INGRID'S P.O.V.I picked up Theo from his crib to check for injuries for any such, and felt a sense of relief when I saw nothing. She had the nerve to threaten me, every bit of my body wanted to kill her, but I knew too well that if I did Aegon would be after my head and I won't be able to take care of the baby.“Ingrid, come downstairs.” I heard Aegon say the moment he opened the door, but I didn't look back at him.“No.”“This isn't a request, I'm ordering you to come downstairs.”“You have no right to ask me to do whatever you want, I'm not coming downstairs and that's final!” I snapped at him, which made Theo cry out. “Ingrid, Theo needs some breathing space! He has been here twenty-four hours of the day ever since he was born and keeping him locked in here all the time might do him harm, I don't give a damn about you but let the child live while we can fight all our lives for all I care. I'm going down and if I don't see you downstairs within fifteen minutes, I assure you, you w
AEGON'S P.O.V.I would be lying if I said I didn't hate the sight of Ingrid right now, why doesn't she get the fact that she's wrong about everything and how her stupid decision was the reason we are all in this mess in the first place. “Where are you going?” I heard mum's voice from the garden as I passed.“I have some work in the pack. Dad Theo's pants are the other way round.” He smiled at me.which just made me chuckle as I turned away.My parents were happy being with Theo, but they were slowly seeing the kind of person Ingrid really is. They might have taken her as their daughter but once an Omega, always an Omega. Walking into the pack, I saw children laughing around and Elders to before walking towards the woods that lead towards the north side of the pack and I saw the house I was looking for.“Aegon?” I heard Dagna's voice. “Ah! Just the person I was looking for.”“You aren't meant to be here. My father is in the house, what are you even doing here to begin with?” She frow
AEGON'S POVSighing heavily, my mother let her hands drop from my face.What's with all the sighing today? I wondered to myself. " I know you feel caged up in here." She started." Then ask Arul to let me leave." I declared, why were they all making this harder than it was supposed to be for cripes sake." But your head hasn't completely healed, and your legs need to be set twice a day and you still need to take potions for your internal injuries." She enumerated my injuries, ticking them off her fingers as she spoke." I know Mom," I told her once I was sure she was done talking." I know I'm nothing but a bushel of ailments, but there's no way I can heal cooped up in here, I need air that's not tainted with drugs and potions, I need to be able to move around- even if its in a wheelchair around my chambers, and look at the sky- even if its through the window. I need to get out of here."" Arul can always come to my chambers to administer my potion." I quickly added when my mother ope
DAGNA'S POVI stared at the sleeping Aegon with a smirk on my face.So the little bastard thought he could turn me into a nursemaid huh?Cheat on me with that little bitch, get her pregnant, be too much of a sissy to do the needful and get rid of the bitch and her little bastard. Literally shatter my heart and stomp on the pieces, and now he had the guts, the audacity, the temerity to ask me to be his nursemaid, now that he was for all intents and purposes a cripple.A cripple for cripes sake, he was a cripple!!!!Did he really think that I? Dagna? The most beautiful woman in the entire ironwood pack would actually want a cripple when I could have whoever I wanted? Ohhh puh...lezzzze!!!!The only reason I was here was because I had a personal vendetta against him. Being in the palace, even as Aegon's nursemaid brought me a step closer to getting my Vengeance. That was the only reason I had even listened to his snotty bitch of a mother when she showed up our door earlier.Dad had been
DAGNA'S POVFor a few seconds, just a few seconds I considered marching past her and carrying on with my search. However, since I wasn't in the mood to get beaten up just yet, I gave myself some sensible advice, threw my hands up in a huff and went back into Aegon's room.By this time I was angry as an offended cobra and so full of venom that it was a good thing n one was around me or they would have gotten enough cobra venom to override the blood in their system ( and no I don't care if that's not scientifically possible, it's how I feel and that's how I chose to express myself)Glaring at the sleeping Aegon, I screamed silently when all I really wanted to do was scream at the top of my lungs and kick his stupid ass to the edge of the pack and back.Violently punching my thighs in fury, I sat on the floor and kicked my legs as violently as I could until I had managed to get my anger under control.That bitch Ingrid had dared to lay a hand on me? She had dared to threaten me? Me ? Da
DAGNA'S POV" I live here." I replied tersely, striding past him into the kitchen to pour myself a glass of water from the sink. All the running had left me quite dehydrated." What do you mean you live here?" He demanded, hurrying after me." You're supposed to be in the palace searching for the jewel, not in my kitchen guzzling down water like you just ran a marathon."" There's been a slight change of plans." I said, draining the glass and pouring myself another."WHAT!!!!!!". He roared so loudly, the glass slipped from my hands and shattered into pieces on the hard stone floor." Now look what you've done." I grumbled with a groan of frustration as I turned to go in search of a dust pan and a broom." Don't you dare move another inch." He growled, effectively stopping me in my tracks. Grabbing my arm, he whirled me around to face him." What do you mean there's been a slight change of plans?" He demanded. " Have you messed things up so soon?"" Of course not." I snapped at him, wr
