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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
“You seemed surprised,” Layla said with a smirk.“I never knew about it, none of the pack members had said it and you never said it yourself,” Maverick replied.“Hi, I’m Layla, the assistant witch of the Night pack. I’m a human and witch hybrid,” Layla introduced herself, and Maverick nodded.“Should I just enter?” he asked, glancing at the portal, and Layla shook her head.“I’m trying to make it appear as close as possible to Aurora, so you don’t waste time looking for her,” she answered, and he paused in his actions.“Don’t worry about anything. I can feel Aurora and I know that she isn’t in any sort of danger.”“Then what was all the fuss about? You could have told Easton that when he was blowing up in the room,” Maverick replied emotionlessly, though the relief in his eyes was obvious. Layla felt that the man was just a huge muscular stone with no feelings whenever Aurora wasn’t around.“You know…” Layla trailed off, and Maverick raised his head to look at her. “When Zach and I fir
Maverick walked around, holding the tiny crystals that Layla had given him in his left hand. She had told him to use them to fight against witches in case they were the ones who had held Aurora captive.It was for his own protection before he got one from Aurora. Apparently, it was over Layla’s dead body that she would let him go fight a bunch of witches without something to protect him.He stopped when he was right in front of the pole that she was tied to. There was noise outside, and when he turned, he was able to make out the presence of some men on the other side of the shed.He listened attentively and was able to make out the presence of four men with his heightened sense of hearing. They were walking close or around the shed, but there must have been others around too, given that there was some talking in the far distance, probably toward the main entrance of wherever this place was.He turned to face Aurora and flinched when she suddenly peeled her eyes open. She stared at him
Aurora quickly removed the hand holding his shirt as soon as they were out of the portal.Neither of them said anything to each other; the kiss had made everything awkward all over again.Aurora couldn’t deny the jolting feeling that had run up her spine the moment his lips connected with hers, the feeling that had settled in her heart, and the relief that had swept over her. It was like getting a bit of water after being forced to thirst for a long period of time—it relieved her and also made her want more. She wanted more than just lips placed on another. She wanted to see the fully-fledged pleasure that had peaked at her in all its glory.She didn’t doubt that she would have deepened the kiss if she hadn’t been rendered motionless because of the way he had kept grinding his lips on hers to let the potion enter her mouth. Her lips had kept tingling since that moment, right up until now. Her blood boiled, and her hands trembled as she remembered the bliss that had settled over her.Sh
“Did you have something against my pack members or something?” Maverick asked, clearly noticing the way Aurora placed emphasis on every word she used to describe his pack.Aurora scoffed in disbelief and let out a sarcastic chuckle. She rolled her eyes in irritation mixed with annoyance and took a step back from him.“Did I have something against them?” Aurora asked, and another scoff fell from her lips involuntarily. “Do you even need to ask before you know that?”“You still held a grudge.” It wasn’t a question but a statement, one that happened to be a fact.“I didn’t have anything against the new generation, the kids in your pack and the teenagers, but don’t you think I should hold a huge grudge against everyone else?” She asked, but he didn’t reply.“You seemed to forget that my mom, my stepdad, my stepsister, those pack council members, those old men and women with their cold stares—every single member of your pack,” she answered with indifference. “Didn’t I deserve to have someth
Both of them were angry, neither giving the other the time or opportunity to complete a sentence. Both had so much to say and so little space, and it didn’t help that they both became hotheaded and hot-tempered whenever they had even a brief discussion about their past.“Of course, I didn’t have time to point out the steps you took to make all that possible. As I said, it was none of my damn business, but I must say that you enjoyed the trampling and mockery so much that you were repeating the process all over again with Anabella,” Aurora said.“What? Is that how low you think of your sister?” he muttered.“Can you take the imagination of how low I think of her, lower, a lot lower, even lower? Then you’ll be there. I thought the least of her. What are you going to do about it?” she asked, her lips pulling into a mocking smirk. “And stop calling her my sister. She’s associated with you intimately, and that’s not something a loyal sister would do.”“We weren’t intimate. You should give h
