Victor's POVI am waiting for Bonita outside. She comes up wearing her uniform. It looks cute with the baby bump. I am not sure if she is serious about fighting me. I will have to find out. I cannot take Bonita seriously while. She is in the uniform, showing her baby bump. I immediately knew I was making a mistake by fighting because I could feel the power radiating from her. I know I am fighting not only Bonita but also our children. I did not realize that she was this strong. I love Bonita and do not want to hurt her or the children. However, I feel I cannot hold back on my powers, or I will fail against her. I can feel her power. I can feel the power of our children. This is going to be one tough training session. "Are you ready to take us on, honey? We promise we won't hurt you. We will go slow on you. I promise I will always be gentle with you," Bonita says. I smile. "I know you will, but you have to remember one thing: I will never attack you with my strongest attacks while yo
Bonita's POVMy powers have been tested against dark magic before. However, I must admit that my war was less potent than Madison's. However, I have to show the world how strong I am. I want them all to see I can fight a strong, dark witch. Madison walks forward. I do not want to hurt my friend, but I know she will do anything to test my strength. I will have to show her how strong I am. I am not somebody that anybody can play with. I know how powerful I am with the children inside of me. They are lending me their powers. It is as if they know that their mother is in danger. They want to protect me as I want to protect them. My first instinct is to protect my children. However, I know they can defend themselves. They are mighty together. The Moon Goddess has given me special children, so I want them to show them how special they are. I need to know this strength. I have to trust him like I have to trust me.I look at Victor, he is standing there looking very worried. He also knows that
Darius' POVI must admit that I am a broken man since I discovered I was not the first vampire. I cannot believe Iona has lied to me for many decades. I thought I was the strong one; she was weaker, and I was the one I had to protect her. Now, I have to defend her. If she dies, I die because she has turned me. At least I know our children will be safe if she dies because they are also originals. They have been born from a vampire. They have not only been born from the original vampire but also from me. It is unfair that I will be the only one that dies when she dies. But I am glad that at least Gabby and her daughter will be safe, and I am sure that I do not want to kill them anymore. I hate Iona. She should have told me the truth at the start. But what can you expect from her? She has always been an excellent liar. While we were in Europe, she had to visit Elizabeth's castle. She is still looking for the bloodstone. I hope she never finds it. I hope that she never gets to get it. I d
Iona's POVI'm glad to see that many cars are waiting for us at the airport. So, at least Morris is with something. I am glad Darius arranged all of this. I still want the world to think he is the original vampire, not me. In the supernatural world, supernatural creatures fear men more than women. Women are much stronger than men. They do not know the power of manipulation like we do. We can also use sex whenever we want to. And men will do anything for us just because we are beautiful. I'm so glad that I was so young forever. No man can resist me. I have seen that before. Darius can be angry with me now. But if I walk into his room tonight, he will not be able to resist me. It is easy to manipulate men.Women can pretend to be weak, and a man will do anything to protect them. It is in their nature. We are more likely to protect our children. However, I can be heartless towards my children if I want to because I can turn off my feelings. I am so furious at Gabby and my sons for leavin
Victor's POV"His army has arrived. I went to the city this morning and ran into one of my friends from Europe. They did not know where Darius and Iona had disappeared, and then suddenly, they showed up in Europe again and returned with a massive aircraft with most of their army. My friend followed them, and they landed here at the airport. We have always hunted together, and I know Peter very well. He will not lie to me. They are staying in the city and are busy fighting the remaining vampires in the town after Xavier disappeared. It is not good news for us because we have been fighting with him for years, and we know how strong they and their vampires can be, especially their commanders and witches. They are old school. They know how to fight. We have lost many men because of these vampires and witches," Robin says.Robin and his hunters have been training with our wolves the whole time they have stayed with us. He has seen our power, and I do not know if the witches are that strong
Iona's POVDarius walks up and down the study. He doesn't look pleased. I know it is because he thinks he is my puppet, which he is, but I won't tell him. He still has to believe that he is critical in my life. Darius must think that he is the love of my life and that I cannot live without him. Indeed, I cannot live without him, but I want him to think that it is because I love him and not because I am hiding behind him. I should not have told him he was not the original vampire. I say things I do not want to say when angry. Darius is irritating me now, and he does not know how close he is to his days, as he does not stop pacing up and down."Darius, sit down! You are irritating the living hell out of me," I say. "Ohh, you have to remember that you need me. I am sick and tired of you thinking that you can always order me around. Iona, you have to remember one thing. All the vampires believe that I am the original vampire. How are you going to explain to them if I die? Not all of them
