Author's POV:“Asher, do you really think that—” Orion began to scold Asher in a stern tone as he glared at him in anger, completely ignoring the fact that this boy was soon going to rule over him as their next Alpha, or that he had once desired the idea of him marrying his daughter. At that moment, his rage on Gemini’s behalf was riding high, driving away his attention from any other concern in his mind. After all, it was Gemini he had always cared about, and even though he had started to care for Vienna too, because of the pressure he was suddenly receiving from everyone else… there was no way that he was going to let his favorite daughter get hurt because of her, and that too in front of everyone. But before he could finish, Orion himself paused abruptly, Gemini's words finally catching up with him. The reality hit him to the core, that the girl he had always assumed to be a disgrace to him might be on the path to prove it true right now. “Wait a minute… What did you say?” Hi
Author's POV:Kai leaned back against the leather couch in accommodations at Alpha Lance’s farmhouse in the Stemond pack, kicking off his boots in front of the fireplace. He had finally retired to his room after a day of discussions and negotiations, that had gone surprisingly well. The Stemond pack had been their allies during his grandfather’s reign, and the new Alpha seemed eager to rekindle the friendship with the Azuremist pack. Kai should have been pleased at the thought of gaining a new supporter, as well as the prospect of returning home sooner than expected. But there was a single thing that was bothering him more than anything else. He dialed Vienna’s number for the fifth time that evening, and got the same result: she was unavailable to attend his calls. His chest tightened as the anxiety returned with a jolt, he couldn't tell himself that it was a coincidence any longer. This couldn't be a coincidence, and finally dialled Fynn’s number. The phone barely rang twice be
Fynn's POV: As I drove towards the farmhouse where Vienna had last been seen, my thoughts churned with frustration. Part of me wanted to call Kai and tell him to handle this problem about his mate, on his own. After all, wasn’t this his responsibility? I hadn’t returned to this life, just to get stuck in the same old pattern and deal with the tangled mess of this mate bond. I had made a promise to myself before returning to Camden Falls: to maintain strict boundaries and stay as detached and distant as possible…to save us all the trouble. Yet here I was, just two days in, enmeshed in their matter and driving through the night to clean up a situation I had tried so hard to avoid. I shook my head sharply, forcing that thought out of my mind. No, this didn't make any sense… my mind was just coming up with creative ways to escape the guilt that was making my stomach twist, and attempting to take away the burden of responsibility from my own shoulders. I had chosen to turn a b
Fynn's POV:"Wait, are you for real? We thought she was just capable of fooling her dad! But turns out she’s even fooled you!" The man laughed after noticing the colors draining from my face. His voice felt like nails on a chalkboard, but apparently my torture wasn't over yet. The woman who had first recognized me smirked at her friend's comment. “Well, I guess she wasn’t as innocent as everyone thought!" "Yeah, especially not as angelic as the Alpha’s son seemed to think!" "The list of men she has cuckolded is growing longer day by day!!”I didn’t realize how furious I was until I felt the lava flowing through my veins and my body moved on its own, before my mind could catch up with its intentions.In the blink of an eye, I had the man pinned against the wall, my forearm pressed firmly against his neck. “Shut up!” I snarled at him, my voice more of a growl than anything human-like. “You know nothing about that girl. Nothing!” The man’s eyes widened in terror, and he clawe
Fynn's POV:It was a foolish idea. The moment that thought appeared in my mind, I was ready to shoot it down. What was the point of turning on my mate bond when Vienna might not even see me as her mate anymore? If Kai was here, it would be a different story. Because she had clearly chosen Kai, and mate bonds couldn’t work while being one-sided, could they? I scowled at myself, running a hand through my hair. The idea was ridiculous from the start. I turned back toward the woods, determined to search every inch of the forest again. But after another fifteen minutes of running in circles and finding nothing, I came to a halt. I couldn’t afford to waste more time chasing shadows. I stopped in the middle of the clearing and closed my eyes, forcing myself to find the tether that had been buried deep within my chest, and tug on it. But even when I tried to tug on the string and follow its pull, I could feel my subconscious running into a wall. A wall which I had built, brick by bri
Fynn's POV:I felt the faintest ghost of a movement in Vienna's body and immediately lowered her gently into my lap, trying to make sure that she had actually shown signs of consciousness. Cradling her, I quickly assessed where she was bleeding from. There were deep, angry stab wounds across her body that seemed like they had just started to heal some seconds ago. Her head had a gash at the side, blood trickling down from her temple and into her hair. My hands trembled as I pressed against one of the wounds, trying to stem the flow of blood.My hands shook as I pressed against the deeper wounds to stem the bleeding. Each drop of her blood felt like it was draining the life out of me, and my mind was occupied by a storm of curses. How could I have let this happen? I was solely responsible for every wound on her body, for every second which she had suffered in this agony…But before I could spiral further, I heard her voice. A faint whisper, no louder than a breeze. "Fynn… Fynn… yo
