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
Maverick asked again, "You’re not going to see her, right?" Aurora raised a brow at him, questioning his persistence.“I’m just worried,” he admitted as they arrived at the front of Night Pack’s grounds after walking for a while.“No, I’m not going to see her. It might be a trap,” Aurora replied. Maverick opened his mouth to say something but closed it again.There was a limit to how much he could question her. Years ago, he might have pressed her further until his nagging feeling subsided. But time had changed, and so had they.“Can you keep this between us?” Aurora asked. “If Easton hears about it, he’ll definitely go after her. I don’t want him charging in with his temper and falling right into a trap.”Maverick thought about it for a moment before nodding. “Alright, I won’t tell anyone.”“They never learn their lessons, do they?” Aurora muttered, her attention shifting ahead. Maverick followed her gaze and saw Jennie and Tessie standing in front of Zach. The man appeared busy deali
There hadn’t been any sight of her in the morning. The guards had been on alert ever since they had spotted Crystalbell at the edge of the territory," Owen reported as soon as he entered the meeting room.“Is it true that Aurora is out of the territory?” Easton asked as he strode into the room, not bothering to close the door behind him.“Yes,” Zach replied, his eyes fixed on Easton as the latter moved to sit in a chair, his body tense with frustration.“What makes you so sure?” Easton demanded.“Crystalbell sent a letter to her yesterday while we were in the woods,” Maverick explained, his tone steady despite the concern evident in his expression. “She wanted Aurora to meet her outside the territory. Apparently, she has information about why she set the pack on fire.”Easton sprang up from his chair and began pacing.“Of course, she does. She’s the one who set it on fire,” Jared muttered bitterly.“And you knew about this?” Easton snapped, glaring at Maverick. “You were there when she
Aurora found herself sitting with Maverick again, her attention was all on him as he answered a question she asked but she would be lying to herself if she said that she heard any of the thing that he was saying but she had to jolt back when he waved a hand in his face and Aurora knew that she had been caught staring.“Are you even listening?” He asked with an amused smirk and she stared at him like a deer caught in the headlights before she nodded her head continuously.“Yeah, yes, of course, I am listening,” she answered.“What was I talking about?”“Your hunting experience?” She said but it came as a question.“We were past that, were you even here at all?” His eyes carried his amusement.“Of course I was, just a bit less than you have wanted,” Aurora said with a small awkward chuckle. There was no in hell she was going to tell him that she had been staring at him the whole time but it would be a surprise if he knew already.“Just so you don’t know, I was telling you that you have
Maverick ran fast in time just too dodge a rogue that was coming for him, he hardly stand probably on his feet before he turned swiftly and shot the werewolf in the neck before driving another bullet through its stomach, of course, it tried to stand up again but another final shoot made him fall back, it jerked on the floor again, it changed back to its human form and stared straight at the predator that was in front of him.His eyes widened when he saw that it was him and Maverick wondered if there was something with some of the werewolves, most of them usually looked shocked whenever they saw him. A determination to know what was with the odd reaction surged through him and he knelt beside the werewolf who was still staring at him in both fear and shock.“Al...Al…” he muttered and Maverick moved closer to him with furrowed brows.“What do you say?” He asked.“Mave…” The man trailed off and Maverick raised a brow at him, how on earth did this werewolf know his name?“How do you know
“I have been thinking about it for the past three hours and I am still finding it hard to believe that it is Alpha that I saw but it was so clear that it was him. There was no way he would have been able to keep his shock at bay when he saw all of us at the same time if he was pretending.” Sadie exclaimed, Rex was perched on her laps and he continued to play with Ferix’s hands with an innocent smile that contrasted with the mood of the room.“That’s not the main matter now, the matter is how we are going to get him back, we didn’t do anything before because we thought that he was dead but now we have a good chance.” Easton said at the same time that the door opened and a downtrodden Aurora.All of them quickly stood up to look at her, anyone would think that she would be happy when she returned because even though Maverick didn’t have any memory of them, it was still him.“What happened?” Easton who had quickly stood up and went to hold her and direct her to the table said with furrow
Aurora stared at the woman in front of her, eyes wide in shock and she found that she couldn’t form a normal sentence, she even had no reaction as she continued to stare at Phoebe who continued staring at her with curiosity as if she was seeing her for the first time.“Aurora, meet by best friend, Cara,” Maverick smiled at Aurora before he turned to Phoebe. “Cara, this is Aurora.” He introduced and they both stared at each other blankly.Aurora almost let out a scoff at the name and had to use every ounce of strength in her to keep herself seated in the chair and not pounce on the woman who was still staring at her as if she was just meeting her for the first time.Phoebe smiled at her and Aurora could tell that it was very forced, she wanted to go to her and shake her shoulder, torture her till she spill out the truth along with whatever secret she is hiding and what she did to Maverick to make him regard her as his best friend.How dare she claim that she was the one that gave Maver
Aurora moved forward and suddenly held the pendant of the necklace and continued to observe it, it was no doubt that it was the same one that she had gifted her to make sure that she could find him wherever he was.She wondered why on earth she hadn’t been able to find him in the two years they were separated if he still had the necklace on, how on earth he continued to keep it and not wonder where it was from. This clashed violently with the no memory case that she just clarified in her head, Aurora was sure that there couldn’t be another of that necklace in the world because it was an intense art of nonsense that ended up pretty well when she was making it.She raised her head to ask him some questions about the necklace and that was when she realized that she had moved very close to the man. His eyes burrowed into her as they continued to stare at her with an emotion that she couldn’t pin-point and none of them broke off the contact.Being this close to him made Aurora able to smel
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
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
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
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