INGRID'S POVWhen Theo didn't go down for his nap until almost 4:00pm the previous night, I knew there was trouble brewing......and he had proved it.Getting up from his nap just a few minutes after seven, it had been a hell of a battle to get him to sleep later in the night. He kept me up until close to midnight, which automatically meant we overslept this morning.I was in that dreamlike state between sleep and wakefulness and lounging around on the bed when a sudden loud voice jolted me into full wakefulness." Dagna!"" Dagna!"" Dagna!" Vimon was yelling as she hurried down the hallway coming to a stop right in front of my door." Can you please stop screaming my name." Dagna yelled back." We have a sick patient or shall I say invalid on this floor after all." Her voice sounded like it was coming from just beyond my door. Jumping to my feet, I plucked a pair of small blue fuzzy earmuffs from off my bedside table and hurried to Theo's crib to place them over his ears. He was a h
INGRID'S POV " I want Theo to go with me." He repeated. " Why?" I demanded. " I'm going for a drive and I want Theo to come with me." He repeated. " I heard you the first time." I told him, "I just want to know why?" I asked again. I stared at them incredulously as he looked up at Dagna and she gave him a reassuring smile. What the hell are they up to? I wondered. Sighing heavily, Aegon looked up at me. " He's my son too, Ingrid." He told me. " And I would like to spend time with him." He added. What the hell are you up to? I mentally screamed at Dagna, glaring at her and wishing I could scratch out her eyes for whatever she was putting Aegon up to. All the solidarity I had felt with her earlier during her quarrel with Vimon had evaporated into thin air. At that moment my solidarity rested with Vimon as I felt what I now knew she must have felt earlier. How dare anyone that wasn't me make plans for my son. " Really Aegon?" I asked. " Now Theo's your son. I distinctly rememb
Pots and Kettles. Ingrid's point of viewVimon opened her mouth to speak, but I beat her to it.I was fed up with Aegon's accusations and insults, and I let him know it, before his mother could do it for me.“ENOUGH AEGON, ENOUGH!!!!!” I bellowed, getting to my feet and going toe to toe with him.“ For the past nine months, you've done nothing but insult at every opportunity you get, and not only am I sick and tired of it, I'm also fed up.” He was so shocked at my vehemence that he took a step back and looked like a fly could knock him over.Not wanting to give him any space to retreat, I took a step forward and covered the space he had gained, I was almost standing on his feet.“ You call me a slut and a whore every chance you get, but we both know who deserves that title, you're the one who goes around sticking your penis in every vagina you can find, even under your so-called girlfriend's nose.”“ Yes, I see it all,” I answered the question that came into his eyes as the last sent
The IntruderIngrid's point of viewI listened carefully, wondering whether I had mis-heard and the house was just settling down like old houses do or even the wind.When the sound came again, more distinct than it had been, I knew without a doubt that its originator was a werewolf and not old house boards or the winds.I carefully stepped out of my shoes so they wouldn't make a sound and alert whoever it was to my presence and immediately tried to mind link with Aegon.If I had taken a moment to think,I would have tried to mind link with either Kane or Vimon, but I wasn't thinking so I went for the first person that popped into my head.... Aegon.He and I used to spend hours talking about everything and nothing when we were younger, so although I hadn't done so in years, it was quite easy to mind link with him.What? He demanded as soon as I was able to reach him.Aegon, please Aegon you have to come to the south wing, there's an intruder,” I cried.Swiftly and without a word, he shu
The CelebrationIngrid's point of view“ What do you mean you're not coming?” Vimon thundered from where she stood in front of my closet, glaring at me as I put finishing touches on Theo's outfit. It was a good thing she couldn't shoot beams out of her eyes, because with the glares she had been sending my way for the past quarter of an hour, I would be as charred as the outside of a medium rare steak by now.“Just like I've told you already, I'm not coming down for the celebration or party, whichever it is,” I repeated for the third time in fifteen hours.“But why???” She cried.Finally finished with getting Theo dressed, I pressed my lips to his head in a soft kiss, picked him up and turned to face his grandmother, saying;“ I already told you Vimon.”“ Humor me, tell me again,” she declared, plucking Theo from my arms and smiling at him as he gurgled and kicked his legs in the air.“ First off,” I said in reply, counting off my fingers.“ Theo's the one who's being honored,he doesn