Fynn’s POV:The world has stopped spinning ever since she had been wheeled inside the operation theatre, and the only thing that kept spinning was my head… because of the unbearable pain I was going through right now.My conscience was still adamant to make me believe that the title of the greatest idiot indeed belonged to me, but the punishment I am getting for this is still too little. When I should clearly have thrown myself into the streaming lava to apologize for the blunders I have created in the past, and the ones I was going to repeat today as well.The thoughts that something worse than this had already happened to her all because of my idiocy and the delays I caused willingly, were making it hard for me to breathe. All this pressure and the weight on my chest has completely made me disconnected from the outer world– probably, this is why I had missed three calls from Kai.And I have might missed the forth one too, if the nurse wouldn't have nudged me with her words;“Ah! Ma
Author's POV:Gemini was on cloud nine, knowing that this time, her plan had finally made it to the end and that too with flying colours. Not only had she managed to turn Alpha Blackwood against her biggest rival, but had also managed to get her Dad back on her side… and the best thing in all this was that finally, Asher was going to be entirely hers.And there would be no one who'd ever dare to come near anything that belonged to her. This thought was enough to make her so happy from the core that she was humming and strolling near the balcony, even though it was already past midnight. Just then, she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and panic crawled down to the base of her spine.Whirling around, she quickly took a look at the person standing behind her, and a soft scream left her mouth. “Gosh! Mom! You scared me so bad–”“I am sorry my darling, I was just here to ask you something.”Tessa showed no more reaction to Gemini's shocked expressions. Hearing her words, Gemini lowe
Vienna's POV: I saw Fynn's fingers scraping against the jagged rock for a fraction of a second… just enough for hope to flare up in my chest, before it was ripped away.Because in the very next second, he fell… before I could move from my place, he had fallen. Without a sound, without even a struggle, my world had shattered. My life was teetering on the edge, and then it slipped away.It wasn't just Finn that had fallen from the cliff, I felt like someone had ripped my heart into two parts and thrown one of them, by tossing it away from the cliff.For a moment everything paused in my mind, the time, the heartbeat, the tears, the scream and then everything just went boom.The scream that was building up inside me, shaking my whole body, didn't even leave my mouth. My soul was being ripped apart, and I couldn't even open my mouth to tell anyone to make it stop, to make it hurt less or to bring him back anyhow. Not a single sound.My legs gave out beneath me, and I crashed onto my kn
Kai’s POV: A roar, unlike anything I had ever heard, tore from my throat, shaking the ground under my paws. I felt bloodlust seeping into my body, soaking every fibre of my being, taking over all the anger and grief, and pain. My brother.They had pushed my brother.The other half of my soul… the one part of my heart. They pushed my Fynn… my Fynn off the cliff.Curzon barely had time to react before I was on him. My wolf lunged with the full force of my fury. He tried to dodge, but he was too slow to escape from the Grim Reaper.I sank my teeth into his neck, tasting blood as his panicked growl turned into a gurgled gasp. His paws thrashed against me, claws scraping uselessly at my fur, but I didn’t let go.I didn't let go, even as his claws sank into my shoulder, right where Fynn had been injured. I twisted my jaw, and ripped his throat out.Curzon’s lifeless body crumpled to the ground, his eyes still wide with shock.His beta howled in rage and came at me next, but I was alread
Kai’s POV: Curzon.That bloody motherfucker! Fynn had been right… he shouldn't have been trusted, because he must have been planning this for a long time. And I was right too; only for one moment, when the thought crossed my mind that it wasn't possible for any Alpha to ignore the Supreme Alpha crossing the borders of their pack.It was all his plan! I didn't know how long this bloody snake had been disguised in the form of my friend, and how long I had been feeding him with the crucial information about my life… making all of us extremely vulnerable.Because of my one mistake of trusting a traitor.The realization made my blood boil, rage snapping through me like a whip.And as I burst into the woods whether they had cornered Vienna and Fynn, the sight before me had the power to shatter me completely.Fynn… my brother was fighting alone against twelve wolves, his body already bloodied but still keeping up with their attacks. Each time they lunged, he threw them back, his strength
