SYDNEY'S POV........
All day,I had been looking for a chance to discuss with Beck but he was either busy with this...or busy with that..... but today,luck decided to pay me a visit as Beck knocked on my door.
I was glad that he finally decided to speak with me but angry that he made me wait for him so I frowned at him when I opened the door "Are you aware that I've been wanting to talk to you?".
He raised his brows at me "So you are not even gonna greet me or say anything nice?" He walked into my house and sat on my couch "Look am sorry Sydney,but its just that I've been busy lately with the wedding preparations coming up and all so....what is it you wanted to discuss with me?".
I said beside him and faced him "Don't you think it's a little too early to get married?".
He knitted his brows "What do you mean,we have been dating for years haven't we".
I nodded "Yes we have but......
He suddenly stood up and stared at me "Are you in love with someone else,is that why you wanna call off the wedding?".
I shook my head "No,not at all". Ohh! how I badly wanted to tell him that I was in love with Axel.
"Then what exactly is the problem Sydney,don't you think I can make you happy?".
"I know you will make me happy Beck".
"Then don't call off the wedding Sydney,get married to me.....,I promise I will never do anything to hurt you,I love you a lot and you know that".
I sighed and swirled my hands through my hair "Listen Beck i........
Just then a guard peeped into the house "Pardon me my princess,but your father has requested for the presence of Sir Beck in the palace now".
Beck nodded at the guard "Tell him I'll be there soon". The guard nodded and left.
Beck sat down in his previous space on the couch and held my hands in his "Whatever is bothering you,we will discuss it after the wedding okay".
I sighed defeated "Okay".
He kissed me on my forehead and left. After supper,I kept thinking if it was best if I got married to Beck. Axel had rejected me,he never loved me but Beck....Beck genuinely loved me,he was a nice guy and I knew he would never play with my feelings like the way Axel did. Maybe it would be better if I got married to him and started my life afresh,forget about Axel once and for all.
"Unhand me you hooligans,if any of you try to lay one more finger on me then I promise to make your lovely wives widows and I'll render your little vampis fatherless". I heard a familiar voice say just outside my house but I couldn't put the pieces together on who it was.
"You like to talk big Cary don't you, and yet your hands are still resting by your sides,if you plan on making their children have no fathers and their wives have no husbands, then you are not going to achieve all that by lazily putting your hands by your side". Was that Hunter's voice I heard, was he was really here. My joy knew no bound as I rushed outside to see him only to see four of my guards with their weapons posed in front of them but the problem was that my guards kept a large distance between them and my boys(don't tell them I said so).
"Stand down" I immediately ordered my guards.
"Am sorry my princess but the king gave us orders to kill any werewolves we see coming anywhere close to you" one explained.
Hunter smirked "if you keep keeping that distance between us then you will never be able to kill us,why don't you come a little closer huh!".
"And..... am not a werewolf dummy, am a nightcrawler okay" he cracked his knuckles and necks "so....who are we killing first?".
My guards took some steps back,their weapon still posed,they were obviously frightened and intimidated by my boys.
I chuckled "You boys are scaring the shit out of them,they might pee on their shorts you know".
One stepped forward frowning "We are not scared my princess,we are ready to give our life for you".
Hunter took some steps forward but the guard pointed his spear at Hunters chest,his hands were still shaking "Stay back or I'll be forced to kill you".
Hunter rolled his eyes "Yeah right" he took the spear from the guards hands and threw it away "Look,as much as I would love to have some fun with you guys,am already tired of your blabbering so here's what's gonna happen,am going to give all of you only a minute to leave this place but if you refuse and decide to be a fool....then whatever happens next will be your fault".
I expected the guards to put up a fight even though for just a few minutes but in less than a minute,they had all ran away leaving me and my boys.
Cary doubled over and started laughing "They are all cowards,I can't believe those where your bodyguards,the people that were supposed to protect you".
I shrugged "well what can I say......they are all scared for their life's" I opened my door "come on in".
