Thaddeus approaches me, a wide grin on his face. I find myself smiling back. I mean, who wouldn't when a huge man gives yóu a toothless smile." You came, your highness!" He beams," I knew you would come back. I knew you wouldn't abandon all of us." He added, an emotion fleeting across his face." All of you?" I ask and he nods" Yes, the others ànd I have been waiting for you for ages. Only I can appear because I am the guardian of the dragons. I was blessed with powers enough to leave my frozen body to fulfill my task of guarding the castle." Thaddeus explains and I nod in agreement." Actually, I don't know how I ended up here." I confess.After leaving my mother's cottage, I was roaming aimlessly, only to end up here.For some reason, being here makes me feel...calm? It feels like home, not even Midnight pack felt this homey.Perhaps it's because this is my home, the place where I was born."That's the Spirit of your kins calling you. You are our savior." Thaddeus grins.I don't k
Damian POVI have been in a good mood ever since I returned from seeing mia. I can't believe we are finally going to complete our mating bond. After everything that has happened, we are finally going tó be officially mated.I can't keep calm Abou this. Sometimes, I think this is all but a dream. Especially with how Mia was resolute a few days ago with breaking any connections between us." What made you grinning so much?" A voice sounded from the door, making me almost jump." Don't sneak up on me damn it!" I cursed, steadying my breathing.I glared at Leo, my beta who had this smile on his face that was as annoying as shit." If you weren't lost thinking about goddess knows what, you would have heard me knocking on the door." Leo shot back, taking a seat opposite me." Now, spill the beans. You left the pack without informing anyone, not even your beta and left me to deal with your nagging parents. At Least I deserve to know why you seem to be in a good mood."I rolled my eyes at his
Lena POV" What?" I shrieked, my eyes gleaming with anger." Why are yóu telling me this now?" I fired, glaring at my stupid brother.I watched as he scratched the back of his head awkwardly." I thought the King told you already? You two slept together last night." Klaus replied, his response doing nothing but making me more angrier." That bastard only knows how to fuck me. He won't tell me anything important." I hissed.Klaus flinched, probably disturbed by my vulgar words. I ignored his reaction, thinking about the problem at hand." Why would he make such a bold move at this point? It doesn't make any sense!"Attacking that dragon girl and in broad daylight? That doesn't seem like Luther's style.Something doesn't add up." Tell me everything that happened. Don't leave a single detail." I urged. I need to understand what Luther was thinking to attack that girl.From what I know, he won't be needing her until she is mated.The last time he dispatched the team was to look for a cert
Alicia POVStaring at the woman reflected in the mirror, I smile to myself.If things go according to my plan, I'll have Damian where I want him and that bitch Mia, she can go to hell for all I care.When I started going out with Damian, I didn't know that I'd end up falling in Love with him. The aim was get close to his family, ànd get access to Mia.We knew of her powers way before she even turned eighteen. Our dark magic did us the favor.I never understood why my mother thinks she is useful to us, the witches of the black coven. I mean, we are powerful enough but I know better than to question her decisions. That's not something she appreciates.A knock on the door interrupts my thoughts. Through the reflection of the mirror, I can see my mother leaning against the door." Going somewhere, Alicia?" She asks, her hands crossed across her chest." Yeah. Damian agreed to have a dinner date with me." I make my reply as short as possible to avoid giving myself out.She gives me an incr
Mia POVI stand rooted in place, not knowing what to do. I contemplate whether to match the two people sitting a few meters before me or Just storm out of this damned restaurant .Valeria realizes that I am no longer walking with her and her eyes follow mine." Fucking hell!" She cursed and the next thing I see is her yanking Alicia from her seat." Hey bitch, do yóu ever know when to stop? What are you doing here with someone's mate?" She roars.I stand transfixed, not moving. My eyes regard Damian who is already on his feet and walking towards me." What's your problem? Damian and I were having dinner!" I hear Alicia retort." Having dinner or you just wanted to seduce someone's mate?" Alicia hits back. I can see anger burning in her eyes as she holds the neckline of Alicia's dress." Mia, are you going to just stand there?" Valeria screams and I see the waiters starting to gather." Valeria, let her go." I whisper loud enough for her to hear. She seems shocked. I get it. She wasn't
Mia POV Damian's question throws me off the hook and my smile drops.Honestly, I don't like the whole idea.Mating with your fated is supposed to be something you do when you are ready and in the mood, not something to be controlled.I have always envisioned our first night together. How unique it will be but with all the plans to be put in place, that anticipation is dying off.I hate to feel like I am doing this not out of my freewill but as an obligation.That's not what I dreamt for our mating night.People surrounding us to keep us safe as we mate? It sounds.“ Are you okay with this?" I ask. I need to Know if Damian feels the same way I do about the whole mating thing.One thing I know is that the feelings between us are mutual but still…“ What do yóu mean?" he asks, looking at me with those piercing eyes that melt my soul Into a puddle.“ The whole mating ceremony. I don't want to sound selfish but this isn't exactly what I want." I explain only to get a look from Damian that
