“What do you mean?” Cassidy was the one to ask.
“Tyson lied! Firstly, there have been no reports of a rogue attack on vampires in years now and I know this because I know everything that happens in our world, even rogue related. Secondly, even if the rogues attacked the vampires, they wouldn’t have won against them. Like I just said, that particular group of vampires is badass. They could defeat the rogues in their sleep with their limbs tied up. Thirdly, and most importantly, everyone knows that Tyson hates rogues. You were technically a rogue when you were with the vampires, so why would he ‘rescue you’ of all people?” Nathan pointed out. Silence washed over the room as everyone took in his words.
“On top of that, your mate here and your brother have lied to you this entire time,” Nathan told Calypso, while staring straight at Cain and Channing. As the Werewolf Prince, he could access any wolf’s thoughts, ex
“Would you calm down already? This is only happening tonight,” Nathan chuckled.He, Cassidy, Cain, and Calypso were chilling on Cassidy’s bed at three in the morning because Calypso had woken them up. She was stressing about Killian, her date with Channing, and about meeting Channing’s parents later that day.Nothing from the previous day had really settled in with her and she felt like she was suffocating from her thoughts. She called in the three of them because besides Channing, they were the other people that could help to calm her down. Channing wasn’t available since he’d disappeared without saying anything, so she had to settle for them.“I can’t calm down Nathan! I’m going insane,” she groaned.“Well, if it makes you feel any better, you look insane,” Cassidy teased.“No, it doesn’t make me feel any better,” Calypso deadpanned as they laughed.&
Calypso smiled at him. “Hey! What are you doing here?”“Well, I was looking for you and I figured you’d be here. What are you guys doing here at this time anyway?” Channing asked them.Cassidy smirked. “This bitch wont sleep because of stress, so she’s depriving us of sleep.”“And the fact that you weren’t here, means we were your substitute,” Nathan added.“Terrible substitutes by the way!” Calypso teased.“Well, I’m here now and we have to go anyway,” Channing smiled at his mate.“Go? Where are we going? It’s like four o’clock,” Calypso guessed.“I’m well aware of the time baby girl, but our date starts now,” he chuckled.Cain raised an eyebrow at him. “Ungodly hours Channing!”“It’s just the way it is. Now, are you coming or not?” Channing asked Calypso
That was the last straw for him. His car felt a little cramped up, so he got them both out of the car and set her on the ground. He took out a blanket and some pillows from the back and lay them on the smooth surface in front of the car. He’d had a part of the cliff straightened and smoothed out so that the edgy rocks wouldn’t hurt him back when he was the Alpha.He never imagined that his idea would come in handy, and that he’d be mating with his mate at his most favourite place in the world.Calypso couldn’t help but double over with desire as she watched her mate move around. She wanted him – badly. She’d never felt anything like the burning that she was feeling in the pit of her stomach. Something told her that Channing was the only one who would be able to soothe her desire.Her wolf.“Mate,” the faint voice said in her head.“Mate indeed,&rdqu
She didn’t feel the breaking of her heart. She didn’t feel the snapping of the bond. She didn’t even feel the pain in her chest.ALL SHE FELT WAS SEARING, HOT FIRE!She didn’t see the bullets. She didn’t see the arrows. She didn’t even see the blood.ALL SHE SAW WAS RED!She let out what sounded like a cross between a strangled cry, and a battle cry. She launched herself at him, and he was caught off guard. They tumbled around, until he realized that she was stronger than he had initially thought.Anger was an understatement for what she felt. All her negative emotions had come together and taken over her body and her senses. She could feel her wolf on the surface before she was roughly thrown against a tree.“He shouldn’t have gone and messed with what’s mine! You’d think after taking this pathetic pack from him, he would’ve learnt his lesson
Daylight broke out over the sky, but Calypso continued running. Her teeth were latched around Channing, keeping him in place. He’d already bled out for the most part, with some of his blood going into her mouth. She was too hurt to register that.She just felt like running far away.“Cally-Cals?” Cassidy nudged her link.It was strange hearing someone else’s voice in her head, but she welcomed it. She stopped running and placed Channing’s body on the ground before releasing a painful howl. Cain and Cassidy howled with her as well.“I’m so sorry sis,” Cain linked her. She whimpered once more. She didn’t know if she could cry in wolf form, but she could imagine the tears being there.“I’m going to kill him guys. I really am,” she linked them.“We don’t doubt that
