Ella's POV I could barely sleep. It was the D-Day. I was excited that I couldn't force myself to sleep even if I was drugged. I was finally going to break free of here. I didn't have anything to pack except me. I rushed to the dungeon the moment I was up, sneaking in to see Dalsa. I wasn't afraid of anything now that I was about to become independent. "You are here earlier than usual." Dalsa chuckled the moment she saw me. "I wanted to remind you to be ready." I grinned. She snorted. "As if I need any reminder." "Good. I will see you soon." I said and walked out of the dungeon. I didn't rush and walked majestically out like the queen that I was. I didn't have to pretend to be weak because I didn't want those bastards to lay their fingers on me and beat me. I wasn't a weakling. I could defend myself. I was born of a warrior and had badass skills myself, even as a pharmacist. It was time to show them what I've got. "Hey," Peter shouted as he saw me in the corridor walking back i
Kevin's POVI had known there was no way we wouldn't fight with those human vermin but had hoped that we could avoid it.I was ready though. And so were my men."Stealing her right under my nose?" The count scowled as he walked into the field."I don't have to steal what belongs to me." I retorted."She is mine. I bought her." He growled.I scoffed. "She is mine. I claimed and marked here.""That is your tradition. It doesn't apply here." He said, his usual annoying smirk on his face. "What matters here is what is on the record. I bought her with my money and she belongs to me."I rolled my eyes, done with the unnecessary chitchat but didn't want to charge first. I knew me and my men would finish them off in minutes and wanted to be fair and give him a memory to stroke his ego with."She has my mark and scent on her body and forever belongs to me. You would have sensed that if you weren't so stuck up in your foolishness and arrogance."He growled, his eyes bristling with rage. "Charge
Kevin's POVThe men in wolf forms glanced at me and nodded, surrounding us as they fought off the standing men."After me, Ella and Dalsa." I said and crawled down the tunnel.I led the way, knowing Liam would keep the men away from us and hoped Ella didn't stay to fight."Go, Dalsa." I heard Ella said and pushed the angel down the tunnel.I shook my head as I sensed the angel's scent behind me. As usual, Ella chose to be selfless and chose others over herself. She was braver than any female that I knew.Ella was right behind Dalsa and it wasn't until I sensed her that I was finally at peace. Thank goodness she finally stopped worrying me. She was going to be the death of me. I had no doubt she was going to give me grey hairs.I sensed Loki behind me and was relieved someone was watching her back. He had changed into his human form."Let's keep crawling. We will be out soon." I said, moving at a rapid rate and grateful the tunnel was wide enough to allow that."Just keep going and shu
Kevin's POVI was getting worried. The second whistle was blown for Liam and Cephas to retreat but they weren't out yet. I wondered what was stopping them and hoped that they were safe.Liam was my second in command and I couldn't afford lose him. I would be devastated if something happened to him.I heard a loud thud few paces away from me and turned to see what that was."To your right, my lord." Damien shouted, pointing at a spot in the distance.I heaved a sigh of relief as I turned towards where he was pointing at and saw Liam and Cephas shifting back into their human form and walking towards us."Did we keep you waiting, my lord?" Liam asked as he got closer to us, dusting his hands."Not at all." I smiled at him, wanting to pull the two of them into my embrace for making it out safely.I looked at my men, my eyes roving over their bodies and checking for injuries. I was glad and exhaled in relief when I didn't find any, not one that was serious.My chest swelled with pride when
Kevin's POVI gasped as I leaned down, placing my hands on my knees as I caught my breath. I looked back and noticed that we were no longer been chased. We had lost them.It was no use trying to fight them off when they couldn't outrun us in the open and we had a lot to do before nightfall."I think we lost them, my lord." Cephas said."Are you okay, Kevin?" Ella asked, patting me on the back.In response, I stood up and pulled her closer to me, kissing her softly on her lips for some minutes. I wanted to kiss her for more than that but had to consider the audience we had for."What was that for?" Ella breathed when the kiss was over, blushing when the men around us cheered. Even Dalsa gave her a naughty wink, making her blush go deeper.I smiled. "I missed you. I have always wanted to do that ever since I saw you again at that banquet."She smiled. "I missed you too."My heart swelled with excitement at her admission of affection. "I love you, Ella.""Enough of the love. Where are we
Kevin's POVI stared at the huge mountain we had to climb over to get through. It was one of the many hurdles of nature that we had to deal with and I was already getting cold feet.The mountain was huge and wide with no edges that we could hold on to to climb through.I glanced at Ella to see her reaction since she was opposed to the idea of going through this path but she seemed to be at peace.Her eyes sparked with excitement with an intensity that was only ever present when she had a challenge before her."Shall we?" She grinned, turning to me.I shook my head at the sudden change in her mood. She was a weird one."The mountain is round and might be hard to climb especially in this condition that the men all are," Liam suggested, moving closer to me. "We just had a fight, ran, walked a long distance, and some of the men sustained injuries that their bodies would have used up energy to heal. How about we rest up at the foot of the mountain for tonight, eat and rest so we can have s