I jump, a scream leaving my lips as I run straight Into Damian's hands.The man bursts out laughing and only then do I realize that he just tricked me.As much as I love the sound of his laughter, I am annoyed.“ That wasn't any bit funny." I complain, detaching myself from him.“ It wasn't. I just wanted you to hug me." Damian replies, his earlier smile morphed to seriousness.“ You should have said so." I groan, turning to walk away but a smile creeps into my lips when I do.“ Where's the fun in that?" That's the Damian I grew up knowing. One who would prank me just to enjoy himself.“ I have to admit, this place lives up to its expectations. Even after years of being abandoned, it still holds its charm." Damian comments." It's the Royal dragon castle, of course it has to be special. After all, dragons are known to have a unique taste when building their lairs.” I replied." Are you being proud?” He asks and I smile." Definitely proud of my ancestors." Damian and I walk down the
Mia pov I scan the sitting róom which is nothing but a pile of mess ànd then turn to look at Valeria who is sitting on the sofa, a tired look on her face.“ Say something will you?" I almost scream at her. Valeria is one hell of a clean freak so seeing the róom look so disorganized and her sitting there nonchalantly, nothing adds up.“ What do yóu expect me to say? I walked to this. This is me thinking about how to skin whichever bastard did this.” I frown at her explanation. Someone broke in ànd trashed our house." Why would someone do this? Unless whoever it is was looking for something?” Damian wonders out aloud.Valeria and I turn to look at each other simultaneously." The book?” She shrieks, eyes wide." What book?” Damian àsks, looking between me and Val who shrugs, an indication she is not going to be the one to answer that.“ It's a certain book anyone seems to go crazy about." I reply, keeping my explanation as short as possible.It's not like I don't want to tell Damian
Lena POV “ What did you just say?" I jump from my seat the moment I process Klaus' words. Did I hear that right? Luther sent them to intercept a man with clear instructions not to harm him?Why would Luther do that? Most importantly, why would he instruct them not to harm him and Just release him after delaying him?“ Well, he was a wolf. I didn't think much about it." Klaus replies and I fight the urge to slap his stupid face. Sometimes I wonder if his head really contains a brain.“ You never think,Klaus. What's new about that?" I retort, rolling my eyes at him." You know, If you think I am so useless, why don't you trail Luther yourself? Or better yet, why don't you find out his next move while you spread your legs for him to fuck you?” Klaus hisses, glaring at me.I glare back at him, my eyes sending a clear warning not to cross me." I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that. It's Just that sometimes you are too much. I can't tolerate it.” He confesses, looking away. Klaus knows bet
Leticia POV I escort Lydia to the chambers specially arranged for her. Actually, this was always her room from back then.I help her to the chair and proceed to retrieve the medicine bottle. Opening it, I feed her the last remaining pill inside.After a moment of swallowing the pill, her skin color starts to return and the gray hairs on her head darken. Her breath stabilizes too.“ What just happened, Lydia? I don't understand." I voice the question that has been itching my tongue after what transpired during my daughter’s mating ritual. The crystal was supposed to take an orange color and not blue. I don't Know what to make out óf the change.In all the years I attended mating rituals, having a blue color on the crystal never happened. Is this some kind of an omen? A bad one at that?“ I wish I knew the answer to that, my queen. I have presided over many rituals and it's my first time I saw something so strange yet fascinating."Lydia answered with a thoughtful look on her face.I ca
I almost burst out laughing when I look at my mother and see a serious look on her face. Instead, a frown mares my face.Her line just now sounded like something Damian would tell me in the privacy of our mating chambers. The kind that makes your walls clench with unfiltered need.But why does she look like she means it? We have to strip?“ Mia…” my mother drawls, annoyance written all over her face." Why should I strip?” I thought stripping comes when werewolves shift? “ Are you seriously asking that? This process is purposely being conducted so that you can shift to your dragon. You don't expect to do that all clothed, do you?" When she puts it like that, my earlier question passes off as a stupid one.“ Just the upper clothes, child. You can leave your inner ones if you are not comfortable.” Lydia offers with a smile.I nod, relieved that I don't have to get naked In Front of the people present.I'd prefer getting stark naked with Damian's cock already massaging my entrance but
