“Tell me about him and their story. I could do with some information, Easton is worried sick these days.” Regina told Mani who raised a brow to ask her if she was sure and Mani gave a firm nod.She was ready to hear it but nothing could prepare from the heart wrenching story she just heard. She continued to stare at Mani with wide eyes for some minutes as if she didn’t believe what she just heard, maybe a part of her struggled to believe that that universe could bear to separate a man and a woman who loved each other like that.It wasn’t fair.“Till now, Aurora doesn’t believe that he is dead.” Mani added.“In all honesty, I don’t believe it either.” Regina shrugged.“The Abyssal portal is not something that anyone could survive, it is like throwing someone into the furnace and pouring their ash to the sea, they would never be found again.” Mani objected and Regina frowned, she looked at the direction where Aurora was standing earlier with Crystabelle and saw that they had both left.
“Are you sure about this Regina?” Easton asked, while running her hand through the woman’s hair and staring into her eyes as they stood outside the front door of the pack house.“Of course, love.” She replied. “I don’t know a lot about Aurora which I honestly would love to know but I am sure that you are very worried about her, I could feel it through the bond—it was something that was always there. Something that I got with the bond that I have with you.It is not a good feeling and I would like to know what it would feel like if it were gone, I am sure that its absence is not something that I would absolutely despise.”“But…”“No buts, Easton.” She stopped him. “This is something that I want to do, not something I am forced to do because you are Aurora’s friend.I would like to follow her on this journey to the town and make sure that I get to know her, and bring back the woman and friend that you used to know. She might not have gotten over her mate by that time but she would be abl
She was drifting.Not really here and not quite there, fading in and waning out, it was like she was stuck in a space full of suffocating darkness and tightness that continued to torture her every day.Do this, do that, move like a robot, let her mouth communicate and instinctively respond to questions without allowing her brain and heart to think about it.If she used both of those organs too much, she would find herself thinking about him more deeply. But when has she never thought of him deeply? He was there, in the corner of her mind and at the forefront of her brain, stuck in the reiterating loop of falling into the abyss.Her mind is lost in the clouds and unaware of both herself and those around her to the extent that she couldn’t even try to convince herself that she was alright.It wasn’t hard to see him, in fact, he was the easiest to see. All she had to do was connect herself to reality and she would be instinctively brought back to the hall, but it only made the fact that s
“From what I have been able to scope out, they should be meeting somewhere in the forest by the park today’s afternoon,” Ferix informed and Mani furrowed her brow.“By the park? Isn’t that too foolish,”“It might look like a place that is crowded but you can easily get lost in the forest if you have no idea where you are going, it is dense and it is winter. Kids and adults learn to avoid this place.” Ferix explained.“Right, humans,” Sally added.Ferix stared at her for a while before he turned to continue explaining.“They might be there for quite a while or not, there’s no way to figure that one out but what I am sure of is that they would get there by noon.”“How many council members should we be expecting?” Mani asked.“I think four,” Ferix said.“I thought that they were more than that.” Regina said and Mani nodded.Out of the twelve council members, Aurora had managed to take down five, which was a feat concerning the fact that they were good at hiding and were extremely powerfu
Ferix was used to such a sight.He had seen it for the past two years but all of that was nothing compared to how she looked when she returned to Moonlight Pack when Crystabelle went to find her.Covered in blood and ash of people she ended their lives from head to toes, her hair was a mess as she clutched Layla whom she carried in a bridal manner in her hands, two jars were placed on Layla’s stomach and there was a pitiful yet disturbing darkness in her odd eyes.The next course of action was removing an essence fertilizer and activating it which was exactly what Aurora did, the forest quickly became dead and the snow was drained of water to become ice.She was giving them the punishment that they made Layla and a lot of people go through that year, she had such a precise control over essence fertilizer to the extent that it won’t affect those she didn’t want it to affect which made both Ferix and Mani remain safe.They didn’t have to wait for long before those witches who were very
The sky in her eyes was gray with a tinge of red, not only at night but every time, the forest leaves were ash and the trees themselves were black. That’s what happened when her mind started to ignore most things, either it was that or she had become monochromatic.She didn’t bother to find out which was right, it didn’t matter when all these just told her that a story existed.A story that has ended, just like her life and herself too.In this cocoon of hers, there was nothing that could draw her out, but as he stared straight into those eyes that were observing her and she had never seen something so blue.It was bright and snapped glow and brightened everything around her and she felt like it was sucking her in.The face that held those gems even knocked the breath out of her and she never felt winded before, was her illusion taking it too far once again and giving her comfort before hell?“Excuse me?” His voice dragged on with an unsure tone, his head tilted a bit as if to examine
