I woke up many hours later and saw that it was now daytime and I was still alone in the locked attic. I wept when I remembered what had happened to me.What would I do now? How do I escape from this place and get my baby back?My breasts were heavy with milk and I longed to feed my baby with them but he wasn’t here. I wondered how he was doing; was he crying for me? Was he sleeping?My answers finally came when someone unlocked the attic door and came in. It was Banjo, Tarik’s partner. He squeezed his nose in disgust when he entered the room and saw me lying on the floor.“How can you breathe in this stinking room?” He asked, covering his nose with his hand.“Where is my baby?” I asked him, ignoring his insult.“Well, I have good news for you,” he said, still covering his nose. “The Luna wishes to see you in her room but first, you must get cleaned up and properly dressed before you meet her.”“Where are Tarik and Lynda?”“Stop asking me stupid questions and get up!” He shouted at me.
Tomorrow was Domarius’ first birthday and preparations were underway in the palace to give him a grand celebration.Elena had somehow managed to convince the Alpha to adopt my son as his, so the child was now considered one of his children.The past one year has been hell for me. Just as it happened during my pregnancy, I was not allowed to mingle with the others in the palace. I was escorted by armed guards to Elena’s room and back to mine every day.I was never allowed to be alone with Domarius because I was always being watched by Elena or by her guards if she wasn’t around.I felt like a prisoner and it pained me to see my son being claimed by people who weren’t his parents.My only consolation was dreaming of my mates every day and hoping that I would be reunited with them very soon.However, fate has finally smiled on me today. Due to the preparations for the birthday party, everyone in the palace was on duty, working to set up the place ahead of tomorrow.Guests were expected t
“Jade, you’re back!” Said Damian, happily when he saw me.We were standing outside our cottage and he was carrying a platter of food.I wanted to go to him but something held me back. “I am so sorry, Damian. I had to leave our son behind. They wouldn’t let me take him.”He stopped smiling and dropped the platter on the floor. His face changed and he became Darius.“You have to go back and get him or we won’t let you in,” he said.“I can’t,” I said and I began to cry.He shook his head and he became Dominic. “This is all your fault!” He said.I woke up suddenly, panting. My dreams about my mates were no longer exciting as they used to be. Sometimes, they were nightmares and the triplets would chase me around, trying to kill me.I didn’t know whether it was my guilt that created these dreams or if they were truly mad at me. I didn’t even know for sure whether they were still alive or not.I heard Hycinth coming down the stairs and I smelled the food he was bringing even before he reache
I had so many questions. What happened to her? How did she die? What about my son? What would become of him now?“Your son is fine, from what I’ve heard,” said Hycinth. “But rumours are circulating in the palace that the Alpha doesn’t want him there anymore.”“What? Why?”“Because it was Luna Elena’s idea to raise him with the Alpha’s children. He never liked that but she somehow convinced him to agree to it. Now that she’s dead, he doesn’t have to keep the boy in his home anymore.”“So, what would he do to my son?” I asked fearfully.“I don’t know but we will find out soon, I guess.”My question was answered a few days later when Hycinth came to tell me that the Alpha wanted to see me. I couldn’t believe it but it turned out to be true.I was taken out of my cell to the servants’ quarters in the palace where they cleaned me up and dressed me in pretty clothes. I felt like my old self again for once in a long time.When I was presented to Alpha Jaxon in his throne room, my knees almos
Hycinth’s mother was kind enough to send a Gamma from their pack to give us food and water for our journey. We had walked a long distance from their camp and I wasn’t quite sure about our direction.We met some travellers on the road and they told me how to find my way to the mountains. Domarius and I stopped a few times to eat and rest.We finally arrived at the mountains as the sun began to set the following day. We were exhausted and I was happy to be back home.People stared at us strangely as we passed. I recognized some of them but they didn’t recognize me back. I didn’t mind at all because I knew that I looked very different from my old self.My hair was longer and darker than before, I was as boney as a skeleton and I had a child with me.When we reached the cottage that used to be my home, I was sad to find it empty. Did this mean that Antonio had succeeded in killing my mates? Were all those dreams that I have been having about them just my imagination?“I am hungry,” Domari
“What does that mean?” I asked her angrily. Nana’s riddles were beginning to get on my nerves.She shrugged and said, “What does it matter? Why don’t you concern yourself with your destiny instead?”“Nana! Are you going to tell me what’s going on or do we have to keep playing these mind games all day?” I asked her impatiently.“Listen, Jade. Just like the triplets’ mother, I too have a gift of sorcery,” she said. “When I first saw you with that necklace hanging around your neck, I saw your future.”Her words sent chills down my spine. “Why didn’t you ever tell me this before?”“Because the timing wasn’t right back then. But now, you deserve to know what lies ahead of you.”I sat on the bed beside her, eager to hear what else she had to say. This revelation was becoming very interesting.“What did you see?” I asked her curiously.“You are destined to be three times a Luna,” she replied quietly.“Meaning?”“Meaning you shall be mated three times in this lifetime.”“That’s nothing new,”