As I make my way to the mating room, Luther's words keep flashing in my mind. What does he mean by his mate waking up depending on me shifting? Is there something I don't know about my shifting?I thought all he needed was the book to awaken his dead mate? Could it be that only after shifting can I possibly be able to read the book?Perhaps I should ask my mother about this. Perhaps she has an answer to the whole thing.“ Are yóu really alright? You don't look so well." Valeria asks for the third time. True to Luther's words, he left before Valeria returned to the room. Just like him, his scent was gone too yet one look at me and Valeria asked me if everything was alright.Before she arrived, I had taken deep breaths to mask my spiraling emotions. Now, it seems I didn't do a good job at that.“ I am alright Val. Maybe Just anxious." I reply, flashing her a gentle smile.Valeria chuckles, seemingly convinced by my lie.“ What's there to be anxious about? It's Damian you are mating wit
Mia POV It still fazes me that my mother managed to organize everything for the mating ceremony in a few hours.At some point, I thought that we wouldn't be able to pull it off but I was proved wrong.Looking at the room where we would be holding our mating ceremony, I can't help but feel giddy.Valeria approaches me, a smile on her lips.“ So this is happening?" She asks. I can tell, just like me, she wasn't confident of the whole plan.I nod my head.“ Yes. After tonight, the battle will officially begin." My mother said although we did push the mating ceremony a night before it was supposed to happen, that doesn't mean our enemies will be successfully fooled.We have to be ready for what's to come.“ Do you think he is coming?" I turn to ask Valeria. It's night already and Damian isn't here.I can't help but worry Kaiser never made it to the midnight pack.“ You said it yourself. Your guy will do anything to win the bet. He wouldn't miss seeing you disappointed if Damian doesn't
Mia POV The look of confusion on my mother doesn't surprise me. Proposing something like this isn't something she expected. I mean, with all the customs to be followed about mating, doing it out of the blue was out óf question but here I am, proposing something as absurd as that.“ Are you out of your mind, Mia? That's insane.” My mother answers.I expected that much from her. Valeria turns to look at me with a ‘ I told you’ look.“The customs of the dragons have to be followed when a royal dragon is about to…”" The customs have to be followed for a normal mating ceremony Mom. There's nothing normal about my mating ceremony. If we wait, we are just giving our enemies the Chance to prepare themselves to attack. You realize that there are people who don't want my dragon to awaken.I need my dragon to carry out my responsibilities. We can't wait anymore.” I try to reason with my mother whose face shows she isn't liking my idea one bit.As the dragon queen,it's her responsibility to ens
Leticia POV“ I knew you would come here so I came to meet you, for old times sake." I say and Bianca chuckles.This cave was special to us in the past. But that's it, the past.I just didn't expect Bianca to still come here. It was a gamble I made ànd I'd say luck was on my side today.“ Leticia, it's been long since we last saw each other. You've done a good job at hiding yourself all these years.” she mocks, sarcasm dripping from her words.I turn around to face her, a smile on my face." And you are still the same, Bianca. Going behind the backs of everyone and stabbing them.” I answer meaningfully.She chuckles.“ What did you expect? After you betrayed me and gave out my family in the hands of the enemy? It was only fair to strike back." She retorts with clenched fists. Bianca hates me for what I did to her family and that's something even a smile can't conceal. “ You know that's not what happened. Your family was a threat to the supernatural world. We had to stop them someho
Bianca POV My daughter can be a fool sometimes. I mean, what was she thinking? Planning to sow discord between mates with that lousy plan of hers?I shake my head with disappointment. Now she thinks she is allowed to do anything she wants and I'm not supposed to keep tabs on her?Do I wait until she screws things up for me ànd ruin the plans I have been making for almost two decades?“ What do yóu think, Alicia?" I bit back, a smile gracing my lips. Sometimes I wonder how I birthed such a daughter. With her little brain, she wouldn't be able to survive without me for long.“ I don't appreciate you following my every move, mother." Alicia complains.“You've been messing things up. You couldn't even keep a man and that's why we are in this mess in the first place. You had him Alicia. You had Damian right eating at the palm of your hand but look at you now. You are going crazy crafting stupid plots to trap him.He is with Mia right now. Do yóu understand what that means to us? To me?” I
Mia pov I scan the sitting róom which is nothing but a pile of mess ànd then turn to look at Valeria who is sitting on the sofa, a tired look on her face.“ Say something will you?" I almost scream at her. Valeria is one hell of a clean freak so seeing the róom look so disorganized and her sitting there nonchalantly, nothing adds up.“ What do yóu expect me to say? I walked to this. This is me thinking about how to skin whichever bastard did this.” I frown at her explanation. Someone broke in ànd trashed our house." Why would someone do this? Unless whoever it is was looking for something?” Damian wonders out aloud.Valeria and I turn to look at each other simultaneously." The book?” She shrieks, eyes wide." What book?” Damian àsks, looking between me and Val who shrugs, an indication she is not going to be the one to answer that.“ It's a certain book anyone seems to go crazy about." I reply, keeping my explanation as short as possible.It's not like I don't want to tell Damian