Frazier wasn’t entirely on board with Antoinette’s plan, but he knew that he wouldn’t be able to stop her. They snuck out while no one was noticing them, and with her having regained most of her strength, she was strong enough to teleport them to their destination.She was also able to hide her own scent. While he could be around the castle, she knew that her presence couldn’t be known just as yet. They managed to sneak to the secret room she’d shown him all those years ago.“So, what exactly is the plan here Nette?” he linked her to keep from being heard.She blushed a little at the nickname. “I have no idea but we can’t go to him without finding out what Odus is up to.”“He will kill you on sight, you know that much, right?” he asked her.“He won’t even believe that I’m here in the first place. He probably thinks I’m dead,” she argued.“You seem to forget that my brother can hold grudges forever,” he reminded.“I know that, but if he truly wanted to hurt me, he would’ve used Zen. He
Jeremiah walked down the hallways of the massive pack house they were in. He still had no idea who was really running the show, and why they trusted Tyson to be Alpha over him, but he knew to be patient with his questions.Things had been going fairly well with their operations, except he hadn’t seen Tyson in days. Jordan had also disappeared for a while, doing his own thing. Ever since his powers had been taken from him, he’d been wallowing in his sadness.While Jeremiah was practically on top of the world.While he didn’t have much of a say on what they were doing, he knew that he was doing his part really well. He could see the results in place, and he wondered if it was enough to get him an in with the true leader of what was going on.He needed to move up the ranks.Keely was keeping herself busy with being Beta female, though their bond had weakened since Calypso took Xavier. He knew that it wasn’t his mate’s fault, but things between them just hadn’t been the same since.She’d
His mother was taking longer than normal to wake up, which had him worried. He’d done everything he usually does to get her to wake up, but nothing was working. He was growing impatient, especially with his mate away from him.And when he felt a surge of panic go through him, he knew it wasn’t his.His mate was potentially in danger.The door to his mother’s room opened and his eyes widened at the woman who walked in. She was a carbon copy of his mother, rushing over to Queen Hyacinth. She picked the woman’s head up, cradling it.“Come on Yara, you can’t do this to me,” she pleaded.Hale stood, frozen at what was happening before him. His mate’s fear was temporarily forgotten as he took in the woman before him. He never knew that his mother was a twin, and he didn’t know how to process what was going on before him.“Haleth,” the woman spoke softly.That got him out of his stupor. “Who are you?”“How long has she been like this?” the woman asked him.“Who are you?” he instead repeated.
The woman had just dropped a bomb none of them expected. Both Hale and Zen knew about Amaya’s plight where her family is concerned, so they knew that hearing what she’d just been told would be triggering for her.“My family?” Amaya barely whispered.The woman nodded. “Your family is alive, and you will need them now more than ever to help save your children. Follow me.”They had no choice but to follow the woman. While she was confusing them, none of them got any bad vibes from her, so they were choosing to trust that she wasn’t leading them away to anything bad.Hale watched on in awe as she opened up a portal. “We’re leaving Ameran, but I assure you that we’ll return. Are you all on board with that?”“We’re just leaving them behind? What about Queen Hyacinth?” Zen asked.“They will make it out of the memory just fine. Samira is strong, and faced with danger, she’ll find that strength again. There’s nothing we can do for Yara right now except leave and get her the help she needs. Rig
“I don’t have any reason to beat about the bush,” Amaya admitted.Willa nodded. “You have every right to feel that way. It’s something I’ve grappled with for years.”“Perhaps we should start at the beginning and explain what was happening around the time you were left in that realm,” Yael suggested.“In that realm?” Zen was the one to ask.Yael nodded. “Where we are isn’t a part of your realm.”“Other realms exist?” he questioned.“In a world where all of us exist, is it really that hard to believe that other realms may exist?” Willa taunted.Zen thought about it. “I guess this is how humans feel finding out that we exist.”“It’s exactly that. As I was saying, in that realm, around the time Amaya was born, a war had broken out amongst the witches,” Yael started off.“The Great Witch War,” Hale commented.Yael smiled a little, nodding. “The Great Witch War was started between two covens, but it didn’t take long before the other covens found themselves having taken sides. The war starte
Amaya couldn’t help the words that had left her. She’d heard the story of how she got separated from the rest of her family, but it didn’t make hearing the story any easier. Hearing that the same had happened to her children, had her feeling overwhelmed.Especially once she realized that she’d done the same.She had also abandoned her children. In order for them to have been found by Yael, they had to be left behind by her. While she’d been instructed to do so in order for them to fulfil their destinies, she couldn’t help the little bit of resentment she felt at being abandoned.Even if she technically wasn’t.Willa was pained as she watched her daughter. “There is nothing I could ever say to express how sorry I am for failing you as a mother.”Amaya was just as saddened as she sat back down. “I left my children too, so I’m not any better.”“You left your children so that they could get to where they are now Amaya. There was nothing you could’ve done, because had you not left them, th