Aurora could feel her brain buzzing as she stared ahead blankly, it was the first time it had buzzed to that extent, it wasn’t even worse to this extent when he died. It must be because at least she was able to comprehend what happened that day but what she witnessed some hours ago was definitely something that she couldn’t understand.After he had called her Aura, his phone rang and he picked it up, he talked to the person on the line for some minutes all smiles and chuckles before he disconnected the call and told Aurora that he had to go after reintroducing himself to her again as if she didn’t called his name when she saw him.Worst part of it all, he confirmed that his name was indeed Maverick, Aurora didn’t know if she would feel better if he told her another name as his name or not.She could hear the movement from the others outside and she knew that they must be wondering about her but she couldn’t bring herself to care, all she wanted was for Easton to get to where they were
Every one of them peeked from behind where they were hiding, Sally was holding Rex tightly to herself and it was starting to feel like such a bad decision to bring the little child along on their journey but Sadie didn’t see any other way around it, it wasn’t like she could leave the baby at home or stay behind herself.She desperately wanted to see her Alpha.Regina glanced at her mate who was behind Aurora and understood his need to feel close to her, this was the most that the woman had allowed her mate to be with him after suddenly putting a barrier through the friendship of many years that lasted for so long.It is better not to think about who was at fault because the blame didn’t have an owner.“Do you really think that it is necessary to do it like this?” Aurora muttered in annoyance at the fact that they were hiding, the irritation was visible between her brows.She had no problem with Maverick being the one to end her life, he was her mate after all, but Regina was sure that
The hall was filled to the brim with grinning pack members who awaited the day’s event. It seemed to them that the satisfaction they have always wanted was making their ways to them.It was the Luna Coronation Ceremony.Aurora was finally going to be officially recognized as the Luna of the Moonlight Pack, while this made a lot of pack members happy, it also made them very busy, it wasn't like they could have their Luna-to-be preparing everything or anything.Sadie was the one that took charge of the event with Sally, both of them ordering workers around, trying to get things rounded up.Out of everyone who was going about, Sally could be said to be the happiest. After resigning to date about the death of their son, both the former Alpha and Sally had alienated themselves from the pack when they heard the demise of Maverick.According to them, seeing the pack reminded them of the wound that would never scar. It was right there and then that Aurora earned the respect of the former Alpha
“I am so sorry that she escaped, Aurora.” Mani apologized and Aurora just waved her off.“I told you that it is alright.” Aurora replied. “Besides, you were doing something else when she escaped, we would have been able to find her later but delay might have been very bad in the spell breaking. I really appreciate your help, Mani. Thank you so much.”Mani smiled back at Aurora and nodded. It was nice to see Aurora’s face having another emotion other than the blankness that she had mastered over the years, it was amazing yet shocking how a person could have an effect over another person.Aurora’s eyes have become brighter and she seemed to have found more meaning to life, she clung to Maverick who was sitting beside him and the smile had never left her eyes, it was truly a gratifying thing to watch.“We helped in that matter together,” Daphne said from where she stood. She had spent the night at their house while insisting that the rest of the witch council would be after her head afte
“Were you able to find Maverick?” Easton asked as soon as she was in front of the house, he was talking with Alec about Pack matters and since Ferix was helping him too, it seemed to be urgent.“HI Aurora,” Ferix greeted and she nodded.“We were able to find him and he knows who Phoebe is but he also didn’t want to have anything to do with me.”“Talk about some big misfortune, it is making me want to wring Phoebe’s head.” Ferix snorted.“Me too.” Easton added.“That makes three of us, but I have something to do now,” Aurora said and entered the house.“Isn’t Daphne here?” Aurora stared around the whole place and turned to Regina when she found no sight of the woman she was looking for.“I thought she followed you? Didn’t you go to look for Phoebe and Alpha together?” Regina asked and Aurora sighed. “She told me that you already picked the location or something around that line.”“I had no idea that she followed me but I doubt that she hadn’t run away,” Aurora murmured to herself befor
