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Dymian fixed his eyes on Farrah, knowing her points were valid. The guardian cubes on his forehead glowed. He pursed his thin peach lips and uttered, "Then we'll have to get rid of her. No one will stand in the way of our plans."
If that bitch was Selene, it made sense that she'd keep the red wolf away from us. She was a source of power for them to harness. Therefore, it made them remain weak, because that was the state that she left them, comatose and power-drained. On the other hand, there was the option to meet and have her reinstate their status. Dymian would not take the peaceful road. He was hellbent on revenge.
A taste of the red wolf's blood surged so much power through Farrah's system. She had regained a power increase for a minute until the other white-haired bitch sucked it out of her.
"Must we kill the moon goddess?" Farrah inaudibly inquired, testing him. She believed they ought to be merciful towards their creator, despite the grudge they had towards her.
Dymian glowered and firmly asked, "We did it before." Raising an eyebrow, he paused for a moment to study her. "Are you being softened by the Alpha Prince because he's your mate? Do you visit him behind my back?"
Guilt printed on her face with trembling lips. She looked away from him and replied, "No, do not overthink the situation. I will not accept him."
"You are mine, Farrah." Dymian warned, "You are too pure to be with anyone but me." He snapped with a harsh threat. "You are either with me or against me."
It was true and it made her cringe. Farrah knew he was serious. Dymian's temper had risen. Although he was wise enough to know that, as the only female Worgen, he required her to produce his offspring.
Vaheed Wolverson was Farrah's mate. The unworthy son-of-a-bitch. For now, his value to her was to use him as leverage, a pawn to their plans while she remained Dymian's lover. The woman was expected to populate a new breed of shifters for the werewolf realm. It was soon to be renamed ‘The Worgen Realm.’
Her daughters would be coupled with the other three Worgen Guardians to produce offspring. Together with Seff, Jarvaldo, and Rovell, the five of them will take over the shifters' realm, making all wolves bow. Subsequently, they will wipe out the humans, vampires, and witches. As it should have been since the beginning of time.
"Good. Because he will die as soon as we get the red wolf." Dymian's tone lowered but held maliciousness. "And if this mystery woman is in fact Selene, I will take her head and rid the werewolf realm of the stupid mate bond."
Farrah's heart fluctuated between obeying him and following her instincts. Selene did not have to die. In fact, she could also be used as a breeder. Sharing Dymian was fine and the bloodlines would be very strong. Who needed a mate when the bond could be rejected?
"Give me your hand." Dymian put forth his left palm through the little square slot and Farrah laid hers on top. He checked the scale of her power. "Were you not able to draw any power from the red wolf?"
"I did, but the mystery bitch undid my work, and a funny thing happened," Farrah told him as he drew circles in the palm of her hand which made her want to be close to him. A chill went down her spine and she found herself aroused.
"Yes." He looked up at her, waiting for her to finish. Dymian did not miss the lust in her eyes.
"The red wolf wore a moonstone necklace that the mystery girl broke, which affected me when I touched her a second time." Farrah explained, "There will be a problem with touching the red wolf to draw the power that we need."
"No worries." Dymian stared at her hand, seemingly unbothered by Farrah's concern. "First we must find out the reason that she was wearing the necklace to block. Perhaps the issue you had with her is being experienced by those around her." Satisfied, he released her hand and his lips quirked up into a smirk. "Perhaps your visit there was helpful, after all."
Farrah disbursed a pleased smile. She had done some good to dispel his anger.
"Come." He stood from the padded brown chair and opened the door of his side of the confessional booth. Farrah did the same and followed his footsteps as he led her to the quarters on the second floor of the building.
Once in the study, he pulled her into him and delivered a savage kiss, biting her lips to draw her blood, tasting a speck of her power level. Farrah winced slightly and swallowed down a whimper.
Then he grabbed her chin, steadying her garnet eyes on his, and dug into her mind to access recollections of her most recent activities. When he was done, he shoved her chin and her head tilted forcibly backwards.
Dymian scoffed and turned thoughtfully to gaze out the window into the front court. “Had this world not evolved so significantly, we would have been able to accomplish a lot." He rubbed the irritating creases from his forehead and laced bitterness with his next words. “The Alpha Prince will help us to gain the required knowledge that we need about the technological age. These contraptions and thingamajigs are a fucking nuisance.”
“I agree,” Farrah said without much conviction. She relaxed a bit and stood directly behind him.
She could not deny the pull of the mate bond with Vaheed, but neither could she be distracted by it. Her mate was a means to an end. She was also the tool to persuade him to summon the red wolf to them. Although no amount of torture was successful in gaining his cooperation.
The opening and closing of the creaking door snapped their heads in that direction. It was Seff, gripping onto Vaheed with his hands magically bound behind his back.
"Our honored guest is right on time," Dymian smirked at the Alpha Prince. Surreptitiously, he noticed the way that Farrah and Vaheed's eyes locked in a burning desire that made every fiber in his being want to kill the prisoner.