They entered and Cary started observing my sitting room "Thank goodness you don't stay in the palace, I would have had to Shadow travel me and that heavyweight champion into your room".
I smiled and walked up to Hunter who nodded at me " Sydney".
I hugged him tightly "You have no idea how happy I am that you are here,I thought you were annoyed with me" I felt tears gathering in my eyes.
He patted my back "I was never annoyed with you Sydney and am sorry I did not come to pay you a visit ever since".
I pulled myself away from him and sniffed back the tears that threatened to fall "it doesn't matter.....what matters is that you are here now".
Cary cleared his throat "Don't I get a hug too princess".
I chuckled and went over to hug him "its good to see you Cary,you look like you are doing great".
"Indeed i am but I hope I can say the same for you princess".
"Yes....you guys should have your sits".
They sat down and I clapped my hands together "So what can I get you guys.........juice,wine,raw animal meat?......"
Cary scowled at me "Just wait a second....RAW ANIMAL MEAT?what do you take us for princess, CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS?????"
I grinned "Am sorry,I thought you guys sometimes feed on that for strength".
"I....AM NOT......A ......WEREWOLF okay, how many times do I have to tell you guys that am a nightcrawler, a N.I.G.H.T.C.R.A.W.L.E.R,and my brother here does not eat raw meat or do you Hunter?".
Hunter shook his head "Never ".
"My sincere apology, what should I get for you guys?"
Cary pouted "Unfortunately for you,I have already lost my appetite".
Hunter smiled at me "He has not lost his appetite don't mind him,we ate before we got here,but thank you for the kind gesture".
I sat down "Okay then but if I may ask,how did you guys know that I was here?".
"Well I had my suspicions that the ladies were secretly visiting you so I asked Selena about it,and you know she can't lie to me" Hunter explained.
"Cliché!, how about you Cary?".
"Well,I decided to tag along with my buddy here,incase he was in need of help".
Hunter frowned at him "I never asked for your help?".
Cary smirked "Are you sure bro....because I can clearly remember that I was the one who killed those hundreds of hunters we came across while shadow traveling while you were busy contemplating on whether you should kill them or talk.....about PEACE".
"We wouldn't have needed to kill them if you hadn't stop for a snack in the middle of shadow traveling" Hunter argued.
"Do you think we would have made it here if I was traveling on an empty stomach?".
Hunter shook his head "Violence is not always the answer to every problem Cary,you shouldn't have killed those hunters".
"I agree with you on that violence is not always the answer stuff but in the case of those bloodthirsty animals.....,violence is the best way to deal with them. You can never speak peace with those weapon carrying monkeys Hunter,they will only end up betraying you".
"You killed more than a hundred hunters singlehandedly?" I asked in complete awe and in an attempt to lessen the tension that was arising in the room.
He faced me and smiled "It was a piece of cake princess,I was once an assassin before I became a part of Axel's pack".
"REALLYYYYY......" I couldn't help but be amused.
"Yeah....I remember the time I became a part of Axel's pack like it was yesterday. That day,I was given a mission to murder everyone in a large shapeshifter community.........
"Is that even possible?".
"It is....for Cary,so as I was saying......I was about to put my plan into action when my buddy here decided to show up and ruin everything" he said gesturing to Hunter "He saw me and started speaking to me in his saint-like manner,he said...I had great potentials and I could use them in the pack he belonged in bla...bla....bla....".
"And you went with him,just like that?".
He grinned "Not actually.....I beat him up and had to take him back to where he came from".
I shook my head " That doesn't make any sense".
"It doesn't make any sense because he is lying" Hunter interjected "He was acting so stubborn and wanted to pick a fight with me....So I dealt with him and dragged his unconscious ass to the pack house".
Cary rolled his eyes "It is your choice to choose whose story you wanna believe princess".
I actually believed Hunter's story more but I choosed not to tell.
Cary observed me "Are you fine?"
"Yes why are you asking?"
"Cause it seems like there is something you wanna tell us but you don't know how to go about it".
"Don't you already know what it is all about?".
