Sophia POVI can already feel my stomach starting to complain of hunger, and I let out a low laugh, putting my hand on my stomach. When I come out of the bathroom, I can smell Perseus before I even see him and I smile happily as soon as I see him, the lighting thrown against his perfect face making my heart beat a little harder.Our gazes meet, and I'm sure he's happy to see me too. I notice his eyes getting a little darker and I bite my lower lip in the left corner because I want him to."Sophia..." Perseus says my name in a husky tone that makes me shudder and immediately sets me on fire.My nipples harden, and I know I'm getting wet. How is that possible? Just my name in his mouth is capable of making me like this, imagine when he touches me..."Perseus," I call him in a lower tone, opening my lips slightly, while my mind starts to have more sinful ideas and I don't even know if I'll be able to stop imagining that man enveloping me.Like a flash, Perseus now stands in front of me a
Sophia POV"I can help with that." I heard Khalid's voice and felt my two men tense up. "It won't end completely, but it will be easier if you control yourselves.""No!" Perseus was the first to reply, and I grabbed his shirt."How? How can you help?" I asked, still keeping my head against Perseus' chest, feeling my Alpha tense up even more."The blood... I can control some impulses." Khalid said.This is dangerous, I know it... Nobody needs to tell me that the more influence Khalid has over me, the worse it could be in the future. I listened to what Hyperion said, and I listened to Khalid's words, but could I trust him to that extent?"No... I don't want to." I replied, and Perseus relaxed. "Boreas and Achilles can control other people's emotions. I prefer to depend on him."Achilles kissed my head and let out a low laugh."Very few people have managed to figure that out so far." He whispered."It's not the first time you've used it on me or Perseus. I see you do it all the time with
Sophia POVI arrived at Hyperion's office. It's a medium-sized office, with a glass meeting table in the center, while on the other side, there's another table with a glass top, but the front is made of black metal, on the floor there's a black carpet with a full moon in silver, on the right side there are several bookshelves and on the other side there are transparent windows, but they're covered with insulin, so the sun doesn't get too intense in there."Welcome Sophia." Hyperion lifted his face from the computer. "Today I'm going to start with the basics, teaching you about the differences in titles."He stood up, and then I saw a handout in his hands."Here's a lot of information, separated by lessons." He began to explain."Just like at school." I held out my hand and took the booklet. I started leafing through it and saw some pictures, as well as symbols, and some titles, but I didn't stop to pay attention to anything."Open to chapter five," Hyperion asked me, and I answered.'
Sophia POV"It seems like everything is complicated, and we don't know much." I said and looked at Hyperion again. "So at least I want to focus on what I can learn and improve. I imagine you're going to try to find out what it is, just like Hyperion... If there's anything I can do to help, then I will, but as things stand I can't help at all." I tapped the booklet lightly. "I'll study more about how things work."So the morning passed and it was already lunchtime. Hyperion was a good teacher, any questions I had he answered straight away and if I didn't understand at first, he found another analogy, which is much better than many teachers I've seen.At the end of the lesson, I took the workbook to Achilles' room and didn't have any different encounters. I thought it would be a quiet day, but I think I'm being too op
Achilles POVSophia's way is very similar to mine, she questions everything and I like that, I like to see how active she is, and, of course, to see and feel how others react to her... The difference is that Sophia is more open than I am.As soon as we'd finished lunch, I saw that Perseus was very upset and that Helios was agitated, so before we left for training, it would be better if Sophia and Perseus spent some time together, so I made an excuse, and we went up to the penthouse.The surrounding air became heavier as we got closer to my room and as soon as I closed the door, Perseus wrapped Sophia's body around his, holding her by the waist with some strength, her body trembling slightly, but the woman just let herself go.She knows that Perseus needs th
Achilles POV"You forget that the bond is also between the two of you!" Hyperion spoke up. "You'll have to mark yourselves too! If you've accepted Sophia as being meant for you, then you must also accept each other! Which means you'll be attracted to each other."Sophia calmed down and pulled away."What happens now?" Her voice is shaky."My blood can block their scent on you." Khalid's voice echoed, and I turned my face to see him leaning against the wall, arms crossed. "If you take one drop a day, then the three of you can play, as long as there are no marks.""Without them having control, it won't work!" Hyperion turned into the vampire."That's not my problem!" K
Sophia POVThis rollercoaster of emotions is complicated to deal with, even more so for someone like me who has never been very stable and so used to taking medication, only now I can't take them and I need to get used to these drastic changes.I'm stroking Helios' fur and I feel so good, and that fear I have of Perseus seems to disappear. It's strange, I'm not afraid of Helios, even though I know he's just as explosive as Perseus."I think I know how to keep our relationship going and also to keep us together. When night comes, Helios can sleep with us instead of Perseus. One day it will be Helios and the next Boreas." Achilles' voice rang out.That sounds like a very valid answer to our problem."That'll work!
