ANSEL’S POVThe sound of the glasses shattering and a great rumbling outside called my attention to the room. I stood from where I had been sitting and dabbing tears in pretense and ran to the room, only to meet Kaden punching pieces of glass into the wall, not minding the fact that the sharp glasses were cutting through his palms, causing blood to drop on the floor.I scooted closer and saw the window. Someone was either thrown out of it or someone jumped out of it. My eyes darted towards Valerie’s body. It was lying in its place, not touched by both Kaden and Grey.I had thought the two of them would leave the room as soon as they set in and see her body lying dead in the room. They had always done that way whenever any of Grey’s men died. How come they had both lost their mind over the death of Valerie.Is that how weak and senseless they had become. I was furious with myself, furious with them and furious with Valerie who caused all this thing.I raised my hand to touch Kaden’s b
ANSEL'S POV★“I’m burying her today.”Kaden was donning a black suit. The wound on his palm was tied with black clothes, which signified he was mourning Valerie who according to the custom of our pack is meant to be buried today.He said nothing to me. I looked at his feet and saw it bare. He does not have his shoes on. What sort of a person will mourn the dead without shoes but would comfortably tie his wound with a black cloth.I scooted closer to him and sat next to him on the bed. The last time we sat together was when we had time to sit on our three thrones. I sighed and he shrugged. He was in his saddest mood. “I said I’m burying her today.” I repeated, waiting for his response.He scuffed and tilted his head east. His lips seemed to be tied with an invisible chord. He just doesn’t want to utter a word to me about the burial of Valerie.“You don’t want to say a thing…”“I’m not burying her!” he snapped. “I can’t bury her. Not ever.”“But you hated her. You despised her. You m
FIONA'S POV★Lily was waiting by the vehicle. It’s been a wonderful job. It was easy to seduce the guard Ansel placed by the car that bore Valerie’s body.I enjoyed fucking the guard’s senses off and hitting his smashing his head with a stone when he climaxed and poured his cum in me and wiped his dick on the lining of my ass.I could remember him dropping to the earth like a log of wood, his fingers twirling on the earth and his legs wobbling. I can’t forget the smile that braced my face at the sight of the evil I did.Ansel; I had always thought he is the smartest of the alphas because of how clever he is in the business of smiting criminals, but it was quite easy tailing him and getting my hands on his biggest secret.But I didn’t do it alone. Someone tipped me off. Someone I don’t know. I ambled towards Lily and shook hands with her. She is one of the core haters of the wench that calls herself Valerie.It was all smiles. We finally had the body of our enemy in our crisp.“Let’s
FIONA'S POV★The dense woods enveloped me as I navigated the narrow, winding path that cut through the woods. I had to take the woods so that I wouldn't be found easily. If anyone had found out that Valerie was missing before I am prepared at least the woods would give her a little protection from her pursuers.My hands firmly gripped the steering wheel as I sped up the path. I had to drive faster before I was caught and then everything would be over. I had to dispose of Valerie quickly.For a moment there, I became fixated on the late evening sunset. Its reddish-orange rays cast a warm and amber glow through the leaves in the woods. I felt a bit calm as I drove down the woods. Once Valerie was delivered to the Alohas, I would be free and everything would be over.In a matter of minutes, it was night. It was getting too dark for me to see with just my eyesight but I didn't want to risk being seen by anyone but I didn't have a choice. I turned on the headlights and got a clearer view
VALERIE'S POV★I finally came to a stop. I sat up immediately to catch my breath. There was no time to waste. I looked around for a sharp stone to help cut the rope tied around my hands.Luckily, I saw one and I crawled towards it. I backed the coarse stone and quickly scratched the rope tied around my hands against the stone. I gritted my teeth as I felt the stone peeling my skin but the pain didn't matter.I just had to be set free. I managed to cut the ropes off. I exhaled in relief and quickly tore off the ropes tied around my legs. I got up immediately but my legs wobbled, giving up on me. I fell to the ground. I was in a coma for five days.My body was not strong enough for such an action but I had to move. Everywhere was pitch black but I could use it to my advantage. Fiona would not find me so easily.I slowly stood up, using a tree as a support beam. I began limping, holding onto trees as I progressed further."Where do you think you're going to?" Fiona's voice echoed behind
