I didn't need anything reminding me of someone who preferred not to be my mate anymore.My hand went to touch the framed wedding picture, but I hesitated to throw it away. Instead, I opened the bottommost drawer of my desk and stuffed it inside, under all documents.Out of sight, out of mind, I thou
•• Charlotte’s POV •••Five days later…“Urgghhh…” I tugged at the skirt of my gown. Today was the day of the banquet my Dad had prepared for me, and I was dressed in a beautiful dark purple gown with a sweetheart neckline that showed off my cleavage nicely and which literally had diamonds scattered
I kept quiet and looked at her as if she was a clown.“I know you are here to get my brother back, aren't you? You should stop dreaming and being delusional! A lowly orphan like you is not worthy of my brother.” Her voice was loud enough to be heard by all the werewolves present.“Oh yeah? Then what
•• Charlotte’s POV •••Hearing I was the female Alpha that Milla had been yelling at the guards to call, Hayden and Milla’s expressions turned into one of shock, and it made me delighted.Milla was the first to get out of her shocked state and started to argue again, but my guards were efficient. Th
I looked at Hayden in the middle of all the guests. He had a complex look in his eyes, but I didn't care about it at all.I sneered and answered the guest’s question. “I, indeed, had experienced a lot. Not only was I rejected by my mate, but I also had to sever the matebond.”My answer created a hea
•• Hayden’s POV •••I went home feeling confused and frustrated. I went straight to my study, sat down, and loosened my tie.My mind was filled with the scene of the banquet.How did an orphan she-wolf suddenly become a powerful Alpha? Why did she lie to me in all the years that they had been togeth
“You better keep her under control!” Dad growled in a warning and left while banging the door behind him.Kept her under control? How the hell should I do that? She was not my mate anymore. And most importantly, she wasn't the same timid orphan girl she used to be. She even looked at me with disgust
•• Charlotte’s POV •••“Come on, Char. It’s my birthday today. Don't you want to accompany me?” Olivia asked as she clung to one of my arms.Olivia had been bugging me to go to the Dazzling Star Club for her birthday celebration. I kept refusing her because it had been three years since I went to a
He nodded fervently and repeated my words like a mantra, “You are right. My woman is always right; even when you are wrong, you are right.”And I couldn’t hold back my laughter anymore.“You better remember that,” I warned him.“I will,” he promised earnestly, adding, “We better finish our shower so
•• Rosa’s POV •••“Jax... What... What are you doing here?”He didn’t answer my question but began taking his clothes off while gazing at me with such a scorching gaze that it made me blush.When he was naked, he stepped in front of me and pulled away my hand and arm, pinning them above my head with
“You wanted to give me the stone? So there shouldn’t be any tests?” I asked her incredulously.She stayed silent, and I knew who the real culprit was.I stood up and glared at the only mischievous person in the room. “Dad!”“Rosa, my daughter, I wanted to show the Witch Queen of your power so far,”
•• Rosa’s POV •••Just what in the world is going on?“Rosa, are you okay?” Ari asked as she helped me to stand up.“What... How are you here?” I asked in shock. “What’s going on?”“Let’s talk once we get out of here, okay?” she asked and led me to the portal.“Wait!” I stopped moving. “Jax...”“Don
I didn’t struggle.I had chosen to be the sacrifice so Rosa could live, but I felt a pang in my heart when I saw tears running down Rosa’s beautiful face.Was this how our relationship was supposed to be?Were we really not meant to be together?“Jax!” Rosa stood up and ran toward me, only to be thr
•• Jaxon’s POV •••I drove a distance away from them, enough for them not to notice but close enough for me not to lose sight of them.It wasn’t a wonder Dagon hid the stone at his last hideout.Damn demon, I thought to myself.What a pussy for using such a trick to wipe out the whole world after hi
“Dad? Elder? Lillian?” I called out to them as I looked around my surrounding only to be replied by the echoes of my own voice.Shit, this was bad!I never thought we would be separated like this!How in the world was I going to find the crys-Suddenly, I felt a very dark aura from the crystal that
•• Rosa’s POV •••After saying goodbye to Max and Ari, the four of us got into the car with Dad, in his real appearance as the driver, the Elder wizard sitting on the front passenger seat while Lillian and I sat at the back.I glanced around secretly and couldn’t find any sign of Jaxon, which I thou
The thought of Rosa dying made my heart feel like it stopped beating as my fear for her safety intensified.“Jax, Rosa might die. We can’t let it happen. We can’t let it happen,” Rhun kept mumbling in my mind and paced around, ready to take over my body to stop Rosa from going.“I will go with her.