****************************Ethan's POV"Why is this taking so long?" I grumbled, pacing the room in frustration. My gaze flicked over to my sister, Sophia, who lay in bed looking far too calm given the situation. "It's been six hours since my Beta returned, saying they had some information. Why hasn't anyone come to update us?" I vented, unable to contain the irritation any longer."Relax, Ethan. Someone will come soon. Just be patient," Sophia replied, her voice calm and steady, as if she were the one trying to soothe me instead of the other way around.I should be the one comforting her—she was the one who was sick, after all. Instead, here I was, burdening her with my own anxieties. I couldn’t help but feel the weight of my guilt. I wasn’t just worried about finding Lena for my sake, but for my sister’s as well. She had suffered enough.I needed to apologize to Lena. I had wronged her in so many ways. It's true what they say: you don't realize what you have until it's gone. In m
**************Ethan's POV The informant was taken to one of the maids. A hot bath was prepared for her, after which she ate. While she was eating, she ate like someone who hadn't eaten for days. "Are you okay with the food?" my sister asked when she seemed to be done."Yes, ma'am, I am done. I really appreciate it. Thank you, Your Highnesses," the omega wolf said."You're welcome. Do tell me about yourself first before we begin to talk about the main reason why you're here," Sophia said.I looked at her with a disapproving look. For Christ's sake, she was supposed to tell us about Lena and not herself! What was my sister doing? I felt a little bit angry, but what could I do? It was my precious sister, so I decided to just draw out a seat and watch how Sophia handles the matter."Do you have a family?" Sophia asked."My parents died in a ghastly motor accident. Their bodies were crushed to pieces," she said."Oh, I'm sorry about that," Sophia said."It's fine, ma'am. It was a long t
************Ethan's POV I was left in shock, with the letter in my hands. One statement she made left me dumbfounded:"She really hoped you were her saving grace." This kept on hitting me in my heart. She hoped I was her saving grace, but I ended up being her worst nightmare. I didn't even bother to think of how she was going to cope with the mate bond being broken.Breaking the bond comes with a lot of pain in the heart, and it's so surprising that all you need to do if you want to break a bond is just to declare it in front of your mate. For something that comes with such pain, it appears to be easily broken. I wasn't sure of what to do. The information broke my heart to pieces. I never knew her folks were this horrible to her as well, and the fact that she got pregnant by a stranger who appears to be an alpha of a pack who might probably be an enemy of ours. "Are you going to read the letter out loud or are you just gonna stand there regretting your past actions?"I jerked back
******************Ethan's POV*I tried to convince Sophia to get some rest, but she refused, insisting she wouldn't rest until we found Lena."I want to find Lena as badly as you do, but I can't do that if you're about to collapse," I said."I'm stronger than you can ever imagine," she retorted.No doubt my sister is strong, but right now, she looked like she might drop dead any moment. I tried my best to persuade her, but she remained adamant.After a while, my Beta returned with my former beta."Greetings, my lord. It's an honor and a privilege to stand before you once more, ready to serve," he said, kneeling.I looked at him. He was unkempt, clearly not faring well wherever he'd been. He resembled an abandoned lone wolf, and I felt a pang of pity. Before becoming my Beta, he was my friend. We had shared many secrets, which made his betrayal all the more painful. I knew it wasn't entirely his fault; Lauren might have blackmailed him or left him no choice. Knowing Lauren, she'd do a
*************************Adrian's POV*I kept calling out to Ian, but he wasn't answering. He remained awfully quiet. I begged and pleaded, but to no avail. Deep down, I sensed something coming—danger drawing nigh. It's all the more reason why I couldn't bear to think that Ian had disappeared again.The last time this happened, it was far from funny. I was lucky Ian had shown up at my lowest point.My head was swimming with thoughts. I had to find a way to save Lena, guilt gnawing at me after giving Claire consent to do whatever she liked. I knew that at this very moment, Claire would be hatching her plans to find the black witch.I called my Beta, who rushed in."Go check if Claire is in her chambers. If she isn't there, check her father's place as well," I ordered."Yes, my lord," he said and left.After a while, he returned, reporting that Claire was nowhere to be found in or around the pack's abode. He also mentioned that some guards and maids were missing. I knew instantly that
*********************Adrian's POV*"How many times do I have to tell you that no one knows I'm here... except—" Lena paused as if suddenly recalling something."Except what?" I asked anxiously.She seemed lost in thought. I moved closer to her cell, standing directly in front of her, and repeated my question. Finally, she answered."Except my only friend back in my former pack," she sighed, as if she had completely forgotten about this person."How have you been communicating with her?" I