- I died, and when I looked around, I was in limbo. I was terrified because there was nothing there but darkness. I cried a lot. Dying at 17, without having lived, was a cruel fate for someone who gave their blood in exchange for the hope of being a vampire. But the gods took pity on me and took me to their presence. I, a mere human, was there in front of the gods. I knelt and shouted that I was unworthy, but they welcomed me into their embrace as if they were my parents.- Are you saying our gods prevented you from becoming a nocturnal? - No. It was my king's act of kindness that did that. - I have no acts of kindness. - The gods recognized your act, my king, and I think they made me a gift to you. - What are you talking about? - To the gods, and in private, I am your equal. - Be careful; you're starting to annoy me. - I'm here for you to share what's going on in your soul and relieve your stress, even if it's just to have someone listen to you talking out loud. - A
Typhon smiles. If he got the throne, he would be hated by his peers, but he was ready for it. - When are you coming? - Today, I'm going to gather the men. They will enter on several flights with false documentation. No one will know they are linked to each other or us. Everyone already knows the meeting point. I will catch a flight and go there with our son today, too. We will all be together in 24 hours, my future king. Typhon fills his chest with pride. He hangs up the phone and goes to look for the woman. Now, he just has to hide and find “someone” to eat.FlashbackEvery day that passed was hell. There wasn't a soul in her father's house who felt sorry for her. The blood slaves stayed away. It was almost lucky that Mordred didn't suck them to death. They knew that the risk they were taking was great, but as it rarely happened, they accepted the risks, and the truth is that no noble house produced as many half-breeds as that house. Sure, then loyalty had to be blind, but they
The path was not very safe on a motorbike, and when they approached their destination, Julius stopped and they both continued on foot.- After all, where are you taking us? Is this side of the forest still in Baltazar's pack?- Yes, the pack is huge. I didn't even know how big it was. - So where are we going? What is so beautiful that you want to show me?- Have patience. We are almost there.With his son in his arms and Julius's arm around his waist, Romeo rolls his eyes but lets himself be guided.When they reach a denser part, Romeo loses his patience and complains.- I don't understand why you bring me here. I'm not afraid of thorns, but you forget that Richard...- We arrived. – Julius says, pointing to an opening in the thorns and trees, completely covered in violet flowers.Romeo looks at the arch in surprise and once again lets himself be guided inside.When he sees the house, he opens his mouth in amazement.- This is not yet the house I want to build for us. It is Baltazar'
Laughter echoed through the forest from the tiny house. Julius chased Romeo to tickle him as if they were two happy kids. Every time they passed the crib, they would make a face, and Richard would laugh with his baby laugh.- Oh stop, I'm tired. Julius grabs Romeo from behind and kisses him on the neck.- You have so many tickles. It looks like I haven't been able to get it off yet. – he says in a sassy way.- You're terrible.- But you like it.Romeo laughs.- You look like a kid.Julius sits on the couch and pulls Romeo onto his lap.- Do you think it's right for us to be here alone and happy while Lorena and Shane suffer? – Romeo asks.- I spoke to him before coming. I could have postponed it for a while. But he told me to come and make you happy, which Lorena would have wanted too. I made him promise to contact me if anything happened. I'll be at his side in 15 minutes if necessary. You know that I only used my motorcycle for convenience. From here to the hospital, my wolf travel
Vlad's army arrives at the Chamber of Councilors, and the silence is impressive. Everywhere, he could see the ashes and bodies of humans who lived there as blood slaves and servants.What first turned Vlad's stomach was entering the nursery area, where the servants had their little children, and there wasn't a single one alive. This was not the work of the werewolves. As much as he wanted to hate them, no werewolf attacks and kills a human child simply because he can. Not even rogues.That was the work of beings equivalent to nocturnal creatures. No man, woman, or child, even a baby, had not been drained to death.Some of his army members were uncomfortable. If that carnage was made by nocturnals, it represented that they gathered in groups, and with the sun shining outside, they had to be sleeping inside.- This is not Nocturnals' work. However, that still makes the situation more dangerous. - Who did this, sir? – the general dares to ask.- Let's go to the dungeons.Without saying
When Vlad returns to the palace with all the survivors, he immediately goes to the room. He wanted to take a shower and sleep. He opens the door and enters, closing it behind him. He takes off his coat and stops in the middle, looking at the bed in amazement. Rafa was sleeping soundly, holding onto the pillow. His t-shirt had come up, leaving the boy's back visible. The initial irritation of seeing the boy in his bed when he just wanted to shower, and sleep gave way to some curiosity. He had forgotten about Rafa for many hours, and now that he looked at him, he didn't dare to wake him up. Vlad takes a blanket and covers the boy, who turns to the other side without letting go of the pillow. With a resigned sigh, Vlad goes to take a shower. After putting on his pajamas, he takes a blanket and lies on the comfortable couch in the room. "What the hell is wrong with me lately? I am the king, kicked out of my bed by a brat." - That was Vlad's last thought before being overcome by the
