The next two weeks passed at a crawling pace. I was constantly restless and nervous.Amun had not kept his word because I had never met him once. This made me incredibly angry, which it never should. Because actually, it was exactly what I wanted. This man should stay away from me and act like I don't exist.Unfortunately, it bothered me.I spent my time with Gwen, who kept quiet about the king. She didn't say a single word about him. There was something wrong there.Did they want to provoke me into voluntarily visiting this man?At least that was my current thought. However, it is also possible that he was looking for another queen. Someone suitable for this place.I had to force myself to stop asking about him or even bringing him up as a topic. There was a constant struggle within me.I had been put on withdrawal and without any regrets.How did the werewolf stand that? Even if I turned the wheel, I didn't admit it one bit. Most of the time I denied it to myself.My strategy was to
I paced up and down in my room restlessly. I felt like a tiger in its cage. The comparison wasn't that far-fetched because I was locked up.The rest of the walk with Gwen had been nice, but my mind was racing.My general condition was bad. That damn hunter's weed was driving me crazy and Gwen had just injected me with my daily dose. She had now taken over and I was grateful for that. The woman who usually did this was a werewolf. The only one of this species that was allowed near me. Otherwise, they kept things away from me.The next point was the stupid king. He was my main problem and a constant tenant in my head.The last thing you could list was homesickness. I missed my old life and sorely. Most of all my best friend. I may not have had a good time with my uncle and cousin, but other than that I missed pretty much everything.My life had been cruelly taken away from me. I had big plans and they had been chopped up.In all of this, I was unsure who I was most angry at. I was a can
Amun nodded towards the door and said, "Let's go to my office, we can talk there undisturbed." I looked at him confused, pointed around, and asked, "Not here?" There was no one present other than us, so no one could disturb or eavesdrop."Just come with me." He said this in a commanding tone, so I replied annoyed, "You're neither my king nor my boss, so you can't give me orders."He rubbed the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath. I had the job of annoying him perfectly."Davina, please come with me." His voice sounded far too nice, which is why it left a bitter aftertaste. However, I remained calm and nodded. Another uprising would be a waste of time. He replied briefly and succinctly, "Thank you."Amun turned around and started walking. I followed him like a good puppy.To shine in his role as a gentleman, he held the door open for me. After a sigh, I hurried past him in thanks.I walked a few steps further but then stopped because I had no idea where his office even was.Amun
It was all too much for me and I needed some fresh air. In this room, you felt like you were suffocating because there wasn't enough oxygen.I walked toward the door, saying, "I have to get out of here." Very urgent.I just felt so stupid and ripped off. Almost my entire life had been a lie.All these years I had this huge hatred for werewolves and my uncle had fueled it. Of course, he had blamed the werewolves and everyone believed him. It also sounded logical and would have made sense.Gerald was the monster. Simply because he wanted to be the leader. That's why he killed his brother and his family. How annoying for him that I had survived.The tears stung my eyes and as I raised my hand to grab the doorknob, Amun took my other hand.I didn't want him to see my face, so I stayed facing the door. It was a weak moment for me and I wanted to endure it alone. Nobody should notice. Especially not the king, because somewhere we were still enemies.I managed to say in a firm voice, "Let go
My parents would be incredibly disappointed in me if they knew about my living situation. No, that would be fine, after all, it wasn't my fault. But they would be disappointed by my actions.Amun said quietly, "Look at me, Davina." It wasn't an order, but a request. I was much more likely to comply with something like that, but never in this situation.I turned around and said, "I'd like to go to my room." The best thing I could do was snuggle up under my blanket and forget all this. Besides, it would be sensible if I endured all this alone until I was able to act normally again."Davina, bitte."I pulled myself together and turned to him. This time I looked up at him and my eyes immediately found his. That gentle look warmed my heart."Thanks."Then he thanked me too. As much as I called him an asshole, there was another side to him.I asked quietly, "What is it?" It sounded neutral because I appreciated having someone there for you. But it was exactly him and that was a problem, whi
I chatted with Amun for a while, but by now I was tired and wanted to go to bed. He understood that and accompanied me to my room.We walked side by side in silence and once again there was a little chaos of emotions inside me. It was probably a big one.I tried to concentrate on my surroundings, but my thoughts weren't interested. Amun was next to me and that distracted me. At least I managed to see straight ahead even though his eyes were on me.Amun broke the silence by asking, "Do you at least like it here? Or do you have a burning desire to run away?"This morning I would have told him straight to his face that I wanted to leave. Even though that was crazy, the hunters would kill me immediately as soon as they knew whose mate I was. But I should be after it, after all, it would kill him.Still, the realization about my uncle had changed a lot. Maybe someone else knew about it. Perhaps several people were involved in this plan. It's possible that others wanted to get rid of me in