Kevin's POVI made it. We made it. I breathed hard as I jumped down the mountain on the other side and saw my pack members jumping down beside me and shifting into their human forms."That was close." Liam grinned as he stood up on his feet and dusted his clothes.I nodded, my chest heaving with exhaustion. I had imagined being taken down by those beasts and it wasn't a good sight in my mind."What next now?" Ella asked.I turned to her, watching her blank face. I didn't know if she was angry or was tired. She hated it when she was threatened. I knew she must have imagined ripping those beasts off with her claws. I wanted that too but I had to be realistic. We couldn't have fought those beasts and the only thing we could have done was what we did.They were bigger than we were and it was their turf that we were on. We had no idea of how many they were and if those who we saw were the messengers. If the messengers were built that way, I didn't want to know how the rest of them were.Mo
Ella's POV"Let's move." Kevin said as we got back to where the others were."We have been waiting for you." Liam said as he moved forward.I ignored the looks the men gave me and Kevin and snorted, shaking my head at them. What did they think happened between us when we were together? We were barely alone for five minutes and they thought we could have gotten down and dirty in that moment.I shook my head again at them, hating how predictable men thought, male werewolves especially.We moved in silence, with only Kevin talking once in a while as he read through the map and directed us on where to go.We got to the river not quite long and all stared in amazement. Due to how huge the mountain was, I had assumed that it would be a wide river as well but it seemed like I wasn't the only one who had assumed wrong from the looks on the faces of others."I'm relieved it is not wide and deep. We can easily walk through." Augusta chuckled. "For a while, I was afraid that we might have to bat
Maya's POVI looked back at the door with panic as I packed my stuff into a bag. I had to leave here soon if I wanted to stay alive. Those sly girls. I shouldn't have trusted them. They had gone to the palace to check out my story and ended up telling the palace guards what I had told them and now, those ones were at the door threatening to break it down if I didn't open up and follow them to the palace at the order of the alpha's father."Open this door, Maya. We know you are in there." The head guard roared.I shook my head, forcing myself to remain calm through the hysteria I felt. I wouldn't be tricked. They couldn't have known I was in here. I had seen them from afar before they got to the door and rushed to my bedroom to pack my stuff. I had been moving silently through the bedroom as I packed my stuff and dumped them into a travel bag. There was no way they could have heard me even with their supernatural hearing."Maya, by the order of the alpha, we demand that you open this d
Melody's POV"How did you find me?" I asked once we were back to safety."I got to where we were to meet but didn't find you. I was looking for you with Neo and Nick when I heard you scream and knew something was wrong. I called dad and we traced your scent." Nathan said.I shook my head. Everything he said was confusing. He couldn't have heard me when I was far away. How could he have traced my scent when he didn't have a dog with him?""You brought a dog?" I asked."A dog?" Nick asked, looking confused."You said you traced my scent. Didn't you do that with a dog?"The boys looked at one another and laughed. "I thought you just heard dad say we were werewolves."My eyes rounded with surprise. I wondered how many surprises I was going to have to deal with today. "He wasn't kidding. I thought he was only trying to scare the witch.""My dad doesn't make empty threats."I sucked in a breath. "You are really werewolves? Can you prove it?"The boys looked unsettled. "I don't think that is
Melody's POV"Why didn't you use the drug I gave you?" She asked.I frowned, wondering what she was talking about. "Which drug?"She snorted. "The drug I gave the other day when you complained of headaches.""I told you I used it.""You lied to me that day and I knew it. If you had used the drug, you would have been dead in the next five minutes after using it."I went pale. "I'm glad I didn't use it.""You left me no choice but to do this. I was trying to make your death painless but I guess you love pain." She smiled."Why do you want to kill me?" I didn't understand her. How could a little girl like her think of killing me?"Why do you hate sweets?""It's bad for me.""Good." She cackled. "I want to kill you because you are bad for me. You can't be allowed to grow up. You would ruin my plans.""How can you know what would happen to me in the future?""Because I know." She smirked and right before my eyes, started changing until she became a grown woman with gnarled fingers and an u
