DAMIAN We had to come up with an easy plan to make sure that Aurora was not getting hurt. I could not stomach what they were doing to her. My spies told me that she was suffering, and I could even feel it through our mate bond. I needed to go and save her. So we came up with a plan that we were not sure was foolproof, but I did not even care. The plan had been simple. We wanted to use stealth, precision, and no unnecessary bloodshed. But as we arrived, we knew that it was inevitable. Ethan had caught on to our movements, and all hell had broken loose. The werewolves had come out, ferocious as ever. They moved in a way that seemed weird to me, and I had every reason to believe that they were not even human. I slashed my sword through another one of his soldiers, the blade meeting flesh with a sickening sound. My muscles burned, and the scent of blood filled my nostrils. Around me, my men were fighting, but Ethan’s forces were stronger than I anticipated. I knew it was a big pack and
DAMIANI went to check Aurora after I was done with Ethan. Her car had just arrived because there had been some delay when they were going to get her. I felt so bad as I watched them get her in. I should have done more to make sure that she was alright. Aurora was limp in their arms. Her face was pale, her body weak, and blood stained her clothes.“Careful,” I ordered as two warriors gently laid her on the medical cot we’d prepared near the pack house.Cole stood beside me, his brow furrowed in concern. “She’s barely breathing, Damian. What did he do to her?”I clenched my fists, swallowing the lump in my throat. “Whatever it was, he’ll pay for it.”Evelyn stepped forward, her silver hair glinting as she put it in a bun. “She needs immediate care. If her wounds fester, she won’t make it.”I nodded, motioning for the medics to move quickly. “Get her inside. Do everything you can to stabilize her.”As they carried her away, Evelyn placed a hand on my arm. “She’ll recover. But you need
ETHANThe chains burned into my wrists, the silver laced with vervain burning my skin with every movement. I gritted my teeth, refusing to give my captors the satisfaction of hearing me cry out. The werewolves stood guard outside the cell, their faces smug as they muttered amongst themselves.They thought they’d won.Idiots.I leaned my head back against the cold stone wall, my mind racing. They’d underestimated me, as everyone always did. Damian and his pack believed chaining me up and throwing me in this hole would break me. But they didn’t know what I was capable of.The hybrid in me, the part that everyone feared but no one truly understood, was a weapon I hadn’t fully unleashed yet. This was all new to them and I was planning on taking it to my advantage. They did not know what I could do and what I was capable of. It was the only thing I could use right now that would help.Even I did not understand my capabilities, and I had not even tried to. But tonight, I would.The guards l
AURORA I sat at the long dining table, poking at the soup in my bowl with a spoon. My appetite had all but disappeared since… well, everything. My body was weak, thinner than I’d ever seen it, and my hands trembled no matter how much rest I tried to get. I wasn’t sure if it was the torture or my emotions that have been all over the place.It was torture trying to make everyone think that I am okay when I am not. But I did not even think they were going to believe me because they could see the way that I was trembling, like I was about to faint. Across the table, Anton sat down with his face as stern as ever. Evelyn, seated next to him, looked tense too. Damian was at the far end of the table. He was silent as his sharp green eyes scanning the room. It felt awkward. Seeing us seated like this when only a few months ago, Damian and Evelyn were together. It was almost humorous. “So,” Damian started, breaking the heavy silence. “This is cozy.”Anton snorted. “Cozy isn’t the word I’d us
AURORAAnton had not agreed for me to stay back in the palace. After what had happened, he fussed everyone until they agreed for him to allow me to leave with him. We were going to the coven in the middle of nowhere. He said the coven is covered with glamour that they had made when they were preparing for the war. Now that it was there, Ethan could not trace us.The ride with Anton was quiet, the kind of silence that pressed down on me heavily. The trees outside were blurry as I stared out the window, trying to focus on anything other than the nausea swirling in my stomach. My arms ached from the injections Anton had been giving me, and my head felt foggy more often than not these days.He said it was because he needed me to be stronger from the lack of blood. But instead it was making me feel even worse. “Are you okay?” Anton asked, breaking the silence. “I’m fine,” I replied curtly, not bothering to look at him.“You’ve seemed distant,” he continued. “The serums are working, aren’
AURORA It had been weeks since everything had happened and I have been looking closely, trying to see if there was something that was going to point me to what Sera had told me. I had tried to get Anton’s trust so he would let me handle the injections and so far, he had not allowed me. He said I needed to learn about it more. So I forgot about him allowing me to do it and then I decided that I needed to continue to run. I haven’t seen Sera since, thank Goodness so I could jog whenever I wanted without anyone stopping me. Today Damian had told me that he was going to come and I have been excited. When he came, I heard a knock by the door. I happily skipped to go and see him but then I realized that something was off. He was hunched over, blood seeping through his shirt, staining the edges of his jacket.“Damian.” I gasped, rushing forward.“I’m fine,” he grunted, his jaw tightening. He was obviously in pain. Had he gotten hurt trying to come and meet me? I instantly felt guilty.
