Kaden Ansel was quiet all through the drive to Patrica’s place, ignoring both Grey and I’s conversations and poorly thought through jokes, but the second we got down from the car, and Patrica came out of her home to welcome us, his game face was on.Patrica was a beautiful witch, with eyes filled with mischief. She was a short curvy girl with a body to die for and if Ansel didn’t already have her, I would certainly want to have her. Although sharing wasn’t bad, but I have a feeling Patricia had feelings for Ansel. And now we had to use those feelings to get the answers we needed to find that mystery woman. “Hey Patty,” Ansel’s voice lowered to a rumble, his face transforming with a charming smile I’ve seen him use a million times, and it always worked. Patricia rolled her eyes but I could see the hint of a blush on her face. “Don’t even try it, Ansel.” She sighed, but unconvincingly turned her back to him as she gave Grey and I a smile. “Welcome to my home Alphas.”I nodded respec
AnselI placed Patricia on her couch, and she smiled at me weakly, her brown eyes softening. “I’m sorry I wasn’t much help.” She croaked and I gave her a glass of water that was laying on the table.“It’s fine, I’m sorry you got hurt trying.” She shrugged, giving me a small smile. “I couldn’t help, but I got to see you again. I’m glad you called me.” She placed her hand on my thigh. “After the way we left things, I was thinking you will never want to see me again.”I gave a dry chuckle, “We didn’t particularly leave things on a rosy note.”“I know! And I’m sorry I was such a crazy obsessive teen. I mean tormenting you because you didn’t like me? She laughed, “Who does that?”I smiled softly at her. It wasn’t all her fault. I was a jerk. She wasn’t like the other girls that I had fun with but I wanted to. A part of me always liked Patricia, but being me, I was scared of commitment. Her laughter faded as she noticed I had gone quiet. Her gaze dropped to my lips softly and I mirrored h
Grey My fingertips drummed on the steering wheel of the car as I waited for Patricia to come out of her house. It was a few days after the first time I was here, and I already put our plan to find answers into motion. Shortly after we got back home that day, I texted Patricia that I needed help with something of my own. She hesitated, not wanting to help, but I told her I needed revenge on Ansel for what he did to me. Just like I predicted, that peaked her interest, and now we were meeting for lunch so I could confide in her. I took a steady breath. This whole thing needed to look as authentic as possible. If she sensed even a hint of deception, it’d be over. I'd have to make her believe that, unlike Ansel, I wasn’t the untouchable alpha, just a wronged brother looking for a little revenge.Finally she came out of her house, and I had to admit, she looked beautiful. Her curly hair flowed on her shoulders, and her short white dress flowed freely, hanging on her knees. I wonder why A
Valerie After that night Coral saw Skylar, I haven’t heard anything about the men finding out, or getting their memories back. I should be happy, but all I could be was miserable. Selene wasn’t bringing any solutions to me, and every night I dreamed, the laT dream was worse than the one before. Elara hardly cried. That made me feel things weirdly. If they were with me, we could have sang her praises together, so that our little baby girl doesn’t cry. About how perfect she was and her rosy little cheek.A tear slid down my face as I bit into Ansel’s favorite cookie I baked because the smell reminded me of home, in their arms. I miss Ansel the most today.His beautiful sandy blonde hair, his soft lips… my mind trailed to my favorite memory of him, a year ago. We all went to Hawaii. And Kaden and Grey were fast asleep, leaving he and I awake, beside the ocean. He knew how much I was scared of the ocean, so he held me until I got over my fears of the ocean. And then he had sweet love w
Valerie “Can I come in?” She asked, her eyes sparkling with excitement it made me slightly irritated and uncomfortable. I didn’t even know her and she was already getting on my nerves.Her eyes trailed down to Elara and they rose in surprise. “Oh my goodness that’s a very beautiful little baby!” She squealed, her hands reaching towards Elara. “Can I touch her?” I pulled away quickly, eying the stranger that dared to touch my baby, unable to get a read on her, except the fact that I didn’t like her. Who dared to touch the baby of a woman she didn’t even know? “Uhm, no, you cannot come in, Patricia. I don’t even know you.”Patricia's smile faltered for a split second, but she quickly composed herself, that infuriating cheerfulness resurfacing. She tilted her head, her brown curls bouncing, and let out a light laugh. "Oh, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to intrude," she said, her voice still far too bright. "I just got so excited when I saw the baby. She's adorable. I’m sorry that I spook
Valerie “Hey Patricia!” Coral came in, her face bright with happiness as she saw Patricia. “Coral!” Patricia squeled as they embraced each other, and their high pitched voices overlapped each other as they spoke over each other and I rolled my eyes in annoyance as Elara began crying, which she almost never did.I rocked her in my arms, whispering to her in an attempt to keep her quiet. “Shh, shh baby. Mummy is here. Mummy is here okay?”Her cries subsided as I rocked her and Coral softly laughed.“I’m so sorry about the noise, Elara baby.” She cooed to Elara, then shot me an apologetic look.“I know you’ve been stressed Valerie. And I’m sorry I didn’t properly invite her before letting her come over, but this is my friend Patricia. We have been friends for like- what, fifteen years?” Coral turned to Patricia with a big smile as Patricia nodded.“Yes it’s been fifteen years, we are practically family at this point. Little Coral learnt most of what she knows from me.” Patricia beamed