Melody's POVThe school trip was boring, more than I thought it would be. It wasn't that I had great hopes for it but I hated how I was disappointed.This wasn't it. The teachers should have just given us a free day and told us to stay at home if they didn't want to teach today rather than bringing us to a place as dry as this.The other kids were playing a game to pass the time but I wasn't interested in it. The game was boring to me as well. I stayed off from them so they wouldn't drag me into their boring game against my wish."Why are you here alone?" Nathan asked as he walked towards me.He was alone and I wondered where his brothers were."I was bored. This place is dry." I replied. "I want to go home."He chuckled. "I know. Me too. I can't believe I was looking forward so much to this.""I wasn't." I confessed.He nodded. "Too bad that we can't go home until the teachers say we can.""Why don't we play a game together?" I asked, gearing with excitement as the idea popped into m
Nathan's POVEve was back immediately the teacher left. "Aren't you excited about the trip? There is so much we can get done."I snorted. So much like what? The girl was too strange for my liking. I had been focused on the dangers of the school trip and didn't remember that Eve was here until she popped her unwanted face again.She turned to Melody, ignoring my snort. "How does your head feel now? Have you taken the drug?" She asked."Yes, my head feels better now. Thank you.""You used the drug?" Eve asked, confirming she had heard right."Yes." Melody lied. The drug was on the ground, under her shoe."I didn't see you take it.""Were you watching her?" I frowned."I was worried about her." Eve replied."I took it immediately you turned your back and walked back to your seat. I slipped it into my mouth then."Eve stared at Melody for a long time, looking as if she didn't believe her. Eventually, she nodded to herself and walked back to her seat without a word.I frowned. "You should
Maya's POVI was brimming with excitement and anxiety that both emotions bothered on hyperactivity. I felt like a child again. I felt like I was finally living after all these days of feeling dead and numb.Who could have believed that it was Kevin and Ella who made me go numb and dead inside and it was also because of them that I would feel alive again?I was excited. This was my chance to get back at Kevin for breaking my heart and Ella for stealing the position that belonged to me.I loved karma. I couldn't believe it was finally working for me after all these years and deciding to fight on my behalf. They shouldn't have messed with me. In Kevin's next life, I hoped he would think twice before hurting another female.The only person I felt for in this revenge scheme of mine was Liam but I didn't care much about him as much as I cared about what I was to do. He was going to be affected as he was always by Kevin's side and also going to be heartbroken as he was an annoyingly loyal be
Neo's POVMelody had to be kidding me. How could she have brought another person into our circle? This wasn't the time to get friendly with strangers. She didn't even know this girl for up to a day and she was already being friends with her and having her eat with us. I couldn't believe her guts. She was unbelievable.For all I knew, this girl was not an ordinary girl. I forced myself to calm down, reminding myself that she didn't know of the dangers that lay ahead of her. She didn't know that she had to be careful and was being her usual bubbly self. It wasn't her fault that I had begun to suspect everyone and everyone that crossed my path. It wasn't her fault at all.I looked at Eve and wondered if she was oblivious to how my brothers and I felt about her or was just trying to be stubborn. She would have known since that we weren't open to her being here with our scowls and I thought that she would have excused herself.Wouldn't it be better for her to leave and eat alone than eat h
Melody's POV"Can we eat lunch together?" She suddenly asked, just before we got to class."I... I uh..." I didn't know what to say. I didn't know how to tell her that I already made plans for lunch so it wouldn't seem like I was trying to reject her."I am not trying to do anything." She began.I frowned, wondering what she meant by that. I never said she was trying to do anything.She continued. "The thing is, I have a lot of friends at the school where I transferred from and I'm not used to eating alone. You seem kind and moreover, you were the first person to smile at me here and that was why I thought that we could be friends. I only asked if we could eat lunch together because I already see you as a friend."I sighed. She was extremely chatty but I preferred that to her crying. I understood what she was trying to say and found myself nodding in agreement before thinking it through. I knew how much it sucked to eat alone in a large gathering of people. It was awkward feeling to f
Melody's POVThe boys had adapted to being my friends again and I was relieved that I didn't have to worry about them suffocating me with their overprotectiveness."Where should we hang out during break time?" I asked them as we saw one another in the morning and moved towards the school entrance."Take care of yourself, kids." Uncle Liam said and waved as he turned and walked away from us."Should we hang out in the garden?" Neo suggested. "I love the smell of flowers.""Me too." I agreed, smiling at them. "I also love flowers." I also loved being in the garden with the boys. They knew so much about flowers that I always learn something new from them. I wondered where they had learned about flowers from.The bell rang to signify the start of the classes and I watched as our homeroom teacher walked in, with a new student by her side.The girl seemed shy and I felt my heart move towards her. I remembered how nervous I had been on my first day here as well, wondering what my new classma