I ignored him and opened the door. We had enough conversation for one evening. Every further conversation was a risk."Goodnight, Amun. As crazy as it is sometimes, I'm polite enough to thank you for your company. See you out for a walk someday."Of course, I didn't get to enter the room because he grabbed my wrist and turned me around to face him.Theoretically, I expected this, but somehow not. This caused me to look into those golden eyes in surprise.Amun said, "Now you have asked for it."The next moment he leaned towards me and this time his lips met mine. It was a small explosion and I really wanted to push him away, but the feeling was so nice.Nevertheless, I managed not to return the kiss for a proud second. Afterward, however, I allowed it and kissed him the same way.I automatically stood on my tiptoes, but Amun had a better idea. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around him. We never broke the kiss and I buried my fingers in that soft hair.Somewhere on the edge, I he
My next destination was my bed because we could both sit there and chat a bit. At some point I had to start my interrogation and it was best to do that immediately.Gwen said, "I have bad news." That was never good and as I sat down I looked at her questioningly. Of course, I then pointed to the seat next to me so that she could sit her ass on that bed.She came over and continued, "The king had to leave yesterday. There is some unrest and it needs to be sorted out."Riots.That probably means the hunters were causing trouble. This was something good and far from bad news. At least that's what my head was convinced of and I was happy to ignore my heart's opinion.Gwen sat down next to me and said, "It's still unknown how long he's been away. Apparently there are several disturbances in different places. Quite a bit of chaos has broken out."Either the hunters wanted revenge on me or had a suspicion that I was alive. I thought the first option was more likely. Amun might try to keep qu
"Alright, I'll do you a favor. I'll come back to this later.""I'm looking forward to it, I can't stop myself." She must have recognized the sarcasm in my words because I had made it clear.Flynn and Tyrone seemed to have continued to talk, at least the beta was saying, "As you wish, but the ball gown thing would be perfect. Maybe we can find new recruiters to replace you since you can be so mean."Oh, that was very daring.That deep, menacing growl from Tyrone made my heart stop for a moment. It was as if the world stopped for a moment. A shiver of fear ran down my spine and my eyes automatically found him.He glared at his beta, more like killing him with his eyes and he had one hand clenched tightly into a fist. As if he was preparing to harm someone.His voice mirrored his appearance as Tyrone replied, "You will look after her as if your life depended on what she does. And you will remind people that they need to be respectful of their Luna." He emphasized the word Luna, which was
I had just arrived at the front door with Flynn and then I realized something. I only had the high heels from last night.Did I seriously need to tour this area in high heels?Sure, it was doable, just uncomfortable and certainly not suitable footwear for this project.With a sigh, I turned to him and explained, "I only have yesterday's very high shoes. You'll probably have to be patient today because you're slower in those things."Flynn dismissed it with a wave of his hand and said, "No problem. We can go to a store and you can buy some suitable ones."Yes, but with what money?He probably didn't take into account that I had arrived here with hardly anything. Hopefully, Tyrone had told him that. You usually gave your best friend a story about your experiences, especially when it came to your mate.To be on the safe side, I remarked, "They didn't give me time to pack, so all my things will be sent later."Surprisingly, Flynn got a cheeky grin on his face, which made me look at him sl
The door opened and a man emerged. He had a higher rank because that's what he radiated.Werewolves could generally sense this. So I concluded that I was dealing with a beta. It was very likely that he was Tyrone's beta, at least that would be logical considering whose house I was in.It was confusing that he smiled, even more so when the words followed in a friendly tone, "Good morning Luna, nice that we got to know each other."He started moving and as he did I replied, "Good morning." I would reply that it was nice to meet him, but I still had absolutely no details."By the way, I'm Tyrone's beta."Oh well, as expected.—---------------------------"Ok, Beta from Tyrone and what's your name?" He didn't tell me that and this information would be great.Just before he got to me, I stood up to properly introduce myself. My good upbringing said hello.When he stood in front of me, he offered me his hand, which I accepted. "I'm Flynn and you must be Aurelia." How nice, then at least he