“Excuse me?” I said.Brianna walked to a nearby chair and she sat down on it before responding to me. “You’re excused, Jade. You and your brat.”“Don’t you dare insult my son!”She sighed. “What did you expect? That you would disappear into thin air and suddenly show up after four years, expecting everything to remain the same?”“I didn’t disappear, you sold me into slavery!” I fired back at her.“Is that Jade?”I turned around and saw Dominic standing behind me. He was even more handsome than I remembered.“It is you!” He said, grinning happily. “I don’t understand. They said you were dead.”My blood froze. “Who told you that?”“I thought you died,” Brianna said quickly from her spot inside the library. “I saw someone attacking you on that day that I tried to help you escape from Apex Wood. I was afraid for my life, so I ran away.”I silenced her with my eyes. “You shameless liar. Is that what you told them?”“That was what happened,” she insisted.“Who is this?” Dominic asked, stari
For the second time in my life, I was a prisoner again. I had a beautiful living quarter with a den, bedroom and a large bathroom. I had a balcony to myself and I was served good meals every day like a queen.My son had his own room down the hall from mine and he had a royal tutor who trained him every day.However, I was very unhappy. I still couldn’t understand why my mates now disliked me so much. They spoke to me rudely and rarely came to visit me. And when they did, they treated me like trash.How did they go from loving me so much to hating me like this? What did Brianna do to them?Only Dominic seemed to be nice to me when we were alone, but once his brothers were around, he would be mean to me just like them.I figured out that they were controlling him and he was afraid of offending them by being kind to me in their presence.It was so frustrating and all I could think of was how to run away. I remembered Hycinth and wished that I had stayed with him instead.“It must really
“You’re back,” Rowan whispered happily. I blinked. “Where am I?” “We had to bring you to the pack hospital. Your bones were broken badly from the fall,” he explained. “But don’t worry, you’re the only one here. We cleared out the hospital to give you some privacy.” I looked at him and noticed how tired he looked. There were dark circles under his eyes and his beard was overgrown like his father’s own in the chasm. “I am so sorry,” I apologized. “I have put you through a lot. You don’t deserve any of these troubles you’ve experienced because of me.” “Please, don’t say that,” he replied tenderly. “We are one. You’re my mate and that means that whatever affects you affects me. We’re in this together.” “Thank you,” I whispered. “From the bottom of my heart, I say thank you, Alpha Rowan.” He smiled tenderly. “You’re welcome, Luna Jade. Always and forever.” He leaned down and kissed my forehead softly. “I have some good news for you,” he whispered. “Let me guess, you found the neckl
“Here she is, my lord,” Tarik announced as he led me into Alpha Jaxon’s lair.“Leave us,” he growled and Tarik promptly disappeared.Alpha Jaxon watched me warily like a predator. He was sitting on a wingbacked chair, nursing a goblet of wine. His beard was overgrown and his bloodshot eyes told me that he was piss drunk.“Where have you been?” He asked me. His deep voice rumbled like thunder.“I – I…”“Answer me!” He barked and I nearly peed on myself.Why the hell did I agree to this? Why did I let Lynda talk me into this nonsense? I wasn’t even Sasha, so why should I receive her punishment?“I’m not Sasha,” I blurted out fearfully.“That’s not the answer to my question,” he rumbled again. “I will ask you one more time only.”I swallowed hard. My heart was pounding wildly in my chest.“Where… have… you… been?”I began to shiver with fear. “I am not Sasha,” I repeated stubbornly.He was out of his chair like a shot and was standing in front of me within a second. He grabbed my throat
The last thing I remembered was Albert and Lattie shifting into their wolf forms and meeting Damian mid-air. I don’t even know how I found my way out of the cottage but I did.“I have to get to the Highlands! I have to get to the Highlands!” I chanted again as I ran towards the dock.I couldn’t see Damian but my wolf senses told me that he was already behind me. I could almost feel his breath on my back.As I reached the dock, a boat was just pulling up and the only passenger on it got off through the gangplank. He was a dashing guy that I would recognize anywhere.“Sahid! What are you doing here?”He stared at me blankly. “Who are you?”“It’s me, Jade.”“Watch out!” He yelled and pushed me out of the way.Damian crashed into Sahid, knocking him to the ground. He tried to come after me but Sahid wouldn’t let him. He held onto the Alpha’s hind legs, stalling his movement.“Get away from me, you fool!” Damian shouted and kicked Sahid savagely.Once he broke free from the Lycan’s grip, h
“Slow down, girl. Why are you running?” An old woman asked me.I had reached the southern village and I was heading to the dock to get a boat ride to the Highlands. I’d stopped briefly by an empty stall in the market to catch my breath when the woman showed up.“Are you ok?” She asked.She was standing in the shadows where I couldn’t see her properly but I recognized her voice.“Lattie?”She stepped forward and the moonlight shone on her face. She was staring at me with a puzzled expression.“Do I know you?” She asked.“Not in this life,” I replied plainly. “Where’s Albert? Do you think he’ll be willing to give me a ride to the Highlands?”Lattie was speechless at first. “Who are you?”“My name is Jade. You don’t know me yet or maybe you do and don’t remember, but I know you from another time.”“Child, that doesn’t make sense.”“To you, it doesn’t but to me, it does. Where’s Albert?”“He already packed up and left. I only stayed back this long to sell off my last batch of fresh apples
“You don’t even know me,” I said.“Doesn’t matter,” he replied promptly. “Come here.”I sighed. This new life was filled with more sex than I’d had in my other life. I’m not even sure if that’s a good thing at this point but I could tell that it was purely a physical thing for me at this point.“What a stubborn fellow,” I grumbled under my breath.“I heard that,” he said. “Don’t worry, I’ll make this worth your while.”“Whatever…” I mumbled. An image of Hazim fucking Sasha on her kitchen cabinet flashed through my mind and I nearly gagged. Yikes!“Why do you look like a lamb approaching the slaughterhouse?” He asked me with a chuckle. “You’re not afraid of me, are you?”“No.”“Then what is it?”“I don’t want to have sex with you.”“Oh.” He looked disappointed. “Well, you don’t have to.”I stared at him. “Then how do I get my necklace from you?”He threw it at me and it hit me in the face. That reminded me of that nightmare I had in my other life where Dominic threw the necklace at me.
