“What the hell are you talking about?” Aurora demanded.“It’s Maverick! He’s the one who set your pack ablaze,” Phoebe exclaimed, her voice ringing with certainty. She knew her claim made no sense, but her sources were strong. “You can ask Stephanie and Alec about it. They know, and it seems like they planned it together!”“What…” Aurora trailed off in a small voice, turning to look at Maverick. He said nothing, neither denying nor agreeing, and Aurora didn’t want to think about what his silence might mean.She had known him well enough to recognize that when he was accused and fell utterly silent, it often signified agreement.But still, she didn’t want to believe it. She told herself repeatedly that she didn’t know him as well anymore—that maybe his silence wasn’t confirmation but contradiction.It didn’t make sense. Why would Maverick burn her pack, then give her people a comfortable place to stay, form an alliance with them, and save her—their leader—countless times? Why would he
“Alec!” Stephanie yelled at the man, her face contorted in rage.“Wow, wait, what?” Ferix was the first person to speak, his voice laced with shock.“Say that again, asshole!” Easton roared at Alec, grabbing him by the collar and glaring at him with bloodthirsty red eyes.“Yes, you heard me right. Maverick is the one who burned the Night Pack,” Alec confirmed, his voice unwavering, even as his words caused chaos. The statement earned him a punch to the face from Easton.Layla instinctively stepped away from Sadie, Hilda, and Stephanie. Hilton, who had been standing in front of the house, moved back as well. Their mistrust was written plainly across their faces.“Hilton…” Anabella whispered, but Hilton continued to stare at her as if she were a stranger.“Why… why the hell did you do that?” Aurora screamed at Stephanie, her voice filled with betrayal.Aurora knew the fire that destroyed her pack had been caused by an element—a power only a witch could conjure.“Why the fuck are you ask
“What are our options?” Aurora asked, and Layla sighed.“We already sent a message to Hilt Edge Coven, and they’re still thinking about it,” Hilton informed them, and Aurora nodded.“What about the other packs and covens?” Easton asked.“Well, most are still contemplating, but some have already flat-out replied that they’re not willing to have us in their packs,” Zach explained.“Since a large percentage of those allies are still undecided, we’ll have to ask the members about their opinions too,” Aurora said, her focus on the sketches, drafts, and maps spread across the table.“There’s no need to contact them and ask,” Hilton interjected. “They’re all very furious about it. Most of them are ready to declare war against the Moonlight Pack, but they understand that it won’t be in their favor since we’re still their ‘hostage.’”“Those in high school have stopped all their after-school activities and said they would quit school immediately,” Zach added.“I already contacted the treasurer
“How are you holding up now?” Ferix asked, raising his drink to his lips and taking a sip. Aurora, who was standing beside him, shrugged.“I’m not holding up. Layla and Easton are the ones doing the holding up,” she replied, staring at the garden with a sarcastic smirk.She couldn’t believe that she had almost kissed that jerk earlier. If she had, she would have driven a knife through her own heart. Thank goodness she hadn’t.“Then let me rephrase that,” Ferix said, placing his drink on the table. “How are you feeling now?”He knew the discovery had hit her hard. Her eyes were dull, her posture slouched, and the rims of her eyes were red. Her messy hair looked like she had run her fingers through it a thousand times that day, but she didn’t seem to care about her appearance—not that it diminished how beautiful she still was
“We are here to seek permission to let someone inside the pack,” Easton stated calmly, but the glare in his eyes as he stared at Maverick, Alec, and Stephanie was heated. Alec gracefully returned the look.“And who is that person? It is such a sensitive time; we would have to look through it ourselves. Who knows what your rogues are up to?” Alec replied, and Easton scoffed.“Alright, but get your fucking ass to it. We only have twenty hours left,” Easton snapped at him.“Are you really going to go to Hilt Edge Coven?” Stephanie asked, and Aurora straightened herself to stare at her.“And how is that any of your business?” She replied rudely.“It is dangerous, damn it!” Maverick yelled at her out of the blue, and everyone flinched. Aurora stared around in disbelief. She covered her mouth with one hand, rubbing her lips and scoffing once again.“And burning my land wasn’t lethal to me?” Aurora whispered in astonishment before banging her hand on the table angrily. “YOU DON’T HAVE A SAY
"You have a lot of guts, showing up right here where you could be killed," Easton scoffed, and Crystabelle snickered."You thought you could do something to me? How fucking cute," she said, scrunching her nose in a way that made her look cute and innocent."We have a score to settle, Crystabelle. Did you come here to do that?" Aurora stared blankly, her arms crossed. "I made a pact with my 'allies' that I wouldn’t fight here, but am sure they could make an exception for you." Her words dripped with a heavy amount of sarcasm that made Crystabelle smile again."Of course, they would. But I am not here to have a freaky fight with you. It’d be better to catch some time over a glass of wine than to battle with a bunch of swine over shitty stuff, don’t you think?" Crystabelle's voice was cocky, and it showed the level of her arrogance, which was way over the roof.Aurora only blinked and
“There was a feud between a witch and a coven. There was a werewolf watching, and the witch was not aware of the feud—or so it appeared,” Crystabelle said haughtily. Everyone stared at her as she continued her bizarre story. Some more people, including members of the Moonlight Pack, had gathered around her as soon as she started making a scene. “The coven was irritated by the witch’s behavior. To them, it was either ignorance or dismissal, and neither appealed to them.The wolf believed it was neither of these things and that the witch simply had too much on her hands. He began to fend off all types of sneak attacks aimed at the witch.Then the coven became even more irritated. The wolf was continuously getting in their way. They wanted to fight him, but they had no convincing evidence to accuse him of interference. So, they planned a major attack—the sneakiest attack that had happened in a century.”
Easton declared, “I have no reason to banter words with someone as ignorant as yourself!” He turned and walked away without waiting for a response.Before Hilda could blink, Kael’s hand was around her throat. He stared murderously into her eyes while Sadie stood frozen, her wide eyes locked on the scene.“Kael, you need to calm down!” Sadie exclaimed, glancing nervously at her assistant, now choking in his grip.Kael snarled, “I can listen to and tolerate all kinds of insults against her, but there’s no way I’m going to let you call her a cheater!” Hilda merely scoffed, even as her lungs burned from the lack of air.“And she said it,” Crystabelle muttered under her breath before turning to Kael. “Hey! Fur-for-brains, you might want to release her—for your own sake.”Kael shot her a glare. “Do I look like I care, bitch? She’s slandering Aurora!”Crystabelle rolled her eyes, irritation evident in her voice. “Ugh, why are you even doing this for a woman you have no chance with? You, fur-
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 Alph
“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