Lorena’s POVI listened to Hazel’s heavy breathing over the phone. The silence was tense. I didn’t even know if she was still conscious.“Hazel? Are you still there?”Still nothing. I then heard Jasper’s voice in the background.“Hazel are you okay?”Finally I heard a voice. Hazel sounded fearful and the timbre of her voice was full of melancholy.“You…you need to… to go and see the seer. I can’t explain but something in me feels that you should go and see him.”I could hear her voice getting hoarse and croaky. She was holding back tears.“Hazel, I…”“Drive through the forest and take a right on a path. You should see his cottage there.”I tried to say something to her but the line went dead.I dropped the phone and turned around anxiously. Kaya looked at me puzzled.“Miss Lorena, are you okay? What’s the matter?”I swallowed hard and caught myself before I made my fear too evident to her.“Nothing sweetie. I have to just run a quick errand. How about you go to your room.”“Okay.”She
Lorena’s POVI looked at Ryder and he stared back at me.“We are not seriously going to enter his house,” he said angrily. “For all we know, he is probably a hoax. He might be blind for all we know. He keeps saying the ‘three of us’.”I looked at Ryder and there stared into the cottage. It looked cozy and inviting and besides, Hazel and Logan had been here and they were alright. I had to go in.I took a step forward but Ryder’s grabbed my arm violently.“Were you even listening to me?!”I scowled and pulled my hand away.“I chose to come so you should let me do what I want. I did ask you to give me the car to go alone but you refused.”I went inside and soon enough, I could hear Ryder’s heavy footsteps, defensively behind me.We looked around the circular room and my breath was taken away. It was a little shabby and in the walls hung intricate talismans and charms. He was the seer.I turned and saw him at a table with a three cups of what I thought was tea.“I’m glad you three finally
Lorena’s POVI was stunned. He had to be lying? There was no way this was true.“I know your mind doubts what I say, Lady Lorena, But I simply speak the truth. You are pregnant with the Beta’s child.”I felt my hand go to my stomach and I rubbed it slowly. There was no way a child was inside there. I felt fine. I closed my eyes and slowly, a tear began to run down my cheek. Who was I kidding? It was expected. Every time that I had sex with Ryder, we never used protection.“I can tell that you are shocked by the news. I suggest that you go home and get your head wrapped around it. But keep in mind, your child might not be a regular wolf once it is born. The effects of the Omen Moon are strong, especially on destines that are yet to be shaped.”I turned to look a Ryder and he had a blank expression on his face. I knew that he couldn’t believe it either. He took my hand and raised me up from the chair. We walked out of the little cottage without even a goodbye to the seer. My thoughts we
Ryder’s POVI watched as Hazel approached Lorena and I.“Lorena? Ryder? What are you both doing here?”Lorena hesitated a little. I could tell she was thinking about what to say.Suddenly, the doctor’s office opened and a patient came out with a large smile on her face. He turned to Lorena and Hazel.“Which one of you is Miss Lorena?”“I am, doctor.”She stood up from her seat and went in without a word to Hazel or Jasper.The door closed and Hazel turned to me angrily.“What did you do to her?!”She stormed angrily towards me but Jasper held her back.I stared at her icily and said nothing.Hazel continued to fight in Jasper’s grasp.“How dare you?! You hurt her, didn’t you?! You animal!”I scoffed. I was honestly waiting for Jasper to let her go and I’d put her in her place. I honestly didn’t care if she was the Alpha’s mate or not.“I don’t need to answer to you.”I turned away from her and remained seated on my chair.Suddenly, she fought and freed herself from Jasper and ran towa
Hazel’s POVI ran outside and met Jasper leaning on a wall, on the phone, trying his best to explain things to an obviously hysterical Cassie.“Cassie, I’m okay. No, no, I’m not hurt. Logan is in the ward. I can’t explain everything to you now. I promise to explain once I get home. I love you.”He ended the call and I walked up to him, wiping the tears off my face but I was a little too late. He had seen them already.“Hazel?”I sniffed. Trying not to break into a fresh round of tears.“Logan is mad at me. He doesn’t want to talk to me. He doesn’t want to touch me. This is all my fault.”I wanted to cry again but Jasper put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me into a hug.“Listen. None of this is your fault. I told you before. We are dabbling in things that we don’t understand or have control of. Stop being so hard on yourself.”I sobbed lightly into his chest for a while but soon pulled away.“How is Cassie taking it?”Jasper sighed.“She is worried like crazy but I’ll explain thing
Hazel’s POVJasper and Lorena huddled closer to me. I was still breathing rapidly. My eyes were wide open; I still had no idea about what on earth I had just seen. It felt so real but it was just a dream, a vision.“The Amulet is hidden somewhere in school.”“School? Did you see where?” asked Lorena, curiously.I shook my head.“No. Before I could see anymore, you guys pulled me out of my trance.”I could see the frustration in Jasper’s face as he exhaled. I could tell he was blaming himself.“Jasper it’s fine. At least we know where to look.”He relaxed a little and nodded nervously.“Yeah, you’re right. I’m sorry.”I smiled at him and turned my head to the bench. I was truly alone and Chelsea wasn’t with me. It still felt like a dream.“So what are we going to do? We know where it is hidden. Aren’t we going to find it?”“We are but we can’t do that until Logan is out of hospital. He is weak and I feel we need him.”Lorena stared at me with wide eyes.“Are you being serious? This is