"Maybe.... Maybe not,am not a wizard Sydney so I can't know everything but I have a premonition of what it might be about,and I hope it is very wrong".
"Your premonitions are never wrong Cary" Hunter stated.
"Maybe this time it is,you never know Hunter".
Something told me that Cary's premonition was exactly what was in my mind to tell them. I stood up and poured myself a glass of wine to calm my nerves and give me the boldness to break the news to them. I sighed and fumbled with my fingers "Am getting married".
TO BE CONTINUED...........
SYDNEY'S POV............CONTINUATION......."Am getting married".Hunter raised his brows "What do you mean by you are getting married?"."Well Hunter....am getting married to my long time boyfriend who I never broke up with before I got abducted and was announced as Axel's mate".Cary shook his head abruptly"You can't get married".I frowned "Why not......because you care so much about Axel?".Hunter sighed "We care about you too Sydney and you know that"."You care about me Hunter and you also treat me like your sister,I know that and for all that am genuinely grateful but...there will always be a big difference in the way you treat Axel and the way you treat me, and do you know why.....because Axel is your childhood best friend and am just one pest of a girl that came into your lives and took the space of your previous Luna"."Sydney............."Its fine Hunter,really....but do you think it's w
AXEL'S POV..........'(DON'T TELL ME A CRAZY BITCH IS IN THIS HOUSE,WHO IS CLEARLY YOUR ENEMY AND YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH IT)?'.'And what makes you think that am comfortable with it Sabastien?, am thinking of a way to get rid of her without hurting Jude in the process".Sabastien chuckled '(THINKING?....WE ARE BOTH AWARE OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF THINKING)'.I frowned 'Ha...Ha....Ha, very funny'.'(WELL IT IS, YOU ACT WITHOUT THINKING AXEL, IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN'T THINK, YOU JUST FOOLISHLY CHOOSE NOT TO)'.'You know what Sabastien..... I think from now on, I'll ignore whatever you say to me'.'(YOU WOULDN'T DARE)'.'Yes I would, you have never said anything nice to me since the day I met you'.'(THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO MERIT IT, YOU ARE TOO STUPID FOR MY LIKING)'.'There you go again Sabastien'.'(LOOK AXEL, I DON'T FIND PLEASURE IN RAINING ABUSES ON YOU, I
CONTINUATION......Axel's Pov..................I kept my cool and gritted my teeth "Why them?".She grinned "Well to be sincere, I thought about experimenting it with all of you but then I thought........if I did, then how would you and Hunter suffer so much, so I made my choice. I picked Sia and Alia because I can't risk having healers here, I also choosed the moon goddess and Cary because they are both big threats to me.....but Julia was getting on my nerves so I decided to teach her a lesson"."Why are you doing this to us,we don't even know you".She cocked her head and chuckled at Hunter's words "You're right when you say you don't know me but you see....I know you very well infact,am on a mission to destroy your life Hunter".Sia raised her brows "Mission?...that means you have a boss,who is he?".Circe grinned "Ohh but you know him or don't you Hunter,....'no matter how much he tries,a chick can never run away from the eyes of
Sydney's pov..........I kept having this strange premonition that something terrible was happening back in Axel's home. But if something was really wrong,then Hunter would have definitely told me when he last visited...... Maybe I was just overthinking things or I was just missing them. Just then,I heard a knock on my door and I rushed to open it."Hunter....." But my smile faded when I realized that it wasn't Hunter at the door.A very familiar figure stood in front of me and frowned at me "Why does it seem like you are not happy to see us?"."Seems like she was not expecting us but someone else" The male added coming in view from behind the feminine figure.I grabbed the both of my wonderful twin cousins Kia and Kiera on their neck for a big hug "Don't be so silly the both of you....am overjoyed to see you".Kai raised his brows uncertain "Well then....I guess we were wrong" And they fully entered the house.Now for a formal introd
