Damon“I do not understand, Sheila. How would taking my life essence and that of innocent children make you even more powerful? Do you turn into a monster or something?” I feigned indifference when I was panicking within. If it were to be like what I thought it was, then we were all screwed. No one would be able to stop her.She rolled her eyes. Stop acting like you do not understand. But I'll let Mirena explain.”Mirena gave me a smug smile. “Ten years ago, IIattempted to become richer than every other witch I knew, after being the weakest witch in my clan. I was bullied, insulted, maltreated, and punished for being weaker and hated it.”She paced around, face contorted in anger. “I hated it, and being stronger than everyone I knew became my one goal. I spent years hiking, going to different towns for a way to be stronger, the strongest witch that ever existed. No one knew how to become more powerful. I had to settle with Dark magic but it wasn't as powerful as I wanted.”“So how did
Damon“What the hell are you talking about?” I eyed him, skeptical of what he may be talking about.He let out a rushed sigh. “My grandmother was a witch.”My brows shut up. “What?” I asked in surprise. Having a witch as a mate was almost impossible. Everyone knew that the moon goddess was strictly for wolf to wolf mating. “How is that even possible? The moon goddess hardly mates a wolf with a witch.”He nodded, sweat beading on his forehead. “She hardly does, but she did this time.”I moved closer to him as I wrapped my mind around his words, surprised at the technical aspect of that. “So what? You can do magic? If you can why are you still trapped in here?”He shook his head and let out a shaky sigh. “I can’t. I can only use spelled objects. That’s why I was able to help hide Celine when she wanted to dodge the big dog and your men.”I rolled my eyes, but everything made sense. “I figured. You guys made me doubt my security team. To be fair I already was after learning Sheila infilt
DamonMy blood dripped onto the floor and a groan left my lips as the dagger shot pain deep into my arm. “The blade is silver.” I groaned, shutting my eyes tight and waiting for Neil to finish so I could be free of the excruciating pain I was feeling. This is for the kingdom, for Kaiden, and for everyone that the witch and Sheilah have killed. “Hold on, I am almost done.” Neil gritted out as he focused on my bleeding arm. His lips moved rapidly as he said what I assumed were spells and I felt a burning sensation in the place that was slit open. “Fuck.”Ii cried out. “That hurts like hell, on the bright side, I am glad it's working.”Neil managed a ghost of a smile. “Better late than never. I just had to lose my only family to get here.”The dagger began to glow, the tip getting hotter and hotter and Neil pulled it out.He cut the chains on our wrists with it, before yelling out to the dagger.“Destroy!”The sound of footsteps rushed towards the cell, but before the guards could take
DamonNeil and i snuck into the castle, weaving through the corners and careful not to allow anyone see us as I was supposed to be dead and he was wanted in the kingdom.We reached the guard’s quarters, where the new head guard, Rowan, was stationed. He was standing near the entrance, scanning the hallways. His hand moved to his sword when he noticed us approaching, but his eyes widened in shock when he recognized me.“Beta Damon?” His voice was barely above a whisper. “You’re—”“Alive,” I cut in. “No time for explanations. You need to act fast.”Rowan hesitated, “I don't understand.... How are you alive?”“Sheila,” I said, stepping forward. “She’s the traitor. She’s the one who orchestrated everything and killed the king’s mate and child.”Rowan’s brows furrowed. “What?”I gripped his hand tight, pinning him with a stern stare. “You have to do as iIsay, Rowan. Take all your men and make sure she doesn't leave your sight.”Neil andIi stormed away to the direction of Kiaden’s room.Rowa
Chapter 93KaidenI did not want to be correct. Damon could not have died without cause. My researches were all pointing to one thing: what Damon said the day before Sheila declared him missing. “Sheila is not who you think she is.”I have never really had feelings for Sheila. I took her in as my wife so I could stop rumours and hurt Celine, and I felt all she wanted was power, but after Celine’s disappearance, she has been helpful with her witch, and after Celine’s death, she had been nice and caring. I could not imagine what I would have been if she hadn't been here helping me during the period of my grief.But could Sheila be working against me? I did not want to believe it.There was no evidence of her evil acts if there was ever any. We needed more servants, although the number was questionable, but there was an act so threaterous to make Sheila evil. I only had the drained children lead, but no guard has seen any strange evidence that she was responsible for that.Was I missing
SheilaKaiden walked into the room, his eyes sharp as he took in my presence. I could hear Damon and Neil screaming and trying to touch him, and i ignored them. As funny as it is to wtach them try their best to leave my web, i could not let it happen. Mirena giving me that powder to make them invinsible was genius, and it came at the right tme because i could see Kaiden was beginning to suspect me.I could kill Kaiden, but iIwas too attached to the dream of him falling for me. When I had iIrulled all three major kingdoms, i would maIe him my man, whether he liked it or not. Tonight, the ritual had to go as planned. I am sick of taking blood.“A guard was just bleeding downstairs.” he said, and i stiffened. He was not supposed to see that. Did the guard say anything? Markus was supposed to finish him off. That bastard felt he could arrest me, but I made Markus put him down before he could tell Kaiden anything. I should have been more careful. Did he say anything?“What happened? Is he
