SKYLARThe ride back to the palace was a quiet one. After Egnar's proclaimed himself King, the whole pack seem to have gone into hiding.The street and the roads back to the palace was empty and dry unlike it usual buzzing and cheerful noise. Everyone remembers the horror we all experienced when Egnar ruled and no one wants a recantation of the cruel wedding all over again.This is all my fault. If only I was able to knock him out of my body. None of this would have happened. I knew something was off about Josh when I realized he was the one controlling my body but this isn't Josh. Josh is probably dead because Egnar is now in his body.We got to the palace and Egnar walks out of the car, taking in the cool breeze that radiated the whole place. It's weird seeing him for who he is in Josh's body. It's more than werid, it's creepy and inappropriate.I looked around the palace building, everyone had lined up to greet him. No one wants to be killed for being incompetent. No one wants to
SKYLARIt's been days since Eganr took control of the whole Kingdom. A lot of Alphas has come down to the palace to pay homage to him.Most of them tried talking to me to come up with a plan to save our kingdoms while most of them were angry with the Alphas for leaving the kingdom in the first place.I tried my best to pacify all of them and gave them the advice Eganr had stuck in my head.“Obey and pay homage to Lord Egnar and you shall be safe.”He planted those words in my head the minute the Alpha's came into the palace. He told me it was my sacred duty.“I need most of this in the chamber of Lord Egnar.” I heard Fiona direct the servants. I'm so lost in thoughts that I have forgotten I'm with her.“What are you doing standing there? Pick something up and work!” She yelled at me “I'm not going to do that.” I said to her, “I'm an Alpha, beside I only take orders from Lord Egnar.” I said to her.“And I'm going to be married to Lord Egnar. Which makes me your Lady Luna.” She says b
KADEN“I'm sorry, I didn't believe you.” Grey said to me, I could see the remorse look on his face.“What do we now?”Ansel asked.“I don't know.” I said breathlessly.“You don't know, you have spearheaded this operation from the very beginning. How do you possibly not know what to do?!” Grey shot at me.“Because I don't know what to do. I'm out of my league here. Just because I was right about the suspicion doesn't mean I know what to do here.” I said to him.“Yeah, you are always right when it's convenient for you.” He snapped at me.“You don't get to talk to me like that. I protested for her not to come here but you assured me she was going to be safe.”“Ansel also made that promise.” He said to me.“Don't bring Ansel into this.” I told him.“Yeah, keep me out of this.” Ansel said.The room was crowded and I was beginning to feel hot and the OCD was coming in full force.“Everybody out!” I thundered and the room shook.Ansel looks at me like he understands what I'm going through.“A
KADEN“I have never been this happy to see you.” Ansel hugged Scott.“Me to, me to.” Scott hugged him back.“What's up Scott.” Grey just greeted him from afar and any time he does that it means he is feeling guilty about something.“How are you doing, Grey?” Scott saluted him from afar.“Is it weird for you to be here?” Ansel asked him.“In wolf territory? Nah, as long as I have my favorite wolves with me, I'm good!” He said smiling.I looked around I saw the second senior soldier I left with Scott. He walked towards me when he made eye contact.“Alph!” He saluted.“At ease, Solider. How are you doing?” I asked him.“Never better. Ready to take the fight wherever you need them to go.”“Awesome.” I said and turned to Scott.“How did you find us? I never told you about this place.” I said to him.“The old woman woke up.” He said.“What?!” I was stunned, when I left she wasn't close to waking up.“Are you kidding me?” I asked“How do you think I found this place? I don't have magical pow
VALERIE I don't know how long I have been trying to hide my powers or pretend that I haven't fully activated them all, but I know it has been hours. I don't even know what time it is, the shrine room isn't open and there are no windows to even know the time through the sky. Octavia has been angry that the powers hadn't been activated and she keeps screaming at everyone, surprisely Silvia as well. That's what you get for worshiping an evil person who only thinks about herself. But she doesn't seem to care but how would I know, she could be pretending just so she won't be torn apart but Octavia. Resisting all the things being done to me is getting old but that's the only way I can buy some more time for Kaden, Ansel and Grey to come get me. I really hope they are safe and not hurt. I really need to ask Kaden for his forgiveness because he predicted all of this. If only I listened to him. I'm about to get myself killed because I wanted a family. But I just needed to feel like I sti
ANSEL“Ansel….” Kaden called out to me. I walked towards his side of the forest, “we have less than a day to find the plant.” “What do you mean less than a day?” I asked him.It's what Scott said.” He pointed at Scott.I Scoffed, “so what are we going to do?” I asked him.“We are just going to have to work faster. Look for the plant a little bit faster.” He said.“That's not a plan.” I said to him.“Well, that's the one we have right now.” Scott said to me.“I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to my brother!” I shot at him.“Well, I'm right here.” He said.“Well, you can piss off.” I said to him rudely and walked back to where I was looking for the plan.I kept hitting the bush as I looked for the plant. I don't know how they don't think this is a waste of time.We should be looking for where Valerie is and charging towards Octavia. Use every power in us to get her to stand down.Looking for an ancient plant to forge a knife off, sounds like a fairy godmother's story.And I can't bel