“Intruders!”My eyes flew open. Hycinth and Lola woke up with a start too. We could hear loud voices outside our tent and what sounded like a stampede.“What’s going on?” I gasped.“That’s what I intend to find out,” Hycinth grumbled. I could tell that he was seriously pissed about being woken up so rudely.We scrambled to get dressed but we were barely halfway through it when Gertrude burst into our tent. Her eyes were wide with fear.“Quick, we have to flee! There’s an army of werewolves out there trying to kill everyone!” She shouted frantically.“Where are they from?” Hycinth asked.“Who cares? There’s too many of them and they’re here for blood.”We ran outside with Hycinth in front and we were shocked to see the chaos going on outside. The enemy werewolves were pouncing on every Gypsy in sight, attacking them viciously.It only took me a few moments to recognize the Alphas leading them. Fear paralysed me. I knew I should run but I simply couldn’t.Hycinth swung into full battle
All Hycinth and I ever did was have sex at the slightest opportunity. We did it anytime and everywhere until Gertrude became annoyed.“You must have been starved of sex in your previous relationship,” she commented one day. “Don’t you ever get tired?” “You could ask Hycinth that too,” I replied cheekily and that silenced her.Hycinth and I were unofficially mates. His mother had tried to choose a mate for him a couple of times because he never felt the mate bond with anyone.According to him, once he’s had sex with them, he loses interest in having a proper relationship with them. He’s had a ‘taste’ of all the young she-wolves in the pack to the annoyance of the elders.“What happens when I eventually leave?” I asked him when we settled down for the night in our tent later that day.“Why would you leave?” He asked with a questioning look.“I can’t stay here forever. I have several unanswered questions burning in my mind.”“Have you regained your memory?”“Uh, no but I’m curious about
“Who is this?” Gertrude asked as we entered the camp.“This is Jade. I rescued her from the jaws of a beast that tried to kill her.”“Why? What did you do?” She asked me.“I don’t know. I don’t remember,” I said. I’m going to stick to my amnesia story and see how this plays out. I didn’t want to get myself in trouble by saying the wrong thing.“She appears to have lost her memory,” said Hycinth.“Something traumatic must have happened to her. Come on, then. Let’s get you cleaned up and fed.”She led me through the camp where everyone stared at me curiously. She assigned Lola and Cherise to take care of me. It felt odd that they didn’t recognize me.“Your wounds are already closing up,” said Lola. “Are you from the Moon Pack? They’re famous for healing faster than every other werewolf.”“No, I’m not. I’m from…” I bit my tongue before I blurted out my identity.“From where?” Cherise asked me.“I don’t remember,” I lied.“It must be very frustrating to not remember anything about your pa
“We’ll send for you when the time is right,” said Damian.It was two days after the tragic stillbirth of Domarius. My birthing injuries had finally healed but I wasn’t ready to be kicked out yet.“Why are you all blaming me for what happened?” I asked softly.“Because you gave us false hopes. We will send for you when we get over this disappointment. Goodbye, Jade.”He shut the door before I could manage to get another word in. So, here I was, mateless and babyless in what should have been my comeback.I went to Nana’s cabin to see where she’d buried the baby’s body. I saw the small mound of sand where she’d put him and my heart broke.“Who’s there?” She asked from inside.“It’s me, Nana,” I replied.She came outside and met me there. Her expression softened when she saw my tear-stained face.“Oh, Jade. Can you ever forgive me?”“There’s nothing to forgive, Nana. What happened wasn’t your fault. I think we both miscalculated the outcome.”“When are the triplets coming to see the baby’