampered to Lenora quickly. "Stay out of my business and go be with them!" We warned with our voice ringing out clear.The vein in his neck ticked, his jaw did the same. He was angry with us but who cared? We wanted to get things done with once and for all. "Now, now." Venn's faux
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NEILLA'S POV"I can't." Nia said, stopping us in our tracks. Before we started to raise our claws, impatient to strike her down and let ourselves out of the cell, she quickly filled in her reasons."If we do so together, Vincent might discover a little too early of my betrayal to him.""Like you haven't betrayed your own people already."Nia all but snapped at us. "We have already established that, Neilla. You don't have to bring it up everytime." She sighed, "As I was saying, you have to be in here for a few minutes while I go up alone. If the coast is clear, I'll send one of my trusted persons to come get you.""Let's hope they don't betray you too." My wolf spat out cynically before retreating back into the backseat of my head as I took rein now.I felt no remorse for my wolf's words. It was the truth anyway.She said nothing else in reply, went out of the room. Lenora proceeded to secure the locks from within and together we sat in the dim light of the lamp, waiting for her arriv
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
NEILLA'S POV My ears picked up on the sounds of commotion from way above us. Nia must have as well because she paused briefly so she could tilt her head to the side and listen. "What is that?" I asked in alarm. She shook her head, rose from her seat. "I cannot say for sure." She ventured close to the heavy doors. "If my guess is right, then Vincent, or should I say Lonnie, has lost his mind yet again." "Tell me, does this happen frequently?" I quizzed, my eyes following her every move even as I paid attention to the distant commotion. "You don't want to know how many times he loses his mind in a day. Whatever character he might have been displaying to you was a faux." She added, finally coming back to sit. The noise had all but stopped. However, it was reduced. I found that the kids were no longer playing with their toys. They probably heard the commotion too. I thought back to the short time Vincent add I spent in each other's presence. I found it almost impossible to
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE
NEILLA'S POVNia arose from her position to give I and the triplets a moment to ourselves while she stepped to the darker room with the human girl, Lenora. The kids made sure to talk my ear off with half baked stories of their adventures, the friends they made who were just the fake servants that abducted them that day "I told them about our birthday." Jade was saying. She found a spot in the curve of my arm and settled there. "How aunt Nia told us to follow some people so she could have time with us."Her story drew my interest, same time repelled me. Did I really want to know how they were abducted? The truth of how it really happened?I decided against it. "That's enough, Jade. I'm glad you're here with me, alright?" She nodded and as she did so, the tendrils that were peeking from her crown, bounced."When mean uncle said you wouldn't come back to us, it hurt my feelings so much. I yelled at him and told him he was wrong. He was laughing at me." Juno said, his face reflecting t
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT
NEILLA'S POVI hastened my steps, pushing to meet up with Nia who had become interestingly faster than she was some seconds ago. The servants who saw us coming only took a second to observe me, perhaps out of curiosity, before they immediately lowered their heads.I had seen more than ten of them do the same.What were they scared of?Who was Lonnie?"He's not going to do anything to his sister, is he?" I voiced out my thoughts as we hurried along the hallway that didn't seem to have an end.Nia's grip on my wrist tightened further and she inhaled sharply. "Trust me, you do not want to know."We took the very first turn before getting to the end of the endless hallway. It led us down several stairwells. A few servants met us on their way up. I heard their little whispers as soon as they thought we were out of earshot. "She's going to be in trouble." I managed to catch.I was already in trouble, that was a no-brainer. I was just yet to figure out a way to extricate myself and my tri
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN
NEILLA'S POV.Nia recovered from the shock of seeing me. She turned to the siblings with an angry glare. "What is she doing here? I thought you said you were not going to bring her until you have made a bargain? Why didn't you give me a heads-up first?"Venn leaned back in her seat to regard Nia properly. She plucked one seed of grape and bit into it slowly, taking her time. She dropped the other half of it."I see you have forgotten your place. That is not a problem. Might I remind you that you work for me and not with me and you know what that means, right?" Nia rolled her eyes, nodded all the same. "Still, you should have said something."I didn't even let their conversation come to an end before I started to vent. "Nia, how could you?" We might not have been on cordial terms, but this was an outright betrayal of trust. "We trusted you.""Oh, please." She replied with scorn. "That was you being gullible and that's on you, not me."Everything started to make sense to me. Her sudden
Lead back to You ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX
NEILLA'S POVThe long walk from the portal brought us to a yard whose environment brought back a feeling of nostalgia to me. The stranger whose name was Lonnie, walked behind me as Venn went up front. She had reverted to her normal self on the way which I had to admit to myself, was more unnerving. The werewolf façade was a misleading representation of the true nature of her being. There was so much innocence in her pretence than in the form she presented to us.I decided instead that I could deal with the veiny, bloodthirsty vampire that she really was. At least, dealing with people in their true elements made all the work easy.We came to what resembled a throne room with vault ceilings, flower ornaments in each corner, an entire floor of polished marble against which the soles of my boots thudded.There were several paintings of one man whom I guessed was probably the Alpha. With a strong and chiseled jawline, a aqualine nose over a mouth that looked like it said little but promi
