Garrett had imagined different scenarios going into this meeting, and while he wouldn’t admit it out loud, things were not going remotely as he thought they would. What was being revealed to him had him shook.“Nathan is the rightful heir to the throne, and he’s nowhere as toxic as Phillip and Jeremiah. As I’m sure you’re aware of the happenings in our kingdom, Jeremiah, together with Tyson Cannon and Jordan Williams are running an underground ring of sorts, and we intend to weed it out and put a stop to it. You can be a part of actually helping fix the kingdom, or you can step aside and shut up,” Cassidy told them.Remy was shocked, expecting to see Nathan furious at how his mate was addressing them, only to find the new King proud of what his mate had just said. He was starting to realize that they may have gotten in way over their heads.“What exactly are you proposing?” Garrett asked.Nathan sat forward. “The last thing I want is to push aside anyone who has the same goal that I h
“Focus Samira.”Samantha breathed in, allowing her witch to take over. She felt the change, felt everything consume her, before she felt the energy swirling around her. Everything felt like it was moving around and through her, and it was an experience she couldn’t put into words.“If you don’t focus, that feeling will overwhelm you and supercharge your powers,” her mother warned.“How come?” she asked.“I can’t say I know exactly, but it has to do with our bloodline. I’ve come across many other witches in my years of existence, and they have no idea what I’m talking about when I describe this. It’s a power that only you and I have,” Amaya informed.“I mean, I’ve never seen anyone else fly, so I would think it’s not something other witches can do. I doubt it would remain a secret for very long,” Samantha commented.“You’re probably right, but we’re not flying either. We’re simply manipulating the energy around us to enable us to float at the very least,” Amaya corrected.Samantha gigg
With Jeremiah having had the access he had to Xavier, Calypso didn’t feel right leaving the boys behind on their trip to the Dark Moon Pack, and Killian couldn’t argue. He knew that this was the only way to calm his mate’s nerves.“Mommy, where are we going?” Aiden questioned as she packed their clothes.“We’re going to visit Uncle Cain and Aunt Ivy,” she responded.Both boys were amped to hear that, making Calypso laugh. They continued helping her pack, while telling her all the things they looked forward to doing. It warmed her heart to see them so close.Despite everything happening around them, she was at least comforted by their unity.When they were packed, she sent them to look for Grant, while she headed to find her mate. He was in their office, looking over some matters that needed his attention, and she stood at the door, watching him for a while.She thought back to the first days of their relationship. He loved her, despite her not being as sure as he was about her. He’d t
Garrett was a bundle of nerves as he waited. Cassidy had told him to wait in the gardens for her. She was initiating her plan to get his mate to talk to him. She’d refused to share the plan, so he didn’t quite know what to expect.Penelope had received a link from her friend, asking her to meet at their spot in the gardens. The last thing she expected was to find her mate there, and with his back to her, she turned to quickly leave.But he’d already caught her scent.“Penelope, wait, please.”The plea in his voice pulled at her heart, enough to get her feet to stop moving. “I won’t hurt you.”“I never thought you would,” she said softly, knowing he could hear her.“Why avoid me then?” he asked.She sighed, before turning to face him. “Nathan and Cassidy are my closest friends and they’re good for the kingdom.”He cocked his head to the side. “And you’d risk a mate you’ve been waiting to meet for them?”“For the great of the kingdom, yes, I would. I wouldn’t want to be with anyone who’
Samantha received a link from her brother, alerting her of Nathan and Cassidy’s engagement party, and with her mother’s blessing, they paused her training and headed back to the Dark Moon Pack to join the celebrations.When they arrived, Amaya excused herself, while Samantha was teleported away. She didn’t expect to find herself in a room with Zen, Killian, Calypso, Nathan, Cassidy, Cain, Ivy, Vera, Hunter, and Wayne.“What’s going on?” she asked.“We were waiting for you so that we could get started on updating everyone of recent developments,” Killian told her, instantly warming her heart at the gesture.“Right, before we go far, we should probably start with Hunter and Wayne. Guys, we need you and the White Star Pack to move closer to Nathan and Cassidy and join the royal pack,” Calypso told them.Hunter nodded. “That’s fine with us, but do you mind me asking why now?”“We realized that the royal pack as it is isn’t the strongest. While we’re undoing Phillip’s legacy, we also need
On their walk back to the house, Cassidy spotted her brother outside, staring up at the stars, and she told Samantha to head on without her. It had been a while since she’d spoken to Isaiah, and she walked over to him. He picked up her presence, but didn’t immediately turn to look at her.“I remember this one time when you were five. Mom wanted you to go with her to the mall, but you wanted to stay home and draw. She eventually forced you after threatening to take away your art stuff. You were so pissed off, and you insisted that one day you’d have enough power to say no to her without being punished. Now look at you about to become the Queen of our kingdom,” he said before finally looking down at her with a smile.She shoved him. “I didn’t come over here for you to be so mushy with me.”He chuckled. “I’m so proud of you Cass. I know there are people who never thought you’d amount to anything with that personality of yours.”“I resent that,” she kept from laughing.“But you know it’s
Garrett couldn’t believe what they’d been told. Celebrations had long been underway, and he was still stumped. This trip was proving to be way more than he’d expected. He’d assumed that he would get an audience with the man he was slandering and further push his agenda.And yet everything had been thrown out the window for him. Instead he’d been introduced to revelation after revelation, and he realized that he’d been let in into something big, bigger than he could’ve imagined.He’d watched as everyone mingled, and he could see just how they all got along with one another. The Dark Moon Pack members all seemed comfortable not only around the vampires, but around the royals as well, and that’s when he realized just how tightknit they were.What he’d been presented was the opportunity to not only be a part of something great, but to really put his purpose to work with people who were clearly on the same page with him.Nathan found him standing outside, where he’d gone to take a breather
With everything under control back at his place, Zen left with his uncle. He was surprised when Frazier insisted that he shouldn’t teleport them to where they were going, instead opting to walk.“We’re walking to where we’re going?” Zen questioned.His uncle nodded. “We need the time to talk. I’ll let you know when it’s time to teleport.”That had Zen intrigued. “What exactly is it that we need to talk about?”“The people I’m taking you to see want to know what your plan is. It’s all good and well to say that you’re different from your father, but they want to know in what way. They want to be sure of who they’re backing before we go into this war,” Frazier explained.Zen already knew that much, and he knew that he needed to understand the past first to best answer that question. “How did you get them onto your side?”Frazier hadn’t expected the question, but he welcomed it. “As you know, your father has been a problem for many years, even before he was King. While we don’t know much
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