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RAINA’S POVBreakfasts were the worst.The front door barely clicked shut behind Valen before I rushed toward the powder room. The harsh burn in my throat hardly gave me enough time to reach it before I dropped to my knees."Urk!" I gripped the edge of the toilet as another wave of nausea tore through me, leaving my eyes watering and my body trembling."Oh, Luna." Meera's light footsteps hastened behind me, and she flicked on the light. Before she could give me any assistance, the doorbell rang."Go," I merely managed to say before more content spilled out. "Urk!"She hurried away, and I pushed the door shut, not wanting anyone to see me like this.Not long after, I heard the bathroom door open.“Raina?”I snapped my head up and said hoarsely, “Grandma?”Based on the strange darkness that was cast over the pack, I was surprised she came. Nevertheless, I was happy because I hadn’t seen her in a while.Grandma Nitya’s smile vanished when she saw me. At first, she hitched at the threshold
RAINA’S POVAzara came up to me. She laid a supportive hand on my shoulder and gave me a sympathetic squeeze. “I informed your Dad. He’s on it.”At the mention of my father, I mind-linked him immediately.“Kiddo, I've sent a team of Elites to gather Intel. The rest will be on standby. We'll move out if we need to. Leave it in my hands,” Dad said somberly. “I know it’s hard, but stay where you are.”I began pacing back and forth with my heart pounding in my throat. “It'll be hours before Intel gets back, and hours for backup to reach Valen.”“That's how this works, kiddo,” Dad’s reply softened with compassion. “I'll keep you posted.”It was not enough.I know he was trying. They all were, but I was going crazy!Valen, Gustav, Devin, and the others could be deep in battle right now, needing us.I ran a hand through my hair in yet another fit of aggravation."Selene," I prayed slowly, calmly, needing to pacify my intensely fretting heart. "Goddess... Selene..." But for some reason, saying
RAINA’S POVFor one terrifying breath, I was somewhere else, seeing something so horrific I couldn’t understand. It struck my mind like a thunderclap when flashes of Valen projected into my head, and I saw multiple shadows moving between trees. All of them were going after him.Fear seized me, leaving my mind reeling and my chest burning from a crushing pressure.“Aah. Not them.” I stumbled back, gasping and struggling to catch my breath. “Haa…”I stiffened, and if two pairs of hands hadn't grabbed me, I would have fallen over.Oh mercy me. I cursed and blinked a couple of times to get rid of the flashes blocking my gaze.Muffled voices buzzed in my ears as I blinked hard, shoving away the remnants of the vision. Gustav's face was the last I saw before it all faded.Very slowly, I realized I was back at the hearthring with everyone’s puzzled stare pinned on me.I held my chest and rubbed my temple, trying to piece those images together and make sense of it. Although my eyes swept over
RAINA’S POVNo reply.Even after I set my phone down on the table and checked my messages time and again, Valen had not responded. How could he expect me not to worry?There was a gaping hole in my chest, being so far from him. Thinking about him made waves of aching longing spread throughout my body.“Why can’t we figure out how to power the sword up?” Azara asked in frustration, sitting around the table in the basement, snapping me out of my reverie.Her hand paused, her fingers crimping the musty pages of the books. She reached for the tray in the center of the table and picked up a slice of Grams’ well-liked batch of red velvet cheesecake brownies to munch on.“Keep going, I’m sure we’ll find something,” I encouraged her kindly, peering down into my own giant leather-bound black book, right across from her.After many failed attempts to destroy the medallion with the sword, we gave up. Penn led us out of the afternoon sun, and reverted us to her Wiccan books.Even with Jason on th
VALEN’S POVI hummed, and Raina frowned.I placed my finger at one corner of her mouth, pushing it up to change the downturn of her lips, but her frown deepened.She fell quiet. Too quiet.I knew she’d react like this, which was why I decided to tell her at the last minute. Part of me was berating myself for how this upset her. It gnawed at my heart.“I could review the alliance and suggest certain changes that would be beneficial to all parties. It is most likely they will concede. That way you wouldn’t have to go,” she offered with a hopeful gleam in her eyes. “I am versed in Alliance Pacts.”“My brilliant Luna, I know you are, but…” I affirmed softly, moving my hand to the soft burgundy curl on her shoulder. “I have to go and gauge the situation.”I caressed the silky strands before shifting them down her back, but kept my palm on her neck, letting my thumb trace the soft pulse on her delicate throat.It killed me to see her this way, to know I was the reason for her distress.If I
VALEN’S POV“An alliance gone bad. How could six packs suddenly turn against each other?” Theo asked, draping his arm over the back of Azara’s dark aubergine upholstered chair.“Breach of terms, and because of that, they decided to play the spite game,” Devin said, picking up one of his lamb-and-cheese hoagies.We were having breakfast at my house. The eight of us sat at the round, dark wooden table by the sun-drenched nook. The spacious, airy area was framed by windows arranged into a broad wall of glass that gave a beautiful outside view of the side of the house.“Now I'm expected to waste my time mediating and help them work things out. Don't they know I'm trying to prepare for a war?” I said, feeding my mate her artichoke heart.“Can someone fill us in?” Raina advocated for the girls. She looked at the bite before her electric blue eyes locked on mine. She knew the only way out of this was to be a good girl and eat. She opened her mouth and gobbled the artichoke.“Boys, stop keepin
RAINA’S POVThrashing chains and low growls awakened me.Throbbing pain in my head and neck fully pulled me from the realm of unconsciousness.Bright light broke through the cracks of my eyelids, and I grimaced.“Ugh,” I grunted as my heavy eyes shot open to stare up at the old ceiling, both exhaus
RAINA’S POV"You're the one who massacred forty of our warriors, carving letters on their torsos like a sick bastard,” I hissed, my tongue feeling heavy and bitter in my mouth.“Your compliment flatters me,” Turco touched his chest and gave me a brief, arrogant bow. “I pride myself on my work. Noth
VALEN'S POVA sudden sweet aroma descended into the temple. A sandalwood - patchouli incense, rich and overwhelming, clung in the air as though the moon goddess had stepped into the nave and wrapped us in her presence.We made it.It’s not too late.The night must go on.I nodded at Devin and looke
VALEN’S POV-“You think you can threaten me.” I blasted, pumping a rigid fist at him as the vermillion red in my eyes marinated in resentment. “You think Selene can save you from me? Never see Raina, my mate, again in any lifetime, get it?”“I will, and I shall,” Gustav challenged."Shut the fuck up,"