Valerie “So, what do we need to do?” It was already an hour after the wine and watching Corwl and Patricia chat my ear off, while I pretended to listen, one mind on the conversation but my heart away from the building, far away in the hands of three men who do not remember who I was. It’s been two weeks since I last saw them. I needed to see them again. From afar, or in a disguise. I just needed to know my men are okay.Patricia stopped laughing, and Coral cleared her theoat as she glanced at the finished bottle of wine. As I promised her, I wasn’t going to bring it up after we got rid of the wine and the cheese. I may have been waiting for the last drop of wine to be gone, but well, my family was the one who was torn apart. “I waited for the wine and cheese to be gone now didn’t I? I think it’s time to heat the solution Patricia the strong has for me, no?”The air was tense as Coral gave me an annoyed look, while Patricia let out a forced cheery laugh, her hand laying uncomfortab
Valerie Patricia have a wary glance, causing me to shake in fear. I knew it was too good to be true. It was a prophecy from the moon goddess to me, Oracle. One of the most powerful beings to exist. I should have known it wasn’t going to be easy to change. Especially not from one ritual with a witch I didn’t even know how strong she was, or even trusted. Patricia sighed. “The ritual is one that would work. It’s only been done by few beings. And it is the most draining ritual to ever exist. But it is possible to change your fate. You just need to sacrifice one thing that means a lot to you.”“Sacrifice what?” I asked, my voice trembling as I swallowed. I only had few things that mattered to me and that was my family. I couldn’t ever sacrifice them. Patricia closed her eyes and then hummed. “You have to make a choice. It has to be one thing. I would never tell you to sacrifice a life. So that leaves one thing that means the most to you at this moment in your life.”“What is it?” I co
Valerie's POVThe first thing I saw when I stepped through the pack’s border was chaos. Blood stained the earth, and the metallic tang of it filled the air. Wolves fought viciously, claws tearing into flesh as the sounds of snarls and cries filled the forest. I froze for a moment, the intensity of it all overwhelming me. This was not the kind of welcome I’d anticipated.Then I saw her—Skylar—her usually vibrant energy now subdued as she cradled her son in her arms. My heart clenched at the sight of her cowering near a fallen tree, a rogue looming over her with deadly intent. Before I could move to help, a flash of fur blurred past me, and I saw Grey—his wolf form tearing into the rogues with feral determination..When Grey reached Skylar, she was already bleeding, her abdomen slashed open by the rogue’s claws. My stomach churned as I watched the strange woman step in, her magic weaving a protective barrier and then healing Skylar with her spellIt wasn’t long before the battle subsid
GreyAfter we left the office, Ramona let out a loud sigh. “Gosh i dont think ive ever felt that intimidated before. You alphas are sexy but damn.”I let out a chuckle, knowing that she was right, but they werent always bad. But now was a time where we had to be cautious. We were alreadfy under a lot of pressure. This wasnt the time to trust foolishly like Kaden may think i currently am doing. Yes i attracted to her but that dudnt mean i trusted her with my life. I already made up my mind to put her under survelliance. “Butr you arent like that are you? Yes sexy, but not that intimidating? Or you are more of a sneaky type?”Flirty little Ramona batted her eyelashes at me, and i rolled my eyes in response, a smirk tugging at the corner of my lips. “Sneaky isn’t my style. I’d rather people know exactly where they stand with me,” I said, my tone even. “And right now, you’re somewhere between mildly useful and highly suspicious.”Ramona feigned a gasp, pressing a hand to her chest drama
KadenI sat at the desk in the pack's office, flipping through reports with little interest. The usual mess of figures and documents had all but blurred together, but my mind wasn’t on the pack's business. It wasn’t on anything at all, really, except the pit in my stomach that hadn’t left since Patricia had slipped through our fingers and since i saw that cloaked Sky’s friend."Another dead end?" Ansel's voice broke through the silence, making me glance up. He was leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed, his expression a mirror of my own frustration."Yeah," I muttered, tossing the report aside. "Nothing. No one’s seen her for days, and the trail’s gone cold."He gave a sharp nod. "I don’t like it. Feels like we’re being played."I rubbed my eyes, feeling the weight of the situation pressing down on me. I wasn’t used to feeling like this—helpless, like I was chasing shadows. It hadn’t even crossed my mind until now, but the way Ansel had said it… we’re being played."Any luck wit