Vienna's POV:We were badly cornered, and Kai was not here.And on top of that it was because of my stupidity… not only that I had asked him to leave alone for the pack, and assured him that I would take Fynn with me to cheer his mood up. But I had also asked the guards to keep their distance! And now, I didn't know where they actually were. And most importantly, if this man is standing here in front of us with his men, then what is the guarantee of Kai being safe and sound?My heart missed a beat out of fear.Curzon’s laughter rang out, smooth and mocking, as he shook his head, pulling me out of my thoughts.His sharp, pale features twisted into something that might have been amusement, but the malice in his eyes said otherwise. But before he could say anything, I heard Fynn’s growl. “Stay where you already are! If you dare to take a single step towards us or even dare to take my Luna’s name from this filthy mouth of yours, I won't let you be able to do anything else.”Curzon too
Kai's POV:The moment I stepped into the Alpha’s mansion, I felt a strange sensation crawl up my spine, like something was wrong. The thought of whether or not I had made the right decision by leaving Fynn and Enna alone quickly passed through my mind before I shrugged off.It's better not to think too much about what had already happened, or else I wouldn't be able to focus on anything.Shaking my head, I looked around. The Autumn Pack had changed a lot since the last time I had seen it. Not that I had been here in person since I was fourteen, but through the letters Curzon and I had exchanged while I was in Cape Town, I had been able to build a picture of this place in my mind. And yet, I was surprised. In the ten years that had passed, the old Alpha had died, and Curzon’s father had taken over, only to rule for a few short years before an accident claimed his life. Now, Curzon sat on the throne, and the Autumn Pack had stepped away from the Supreme Alpha challenge this year, ch
Vienna's POV:Today was the day we were leaving the Hefternort pack, and I was gathering a lot of good memories in my heart from here.This is the part of my life which can be categorised as a golden period… or maybe the start of a golden period?And I can never forget anything, the happiness– neither the comfort, the love and nor that one fear that this place has given me.From the Alpha to the omegas, everyone had treated me with so much respect and affection that my heart felt full. But the shaman’s words still lingered at the back of my mind, surfacing now and then like an unwelcome shadow in the dark. Maybe, she didn’t know what she was talking about? Maybe she was just a senile old lady speaking gibberish… or an extremely sharp one, who enjoyed troubling people for no reason.Or probably, she was just telling all those things so that she could teach me how to be grateful for what I have in my life. There could be many reasons because of which she might have said all those th
Vienna's POV:A soft moan escaped me before I could stop it, and I felt his body tense against mine. Heat flared between us curling low in my stomach and spreading through my limbs.Fynn groaned, his hands gripping my waist as he pressed me back against the thick fur blanket he had laid down for our picnic. His lips moved against mine with more urgency now, like he had been holding back for too long.I gasped when he nipped my lower lip, and he took the opportunity to slip his tongue into my mouth, tasting me, teasing me. The heat between us became unbearable, like fire under my skin.“Fynn…” I breathed against his lips, my fingers threading through his dark hair.The cold air barely registered against my heated skin as Fynn’s hands slipped under my coat, spreading warmth wherever they touched. His lips were demanding now, his tongue stroking against mine, tasting me, claiming me.I whimpered as his hands moved to my waist, gripping me tighter, pulling me flush against him. The thick
Kai's POV:We were only supposed to be at the Hefternort pack for two more days, and there was still a lot of administrative work to handle. I expected Fynn to be at full efficiency, going through reports, handling negotiations, and ensuring everything was in order before we left.Instead, I found my brother and the Supreme Alpha walking towards me, a sheepish smile tugging at his lips.I raised an eyebrow, already knowing he was planning something. “What’s wrong?”“Nothing,” Fynn said quickly. “Just… today’s meetings will mostly go over things we’ve already discussed, and any final decisions we need to make can be authorized by you as the Supreme Alpha’s second-in-command.”I folded my arms. “And?”“And…” He hesitated, scratching the back of his neck. “We won’t get much time when we go back to Camden Falls, and—”I exhaled loudly, cutting him off. “Sometimes, I really wish my brother was straightforward and to the point.”Fynn blinked. “What?”I narrowed my eyes. “Why are you ramblin
Vienna's POV I stood there, frozen in place, staring at the empty space where she had been. My heart pounded, and for a long moment, I didn’t move.Her words echoed in my head.Difficulties…? Trials? Separation! Separation… she was right. Thscariest, horrifying and heart wrenching part of this prophecy she just made in front of me was separation.I had barely started my life with Kai and Fynn… why was the universe already planning to take it away?And how exactly was it going to play in my life? Was I going to get separated from them once again… but how? I thought that everyone who wanted to snatch me away from them, or didn't want me to live a happy and peaceful life was already dead or rotting in the dungeon, so how was I going to get separated from them…?And why did I have to be separated from the part of my own souls, whom I had just found. They were slowly teaching me what I had been lacking in my past, how I was supposed to breathe and live in the open air like a free human