ANSEL’S POV★The air in the dimly lit room hung heavy with tension as Kaden observed me with concern and disbelief. My eyes darted around and my hands trembled. Kaden crossed his arms."You have lost your damn mind, Ansel." Kaden said calmly, "Here I thought I was the only one losing my mind because of Valerie's death.""Ansel, what's going on?" Kaden asked in a low, steady voice. Kaden had heard of ways werewolves behave when they lose their mates. Tragically, some end their lives. I must have been losing my mind over the death of my mate."Kaden, you're not listening to what I'm telling you. Valerie is..." I said, frustrated. "Ansel, you need to calm down," Kaden urged, standing up and coming towards me."Kaden, I'm serious. Valerie is still alive." I persisted.Kaden's laughter cut through the air. "Calm down, Ansel. You have heard of werewolves that lose their mate. I think you're going through depression. You can't accept Valerie's death."Kaden helped me sit on the bed, "Anse
GREY’S POV★I stumbled through the moonlit forest. I huddled in the forest, the pain twisting my insides like a hungry wolf. My heart was an echoing cavern of grief.I felt helpless. I felt hopeless. There was nothing I could do. I just wanted to die off it all.Every breath was a stab, every step a reminder of what I had lost. It felt just like the night our mother died, the air thick with a cold, heavy despair.I felt like I was dying, just like when my mother had taken her last breath. Back then, the pain had driven me to swear off love, fearing it would be my undoing. Now, it was Valerie, my mate, who had ripped my heart out.With that, there was no way I would heal.I swore then, never again. Never love like that, never open myself to such pain. But I had failed. Valerie, my mate, she had ripped me open from the inside out. Now, the agony mirrored the bite that marked me as a werewolf, clawing at me deeper with each agonizing beat of my heart.I collapsed onto the damp earth, le
GREY'S POV★The security footage played on a loop in my mind, a silent and searing accusation on repeat. As the scene crackled on the screen, each frame was a punch to the gut.They flanked me, their faces grim masks reflecting the turmoil churning inside me. My brothers.Kaden's growl rumbled beside me, mimicking the fury churning in my gut. Ansel stood silent, but the tension radiating from him was palpable.There, clear as day, was Lily. Her face was pale and drawn, standing next to a figure cloaked in shadow.The sting wasn't her presence; it was the figure beside her, cloaked in darkness, yet undeniably clad in the uniform of a trusted guard.The uniform was unmistakable. Clinton, my most trusted guard. The very same Clinton I would entrust with Valerie's remains after... after her light had been snuffed out. The one entrusted with helping Lily move Valerie's body.He swore to safeguard Valerie's body after…after everything. Lily's face was something I couldn't decipher but it w
AnselWe had followed being Skylar blindly, I wanted nothing more than to get an explanation from Valerie. Yes, I was annoyed at her not something in me kept telling me there was more to it and she wasn’t telling the whole truth. That same thing kept trying me to find her and ask for an explanation, but Grey had stopped me when I wanted to go after her. I had been so foolish to listen to him and now it had cost me so much. Cost me my whole life- my reason for existing. After Skylar had shown us that video, we had burst out of the castle like mad dogs and now that we had gotten to where Skylar was leading us to, I was frozen in place as I stared at the scene in front of me. I was confused when we got to where a ritual was- had taken place and I saw Valerie on the floor, a shell of herself. We were too late. I was still trying to wrap my head over when was going on when I saw Patricia, she was standing with Kaden, exhausted hung words with him but I couldn’t hear what they were say
CoralPower.It coursed through me the moment the blinding light flashed and every single thing that was attached to Valerie left her body including her soul. The power was intense and I felt it burning through my veins as it went through me. I felt intoxicated with the power, I felt more powerful and happy than I had ever felt in my life. I let out a small gasp as the intensity of Valerie’s powers settled inside me, making me stronger and making more than I ever could have been. The power was a lot but I still accepted it with ease. After all, I was meant for this.Valerie had no idea. None of them did.I finally knew what it was like to have so much power, I had been so tired of being her second in command and listening to all her orders. She was annoying to put up with and I had been playing the long game by pretending that I didn’t want her to give up her powers. She was stupid and she had fallen right into my trap. This… this was what it meant to be the Oracle.And Valerie?S