GreyPatricia has been unavailable for a few days since we went on that date, and we lost the only lead we had. Kaden refused to let me live that down, blaming me for letting her slip away and also blaming Ansel for treating her badly in the past. How were we supposed to know she was going to slip away? I did feel a good vibe from her that day, and although I felt bad for trying to use her, I believed we had reached a head way in our plan.This just confirmed she was hiding something and I was on edge trying to figure it out.The young soldiers trained hard as the assistant general, Hans, trained them while I texted Patricia for the tenth time, and still got no reply.“Fucking hell.” I grunted as I refrained from slamming my phone against the training dummy at the opposite side of the field. “At ease, Soldiers. You have ten minutes to rest. Regroup immediately after the break is over.” Hans commanded and the young soldiers bolted away, wanting to use their break well.Hans walked tow
alerie“How could you give up your powers just like that? You are the strongest being under the Moon Goddess, and you would just give that up for some witch with a vendetta? What the hell were you thinking?”Coral screeched at me the minute I got up from the spell circle, and I sighed in anger.I could feel a migraine coming on, and I knew Coral wouldn’t let this go. She was the right hand. If I lost my powers, there wouldn’t be a shrine for them.But that's nothing compared to letting that prophecy come to pass. And I do not regret my sacrifice. But one month? My spell was supposed to be strong because of their will to find me, but now I realized that was going to be a big problem. I had to trigger their memories.I rubbed my temples, trying to ease the pounding in my head as Coral’s words cut through the air, her worry mingling with her anger. She had every right to be upset, and yet I couldn’t afford to dwell on my regret or second-guess my choice.“Coral,” I said, my voice resolut
Valerie My heart thundered against my ribcage as i hurriedly left the presence of Ansel, Kaden and Grey, who stared me down as i left Skylar’s room. I could swear i saw Kaden glaring at me, which made it harder for me to make my decision. There was a way i could get us all out of this, and it may even ruin everything. But i wasn't going to give up without trying my best to have my mates back, our life back. So i left the pack with Elara, and headed back to my cottage where Coral was livid as she kept calling my line. Patricia was busy with a spell and I peeled my eyes off her, clearing my throat so that they could know i was in front of them. “Hey guys.” Coral’s eyes widened as she took me in, and she let out a sigh, which instantly turned to anger as she stormed towards me. “What the hell were you thinking, Val? Why would you leave without letting me know? I was worried sick something happened to you and Elara and Patricia couldn't locate you with a locator spell..” She took a
Ansel Grey rumbled on as Kaden chirped in reply but i couldnt concentrate as i stared at them. Only ne thing was in my mind. The cloaked stranger, Skylar’s weird friend. She was the most beautiful woman i had ever seen in reality, and ve seen, been and been inside millions of women. No one was as beautiful as she was. Maybe the baby in her hands. For some reason, i couldnt just get her out of mind, despite not being able to see her face well, but the little i saw seems to have a lasting effect. I just couldnt concentrate on anything except her soft lips, her violet eyes… I couldnt concentrate on the plan to ffind out the memory wiper when this woman plagued my mind. “Hey asshole.” Grey threw a squeezed sheet of paper at me, pulling me out of my trance. Kaden rose a brow at me, and i could see him calculate what i was thinking behind his cocky stupid brain. A smirk appeared on his face and i knew he figured it out. “The cloaked woman, wasnt truly a skank was she now? If she was, yo
Valerie Skylar pulled away, her nose red from her sniffling, and I was sure that I looked the exact same way. A giggle escaped my lips, and she rolled her eyes as I called her a crybaby, teasing her despite being one myself. She slapped my arm playfully, and at that moment, I felt like everything was the way it used to be, but it wasn’t, so I was back to reality. Skylar noticed the change in my demeanor, and she sat upright, clearing her throat. “You mentioned a solution earlier at the door. I thought the Moon Goddess wasn’t replying to you any longer? How did you get a solution?” I ran my hand through my hair. “I found a seer. Well, Coral found one. She helped me with the vision.” Skylar raised a brow. “Coral? Really? The same Coral who I don’t trust and absolutely hate found you a seer, and you’re just going to go with it?” Skylar hated Coral the minute I built a temple for the Moon Goddess and she was assigned to me. I always felt it was a rivalry thing, and till now, I haven't
Valerie“Ansel, leave us.” Were the first words Syklar uttered as her gaze pierced through mine, and i gave her a shaky smile, clutching Elara closer to my chest as if she could protect me from Skylar’s wrath the minute Ansel left. He glanced between Skylar and i before shooting Skylar an irritated gaze.“No thank you for helping your friend in? I get that you hate us right now, but thats a bit harsh.”Skylar folded her hands across her chest as she glared at Ansel. “The only magic word you will get if you dont leave now would be sorry.”Ansel scoffed, and glanced at me one last time, before turning, walking down the hall and away from me, causing my ache and emptiness to return as he walked farther and farther away.But that was rerplaced by fear as Skylar yanked my hand and dragged me into her room in anger.She shut the door loudly, and glared at me so hard i feared i may ignite under the heat of her glare. “Start talking.” She commanded and i sighed.“I missed you so much Skylar.”