Continuation.........Sydney's pov.......Hunter scrubbed his face with his palm "That's the problem,we can't kill her because she has Jude on some kind of spell that she call the Bond kiss".My eyes widened "Wait! did you just say the Bond Kiss".Hunter nodded "Yes do you happen to know anything that can help in breaking the spell".I bowed my head and shook my head "No I don't".Kiera grinned " I happen to know how to break a bond kiss".I beamed happily "Really...how".She raised her head in a proud manner "Well.....You have to kill the person who cast the spell".I slapped my forehead with my palm "Were you even listening...Circe can't be killed,if we kill her then Jude will die too"."That's not what I meant dummy,we will kill her but first we have to suspend the bond".Sia shook her head "You are speaking glibberish girl".She groaned "You guys don't understand anything do you......we need a Ji
Axel's pov...........'(I REALLY HATE YOU AXEL)'.'like I ever liked you Sabastien'.'(SERIOUSLY,YOU COULDN'T EVEN APOLOGIZE TO THE POOR GIRL)'.'And why should I have apologized'.'(FOR FASELY ACCUSING HER OF MARK'S DEATH OF COURSE)'.'But at that time,the odds were against her'.'(I KNOW THAT DUMMY,BUT WHEN YOU FOUND OUT THE TRUTH THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU APOLOGIZE TO HER)'.'I wanted to apologize to her but then she left,she didn't even wait for me to finish speaking'.'(THAT'S BECAUSE THE FIRST STATEMENT THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WAS WHAT NO ONE EXPECTED)'.'And what exactly did you expect Sabastien'.'(FOR YOU TO APOLOGIZE AND BRING HER BACK TO THE HOUSE)'.I shook my head 'No way, apologizing is no problem for me ......but bringing her back to the house..... that am never gonna do'.'(SHE'S GETTING MARRIED AXEL......TO ANOTHER GUY,WHEN HER MATE IS STILL ALIVE AND HEALTHY)'.'I heard
Sydney's pov...........I sighed as I walked into Axel's mansion and I sighted him,he was sitted majestically on an arm chair discussing with Hunter,Cary and Jude. His eyes met mine and he paused,he cocked his head and stared at Selena."I knew it,I knew you would disobey my orders....I was waiting patiently for the day you would and you finally did".Everyone in the room turned to face us and Cary smiled widely when he sighted Kiera."Sydney" Sia gasped."Kai" Sue gasped and Kai groaned "This is exactly what I was trying to avoid"."Don't pretend like you didn't know this was gonna happen brother" Kiera teased.Sydney bowed to Axel "Am so sorry Axel".Axel stood up and the others did the same,I could see it in his expression,I could feel it in his aura that he had really changed."Apologizing won't change a thing Selena,I warned you....I told you but you went ahead and did it again,you know how much I hate it when peopl
Axel's pov...............After debating and arguing for a while,we finally decided on who should stay behind and who should go to rescue Alia.Kiera,Jude and Selena were staying behind to take care of Kai and Julia, Cary and Sue were also staying behind.Cary grumbled "Am not still comfortable with staying behind".Kiera walked up to meet him "But you are hurt,you can't go".He frowned "Yeah.....Yeah but at least let me help you guys".He stretched forth his hands and a portal appeared "This portal will lead you guys to where Alia is".I nodded and put his hands on Cary's shoulders "Thank you brother".Myself, Hunter, Sydney and Sia went through the portal and appeared in a forest and what I saw would have scared the shit out of me if I wasn't already used to all those kinds of things. Before us layed up to a hundred battered dead bodies and there stood Alia, finishing the remains of one of her victims, she was in her wolf for
