Cassius’ POV“My Alpha, Selene, is awake, and she demands to see you.” I heard Landon’s voice breeze into my head, far from my sleep. I fluttered my eyes open, and the orange hue from the sun through the window shone directly into my eyes. I rubbed my palm on my sleepy face, and my eyes caught sight of Landon standing at the entrance of my bedroom. “My Alpha, Selene, is awake, and she demands to see you,” he repeated, maybe because he didn’t know I heard what he said the first time. Remembering that Selene was awake made all the fiasco of the previous day run back into my head. The betrayal, pain, and guilt that had vanished while I was asleep are now back, itching right in my head. “I will be there shortly,” I muttered dismissively because I didn’t want to keep him waiting. I look like sh*t. I was still in the previous day's clothes. In a jiffy, I bolted to the bathroom and opened the shower on my head. I felt relieved as the water cascaded from my head down to my body. I ruffle
Back at the hut in the woods. Callista’s POV~~It’s been three days since I have been all alone here in the woods. I have been expecting and waiting for the wolf who resides in this hut, but since the night I got here, I haven’t seen or heard anyone enter this hut. Maya and the little fox have been keeping me company here, and it feels safe being with them. There were enough fruits and nuts in the basket here inside the hut, and I have been feasting on them with the fox. The fox is such a lovely animal. I wondered where its owner might have gone for the past few days without coming back to meet it. “Did you perceive that scent?” Maya’s voice breezed into my head, jolting me awake from my train of thought. I jumped up from the woven vine that had served as a bed for me and the fox. The surface is quite large, so it was enough for us, plus the fox isn’t that huge. "No, I didn’t,” I answered, taking a deep, quick breath to see if I would be able to perceive any scent, but I didn’t.
Callista’s POV~~“Did you think that thing you are holding can harm me in any way?” The voice, deep and menacing, sent a chill down my spine as my whole body went numb with fear. Every creak and whisper in the night echoed through my bones as dread skittered down my spine. I struggled to break free from his tight killing grip, but it seems to be more powerful than I am. He was just holding my wrist with one of his hands, and I couldn't get free from his grip. I struggled hard, but it was fruitless. “What do you want here in my hut!?” I shouted at the man whose face I hadn't seen because his back was turned to me. The man let out a loud mocking laughter, which made me raise my brow in frustration. Like, what was funny? Why is he laughing? He is such a scumbag. I hissed disdainfully at him. “I should be asking you that,” the man retorted. “Wait, are you the one living here?” I found myself asking the man, whom I didn’t know, if he was going to answer that. He released me from his t
Cassius’ POV “I need to see Maximus. Tell him to come to the palace.” I ordered Landon, who bowed slightly in submission and walked out of the palace. It’s been two days since Selene and Garret were hanged at the center of the pack house. I am now left alone without a Luna and a beta. I have ordered Maximus to be released from the dungeon since I found out that he didn’t commit the crime he was accused of. I just need to make amends and plead with him about not trusting him enough, even though we were somewhat close back then. “My Alpha,” he bowed his head with his hands clasped behind his back. “Sit,” I said softly, pointing to a couch across from me. And he sat without hesitation. “Max” is the short form of his name and what my father and I always call him. He raised his head as he heard me call him. “My alpha,” he responded.“I am sorry for everything. I meant everything that happened. For not hearing your side of the story and all.” It wasn’t normal for an Alpha to ask for
Cassius’ POV~~“Dear esteemed member of the Wolfsong Dominion pack,” a loud cheer erupted from the pack members as I looked down to them on the podium of the assembly ground. “You all witnessed the deaths of my Luna, Selena, and my beta, Garret,” I said to them. "Yes, Alpha,” a few of them responded. “You all know that their positions are now vacant, and we would need someone to fill those positions, as it is very essential that we have them in the pack,” I announced in a low but serious tone. A hushed silence fell over the crowd as they stared at me with curiosity evident in their expressions. “Well, the right person for the position of beta was Gamma Maximus, but since he has been away due to a crime he knew nothing about, he has been released and will be reinstated back to his position once the required ceremony has been done,” I added. “For the position of the Luna,” I paused and darted my eyes around the young she-wolves who hadn't met their mate. They seemed to be excited
Callista’s POV~~ Living as a lone wolf in the wilderness with Shaman Magnus Spirit Forge was like a blessing from the moon goddess. Yes, the man who owns the hut I am living in is a shaman; at least that was what he told me, and I believed him because I don’t have any reason whatsoever to doubt him. How he got to know that I was pregnant with a pup without being told was one of the reasons I have to believe him, plus he has been brewing some concoctions for me to drink, which he said would be good for my unborn pup. “Are you ready? Let’s go,” Magnus Spirit Forge called out to me from outside the hut. We were preparing to go hunting for food that we would use to survive here in the woods. "Yes, Shaman, I am ready,” I responded, picking up some bags we would use to gather the foods. He had told me that he would not be able to leave me behind in the hut because it was dangerous for me to be alone since I can’t even perceive any scent that would make me know if an enemy was around. He
Callista’s POV~~We’ve gotten enough fruits, nuts, and meat that would serve us for a few days, and now we are headed back to the hut, and it is just a stone throne to where we’ve gotten to right now. “Should I help you out?” Shaman Magnus stretched his hands to take the bag that was hung on my shoulder, where the nut was filled. “But you are also carrying one.” I gestured with my head to the other bag he was carrying. “It’s not that heavy. I can take both,” he responded. "No, you don’t have to. You are old and need to do less of this work,” I said to him. “Old?” He halted and said it in a manner that sounded like he was a bit shocked that I had called him that. He laughed loudly, throwing his head back as his laughter echoed through the forest. “Look who you called old.” He dropped the bag from his shoulder and flung his arms and feet to show me that he was fit. I smiled at his childish display. “You really seemed so fit,” I teased. “I hope it isn’t that you are making a joke
Lily’s POV~~I know you would think I was wicked and evil. Yes, I know you might want to nail me for poisoning Luna Callista, but trust me, I wasn't. I loved her as my Luna and as a friend; there was nothing that would make me think of poisoning her. No way would I think of such an evil act. I felt miserable and powerless when I couldn’t prove them otherwise that night. I don’t have a choice. I had to do it, and I did. I drank from the glass that they claimed I had poisoned. After downing the whole content in my throat down to my stomach, they felt I was good and okay on the outside, but deep down within me, I was burning. The poison was destroying my intestines and eating me up. It was so true that there was poison in the glass, but I didn’t poison the glass. I was totally innocent. The only thing I knew that night in my conscious state was that I slumped to the ground like a dead horse. I thought I was dead and it was going to be the end of Lily Brody, but I was wrong. Someone sa