*************************Ethan's POV**Joey had teleported us back to the castle. For a moment, I thought it was part of her mischief, so I rushed outside to check if it was real. When I got there, I saw the horses we used tied down, and everything looked like our castle.“Oh, you’re back,” Sophia said as she stepped out of her chambers. She looked like she was getting ready to return to her pack.“Yes, we just got back,” I replied, trying to steady my thoughts.“That was fast,” she remarked, raising an eyebrow. “Did you guys teleport or something?” she laughed lightly.“Well, we actually did teleport back,” I said.“For real?” she teased, clearly not believing me.“Yes, Sophe, for real,” I replied, my voice serious.“Oh my goddess! You aren’t joking, Ethan. You guys really teleported?” Sophia's face grew serious, her eyes wide with surprise.“Who did it? Was it Lena? Or Lyla?” she asked, her curiosity piqued.“No, Sophe, it wasn’t either of them,” I replied.“Then who?” Sophia press
******************************Ethan's POVI stood up, went close to her, patted her head, and said to her."It's not your fault lena, you can let the guilt go now" She looked at me with tears in her eyes, I slowly drew her head closer to my chest so she could rest her head on it so she could cry out her eyes on my chest."Everything will be alright", I said, assuring her while still patting her head. "I have to get back to my pack now" Sophia said standing up from the sofa "As much as I would love to stay here and help out with figuring out what to do, I have a responsibility to go back to and I have been neglecting it for a while now" She paused scanning our faces"I promise to be in touch and to help out as much as I can from where I am,", she said, "Lena, I am grateful for your help. I am grateful for healing me and making me whole again, and I will forever be grateful."She was almost getting down on her knees when Lena quickly rushed up and stopped her from going down on her
***************************Lena's POVI was pacing up and down the room assigned to me, lost in thoughts. I didn't even know when Ethan and Sophia came in. I am sure they must have been standing there for a while trying to get my attention. I was brought back into the room by a touch from Sophia. Yes, I said I was brought back because, physically, my body was there in the room, but my mind was far gone from my body; I was lost in thoughts.Sophia Was about to leave, but she came to say her goodbyes before leaving and to thank me for saving her life. That was what got me into this mess I am in now. Maybe if I had not saved her, I wouldn't have wanted to know, or maybe if I had just died back there at Adrian's Castle, I wouldn't have been bothered with these things.Sophia finally left, after telling Ethan to take good care of me, at least he did a good job that night I was able to fall asleep in his arms but deep into the night, I had a dream, no that wasn't a dream that was a nightm
****************************Lena's POV"Enough now, Lena, Do not say a word anymore; we will think about what to do later in the day. Right now, you have to go back to sleep", Ethan said, wrapping me in his arms.We lay on the bed and he cuddled me to sleep. It took a while before I slept because I couldn't completely push away the dream from my mind. It was hard for me to sleep after having such a nightmare or revelation, whatever you wanna call it.Ethan was doing a good job of cuddling me; I felt safe in his wide arms; his arms were well-built ànd strong with firm muscles that stood, but when he moved, one could see the veins running across them, showing how powerful his arms were. Looking at his arm while standing his forearms looked thick, leading to his arms that seemed both strong and steady. There was a quiet strength in the way he carried his arms when he walked. It displayed signs of hard work and determination. I couldn't believe that this was the first time I was feelin
*********************************Lena's POVI ignored what he said, stuffing more food in my mouth; I almost choked, and I started coughing because I had put too much in my mouth."Oh my, sorry, Lena", he said, offering me a glass of water.I took ìt and gulped all of the content. I don't know why but what he said made me feel anxious and nervous. It's not like he hasn't made his intention known but I wasn't expecting him to put it this way. "I think I am full?" I said"But you barely touched your food,", He said, pointing at the plate.I quickly scanned through my brain to find something that was a suitable excuse, immediately I got one."The baby sometimes doesn't need much food" I lied "Sometimes I get choked whenever it's full" "Oh it does that," he askedI could see that he wasn't buying into the excuse; he disdainfully looked at me, but what did he know? He's not a woman who knows how a woman's body works, and I was glad his sister wasn't around, she would have caught on. Bes
********************************Lena's POV Lyla was affected by the whole thing; she seemed confused; for an ancient witch like her to be this confused, then who am I not to be frustrated? She was trying to avoid talking about my dream; I realised I hadn't told her about my dream, well technically, she would know, or she even probably saw the dream with me too. Please don't crucify me. I still don't know how all this works. Like I said, having another living being inside you does not come with an instruction manual. I wished it did though."You knew I had a dream last night?" I asked She wasn't responding, she was silent for minutes before she finally answered"I saw it too" she replied faintly "You saw it" "How" I asked surprisingly "I don't know how, but I think we are beginning to merge in a way, I am beginning to see the same things you see in your dream, I think very soon you will be able to see mine too," she said "You have nightmares, too?" I asked curiously "Yes I do
**************************Ethan's POV I never knew babies could be so demanding, or maybe she was just saying it so she could leave and go somewhere that's not around me. I felt like she was trying to run away from me.She barely touched her food, and she said she was full; she probably didn't know I was staring at her the whole time; I knew the exact number of spoons she took before she claimed she was full.How the hell does one get a full stomach with just five spoons of food? How, for goddess's sake? She's probably just trying to run away from me, trying not to give me a response yet, playing hard to get. I won't lie she was toying with my feelings.Just these few periods I had Bern closer to her, the love I have for her suddenly multiplied, and it's just not fair of her to keep doing this to me. I know I had hurt her in the past, but couldn't she just let bygones be bygones? I knew she wasn't telling the truth about the child being full; I guess she forgot that I am an alpha w
*****************************Ethan's POV"Lena! Lena!! Lena!!!" I called her thrice, but she wasn't answering; her eyes were so white you would think they were eggs. She was being affected by the full moon"Oh my goddess!" I exclaimed. I didn't know what I was going to do. I called out to her again, shook her body, lifted her and tried covering her eyes from looking at the moon, but nothing happened. Her eyes were so fixated on the moon. It's not the werewolf curse; if it was the werewolf curse, her bones would have been cracking by now and besides, she's an omega; omega hardly turn to complete wolves except during a full moon like this. But werewolves' curse had been broken centuries ago. The curse was broken because it wasn't easy for werewolves to turn under a full moon. It comes with a lot of pain and most times when werewolves turn under a full moon, they lose their minds completely; werewolves were known to go on killing sprees during full moons.Due to all these issues, our
**************************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