Sophia POVOf course, I've trained before, so I know the moves, and I'm certainly much happier when I hit the sandbag, it's always a good way to release anger and tension.I didn't think I needed it so much, but as soon as I started hitting the sandbag everything became lighter, and I increased the force with each blow, feeling the impact it had on my hand, my wrist and even my arm.I can see that I'm a lot stronger than usual by the way the sandbag deforms with each blow. After a few minutes I start alternating between punches and kicks, but I also first test how hard and how high I can kick, without doing anything too extravagant.The only thing missing is some music. After all, training without music is a bit boring, but I know it can distract me, so, fo
Hélios POVThe witch's suggestion makes sense, but it means that everyone would see the curse inside Sophia, and there are several possibilities for how this meeting could end. Among the most likely, two stand out: the first would be the execution of Sophia as soon as they perceived the presence of the curse; the second, that some would fight against the curse to try to save her. However, neither of these options brought any guarantee of success or safety for her.My thoughts were in chaos. Sophia had already suffered enough, and the idea that her life was still at risk made me uneasy. I looked at Khalid, as among us, he always had extensive knowledge and a much better way of expressing himself than I did. Maybe he had a strategy to get us out of this complex and potentially deadly situation for Sophia.“Indeed, Lady Shangō Furen's suggestion makes perfect sense.” Khalid finally spoke, his voice filled with consideration.I was surprised, as I was sure he had also come to the same con
Achilles POVI understand Hélios's anger and Khalid's reasons... Both are right in their views, and Khalid is not wrong in saying that we failed as a pack, not only that, we failed to protect our Fated.I watched as the greenish energy transferred to the pen drive and held my breath, as Azrik showed no sign of noticing the strange energy, but he began to work on the laptop without any issues, and the energy dissipated after a few minutes."I do see several pieces of evidence here that Naomi, or Sophia, was not kidnapped." Azrik said, lifting his face from the laptop.His eyes sought Ivar's, who stood his ground."Who abandoned Naomi, I'll call her that for now, injured and almost at death's door?" Azrik asked."We don't know." Gáta answered. "Things are confusing, even the Bond of Fate is strange and fragile."Gáta made a motion with her hand, and then two red lines appeared, one on my wrist and one on Ivar's... Mine was dimmer, weaker, while Ivar's was brittle and emitting small spar
Khalid POV"If all the evidence is true, then the Black Moon pack will be punished." Azrik said, looking at Ivar in an intimidating way, which made the alpha shrink. "But there is another question, why bring these truths to light only now? You stayed with the Moon Warriors pack for a long time, helping them... Why didn't you tell them about these revelations?"I looked at Hélios, as this is a question he might be asking himself, his anger is contained, but I know he can kill me if he wishes."Because it wasn't my job to do the work of the Alpha and Gamma of the pack." I answered truthfully. "It's not my role to find the culprits of the attacks... If the pack can't do that, then it's the pack's failure, not mine. I never hid the information, and just like I found it, they could have found it if they had looked properly."I see Hélios clench his fists along his body, I don't blame him for that, but I won't sugarcoat my words, he needed to know the raw truth. They had failed in that, and
Achilles POV"Achilles, calm down, pacing back and forth won't help." Khalid said.I rolled my eyes; the meeting is very important, and I simply can't stay still. I know a lot depends on the council accepting our request.It will be very difficult to prove that we didn't kidnap Sophia, but I'm sure that if we can make the council force Ivar to bring Sophia to the council, then we'll have a chance.I felt my energy being drained less than two hours ago, which indicates that Sophia is still conscious and her memory hasn't been completely altered."We will bring Sophia back." Hélios said determinedly."I know..." I whispered and closed my eyes, taking a deep breath.I heard two knocks on the door and opened my eyes, and soon after Hyperion entered."They are ready." Hyperion said.I looked at Khalid, Hélios, and Alex; everyone here is in favor of going to the last resort, even if it means declaring war against everyone.The walk down the hallway was quick, and during that time, I used my