ANSELThere were a lot of them. I don't know how they could have found us so easily. What am I saying, of course they found us easily. We are in a freaking forest and I decided to yell loudly because I'm trying to make a point to Scott.They all circle around us, each of them holding either a matchet and a gun. They all walk towards us trying to draw us in.“Men stay alert!” I heard Kaden scream at our bodyguards.One of the guards raced towards me with his matchet in hand. I stopped the matchet from hitting me and swung it into his stomach. He drops dead immediately.Immediately he dropped dead, some of the guards began firing shots towards us using their guns.I watched as Grey and some of the men in his corner charged the guards in front of them. Both Grey and the men torn each of them apart.“Have been shot!” One of the men yelled. I raced towards him but one of the guards jumped in front of me.“Let's see how strong you are, Alpha.” He smirks. He was a huge guy with a matchet.I
SKYLARIt's been days since Egnar took over the pack. He has enforced his rules and regulations everywhere and punished anyone that defiles them.Lucky I haven't been called often to witness himself and Fiona's sex life because I'm not challenging him and doing exactly what he asks me to do.But I still haven't been told to see Miles and he won't let me see him and anytime I ask that's one of the reasons I will have to witness their sex life.Most times I just sit in my room so I would be in control of my body. I have tried so many times to try to get a message out to my cousins but I still haven't been able to.The sound of the door knocking jerks me up from my thoughts.I walked towards it and opened the door, “Lord Egnar wants to see you.” The guard said.I rolled my eyes at him. I wonder what Egnar did for him to have this unquestionably loyalty.“I will be right there.” I said, trying to close the door.“Now!” He shot at me, holding the door still. I nodded my head and walked out
Valerie The weather was cold and the breeze blew violently outside, making the trees bend over and hit the window continuously. Elara, who was seated on the couch and humming a melody I used to sing to her, was incredibly joyful and completely unaware of how much I was breaking down. Staring up at the ceiling, I leaned against the wall. I tried to pretend everything was all right and keep it up till I was positive it was, but who was I fooling? Nothing was fine. My mistakes had caught up to me in the cruelest way possible. Kaden’s words echoed in my mind, sharp and unforgiving- You deceived me. Deceived us. And Ansel’s silence- his refusal to even look at me- had hurt even more. But most of all, it was Grey’s reaction that affected me the most. He had always been the one that was there for me, I had finally regained his trust just recently but now I was back at the start. They had all once loved and trusted me. But now? Now they all thought I’d betrayed them. I let o
KadenAfter I watched Valerie walk out of the office, I didn’t wait any longer before I angrily stalked out. Now I was in my room pacing around. The pack was quiet and the atmosphere cold, the cool breeze did nothing to ease my anger. I stopped pacing she hit my hand against the desk, grabbing on to it tightly that I thought the wood would crack. My mind was a whirlwind of different feeling ranging from anger to confusion, but the one question that kept popping up over again was- why? Why had I fallen for her? What had I let Valerie get to me so much? Why had I let her into my heart and my life only for her to betray us at the end of it all? The woman I had come to love and trust, the woman that had always been there and tried to find solution, standing there with us during tough times- she was a liar, she had been deceiving us all. The memory of Ramona showing us the truth played over and over again in my head like a broke record. The way Valerie had looked, the way she had casted
Valerie “The Alpha’s ask that you meet with them,” the guard announced as he walked to me. “Where are they and why?” I asked him cautiously. “I don’t know why,” he replied. “But, they’re in the pack’s office waiting for you.”I gave him a curt nod, stood up and followed behind him. Walking to the pack's office, I felt the oppressive, heavy air. I arrived at the door, pushed it open without knocking, and entered. Kaden sat at the edge of the table, his face expressionless, his arms folded. Grey stood to his left, his hard-lined, sharp features, and Ansel stood next to him, his stern demeanor contributing to the gloomy atmosphere.And then there was Ramona, perched near the far wall like a vulture, her lips curling into a satisfied smirk the moment she saw me.“Valerie,” Kaden said, his voice steady but lacking the warmth I’d come to associate with him. “We need to discuss something.”I walked further into the room and shut the door gently behind me. “What about?” I asked, my gaze f