Horace was sitting in the living room, his thoughts miles away. His granddaughter was back, but he hadn’t had an opportunity to talk to her. When they last spoke, before she’d disappeared, he had been harsh towards her.And now he wanted to make up for it.However, he was aware that she’d been avoiding him. She’d also been avoiding her ex-husband, and he understood better than most why that was. She was never good with confronting those who’d hurt her.He knew he had a lot to atone for. He had abandoned her when she needed him most. The whole kingdom was already against her for something that wasn’t in her control, and for a while, he was one of them.By the time he wanted to ask for her forgiveness, she was gone.None of them had known about her and Julio, and finding out about it was shocking to him. While he’d maintained a calm facade at finding out, he’d be the first to admit that he never once thought he’d live through a time where their bloodline was mixed with that of werewolve
Tyson was getting impatient with his sister. Despite his warning, she didn’t seem to see the urgency in delivering the news he needed to him.What he didn’t know was that Isla had no one to ask. With everything being as busy as it was, no one was answering any questions.Especially about the whereabouts of Charice.While she’d endured abuse from Tyson, most people hadn’t forgotten how she’d treated them before. They were glad she wasn’t being abused anymore, but they still kept their distance from her.So, to find out that she’d left on her own, didn’t quite trigger any alarm bells with anyone.If anything, most of them just assumed that she’d left to get away from Tyson in the first place. They figured that she wanted to get as far away as possible.Isla spotted Cain, whom she hadn’t seen in days, and she headed in his direction. He was talking to someone else, and she waited for them to be done. When he turned to her, there was a scowl on his face.“Isla?” he spoke.“Hi. Do you know
Sage’s inquisitiveness was eating away at her. She never did well with just sitting still, and while she understood why she’d been brought where she was, the curiosity to find out where that was, was greater.She was going crazy with all the scenarios she’d already played in her mind, so she got up and tiptoed over to the door. She had no idea what awaited her outside of it, but nothing like that had ever stopped her before.She was met by a long and dark passageway, and she tried to listen out for any indication of life, but she found none. She had never wished for enhanced hearing much like she did in that moment.She left the room completely, heading down the passageway. All of the rooms she passed were locked, until she finally reached the last room. There was a fire going at the fireplace, but there was no one inside.She looked around the room and found that it was a mini library of sorts. She strode over to one of the shelves at the side of the room, running her hands on the sp
Tyson was sitting in the middle of the empty room, trying to channel his thoughts. He knew better than to question the process, despite it being years that it had been going on. It was just one of those weird things he learnt to make peace with.He had grown up being compliant, and that wasn’t going to change any time soon. He grew up knowing that for as long as complied, he would soon have everything he’s ever desired in life.The silence carried on for what felt like forever before smoke finally started to fill the room. He got up to and waited to be addressed as the door opened. The man walked in, walking right up to him, before putting his hand on the younger wolf’s shoulder.“My son.”Tyson bowed respectfully. “Father.”“I thought you’d bring your sister along,” the man spoke.“I have Isla on a different task right now. Things have changed a little since we last spoke,” Tyson replied.The man nodded. “I have been away for some time, but now I’m back. It’s time to kick things into
Antoinette was frozen in place, with those remaining not sure how to comfort her. Nathan was eventually the first person to move towards her, and she didn’t expect to be engulfed in a hug by him.“They’re just shocked. It’s nothing against you,” he told her.“Nate’s right. They’ve waited a long time for this day, but I don’t think either one of them really thought about what that would look like. It doesn’t help the circumstances you were reunited under,” Cassidy added.“Does anyone know about Calypso’s childhood specifically?” Antoinette asked quietly.“That would be me. I don’t really know much about before we found her, but I know we found her in bad shape. She didn’t have her memories when we did. I only learnt much later that she’d been taken and imprisoned after they killed her dad. By the time she left the pack, she was still in bad shape but she said it was needed,” Samantha recalled.“And then she met Zen, before she eventually found her way to her first mate’s pack where she
