~ KILLIANAs we reached the steps that led to the second floor, I felt a wave wash in my direction, and it threw me down the stairs.“Holy shit! What the hell was that, Jared?” I said as I hit the floor, falling on my back.Jared, who had not climbed the stairs, stood where he was and laughed at me.“I told you a strong sorceress held that fort. Are you ready to listen to me now?” He said.“Okay, Jared. So how do we get through this obstruction?” I said, standing up from the floor and beating the dust off my clothes.“This alpha, with it, we can repel that,” Jared said as he brought out a dagger from the side of his coat and another liquid in his hand. I watched the display before me. My beta seems to have become something else; whatever it took to get Laura out of there, I was down for it."Okay, do your thing,” I said to Jared as I raised my right hand, pointing for him to take the lead.Jared turned to me as he poured some of the liquid out of the small glass bottle onto the dagge
~ KILLIAN“It’s time I killed this witch,” I said as I launched my attack toward her.That was the wrong move I had made. I shouldn’t have done that because what she did next almost sent me to the other side of life.She raised her hands and lifted me as I stood mid-air and watched as she waved her hand and I flew out of the window, hitting the floor face-first.I was in a bit of pain before my wolf healed me and I transformed into my wolf form and ran before jumping high and into the first floor, which was as high as I could jump.I saw Jared running down the stairs. I ran back up to the second floor as fast as I could.Jared spoke out to me saying, “Alpha I guess she would be a hard kill I’ll create a distraction so you could swoop up behind her and end her for good.”That was a smart move by my beta, Jared. But the problem remained: how could we create a distraction? I thought about it as I remembered we had Lionel and his men outside. I ordered Lionel to fire as many Silver bulle
~ SELENA“I'll be your Luna. I love you.” Those were the last words I said to him.I could hear them yelling as I slipped out of consciousness, my eyelids closing as I mustered strength within me to say the next words, “My babies, they’re coming... I am weak…Ki..Kil…KillianBefore my eyes went blank, I could see Jared and Lionel coming close to me. The worry in their hearts got to me, as I knew I wouldn’t make it.Life has been cruel to me, and here I lay, ready to give it all up, even giving up on my unborn kids. Killian held my head as he begged me with a scared look on his face. For the first time ever, I saw the man I loved express a degree of dread I had never witnessed.Was this goodbye? Is this how people breathe their last? I had questions filling my mind but there was nothing I could do about them. I didn’t know where we were and we obviously were in a place far away from the pack and from Killian’s hospital.“She needs an operation; we need to get Laura to the hospital,” K
~SELENA“Today is Daddy and Mummy's marriage anniversary.”I stood there, looking outside the balcony. I heard my twins argue as they disputed if this day or the next was my anniversary with Killian. It has already been 9 years. Nine long years, and it felt just like yesterday.A smile formed on my lips as I walked up to Ethan and Meagan.“You both are right about the wedding anniversary, and I couldn’t be more joyful. I have you both in my life and the best father anyone could dream of,” I muttered, holding them to my arms as I bent, reaching their level.“Mummy, it’s our costume day tomorrow, and I’m playing your role in the school, Mom,” Meagan uttered before shutting Ethan off from speaking. “Mum, I’ll be Luna for a day in school. I entered the contest and won. Will I also be Luna like you when I grow up?” Meagan finished up as I watched her beautiful eyes well up in wait for an answer.I didn’t know what to say to her. But I didn’t want to give her an answer she wasn’t pleased w
~ HUNTERI growled, anger welling up as my being was consumed with dealing with this curse.Alpha Hunter, locked up like a common omega who had committed an atrocious crime, but no, I was here holding myself back from bringing hurt to my people and revealing the other side of me I had held down for way too long.It was all my fault; this should have been a thing of the past, but I had chased her away, and she seemed to have been gone with the shadows. SelenaWho was my cure? I wish I had done better. I wish I had treated her with much more kindness. But look at where I am—inside a dungeon in my pack.Soon enough, the full moon would be over, and I could continue trying to live this life as though I were all okay—even though I knew deep within me that something was wrong.The camaraderie I had with Nadia was at an all-time low; my trust had waned for her, and I didn’t want to even set my eyes on her anymore.Sometimes I felt it was best to outrightly banish her from this pack, save fo
~ SELENA“Luna, someone is here at the door,” a maid called out to me as I stood in the waiting hall, addressing some of the guests from the neighboring packs.“What does he want?” I quizzed as I finished off with the guests.“He said he’s got a package for you and only you alone.”I wondered for a moment who could send a package for me and only me. That was weird, as I had never received a parcel here in my name.It’s always been a letter, just like the one I received today, sent by Alpha King Gregory to Killian for this year’s annual Alpha Gala.“Ask him to wait, I’ll be with you shortly,” I spoke as I walked toward the entrance of the pack's mansion.I saw a middle-aged man who should be somewhere in his early or mid-thirties. He was dressed in a delivery outfit and as I was close by, he gracefully, pulled out the bag which he wore on him and placed it gently on the floor.“Scared of breaking something,” I questioned as he gave out a wide smile. “Of course, Luna. I’m just a lowly
~ SELENA“It’s him; he’s the one,” I had a voice call out from my head as I felt dizzy all of a sudden.One moment, I felt on top of the world and now I was almost on my knees. Thanks to Droost and Lionel, who noticed and held me before any wandering eyes could come in my direction.I had seen a man, and his entourage had lots of paparazzi following him.He seemed to command a lot of respect as the crowd followed behind him. But I wasn’t someone who was concerned about another person’s clout or how others saw them. I was a bird in my own nest, a monk in my monastery.“Who is he?” I thought to myself before the voice in my head rang out once again, this time louder.“It is him, Hunter,”Alpha Hunter, the man who I had loved deeply but who had turned my life into pieces.I felt a wave and a sudden burst in my head. It felt like a circuit in my brain had been reconnected and the torrent was too much for me to bear in one piece.My whole body had been jolted into a wild shock and it thre
~SELENAIt's been over three hours since I came across Hunter and regained a chunk of my memories. Still, I couldn't shake off the pang from it.It was as if the sight of him reopened wounds in my heart that I had once been familiar with. The wounds I thought I had buried with the memories after that accident.Yes, I remembered everything: his betrayal, marking another woman, and making me live in a cloud of lies disguised as love.Right now, I wished I had never seen him. I wished I had never attended the gala altogether because the sting in my chest was too painful to ignore. My eyes had turned teary, and I was fighting back the tears, yet the pain spread like wildfire, consuming every shred of joy I had found over the past nine years.I had thought the father of my kids was someone endearing. I had thought my past was better than my present—that’s before Killian succumbed to our bond.“Are you okay, Luna?" Jared asked, glancing at the rearview mirror. He probably noticed the tears