pressed."We communicate through letters, but since I was called a spy and framed, I haven't written to her," she explained."What were the contents of these letters?" I asked, trying to maintain my composure."I told her how my life had turned out for the better. The last one I sent was about Claire wanting to end me by all means possible, and that you were involved in it."Anger surged through me. I banged on her cell loudly, the force throwing her back. Surprisingly, she didn't fall or hit her he
*************************Adrian's POV*They came faster than I had expected. I wondered how long they had been planning this, how long they had waited to get their revenge on me. It was all beginning to make sense now. I understood why I stumbled upon Lena at that bar.But what I still couldn't comprehend was why the Moon Goddess made her my mate. I had never had a mate before; Claire was just handpicked as she had the grace of a Luna and came from a good background."What's that sound?" Lena asked, her voice tinged with worry."They're here for you," I replied coldly."What do you mean? Who's here for me?" she pressed, confusion evident in her tone."Ethan," I said, watching closely for her reaction. But I couldn't quite read her expression. She looked... disappointed? I couldn't believe her. What was she trying to achieve? Play the victim until she had my head on a platter?Never. I would never allow that to happen."Look here, Lena. I don't know what you're trying to do, but I won
**************************** Ethan's POV "Look around, Adrian. I have more men than you. It's over," I said coldly. "It's not over until it's over," he replied defiantly. FLASHBACK "We need to be sure she's really still alive, and exactly where she is in Adrian's pack. Before storming in blindly, we have to strike when they least expect it," Sophia said, her tone measured. "You're right. But what do we do about that? At least now we know Adrian is the Alpha who took her, but we need to confirm she's still alive... and well." I paused, lost in thought, searching for a solution. "What do you think we should do?" I asked my former beta, turning to him. He let out a deep sigh. After a few moments of thinking, he finally spoke. "We could send in our trained spies to gather the information we need. That way, we can strike at the right time." "That's a good idea," Sophia chimed in, "but Adrian can't be underestimated. He's a strong Alpha. He'll sniff them out." "My lady, d
**************************Lena's POV I opened my eyes to see Ethan lying lifeless beside me, almost dead. He was standing in between me and Zane as if he was trying to wait till I had woken up so I could continue from where he stopped. I looked at the place where Adrian was. He still lay down lifeless and almost dead. "Ethan, what are you doing facing Zane" but he couldn't hear me. The next thing I saw was an almost lifeless body lying in front, eyes wide open and staring at me. I felt a rage inside. I looked at both men, and the rage to protect those I loved just sparked in me.All of a sudden, light began to shine out from every part of my body. I was still wrapped by the tendrils, but as my light began to shine from my body, little by little, I started to feel the grip of the tendrils loosen up little by little until It loosened up completely."Oh I see you are finally awake, your boyfriend tried to delay me so you could wake up I will give him a plus for that but one thing I kn
**************************Lena's POV I was very angry about the whole thing, angry about how Ethan tried to convince me to go with him and leave Adrian. I couldn't believe he asked me to do something like that. Running through the tunnels, fueled by anger and desperation, I made up my mind to destroy Zane and make sure I saved Adrian. Ethan continued to beg me and try to change my mind, but I waivedamantm a. NT I listen to. All I could think of was saving Adrian no matter what. I wasn't going to do this; I was going to allow myself to be deceived by his selfishness. 'I don't care what Ethan says but I won't abandon Adrian and I will make sure I make Zane pay for what he has done' I said to myself I continued to move deeper into tunnels, meetings, and staircases. Everywhere I passed through, I came across Zane's minion. These dar,k evil creatures blocked my pain, and I showed them no mercy. I used every bit of anger I felt inside of me, channelling my growing rage into my attacks.
*********************Ethan's POV The sight of what I saw dreaded Me I could see the life being sniffed out from Lyla I controlled the urge to run into the middle of everything and just try to save her but I needed a plan I wouldn't want to go there and then I ended up being caught in the Web of what was going on without being able to save Lena. I tried to see if I could get signs of her alive, and I decided to use my hearing to check for a heartbeat. I was glad when I heard her heartbeat. Though it was slow, I was glad it was still beating. Leba was unconscious, with dark magic swirling around her as Zane kept on draining the power and life inside of her. Adrian was barely unconscious, chained and weakened. My heart pounded as I accessed the situation. I knew the time was running out, and I must act quickly to save both lena and Adrian. 'There's no way to win this fight outright. I need to overhang him,' I said to myself. I began to analyse and observe Zane's movement and powers.