Axel's pov........ I was happy, like this was the happiest I've ever been. For the first time in my life, I finally felt complete.('YOU WOULD HAVE FELT THIS WAY A LONG TIME AGO IF YOU HAD JUST LISTENED TO ME').'You're right and am sorry about it buddy. You are the best spirit wolf an Alpha Lord could ever ask for Sabastien and that's a fact, am one lucky Alpha to have you in my life, thanks for all you do' And there was complete silence 'Sabastien?'.A Sniff ('I WASN'T EXPECTING SUCH OUTBURST FROM YOU AXEL').Wait! Was Sabastien crying.('NO IDIOT! I NEVER CRY') Ohh Yeah, he was crying alright.I smirked 'You really love me don't you buddy?'.('DON'T BET ON IT'). I stared at Sydney as she walked forward ready to give a speech, all attention on her, she was oozing the authorities of a true Luna.She cleared her throat "Excuse me everyone, I have something to say, I know we have gone through a lot but the storm is over for now. Am not saying we are going to be living a peaceful life
Sydney's pov............"So you guys are a thing now?" Sue asked and my cheeks flushed red "Yeah"."And it's going to last this time around right?"."SUE?" Sia scolded and Sue shrugged "Just asking, their relationship has been off and on for a while now so i think it's about time they settled down for real".Julia nodded "Yeah we all think the same, but I think it's permanent this time around, Axel did confess to her".I cocked my head at her "And how do you know this?" And she shrugged, sipped from her tea "Just a hunch" It was not a hunch alright and I knew it."Make up sex really is the best right Sydney" and I choked on my spit. I was right, she really was eavesdropping. "Yeah but it's more steamy and passionate when no one is secretly eavesdropping on you".She shook her head "I have no idea what you are talking about".Sue smirked "Ohh but yours was steamy enough alright, your cry of passion is prove enough"."SUE" Sia scolded her again and she frowned "What? you know her room
Axel's pov......... I slumped on the floor immediately I entered my room, my head in my laps.('I TOLD YOU SILVAR WAS UP TO NO GOOD').'Please Sabastien, not right now, am not in the mood'.('OHH COME ON AXEL, CHEER UP').'Cheer up? Do you not understand what just happened?'('OF COURSE I DO AND I KNOW SILVAR'S BETRAYAL LEFT YOU SHATTERED. I KNEW SHE WAS UP TO NO GOOD BUT I NEVER KNEW SHE WAS THIS EVIL, I MEAN I WAS SHOCKED WITH HER CONFESSION AND THAT'S AN EMOTION I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED').'Good for you'. I couldn't believe the woman I loved for so many years was a traitor, I couldn't believe that the person I waged a war for on a whole nation was sitting in the background eating some popcorn and enjoying the show. I had accused the Vampires for murdering a person who was very well alive, someone who had faked her own death. I maltreated the daughter of the Vampire King as payback for killing Silvar, I deprived her of a good life all because I wanted to quench the burning rage in
Sydney's pov.......... My eyes traced Axel as he walked upstairs."You go after him" Kai said walking up me."What?".Then his expression softened "Am really sorry Sydney, for ever doubting you" and I broke down in tears as I hugged him "Am the one who should be apologising for the nasty things I said to you and Kiera".Kiera walked up to us "It's fine, you had a very good reason for saying such things but you still should have told us, we would have helped".I shook my head "I didn't tell you because I did not want to bother the both of you".Julia stood up from where she was consoling Jude and starting heading my way. When she got to where I stood, she attempted to kneel but I stopped her "Don't Julia, you're pregnant".She sniffed as her face turned red "Where do I start from Sydney?".I shook my head "You don't have to say anything, I was the one who acted selfish and took advantage of the fact that you always supported me irrespective of my shortcomings"."That's the problem, I
Sydney's pov............. I knew Silvar was the traitor but I didn't expect the story would be this deep, if I was feeling this way then I couldn't imagine how Axel felt, he must be shattered knowing that the woman he fought for all his life was nothing more than a traitor, that everything that happened was all her doing.She stood up and sniffed "But you know what, it's fine, I forgive all of you, let's let sleeping dogs lie so we can go back to the way we were before, one big family" Then she put her hands on her chin "But that can only work if Sydney is out of the picture so you know what, I would do the pleasure of getting rid of her" and she started walking towards me."STOP!" Hunter suddenly commanded and she froze in her spot.He walked up to her "I think we have heard enough from you Silvar and know it's about time you hear from us".She glared at him "Release me and I'll let you off the hook Hunter"."She needs to punished for her crimes" Cary butted in.Sia nodded "She need
