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
Ramona Tonight was the night.My night.Nothing would go wrong. I would make sure of that. I had spent years working toward this moment alongside Coral, bending fate itself to ensure that Grey would be mine. He belonged to me and no one else. Not his brothers, not Valerie, not even his own past. I had erased them all from his heart, from his soul.And now, I was finally getting what I deserved.Grey had proven his loyalty to me in the best way possible- he had chosen me over his own blood. He had suggested- no, ordered that Ansel and Kaden be executed tonight, sealing his bond to me in the most permanent way.I couldn’t contain the excitement bubbling inside me.The sheer joy.I turned to him, standing beside me in his usual fitted suit, looking every bit the king he was meant to be. My king.I reached up, brushing a hand over his cheek. “Everything is more than perfect, my love.”His blank eyes that burned with nothing but submission and love for me met with mine, and for a moment,
GreyI had forgotten who I truly was. No matter how much Kaden and Ansel tried to get me to come back, tried to make me remember who I truly was, I couldn’t remember. All that was in my head was love and loyalty to Ramona, I wanted to make her happy no matter the cost and if doing that was getting rid of everyone that stood in the way of our love then so be it. Ramona had ordered the guards to prepare my bloodied and wounded brothers for execution so we could get ready for our wedding. She had even told me to go get ready separately because that way, we would avoid any bad eyes and the wedding would go well. She had placed a soft kiss on my cheek before she sent me off. Now, I was standing in front of the mirror after getting into the tuxedo she had specifically picked out for me. I started adjusting the collar, admiring the perfect embroidery on the left side of the suit jacket as it shone under the light. This was the attire of a man that was about to be bound to Ramona for lif
Ramona“Come,” I purred, trailing my fingers down his arm. “Let’s go remind them why we’re the ones in power.”I walked out of the room, Grey behind me as we walked down the dimly lit hallway of the castle, my heels loudly clicking against the floor with each step that I took as we headed down to the grand hall. They still hadn’t been taken away from there, plus it was easier for me to go to the grand hall than down to the stinky and dirty dungeon where they once kept. Tonight was supposed to be perfect. Tonight, Grey and I were meant to stand before our people and solidify our rule and we were so close to doing that. The wedding was meant to mark the beginning of a new reign- ours.And yet, everything had slipped through my fingers in the quick blink of an eye.Skylar had disappeared.That wretched oracle girl we had been searching tirelessly for had interfered.And now, Coral was becoming more unpredictable by the second, getting mad at me and even arguing with me in front of ev
ValerieCoral had a deadly look in her eyes as she moved to me, after she had walked away from Ramona, she pulled me up and I followed her back to her room. I tried to see what she was thinking but it was hard and after a few more trials, I gave up.I silently looked at her as she ordered me to sit, I felt nothing as I watched her. She was shallow enough to believe that Ramona had it out for her after the little effort I had put into planting doubts into her mind. But, that was the thing about power hungry people- they would believe any lie told to them and try to take out everyone who they saw as a threat. I looked away from her and tried to form another connection, seeing that she was calmer. I didn’t want her to push the doubt aside but I knew her and I knew that she was planning something already, I only needed to make it happen earlier. I was forced to endure as Coral stripped me layer by layer- my power, my emotions, my very essence. Recently, Coral had been feeding on me.
SkylarWe were still in the cave- the air damp and smelling of the residual magic from the time the girl had been glowing and speaking of words straight from whatever she got her magic from. She still refused to tell me her name or how powerful she was, she was now sitting across me on the cold stone floor and her little fingers were flipping through the ancient, falling apart pages of the oracle’s book. I wanted to ask her how she was with it when I saw the book burn in front of me but I knew that wasn’t important and when we were done with all of this, I could ask about it. I watched her silently as I wrapped my arms around myself, I had safely kept the vial and gave it to me in my pocket as my head swirled, trying to wrap my mind around what was happening and what had happened. I had nearly died- had been seconds away from execution- only to be pulled into this place by a girl who, by all accounts, shouldn’t have had the power to do so.But she had.And now, here we were.“You’re
ScottFor a second, I almost let it happen but I suddenly got a grip of myself and pushed her away. She moved away from me and the expression on her face was enough to tell me that she was hurt by my rejection She masked it well, her expression was unreadable and her lips were set in a thin line. But from the way her eye was twitching to the way she balled her fingers into fists tightly, her nails digging into her palm, almost drawing blood. Normally, I would have tried to say something to ease the thick tension that clouded up in the air but I didn’t and neither did she say anything relating to it. “You and the children can stay here for the next few days,” she finally spoke up, her voice clipped and void of any emotion. “You need to rest and the children need food. You’ll be safe here.”Safe.The word felt foreign, like someone that was impossible. Because I had never for once felt safe since the take over, and since the moment I ran away with the kids. I nodded, taking in her
ScottMy head was still spinning. Skylar was alive. Relief washed over me in waves and it battled against the confusion that I felt, the one eating at the edges of mind. A part of me wanted to believe it without having questions, to accept that Skylar truly had sent someone to help me, to lessen the burden I had to carry. But, the other part that had been betrayed, captured, hurt and nearly killed refused to let its guard down and I stared at the woman suspiciously. “What’s your name?” I asked her, my voice cold and void of any emotions. “And why would Skyler even send you to me?”“My name is Tori,” she replied, her smile unwavering. “And like I said earlier, Skylar sent me to come help you.”I studied her carefully and when she moved closer to me, I recoiled. She asked me to calm down and then she gave me a potion. She said it would cure me. I didn’t want to believe her but she had convinced me and I had taken it. It had taken the burning pain I was feeling away but I still didn
ScottI ran and ran until my legs begged me to stop and rest, but I didn’t listen. I couldn’t listen. Only one thing was on my mind and that was getting to a safe place far from where anyone could reach us. Out of nowhere, it started raining and I grew weary. That was the last thing that I wanted, it poured down heavily, my clothes clinging to me and making my wounds. My vision was blurry as the rain lashed against my face, entering into my eyes. I ran through the woods, muddy floor and I had no idea where I was going. Normally, I would have been healed, my wounds closed up and my body stronger no matter how much I had been running. But, every time I tried to focus and heal myself, I would feel nothing but excruciating pain. Vervain. When they had captured me and taken me back to their camp, they had injected me with it. The stupid poison was coursing through my veins and eating away at my essence like fire would burn up a paper. It was even worse because it wasn’t just little
SkylarI felt dizzy and the world spun around me. I barely had time to figure out what was going on or what had happened when I felt myself shift and my knees hit a cold and hard ground. I was supposed to be dead. I was this close to getting my head chopped off. The last thing I remembered was the guard with empty eyes raising a machete while Ramona and Coral watched me with amusement as I was about to be killed. I had accepted my fate because not only was I helpless, it was Grey who had asked for me to be killed but-Light. A light erupted, bright and blinding as it shone through the room, affecting me even more because it appeared so close to me. And now, I was here. A cave. The air was thick with the smell of moss and something I couldn’t quite place my hand on, the air was also moist and shadows were cast on the stone walls by the moonlight that shone into the tiny opening of the cave. A lantern was on but it was not bright and I blinked rapidly as I tried to figure out wh