CHAPTER 3

YARA’S POV

TWO WEEKS LATER…

He was huge. I could feel his hot breath on my face as he laughed wickedly while ripping my wings off my back and I cried and begged him for mercy but he didn’t listen. All I heard was his loud laughter as he walked away with my wings into the darkness and I just laid there in the dark, helpless and powerless while watching his back until he vanished into thin air and I was alone.

Suddenly, hands grabbed me by my feet and pulled me away while I screamed for help then it stopped and when I looked, I suddenly went cold as I came face to face with a bear and its saliva dropped my face, drop by drop as I tried my best not to move or breathe so it would think I was dead and walk away.

I was scared, I didn’t know what to do and I just hoped that my life was going to be spared, but that didn’t seem like the case though because the bear was still going to go ahead and eat me regardless. Just as its fangs caught my ankle and it tried to bite my feet off, I began to scream for help on and on while struggling to let go and suddenly…

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I woke up with a very loud gasp as I sat up in my bed and I quickly turned on my bedside lamp to be sure of where I was.

Once I was sure that I was still back in my room in the motel where I had been staying for the past two weeks since the witch’s kingdom where I lived was attacked and my queen was killed, I felt at ease realizing that it was just a dream and I rested my back against the wall but I winced as the spots where my wings were cut off began to hurt from the contact with the wall.

Seeing that I couldn’t go back to sleep again, I decided to resume with my plan on sneaking my way into the SINNICA pack to get my wings from wherever the alpha had kept it hidden and it was a mission that I had to see through because I lost all I had left of my powers when the so called alpha cut off my wings and I had to vanish to save myself.

Sighing to myself, I got off my bed and walked to the bathroom to rinse my face and have a quick shower, and when I was done, I dressed up before I took my smart wristwatch that I placed on the bedside drawer to check the time.

It was finally time for me to leave for the pack and make my way in. I had no idea how I was going to get in without my wings or magic but I knew there had to be a way because I was the only survivor of the attack and I had vowed to get my revenge at all cost. I had to make that alpha Denver pay for what he did to my kingdom and queen. I was going to make him feel the pain we all felt too and I was going to make him beg me for mercy but he wouldn’t get it.

I looked in the mirror that hung on the wall and I dragged in a long breath to prepare myself before leaving… “You can do this, Yara. Believe in yourself and you can do it just like you have always done” I whispered to myself as I took my bag from the bed and hung it over my shoulder.

Then I left the motel and headed for the market closest to the SINNICA pack to get breakfast and maybe a decent pair of clothes to wear too because the ones I had were worn out. I also hoped that I was going to hear something helpful from the women that always talked about the pack.

I got to the market and I did hear something that was definitely going to help me make my way into the pack without any hassle. The alpha was throwing a party to celebrate the merging of my former kingdom with his pack and everyone was invited.

I heard it was going to be a formal party so I knew it was time for me to get a decent dress from any place nearby… All I cared about was making my way into the palace tonight.

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ALPHA DENVER’S POV

The party was going on in full swing. Everyone was chatting with each other with smiles on their faces and I was satisfied with its outcome because it was just what I had envisioned for tonight when I was planning the party all those days ago.

My pretend game was going perfectly for me because I didn’t have to explain anything to anyone.

I was the alpha and I owed no one an explanation for why I wasn't training because they all knew what would happen to anyone that questioned me and I was completely sure that no one was suspecting anything. No one had to know what was going on with me because it was only going to bring hell to my life and my pack that I had worked so hard to expand on my own. I couldn't trust anyone in this situation.

I stood in a corner of the hall, sipping on my wine and smiling at people as they passed by until Amanda came over with a smile on her face as usual and I grunted to myself before rolling my eyes while she stood beside me and sipped on her glass of wine that she held too.

“So how is the evening going alpha?” she asked me.

“None of your business so walk away” I snapped at her and she turned to face me with glassy eyes. I knew she was just putting up a show and I had no plans of playing along.

“Are you just going to keep ignoring me alpha? Or do you plan on rejecting me someday?” she asked me and I looked at her with a smirk.

“Don’t worry you’ll see” I said to her before I walked away and just as I felt her hand on mine while she followed me, I turned to face her sharply and growled.

“Do not follow me and get your hands off me Amanda” I warned her and she swallowed before she took a step back and walked away without sparing me a glance. She could go to hell if she wanted… I didn’t care.

I was about to find a new spot to stand and just watch the crowd or make new acquaintances with interested business men or women when I spotted someone that looked familiar from the corner of my eye.

My curiosity peaked immediately and I began to follow her as she walked through the crowd in her pitch black sequined dress that swept the floor with her fair skin shining like clear milk, reflecting the lights that blazed from the chandeliers hanging high from the ceiling.

I wouldn’t say I was captivated but there was just something familiar and alluring about her and even though I had lost my power, I knew it was my wolf sense that was drawing me to her, and I had to know why before I would rest.

She walked to the garden behind the hall where the party was going on and I just watched her from a distance to see what she was up to.

Suddenly, she took off her shoes and packed up her dress in her hands, ready to jump over the high fence and that was when I knew she was no ordinary lady, she was either a threat or a curious member of my pack that was about to trespass so I decided to stop her.

“Hey hey, you can’t go there. You shouldn’t be doing that” I yelled at her and she froze before she slowly turned to face me and my eyes went wide just as hers did too when we saw each other’s faces. I recognized her immediately as the winged witch that tried to kill me and I took her wing. I smiled when I saw she recognized me too and I slowly walked toward her.

“If you’re here for your wings, it isn’t there so don’t waste your time going over the fence. Besides, it’s not ladylike trying to over a fence in a dress like that” I teased and I watched as she fumed before coming at me.

“You son of a bastard. Give me back my wings” she yelled and just as she was about to throw a punch at me, I broke my wine glass on her head and she fell to the ground, unconscious at once.

“Well, I guess someone is powerless too,” I said to myself as I bent and inspected her.

I figured out that she must have lost her powers too after I took her wings.

She was beautiful but obviously crazy and that was a bad combination for me. Suddenly, I stopped as I realized something and I looked back at the unknown formerly winged witch that lay unconscious in my front.

I could make a deal with her when she wakes. She was one of the members of the witch’s kingdom and that automatically made her someone I had hurt because it was obvious she had a grudge against me so if I made her stay in my pack until she was ready to forgive me, I was going to get my powers back and she was going to be given her wings then she would go her way while I would remain the most powerful alpha in the whole werewolf realm.

It seemed like a good deal for me and I was pretty sure that she was going to take it after she woke up because I wasn’t really going to give her any choice. It was going to be either taking a deal with me or losing her life and I knew which one she was going to pick.