SELENA’S POVThe stares of the elders bored into me, pinching my skin like silver knives. I stood behind Kai, breathing silently and my pulse unsteady, as their leader addressed him with a voice that carried authority and condemnation.“Alpha Kai,” the elder said, his gray eyes narrowing on me. “Your choice of company has drawn unwanted attention.”I knew who they meant. They were talking about Damon. The rogue pack leader’s interest in me had made the elders uncomfortable, and now they stood here in front of my apartment, questioning my loyalty to the pack.“She is no threat,” Kai replied, his tone solid and cold just like his facial expression. “Selena belongs to this pack.”But they weren’t convinced. Their cold eyes moved to me, assessing me like I was an object in a museum. “Prove it,” the elder demanded. “Prove her loyalty, or risk endangering everyone under your leadership.”I stepped forward before Kai could say anything more. “What do you want me to do?” I asked, my voice ste
KAI’S POV The metallic scent of blood hit my nose. It wasn’t just anyone’s, the blood oozed from Selena's body. As I lunged to Selena’s side, I saw that she laid crumpled on the dirty ground, her breathing coming out in shallow breaths and her body unnaturally still. My heart thundered in my chest as I dropped to my knees, my hands shaking as I carefully turned her over. “Selena,” I whispered, the sight of her pale face tightening a knot of anger and fear in my stomach. Blood soaked her back, the claw marks ruining her perfect skin. Flora stepped forward, her face holding a little bit of remorse as she tried to explain herself. “I—I didn’t mean—” I snapped my head toward her, lashing out at her in a venomous voice. “Don’t you dare speak!” Flora flinched, but I wasn’t done. Rising to my feet, I strode over to her, my anger radiating like an hellish fire. “You struck her after yielding. That is dishonorable, and I won’t tolerate it.” The elders moved to intervene, their robes sway
DAMON'S POVThe lingering scent of sweat and perfume clung to the room as I leaned back in my chair, letting the aftermath of a threesome consume me. The two women I had just spent the last few hours with had scurried off, their giggles fading into the hallway. Their presence had been nothing more than a short distraction—just a means to keep quiet the restless beast inside me for a moment. Yet, as I sat there, staring into the dimly lit room, I felt no satisfaction. Just… emptiness.The door creaked open, breaking the fragile silence. I didn’t bother looking up. Only one person could enter my space without permission.“Where is the drink I asked for?” I demanded, my voice cold and impatient.Elara swept into the room like a storm, her emerald-green robes flowing behind her. Her sharp eyes flashed with fury, but I couldn’t care less. Her moods, her anger, meant nothing to me. All I wanted was the Wolf’s bane tea she owed me.She stopped a few feet away, her arms crossed tightly over h
SELENA'S POVThe first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was that I was alive. I had survived being struck at the back out of the sudden. Now I was in a bed—not mine, but a bed nevertheless.I was in Kai's domain, lying on his massive bed that had its dark velvet bed sheets stretching endlessly under my fingertips. I allowed myself to sink into its comfort, feeling the exhaustion tugging off me like a layer of clothing. “Kai?” I called softly in a whisper, looking around for any traces of that familiar silhouette, but only silence answered back.Pushing myself upright, I swept my gaze around the room once more. The golden morning light filtered through heavy curtains, painting the space in a warm glow. His presence was everywhere. His clothes neatly hung on a chair, his signature scent wafting into the air. Yet the man himself was absent.“Kai,” I tried again, this time louder, but still no response.The fear that it might all have been another cruel dream disturbed me. I could r
ELARA’S POVDamon was mine.Every muscle of his broad chest, every kind of thought in his sharp mind, and every bit of his Alpha power belonged to me. It wasn’t just a matter of desire to me; it was about ownership—I own him. He had no right to think of another woman, let alone be attracted to one. His soul was tied to mine, whether he liked it or not.I paced to and fro in my dimly lit chamber, gripping the edge of a wooden table that was filled with vials, herbs, and spellbooks. The dancing candlelight casted shadows on my face, making the wrinkles and lines around my mouth seem deeper than they were. I hated those lines. I hated the sagging skin on my neck even more. The spells and potions I often used on myself could not really make me young for a long time.But none of that mattered anyway. Damon didn’t have the luxury of rejecting me—He could not dare after all what I had done for him.I had been the one who helped him rise to power, poisoning his mind against his former mate—Th
SELENA’S POVI sat by the cracked window, my fingers tracing the jagged edges of the old book of spells on my lap. The pages seemed to hum with ancient power, each word etched in a language I barely understood but felt deeply. It had become my lifeline, the one tool I trusted to end Damon’s reign and free myself from the chains of my past.Renn’s voice from the night before still echoed in my mind, sharp and urgent.“Damon’s declared a challenge to capture you, Selena. He’s desperate to keep his power intact. You need to be careful.”Careful. The word almost made me laugh. When has my life ever allowed me the luxury of caution?Kai’s cold behavior over the past few days only added to my frustrations. Ever since I had told him about the prophecy, and the story behind me being reborn from the past, he had been distant. He avoided my eyes, not only made me start living in his house, but also locking me inside a room he had roughly prepared for me like some fragile doll when he usually le