Jasper’s POVFor the rest of the day, we all sat watching Logan sleep. I knew that Hazel didn’t want to show it but she was tense. I could see her twist her fingers nervously. Her eyes darted around the room, focusing on nothing in particular yet everything.I knew I was an inconvenience to her relationship with Logan. Initially I was in the way because I loved her and I wanted her but now, I had no choice. I was her protector. I couldn’t leave her side.Finally, Logan began to stir. He didn’t need to be stressed out so I made to leave the room. I stood outside the door and looked into the room from the little window.Hazel rushed to Logan’s side but he rebuffed her like she was some kind of plague. I watched as Hazel’s lip began to quiver. I couldn’t make out what she was saying to him but I could tell that he didn’t care at all.I sighed. This was more than she could bear. I looked at my watch. It was 3pm and none of us had had anything to eat all day. Food would get our minds off
Hazel’s POVI tried to head into Logan’s room but his door was bolted shut.“Logan please just open up! We can talk about this. Please.”I waited at the door but there was no reply. I knocked again but I was still met with silence. I felt dejected. He was still so upset. I exhaled and wiped my eyes on my shirt. I couldn’t stand here all day. I had to take Jasper’s advice. Logan just needed some time to himself.I headed to my room and found Lorena on the bed with Kaya. They were looking at some pictures that Kaya had drawn and Kaya had a big smile on her face.I couldn’t help but break into a smile as well. They finally looked up at me and Kaya beamed at me with a big grin on her face.“Miss Hazel!”She left Lorena and ran towards me. I hugged her back and she quickly ran to get her coloring book.“I drew you and Miss Lorena.”I looked at the picture and felt my heart melt into a mush. It looked beautiful. Crudely draw like a five-year old but it was beautiful and thoughtful.“This is
Hazel’s POVI looked around and all was silent. I walked towards my friends and saw The exhaustion on their faces. Kaya was a badly injured but she was all right and Lorena had numerous scratches on her body and face while Ryder was limping badly on one leg. We looked around at the sea of bodies of the fallen warriors that littered the forest floor, the ones that were not engulfed by the rift that swallowed Ragnar and the King of the Underworld. So many lives wasted and all for what? The wolves that were left alive walked towards us and Ragnar’s wolves stayed away. They stared at us and I could tell that they were contemplating their next move. Their Alpha was dead and they had nowhere to go.Alpha Draco had defeated his brother and could now lay claim to the territory that he gave to him.Suddenly, the black wolf walked forward and bowed low to the ground to Alpha Draco. As he did so, his comrades followed and they all swore their alliance to the alpha.We all shifted into a
Hazel’s POVWe turned and we started to run back to the battlefield field. My eyes were brimming with tears each time I remembered Jasper’s sacrifice. It was too much to bare. How was I going to tell Cassie that her mate what was dead?We both dashed through the forest and soon, we reached the battlefield and the sight that met us was awful. Half of our wolves had been slaughtered by Ragnar and the other monster. I fell silent as soon as I saw the carnage. There were dead bodies everywhere.In one corner, Kaya was fighting beside Lorena and Ryder was covering Cassie. Alpha Draco was going toe to toe with this brother, and as soon as I set my eyes on him, I felt myself gill with rage.Without thinking, I dashed over to Alpha Draco, who was laying weakly on the floor and was about to take a fatal blood from Ragnar.I was able to make it there just in time and I clawed at him with my paw and I did it again and again and again until he started to retreat and move back, away from Dra
Hazel’s POVI dragged Logan’s body away to safety as soon as the rift began to open. The battlefield had become quiet as we all looked at the split in the world of the living and the underworld.Draco and I stared at each other. Was this really the end? Had all our hard work come down to this? The shadows had settled on the ground around the rift and they bowed their heads low to the ground. I looked around the battlefield: Lorena was limping into distance, Jasper had been surrounded by wolves, Kaya had been flung into a tree and she had barely moved, Ryder was at her side and Cassie was laying down on the ground bloodied and bruised. We are all on the ground, defeated, and now, something greater than what we could imagine was emerging from the underworld. I felt so weak and hopeless. What was I going to do? How are we going to stop Ragnar?I turned to look at him and he was laughing manically. As the menacing dark figure rose from the ground. I felt my heart leap into my thr