ValerieI got out of the car, the cool evening breeze brushing against me as I closed the door. The beautiful gates of the new pack opened for us, revealing a big and beautiful compound that was filled with flowers that showed the strength of the pack. Kaden exited behind me, his imposing frame casting a long shadow under the golden lights. The formal meeting awaited, and while the tension between us had simmered down since Grey had saved me, I knew it was only the beginning.Trust. That was the next hurdle. But, I had no idea how I was going to break that. “Stay close,” Kaden said, his voice steady but carrying an edge of authority.I nodded, straightening my posture as I fell in step beside him. The Silver Moon Pack which I found out was the name of the pack was known for its stringent protocols and deep rooted traditions. They wouldn’t tolerate any breaches, especially not from someone like me- an outsider with secrets.The council chamber was already bustling when we entered, fil
Valerie Days after the rogue incident, I had a fast recovery. I couldn’t explaijn why I had such fast healing, although I knew that Kaden was suspicious because I wasn’t an alpha. On the other hand, he became nice. He helped me so much with Elara who has become so attached to him.Ansel didn’t leave my side, taking care of all my needs, we haven’t gotten close to talking about what happened the night before but I feel that the thought of losing me scared him to his senses.A win is a win, right?And Grey, he and I have been getting along more than before. Ramona hardly showed her face lately after the embarrassment but I had a feeling she was going to get back at me for what happened.This wasn’t my first mean girl. But I could handle it.If I could handle the possibility of losing my family, a mean girl was nothing.And by the time I was healed, I was ready to start working again, especially since the Alphas didn’t hate me anymore.“Kaden, come on, let me go with you for the meeting
ValerieSeeing Ansel, Kaden and Grey’s wolves here, in front of me, covered with blood and grime, i coukldnt describe the joy i felt. The happiness that my ates put themselves in danger to come save me.They had no idea what theyhad done. They had helped me in one challenge in my bid rto break the curse. They risked themselves to save me. Deep down, they were still the men that loved me.A tear slid from my eye. They were still worth saving.And now i had only two challenges before getting them back completely.Grey’s wolf changed back to his human form, and he grabbed a pair of clothes from the back of the tree, a tradition that the pack had incase anyonechanged unplanned. Clothes in parts of the woods.I smiled at him as he ran towards me, while his brothers changed too, but a sharp pain shotthrough my side and i remembered my injury. I winced as i started to fall.But Grey caught me just before i could. “Valerie. Whats wrong?” he asked as he checked my body for injuries before seei
GreyI didn’t understand the fear that coursed through my veins as th soldiers turned to their wolves to fight off the rogues at the border, but that wasn’t the reason I was as scared.“Where the fuck did you send her, Grey? What if she gets torn apart?” Ansel growled angrily as he switched to his wolf.He was pissed, and I didn’t understand why. We just met her and we were supposed to not like her, right?Then why was I scared to death about her being injured or dead? Why were we willing to endanger ourselves to save her?Why were we all, endangering ourselves?“I’m turning, Grey. You better hope she doesn’t get hurt. She has a baby, you should have thought about that.” Kaden growled as he tore apart his suit, changing mid air.I decided to change too, and we sprinted out of the border, just our minds leading us.The whole border was dark, darker than normal and i instantly felt the drop of the temperature as we left the pack. The rogues already left the pack edge, and I could hear t
ValerieOutside the border, the path that wasnt protected by guards like the one i entered through when i returned, had this chilling cold that wrapped its claws around my bones. The cold gnawed at my skin, sharper than Grey’s words and Ramona’s smirks. My wolf whimpered, uneasy in this forsaken place. She knew, just as I did, that this was no ordinary punishment. It was a warning, a reminder of my place—a cruel test disguised as discipline.I stepped forward, the crunch of frost under my boots echoing louder than it should have. The shadows of the trees stretched long and menacing, their skeletal limbs swaying slightly as if reaching for me. Each step felt heavier, my breath visible in the icy air.Forcing my focus on the seconds passing, I counted each heartbeat in my head, willing myself to hold on. “Five minute,” I whispered to myself, though it felt like a lifetime. The air was suffocating, not because of the cold but the weight of everything I carried: the memories, the betraya
GreyAs i watched Valerie storm away, i fought the urge to call her back. She didn't deserve to be punished for just being few minutes late. Hating her was just petty at this point, and my wolf was beating me up for being so mean to her.So i decided to call her back, but as i stepped forward, Ramona stopped me in my steps.“Grey, i can finally do the spell to see if i can your memories back.” I turned to face her, shocked to the extent that Valerie was a distant topic resided at the back of my mind.“Really?” I asked feeling hopeful. Ramona has been around but was unable to do any spells because she needed to make a sacrifice. She being able to do the spell meant that she successfully was able to do the sacrifice, and today, i may be able to remember everything.I didnt know if i was meant to be happy or not. I couldnt remember what the memories were, and even if they were cleared to protect us in the first place, but i had this gaping hole that reminded me that i was incomplete wit