Aurore said, "I'm telling you, it's terrible. If we're too stupid to ever leave here, our first act in office is to burn this piece."Yes, we also liked to have very logical topics that were incredibly helpful if you had a ton of problems.—---------------------------------Meanwhile, I was sitting at the dining table and looking at the roll that was on the plate in front of me. It wasn't an exciting sight at all, but I wasn't capable of anything else.What concerned me most was Amanda. From Tyrone's behavior, his mom wasn't a nice person. Except it was his fault and not hers. I had to find out somehow, until then I shouldn't trust anyone.Aurore chimed in by saying, "We need to befriend someone who isn't part of this family. Someone neutral who can tell us something about the circumstances."That was my plan too, too the only question was how we should become friends. Amanda had said she wanted to show me the area, but Tyrone didn't want me near her.If I had the opportunity, I would
However, that was cut short as Aurore growled and yelled at me, "Get a hold of yourself, Aurela!" It was so loud that I could barely contain myself from wincing.Tyrone immediately got my full attention again as he ran over to my side again.Why did he do that?Why was he just looking for me?Why?!When he placed a kiss in the crook of my neck, I tensed. That was too much of a good thing, more of a bad thing. I was lucky that the dress was high-necked, so we had no skin-to-skin contact."I had to look for you for far too long." The crowning moment came when a slight growl was heard.However, I understood something at that moment.That wasn't Tyrone.No.This was his wolf who had gained the upper hand, which is why I had to deal with him.Addressing my wolf, I said, "Aurore, his wolf is your problem." You could hear in my voice how confused and completely overwhelmed I was.She mumbled, "Um, no thanks. You're doing well, I don't want to bother you any further.""Angsthase!""You're no
In the entrance hall, we took the door that was at the back. It was exactly the one Amanda had stepped out of yesterday when I met her.A corridor came into my field of vision and it was narrower than the one on the upper floor. There were also some paintings hanging here. Presumably, everything was papered with them, but these were works of art and not relatives or whoever was pictured on the others.Amanda continued to talk, but I was distracted by the surroundings so I barely noticed. That was rude, but there was a lot to see. Besides, she was in a torrent of talk and didn't want to be interrupted.Just as we reached a door and Amanda was about to open it, I heard a cold voice behind us say, "Aurela."I automatically turned around and immediately spotted Tyrone coming towards us. Joy looked completely different, but that's exactly the emotion you should expect from him.I had hoped that I wouldn't have to see him again today, but unfortunately, he was brutally murdered. I had to pu
I closed the door behind Amanda and turned to her. She walked to the middle of the room and then turned to me. It was kind of weird that she had the same eyes as Tyrone.Sure, many children had the same eye color as their parents. But it was also the same shape and this dark green was something of a rarity. At least I had never met anyone with that particular color.She had a smile on her face and asked, "How are you?" This was a very logical question that started most conversations. It was good that she took it into her own hands because I couldn't think of anything, it was all too new for that."Good thanks and you?" I managed to put on a slight smile, which I was very proud of."Also. How did you sleep?" She looked around the room, so I automatically did the same. There wasn't anything wrong with it. Except of course the color, which in my opinion was represented too often."Good, good. By the way, it's a nice room." A small part of it may be a lie, but politeness demanded this sta
If we accepted him seriously, then we were trapped. He could find us anywhere, which would make running away pointless. This would practically seal the fact that we would ultimately complete the Mate band.We had to avert all of this somehow and for that, we needed a good strategy.I was still standing in the same spot, desperately running a hand through my hair. I closed my eyes to better concentrate so nothing else could distract me.Aurore answered confidently, "We will find a solution. It can hardly be our fate that we have to submit to this man. Rejection is not an impossibility."But how should we do that?Tyrone obviously didn't want that when he was already talking about the next step.After taking a deep breath to calm myself, I asked, "And how?""You ask a good question and we'll find a good answer to that soon."At least one of us had the optimism within us. For me, that was a big miss.My wolf cleared her throat and said, "You should change into something else. We don't ha
That hit me like a slap in the face. I was separated from them and, if I was unlucky, I never saw them again. Essentially, I had lost her and was trapped in a house with a strange man who scared me.Tyrone said, “Welcome to the Darkmoon Pack.”With those final words, another wave came over me and it was powerful enough to almost bring me to my knees as it was so overwhelming. I gave everything I had to stay firmly on both feet and always looked back at him.The connection to the whole pack was palpable and I didn't miss the fact that it was much larger than my previous one. There were many members, of which I was now a member.Tyrone looked at me and said, "You're the first one who doesn't make a sound when taking the picture."I raised an unimpressed eyebrow and asked, "Why should I?""My pack is much stronger and has more than four times as many members. A recording has brought down werewolves that come from a place larger than your old one."Aurore growled and said, "My dear, you u