KaidenIt disgusted me how easily she played the role of my devoted wife, how she stroked my hair and whispered reassurances as if she weren’t the very monster I needed to destroy. I had been blind for too long, but now I saw clearly. I have been a fool for so long.I stormed out of the room, my hands clenched into fists, but I forced myself to stay calm while considering mindlinking with one of my trusted guards but I thought against it as I remembered she had infiltrated my kingdom.And judging from the lack of Damon’s presence anywhere and her shaky demeanor, I knew something was wrong. Someone told her I spoke to Rowan. The same person who tried to silence him. I stormed into the soldier floor where they all stayed, and they froze immediately as my cold eyes landed on them.“Your majesty.” They chorused, bowing as if it were once rehearsed. I had to be cautious. If Damon was alive, and the dead one in that pack was a fake, then magic must have been in play.Damon did warn me agai
Sheila“Look, boys,” I called out. “Look who's getting away with it,” I smirked as I walked to the back of the abandoned stables to see Mirena communicating with the forces to begin my ritual.The candles dwindled as the wind whirled directly opposite, and I smirked as I walked to the slab where Damon stood pinned, his whole body tense as he watched the sky. I guess he had given up so easily. Neil, on the other hand, was pinned to the wall. He was my first test subject when this worked out.As for the children and Teens whom I needed to take blood from, they were lined up in the other room. I had to bathe in the blood we collected from that pack, and when it worked, I had to drink from their necks instead for the ritual to work. Why settle for just a queen when I can become a monster that is feared by everything and everyone?Mirena paused her whispering and picked up an ancient-looking knife. She met my gaze. “Are you ready, my lady?”I undid my robe, letting it fall and pool by my
Charles “What? You want something in return? Hmn?”She asked as she folded her arms across her chest. “Would you just shut up and let me talk?” I barked, my anger already bubbling.“Okay fine,” she replied as she rolled her eyes. “But, what do you want me to do to make you just stop whatever you're doing? What do you want me to do to make you cancel this fight?” she said to me, looking a bit desperate. I looked at her and smiled faintly. “Are you sure you're ready to hear it?” I asked her, and she looked at me, impatiently saying, “Just spit it out already!” Before I could even say anything more, we heard footsteps clearly walking straight to our room, followed by Kaiden's voice calling out Celine's name. I immediately took her and hid in a corner of the room where Kaiden wouldn't see us. He opened the door and scanned the room, but he didn't see us. He closed the door back while Celine and I were too busy hiding in a corner, and we were too close in a very romantic way. I sta
CharlesI felt a strong presence as I sat in the ruined temple, thinking about what to do to fight Kaiden and how to reclaim my mate and make her mine. I looked around, trying to sense where the presence was emanating from, and before long, I saw the priest standing right behind me, looking deeply and intently at me. He bowed and greeted me. “My king, I came to discuss something important with you,” he said to me. I looked at him and asked, “What did you come here to discuss? Why did you just come all of a sudden? Did someone from the pack tell you something? What do you think would happen? You want to get yourself into trouble?” I said to him, but he just looked at me. “Don't worry, my king, nobody is going to see me. Only you can see me,” he reassured me. “So what did you come here to discuss about?” I asked him, and he replied, “It’s about Celine. About how you are going to reclaim her and what we are going to do next. I want to ask you how far your plan has been going and h
Kaiden“How did you find out about all of this? Who told you that? I—I awakened him on purpose. How did you know about this stuff that happened inside the cave? The coffin back there?” She questioned me. But I just stared into space and flashed back to when Charles came to meet me in the throne room. I saw him walk in gracefully, looking heavenly and handsome. He was looking so divine, and I felt inferior to his heavenly grace. But I didn't say anything and wondered why he had come to meet me back there in my throne room. I saw him walk gracefully up to me and say, “Very soon I will take Celine away from you. I will take her away from you completely. Did you even know that she came to meet me and confront me? Even though her mother stopped her from coming here to meet me, she still came. And that was why she awakened me back there at the coffin. Do you think she did it mistakenly? No, it was not a mistake. She did it purposely. She awakened me because she felt she couldn't resist me