AURORA I sat on the edge of my bed, staring at the empty space where Damian had been. I thought maybe he would return soon, maybe Anton had not done anything wrong to him but the more time passed, the more I was sure that Anton had done something wrong to Damian. My fingers trembled as I clutched the sheets, a sinking feeling taking hold in my chest.Something was wrong.Anton had been eerily quiet all evening. I thought he was going to try and come in to talk to me, but he had done nothing. I had tried brushing off my unease as I thought of what he was doing outside. Was he planning to the spell tonight? I knew I could not escape the glamour he had done in the woods so the thought of being so helpless sent shivers down my spine.What if he did something to Damian? The thought wouldn’t leave me alone.Suddenly, heavy footsteps echoed down the hall. My door burst open, and then Anton appeared in the room. His expression was darker than it was earlier. “Anton?” My voice shook as I sto
AURORATime stretched endlessly in the dim basement, the only sound being the faint crackling of the artefact in front of Ethan. The metallic smell of wolfsbane hung in the air, sharp and suffocating. My body ached all over, my wrists raw from the cuffs and my skin burning every time I brushed against the cage.Anton had left me after multiple tries to awaken the artefact but it would not work. It was as though it was in my favour. I was so glad as he left, giving me more chances to come up with the ways that I wanted to protect myself.I tried to summon my magic, my witch powers that had flickered to life before, but nothing happened. Every time I reached deep inside, I felt nothing. Just an empty void where power should be.“Come on,” I whispered to myself, gritting my teeth. “You’re a witch. You can do this. You have to.”But it was no use. The fear, the pain, the overwhelming anger all muddled my focus. I slammed my fists against the bars, ignoring the sting as they burned me.“Ge
AURORA It was raining. It never rains around here. I heard people whispering about it, saying that the earth knew that someone had just taken a great man, which was why it was weeping. I would not be surprised if they were right, even though I was not the type that believed in superstition. Today was the burial of Damian. I had cried so much for the past three days that I could not even recognize myself when I looked into the mirror. It was like a stranger was looking back at me every single time, and it terrified me to my bones. Damian’s body had been prepared as usual by the elders, and he was about to be cremated in the boat and sent in the ocean, so he could find peace. It was how burials happened apparently, since I have never really been to one. The last time I lost someone, I was not allowed to stay back for either of their funerals. I was shipped off to marry this man. The man that I was cremating now, and sending back to the earth that had brought him to life. I won
AURORA I wished there was a way to leave the fucking pack. Finally, Nancy had gotten me some blood even though it was not one that I would like to drink. It was animal blood, and it tasted low quality but at least it kept me alive. I felt like I had not unlocked all of the potential that I had until I was able to feed on normal blood from a person. I was looking forward to that. I had stayed with my brother mainly because I did not want him to feel alone after all of the months he spent alone. Counting down, it has already been a year since he was captured. Just a few more months to come. I also wanted to ask Damian why the hell hadn’t he brought back Silas to life until I realized that the day had passed. I was in the prison, and I had missed my only chance of getting back my true love. I cried for the entire day, and Logan and Nancy tried to comfort me but there was very little they could say. I couldn’t even say it was Damian’s fault. I was the one that made him do whatever he
DAMIAN I tried to get back into schedule after I waited three hours for Aurora to come and meet me but she did not. I had wanted to go and check if she was alright but that did not sound like a great idea. If she needed space, then perhaps I should grant her that. If she wanted to speak to me, then she would come and meet me. I paced in my room until I couldn’t anymore, so I headed to my bathroom and got ready for the day. I popped some of the hangover pills I had to help with the headache that was still prominent. Then I checked my reflection before I headed outside to my office where I was going to sign some documents for the new houses that are been built in the pack. When Alpha Matthew eventually surrenders, I would like to start building on the land so I was already starting to prepare it now. The birth rate had increased by some percentage, and in a few years to come there would be a shortage of homes people could afford. We needed something on a budget but also good qual