“We obviously have our own personal issues to deal with, but the point of this trip was to find information that can help us deal with Tyson and his crew. We have delayed that for way too long. We need to go back.”The statement surprised everyone since it had come from Samantha. “Are you saying you’re done with Ameran?”Samantha turned to Queen Hyacinth. “I’m saying that Ameran has been compromised. It’s not a dead end since we did actually learn a lot and I’m sure there’s a lot more to actually learn, but we’re also all aware of the tampering that has occurred.”“In that case, I can’t leave. I need to figure out how we got compromised in the first place,” Queen Hyacinth pointed out.Hale shook his head. “You have people you trust that you can put on that case. You are needed back with us. We can’t do this without you.”Yael could see that her sister wasn’t reconciling what her son was saying. “He’s right Yara. It’s not like if you stay here, you’re going to personally be in charge o
The creatures had long returned to the base, while Jordan was still sprinting around the territory. Besides the magic working on him, he felt like he was going insane. There was something going on and he couldn’t understand what it was.He also couldn’t get the redhead out of his mind.There was something about her, but he also had flashes of the blonde going through his mind as well. Both Samantha and Sage plagued him and he didn’t know what to believe. With everything going on with his body, he couldn’t bring himself to slow down.Slowing down also meant confronting his thoughts, so he chose to run instead.“What the hell is going on with him?” Tyson asked Jeremiah as they watched him pass by them.“I don’t know man. He’s been at it for hours,” Jeremiah commented.Tyson frowned. “The thing is supposed to have worn off by now.”Jeremiah shrugged. “Like I said, I have no idea what’s going on there. Anyway, where have you been?”“I was checking up on our allies,” Tyson responded.Jerem
Killian stood outside, trying to understand why his Lycan had led him to where they were. He had left the room under the guise of consoling Hale, but no one had actually seen him go in a different direction to his sister and her mate.He knew that he was treading dangerously in that Queen Hyacinth could easily find his wandering of her territory offensive, but he had no choice. His Lycan had full control, and he could only follow along.His Lycan had navigated them all the way outside the castle, and they had managed to avoid being spotted by any elves, much to his surprise. He understood better than anyone that getting as far as they did in the territory they were in was no small feat.He was surprisingly given back control, and he looked around to find that he was at the edge of a huge lake.Except he’d seen the lake somewhere, and that perplexed him even further because he’d never been to Ameran before. He tried to remember the small details about what he’d seen before, and he foun
“How was your trip?” Zen asked his little sister.She sighed, putting down the cup of coffee. “As with everything around us, complicated.”After Hale asked the question he did, silence had descended on the room, with Yael failing to find the words to answer him. As a result, he stormed out of the room, with both Samantha and Killian following him out, leaving everyone else behind.It wasn’t long before Queen Hyacinth suggested that they take a break, with her arranging for a separate room for Willa and Amaya as per their request, leaving Zen and Calypso behind. They were served refreshments and left alone while Queen Hyacinth and Yael attempted to do their own bit of damage control.“Anything useful?” Zen questioned.Calypso nodded. “We just need to decode some stuff first. When Lian and I first went in there, we were shown the day the Lycans turned, but when we went back with Sam, she seemed to see the day they were wiped out. The three of us still need to actually comb through every
Cain was aware of the attack happening at the castle, but he had been given strict instructions to keep the pack where it was. He was pacing in his office when he received word that someone was looking for him outside.The last person he expected was Charice with a man he didn’t know.“Charice?” he called to her.She turned to him, an unexpected smile on her face. “Hey Cain.”“What are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be hidden away?” he linked her.She looked at Sebastian, who nodded, before turning back to him. “I’m here for Isla.”Cain raised an eyebrow. “Considering everything that’s going on around us, I’m sure that your request is unauthorized.”“We want to offer her protection,” Sebastian spoke up.Cain didn’t expect the power in the man’s voice, especially given that he couldn’t pick up anything else from him. “And you are?”Before Sebastian could respond, Charice cut in. “You don’t know who he is?”“Your location has only been known to Nathan and whoever he entr
Queen Hyacinth was still gathering herself while her guests awaited her in the grand dining hall. Hale had arranged refreshments for them. A silence had settled on them, with everyone’s trail of thinking in its own direction.For Yael, she could only think back to the last time she was here. She’d just been banished by her sister, but as she sat there, she realized that too much time had passed for her to still be angry.She’d long ago forgiven her sister.If there was anyone who understood how complicated her twin could be, it was her – that, and Willa had helped her see the truth. Growing up, everyone would highlight just how different the twins were. Yael had always been the free-spirited twin, while Yara was a lot calmer and demurer.A fitting queen.Yael never wanted that life. Even before the debacle with her mate, she never wanted to be tied down. It was always strange to Willa how she was never truly affected by losing her mate – only losing her sister truly broke her.She spe