“Aiden! It’s the name he used when he was still Alpha,” she replied. Cain froze as a memory played back in his mind.***“Cals! Cals wake up,” Cain whispered in her ear. Calypso seemed to calm down before her eyes shot open.“Killian,” she whispered as she sat up.“Who’s Killian?” Ivy asked her.“Killian!” Calypso said more desperately.“Cals, who’s Killian?” Cain asked when Calypso suddenly clutched her chest.She felt like her whole body was firing up as she held onto her chest. Suddenly, the pain disappeared as her whole body numbed. She frowned to herself, not knowing what that had been about, when the pain shot through her again, but this time she was screaming a different name altogether.“Tyson!” she whispered. Cain and Ivy were dearly confused.&l
“The Northern border is where they were last seen,” Eddy spoke up.Calypso sighed. “And how many were taken?”“This time, we’re not so sure, but we are sure of the fact that it was more than fifty. We’re still interviewing the families,” Harlan replied.“Fucking assholes!” Cain growled loudly.“Calm down bro. I’m as pissed off as you are, but we need to think straight if we’re going to get anywhere. We cannot let our emotions get the better of us,” Calypso pointed out.“I know! Has anyone seen Cass?” Cain asked.“She was last seen last night leaving the pack from the Southern border,” Harlan informed him.“Leon,” Calypso and Cain mumbled.They knew exactly what Cassidy had left for.“She’ll be back by tonight. Is there anything else?” Calypso asked.“Well, there&r
“Hey! Are you ok?” Ivy asked her as she walked into the room with Cassidy behind her. Ivy had managed to run away from the Silver Moon Pack. She’d used her mate bond to reach out to Cain, and luckily for her, Cain and Calypso were returning to their new home from a mission and she happened to be along their path. Because of unforeseen circumstances, she’d been away from Cain for six months, and they couldn’t have been happier to be with each other. No-one could find her though. No-one could find any of them unless they wanted to be found. “I’m fine,” Calypso managed a smile as she wiped away a tear. “Oh sweetie!” Cassidy hugged her. “I miss him so much,” Calypso whispered. “Did you visit him?” Ivy asked. “I can’t! We have guests coming in,” Calypso sighed. “It would’ve been his birthday today, and he was your mate. They’ll understand,” Cassidy argued. “I’ll go once we’ve dealt with them,” Calypso promis
That was the last straw and Phillip commanded the wolves to attack. The pack members watched on in amazement from their hiding places as the Werewolf Prince and Princess took on the rogues by themselves.“Are we even needed here?” Harlan joked lowly, causing silent laughter amongst everyone.It wasn’t long before the rogues were down to half. As Killian had suspected, Phillip had a backup plan as more rogues showed up. Harlan’s question was answered when it started to look like there were too many for the royal siblings to face.And so, the pack came out of hiding to join the fight.Phillip was acting on intel he’d received from his spies and The Assembly of Warriors, but as he watched the fight before him, he realized that he’d been deceived. The intel he’d received led him to believe that this was a fight he could win.And he finally understood then why the crown was never meant to be his.He’d lived in Julio’s shadow for as long as he could remember, and he knew what the people thou
Killian turned to Nathan. “Are you ready to take him on and take the crown?”Nathan nodded. “As I’ll ever be.”Killian turned back to Hunter. “Any sighting of Jeremiah?”Hunter linked Wayne who was at the border before responding. “According to Wayne, he doesn’t seem to be with the group.”“So, how are we going about this?” Cassidy asked.“Well, one can only assume Phillip rallied up some rogues. If that’s the case, we take them out. If, by some off chance, he’s rallied the royal pack, then we only knock them out. They would be under his command, and as King, I’d be able to break it,” Nathan took charge.“Then there’s no need to involve the Lycans. I’d like for them to remain a secret for as long as we can keep the secret. The werewolves will take this fight. You’ll relay the instructions to them,” Killian told the Werewolf Prince.“We’ll also lay back and watch,” Zen added on behalf of the vampires.Killian linked the pack, asking the werewolves to meet him outside. Thanks to Cain’s
Back at Calypso’s pack house, the weather was changing. The skies were unexpectedly darkening, something that thrilled Calypso for whatever reason. She headed to her room to change, before heading outside.Noticing her change in outfit, Cassidy was confused. “Cals, why are you in your training gear?”Calypso shrugged. “Haven’t trained in a while.”It had been almost a year.Cassidy made the realization too. “Huh, guess we can go for some rounds. I’ll be back.”Calypso decided to stretch while waiting for her sister. Word was getting around to the pack members as they gathered around to wacth. Cassidy joined her in stretching just as word got around to Nathan, Cain, and Zen.“Isn’t this an unfair fight?” Zen questioned.“They’re both fantastic fighters in their human forms. The fight becomes uneven if Cally shifts,” Cain corrected.Nathan was particularly excited to see his mate fight. He’d only seen her fight a handful of times, and never against an opponent as powerful as Calypso. No
