Violet POV I opened my eyes slowly and was welcomed with a sharp pain in my head. Memories of the previous night came flooding into my head. “Violet, dear! She is awake!“ Luna announced happily. She looked really pale and weak; it seemed like she was crying all day. “How long have I been out? I feel so weak.“ I tried to sit up right, but the pain only grew worse. Ares came in with a void face on, as usual. What is it going to do to me now? Give me another punishment? Chaining me in the underground prison? Oh! I'm ready for any of that. “Why did you jump off the cliff when I ordered you not to do so? If you wanted to be dead so badly, you could have said so a long time ago, and I would have gladly helped you with that.“ He scolded as I flinched in fear. “I don't think this is the right time for that Ares.“ Kyros said, placing his hand on Ares's shoulder. Luna gave him a sign to calm Ares down, which he did by calling him to a corner. I stared at Luna with an apologetic look; she
Ares’ POVShe held my hands with a smile on her face. She ran round the garden happily and not sick; she was full of life and joy. “I miss you so much, Ares.“ She said, pulling into a hug. I felt at peace, and the warmth of her skin made my heart beat faster than usual. It wasn't a dream; it was all real. She is alive; it wasn't any form of illusion. “Why did you leave me in the dark? We made a promise to each other; you broke your own end of the deal.“ I growled. “How long are you going to stay mad at me? How long are you going to keep hiding behind those dark, empty walls? How long are you going to keep lying to yourself?“ She asked softly, placing her palm on my cheeks as she reached out to my lips. It was all real, the strawberry taste. I licked my lower lips for confirmation while she chuckled. I” still look beautiful, right?“ She asked, placing a crown on her head as she giggled happily. I nodded in agreement; she had always been the apple of everyone's eye. From her sweet
Belladonna’s POVI dropped the plate off in the kitchen as the head maid thanked me as they all returned to their duty post. I was so happy that I could accomplish my mission, but not without having a second thought. I was scared that I might get caught by the Alpha, and the penalty might result in death. I had a second thought; her wolf was totally against her plan. I had to get rid of Violet for good; I allowed her into the palace in the first place. Because I thought she could save the man I love so dearly. “It's so bad I have to get back to the kitchen. Searching for her meal would be quite a difficult task to do. “ I said, rolling her eyes. I got into the kitchen, as I playfully spoke to the chief maid for information. “I don't really know, but I heard that the Alpha wants to take it. His mate on a date. He ordered us to prepare our specials. Isn't that wonderful? “ She said, displaying dreamy eyes. “It is,” I said. “What do you want me to do, ma'am? “ She asked with a bow.
Belladonna’s POV I paid attention to everything they said. How is that possible? I thought he felt nothing for her? Why the sudden change? I suspect that the weird Luna is responsible for this. It can't be possible that he just woke up after being unconscious for a week. I sat on a seat in the throne room. I felt the blood in my vein boil heavily, ready to pop up. How dare she? How dare she speak to me in such a manner? And Ares? Ares literally supported her. What's going on in this palace?I think I'm going crazy. No! I shook my head sitting on the floor, shaking my head in disagreement. “Crying this way won't help solve any problem, Bella.”“We need to do something about this since we can't get her off the pack the nice way. We should do it the other way." My wolf smirked."Wolfbane!" I whispered, pointing my hands out in the air."Do you know the consequences we would receive if we're caught? Do you know what the Alpha would think of us? Nah! I can't take such a risk. I brought
Belladonna’s POVI dropped the plate off in the kitchen as the head maid thanked me as they all returned to their duty post. I was so happy that I accomplished my mission, but not without having a second thought. I was scared that I might get caught by the Alpha and the penalty might result in death. I had a second thought, my wolf was totally against my plan. I had to get rid of Violet for good. I allowed her into the Palace in the first place because I thought she could save the man I loved so dearly. “It's so bad I have to get back to the kitchen. Searching for her meal would be quite a difficult task to do.” I whispered, rolling my eyes. I got into the kitchen, as I playfully spoke to the chief maid for information. “I don’t really know, but I heard that the Alpha wants to take his mate on a date. He ordered us to prepare his specials. Isn't that wonderful?” She said, displaying dreamy eyes. “It is.” I replied. “What do you want me to do Ma'am?” She asked with a bow. “Nothi
Luna's POV"What do you mean she is in the hospital? Why didn't you inform me earlier?” "Don't tell me she got hurt by Ares. I swear I'm going to kill him myself if anything happens to her." I yelled, walking out of my chambers. He ran after me down the hallway."It isn't Ares, baby. She took something poisonous, a wolfsbane." He said, I paused for a while, trying to process what I heard. "Wolfsbane?" I strutted."Yes, a wolfsbane. The maids were all thrown in the dungeon for this. They all disagreed that they had no idea about the wolfsbane in the food.”“Nevertheless, I'm sure that there is absolutely no way those maids could have gained access to the green garden where the wolfsbane was planted." He said."Are you trying to say it's an outsider? An outsider can't just get into the palace. The guards are always on alert. Has Ares looked into this matter?" I asked.''He doesn't want to know about that right now; all he wants is for his mate to feel safe. He doesn't want her to die;
