Louisa's POV
Vincent looked at me and didn't say anything. The look on his face was almost lamenting. "Vincent, where is Darren?" I frowned and asked. "He's inside," Vincent said. "But he's in a very bad condition. Miss Louisa, I have to brief you before letting you see him. You have to be prepared. The werewolves at the slave market tortured and humiliated him. His skin was badly burnt. His face was deformed. His head had concussions. He is completely shut down right now. He refuses to communicate with anyone and it seems that he has developed a certain mechanism to protect himself." Vincent took a pause and said, "It seems that he has lost his memory, Louisa. I doubt he will recognize you." "No... No!!!" I felt like I was struck by a bat or something. My vision was black and I fell to the ground. Vincent caught me and held me in his arms. The world was spinning in front of me. Something bitter was stuck in my throat. I curled up aLouisa's POV "What?!" I couldn't believe what I had heard. Pregnant? I'm pregnant with Lucas' child?! But, I have to tell Darren that I... Then, I heard a wave of hysterical laughter coming from Derek. "The prophet's true! The advent child! The Dark King rises! He who has Lycan, witch, and vampire's blood will marry his mother and be the tyrannic ruler in the Kingdom!" Every single word was like a knife, stabbing my heart. Was it a vicious curse? Or just some disturbing nonsense coming from a madman? Then, before I realized it, my ankle was grabbed fast by Derek. I tried to move back, but I couldn't. Frost started to spread all the way up from my feet at a fast rate. I didn't know what happened before my whole legs were sealed in frigid ice. "No! Stop it!" I saw Vincent and Will trying to pull Derek away from me. But they ended up pulling the remaining of his legs off his body. More sparkling ice w
Lucas' POV "Fucking Kings and Queens! A bunch of mother fuckers and losers!" I shouted. Derek looked intimidated and turned his head towards Lucian. "Don't you fucking look at him! Nobody can fucking save you today!" I kicked him. "I should have killed you long ago! You're a fucking cancer!" He rolled on the ground for a couple of laps and coughed out some sticky muddy fluid from his mouth. "Master... I'm already dead... For a dead man, there's nothing on earth that matters... But my brother... He served you... I forced him to do a lot of bad things, but he was innocent... Please spare his life..." Derek said. "You have no right to negotiate anything with me! I'm going to let you witness I torture your brother to death!" I said angrily and grabbed his neck. "Now, break this fucking ice shield and give my fucking woman back to me. Give her back!" Then, I heard a faint voice. "Leave... my brother... alone..." It's Darren
Louisa's POVStirring from the abyss of unconsciousness, I was greeted by the overpowering scent of liquor hanging heavy in the air.What happened to me?My body was unresponsive, every attempt to move my limbs or lift my head met with searing pain.Good. Pain is good. Pain means that I'm still alive.I told myself.As my eyes slowly adjusted to the low light, the realization hit me - I was sprawled out on a bed in a tent.This wasn't the run-of-the-mill tent I was accustomed to during my time with the Crimson Creek Pack.It was adorned with intricate decorations, reminiscent of a royal abode.With my mind kicking into gear, the pain coming from my back started to deteriorate.Abruptly, a man's voice, dreamy and distant, echoed in my ears -"Fuck it... I don't give a fuck... I'll kill them all."I heard a man's dreamy voice next to my ear.That can't be good.Why am I lying on a bed with a man?And why is this man showing attitude and swearing to kill everyone in his dream?!Summoning
Louisa's POVFlashback***I was born to be the daughter of Alpha Jacob of Crimson Creek Pack.My mother's life was tragically cut short in the process of bringing me into the world.The official reason was labor exhaustion, but I had my suspicions about my stepmother Rosalie's involvement.She used to be my mother's maid and the source of my predicament.As soon as my mother passed away, my father married her consecutively, which was very suspicious.However, Rosalie had her own twisted version of my mother's untimely death.She was busy weaving tales about me, warning the pack to keep their distance as if I was some kind of a curse.She would say, "Anyone who interacts with that girl will be doomed, just like her mother."Since my birth, I've been an outcast, shunned by our pack.Even the Omegas in the pack wouldn't talk to me.I had to work very hard to get my ration of food, which was always not enough.And I had to look for food in the trash.But sometimes there just wasn't any scr
Louisa's POVLying on the bed, being watched by Alpha Lucas and Beta Lucian, I felt so desperate."Alpha Lucas..." I said in a low voice, barely louder than a whisper."Is she trying to talk to me?" Lucas frowned."She's calling your name. So let me take a wild guess," Lucian shrugged.It seemed that he had a very passive-aggressive way against his Alpha, and Alpha Lucas didn't have any problem with that.This kind of fair and intimate Alpha-Beta relationship was something that I had never heard of.My father's Beta would never dare to look at my father in the eyes, let alone throw him a big fat attitude."Do you have anything to say or do you want to keep staring at us like that?" Lucian asked."I... I want to go home..." I murmured."Home?" Lucas narrowed his eyes. "Do you call that shithole a home?"I felt crossed.My father's pack was not as advanced as those packs in the north, but it was a clean, decent place.It was not fair to call it a shithole.I wanted to talk back to him, b
