COLTON’S POV“We should have found them by now.” I say to Ryder as we stop to rest somewhere in the woods.“Be realistic Colton. We left the castle this morning. They know we’re looking for them so I’m sure they’ve hidden well. It won’t be easy finding them.” Ryder says as he sits on a trunk of wood.He opens his bottle of water and takes huge gulps.“I still can’t believe Damon refused to come with us.” I state with a frown. Damon should be here with us. He is our brother and the Alpha. If anyone should be leading this search, it should be him.Instead, he chose to abandon his responsibilities for a human. A filthy human slave. It doesn’t make any sense to me. “He has his reasons.” Ryder states nonchalantly.“He stayed back to be a nanny to an injured pet. I’m sorry but I am finding it very difficult to consider that a reason.” I state.“So he cares about the girl. So what Colton?” Ryder questions looking bored which is only making me more annoyed. He is always siding with our brot
DAMON’S POV“How do you feel today?” I ask Morgana once she opens her eyes. She startles in surprise as she stares at me wide eyed. I know it’s creepy but I stayed next to her bed all night.“I feel the same.” She answers simply giving me a weird look. There’s still hate in her eyes when she looks at me. I wish I could replace the hate with something else, a different feeling.“How’s your head?” I ask her.“You don’t have to pretend to care anymore. I’m not dead so you don’t have to feel guilty for what your brother did.” Morgana says turning her gaze away from me.“I’m not pretending. I-““Damon!” Ryder suddenly barges into my room making me cut my sentence short. I look at him with surprise and dash towards him. He shouldn’t be back so soon. They only left for the search yesterday.“What are you doing here Ryder? What happened?” I ask him with worry. He's sweaty and he looks like he’s been running a marathon.“It’s Reece.” He mention’s Reece’s name and my eyes nearly pop out of thei
MORGANA’S POV“Ryder will look after you for as long as I’m gone. You’ll be safe with him.” He tells me in an attempt to console me. His eyes are soft in a way I’m not used to. It almost looks like he doesn’t want to leave.Personally, I don’t want him to leave either. Not because I enjoy his company but because I think I can be safe with him. He’s been here with me ever since Colton beat me up, making sure I’m safe and comfortable. I have no idea why he’s being so kind though. I know he doesn’t care about me and nothing is going to convince me otherwise. He must have an ulterior motive. But if his presence will keep me safe, then I might be selfish but I want him to stay with me. So, I put away my shame away and ask him an unbelievable request. “Please don’t go.” I say looking at him with soft eyes. His eyes soften a bit as he stares at me. “I don’t feel safe around anyone else.” I state trying to feed his ego. If I have to sweet talk him to get what I want then so be it. “Does t
DAMON’S POV The next day, Ryder is all set to go back out there and continue his mission. Now, he has two missions: finding Colton and then finding the vampires. “I’m counting on you, Ryder. I’m sorry I can’t be there with you two.” I say to Ryder as I prepare to bid him goodbye. “You can. You just don’t want to because you’re occupied with things you consider more important now.” Ryder states. “Ryder…” Ryder holds up his hand cutting my sentence short. “It’s okay Damon. You don’t need to justify yourself. Besides, it’s good that you’re here. There needs to be someone to keep the order in the castle and if all three of us go on a hunting mission, who’s going to take care of things here? You should be here. You need to watch over Reece. And Morgana.” Ryder states and my eyes widen at the mention of Morgana’s name. “So, when did all this start?” Ryder asks with a raise of his brow and a smirk. “What do you mean?” I ask him feigning ignorance. Is he seriously going to ask me about
COLTON’S POVRyder came back after leaving Reece back at the castle. Part of me knew he was going to come back for me so I left clues that would make it easier for him to find me. I waited for him in a cave nearby so he would find me faster.I may be angry at him and I may be stubborn but I know it would be stupid to continue this mission all by myself. I have no idea how many vampires there are and since they have humans now, we don’t know how strong they are. Plus they have their vampire lord with them. Going on this mission by myself will probably be a death trap.If only Reece didn’t slow us down, we probably would have made progress by now. Reece and Morgana have been major nuisances since this mission started and it’s so annoying. “Did Reece die on the way to the castle?” I ask Ryder with a smirk trying to tease him.“You’re not funny brother.” Ryder says to me with a scowl.“Have you made any progress?” Ryder questions.“None. They’ve hidden pretty well. There isn’t even the
COLTON’S POVAs I regain consciousness, I feel disoriented and confused. As I try to open my eyes, everything is blurry and I feel a sharp pain in my neck causing me to wince. What the hell? As my vision starts to clear, I look around and realize I’m surrounded by unfamiliar faces and the vampire lord.We’re in an unfamiliar cave as dark as midnight. The only thing illuminating it the light from the fire torches.As I lay on the ground, panic begins to settle in my chest as I remember what happened last night. I scan the room for Ryder hoping he was able to escape. What happened to him? Did they kill him? Did they capture him too? I really hope not.My neck pulses with pain as I move my body around. They bit me. Shit! This is bad. I’m surrounded by vampires and I’ve been drained of my blood. I’m weak and my werewolf senses are unresponsive. I really hope Ryder was able to get out alive.If he didn’t succeed to escape and warn Damon, then we’re done for.The unfamiliar faces that surr