Violet’s POVAres held onto me the whole night. If anybody told me that he was going to care about me that much, considering where we had started from, I would have refused it right away. By the time I woke up, he wasn’t there anymore. I managed to pull myself out of bed and head to the bathroom. The water was hot against my skin, and it felt like my skin was falling off. I tried not to cry out. Healing me totally would have killed Ares. If he didn’t know how dangerous that was, I didn’t know what else to tell him. He could have even died trying to save me. And there was another thing I knew that he didn’t.He wasn’t fully healed. I didn’t know if he was just lying that he wasn’t feeling any pain. Or if he didn’t even want me to know at all. There was so much happening in the palace. A few people had died. Ares didn’t want me to know much, but I knew as much as I needed to. I finally brought myself to turn the shower off. Just as I felt, there were sores all over my body. I barely
Ares’ POV“How soon is she leaving?” The priestess asked. I felt my hands balling into fists. The last thing I wanted was having Violet away from me. “In an hour,” I said, looking outside. The priestess smiled. “You have to know how important this is. To her, the pack, people that care about her, and to you. If you actually care about her.”I cared about Violet. And every single person knew that. Asking Colton to drop her off was the best decision. I could feel how much she wanted me to take her, myself. Or even spend the vacation at Kyros’ place as we had both planned… before other things happened. Luna was the only one that would have been able to take care of her. “Isn't there a solution?” I asked one more time. It was the umpteenth time I was asking the question within the past few days. “There's nothing, Alpha. Keeping her away is the best solution.” I finally nodded. Violet didn't even get to know that I didn't sleep on the same bed with her.The priestess bit her lip, toyi
Ares' POV“Are you okay?” Jackie asked as soon as I came out of the room. I wanted to stay back and peep. I wanted to see what he was doing to her. How he was treating her that made her want to be so close to him all of a sudden. “I'm fine,” I mumbled as I headed back to the party. Kyros and Luna were there already, socialising with other people. If I didn't know how they were, I would have blamed them for asking their son to do whatever he was doing now. After all, Luna was always overprotective of Violet. They both smiled at me and approached me without hesitation. “How are you enjoying the party?” Luna asked, smiling more than she usually did. “It's been going as well as it possibly could.” She nodded, taking a sip of the drink in her hand. “Any plans to make the pack more secure?” Kyros asked, and I nodded. I was lying. There wasn't really any plan in place. The first thing I wanted to do was recruit the soldiers. They were the front liners. There was no way we were going to
Violet's POV I held my breath after I spoke. I wasn't planning on speaking. In fact, that was never the plan between Lynn and me. I looked over at her, and she didn't seem disappointed. Alpha Ares turned to look at me immediately. I didn't look away. I needed him to see that he actually hurt me. By hosting this party and not telling me anything about it. Ares did not look okay. There were dark circles under his eyes, and he missed a button. Something that hadn't happened since I had known him. I almost walked up to him and asked him what was wrong. I almost asked if he needed me to make any kind of soup for him. Lynn's hands were firmly in mine like she could read my thoughts. I locked eyes with her, and she shook her head. Every single person in the room was looking at me. I could tell that some of them recognised me from the last party. And for the ones that didn't, they were obviously getting the gist already. My eyes drifted down to the place where his hands were intertwined
Ares' POVI woke up in bed alone. I didn't remember taking my clothes off. But I was naked underneath the sheets. My head was banging. Belladonna walked in at just the same time, like she had been waiting for me to wake up.There was an unreadable expression on her face. “Some lemon water, Alpha.” She wasn't calling me Ares. Was it that she didn't just want to rest me? Or had she finally backed away? It was possible that she had now found a new mate. I didn't want to take the water from her, but I seemed helpless. I took it from her, taking small sips. “What happened yesterday?” I asked, and she looked at me with a different kind of look. “I have no idea, Alpha. But I do remember that Jackie had just left the room.”“Jackie was here last night?” I found myself asking, and she shook her head. “You obviously had too much to drink. We would love you to come downstairs and pick the exact designs you would like us to use for the event.”I frowned. Colton was usually the one handling thin