Lucas' POVOh, fuck.I curled up while stepping back.I could feel the throbbing pain coming from the innermost part of my chest.It was killing me.Lucian approached me, trying to pull me up from the ground.I grabbed his arm like grabbing the last straw of hope."I'm in pain, brother!“ I barked at him. "It's coming from my chest and it doesn't stop! What happened to me?! Am I dying?!"Lucian held me against his chest and said in a soothing voice, "Easy. Go easy on your breath, Luke. In and out. In and out.""Make it stop! Make it stop right now!" I almost ripped my chest open, but Lucian locked my hands together.He pinned me on the ground and said, "If you want the pain to stop, you have to work with me. Focus on your breath. Don't fight against it. Go with it."I fucking hate being subdued like this.But I couldn't do anything about it.It was so damn painful in my chest and it's fucking distracting."Do not subject yourself to fear, Luke. Live with it." Lucian's soft and tender vo
Louisa's POV"She looks so tiny. She wouldn't make it." I heard a boy's voice. "You're a doctor or something?" I recognized that was Lucian's voice."It wouldn't need a doctor to see that she wouldn't make it. She's dying," the boy said.I'm not dying. I'm still alive!I opened my mouth, but there was no sound coming out of it except a series of scratchy sounds.I felt my throat burning.I didn't know how long I had slept. "Wa… water…" I gasped.Every time I breathed, I felt my throat was burning on fire. The cloth covering my eyes was lifted. In a blurry vision, I saw a boy's face. He was holding a bowl of water in his hand. I struggled to get up, but my back was hurting so badly that I couldn't move."She can't even sit up straight by herself…" "She'll be fine, Leon," Lucian said.I grabbed the boy's arm and said, "Leon... Water…""Aha, she's calling my name and she's grabbing my arm now," said Leon."I've told you, she's not dying. She just needs some time to recover." Lucian
I closed my eyes. My tears kept falling from the corner of my eyes. I would be Alpha Lucas' breeder and I would be killed. Nobody would know that I had ever existed. But the most agonizing thought was… My child would be born into this world without seeing their mother. They would have nobody. No. I couldn't let this happen to my child. I had to figure out a way to survive. Maybe I should run away. "Is that your answer to every question?" I heard my wolf's voice in my mind, "To run away? Ever since I knew you, you're trying to avoid everything. An evil stepmother. A tyrannical stepbrother. An ignorant father. Look at what that has got you so far." "What could I do? I couldn't fight them. I'm too weak." I replied. "Concentrate, girl. When you're in fear, you're distracted. You have to stay focused and think about it. Alpha Lucas is your mate. He's found out that you're his mate and he wants to know your real name. Why do you think he's doing that?" "He want
Lucas' POV "Fucking Kings and Queens! A bunch of mother fuckers and losers!" I shouted. Derek looked intimidated and turned his head towards Lucian. "Don't you fucking look at him! Nobody can fucking save you today!" I kicked him. "I should have killed you long ago! You're a fucking cancer!" He rolled on the ground for a couple of laps and coughed out some sticky muddy fluid from his mouth. "Master... I'm already dead... For a dead man, there's nothing on earth that matters... But my brother... He served you... I forced him to do a lot of bad things, but he was innocent... Please spare his life..." Derek said. "You have no right to negotiate anything with me! I'm going to let you witness I torture your brother to death!" I said angrily and grabbed his neck. "Now, break this fucking ice shield and give my fucking woman back to me. Give her back!" Then, I heard a faint voice. "Leave... my brother... alone..." It's Darren
Louisa's POV "What?!" I couldn't believe what I had heard. Pregnant? I'm pregnant with Lucas' child?! But, I have to tell Darren that I... Then, I heard a wave of hysterical laughter coming from Derek. "The prophet's true! The advent child! The Dark King rises! He who has Lycan, witch, and vampire's blood will marry his mother and be the tyrannic ruler in the Kingdom!" Every single word was like a knife, stabbing my heart. Was it a vicious curse? Or just some disturbing nonsense coming from a madman? Then, before I realized it, my ankle was grabbed fast by Derek. I tried to move back, but I couldn't. Frost started to spread all the way up from my feet at a fast rate. I didn't know what happened before my whole legs were sealed in frigid ice. "No! Stop it!" I saw Vincent and Will trying to pull Derek away from me. But they ended up pulling the remaining of his legs off his body. More sparkling ice w
Louisa's POV Vincent looked at me and didn't say anything. The look on his face was almost lamenting. "Vincent, where is Darren?" I frowned and asked. "He's inside," Vincent said. "But he's in a very bad condition. Miss Louisa, I have to brief you before letting you see him. You have to be prepared. The werewolves at the slave market tortured and humiliated him. His skin was badly burnt. His face was deformed. His head had concussions. He is completely shut down right now. He refuses to communicate with anyone and it seems that he has developed a certain mechanism to protect himself." Vincent took a pause and said, "It seems that he has lost his memory, Louisa. I doubt he will recognize you." "No... No!!!" I felt like I was struck by a bat or something. My vision was black and I fell to the ground. Vincent caught me and held me in his arms. The world was spinning in front of me. Something bitter was stuck in my throat. I curled up a