AURORA “Have you seen him?” Nancy burst through my room, startling me until I sat down, leaving my previously lying position. She looked excited, which was odd because there was absolutely nothing to be excited about. My life was in shambles and I was in desperate need to feed. She could not find any place to get blood for me because all of the blood banks in the hospitals around had vervain in them. It seemed like it was not only Damian who took the caution to have all of the subjects take vervain to prevent them from being food to vampires. I wished I could tell him but after what he had done yesterday, I could not bring myself to do it again. Not when the incident of yesterday still haunted me. He obviously did not take me with respect. If not, he wouldn’t have done that. “Who?” I asked her. The first person that came to mind was Damian . Perhaps something had happened to him. “Logan. He is out!” I did not expect to hear that early in the morning. I got off my bed an
DAMIAN I was disappointed in myself. I did not know that I had fucked up so much until when I woke up in the morning on my bed and my head felt like it was spitting into two. I was severely hungover from the other night. The only thing I remembered at first was that I was with Kai and we were celebrating the fact that Aurora knew that I was her mate. I was not sure of it, but I knew that there were high chances of that since I had gotten my own mate bond just a few days ago. I was so excited. The celebration morphed into a party, and then when I realized I was too drunk, Kai told me to stay back until tomorrow because it was a bad idea to go to her room and speak to her in that state. I had agreed with him but as the night passed and he was asleep, my urges got the better of me and then I was on my way to her room. I remembered going there and I remembered kissing her, and she pushed me away. Now that I was sober, my ego felt even more injured than it was but I still felt so fuck
AURORA I had a hard time writing the letter because I was not sure of what he wanted to hear. I did not know if he brought me out on his own accord or because he needed me for something regarding bringing his lost girlfriend back home. Because as time passed, since the two days that I was released, he had not come to see me. It was on the second day that I finally decided to send out of the letter to him. If he released me because he still believed that we were friends, then he was going to come and see me. If not, then it is what it is. I would just forget I ever wrote the letter and bury myself out of shame. Moments after I had sent the letter a few hours ago, I had started to pace in my room out of anxiety when Nancy came back into the room. I gave her a questioning look because it couldn’t have taken her this short period of time to have taken it to the alpha and yet here she was, already back. “Why are you already back?” I asked her. “One of his sisters collected it,”
DAMIAN I had very little time to decide if I wanted her to be in my pack or if I wanted her to take her away. The anti vampire committee had been trying to get someone who would be their sample, but I did not know if I would be able to just give her away because I was selfish. It was something I was not ashamed of admitting. I didn’t want to be away from my mate. She was the closest we could get to getting the work done but I couldn’t do it. Whenever I thought of giving her away, something stopped me from doing it. I had not told Kai yet because I knew what he was going to say. He did not like Aurora that much so of course he was going to tell me to let her go. She was my mate, and this was her secret so I had to protect it. I was going to do everything to make her feel better. It has been two days since I instructed that she was let out of the cage and I have been doing everything in my power to go and meet her because I did not know how the conversation was going to go. Of c
AURORA It almost felt unrealistic as I felt the cold air of the night hit my skin. I have been so starved of this and wanted to experience it again for the entire time that I was in the cell. I hoped that Logan was going to feel that way soon too. The cold, iron bars of the dungeon door clanged shut behind me, it marked the end of a nightmarish chapter. The moon bathed the streets in its ethereal glow as I stepped into the night, my senses acutely aware of every rustle and heartbeat around me. The guards that were holding on to me had let me go and I was free to roam. My legs hurt from being trapped in one place for so long and it took me a while to stop myself from limping as I headed towards the palace. I wished there was somewhere else that I could be, but I didn’t really have a choice. The palace was the only place I could go to. On my way back, I stumbled on so many random things on the way. I hissed. If Damian wanted me to be out then at least he should have sent so
AURORA I sat there in silence, hearing what my brother was telling me about my identity that I had not found out for a long time. I could not believe what I was hearing. It was all adding up, with every word he spoke. It made sense why my parents never really liked me in the first place. I was not their daughter. I was adopted into the family when their real daughter had died, and I was replaced by her. Only the immediate family knew, and it had been kept a secret all till today. I was surprised, but it was fleeting because it all made sense to me. He said that I was a hybrid, which meant that I was a werewolf and a vampire in one body. When I had died at the Elantine’s palace, that was when my vampire side was activated. I had technically been dead since then. My heart was not beating and I would not shift on the full moon because I had the power to do that now. Not even an alpha had the same potential as I did. He was stronger than me, but I could beat him in a combat because o