Kaden Ansel had wanted to leave with Skylar but Grey had stopped him, telling him going after Valarie wasn’t worth it. Even though I could that Ansel was conflicted and wanted to go with Skylar, he stood rooted to his spot and watched her leave the room with a sad look on his face. Skylar hd tried to convince us, telling us that there was more to the whole situation and even though I wanted to believe her words, I didn’t know what the truth was anymore. Long after Skylar had left, the three of had remained in the room silently, lost in our different thoughts and trying to find a way to wrap our head around what really was going on. I let out an exasperated sigh before I stopped pacing and went to seat on the edge of my desk, resting my head in my hand. I was still lost in thought when Skylar burst into the room once again, her eyes filled with fear and she slowly looked at each of us. Grey was looking out the window, trying to act unbothered but I could see how hard he was clen
Skylar I left Valerie’s place angry and desperate to find another way stop her. I had tried to stop her, tried to speak some sense into her but her mind was already made up. She was so stubborn and the only people I knew who could stop her were also not listening to me. I had never felt as helpless and desperate as this as I walked back into the palace. The three of them were still in Kaden’s office. The same place I had left them while they were still trying to decide if they should go after her or not. Not only where they stubborn, they were also stupid but I couldn’t blame them. They could only see half of the truth and that part wasn’t doing any good to help Valarie’s case. “Like I said, whatever you think of Valerie or you saw isn’t the truth,” I spoke up, my voice filled with urgency. “She never was! You don’t remember, but I do! She did it for you- all of you!”Kaden was sitting at his desk, his head in his hands. Grey was standing by the window, looking out silently whil
Valarie The light reflecting from the candle across the room, casting shadows on the walls. The cool air brushed past me once again and I shivered, feeling cold from inside as I turned to look at the stack of letters I had written and placed in a table by the corner of the room. For Kaden. For Grey. For Ansel. For Elara. For Sky.Each word was a goodbye. A silent plea for forgiveness. A final confession of love.I had cried while writing letter and I knew the wetness of my teardrops that had dried would be evident as they read the letters. My heart felt tight as I got up and walked to the table, picking up the letters and tracing the edge lightly with my fingers. Kaden’s letter was on top of others and a ghost of a smile made its way to my lips, knowing he would be furious when he found out what I had done. He’d feel hurt, betrayed and broken like I had taken his most prized possession away from him. Maybe I had. But I needed him to understand that this was the only way.Grey… g
ValarieThe winds blew outside and I sat down with my hand folded together while I waited for coral to arrive.I had already made my decision.It didn’t matter if Skylar had begged me to reconsider or the fact that she had tried to convince me they Kaden, Ansel and Grey weren’t mad. This was the only way to save them all and Elara too and I had no other option, I had to stop this endless spiraling of lies and hurt.After what felt like forever, Coral finally arrived. She looked at me with an unreadable expression but I didn’t think too much about it. All that was on my mind was getting to the witch and successfully performing the ritual. “You asked me to come,” she said in a calm but tense voice.“I did.” I stood, brushing my hands on my skirt to steady myself. “Thank you for coming in such short time.”She closed the door behind her, dusted her coat, pulled it off and walked closer to me. “I knew you would ask me to come soon, but I didn’t know it was going to be this soon.”Her wor
CORAL'S STORYCoralThe minute the call ended between Valerie and i, a wide smirk appeared on my lips. It was all going to end now. All the pretence was getting tiring. I was so fed up of trying to pretend like i wasn't the one rooting for Valerie to give up her powers, hell ii was tired of pretending like my plan coming into place didn't make me happy.Valerie had no idea that from the beginning, this had been my plan. As a naive and trusting person, she instantly took a liking to me, which was unusual because of where i was coming from. That made me pity her the more, but what do i care, i was going to become an oracle. Coral of five years ago could never believe that. They called me many names when they found out what i truly was.In my kingdom, there was a prophecy before i was born, that spoke of a great child that was going to be born into my family. Smart, brave and powerful, chosen by the moon goddess to lead for her. A celebration was thrown the night i was born as they beli
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