Lucas' POV "Lucian, I really should have told you about this... I really should have told you about it long ago. But I get this kind of feeling... you know, if I don't talk about it, then it means this whole thing has never happened... And Derek has never betrayed me." I said in a low voice. Lucian was silent. "Anyway," I said. "it wasn't very long until the Red Queen found out that Derek was just lying to get back to the Underground City. So the Red Queen was furious and wanted to kill him. You remember the time that I was summoned to King's Land. I was actually forced to go there to cast an imprint on Derek. I did it and I tortured him. But it was just for the Red Queen to know that I was her loyal subject. Then, I faked his death by sending a corpse back to his uncle. I was planning to hide him somewhere, but those fucking traveling druids took him away. I was enraged, so I took his brother Darren away from the brothel to replace him. I thought one da
Lucas' POV "How many secrets have you been hiding from me these years?" Lucian stared at me and asked. "I'm sorry, brother. But my woman is missing. And she might be pregnant with my child. Can we just focus on looking for her?!" I said. Lucian didn't say anything, he took the tuna head and got on horseback. Then, he rode off without saying anything. Oh, fuck. Now Lucian's not talking to me. Like I haven't got enough on my plate. "I have a good suggestion for you." I heard Finn's voice in my head. "What now?! Don't tell me shit like rubbing the back of his neck. It fucking didn't work," I said. Torrent snorted his nose, urging me to catch up with Lucian. "Fuck, Torrent. Sometimes I get the feeling that you're fucking riding me! You can get as fast as you can, I don't give a shit as long as my ass is still on the saddle. I'm busy having a conversation with my fucking wolf," I patted Torrent's neck and said.
Lucas' POV "What's on her fucking mind?" I said. I was really fed up with women in my life. They were so fucking unpredictable. Lucian said, "She's gone this morning after Louisa told her off in front of everyone. And we've lost contact with Kylo. He took away our best people and our soldiers in the camp were either killed or wounded. Louisa tried to treat some of the soldiers this morning, but it will still take a few days before they're fully recovered." "Kylo's fucking with me! He sent his fucking sister to mess up with my soldiers. His father was with me and he still dares to fuck with me! Why does he do this to me?! Why did he betray me?!" I kicked the grass on the ground and said. "I don't know. If you left that traveling druid alive, we could have asked him," Lucian said. "Stop blaming me! That fucking asshole was blabbing about my fucking identity in front of Louisa!" I said. "Why don't you just tell her who you really are?
Louisa's POV Derek put his hand into his pocket. Colt thought he was about to take out a weapon or something, so he stepped forward, trying to stop him. "This..." Derek took out an amber-colored stone from his pocket and said. "This is Amber of Star. I want to give this... to your friend. I got it from... Underground City. With this stone, people can communicate with the soul... of their beloved deceased ones... I'm sorry that..." "I don't want anything from you." Mata cried out. "You took away my brother's life and there's nothing you can do to make up for it! He's dead! You killed him! You took him away from me! I have been staying with my brother ever since I first opened my eyes, and now his eyes will never open again. He can never hold my hands when I'm scared! It's a big scary world out there and I'm always scared!" "But you can talk to your brother... As if he's still alive..." Derek tried to explain. "You just don't understand, do
Louisa's POV The fire spreading all over my body dimmed. I stared at Derek and walked closer to him. He looked panicked and desperate at the same time. "What's the matter with you?! Where's the fire?! I have just killed your friend! Why don't you kill me with that fire of yours?!" He barked at me like a mad dog. I didn't say anything but kept stepping closer to him. "Come on! Hit me with a fireball or something! Hit here!" Derek pointed at the empty void in his left chest and said. "Don't you want revenge on behalf of your friend?" I stood right in front of him. Still, I didn't say anything. In despair, he grabbed my arm and said, "Come on! Hit me!" "Where is Darren," I said. "Take me to see him." "You'll never see my brother again..." He said with a sadistic grin. Before he could finish his sentence, I strangled his neck. He didn't protest or struggle. Instead, he kept smirking at me. I did
Louisa's POV The smirk on Derek's face was gone and replaced by ferocious malice. "Let me correct you, Miss Louisa Reeds. Nobody is supposed to be dead. We were born into this world to live our lives and hug our beloved ones, not to destroy and manipulate other people's lives." He looked exasperated for a brief moment, but then he regained his cool. "I used to serve Lucas when I was young and vulnerable. He's such a hypocrite and he used my innocence and love for him to take control of me. He came into my life without notice. When he was gone, he took everything away from me, including my life... and he told me it was for my own good! He locked me up in a cave and let those monsters torture me to death! And is this for my own good?!" Derek pulled off his shirt and let me see his naked chest. I could see there was a hole in his left chest. The place where his heart used to be. I was horrified and stepped backward. At that time, I rea