“Trust me, I wanted to kill those rude bitches all those years! If I’d had my witch powers back then, I would’ve brewed some evil potions. I’m sure they would’ve been potent! Maybe I would live up to the rumors about me then!” Aurora yelled, throwing her hands up as she downed another glass of beer.She stood in the middle of the VIP room they had rented at a bar in the heart of Earnest Valley.The dance floor outside was too crowded, and none of them felt like mingling with the members of the Moonlight Pack. Despite the truce, things were still uneasy between the groups and Aurora's reputation was a crucial reason too.“No, I wouldn’t. Those rumors clearly said ‘people,’ and those bitches are everything except that!” she added, draining another glass.“You’re drunk, Aurora,” Layla said with exasperation, though she made no move to take the drinks away. It would have been a pointless effort anyway.“What nonsense, Layla! What nonsense!” Aurora exclaimed, swaying to the loud music playi
“I hoped you’d get whacked by Sally; that woman used to like me! I hoped I could see her again because she was such a nice lady. I hated that you went ahead and sided with the entire pack! I hated that you turned to Phoebe! I resented you for smiling at my mother and sister like they could do no wrong! I resented you for making me the subject of ridicule! Despite everything you did… despite… the wrongs you did to me… despite it all…” Aurora said, starting to hyperventilate. Easton immediately hugged her tightly to himself, her tears wetting his shoulder, but he wasn’t bothered by it. He was just glad that she hadn’t broken down completely before Layla called him.He would have barred Aurora from drinking if he could, but she was a grown woman. This was the same thing that happened every time Aurora decided to get drunk—she’d become extra open with the feelings she’d kept bottled up in her heart, saying a lot of things. She’d start talking as if Maverick was in front of her, cursing and
Back at the pack house, Alec returned with Sadie, who immediately got to work checking on Maverick. She moved with practiced efficiency, her calm demeanor a stark contrast to the tension in the room.“His body is reacting to the severed bond,” Sadie explained after a moment, her voice professional. “It’s like an open wound that refuses to heal.”“What can you do for him?” Anabella asked, her tone hopeful.Sadie sighed. “Not much, unfortunately. He needs to rest, stay hydrated, and avoid situations that will trigger the bond’s reaction.”Alec rolled his eyes. “Tell that to him when he wakes up. He seems to enjoy walking straight into disaster.”Sadie glanced at Maverick, who was still writhing in discomfort. “If he doesn’t stop pushing himself like this, the consequences could be severe.”“He’s stubborn,” Anabella said quietly. “But maybe he’ll listen this time.”Alec snorted. “I wouldn’t count on it.”As Sadie continued her work, Alec leaned against the wall, crossing his arms. He glan
“So what were you trying to say?” Alec raised an eyebrow, and Easton glared at him.“Exactly what you heard, are you deaf now too?” Easton asked, and Alec glared back.“I would appreciate it if you kept your mouth shut when I wasn’t talking to you, Alpha Easton,” Alec said, his tone condescending as he used the word ‘Alpha’.“I couldn’t when you were the one doing the talking, Beta Alec,” Easton replied with equal disdain, and Floyd and Sadie rolled their eyes at the two.“Did you really mean that, Ms. Aurora?” Jared asked, and Aurora nodded her head.“Yeah, I meant it,” she answered.“But it’s so dangerous! Very risky too. I heard about how draining it is from one of those witches from other packs I visited,” Owen exclaimed, staring at Aurora with a surprised expression.“Try telling her that too, Layla. You can’t just allow her to go ahead with it,” Sadie said to Layla, who shrugged.“You think I haven’t tried telling her how detrimental it is to her health, trying to cover the whole
“We were able to track down Crystalbell. She is at Dove City,” Maverick said, and Aurora raised her head to glance at him with tired eyes. It was obvious that her actions from the previous encounter had drained the energy from her body.“What are we waiting for? We should just nab her and make her vomit the answer to our questions. It wouldn't be hard since we have you, right?” Jared asked, turning to look at Aurora.“I know some really nice ways of torturing people,” Owen said with a small smirk.“That’s disturbing. Don’t make it sound like it’s some kind of good hobby,” Floyd said tiredly, yawning as he relaxed into his mesh chair with his eyes closed. “And stop drumming your hand on the damn table, Sadie. You’re making me unfocused.”“Shut the hell up or get the fuck out,” Sadie replied.“She should’ve been really affected after the shit she pulled on our pack,” Kael said with a frown. “Aurora suffered a lot because of her stunts.”“At least to get hold of her, I get anxious every t
“Goodness, that man made her snap; she had been on shell for the past few days,” Easton said nonchalantly, and Layla exhaled heavily.“Can't you guys do something about this? Like telling her to stop?” Sadie asked with wide eyes, her gaze flicking between Aurora and the rest of her pack. She had never seen Aurora so angry. Most of the time, she just snapped at the person and left their jaws hanging open with a very rude insult.“Unfortunately no. When she get mad, she get mad all through, and when she gets crazy, it goes out of the fucking handle. It is only up to the goddess of the witches if Jerry will live today, and from what I had heard, that woman isn't nice at all,” Layla had a mocking expression, clearly enjoying the situation.“To be honest, that man got on everyone’s nerves. I hoped that someone would put him in his freaking place. It is only fitting that it is Aurora who does it,” Floyd said with a small smirk.“But he still might end up dead,” Jared added calmly but didn’t
“I did too,” Layla said in a sad tone. Zach had a thoughtful expression on his face, and Kael nodded in agreement.“At home, Aurora wasn’t stuck with Maverick most of the time and had more chances to talk to me,” Kael thought.“Me too,” Kael added, and Aurora smiled sadly.“I talked to the treasurer at the Hilt Edge coven, and he said that we had enough to start the pack from scratch again. It would be enough for the meantime until we could handle everything else gradually,” Aurora said, and Kael’s eyes brightened.“But we aren’t going back until we catch those people who set the pack on fire. I’m not going to spare them,” Easton said angrily. Layla and Zach patted his back, while Aurora ruffled his hair.“We’re not sparing them either, Easton. We’ll all nail them down,” Kael said, and everyone nodded, a small smile on their lips at the thought of punishing those who wronged them and going back home.They heard noises from ahead, and it seemed like someone was walking toward them. They
They continued to stare at each other without moving, but a squawk from the bird behind them startled them both. They instinctively jumped back in opposite directions, only to bounce against the barrier Aurora had created. Once again, they found themselves colliding into each other’s arms, using the other for support.Quickly, they straightened up, neither of them looking at the other. Aurora shakily removed the barrier, and they both moved away from the bird, which remained rooted to the spot, staring at them. When it attempted to fly closer, they took another step back.The bird seemed to study them, unmoving for a moment, as though in disbelief. Then, with a sound that resembled a scoff, it dropped something on the ground. Aurora and Maverick both glanced down to see a piece of paper lying on the forest floor. The bird’s eyes shifted between them before it made the scoffing sound again and flew away without turning back or checking if they would pick up the paper.Aurora and Maveric
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