Hazel’s POVShe stared the shadows down, snarling and growling loudly, and in an instant, lunged towards them in anger. They were immediately startled and left Lorena alone.She weakly fell to her knees and was covered in blood. I managed to grab her and pull her out of the chaos as the shadows now went after Kaya, as their new target.They clawed her lush black fur and I could hear her yelping in pain and agony.“Kaya, no. What are you doing?! Get out of there!” said Lorena weakly.Kaya’s fur was soon soaked in her own blood and she fell weakly on her limbs to the floor. Her yelping grew weaker and weaker.“Kaya!”Lorena tried to go after her but I held her back. There was no use. She was weak and Kaya was already overwhelmed by the shadows. If she went after her, they would both die.“Lorena, stop! You can’t save her! You’ll die!”“I’d rather die than let her die! Let go of me, Hazel!”I held on even tighter to her though she struggled in my grip.“Kaya no! Get up! Get up!”She was
Ryder’s POV“My daughter will not get involved in this!”I yelled angrily at Hazel and the entire room went quiet. Suddenly, Logan walked up angrily to me.“Don’t you dare yell at her?”I growled back at him and stared him down angrily.“Or else what? Do you really think I’m scared of you?”He was silent and we continued to stare daggers at each other.“Why are you being difficult, Ryder? Your daughter is the only one that can turn the tide for us and you want to refuse us that? Are you even thinking straight?”“I’d rather let this entire world crumble to pieces than see my daughter be put in harms way. I don’t give a damn if she can kill them or not. She is just five years old. She is a child and I will not put her life on the line just because of some useless mystical quest. See what happened here today? What if she wasn’t able to save herself. I would have lost her and my mate. I have lost one before and I’m not going to lose another. If you want to kill me for that–”I opened his
Lorena’s POVI stared at Ryder and glared back at me and I could see the conflict in his eyes. He was worried and scared for Kaya and I and he had every right to be. I felt guilty for making him choose but there was no other way.“Ryder?”He glared at me and turned to everyone else. All breaths were held as he was about to make his decision.“I say fuck all of you! I am not going to put my daughter in danger and you…”He turned and pointed aggressively at me.“I am not going to risk losing you either. I can’t be the one who’s entire family’s life is on the line. This isn’t my fight. It’s her’s–”He pointed to Hazel angrily.“–so I suggest that she find a way to fix this.”He stormed away angrily and I saw Logan trying to go after him.“No. Leave him. He is just tense. He has a lot going on. He will decide and get back to us. But until then, we have to put this on pause.”Logan stormed up to me and stared me dead in the eye.“You can’t be serious. We were so close to getting it and we
The Lady in White’s POVIt took a while but soon it was time to leave Lorena. I felt a tear form on my eyes as I disappeared from view and she called out to me frantically but I was silent.I had been watching her and her child ab Kaya for a while. They all had massive potential yet I was miserable that I was going to have a hand in their destruction.It had reached the King’s ears that Kaya could destroy the dark shadows that he sent. It was already known that she was already a stumbling block to his plans.He had asked me to convince Ryder to accept to take his daughter to the dangerous vault. I had sown the seed in his mind as he slept in frustration in his study. I could do nothing but cry. I wished every day that my soul would be allowed to rest in peace but the prayers of the dead were unheard by the Goddess.I reached outside and I could hear snarling. The shadows had remained camped outside the house. Waiting for orders to strike again and take revenge on behalf of their falle
Lorena’s POVI was barely able to sleep all night. The Lady in White’s voice had been ringing non stop in my ears. Her words terrified me.I was to beware of the Golden Moon? What would happen to me if I saw it? What was it even going to look like? My hand went to my stomach. My child was in danger. Why did it have to be..?“Lorena?”Hazel called out to me and I turned around in fright. I was lost in my thoughts.“Lorena, you have had that shirt in your arms for the last ten minutes. Are you alright? You look pale. Did you get any sleep?”I swallowed hard and kept the shirts on the bed. I had been trying to choose between the red one and the black one earlier but I was just swallowed by my thoughts.“I…I’m sorry. I was thinking about something. I didn’t get much sleep last night but I’m okay. I’m sorry.”I grabbed the black shirt and threw it over my head. I looked at Hazel from the corner of my eye and she looked unconvinced.“Lorena, if something is bothering you, you can tell me. W
Lorena’s POVI saw the frustration I’m Jasper’s eyes but Hazel refused to back down. He shook his head and walked away. Hazel watched him go into the kitchen and turned away sadly.She knew that he was right but she couldn’t wait and frankly, I didn’t want her to. We hadn’t any time to waste. The earlier we got this done, the better it would be for everyone.“Alright, it’s getting late. We should all head out,” said Logan looking away from him watch.I could feel the desperation in his aura. He, more than any of us, wanted this to be over. I noticed that he had barely spent time with Hazel and the way he acted around her was usually due to repressed frustration. He just wanted to be with his mate.Kaya squeezed my hand and I looked down at her and flashed her a little smile. She was such a brave girl. I looked at Ryder and wanted to ask him if the Lady in White had visited him last night I decided to hold back.Asking him might make me spill what the Lady told me about our unborn chil
Hazel’s POVI watched in horror as they swarmed Kaya. Her screams were getting quieter by the second. We all tried to save her but we couldn’t get close enough. Ryder was slammed against the wall but he shook himself off and charged again.The Shadows didn't hurt him, but simply kept him at bay. They knew what they were doing. I could see the glee in their faces. They wanted us to watch her die slowly in pain and agony.“Kaya!!!”Lorena was screaming at the top of her voice but there was nothing that she could do. Finally they stopped and stood away from her.I covered my mouth in horror and let out a scream. There was almost nothing left of her. Her rosy sweet face was mutilated beyond recognition. Her body was still and her eyes stared, dead, into empty space.“Kaya!!!”I screamed but it did nothing for her. She still lay there; a pile of bleeding flesh.I fell to my knees and cried. What had I gotten her into?My grief was nothing compared to Lorena’s. She was ripping her hair and
Hazel’s POVI immediately began to panic and soon I heard the sound of running footsteps. I was shortly joined by Logan, Jasper, Cassie, Lorena, Ryder and Kaya, who was in Lorena’s arms.“The police are trying to ram the door. We need to get out of here.”Cassie was pale with worry and fright. They looked at the Amulet in my hand and I tucked it safely in Cassie’s bag.I looked around the room that held the Amulet but it was solid. There was. No escape. What were we going to do?We soon all began to search while Lorena took care of Kaya. She looked very worried but she was safe.“I found something.”Jasper called us and we all rushed to where he was. He dusted a part of the wall away and it revealed a seal. It was the same as the one on the entrance to the vault.“Logan, you have to…”Bang! Bang!! Bang!!!The police continued to ram the door. In a few seconds, they’d be inside and we would all be in trouble.Logan didn’t waste any time and bit into his hand and smeared the blood over