Kaiden I opened my eyes and found myself lying in bed with Celine by my side. I looked at her beautiful face and brushed off the air that was covering her face partly as I looked at her intensely with so much love and care. “I wonder what she did to me to make me fall so deeply in love with her as much as this. Don't worry, Celine. I promise you nothing is going to happen to you, and I won't let anybody ever hurt you. No one will ever dare to lay a finger on you as long as I am here, and nobody is going to ever take you away from me as long as I am alive and breathing,” I whispered to her carefully so as not to wake her from her sleep. She looked so peaceful, lying there in my arms. I felt determined to protect this woman as much as I could protect my life because she was like my lifeline, and I wouldn't want anything that would take her out of my arms. “You will never go through any harm. I promise that nothing will ever bother you as long as I'm here. I will share your pain with
Celine“Did Charles really say all that to you?” “Yes, he did. I have been having a lot of nightmares about him. He's always coming into my dreams telling me I'm his mate and no matter what I do, it would make me his. I only went there to confront him and tell him to stay out of my dreams. But he threatened me, and I didn't know what to do. I walked out of his house in annoyance yesterday,” I explained better to Kaiden, and he hugged me and said, “I'm sorry. I didn't know that that was what really happened. Charles twisted the whole thing and lied to me about you coming to his place. He lied. He twisted the whole thing around and lied. I'm sorry. I should have believed you first. I should have asked you what happened before blaming you.” “It's fine. You don't have to apologize. You only acted on impulse. I know how much I mean to you. That's why you acted that way,” I said to him and calmed him down. Then he released me from the hug and said, “Why did you come here in the first pl
Celine When I got to my room, I couldn't stop thinking about what my mom had revealed to me and what Charles had said. A lot of thoughts kept on flooding my head as I remembered how Charles threatened to reveal what I did. How I awakened him and my mom in the coffin that day if I didn't agree to be his mate. I didn't know what to do. And I hoped my mom would devise a plan to stop him from forcing me to be his mate. I hoped. I hoped that he wouldn't disturb me in my dreams tonight and let me sleep well and rest properly. Because I was seriously tired of him being in my dreams and disrupting my sleep. I couldn't rest well for the past few days because of the nightmares he'd been giving me. I just hoped that me confronting him today would make him stop and give me a break. Maybe just for this night because I was really tired, and my head was filled right now with a lot of thoughts. I sat on the bed and kept on thinking about how to convince him to leave me alone and not force me to be
Rose. I just sat there staring into space, helpless. I couldn't bring myself to tell Celine that I couldn't explain to her how she was the opposite of the Moon Goddess. I could remember back then; it came to me as a flashback. Celine was busy playing right outside our house. And then the Moon Goddess…It was almost close to the celebration of the Moon Goddess. The Moon Goddess did something to show her appearance and that she was happy with the pack members. But then Celine got very angry and did something that she wasn't supposed to do. I quickly ran outside and went to her. “Celine, stop. Don't do that ever again. Nobody can ever know that you can do this. Do you understand me? You can't make everybody find out what you just did today. We have to keep it a secret between you and Mom. Okay?” I said to her. And she immediately got scared. I started thinking, what did this girl choose to do? How could she do that to something that the Moon Goddess did? How could she do something li
Celine. I was more than scared of him right now. Yes, I was really scared, and I didn't know what to do anymore. I just stood there, dumbfounded and short of words. I couldn't say anything, and I was shaking already in fear.Hearing this, I realized that there was nothing I could do about this problem right now. I needed to go home and think about it and maybe talk to my mom if she had finally woken up to look for a plan to stop Charles from claiming me as his mate. I didn't utter a word. He started to walk out of his place, but then he said something that made me stop in my tracks. “You, no matter what you do, Celine, you will still be my mate. And I'll make sure that I make you mine. I'll make you my mate. No matter what happens to me, no matter what plan you devise, I'll still make you my mate, and there's nothing that you're going to do about it,” he yelled back at me, and I didn't even turn to look in his direction as I stormed out of his house in frustration. When I got outs
Celine“What do you want to talk about?” “Why have you been coming into my nightmares? I know you have been doing it on purpose. This is not the first time nor the second that I'm seeing you in my dream, and I want you to stop coming into my dream right from this instant.” He laughed sarcastically and looked at me. I scoffed and wondered why he was laughing, and then he stopped and apologized. “I'm sorry for laughing like that, but you just look so funny.” I looked at him with seriousness showing on my face. But then he burst out laughing again, and I immediately felt irritated by his laugh. Everything about him irritated me. I just hated the way he was laughing right now. I needed him to be serious, and here he was laughing, I thought to myself. Then, after a while, he stopped laughing and kept a straight face. “Okay, what made you think that I'm purposely coming into your dreams? Maybe you are just saying things. Maybe it's because you can not just resist me. That's why you ar