Victor's POVI know I have to call all my people to come and talk to me. Everyone who is our friend needs to attend the meeting. They must realize how close the war is—it is much closer than everybody thinks. The younger warriors are playing around while we are practicing, and I wouldn't say I like it. They have to take our training very seriously. We know Darius and Iona's army has arrived, and they may try to attack at any time. I do not want us to be unprepared when the attack happens. We do not know how strong the dark witches I brought with them are. We do not know if our shield will keep up. I believe that with the help of the Gypsies and everybody else around us, we can't keep the shield up, but we will have to fight, and we cannot fight from behind the shield unless we only use these magical attacks. I am not a coward and will not hide behind the shield. The shield is there for the protection of the elderly wolves and the children. The rest of us will make war as usual. I will
Victor's POVAfter I make my speech to everyone, I hope the creatures with us will take it seriously. I know I have to go and talk to Bonita. I am not looking forward to it because I know how she is. She will not let me fight alone, but I must convince her to stay inside the pack, where she and the babies will be safe. I love it with all of my heart, but she needs to know that she and the babies' safety is more important to me than anything else. She has to realize that the whole pack and my safety are in her hands as we will first try to protect her and the babies, and our concentration will not be where it needs to be. She must understand that she cannot always protect the babies, the pack, and me and not think about herself. I know she wants to fight, although she is pregnant. I also know that Iona and Daniela will go after her and Gabby first. We have to find a way to prevent it. We have to keep Gabby and Bonita safe. After the meeting, we got to our room, and I intended to talk
Bonita's POVVictor and I sit on our seaside house's deck. We are watching the ocean and our grandchildren at the same time. Life has come full circle, although we don't look like round parents. We love our grandchildren. We have a lot of them. It feels like we are running a tiny school where they all visit us during the school holidays. All my children are happily married to their mates. Not all our children had six or more children, but over the last ten years, they had plenty of children who always wanted to come and visit Grandma and Grandpa. I think they want to come and visit us to play in the ocean.The cousins, brothers, and sisters together drive us crazy sometimes, but we love having them here. It is like we are rerunning a pack. We are still linked to our old pack, and our grandchildren got their wolves when they were born. Like their mothers and fathers, they can be impossible sometimes. I have what we enjoy in our lives here. We bought a big piece of land near the ocean.
Zander's POVI fear the Lycan King will not accept me as his daughter's mate. He has had bad experiences with having a magical wolf as a mate. Dean and Hannah's story did not end well. Helena and I have been seeing each other since Gabriella and Dean's ceremony. Both of us are afraid of how her father will react. We have been seeing each other in town. Sometimes, we will meet in a location where we know nobody can see us. I am waiting for her at a cafe. I know the Lycan King and my father are great friends. They have mutual respect. However, I do not see how they would feel when we tell them we are in love. Helena can choose her mat; she is a Lycan, and I am happy she felt the same about me as I thought. I have no choice. The wrong goddess picks my mate for me. I knew from the start Helena was my mate. I was glad when I told you not to choose my mate and that my wolf cannot live without her, and she told me she had fallen in love with me from the first moment she saw me. I see her wa
Dean's POVI know this will not be a long fight as we enter the ring. My brother is not prepared to fight me. He was never a warrior. He was always my mother's little boy, and my mother never wanted my father to train him. She always told my father that he was too sick to train, although my brother was never sick or weak. He was lazy. He was always a mama's boy who never wanted to do anything for himself. My mother would do everything for him, even his homework, when he got home from school and was too tired and sick to do homework. My mother always believed him, but I don't. I look at him as he is starting to dance around me. I know that he has no clue how to fight. I think of all his mates and how they must have felt when he took a new mate every time. I don't know if he has broken his previous bonds. However, he never had a child. I know I also do not have a child yet. However, it's not because I couldn't get any children. It is because my mate died, and I became a rogue. My mother
Dean's POVI am ready to fight my brother, Sean, but I know he is a coward and will not want to fight me alone. However, he has no choice now, as even the pack's warriors and elders have turned against him. Having Alpha Victor with me is also a plus. Alpha Victor and Luna Bonita are heroes among the magical wolves after they beat the vampires and drove most of them and the dark witches out of our area. I can see my brother is hesitant, but he has no choice. Sean goes to the packhouse to get ready. But I know he will also call his friends the Lycans.I don't need to prepare, as I am prepared to fight for my pack. I know they have gone through a lot, and I do not want them to go through anymore. The Lycans know very well that when I challenge Sean for the Alpha position of my pack, they are not allowed to intervene. I do not think they will intervene, and I do not believe they will help Sean. However, I do know that they will show up. I know the Lycan King hates me. He did not want me t
Dean's POVWe spent the night at Gabriella's parents' Pack and will return to our Pack in the morning. It will be tough to return to them as I do not know how the Dark Moon Pack feels about me. Perhaps they are still angry with me and do not want me to help them or become their Alpha again. It is a chance that I would take. I do believe that they don't want my brother as their Alpha anymore because I have been suffering under him for years. It is time to take on the Lycans. I do not understand why my Pack must pay for my sins. They did nothing wrong. Victor, Bonita, Gabriella, warriors, and I get ready to go to my Pack, and then we will see the Lycans. I do not know how my back will accept me, but I do hope they are glad to see me. Many of them did not want my brother to become the Alpha. However, the elders and the warriors were behind my brother, and now their daughters and sons are working for the lycans as servants. It is breaking my heart. I do not want to see my back like this.
