Bernice’s POVWhat did he just say? My eyes opened quickly as I looked over at Landry who remained beside me, staring at me with a gaze I didn’t recognize. I knew it was filled with love and admiration, but there was something else there too. Something different; something real.“What?” I asked, finding my voice.“I wish to make you my luna,” he clarified, squeezing my hand gently. “It’s no secret that I love you. And I think you might love me too.”He remembered that I told him that I loved him before he passed out the other day?He hasn’t said anything up until that moment, so I assumed he didn’t hear me. There was a part of me that hoped he didn’t hear me. My heart felt so conflicted; I worried about giving him myself and then dying before we have a chance of becoming anything.I wasn’t even sure if there was anything to become.I’m still going to die in a few months, which meant loving him was pointless. Loving me was pointless.I sat up, grabbing a sheet in the process and cover
Bernice’s POVIt felt like everybody was watching me as I came down the stairs of the palace and into the foyer. All the servants were whispering, and I knew gossip would soon surface around the kingdom. But my question was, what are they gossiping about?“Oh, my goddess!” Jessie screamed as she ran through the foyer and toward me. “Have you seen the news?” She asked, grabbing my arm, and pulling me along with her and toward the living room. “What’s going on?” I asked, my nerves rising in my stomach.“It’s really bad…”“Where’s Landry?”“I don’t know. Probably dealing with it. At least, I hope he is…”“You’re starting to scare me,” I say; I couldn’t keep the worry from my tone.We entered the living room, and the news was already playing on the television. There was a picture of me, as the Alpha, on the greenscreen with a newscaster standing in front of it.“It seems the female Alpha is actually an Omega and has been deceiving the kingdom for years. This is an unforgivable act. How i
Jessie’s POVFury was rising through Jessie at what Landry was saying.How could her brother keep such an important thing from her?She stood to her feet as he concluded his story.“How could you not tell me any of this, Landry?”“I didn’t want to upset you,” he said in return; his tone was calm. “There’s nothing you could have done. I already banned her…”“I could have kept her from staying in my palace,” Jessie hissed. “You shouldn’t have kept this from me.”She turned and stormed out without saying anything more. She was going to see Bernice before she left entirely, but she couldn’t even think straight. The couple of servants that accompanied her to the palace followed behind her.“Where are we going, your highness?” One of them asked, breathlessly, as they worked to keep up with her.“To kick out a rat,” she growled.They didn’t ask any more questions after that.Upon returning to the palace, Cora was in the sitting room, sipping on some tea as she often was.“Oh, hello Jessie,”
Bernice I couldn’t get Cora’s words out of my head.Leave Landry; and don’t return. Maybe I should; it might make things easier. He clearly can’t get it in his head that there’s no saving me. So, maybe leaving him is the best choice.“You don’t mean that,” Julia complained. “You love him; just tell him the truth.” Thankfully, Landry hadn’t noticed I left. He was too preoccupied with doing damage control. The kingdom was furious at this discovery. They felt lied to and unsafe and I couldn’t blame them.Landry thinks it’s best if I keep an even lower profile; now that the vampires and bears know that we are vulnerable, they are bound to attack at any moment.When I was in my room and received the mindlink from Cora, I had to admit that I was a little surprised she wanted to speak to me. A part of me assumed she had something to do with the bugs around the palace and leaking the information to the media. I didn’t know that Landry suspected the same thing.Landry and I still haven’t sp
Bernice’s POVI wasn’t sure if it was the emotions of my omega side or the fury of my wolf, but I couldn’t stay in that room any longer. I wanted to go see Landry and ask him how the hell he didn’t tell me any of this information. I couldn’t believe he allowed this woman to stay in the kingdom with what she did. I wanted to find her and rip her head off with my claws.I struggled to keep Julia at bay; she had never felt fury like this before and I almost lost control of her.Jessie could see the many emotions crossing my face and she looked worried. But I also knew she couldn’t blame me. I had no idea how she managed to stay in control for this long after finding out what Cora had done.She had crossed a line of trust for both Jessie and Landry. She shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near them.How had she gone this long without being punished?“He didn’t want me to tell you,” Jessie said, eyeing me carefully. “He doesn’t want anyone to know.”“I don’t understand… why not?” I asked, my voi
Landry’s POV“I want every inch of this kingdom to be searched; am I understood?” Landry barked to his men.“Yes, sir!”“Report to me everything you can. Nothing is too small.”As the gammas departed from the palace, Landry shifted into his wolf form and began sniffing around the outside of his palace. He could smell her blood; it was still fresh. But as soon as he leaves the palace grounds, the blood scent disappears. She must have gotten into a car and driven off.He couldn’t smell the smoke of the car exhaust though.What does that mean? “It was Cora. She was here. The ground reeks of her.” Amon was right; Cora’s scent was everywhere, as was Bernice’s.“Did she say she was going anywhere?” Landry asked Jessie, who was behind him. “Was she meeting Cora again?”“I already said that she said she was getting air…” she answered.“But you said Cora was here previously?” Landry asked. “To talk to Bernice? How long ago?”“Maybe an hour or so ago…” Jessie answered, wariness in her tone. “
Landry’s POV“Sir, there’s still no sign of her,” one of Landry’s warriors said through a mindlink.Landry hadn’t stopped looking; Cora’s trail had gone cold. It’s been a little under 24 hours since he last saw Bernice and with every fiber of his being, he was worried. Though, he tried not to show it to his warriors and more so to his sister.“Keep looking,” Landry ordered. “Don’t bother me until she is found.”“Yes, sir.”Landry closed the mindlink. He was deep in the forest, trying to pick up that scent again, but he was getting nothing. He could sense that Bernice was still alive, but aside from that, her whereabouts remained a mystery.He was going to search the end of this planet until she was safe again.“Landry!” Jessie mindlinked him; her voice sounded frantic. “She’s back!”His heart raced in his chest at his sister’s words. He paused entirely; there was an unsettled feeling in the pit of his stomach. Had they released her? Had she escaped?He didn’t ask any questions yet; he
Landry’s POV“Landry darling…I was thinking about something I wanted to talk to you about,” Bernice says as she comes into his study. She was wearing a very short dress that would have made Landry’s manhood hard, but something was still off about her. His wolf was less than enthusiastic to see her for some reason.He looked up at her and waited for her to approach. To his surprise, she walked around his desk and sits on his lap. Her closeness would have pleased him at one point, but he remained wary. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gazed down at him, pressing herself close to him.She ran his fingers down his neck, staring at him with a look that seemed odd for Bernice. She never acted like this, and it was making him feel uneasy.“Is something wrong?” He asked her. “You aren’t acting like yourself.”She frowned and dropped her hands to her sides.“I’m sorry… I know I’m being weird,” she breathed, staring down at her hands. She began tugging at her fingers nervously. “I just