Ragnar’s POVThe arrival of Draco's army made me grit my teeth and anger. This was not what I had planned. How did Kaya get her powers back? Why was Lorena here? Did my spell not work? Did her unborn child not die?In the midst of all the grey, brown and black fur, I saw a blur of white running towards me.“Hazel!” I said gritting my teeth and anger. I couldn't stop the spell else I would have to start all over but that little brat was getting on my nerves.She pounced towards me and grabbed the Amulet out of midair, But before she could get away, I grabbed her tail and slammed her to the ground.“Did you really think that a weak Omega like you could stop me. You have big dreams. Very big dreams.” I stepped on her hind leg and the bones cracked under the force. She yelped him pain, dropping the Amulet on the ground and trying desperately to get away.“And where do you think you're going?” I grabbed her neck and was about to strangle her when I was grabbed by my shoulder an
Hazel’s POV“Well, that was not as entertaining as I expected,” said Ragnar unenthusiastically. “Well it is over and now it's time for me to take over this world.” I got up and glared at him.“You killed him. You killed Logan. You monster!”“Hazel, I believe you have eyes. I didn't kill your mate. Your friend did.” I watched him place the pieces of the Amulet on the ground and he began to assemble them. “It has been fun brother but now, it is time to end you and take what is rightfully mine.” My fists continued to shake as a stared at him with hate. Suddenly a loud howl erupted from my mouth and pierced the evening sky. I looked up at the moon and its red beam filled my eyes. “You killed Logan and now, you are going to pay!” Ragnar laughed but he didn't seem scared one little bit.“Look here darling, you are no match for me. Take one wrong step and I'll send you to join your beloved mate.” He dropped the pieces on the ground and began to assemble them. And at that i
Hazel’s POVI stared at him in fear and he grinned back wickedly.I grabbed my bag ans the box and took several steps backwards while Jasper jumped in front of me and tried to protect me. Ragnar began to laugh and it sent chills down my spine.“Do you really think that you can protect her?”We soon heard snarling sounds fill the air and when we looked up, shadows were camped in the trees glaring down at us and baring their fangs.“Look here Hazel, I will make this easy. Give me the amulets or she dies.”I soon heard struggling noises and out of the mist, a tall muscular man was dragging Kaya with him.“Kaya!”“Miss Hazel! Tell him to let go of me!”I looked from Kaya to Ragnar and back to Kaya. Ragnar smiled and lick his bottom lip.“So tell me Hazel, what is it going to be? Kaya or the Amulet?”Before I could give my answer, I heard the sound of feet running behind me. I turned back and saw three wolves sprinting towards us.“Ah. My brother finally decided to join the party. I was wo
Hazel’s POVAfter the meal, I had been in my tent, trying my best to reconnect with my wolf but all my efforts turned out the same: futile and unyielding.Every time I tried to concentrate, I could only hear a voice that told me that I needed to find the Amulet.I had tried to shake it out of my mind but it persisted and continued to pull me in deeper. It was so persistent and sincere. Maybe I was going about this all wrong. Maybe it was my wolf telling me to find the Amulet. It had probably been telling me this the whole time except that I chose not to listen.I stood up and made my decision. Alpha Draco was making the big mistake. We were supposed to be finding the Amulet. If you found it, we could harness its powers and bring an end to this war. We had to stop Ragnar at all costs and this probably was our only chance.I poked my head out of the tent and saw Alpha Draco and the others sitting around the campfire. The sun was beginning to go down and in the far off distance, I could
Lorena’s POVI ended the call with Hazel and I sat outside the incubation room. I was nervous about her. I felt that I had left her alone.I had been in Zoe’s room all day and the doctors even had to find a way to get me out earlier. I just wanted to be with her. I loved the way it seemed that she was able to understand everything that I said and she was just 2 months old.I felt torn all of a sudden. I needed to be with Hazel, my mate and my friends, but I also wanted to be with my daughter.As I sat, lost in thought, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I jerked in fright and turned around to see who it was.“Hello Miss Lorena, I am sorry to startle you.”My doctor smiled kindly at me and I smiled back.“It’s alright. I was just on a call and I had to leave the room. I want to go back to Zoe now.”“Maybe you should take a break Miss Lorena. You have been in that room for hours. You could take a stroll maybe, stretch your legs and get something to eat. I just finished my shift. Maybe we coul
Hazel’s POVI had been in my tent all day. Logan had tried to come in a few times but I simply gave him the cold shoulder and turned away.The forest was quiet as the day was moving forward. The bird’s chirping became louder and louder and when I listened hard enough, I could hear the rushing of a stream nearby.My stomach growled; I just remembered that I hadn’t eaten anything all day. I hoped Alpha Draco remembered to pack some food.“Hazel.”I turned away to face the back of the tent. It was Logan again; I wondered what he wanted.“Hazel, I am not here to try to get you to talk. I understand that you are angry with me; I just came to tell you that’s my father wants us all outside.”“I’m coming,” I said coldly.He lingered at the entrance of the tents for a while and then disappeared. I sighed and stood up, leaving the cozy warmth of the tent.As soon as I got outside, I saw Cassie Jasper, Ryder and Logan all standing in a line in front of Alpha Draco like it was a military exercise