MORGANA’S POVEver since the alpha came to me with his pathetic apology, I haven’t been able to think of anything else. It made me so angry that he thought he would be able to wipe away every horrible thing he has ever done with an apology.But talking to him like that made me realize one thing. He was genuine. All this time I’ve been telling myself that he was just using me, manipulating me, but when he apologized, no matter how hard I tried to ignore it, I saw something in his eyes.It was a kind of softness and vulnerability I had never seen him portray before. It didn’t make me hate him any less of course, but I just can’t help but ask myself why now? Is it because the vampires are back and the threat on his kingdom has finally knocked some sense into him?Maybe he’s scared he’ll die and he’s looking for some sort of redemption before he takes his last breath. It’s pathetic if you ask me.I’ve been brainstorming, trying to think of ways I can use the Alpha’s new weakness against h
MORGANA’S POV“Ryder, brother. Talk to me. Why do you look like that? Where’s Colton? What happened?” Damon impatiently asks as he studies his brother's looks. I stay put beside the window and watch them curiously, waiting to hear what Ryder has to say about Colton.“The vampires. They ambushed us. They took Colton Damon. They shot him with some sort of poison that paralyzed him. I couldn’t fight them off, we were outnumbered. Damon, Colton has been taken.” Ryder explains breathing heavily. He looks like he’s about to cry.A small smirk forms on my face as I hear the good news Ryder just announced. Even though I’m not the one to kill Colton myself, the fact that the vampires have him now means he is going to suffer in their hands and that makes me beyond happy.“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect him. I wasn’t strong enough.” Ryder says in a sad tone. He shouldn’t feel bad about his brother being captured. Colton was a menace and I’m sure even his brothers can testify to that. But I guess
NARRATORThe war was finally over. And though it was hard for everyone, they all found a way to cope. After Damon’s death, Morgana decided she would use her grief to make herself stronger. She hadn’t yet realized the amount of work that had to put in after a war was over. They had to build new houses. Plant crops, tend to the wounded. But Morgana, Colton, Ryder and Robert took it all with their heads raised high. When so many people are counting on you, Morgana realized, the only option you have is to be strong. Morgana thrived. The werewolf nation thrived as Ryder was names the new Alpha. It was normally supposed to be Colton because he was the beta and next in line, but they all agreed Ryder was more suitable for the title. After all Ryder was more intelligent that Colton was when it came to matters as such. Ryder was more compassionate and just generally a better person, Colton concluded. And although, Colton is a better person today, he still needs a lot of work before he can f
DAMON’S POVI knew this would happen. Sooner or later, I knew all my sins would catch up to me. I have hurt too many people. Killed too many people and I deserve this. Evil should not have a place in this world. A world which contains someone as beautiful as Morgana. She was the light to my darkness. She is everything I ever hoped for. Although it was short-lived, I adored every moment spent with her. She came into my life and taught me something powerful, something that changed my entire life’s trajectory. In a cruel, and wicked world, she taught me a better way to live. She taught me how to love. I couldn’t believe it first, when my feelings for her were reciprocated with such a willingness to forgive me. I was almost tempted to take back everything I said to her because I didn’t feel I deserved her. She was too much light for me and I was scared my darkness would poison her. I still have no idea how she was ever able to forgive me for what I did to her. I still cannot believe th
MORGANA’S POVMy mother said there is no way to save Damon. I must have been in the spirit realm for a few hours comparting it to the human world. I feel so useless, so desperate for anything. Anything that can help Damon. I wasn’t sure about Chloe said because it felt so unreal so I even consulted her mother and she assured me that Chloe’s curse on Damon was real.She sent me back and urged me to say my goodbyes to him before it’s too late. I have no idea why everyone is so determined to give up. they just expect me to let Damon die? Without trying every single thing I can to save him? How can they even expect me to do that?I didn’t realize how dark it had gotten. How far I had gone away. And then it hits me. All what happened during the day suddenly hits me like a tsunami. Damon is going to die and I should be with him right now. I should be spending the last moments I have with him but here I am, looking for a cure that doesn’t exist.I just can’t accept this and I don’t know if I
