SCARLETTThe moment I stepped out of the car, two arms slung around my neck and pulled me in for a hug. I was not expecting this, to say the least.“ Thank Goddess! ” She exclaimed in my neck. “ I thought I will never see you again, Scarlett. ”The sincerity and relief in her voice was not lost on me. She was genuinely happy about my return. A lump formed in my throat. No one was happy when I went back home. No one cared to greet me, meet me, see me.Was it really home? The place where no one gave a damn about my life? About my death? “ Don’t strangle her, Sophie. ” Dixon sighed exaggeratedly and grabbed Sophia’s shoulders so he could pull her away from me.Izer stood beside the car, eyeing her dangerously. A smile lit my lips when I realized he was jealous of her.“ I missed you. ” She sniffled, not giving in to Dixon’s efforts of getting her away from me.I sighed and hugged her back at last. Dixon stepped back when he noticed my reaction.“ You should have tried harder to stop me
SCARLETT“ I don’t believe it’s supposed to happen this way. ” Izer huffed. “ You need to tell me what Cadamus fucking told you first. ”I sighed, rolling my eyes. “ You are still stuck there? ”“ Tell me and get it over with. ” He shrugged his shoulders, smiling at me.“ He told me that I am the Dark Lord’s child and that I killed my mother. It was too sudden but he told me that. He also said your Dad lost his mind and tried to kill me when I was three years old. My Da—No—The Beta and Alpha King killed him to protect me. ” I frowned, blurting out everything I knew.“ What else? ” “ Alpha King has Dark Lord’s favor. ” The urge to keep it a secret was strong but if I wanted Izer to be honest, I needed to be sincere first.“ Favor? ” Izer smirked. “ he called that favor? Really? ” I scrunched my nose. “ What does it mean now? ”Izer inhaled a deep breath and untangled our fingers. His hand rested on his thigh, leaving mine on the couch.“ It’s true that a man brought you to my Dad whe
SCARLETT“ He could erase someone from the face of Earth and damn them to darkness forever. ” Izer uttered.I lifted my left brow. “ Erase someone? How? ” Izer’s fingers flexed around my hand. He looked down and exhaled a soft breath. “ An Alpha King is a King because other packs swear allegiance to him, and take a blood oath. They remember him as their leader and always stay loyal to him. If they want to betray him or leave his side consciously, the blood oath would become poison in their bodies. It will kill them. ” He stated and looked up. “ How did they… ” I trailed off.“ Their memory of the blood oath. That’s what Cadamus stole from people. The Crowsel had the power to alter the memories of a lot of people at the same time. Only those who were told the truth again in the werewolf community, or those who were on the receiving end…like me, Dad, or Mom remembered Dad’s true position. The rest of the werewolves, the Alphas, and everyone else didn’t remember Dad. ” He paused to ta
IZERI love you.The three foreign words echoed inside my head. I searched her moist, wide eyes for any hint of doubt. The absence of it was heart-stopping.“ But—But that’s not important right now. ” She blurted and tucked her hair behind her ears.“ Not important? ” Was she kidding?“ I mean…we have so much to talk about. About Alpha King and the Crowsel and… ” She closed her mouth when she realized she was fucking things up. Her tongue darted out, running over her bottom lip, wetting the smoothness.“ Izer. ” She whispered, placing her hands on my chest.Without saying anything, I tugged her closer and wrapped my arms around her frame. The sparks her body radiated calmed down the raging monster inside me.I was overwhelmed by the rush of foreign emotions. I couldn’t name even a single one. Maybe I was happy? Or satisfied? Or just plain calm? I didn’t know.So, I didn’t say anything.She didn’t rush me into saying anything either. I held her close to me and accepted all the stra
IZER She threw a profound tantrum when I revealed the truth. First, she huffed. Then, she glared. Then, she told me I was an asshole for not telling her about it beforehand. After she was done letting everything out, she placed her head on my chest in an attempt to sulk and eventually fell asleep. I held her and listened to her even breaths, her loud heartbeats. My heart was still overwhelmed. I didn’t think this storm inside me would settle down anytime soon. Surprisingly, everything was too smooth. We talked. We confessed. We revealed our secrets to each other. Things seemed to have gotten better. With her. With everything else too. To think about it, I was set on a path to conquer the war. But something didn’t sit well with me. Why had her marks disappeared? How could Cadamus overlook the possibility that she might confide in me? How were things happening so easy? ‘ Stop thinking, motherfucker. Let me sleep. ’ Xandros grumbled in my head. I sighed and glanced down at
SCARLETT“ When do you think it will work? ” The she-wolf grumbled and lowered her body into the black liquid that flowed underneath my feet.I sighed, lying down just like her. It was a dream I started having often. She was always there, reminding me that she was stuck. I had promised to help her come out of this prison and become one with me someday like it happens for every other werewolf.The only person who could help me do this was the Alpha King.The conversation I had with him a few days ago flashed before my eyes.~FLASHBACK“ That’s all I know about him. ” I whispered to him.I had deliberately avoided telling him any specific information regarding Izer. I didn’t tell him that sometimes, I saw Izer’s eyes turning black like a devil, which had not been seen in any wolf before. His wolf’s eyes were red, but those black eyes were something else.I didn’t tell him Azriel and Valerie were working with Izer and that I suspected they were not the only people doing that. I only t
IZERValerie ranted on and on about how she didn’t expect this from Scarlett or how she would like to confront her in the morning.I grabbed the center table, threw it across the room, and made her understand politely that she would do no such thing. I get her anger towards my Darling, but only I had the right to confront her or get angry with her. No one else could fuck with her. Not even my childhood friend stubborn Valerie.“ This will not work. ” She paced around the living room when I got ready to fucking leave.Valerie was annoying today. Maybe anyone or everyone who wanted to talk bad about Scarlett was annoying to me.“ Izer! Think about it for a sec. You are risking everything for her. ” She hissed as I walked to the door.“ She is my problem. ” I shot her a glare over my shoulder. “ Next time you try to make her yours, I will forget you are a friend, Valerie. Be careful with what you say and fucking think. ”“ I can’t believe it. ” She shrieked. “ you completely lost your
SCARLETT“ You don’t know. ”“ No, I don’t. ” I sighed. “ When I came back…” Izer ran his fingers through his wet hair. “ You were trying to climb the railing. I called your name but you didn’t listen. You were about to fall. ” My gaze traveled to the railing behind him. I didn’t remember anything like that.I was having that nightmare. Everything was dark and silent. Except for that scary voice that kept repeating the same thing.You did wrong Scarlett.I couldn’t move. I was petrified.But, Izer was saying that I tried to climb the railing. Was it some kind of mind control or what the fuck? “ I had a nightmare. ” I glanced at Izer. He was still glaring at me like he didn’t believe me one bit. I released a shaky breath, tightening my arms around me.“ I must be sleepwalking, Izer. I am telling the truth. I was not trying to die. I promise. ” I shrugged my shoulders.The frown between his brows smoothened. Izer stepped closer and placed his hands on my knees.“ What were you drea