Jordan sat in the dark, completely exhausted. His wolf had finally settled down, but he found himself feeling empty. Something didn’t feel right. He felt like he’d been played somehow, but couldn’t think of how he even came to that conclusion.He tried to think about why his wolf had lost control, and the beast had shut him out. His pack had gone into hiding, and his memories were filled with a woman he couldn’t recall the name of.He just knew that she meant the world to him.And yet he didn’t feel a mate pull to her.In fact, he felt the very opposite. He felt mateless, like there was still someone out there for him. Something about the notion unsettled him, and the harder he thought about why that was, the more his headache worsened.What he didn’t know was that Amaya had managed to manipulate his memories of Samantha, with help from the Moon Goddess. With Samantha no longer being his mate, they felt that he didn’t need to remember her.Jeremiah arrived at the Twilight Moon Pack an
Elsewhere, the Grey family had just arrived at the area where Amaya’s pack used to be. The older woman felt her heart constrict at the loss she experienced when she was last here. Edward reached out to hold her hand, squeezing it.“How come there’s nothing here?” Samantha asked as they stared out at the nothingness.Amaya sighed. “That’s probably my fault. I lost everyone important to me that day, except you three, and out of anger, I lashed out and cursed the land. I don’t doubt that people tried over the years to occupy the land, but my spell would’ve eventually driven them away.”Killian touched his mother’s shoulder out of comfort. “Did you guys ever find out who attacked the pack?”Edward shook his head. “We’ve had our theories over the years, but no concrete evidence ever led us down a certain path.”“What about Hans’ descendants?” Kill
They arrived to an empty pack house, unaware that everyone had been instructed to steer clear. They searched the house, finding it strange that the massive pack had disappeared. It wasn’t until they got outside that they were truly mystified.“Where did everyone go?” Vera asked her mate.He was about to respond when his sense caught the high-speed arrow headed their way. He managed to dodge it and get Vera behind him at the same time. There were many more arrows shot their way, and he realized they were under attack.“Go back inside,” he told Vera.He didn’t question why she willingly complied as he was focused on defending his sister’s home. “Whoever you are, show your face.”Instead of a face, a dagger was flung his way, and soon the daggers replaced the arrows. He dodged them all with ease before a group of vampires he’d never before encountered came out of the woods.“Is t
He had locked himself away in the war room, and Vera sighed to herself when she realized that he hadn’t paid her any attention in a while. She couldn’t complain though – not when she knew that he was holding things in.A lot had happened since Calypso had come back into his life, and things were already shaky even before she did. It had only been a couple of months since they’d gotten married, and with the vampire kingdom struggling with unrest, it was almost a reflection of their relationship.She loved Zen with her entire being, that much she’d never contest, but she found herself curious about what life would’ve looked like had she been mated with a normal vampire. Things with Zen had been passionate from the moment they met, but he’d always carried a burden with him.A burden she finally had unravelled before her.There was a lot happening around them, but she was grateful for it all – grateful
While rooms were being prepared for them, Killian led his parents to his office, while Samantha grabbed Calypso’s hand, leading them outside. Calypso understood that Samantha needed someone to talk to, and in that moment she was that person.“I’m so confused,” Samantha started off.“I can just imagine,” Calypso commented.“It makes sense, but at the same time it doesn’t you know? I mean, what the hell is a Lycan? There’s so much going on and I’m just so lost,” Samantha panicked.“The first thing you’re going to do is breathe, and then you’re going to listen to me ok?” Calypso told her.She nodded before Calypso fully let her in on everything. Now that it was clear which side Samantha was on, Calypso knew that she would need to know everything, especially with the looming danger everywhere.Samantha sat, listening intently. Calypso filled her in on the g
Jeremiah felt like his life stood still. For the first time since his father has said it, it settled on him that his son was gone, but what his mate was saying terrified him even more. He knew many people with blue eyes, but none like Calypso and his son.“The girl had blue eyes like Xavier’s?” he questioned.“She told me what you did to her. They told me that they had you held hostage, and when I tried to protect Xavier, her mate knocked me out. When I woke up, Xavier was gone,” she explained.Jeremiah’s head was spinning as he tried to make sense of what she was saying. According to her, Calypso and Killian had come to fetch Xavier, and they did so while they had him hostage, and yet all he could remember was coming to the castle straight from the wedding.Nothing made sense to him.However, how else would his mate have known about Calypso if she wasn’t telling the truth?“Somebody i