*********************Adrian's POVI woke up to see a bunch of rocks lying on my body; I awakened my alpha strength and then used it to push off the rocks that had fallen on me. I was angry at myself for what I had done. The last thing I remember was Lena lashing out at me, sending me flying. The thoughts of that scenario just made me more angry at myself it made me feel so stupid. I didn't know how long that was.'She couldn't have gone far' I said to myself I moved the last rock on my leg and started moving forward. As I moved further, I began to see packs of Zane's minions dead on the floor. I checked for their pulses, and it seemed like they had been dead for a while. I was shocked; I wondered, how long they had died for. I left them and moved forward down the tunnel. Nel, I met more and more minions that appeared to be dead along the line bu, but I didn't see a sign of Lena. I decided to follow the trail of dead bodies and continued going further and further until I came close
*********************ETHAN'S POV we had come so far, but we finally got to where Lebs felt Adrian was, but we didn't find him there. Zane outsmarted us. He had beaten us to it. In a way, he was able to see through Lena's scanning to find Adrian too, and now Lena wants to go save Adrian.I wasn't going to allow them to face Zane unprepared; she had not learned enough to be able to defeat Zane. It was a dangerous thing. I was not also going to slow the risk of her life because of Adrian. She means more to me than the life of Adrian.Yes, call me selfish if you want, but I don't mind being selfish when it comes to the matters of Lena. Besides, I already listed her once; I wasn't going to lose her again to Zane, and this felt like a good way to eliminate my competition. I know that deep down in that innocent heart of yours, you are judging me, saying I am wicked, and seriously... I don't mind at all. You can think whatever you want to. All I was trying to do was just to make sure I did
***********************Lena's POV I signalled to him to hurry so we coukd go find Adrian. He ran fast enough but what he did I wasn't expecting it he kissed me. It was a very brief one but I wondered how he was still able to think about doing something like that in this present situation we were in. A situation of life abd death, I actually liked the way he did it, it brought a quick smile on my face but It was immediately changed to an angry face when zabe spoke out again. "Fool you think you would win because you have this little trick" he said "I will come for you when I am done saving Adrian" I said angrily I forgot again that he was talking to me telepathically and ethsn wouldn't hear what we were saying but I ended up saying my reply our angrily. "No you are not facing him today you are not ready to do that lena" ye said worriedly.I ignored him, I kept walking down to the place where I saw Adrian while scanning through the tunnels. On reaching there I couldn't find him a
*********************Lena's POV As we navigated our way through the forest, trying to locate where I had seen Adrian while I was scanning the maze with my powers, the fortress became serious and dead quiet. It was a dangerous sign that we were entering a heavily guarded area, but I was slightly confused. I didn't see this place where I was scanning. Getting closer, I got to understand that it was because the dark magic covering this particular area was a very thick and strong one that my light couldn't penetrate through, probably because I didn't tap into the right amount of light magic. I just felt like I didn't need much of it to scan through it's why I didn't tap into much light. But I then understood that I was supposed to tap into as much as I could. We were fixed to confront a smaller group of minions in a very brief but intense fight.Ethan was the one who handled most of the combat combining his wolf strength with his skills of handling a weapon. I used my magical powers t
****************************Lena's POV I and Ethan carefully moved through the darkness, sticking to the shadows to avoid detection. The tension became more heightened as we began to hear the sound of footsteps and the constant growling of Zaes minions. My heart pounded, and I tried to keep myself composed, knowing Adrian was somewhere nearby. There was a serious debate in my mind. I was wondering if I could use my magic to cloak my presence, but I feared I might alert Zane if I couldn't get it right. I knew that every step we took brought us closer to the danger we would eventually have to face. I still had a deep contemplation of the matter, wondering if there was a way I could avoid Zane and not fight him. The whole fortress seemed to be fortified with his dark magic. I could feel the weight of its presence weighing strongly on me.As we continued deeper into the fortress, we began to see more groups of Zane's minions. Now it was really obvious that Zane had already felt my pre
***************************Adrian's POV I tried removing my hands, but he held on tight his grip was strong. He twisted my hands. I groaned in pain. I could hear my bones crack and the sound of my muscles tearing. He used his other hand to give me a hard blow on my belle. It sent me flying over and falling to the ground. He rushed at me on the ground with his vamp speed, hitting me on the ground and brushing me against the wall of the tunnel. I could sense my soul almost slipping away from my body I felt like I was going to die but my mind flashed back to LenaImmediately I felt a sudden wave of strength flow through me it was like the thought of Lena had just sparked new strength within me as I was being dragged around the walls of the tunnel in a circle I managed to bring out my claws using then them to forcefully hit the vampire making sure my claws passed through his skin.The pain he felt made him throw me down forcefully. But he was a vampire. They heal faster than werewolves