They both entered the house, and Aurora facepalmed when she realized that the smallness wasn't some sort of illusion meant to hide its hugeness or beauty; it was actually even smaller inside.“How the hell can you build a house with a single room, a bathroom, and a kitchen, then end it there and call it a day?” Aurora asked, and the woman shrugged.“This house was supposed to be a mansion, but I got tired after building a room and decided to leave it at that. Besides, it’s only me, myself, and I inside this place. It’s enough. Don’t you think it’s classy?” she asked, and Aurora shook her head.“Classy, my foot,” Maverick muttered, and the woman turned to glare at him. He ignored her and looked around the room. “What are we supposed to do in this place now? You must have brought us here for a reason, right?”“Right on the head, Alpha. I brought you here so you can do something important for me,” she chirped, and Aurora groaned.“Fuck my life, I knew there would be some sort of catch,” A
“Damn!” The woman on the bed said, sitting up. “Was it supposed to take her this long to sleep? She must have had a lot going on in her mind.” She adjusted her sitting position. “But then it would be super strange if she didn't, considering all the things you’d done to her in the past few months.”“You weren’t really going to let me sleep, were you?” Maverick asked quietly, still lying down with his eyes closed. The woman on the bed hummed, and he opened his eyes. The sight of Aurora’s face, very close to his, was what he saw.“Sorry, I didn’t remember to tell you that your dearest’s face is right in front of you. Don’t worry. You can say whatever you want to; she won’t wake up,” the woman said before she started muttering some spells under her breath.Her features gradually began to change, from those of an old woman to those of a young woman in her early twenties, as well as her body.“You really got good with your body transformation spell. I almost didn’t know it was you. The fact
Aurora sat on a steep rock as she stared into the water body that was in front of her, a jar containing the fetus and another small jar that coined some green swirling liquid that glowed lightly in the early evening light.It was the remedy for those controlled by the puppetry art, she had set off and practiced for a lot of time before she was finally able to get it, she had been worried that she might not be able to find a cure before the witches take action—who knew that she would do it right after that thought crossed her mind.She had just taken a minute to sit and assemble her thoughts, take a breather from the usual tension that seemed to be wrecking her body more nowadays.After she followed Maverick's words and started seeing both her and the other Aurora as one, she had been able to feel her on a very personal level.Sometimes, it even felt like they were one single person. Their thoughts align more and they are able to communicate better—it almost feels like a communication
The witches arrived at the entrance of Left Green Woods, but to their surprise, they didn’t have to enter the manor because Maverick was standing out and the Manor door was shut.He glanced at them and paid no more attention to them again, his posture and position suggest that he was waiting for them but his attitude suggested otherwise.Daphne furrowed her brows as she stared at the door. “Why the hell would he keep the door locked, there’s no way we are entering now. Master instructed that we mustn’t let him close the door at all cost.”Rosa rolled her eyes at the woman, she didn’t like her because she didn’t have a good relationship with the Mistress. “Man shut it locked before we even arrived at this place, I am sure that the master can’t blame us for it. The only thing left is for us to go back and report.”“Lycan King Maverick, we would like you to come with us,” one of the sages started but Daphne cut him off.“Don’t start, Ivy, you don’t tell people like him to come along calm
Phoebe stared around as she was being led towards the Mistress’s office, when she arrived at the entrance of the castle, she didn’t have to tell them about who she was before she was told to come along.It seemed that he had informed them that she was coming, she didn’t know why he didn’t tell them straight away but it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing for her.If she played her cards well, she would be able to turn everything in her own favor.The castle was fairly beautiful but also dark at the same time, it was a stereotypical dark place that one would expect a witch to live in. It seemed that this Mistress is such a cliché person.The man in front opened a door after knocking and fast enough, they were in the study and in the presence of the Mistress herself, there was also a lady standing by her side.Phoebe found a seat without being invited to sit in one, she studied the expression on the Mistress’s face and didn’t like it one bit, it was weird—but she couldn’t figure it out so sh
“Do you want to take a rest now? You have already worked hard since you found the books,” Maverick said, placing down a glass of milk beside Aurora.“Yeah, I should probably rest soon but there’s no way I can now, I want to gather all the facts I can get about the ways of producing the potion that can turn the potion back to normal people.”“You already found out about how to take care of the fetus and you have administered methods on it,”“Yeah,” Aurora hit her back on the chair softly. “Who knew that it was actually something as easy as finding essence fertilizer and using it on it raw? Turns out that the thing is not purely evil.” She mused.“That doesn’t mean that we should relax though, I am quite anxious about this master, he already ordered that they should turn me into a puppet. They are taking their sweet time which could only mean one thing,” she turned to glance at Maverick.“They are preparing something.”She nodded. “So I have to hurry.”“How are you supposed to get the p
