Willa's POV
Kirsch's injuries healed up fast in the next two days with the help of cure spells, and after that, we headed back to the pack at full speed. I rode on granny's back while Al rode Kirsch.
We decided to not let granny know about Cerberus at all, at least not before we could make sure Cerberus wouldn't lose control again.
I knew Kirsch was supposed to be powerful because he was recognized as the only beta when Al was the Alpha, but it was only after I met Rudy in his wolf form officially that I understood what that meant.
Cerberus was huge, and Rudy, surprisingly, wasn't that much different from Cerberus. He was fast, and his moves were swift just like Cerberus.
Of course, granny couldn't keep up with him so it still took us ten days to finally made it back.
Though we didn't have to worry about rouges now, granny showed no interest in hunting. She was happy with her stone bread.
Al couldn't hunt in front of granny. Though Ki
Willa's POVThe travel was mostly fun, except that I couldn't get close to Al the whole time. But what got me worried was not my desire toward him, but granny's sudden interest in the silver beast. She had been directing the conversation back to the silver wolf nonstop, and we had been trying to avert it every time.She had hated rogues all her life, and we had been doing everything we could to avoid any interaction with them. But now just when my life was finally rid of the trouble, granny suddenly took an interest in the silver rogue--"Willa and I have run into a huge silver beast before, just like the one we met in the pack." One night when we were resting by the fire, granny suddenly opened a topic that none of the three of us wanted to talk about.I exchanged a nervous look with Kirsch, and Al was the one taking over the topic -- Kirsch was the worst liar, and I didn't think I had any chance at hiding a secret from granny either.Al was our b
Willa's POVGranny turned back to normal after that night's talk, but I didn't know how serious when she said we needed to kill the scary Alpha. We made it to the beach at late night before we stopped at the school to get Kirsch's car."Bye granny!" I threw my body out of the car's window for a goodbye, grabbing her arm and wouldn't let go. I still couldn't get used to the idea that I was no longer living with granny."After ten years and you are still like a child." Granny chuckled, tipping my nose, "You remember the rules, right?""What rules?" I frowned in confusion."No boys, no sex," Granny said in a very serious way, locking her eyes on Kirsch.Kirsch nodded with a chuckle: "Absolutely."What?! How was that rule still in effect?! I thought granny was okay with me being with the Alpha, though she still thought I fell for Kirsch.But with my secret in mind, I didn't dare protest to granny.As soon as we got home, Kir
Willa's POV I woke up feeling like I slept for a whole century. Al was sleeping sound beside me. The bed in my room was only a queen-size one so Al had to snuggle closer to me. I like how the sun can shine right onto the bed through the balcony's glass door. I chuckled when I realized it must be Al who finished my bubble bath for me and put the panties and the little top on me. He didn't want me to sleep naked in bed only because "I was one month away from my birthday", so wasn't that a bit off the point when he had to dress me himself? Al looked peaceful with his eyes closed. His arm still remained stretched to my side of the bed cause it was my pillow. And just seeing his angel-like face gave me a ton of evil ideas! I pulled the sheet off him slowly. He didn't wake up. He usually felt pretty safe with his boxer and T-shirt on. I reached to his shirt before I lifted its lap up a little as soft as I could, revealing his eight-pack. But
Taran's POVI knew telling Willa she was mine before she turned 18 was a mistake, but it was the only way I could get rid of the rejection sting in her chest after what Natasha did.I could smell her arousal when she woke up beside me, but there was little I could do to ease her flame besides a little teasing.Thank God there was only a month to go.I went and drowned myself in the pool after Kirsch took Willa to school. He has an office there and she would be safe. In the past, Kirsch would just use the office in the Alpha house to deal with the pack stuff when I was the Alpha, but it became too hard for him to work here alone after I turned rogue so he basically moved to the school's office.[Taran.] Kirsch mindlinked me in the afternoon. I was a bit surprised because he was going to take Willa back soon.[Yes?] I answered as I headed out of the pool, worrying it might be about Willa.But it wasn't--[Scarlett is at the door.
Taran's POV[Lair!] Cerberus jumped at me for control. He took her story as an attempt to take Willa away from him.[Clam down, Cerberus! It's just a story!] I closed my eyes shut, desperate as the feeling of the old Cerberus surfaced.I tried to remain calm in front of Scarlett: "The moon goddess pairs everyone with a mate. I'm sure even without a sane mind, the mad king--""Not everyone." Scarlett shook her head with suspicion written in her eyes, "The mad king was cursed by the moon goddess herself. Do you know why he would go for a kill?"I didn't want to know. I couldn't bear to hear more."He takes other's mate as his own. He would recognize a mate, and kill her real mate only to keep her to himself."My blood froze. As much as I didn't want to believe her, that possibility put real fear in me.She didn't know I was the mad king, or the fact that I claimed Willa as my mate -- she thought it was Kirsch. So she had no
Willa's POV It took us a couple of hours to finish the three tattoos. I was dying to go and check on Al, but Kirsch wouldn't let me leave, not even on the little breaks granny took. "The design is really pretty! I have only seen a few Runes myself, but of course, never one with real magic in it." Kirsch said as he took my hand to observe the Death spell. It took all my energy to not roll my eyes at his shoddy excuse to occupy us. Either he was afraid I was going to rape Al while granny was right downstairs, or he was really nervous about being with granny alone. Neither of those scenarios was NOT lame! "Where have you seen Runes before?" I challenged him, hoping he would let me go as soon as I could expose his lie. "In the museums." He grinned at me with an innocent smile. "It would be a mess if the world knew about magic." I squinted my eyes at him, upset that I couldn't really prove he was lying. "Runes are al
Kirsch's POVI had been trying to mind link Taran ever since he broke the mind link.No luck.He was furious at the possibility that he might be the one who hurt Willa five years ago. Taran was okay this afternoon when I mindlinked him. Something happened during his conversation with Scarlett.I really need to look into her."You knew he left, didn't you?!" Willa demanded in anger, getting more and more worried. I would too, knowing Taran had a suicidal tendency. But he said he needed an answer this time."There was an emergency and he needed to investigate." I tried to avoid mentioning Scarlett and the incident five years ago without directly lying.Willa squinted her eyes with suspicion, and I gulped in nervousness."What the hell IS the emergency that he's looking into that he can't even tell me?!" Willa pushed me away in frustration, "Can you all stop treating me like a kid and keeping everything from me?!""There ha
Willa's POVThough getting Cerberus's promise lit up my mood, it was hard for me to sleep that night. I was used to sleeping in the house with Al by my side.In fact, I had never slept alone in the Alpha house before, not since the first night where I was badly injured.I couldn't sleep not only because Al wasn't there, but also because of his sudden "investigation". Something was wrong. He was acting weird when I got home actually.When granny was with him, alone.[Granny.] I tried to mind link her, half expecting granny to be asleep. But she answered right away--[Are you okay?][I'm fine, lying in bed.] I showed her around in the moonlight. The moon was shining brightly, being two days away from a full moon.[What's wrong, little one?] Granny calmed down a little, asking. She was painting on a piece of parchment, making a spell.[Hmmm...why didn't you stay for dinner today?] I hesitated before I changed my question. A