Dean's POVI cannot believe that I have accepted Gabriella Black as my mate. I thought I would never take another mate. However, my heart and my wolf feel much better. I feel like a heavy burden has been lifted from me. I know I have to go back to my back, but first, I have to go and talk to Gabriella's parents. I cannot just take their daughter without telling them where we are going. The Dark Moon pack is on the other side of the National Park. The Lycans live near the city. I know they have been torturing my pack because of me. Hannah's father has not forgiven me. I cannot blame him. I know that he is angry with me for getting his daughter killed. I also know it's not only my fault if he had accepted us as a couple. None of this would have happened, and I would have lived happily with Hannah. I know he is not going to be impressed with me having a new mate. I do not care. We will fight our battles as they come. I have to go and save my pack. It's my fault that they are in the condi
Gabriella Jr.'s POVI ran after the man I did not know. I know he is my mate. I know he also knows it, but why is he running away from me? I don't understand what is happening here but must find him. I follow his scent. Although he's trying to hide it from me, my magical powers are so strong that I could still smell him. His magic is nothing against mine. I use my vampire speed, and I quickly catch up with him. He stops and looks at me with hostility in his eyes. "Go away. I do not want anything to do with you. Don't you get it? I do not want another mate. Hannah was the love of my life. Besides, I can not protect you if somebody wants to kill you. I am useless. Get away from me if you do not want to get hurt. I am cursed. I do not believe the moon goddess loves me. She must hate me. I have blood on my hands. I killed an innocent woman, and I killed the man who killed Hannah. I killed his wife to make him feel like I felt when I lost my mate. The only difference was he did not care l
Victor Jr's POVThe rogue falls to his knees after killing Liam Moore. I can't say that he is not that young anymore. I feel sorry for him. He hasn't lost his mate, and it is not easy for a werewolf to lose his mate. He must have gone through tough times. Losing your might to somebody is almost like when a human loses their wife. Except for a werewolf, it is much worse. We are like wolves in nature. We mate for life. Sometimes, the Moon Goddess is merciful and will give us a second chance. Some of us are not lucky, and we stay alone for our love. That is why some rogues give control to their wolves. Their human side is too weak, and they want to die with their mate. The wolf takes over, and he becomes a lone wolf. A lone wolf is a very dangerous wolf. He will kill for the pleasure of it. But this rogue seems that he was only of the revenge. And now that he has gotten his revenge, he has nothing left. "What is your name?" Ashley asks. "My human name is Dean Winters. My name is Ranger
Third person's POVLiam Moore is sure that the dogman, werewolf, or whatever creature killed his wife is after him. He is not coming back to these woods ever again. The creature already has his wife and daughter, and he cannot live like this in fear for his life all the time. He goes back to Salem and asks for a transfer to New York. He is sure that he will be much safer there and that the beast cannot follow him to New York. He saw his daughter's cell phone. Her last picture was very blurry, but it looked like a half-human and half-wolf creature. He's sure that she is dead. He closes the file and takes the evident box with him to New York. He does not want everybody to know that his daughter was killed by a beast that does not exist, according to most people. He feels ashamed of what he has done to his daughter. He feels guilty because he feels that he is later down and that he tortured her. He tortured her so badly that she ran into this beast in the woods. Liam is sure the beast wi