A groan fell from her lips, followed by a pained grunt, she heaved heavily and tried to adjust her head to the darkness but she discovered that she wasn’t in a dark room, instead her head was covered by a dark cloth. She tried to move but she discovered that both her arms and legs were tied tightly—she had been abducted!Phoebe regulated her breathing and ease her body, preparing herself to recount the events that happened before she found herself at his place.She had spent quite some time at the spot where she hid, she made sure that the night had come before she set off. One, it would make her mate who might have been expecting her think that she was being stubborn and decided not to set off on that day again, two, she had better advantages at night—it would have been easier to deal with trouble she encountered on the way when her senses were all alerted.She had set off, walking carefully and examining everything and everywhere around her, she even made sure to be as careful as po
“You really do?” Aurora asked and Maverick nodded before he handed over a book that she didn’t know that he was holding. She collected the book from him and glanced at it for a moment before she turned to look at him.“What is this? Where did you get it?”“It is obviously a book and I got it from the training room.”She glared at him in anger before she moved closer to him but he only stepped away from her too. She raised the book in his face. “You obviously have this but you made me try every trick up my sleeve trying to open it when you have the answer? You are a jerk!” she yelled at him but he only rolled his eyes at her.“You might want to hurry,” he replied simply, she huffed and turned to open the book in her hand before she turned to stare at Maverick with surprised eyes.“You want me to use my blood? How am I supposed to do that?” He smirked before he provided a knife out of nowhere, she scoffed in disbelief. “I should cut myself?”“How else? Am I supposed to bite the blood ou
“Listen,” Mr. Brian’s voice started as soon as Phoebe descended the last step on the staircase, he was sitting in the living room and from the look of things, it was very obvious that he was waiting for her. Phoebe paused and regarded him with a blank gaze. “I don’t care whatever excuse you have, I have had it with you. You are going back to Blood Moon Pack today.”Phoebe remained silent, they would have this conversation the day before but when she came back from the hospital, his mother was nowhere to be found and Alec had assigned an important duty to her father.“I have arranged someone who would take you through the way to the pack, once you are out of the border of Moonlight Pack, the only thing you have to worry about are the puppets that would be lurking around,” her father continued regardless of her silence. “I have sought information from some members of the coven that I have good relationship with, they confirmed that the puppets have been reigned but regardless of it all
“I hope you aren’t feeling any pain again,” Sadie asked and Phoebe nodded with a blank expression on her face, she had collapsed as soon as she reached her room the day she met her mate and had extreme fever immediately, she was hallucinating the past events as if it was present and was breathing was erratic.Her parents had no choice but to bring her to the hospital and let Sadie attend to her personally. She was glad that it stopped their rants for a short time.Sadie furrowed his brows at her and stared at her in concern. Even though she didn’t get along with Phoebe, she couldn’t ignore a woman who seemed to be spinning down the depression path with a spiral, she bites her lips in contemplation.“Is everything alright?” She finally asked.“Does it look like it isn’t?” Phoebe replied, and Sadie just nodded in understanding, there was no way to force an answer out of someone who is not willing. She dusted her coat and dipped her hands in the pockets before she started making her way
The door opened and Mani stepped into the dark study that had only dim light at the moment, The Mistress was sitting behind her desk, she was flipping through a book that she got from the archived documents. She was trying to find out all she could about Crystabelle but she wasn’t getting anything through.Witches, no matter how powerful they might be, would have their records in the archives. It was a magic that no one has been able to find out its root, it would automatically record it, even the ones thousands of miles away or were just born or died. As long as you have some witch blood running through your veins you are down, but there was nothing showing up about Crystabelle, it was as if she didn’t exist at all.“What did you find out?” The Mistress finally asked her when she dropped the book down after a futile search.“There’s no way to be exact but she is at Moonlight Pack at the moment.”“Damn.” The Mistress sighed. “So there’s no way to track her movement.”“No.”“How is the