With sadness, Romeo says goodbye to the little retreat. Baltazar's men were to take all the belongings back to the house, and they just had to leave as they arrived. - You made me happy from the first moment, but this week, you made me forget all the hatred and rivalries. – turning to the man he loves who had their son on his lap, he says with moist eyes – this week was worth a lifetime. I've never been as happy as I am with you, and you've never made me as happy as by having this idea. I will never tire of saying that I love you, even if it seems "too gay" for you.- How could I find anything "too gay" when you are an extraordinary man? You had my son because the gods, yours and the moon goddess, never make mistakes. They united us because we completed each other. If you think I think less of you because you can have children and are more beautiful than many women I've met, you're mistaken. Being all that and being a man, courageous and strong, is much more than I ever dreamed of fo
The bed where Lorena was lying is hurriedly taken to one of the hospital's safest rooms. The thick glass with silver bars held back any werewolf. That room was built for when a night of heavy drinking put too much wolfsbane in the blood. There was no guarantee that the room would be able to hold a newly created half-breed, but there was nothing safer in the pack because even the only existing dungeon would be useless for a full-blown attack. Romeo leaves the room following Lorena's bed, and everyone there looks at him in an impressed way. Romeo narrows his eyes, looking at his friends' faces. Valkyrie and Delilah bow, and this alerts Romeo. - What's up? What are these faces and bows for? - My prince. – Valkyrie and Delilah say, making Romeo open his mouth in astonishment. - What happened to you two? - I've never seen you as more than my nephew. Just look at you. Forgive me. - Delilah says. - What am I more than your nephew? - He asks, looking at his clothing and trying to see
40 years later, Richard, the king of the werewolves, and Blessed, his mate and queen, enter, hand in hand, the grand palace that the three species built together. It was a magical and beautiful place, built by the hands of werewolves and vampires and hidden from the world by the magic of white witches. Wonderful flowers and trees that seemed to come out of fairy tales beautified the entire exterior. Witches, vampires, and werewolves made up all the members of the new kingdom. Still, the number of hybrids that existed there had never before existed in the same space, even before the war that separated them in the past. Two big werewolves who were copies of each other followed behind the king: the beta twins, sons of Shane and Lorena. Julius and Romeo, who reigned the werewolves' throne for years after transferring the royal pack and the kingdom to their eldest son, moved to the vampire palace, where they now reign after Vlad's retirement. They were already in the palace and got u
Two months after the peace treaty was signed, Julius and Romeo sat in Baltazar's living room with all their friends. They would leave that same day. First, they would visit Vlad in his palace, which terrified Romeo a little because the damned vision he experienced twice was still engraved with a hot iron on his chest. They would then travel to the royal pack, where they would live. Aethelwulf and Elena begged too many times for them go camo home, and they complied, despite doubts about what the other members would think. One thing that rested Julius was that his father had dedicated days to looking for his old general and everyone who accompanied him. He found them weakened and living like rogues in an isolated, sparsely fertile area. Aethelwulf surprised everyone when he humbly asked the general for forgiveness and repeated it with everyone who followed the general. The general and his companions agreed to return to the pack and settled well in their old homes. The general had
- Good afternoon. To what do I owe the honor of your visit? – Aethelwulf says without losing focus on all the men.One of the newcomers removes his helmet, with his back to the king but facing his passenger. Aethelwulf sees him helping the other guy, and when the man turns around, Aethelwulf falls to his knees.Julius was in front of him with a child in his arms. After Romeo removed his helmet, he returned the pup to Romeo. The remaining bikers took off their helmets and remained silent.Elena runs and throws herself into her son's arms in tears. Vlad didn't move for fear it was a new mirage. In the end, Reed was there.The beta and his mate, who is back in the royal pack with the twins, run toward Shane and throw themselves at him, causing him to guffaw at the impact.An irritated cough is heard, and Shane leaves his parents to pick up the twins so Lorena can get out of the sidecar.- Mom and Dad, this is Lorena, my mate, and Peter and Paul, our pups.Mere seconds were all it took fo