MORGANA’S POVAs soon as Chloe closes her eyes, she vanishes in the same exact way that the deity did. She turns into ash on the ground and vanishes as the wind carries her ashes away and Warren screams into the ground with the most agonizing wail I have ever heard.“You killed her. You fucking killed her!” He screams at me standing up from the ground and pointing his index finger angrily at me.“All she wanted to do was get justice and you killed her Morgana.” Warren falls to his knees. “Why did you kill her?” He sobs and falls to his knees to the ground.I can tell he has no fight in him anymore. He knows everything is over now and he knows he has lost. Putting up a fight will be foolish of him. Besides, I am not in the mood to have small talk with him or fight with him about something we have spoken about a million times. A crowd of werewolves and humans walks towards us from the castle shouting and roaring cheers of victory, already celebrating the freedom that we very much now h
MORGANA’S POVWhen the bright light clears, I see Chloe standing in the distance way outside the castle gates. I stare down at my hands in disbelief, unable to get it through my head that I was able to send her off that far. I guess I’m stronger than I thought. If I can keep her out of castle grounds then I won’t hold back. I’ll be able to use as much of my magic as I want to.“I’m going to go after Chloe.” I scream at the top of my lungs to the boys who are busy fighting off and knocking out the werewolves under Chloe’s control.Damon tries to come with me but I shake my head and he frowns. I want him to be with his brothers right now. They may be strong but the werewolves are numerous and Colton and Ryder will need all the help they get.He runs towards me desperately as if I would evaporate if he didn’t get to me fast enough. He breathes heavily and punches a werewolf in the face that came after him. He grabs my face and plants a strong kiss on my lips. I taste sweat and dirt and l
MORGANA’S POVWhat Damon and I saw when we finally got into his room isn’t at all what we were expecting. My hope was that we would see Chloe sitting on a chair nearby with that evil smile on her face waiting for us and I would send the signal to Colton and Ryder to start making preparations to open the gates.But when we walked in the only person we saw was Warren and I could not believe my eyes. The person standing in front of us right now looks like Warren, but if Warren felt dark before, he feels darker even now.I want to launch for him and rip is head of his neck but I hesitate, because I have no idea what Chloe has done to him. it is very clear from the aura coming off him that Chloe has messed with him even more because he feels so powerful and I can tell Damon has sensed it too because he places himself slightly in front of me.We don’t know what Warren is capable of right now and charging towards him blindly can turn out to be fatal so we need to be smart about this and calc
COLTON’S POV“Hey, do you think they’re going to be okay?” Ryder asks me as we make our way through the tunnels. There’s a path that leads directly towards the castle gates and hopefully, there won’t be a lot of guards guarding it so we can get it open with no problems.We reach an opening and make it onto the castle grounds not too far away from the main gate. I can see guards stationed at random spots eyeing nothing in particular. They all look dead an empty, under Chloe’s abominable spell. “They’ll be fine. Damon and Morgana are both smart and strong. Nothing is going to happen to them.” I say to Ryder, our voices barely above a whisper to avoid drawing attention to ourselves.“Are you saying that to convince me or yourself?” Ryder asks.“What does it matter Ryder? They’ll be fine, I know it.” I say getting irritated by his tone. I can’t even begin to thin or imagine that something might go wrong with Damon and Ana. I need them to come back alive. I don’t know if I’ll survive thi
DAMON’S POVIt’s time for everything to go down just how we planned. We have taken every precaution necessary and yet I still feel like there is something missing. There is a creeping fear climbing up my back that I cannot seem to shake off and it’s driving me insane. Morgana and I are supposed to distract Chloe and try to break her spell on the others while Colton and Ryder find a way to break the gates open and evacuate the humans. There are two options. We either find a way to get Chloe out of the castle so that everyone remains unharmed and take the fight far away. But if that’s not possible then that will leave us with the second option. Fighting right here in the castle and evacuating as many humans as we can. Morgana thinks she can get Chloe out with a teleportation spell but I don’t know if she’s strong enough to manage a spell like that again. She just teleported us back here and I don’t know if it is wise for her to do another teleportation spell in such a short time rang
MORGANA’S POVColton and Ryder are gearing up and wearing some fighting clothes they found here in the secret room in the tunnels. I haven’t had a chance to talk to Damon properly. This entire war has put a strain on our relationship and I miss him so much. I can see how stressed he is. How much he doesn’t want me to see how stressed he is.Damon has never been one to seek help in anything he does. He has a habit of getting things done himself and I really wish sometimes he would open up about somethings. He just tries so hard to be strong for everyone and he doesn’t let anyone see how much he struggles. “Hey.” I say walking up to him as he dresses up, and I can’t help but think that in all the months I have known Damon, I have never seen him in any attire quite like this one. It adds a bit of seriousness to his aura and I know I shouldn’t be thinking about it now but he literally looks the most handsome and sexiest I have ever seen him. The way the muscles of his biceps strain aga