Victor's POVZander pulls Gabriella into the house just in time. He pulls her inside as a hand grabs her. We hear somebody swearing softly. I immediately recognize this voice. It is Darius's voice. I should have known better than to invite the vampires into my territory. Luckily, they can only go into the old house. I mind-link my people to all go inside their homes and stay there until I tell them it is safe to come out. I should have known vampires are our enemies. Once our enemies, always our enemies. "You will regret betraying me, Victor. And I always left you and your back alone because you once saved my son's life. Give me my daughter and granddaughter, and I'll leave you alone. They belong to the original family, and I will get those wolves out of them, even if I have to cut them out myself. All I have to do is kill the wolves inside of them, and they will become vampires. Original vampires, like they were meant to be. Zander, you have gone too far. Our families have been enem
Zander's POVGabriella and I walked into the office. Victor was teasing us, telling us we could use a room or whatever we wanted. I must know why she has been running away from me all these years. I know she feared that her parents were getting too close to me, but I'm not scared of them. Why would you think that I am fearful of them? They almost had tonight, but I will not allow them to get to her or our daughter. I know we will have to fight with Victor. I do not care about fighting with Victor because Victor is one of my best friends. Over the years, he has always been good to me. I know he has saved one of Darius's sons, but that means nothing. "Why did you try to protect me against your parents? Why did you try to stay away from me, knowing we have a daughter, and not telling me? You know that I could take them on. I know the originals are powerful, but they are only vampires. We are hybrids. We have more power than they do. They are nothing in my eyes," I say. "I did it to pro
Zander's POVWe walk out of Victoria's office. We know we have to train Victor and Bonita. We know if the original family has united with the vampires around here. We stand no chance if they are not trained. They need to be trained. We want them to show us how strong and fast they are. We walk into the sitting room, where they are waiting for us. "Do you have a place where you train? We want to train you in private. I don't think your pack should know that you are tribrids now. We do not know how they will react. Although I believe they have a lot of respect for both of you, I do not know if they will accept tribrids as their leaders. Will your pack still trust you? We cannot put that under any tests until we know that you are trained. Right now, we do not know who we can trust. If your pack turns against you, you will be outcasts like us. I know that my pack still trusts me and that I can go back there anytime, but I do not want to go back there and leave the originals to wreak havo
Bonita's POVWe know a war is coming, and we have to prepare for it. We have trained for a few days with my parents. I know we are ready, but I am unsure how strong the originals are. If my mother had kept running away from them and didn't want them near me, was it because I was still too small and young and didn't know how to use the Magic of my wolf or my vampire side? Is that why she didn't want my father to know I existed? Was it because she knew that he would come to me? Was she afraid her family would follow him to get to her and discover me? These questions haunt me, but we do not have time to talk as she and my father are always together. They are like teenagers in love. I know Victor also has a lot of questions he wants to ask them. We still have to worry about Oscar and his pack working with Xavier and his dark witch. They can strike us at any moment, their attack looming like a dark cloud. We do not know who will strike first or if they will descend upon us all at once. Wha
Xavier's POVI heard Darius and his family are in town. I wonder what they are doing here. I hope they have the same enemies as I have, as Oscar's werewolf pack is not very strong. Although he has a lot of werewolf friends who will help him, I do not trust the werewolf. I would instead work with the originals. Victor drove me out of this town, and that was mine. I wonder if Gabriella is around. I have always liked her; she is beautiful. Her sister Daniella is not evil, but she is not as attractive as Gabby. I haven't seen the originals in a very long time. After I left Europe, I hadn't seen them. I used to hang around with them. However, they were too bossy for me and too classy. If the stories are true, Gabby will not be with them because she had an affair with a werewolf. It would be a big disappointment if she had gone after a werewolf. This means her family will kick her out because her father cannot stand a werewolf, although Victor saved his son's life. I know about it because I
Xavier's POV"You are full of the demands, Xavier, for somebody that I can kill with the snap of my finger. Did you think I cannot summon an army? I can have more vampires in this city within an hour than your poor excuse for an army. However, I do not want to let my army come here. I need somebody to protect my castle while I am gone. I do not trust the gypsies around there. They have a grudge against me. We will not talk about that right now. Where is your witch? Where is Marilyn? I hear she can be very jealous if she wants to. She will not enjoy having these two women with you tonight. I know everything about you. I know you are using Marilyn's black magic to get what you want. I hear she's a potent witch. I hope you have more than one witch if you plan on taking on Victor and his pack. Now, let's talk. What do you want from me? I know you will not offer your help for anything in return," Darius says. "I want to be able to walk into daylight like you, and I want you to help me get
Bonita's POVMy father and Victor are busy in the office discussing the upcoming war. Now, it is the time to talk to my mother, sitting outside in the garden. We don't have a bond because we did not know each other for a long time. She gave me away when I was a baby. I know it was to protect me against her family, but she could have sometimes visited me. I do not blame her. I most probably would have done the same thing. It reminds me that I have to take care of the family who took care of me. I no longer feel like they are part of me and do not feel I owe them anything. They mistreated me and never cared for me, so why should I care? My mother looks up at me as soon as she hears me. "Bonita, I was wondering when you would come to talk to me. I know I owe you a lot of explanations. I never came to speak to you because I always felt guilty. I did not know that you had such a terrible childhood. I thought the wolves I gave you would be happy to have a child. You do not understand how g
Bonita's POVI don't know who is in the bushes, but I can feel the danger. Somebody is getting ready to attack us. I wonder who it can be. But I am prepared to fight, and I can see that my mother is also getting ready to attack. My mother and I did not realize that we had walked too far. We are in the field outside our territory. It is no man's land. I mind-link Victor and tell him where we are. I know he will be here quickly, but in the meantime, we will have to protect ourselves until Victor and my father show up. "Well, well, well, if it isn't my old mate! Look, Sandy, I told you one of these days, we will get our claws on her. You are only two. I have some of my best warriors with me," Oscar says as he, Sandy, and a few of his warriors walk out of the bushes. I relax. Oscar, Sandy, and their warriors are no match for my mother and me. We are too fast for them, and I know Oscar and men are not the best fighters. They start circling us. They get closer with every circle they make a
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