“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-
Maverick didn’t get the chance to finish his sentence before a gust of wind cut him off. Without hesitation, he hooked his arms around Aurora and pulled her back, shielding her from the sudden gale.“Hehe,” a laugh came from within the swirling dust. “It’s finally nice to catch you guys in a place where I can get to you.”As the dust settled, Aurora’s eyes widened in surprise. Tessie emerged from the haze, flanked by members of The Seekers.“What the hell are you doing here?” Aurora demanded, her voice sharp with disbelief. Maverick’s brow furrowed as he stared at Tessie, his grip on Aurora firm.“Isn’t it obvious?” Tessie replied with a mocking laugh.“You,” Maverick said, his tone cold. “You’re the one. It’s finally nice to see you.” His hand remained protectively on Aurora’s waist as Tessie smiled, her gaze flicking pointedly to his hand.“I see you two have gotten along quite well now,” Tessie remarked, her smirk widening.“She’s the spy The Seekers planted in the Moonlight Pack,”
Aurora felt herself dragged back into the present, confusion etched between her brows, her eyes wide in disbelief.There was no way that was her. She was sure she had never kissed Easton. Neither of them had ever harbored any sort of romantic feelings for each other; they were just each other’s comfort.“What... what was that just now?” Aurora stuttered.She couldn’t remember a moment in her life where she had insulted and betrayed Maverick like that. Those harsh words couldn’t have tumbled out of her mouth, not even by mistake.How on earth could she have told him to leave her alone when all she had ever wanted was to be his mate? That was practically a rejection—before either of them realized they were destined to be together.She felt like a hypocrite for rushing to him and asking what was wrong, especially after thinking he was upset over her absence that night.Her mind raced, a thousand thoughts colliding and tangling into chaos. Had she really insisted to him that missing their
“Don’t you think that all the poison you’ve fed her is enough?” a voice echoed through the room. Before Tessie could blink, she found herself shackled by the very chains she had used on others. Her mouth felt like it was filled with ice, sealed shut.Frantically, she looked around for the source of the voice, but saw no one. She wanted to scream, to demand whoever it was to reveal themselves, but she couldn’t.A familiar presence appeared, and Tessie recognized it immediately. She wanted to scoff but found herself unable to.Crystabelle stepped into the room, her eyes landing on Aurora and Maverick. She sighed and shook her head in visible annoyance.“Hey, you! Do you seriously think some shitty wolfsbane can trap the freaking Lycan King?” she asked, scoffing as she moved closer to Aurora. Placing a hand on Aurora’s back, she began casting spells to ease the dark energy surrounding her.“The only reason he wasn’t attacking Tessie when you appeared in this room was because he knew you
Aurora pressed her warm lips harder on his with urgency, grinding her lips on his as she wrapped her arms around his neck, using it to pull herself closer to him as she allowed entrance into her mouth.Aurora wanted to be ravished and dominated, she wanted the man in front of her to stimulate every corner of her being so that she could just submit herself to him.His to take and do anything with.Maverick didn’t disappoint her; he understood what her actions meant, and the drive to make all the feelings running through her veins come through made his kiss become even more feverish.He pressed her body heatedly against the wall, his body right on hers, molded her mouth with his, and used his tongue to caress every corner of her mouth, massaging her tongue and sending tingling sparks of pleasure through her entire system.They hadn’t felt this same kind of stimulation for over eight years, and now that they had finally managed to find each other, the intensity they felt was maddening.W
Tessie threatened Crystabelle, her voice filled with menace. “My Alpha would hunt you down and kill you for ruining his well-laid plan like this!” she snarled. Crystabelle, unfazed, stared at her briefly before letting out a snicker.“If it was a well-laid plan like you just said,” Crystabelle retorted with a scoff, “someone like me shouldn’t have been able to disrupt it, right?”Tessie shrugged off the last chain from her body with an exaggerated flick of her shoulder. “So you admit that you managed to enter that room,” she said, pointing toward the direction where Maverick and Aurora were. “But it was sheer tough luck. It’s not something middle-belt witches like you should even attempt.”“You’re being too rude right now, Tessie,” Stephanie interjected, but Tessie only scoffed in response. “And shouldn’t you be worried about your cover being blown? There’s no way you’re considering going back to the Moonlight Pack after this.”“You have no right to talk to me, little witch,” Tessie s
“So you’re telling me that everything he did was for you? How is that supposed to make any freaking sense? He thought that you cheated on him and told him off because he saw you kissing me?” Easton asked, raising a brow and looking at her with confused eyes.It was overwhelmingly weird for him to discover that all the things he had believed for all these days had been an utter lie.“Yeah, it wasn’t me and you but a witch’s illusion,” Aurora responded.“And you believe that?” Ferix asked, clearly still in disbelief. For some reason, the man was inside their pack house, sitting on one of the couches.“Yeah, because Tessie showed it to me in order to make the other evil part of me come to the surface. There’s no way she would have done that to favor Maverick, who was unconscious. Crystabell came and confirmed it. Have you seen her? And there’s also the fact that I can tell if something is a lie or the truth as long as I have access to the person’s mind. Tessie gave full access at that mo
Easton noticed Layla staring at the door, so he turned his body slightly to see who was standing there. He cleared his throat awkwardly when he saw that it was Maverick.“Are you just going to keep standing there?” Aurora asked, and that seemed to jolt Maverick out of his thoughts. He cleared his throat as well before walking toward them.When he sat down on the single chair opposite them, both he and Easton continued to stare at each other uncomfortably.Both had their opinions about the other and had hated each other many times, but they suddenly realized that neither of them was guilty of the crimes the other had accused them of. They could turn into pals, but at the same time, they couldn’t continue hating each other.They had to get along—or at least pretend to—for Aurora’s sake. They didn’t want her to be put in the difficult position of choosing between her mate and her best friend. But both had their pride, and neither was willing to be the first to apologize.“And here I thou
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