SELENA’S POVI sat by the cracked window, my fingers tracing the jagged edges of the old book of spells on my lap. The pages seemed to hum with ancient power, each word etched in a language I barely understood but felt deeply. It had become my lifeline, the one tool I trusted to end Damon’s reign and free myself from the chains of my past.Renn’s voice from the night before still echoed in my mind, sharp and urgent.“Damon’s declared a challenge to capture you, Selena. He’s desperate to keep his power intact. You need to be careful.”Careful. The word almost made me laugh. When has my life ever allowed me the luxury of caution?Kai’s cold behavior over the past few days only added to my frustrations. Ever since I had told him about the prophecy, and the story behind me being reborn from the past, he had been distant. He avoided my eyes, not only made me start living in his house, but also locking me inside a room he had roughly prepared for me like some fragile doll when he usually le
SELENA’S POVFuck, I should have known better.I shouldn't have trusted him. Every fiber of my being screamed at me to stay on guard, to not let down my walls. Yet when Gideon looked at me with those tearful eyes, claiming he wanted to fight by my side, I let myself believe. In what felt like centuries, I let myself hope for the first time.But now, with the iron cuffs biting into my wrists, I realized that I was a fool for believing someone who used to treat me like trash. Here I was, shackled to a damp, stone wall in Damon’s palace prison.The atmosphere was thick with the stench of rotting, hopelessness, and the distant sound of dripping water that echoed through the cell.I clenched my fists, ignoring the pain of the cuffs digging into my skin. How could I have been so stupid?Gideon had lured me in with soft words and false promises. The moment I lowered my guard, he had attacked, binding me with charmed ropes and dragging me through the woods like a prized catch. I of all people
DAMON’S POVThe stench of blood and failure was all wafted in the air like a bitter perfume as I stepped into Silas' shrine. Right next to the altar, he laid like a discarded puppet, crumpled on the ground, barely conscious, face bloodied and bruised. For a man who had promised me so much, he looked more like a battered animal than the cunning strategist I had reluctantly trusted.“What a fool you are,” I growled, my voice cold and sharp enough to cut through any metal. My wolf, Demon, growled low in my mind, his disdain echoing my own. ‘This is the man you chose to align with? Pathetic.’“Silas!” My voice snapped across the clearing like a whip. He stirred in his unconsciousness, groaning as his broken body attempted to rise. “Look at you. You dared to carry out a plan behind my back, and this—this is the result? You have failed me!”Silas coughed, blood spilling from his lips. His gaze met mine, filled with defeat and desperation. “You don’t understand,” he coughed again. “I was so
SELENA’S POVSo there I was, tied up like some damsel in distress, watching Kai go full beast mode on Silas. The ropes dug into my wrists, burning and biting with every movement I made, but watching my mate break free? Totally worth it.That smug jerk’s body was spread on the ground as he coughed and spat out blood when Kai loomed over him. His face was twisted in that classic villain look, the kind that says, ‘I should’ve won this, but I didn’t plan for the part where you would fight back.’“You don’t understand what you’ve unleashed,” Silas growled, his voice shaky but still laced with arrogance. “You can’t control it. You can’t control me.” I couldn't believe that even in his devastating state, he would still be choking out nonsense about how Kai didn't know about his own power. Typical monologue. But Kai? He wasn't having the least of it. Kai grinded his teeth, his eyes glowing with an intense kind of energy. It wasn’t just anger anymore in those eyes—I could see something prima
KAI'S POVAlright, here was the deal: waking up to the mother of all migraines, tied to a rock, drenched in sweat, and oh yeah—my bond with Selena was being ripped apart like some cosmic breakup I didn’t sign up for. Cool, right? No, it wasn't. Let's go back in time for a moment.****At that moment, I felt like someone had tried to download a cursed app directly into my brain. My arms burned all over from the enchanted ropes, my head pounded like I had a bad hangover, and I was about two seconds from flipping my lid when I heard her.“Selena,” I croaked, my throat dry like I had been screaming for hours. Her scream had sounded desperate, and it yanked me out of the fog blinding my eyes. I forced my eyes open, barely managing to lift my head. And there she was. My mate, tied up, struggling like the badass she was.Except, something was wrong.The bond. Our mate bond. The connection that had always been there, like a pulse in the back of my mind, was… flickering. Weak. And that’s when