Skyler's wolf constantly screamed in his head, but the now-called Sky ignored it or didn't even hear it.Since entering the mist, Skyler had barely left the bed where the fairy queen kept fucking him at every opportunity.Skyler looked happy, but his wolf knew he was simply under the influence of fairy magic.He didn't know how much time had passed, and he didn't even realize that he hadn't just fucked the queen but that a large number of fairies had already used him, and another large number were waiting their turn.The fairies got pregnant from the fuck he gave, and their little bodies gestated so quickly that some of their daughters were already born.In a few days, all the fairies would have spawned new fairies thanks to him, and when they no longer needed him, they planned to do to him what they had done to all those before him.Despite owing her life to Skyler, fairies were not what the childhood tales of humans said they were. They were selfish and cruel beings who only thought
The guard smiles and sneaks out, leaving the two alone.- I, I what? I asked you a question. What did you say?Vlad smiles. Yes, he was annoying, shy, sensitive, and cute as hell brat, but he had a fire in his heart and blood.Vlad approaches Rafa until he is almost glued to him. Rafa shudders when Vlad reaches out but is disappointed when he grabs the trolley handle and drags it back to Rafa's room. - What are you doing? Please give me that. I'm leaving. Give me that.The guards behind Rafa move away when one pushes the other to get out of there.Vlad opens the bedroom door without ever looking back and enters the room. Always making a fuss, Rafa angrily enters behind him and throws his backpack on the floor.- Crap. Because you're king, you can't force me to stay.Vlad turns and passes Rafa. When he thinks he will leave without answering, Vlad closes the door and turns to the boy.- You asked what I said, so you must let me answer.Rafa blushes again but huffs and sits on the bed w
When Vlad enters the palace, the first thing he does is ignore the secretary, who “hovers” over him excitedly, wanting to know the next step. - Where is Rafa? - Who? – the confused secretary asks. - Idiot. – he says, making the secretary flinch. – Rafa, the boy who was in my room. - Oh, sir, I'm sorry. I'm very excited about the news and wanted to know if it's true and what I can do. - Yes, that's true, but where is Rafa? The secretary frowns and smiles inwardly. It's really true. Vlad is in love, and that makes the secretary happy. Nothing is better than a happy and passionate king to make his life go well. - I didn't see him, sir. It's probably in his room. The king turns his back and heads towards the back of the palace. As he is about to pass the door that separates the royal part from the servant part of the palace, he hears: - I'm glad he returned before the king noticed he was missing. You two are incompetent. How did you let him get away? If the king knows, you are no
When the first rays of sunlight come through the window and hit Julius and Romeo's faces, they open their eyes. Looking around and at each other, they didn't realize where they were or how they had gotten there.- Julius, oh Julius. - Romeo says, clinging to his lover.- Goddess, Romeu. My love. I was so afraid I would never see you again. - Where are we? – Romeo asks. - It looks like our bedroom in Baltazar's pack. - But it can't be. Us… - I don't understand either.They look at each other and smile.- No matter where we are. We are together.They cried and hugged each other. - I know no one could keep us apart. Not even our gods.They kiss, and it is the most beautiful kiss they share, They get up and go to the window. - It looks like Baltazar's pack. What's happening? Did I dream it all? – Julius asks. – I was trying to stop our parents’ fight. I killed myself in front of them. You were there. - Yes, and I killed myself too. I drank the vervain. - Yet we are here. Alive
When Rafa arrived, all hell had already broken loose. He looked at the man from behind a tree without anyone seeing him. He wanted to run to Vlad and get him out of there, but strangely, his body was paralyzed. His tears fell uncontrollably, seeing everything that was happening in front of him.Powerless, he saw everything without being able to do anything.Minutes passed without anyone daring to move.The guards and warriors faced each other, expecting that the kings would attack again or order them to fight at any moment, but nothing happened.Aethelwulf crawls until he can touch Julius's body. Then, like he did when Julius was a little pup, he cradles him in his lap.Vlad looks at him.Neither seemed to want to face each other again, but the fight was not guaranteed to be over. Neither one nor the other expected that outcome.In their minds, they would face each other, one of them would win, and in the heartbreak of losing his dad, the lovers would return home.They must have kno
- Tell me, did he go after Vlad?- Elena, he only took 20 men. It's not precisely the exact number for a battle.Elena holds out her hand with one of her embroidery pieces, she finished some time ago.- Look at this.Without fully understanding what she wants, he takes the cloth and looks at the drawing.- Beautiful, like all your embroidery.- Don't be an idiot. I know embroidery is not your cup of tea. Please look at the drawing and tell me what you think it is.The beta does what she says. He opens the cloth and looks carefully at the drawing. It was magnificent; it looked like a perfect painting. On the fabric, a figure lies down, probably dead, while two men throw themselves at each other in a bloody fight.The beta tilts his head, looking at the details, and turns white as plaster.He looks at Elena, then at the cloth, and without strength, he falls to his knees.Worried, Elena kneels in front of him.- I always knew you were special, Elena, my Luna, my queen. Your embroidery ha