Sophia POVI blinked a few times, feeling my whole body aching, not just my chest, something is very strange, very different… The air around me is not the same as I am used to.Finally, I managed to focus my gaze and came face to face with a very familiar ceiling, a light gray tone, with a small chandelier with golden details. I turned my head and came face to face with the dark wood desk and sat on the bed, my heart racing.I couldn't have come back to this cursed place, how was this happening? I know this room very well, as it is the same room where I suffered various abuses, from physical and mental tortures to rape…I looked down and saw that I was wearing a silver nightgown, my hair reaching my breasts, in a platinum blonde tone, almost white… The tone he loved, always saying he was in love with it and that I should never cut or dye my hair.I widened my eyes, seeing the various reddish scars on my arms, I was sure they should have already healed!‘Heavens, what is happening?’ I
Hélios POVI tried to fight against the curse, I could see Perseus being led by that strange voice, a voice that was neither mine nor his, but even with all my strength, I couldn't break the wall that was between us.I only had enough strength when Perseus wounded and almost killed Sophy, at that moment I lost my mind and my whole being transformed, I had found the necessary strength, but it was almost too late.I prayed that the Gods wouldn't let my destined die, that Sophy wouldn't blame me for Perseus' mistakes, that she could find it in her heart to forgive us. I knew that, even though I had tried to protect her, the pain that Perseus caused would be hard to overcome. But I also knew that our bond was strong, and that, with time, maybe she could understand that I never wanted any of this to happen.Then I heard the warnings of the attack in my mind and made an agreement with Khalid, I know he doesn't want to hurt Sophy, I also know he loves her, I saw the fury in his eyes when he
Khalid POVHélios' aura is completely different; I believe he has finally awakened his divine side, like a demigod… He had to wake up because of the shock the curse caused.Perseus must be inside Hélios' mind trying to recover, but I know that it won't be kind words that will make Sophia forgive him, if she ever does.There are several fights going on, but the corridor leading to the surgery room is practically empty. As we approach, enemies and allies crouch down, unable to bear the weight of their own bodies, precisely because of our aura.Now it is clear who the enemies are; all of them wore the insignia of the Black Moon pack, which is quite bold of them to attack the main city and the hospital to try to steal Sophia, who is the Luna and Beta of this place.What do they want? I still don't know, but I can't get out of my head the phrase Gáta used, that Perseus and Achilles are not the true destined ones.'The person Sophia hates the most is the one who beat her and left her to die
Achilles POVI took the necklace out of my pocket and threw it at Perseus' chest. Alex had given me the item when I arrived at the hospital. My anger is only controlled because I know Sophia is feeding off the energy of the link; I can feel that Boreas is being drained in such a way that I am almost certain he will die if this continues.Perseus picked up the item and tears began to flow down his face again as he cringed. I had never seen him so vulnerable, not even at his mother's or girlfriend's funeral. I might have felt pity if I didn't know that all of this is his fault, for his stupid decision to think Sophia would betray us, especially with Khalid.Before I could say anything, the door burst open and I saw the witch, Gáta, entering with a silver dagger that glowed bluish, as if it were a flame that never went out."KHALID! Pay attention! The curse is spreading!" Gáta shouted and came towards me. "Give me your wrists, I need to cut your connection, it will hurt, but your wolf wi
Khalid POVEverything seemed to be in slow motion, as I initially couldn't understand how Sophia had the speed to place herself between me and Perseus. But I quickly realized she used the auras of Perseus and Achilles, combining them to become faster than either of us."NO!" I shouted, as I held Sophia's body, feeling her heart begin to stop beating. I had to fight against my spiritual side to keep from killing Perseus, but at that moment, we needed to help Sophia. I saw Alex running out of the cabin."THE HOSPITAL IS WAITING!" Alex shouted.Surely, the entire pack must have felt Sophia's pain at the moment of the blow, since she is connected to the Alpha and the Beta... And there's another aggravating factor: it was her companion who hurt her, which causes even more pain and makes the wound more severe.I concentrated the shadows around me, transforming them into tiny particles of sand, trying to recreate the paths of the veins and arteries that were cut, in a desperate attempt to ke