Hello guys
Recently I have been feeling off about the pace of the story and I want to make a change before I update more. I'm gonna stop updating for roughly a week for an upgrade on the story.
Sorry for you guys checking here daily if you have been. Might be changing the content of a few recent chapters if it's necessary (you won't be paying for it again) and I'll update some free chapters next as your compensation, but not before I feel the content is worth your while.
Hope you won't be coming here to disappointment every day or after that~
Thanks always, for your support.
(I WILL complete the story, in case you are wondering)
Rai
Taran didn't come back the whole night. "Why won't he put through the mindlink?!" I paced around the room in frustration, "I need to go out and look for him!" "We don't know where he is yet, Willa. I know you are worried, but let's calm down for a second--" Kirsch sighed, rubbing his temples. "Wait for what?!" I grabbed my hair as I turned for the window. The sky was getting brighter as the night officially ended. [For Taran to wake up.] Nox suddenly said, successfully in my mind no less, [If he's not deliberately refusing a mindlink, then he's not conscious.] [Could he be...] My heart skipped a beat as I thought of that dreadful possibility, [...dead?] [Maybe.] Nox frowned, a shiver ran down her spine as I said that word. I looked up at Kirsch with a horrified look, only to meet his worried eyes. "Willa?" Kirsch muttered. "You will tell me if he's...if he is..." I couldn't say that word as tears brimmed my eyes. "He's not dead." Kirsch read my eyes fast as he came up and too
Willa's POV[Kirsch...] I muttered as Stone smirked at us.[Leave it to me.] Kirsch said as he shifted. I followed him closely with my eyes fixed on Stone.And Stone laughed."I have been waiting for you, Alpha." Stone said as he threw some clothes at Kirsch, "You know the rules here. No shifts, all dressed."Kirsch glanced at me before he put on the clothes for him: "Thanks? Now is a good time for you to show some respect to the lady.""Not that it's abnormal to avoid shifting in front of others," Stone smirked as he turned around lazily, "I just thought I would be granted with some privilege.""What's that supposed to mean?" Kirsch frowned, squinting his eyes as he stepped between me and Stone with the clothes in his hands behind his back.[Thanks.] I murmured as I shifted and put on the cloth fast. But Stone didn't turn around before I finished with them.[Why is he here? I thought the Treaty shunned him.] Though I asked Kirsch in the mindlink, still I hissed under my breath for so
Willa's POV"What do we do now?" I mumbled, realizing I just messed up big time."Now we find Taran and get him to mark you." Kirsch said with a determined look, "It's our only option.""But Nox--""You need to persuade her while I'm gone, okay?" Kirsch left a peck on my hair."Wait, where are you going?!" I grabbed his arm while he moved against the door and listened closely."I have to go and check around, see if I can find out where they keep Taran." Kirsch sighed before he pulled me into his arm, "I know it can be a bit scary to stay here alone, but--""I'm okay, but..." I took a deep breath, "But Nox won't talk to me anymore. I couldn't find her.""You couldn't find her?!" Kirsch rose an eyebrow in shock, "She must be hiding deep if she's not in deep sleep. But you know what? It's your mind, little kitten. You can reach her if you want to.""Okay."I managed a smile before Kirsch left in a haste.[Nox?] I slid down by the wall as I asked her, [I'm sorry about what I said to you,
Willa's POVThe plan went extraordinarily well.We didn't see too many guards, and it was easy to sneak around the few on the way. Maybe they never expected someone would try to mess up with ALL the packs by a prison break from the Treaty.[Keep your voice low no matter what you see in there.] Kirsch warned me as he opened the lock on the door as soft as he could. I gulped nervously as I slid through the crack."How dare--!" I gasped as Nox growled out loud. Kirsch covered my mouth quickly as he closed the door behind us. I bit his finger as tears burst out beyond my control.I knew they put Taran under wolfsbane, and I thought that was bad enough, but it wasn't like that. He was chained to an iron chair naked with cuts of all sizes covering his body. There were some claw marks on his body, clearly left from a battle with wolves, but also wounds clean and fresh.[They tortured him!] Nox growled loud in the mindlink because I wouldn't allow h
Willa's POVAll three of us froze where we were, Taran included this time.[What?!] Nox frowned and looked away, [I don't want it, but it's not like I can get rid of her anyway...I allowed you to have sex with her, didn't I?!]Taran let out a surprised chuckle when Kirsch and I just stared at Nox like we had seen a ghost.[You are just like Cerberus.] Taran grinned brightly at us, [Just like to sneak love, huh?][I won't do that if it's not for you!] Nox snorted with a flat face but I could feel happiness sparkling in Nox at Taran's words.[I don't know how you could love her like this.] I mumbled as I watched in awe, [I'm really getting jealous...][Well, just mimicking you when you first met Cerberus.] Taran shrugged with a grin, [Wasn't that hard, was it?]I sat on his lap as gently as I could, sticking my nose under his chin as I sniffed his smell. He let out a soft groan as he embraced me, sniffing with his eyes closed.
Kirsch's POV[Kirsch?] Willa tried to mindlink me soon after I dashed out of the cell, but I couldn't put it through.I didn't know how to face them anymore.[Kirsch, please,] Willa said in a gentle tone, [I need to talk to you, please?]Even hearing her voice ached my heart.Not just because it was hard to say no to her, but also because -- I could feel the hidden anger crawling through the mindlink.No doubt, the anger belongded to Nox.To be frank, Willa should be angry with me as well, after what I did. But I knew she was too kind to do that, which made it even harder.I would rather she shout at me, or just claw my heart out to prove Taran wrong by breaking the curse magically.[Rudy...] I sighed as I hid in a randomn room along the hallway, [What do we do...?]Rudy wouldn't talk. He groveled in my mind with his ear drooped. How could I blame him? It was harder on him than on me. I knew he felt bad about the
Kirsch's POV"We have to go back!" Willa dragged me in the direction of the dungeon the moment Stone disappeared with his annoying smirk around the corner."Wait, we need to think--""What to think about?! They are going to kill him tonight!" Willa shouted, her voice echoing through the empty hallway. I covered her mouth and dragged her into a random room."We don't know that." I had the bad feeling of being forced to make the only choice available while it was exactly what the enemies wanted."Who else?!" Willa put her palm on her forehead to prevent herself from shouting again, "How many mad rogues do you run into?! It has to be Taran!""Exactly. I'm sure it's him, but why? Why now?" I hissed under my breath, "They don't have the right to execute a previous Alpha without notifying his pack. This is the rule. They kept him alive exactly for that when they have been failing to prove that Taran is a mad rogue. So why this sudden change of hea
Kirsch's POVUnder the dim light of dusk, the bonfire was lit in the center of the squire. But what took our attention, was the huge X-shaped wooden stand right beside the flame, and the man tied to it.Taran."How dare you!" Nox bellowed the second she saw Taran, and it took both me AND Willa to contain her before she could shift and dash out.[Remember why we are here!] I urged, but I was worried as well--Taran didn't look good.There were several new cuts on his body, fresh and bleeding. Apparently from another visit right after ours. He didn't rise his head when Nox made the fuss, and I could feel pain, right through our mate mark.I thought I could trust him with the rest if I get Nox out of here, but now I wasn't so sure he had everything under control anymore."He is the mad rogue who butchered half of my pack in cold blood." Stone came forward and stood in front of Taran, facing the crowd, "I'm here to demand justice f