Axel's pov........... I don't think I could take any more of this confession, I was gradually falling apart with every second that passed.('I SUSPECTED SILVAR WAS BAD BUT I DIDN'T THINK HER OFFENSE WOULD BE THIS GRAVE, I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT, AM SHOCKED').She picked a vase and stared at it "I faked my own death to see Sydney punished for the crimes her father committed but then Axel had to go fall in love with her. I got pissed okay, I mean why wouldn't I, How was my revenge going to work out now? How was I going to make Sydney pay for her father crimes? So I decide to start operating from the background" She sighed "I succeeded in making Axel murder Sydney's father but still she didn't despise him, I then decided it was high time I came back to the house and put a end to everything".('THIS GIRL IS THE REAL DEFINITION OF EVIL')."I should have suspected something was off the minute Sydney left the house on her own" Then she glared at Hunter "I should have known someone was behind it"
Axel's pov.............SILVAR WAS THE TRAITOR? Was I dreaming or what.('THIS IS REAL LIFE AXEL SO YOU HAD BETTER FACE IT').Jude stumbled forward, failing to hide the shock on his face "What are you saying sister?".Silvar smiled at him "Ohh my dear sweet Jude, this sister of yours is the mastermind of everything that has happened in this park".Sue frowned "What do you mean by 'everything'?"."Do I really have to spell it out for you" She put her hands on her chin "Okay then but where do I start from, you remember Circe right? well she was my puppet and Draken.........." She said facing Hunter "They both answered to me, they were simply doing what I asked them to".Sia put her hands over her mouth in shock "That means you....you....She faced Sia and clicked her tongue "Mark was just a sample to show you all what we were capable of, more like a scapegoat". Rex placed Sia's head on his shoulder as she wept "You are a monster?".She bowed "Well thank you for the nice compliment".Hun
Axel's pov..................... Hunter had called everyone to the main room and I knew why, it must be to expose the traitor.('FINALLY, I WAS STARTING TO HAVE CRAMPS FROM WAITING TOO LONG').'Is the great 'Sabastien' actually nervous?'.('NEVER, I JUST SAID THAT IT WAS CRAMPS') Yeah right! Like I didn't know better.('NO, YOU DON'T').I walked downstairs to meet the others already waiting, I sat down on my couch, crossing my arms "Yes?".Hunter walked forward holding hands with Sydney and I felt a sting.('IS THAT JEALOUSY I SMELL').I shook my head 'I could'nt care any less'.('YEAH, YEAH, WHATEVER YOU SAY...............AXEL').He helped Sydney sit like she was some kind of person that needed to be pampered.('YOU BET SHE IS').Then he cleared his throat "I know you are all wondering why I called you here".Julia frowned "Duhh!! of course we are so you had better not waste our time".Jude shook her head "Please don't mind her attitude"."Yeah don't mind me, it's pregnancy hormones,
Axel's pov.............. I couldn't get yesterday's discussion with Hunter out of my head, he promised that he was going to expose the traitor today but I couldn't wait, more like I was confused and torn on who the traitor could be.'Sabastien, are you there'.('HUH?').'You know, you could help me out here right'.('I THOUGHT YOU SAID I SHOULDN'T BUTT IN').'You know I didn't mean that, I was annoyed at that moment'.No Response.......I rolled my eyes 'Okay, am sorry... Satisfied?'.('YES SO WHY DON'T WE GO OVER ALL THE MEMBERS OF YOUR PARK AND SEE WHO IS LIKELY TO BETRAY YOU').That was a nice idea, i might even find the traitor before Hunter exposed him/her 'Okay, but how are we sure that the traitor is a person?'.('CAUSE WHEN YOU ASKED IF THE PERSON WAS STILL IN THE MANSION, HUNTER ANSWERED YES CONFIRMING THAT THE TRAITOR WAS A PERSON, ONE PERSON, DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW').'Yeah, good point'.('OKAY AND.........DRUMS ROLL............OUR FIRST CONTESTANT IS SILVAR').I frowned