Violet's POVAdrian's lips touched mine softly. I felt my back start to fold, and I gently pushed him away. “I don't want this, Adrian,” I said, trying my best to smile. “I don't want to ruin the friendship that we have.” He could barely look at me. He was nodding his head and shaking it at the same time with his eyes firmly on my thighs. “We are not ruining anything,” he murmured softly. “Alpha Ares does not deserve you. And you know that. You don't have to be with an old man like him. I'm the future Alpha of my pack as well.”“You could be my actual Luna. And not Alpha Ares' fuck mate.” I wanted to be mad at him, but I wasn't. I turned my neck to the side for him to see. “I'm not his fuck buddy. Nor has he mated with me yet.”“That's because he knows how good and worthy you are. He knows what having you in the pack would do for him.”“If he knew, then he wouldn't have chased me away like that.” He bit his lip, not saying anything else, and I knew that I was right. His jaw was tens
Ares' POVI hurried to the backyard, where the Delta was leading me. What the hell did he mean by the priestess being dead? She just told me that she was going to find the cure for Violet's sickness about an hour ago. How could she be dead? I refused to believe it. I was already making plans on how I was going to punish the Delta. He finally stopped right in front of a row of bushes, with his eyes wide as he looked back at me. I looked at what was in front of him. It was a body. The body had the exact same build as the priestess. And the body was wearing the same clothes that the priestess had on. Just that this body was headless.There was blood everywhere. “The priestess, Your Highness,” the Delta said in a shaky voice. I knew that they hadn't ever seen anything like that in the pack. It was new. To even me. The main question was how it happened. Did someone know that she was going to find the cure for Violet's sickness? Did that person kill her to prevent that? I looked at the D
Violet's POVI stared at Colton as we got into the car. He had refused to tell me anything else. After telling me that every single person in the pack knew about my sores. He promised to tell me about it when I got into Kyros’ pack. “Are you finally going to tell me?” I asked, looking up at him. He ran his hands through his hair. “Can I drive at least?” he asked, and I shrugged. All I wanted was the information on who spread the information about my sores. He got into the car, exhaling from time to time. I was losing patience faster than I was letting on. “Can you just tell me everything already?”“Violet, I really do not want to hurt you. But since you are insisting, I should tell you.” I held my breath, waiting for him to tell me that it was Belladonna. I already swore that if it was, I was going to ask Colton to turn back, and I was going to tell Alpha Ares everything. And I wasn't going to relax until he actually hurt Belladonna. She was doing so much, and all of it was being
Ares’ POV“How soon is she leaving?” The priestess asked. I felt my hands balling into fists. The last thing I wanted was having Violet away from me. “In an hour,” I said, looking outside. The priestess smiled. “You have to know how important this is. To her, the pack, people that care about her, and to you. If you actually care about her.”I cared about Violet. And every single person knew that. Asking Colton to drop her off was the best decision. I could feel how much she wanted me to take her, myself. Or even spend the vacation at Kyros’ place as we had both planned… before other things happened. Luna was the only one that would have been able to take care of her. “Isn't there a solution?” I asked one more time. It was the umpteenth time I was asking the question within the past few days. “There's nothing, Alpha. Keeping her away is the best solution.” I finally nodded. Violet didn't even get to know that I didn't sleep on the same bed with her.The priestess bit her lip, toyi
Violet’s POVAres held onto me the whole night. If anybody told me that he was going to care about me that much, considering where we had started from, I would have refused it right away. By the time I woke up, he wasn’t there anymore. I managed to pull myself out of bed and head to the bathroom. The water was hot against my skin, and it felt like my skin was falling off. I tried not to cry out. Healing me totally would have killed Ares. If he didn’t know how dangerous that was, I didn’t know what else to tell him. He could have even died trying to save me. And there was another thing I knew that he didn’t.He wasn’t fully healed. I didn’t know if he was just lying that he wasn’t feeling any pain. Or if he didn’t even want me to know at all. There was so much happening in the palace. A few people had died. Ares didn’t want me to know much, but I knew as much as I needed to. I finally brought myself to turn the shower off. Just as I felt, there were sores all over my body. I barely
Luna's POV"What do you mean she is in the hospital? Why didn't you inform me earlier?” "Don't tell me she got hurt by Ares. I swear I'm going to kill him myself if anything happens to her." I yelled, walking out of my chambers. He ran after me down the hallway."It isn't Ares, baby. She took something poisonous, a wolfsbane." He said, I paused for a while, trying to process what I heard. "Wolfsbane?" I strutted."Yes, a wolfsbane. The maids were all thrown in the dungeon for this. They all disagreed that they had no idea about the wolfsbane in the food.”“Nevertheless, I'm sure that there is absolutely no way those maids could have gained access to the green garden where the wolfsbane was planted." He said."Are you trying to say it's an outsider? An outsider can't just get into the palace. The guards are always on alert. Has Ares looked into this matter?" I asked.''He doesn't want to know about that right now; all he wants is for his mate to feel safe. He doesn't want her to die;