He's My FriendAegon's point of viewFrom the bucket window in my study,I watched Nico and Ingrid walk out of the back door and head to the baobab orchard behind the palace. Nico held a big wicker basket and Ingrid held a folded blanket.They were obviously heading out for a picnic, and sure enough they settled under one of the trees with Ingrid spreading out the blanket, and Nico setting down and unpacking the basket to reveal an array of food.It was the third time this week, they did this every other day, they would come out here with more food than two people could possibly eat, sit there talking and eating until it was dark before packing up and going back in.And somehow I always found myself here watching them, of course I told myself I was only keeping an eye on Nico, he had just people he called family and was vulnerable, someone had to keep an eye on him and protect him from Ingrid, she wasn't to be trusted after all and was only trying to get her claws into him in his vulne
Ingrid's point of viewVimon opened her mouth to speak, but I beat her to it.I was fed up with Aegon's accusations and insults, and I let him know it, before his mother could do it for me.“ENOUGH AEGON, ENOUGH!!!!!” I bellowed, getting to my feet and going toe to toe with him.“ For the past nine months, you've done nothing but insult at every opportunity you get, and not only am I sick and tired of it, I'm also fed up.” He was so shocked at my vehemence that he took a step back and looked like a fly could knock him over.Not wanting to give him any space to retreat, I took a step forward and covered the space he had gained, I was almost standing on his feet.“ You call me a slut and a whore every chance you get, but we both know who deserves that title, you're the one who goes around sticking your penis in every vagina you can find, even under your so-called girlfriend's nose.”“ Yes, I see it all,” I answered the question that came into his eyes as the last sentence left my lips.
Ingrid's point of viewI listened carefully, wondering whether I had mis-heard and the house was just settling down like old houses do or even the wind.When the sound came again, more distinct than it had been, I knew without a doubt that its originator was a werewolf and not old house boards or the winds.I carefully stepped out of my shoes so they wouldn't make a sound and alert whoever it was to my presence and immediately tried to mind link with Aegon.If I had taken a moment to think,I would have tried to mind link with either Kane or Vimon, but I wasn't thinking so I went for the first person that popped into my head.... Aegon.He and I used to spend hours talking about everything and nothing when we were younger, so although I hadn't done so in years, it was quite easy to mind link with him.What? He demanded as soon as I was able to reach him.Aegon, please Aegon you have to come to the south wing, there's an intruder,” I cried.Swiftly and without a word, he shut down the mi
Ingrid's point of view“ What do you mean you're not coming?” Vimon thundered from where she stood in front of my closet, glaring at me as I put finishing touches on Theo's outfit. It was a good thing she couldn't shoot beams out of her eyes, because with the glares she had been sending my way for the past quarter of an hour, I would be as charred as the outside of a medium rare steak by now.“Just like I've told you already, I'm not coming down for the celebration or party, whichever it is,” I repeated for the third time in fifteen hours.“But why???” She cried.Finally finished with getting Theo dressed, I pressed my lips to his head in a soft kiss, picked him up and turned to face his grandmother, saying;“ I already told you Vimon.”“ Humor me, tell me again,” she declared, plucking Theo from my arms and smiling at him as he gurgled and kicked his legs in the air.“ First off,” I said in reply, counting off my fingers.“ Theo's the one who's being honored,he doesn't need me there
Aegon's point of viewFrom the bucket window in my study,I watched Nico and Ingrid walk out of the back door and head to the baobab orchard behind the palace. Nico held a big wicker basket and Ingrid held a folded blanket.They were obviously heading out for a picnic, and sure enough they settled under one of the trees with Ingrid spreading out the blanket, and Nico setting down and unpacking the basket to reveal an array of food.It was the third time this week, they did this every other day, they would come out here with more food than two people could possibly eat, sit there talking and eating until it was dark before packing up and going back in.And somehow I always found myself here watching them, of course I told myself I was only keeping an eye on Nico, he had just people he called family and was vulnerable, someone had to keep an eye on him and protect him from Ingrid, she wasn't to be trusted after all and was only trying to get her claws into him in his vulnerable state.Re
Nico's point of view“ I assume there was no one behind you,” Ingrid cut in.“And you would be right,” I said smiling as I recalled the memory.“She took a boy wearing blood-covered clothes home, introduced him to her husband, sat him at her kitchen table, fixed him a quick meal, then drew him a bath and dug out some old clothes for him to wear,” I continued.“ Years later both she and Levin would tell me that they had known I was coming, some kind of unexplainable feeling when they woke up earlier that morning that made them understand they would have a guest in the cause of the day, and when I showed up, they both recounted feeling an unexplainable urge to take me in and do what they could for me, and they did just that.” “ For the first week, I don't think I did anything but eat and sleep, neither of them asked me any questions, not even my name.”“ They sound like amazing people,” Ingrid said.“ They were,” I assured her.“And they loved me, so much that they were willing to giv