SELENA'S POVOkay, so picture this: I woke up, tied to a freaking rock, and not in some fun, harmless way that could've turned out to be a prank. No, this is the “sacrificial lamb in an ancient evil ritual” kind of tied up. My first thought? This had to be a nightmare. Maybe this was just another flash of memory from my past life. But when I blinked, and the cold jagged surface of the big rock pinched my behind, I realized this wasn't a memory. This was real. And that brought me to my second thought: What the hell was going on?!The air surrounding me smelled wrong. I could perceive burnt herbs, sulfur, and something metallic like blood. I blinked, but twice this time as I tried to make sense of the scene around me. Dark shadows swirled across the rough cliffs that we were feets away from, the moon—my moon was barely visible behind what looked like a glow of crimson. It then hit me that we were in the middle of a lunar eclipse.Great. Just great. Perfect, in fact.I struggled my bes
SILAS'S POVEvery atom in the air held magic—my magic. And as I walked through the corridor connecting my chamber to the entrance of the pack's territory, it clung to me like a shadow.I paused when I got to the gate, inhaling deeply as I prepared to proceed in my journey to Kai’s pack. The scent of the silver moon werewolves was all around me. Their scent was repugnant but tolerable, like animals in a poorly kept pen. Soon, it wouldn’t matter. None of this would matter when I take over. Damon’s recent instability worked to my advantage. Chaos always did.“Careful,” I murmured to myself, in a voice close to a whisper. “Patience wins wars.”I tightened the leather strap of my satchel and pressed forward. *****Present time…I reached the door I had been looking for. I could feel a faint golden glow of energy radiating from its edges, I could tell that Kai and Selena were near. Perfect, I muttered to myself. My lips curved into a smile as I retrieved a small glass vial from my satchel,
DAMON'S POVPain.That was all I felt, and It was all-consuming. The ache felt like flames of fire licking at my insides, burning intensely at every muscle and bone. I gripped the edge of the ornate desk in my room, my knuckles turning white as I struggled to walk closer to the bed. I had no idea how I managed to put up a good act during the meeting with the pack elders, but now that I was alone, the pain penetrated into me like a thousand needles in my heart.And I knew why.I knew exactly why I was going through this agonizing moment. I knew that it was as a result of the dark energy I had stolen through Yasmine just to defeat Elara. Now I was ‘enjoying’ the side effect of having an unmatched power within me as it was ripping me apart from the inside.“You’re losing control,” Demon, my wolf whizzed inside my mind, heavy disapproval laced in his voice. “I told you this would happen.”“Shut up,” I growled aloud, my voice coming out hoarsely. “You think I don’t know that?”Another rus
SELENA'S POVThe energy swirled about inside me. They felt like tiny sparks of fire dancing at the end of my fingertips. I could feel it growing, expanding, and threatening to escape out of control. My chest moved up and down as I tried to wind it with my energy. I tried pushing it outward in a steady beam of light, creating a barrier between me and the training dummies.“Focus, Selena,” Celestia urged, her voice strict but encouraging. She had been a good company throughout my training evening. “You need to concentrate on control, not force.”“I am focusing,” I muttered through gritted teeth in reply as sweat dripped down my eyebrow. My power was unpredictable sometimes, it would refuse to answer itself to my inner command. Every time I tried to push harder, it would backfire, quenching into nothingness. ‘Maybe you would do better if you weren’t thinking about him,’ Celestia sighed in such a way that I could sense the irritation in her.I stopped for a few seconds after she spoke a
KAI'S POVI could still remember how exactly Renn had reposted Selena's reply to me. His tenoric voice echoed in my mind, and each syllable being replayed felt like a sharp blade in my chest. “She said she’s done chasing you, Kai.”Her rejection shouldn’t have stung as much as it did, but I have to admit, it hit me harder than I cared. Nyx snarled in frustration as we both reminisced about our rejection. ‘You’re a damn fool, Kai,’ he growled. ‘She’s your mate. The only one who will ever understand us, and you’re letting her slip away from your fingers.’“Don’t start again, Nyx. Give me a break.” I muttered under my breath, pacing to and fro the length of the dimly lit hallway outside the war room.‘Oh, I will start,’ Nyx snapped at me. ‘Do you know how hard it is to sit here and watch you push her away? Every time you shut her out, you shut me out too.’I clenched my fists, trying to ignore the guilt rising within me. “It’s not that simple,” I hissed, though it felt easy. “You know
SELENA'S POVKai was avoiding me again.It shouldn’t have surprised me, but it hurt more than I wanted to admit. Every passing day without a word from him felt like a fresh rejection.I paced the grass field near the training grounds, clenching my fingers in frustration. ‘What was his problem? Why was he so distant?’ I thought back to the moments we had shared alone. The way his gaze lingered on mine, the way his touch had felt warm, protective, and… confusing, he had even kissed me!“He's such a stubborn idiot,” I muttered under my breath as I got closer to the training ground.‘He’s your mate,’ Celestia reminded me gently, her voice echoing in my mind like a soft melody. ‘And you love him.’“Love him?” I scoffed, running a hand through my dark hair. “How can I love someone who acts like I don’t exist half the time?”‘Because you see him for who he really is, Selena,’ Celestia replied in that annoyingly patient tone of hers. ‘Even when he’s pushing you away, you feel his pain. His st