Maverick stared at Phoebe who had shifted back to human form in devastation and betrayal, he couldn’t even manage anger with the reeling that was going on in his head, though, there was no way to prove it everything that Aurora was saying was true about him was something that clashed and overturned everything that he had always believed in.He was supposed to be an hunter but here he discovered that he belonged to the species that he had been ordering and the woman who he had always thought was his best friend lied about everything to him and was his enemy, a woman who was very desperate and would do anything and everything to keep him by her side.“It is a lie Maverick! You are not a werewolf! Aren’t you supposed to feel your wolf if you were one since all these days? She is your ex, she betrayed you before and would do anything to separate us again,” Phoebe insisted.“Why should I lie about something like that if I have gone to someone that I liked? I wouldn’t be back here looking f
Phoebe stared at Maverick who was walking with slumped shoulder while also carrying Robb on his shoulder, she had suggested that they leave the place as soon as possible but he had refused and told her that Robb had always told him that if he ever died one day, he wanted to be buried at the back of his little place.Damn man was jeopardizing her plan even when he was dead after pushing Maverick to pursue Aurora when he was alive.“Maverick.” She called but he only continued walking ahead.“I don’t want to talk to anyone right now,” Maverick replied and she frowned in anger.It was bad enough that they had to make a stop at their place but now he was even ignoring her, it was draining the energy that would have made her excited that she drove a wedge between him and Aurora. The bitch didn’t even show up and she was sure that Mani would have told him about everything that happened.She stared ahead and a smirk appeared on her lips. Sure, the plan wasn’t working the way she was working b
Maverick searched around the forest with a bit of panic striking his nerve, there was something bad about the nerves that kept crawling up his nerve, it was like danger was just lurking around the corner. It didn’t help matters that neither Cara nor Robb were around, he hadn’t seen Robb since he said that he had to get something from the woods and he had absolutely no idea what was going on.“Maverick!” He heard Cara’s voice in the distance and immediately turned to the direction. “Maverick!”He could see her running towards him and he hurried over to her and that was when he noticed the panic that was on her face.“Cara, what is wrong?” He asked and she tried to regulate her breathing.She huffed for a bit before she started talking breathlessly. “Maverick! Robb is dead!”“What?!” He asked with widened eyes. He moved closer to her and smelled her body before his eyes almost narrowed into slits.“Fucking werewolves!” He growled. “Lead the way!”Cara nodded and the two of them broke in
Daphne hastened her step as soon as she was in a darker part of the alley, she had been having the feeling that someone had been following her as soon as she left the pub and her instinct continued to tell her not to stay and find out who the person was because it was dangerous.She ran and took another corner but she was stopped by something and before she could react, she was punched in the stomach and sent sprawling on the floor.She hated combat the most, she preferred when she wielded her magic so she tried to gather some energy from around her but she found out that she couldn’t do anything of the sort.“Escaping now, aren’t you?” She heard in front of her and saw Mani standing there with her hands folded across her chest.“What the hell do you think that you are doing?” Daphne scoffed. “Do you think that you are something simply because you crossed over to that bitch’s side? I could end her if I wanted.”“Well, you can tell her better than when we meet her,” Mani said plainly a
“What could have made you come to see me tonight?” Daphne asked with a smirk as soon as Phoebe sat down in front of her, they were at the town pub where they usually meet up, it was late at night and both of them were wearing something that covered their face in order not to be recognized.“What else other than the fact that Maverick is almost driving me crazy?” She groaned in annoyance and Daphne raised a brow at her.“Oh? He can make you angry? I thought that you were having the best time of your life?” Daphne asked and Phoebe glared at her but it couldn't be said for a fact whether she saw it because both of them were deep at the darkest corner, the flicker of dim red light reaching them once in a while.“I was, until Aurora appeared out of the blue and now they met and he wouldn’t keep his mouth shut about her for the briefest minute.”“I told you that separating two mated people isn’t going to be easy,” Daphne shrugged and Phoebe glared at her once again.“She was supposed to be
“You would believe who we saw today,” Ferix said and Aurora raised a brow at her.“Who?”“It was Phoebe and Daphne, caught red-handed with her memory because she was talking about you,” Regina replied.“She saw both of you?” Aurora asked Easton and Ferix who nodded.“Yeah. I took Regina along because why not? She wasn’t able to keep her cool when she saw all of us and it was visible in her face that she recognized all of us, she even said my name,” Easton replied. “We were just going to scout out the place of the council but we couldn’t find and decided to come home but we met yours truly on the way and she kept ranting about you being back to take her man.”“Is that bitch high on a big dose of delusions?” Sadie asked with disgust. She remembered the time she had treated and had mistakenly thought she was normal like everyone else, who knew that she was just bat shit crazy. “How is he her man when he is clearly Aurora’s mate?”“Then the big picture is getting clearer. Daphne is one of