Throughout the day, Lilian was distracted, even Alessandro could see that something was wrong with her. At the end of the day, she declined his invitation to go out for dinner, claiming that she wanted to go home and rest. He kissed her forehead and told her to rest.She went home, she debated in her mind whether to tell her aunt about what happened or not, in the end she decided against it.When it was nearly eight, she went out, telling her aunt she was going to meet business clients.She got to the Luna and called the number on the business card he had given her."I am at the Luna, where are you?" she asked."I see you already, look up, I am holding up an handkerchief." she looked up and he was seated in the corner of the room holding up a white handkerchief.She hung up the phone and went to meet him. She sat down across him."I am so glad you came, I was feeling bored and needed to go out." he told her."What do you want in order to keep shut." she asked as soon as she sat down.
CREEKWOOD PACKRicciardo laid on his bed reading a book, it was already past midnight and he couldn't sleep. Jax wasn't at home so he had nobody to keep him company.Ricciardo thought about Jax, he was aware that he was falling for Jax with every passing day.At times, it scared him, how much feelings he had for Jax.He heard a knock on the door and the door opened. It was Jax."Hey." he whispered as he entered."Hi." Ricciardo whispered.Jax joined him on the bed, "I brought you something." he said as he dropped a box of pizza on the bed."Pizza!" Ricciardo exclaimed in excitement."The Alpha who hosted us ordered a lot of pizza, I thought you would like one." Jax told him."Did you eat?" Ricciardo asked him."Not much.""Jasper, are you ever going to tell me why you don't like eating? Dean and Trina have told me that you weren't always like this? What changed?" Ricciardo asked.Jax looked away and refused to meet his eyes."It's okay, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to.
THE CITY OF NEW LANTERNS.Lilian remained distracted the next day at work. She kept thinking about Lucien's proposal. Would it really hurt if she gave him the recipe and the plant? A voice whispered that giving knowledge of the plant would be disastrous. But if she didn't, her life here would be over. She had painstakingly built her life here, she really didn't want it to end. Neither did she want to go to prison.She was so lost in thought that she didn't notice Alessandro in front of her.It was when he snapped his fingers that she snapped out of her daze."Yes, did you say something?" she asked him.He bent down to look at her face, "Baby, are you sure you are okay?" he asked her."I am fine, just feeling tired and stressed.""Well it's almost closing time, let's leave." he told her.She packed up her things and they left the office together.She followed him to the garage."Where is Giovanni?" she asked."I gave him the day off, come on, let's go." he told her as he opened the car
THE CITY OF NEW LANTERNS "Yes, I want you to join my pack" Alessandro replied her."Why? You don't even know me?" Lilian asked. "Baby, I know you enough." Alessandro told her. "Alessandro.""Lilian, every werewolf needs a pack, you can't keep being a lone wolf." Alessandro told her, he patted her head, "Isn't it quiet in there? Don't you want to hear the voices of your pack in there? Little Lavender needs to grow up among his fellow werewolves." Alessandro tried to persuade her. "What if we break up? Am. I still allowed to be in the pack?" she asked. "If we do break up, you are still a part of the pack, I am not asking you to join the pack as your boyfriend. I am asking you to join the pack as an Alpha who cares about you.""Can I think about it?" she asked. "You can but you have to come to our next pack meeting as a guest. You are not allowed to say no.""Okay, I will be at your next pack meeting." she told him. He leaned in to kiss her, "Thanks baby." he whispered. "You are
THE CITY OF NEW LANTERNSLilian was getting ready for bed when she felt a sharp pain in her chest.She screamed and laid down on the floor.Her aunt and uncle rushed to her room. They crouched down on the floor close to her worried."What's wrong baby?" they asked."Jax.... Jax rejected me." she said as she groaned in pain. "Why is he doing the rejection now?" her aunt asked worried."do you think he found us?" her uncle asked."he probably found someone knew." Lilian managed to say over the pain she was feeling."Will you be okay? What can we do?" her aunt asked."Nothing, I just have to wait until the pain goes away, just help me to the bed."They helped her to the bed and she laid down. Even though she insisted that she was okay and that there was no need for them to stay, her aunt and uncle insisted on staying to look after her.The next morning, Giovanni came to pick her up as usual. Her aunt met him at the door and told him that Lilian wouldn't be able to go to work because she
CREEKWOOD PACK"What can I do to make you feel better?" Ricciardo asked."A kiss would be good." Jax said.Ricciardo smiled and leaned in to kiss him.Unknown to the both of them, Dean was already at the door frozen in shock from what he was currently looking at.Dean decided to silently tip toe back and then he made a lot of noise walking back to the door.The two sprung apart when they heard him coming. Dean entered the room looking completely innocent like he knew nothing.Ricciardo helped Jax to sit up and drink water."You have to go round and check that everything is in order." Jax told Dean."Of course, I am already on it. I will tell Trina to come sit with you and look after you." Dean replied."Don't bother her, I will look after him." Ricciardo said."if that's okay with you?" Dean asked Jax."That's very much okay." Jax replied."Okay, I will leave you two then." Dean said.He left the room leaving them alone. Ricciardo pulled a chair closer to the bed and sat down. "Tell
THE CITY OF NEW LANTERNSAfter dinner, Lilian escorted Alessandro to his car."Thanks for having dinner, my uncle really loved your company." she told him.He held her hand and drew her closer to him."What about you, did you like it?" he asked her."You know I always love your company.""I also enjoyed having dinner with your family. It gave me the feel of being with a family. I haven't felt that way in a while now."She reached up with her free hand and stroked his hair."Oh sweetie, you can come here anytime you want." she told him."Thanks baby, can I ask you something though?""What is it?""Why did you tell them about us now? I remember asking you about it before and you refused.""You choose to trust me despite my complicated past that you know little about. If you can do that for me, why should I keep you a secret?""I noticed that they don't know i am a werewolf?" Alessandro asked."No they don't, I prefer it that way. They don't have a good experience with werewolves. Maybe
CREEKWOOD PACKDean looked at his mate in shock, his mouth was agape, he tried to speak but no sound came out.Trina smiled and squeezed his hands softly."Dean, breathe." she reminded him.He inhaled and tried to calm down."Are you serious? You aren't pulling a prank with me, are you?" he asked her.Trina shook her head, "No baby, I am serious, I am pregnant." she replied.Dean leaned forward and hugged her tightly. "I can't believe we are going to be parents." he said."We are baby. We are going to be parents soon" Trina replied as she hugged him back.After they had finished hugging, Dean placed his arm around her and kissed her forehead."Jax would be so excited to hear this." Dean said.Trina looked up at him, "do you think so?""Yes, why wouldn't he be happy?" Dean asked her."Don't you think it might remind him about Lily and the fact that she left with his child?" Trina asked."Oh shit! I didn't even think of that, see why I always praise your smartness?" he told her."Stop i
"Good, If you fully agree, then let's head over to his palace" the leader told Feyre.The council, along with Feyre and the others with the help of the witches, went to the king's palace.The king was surprised to see them, especially the council."What brings the council here? Is there a problem?" he asked the council. Then he looked at Feyre."What did you do now?" he asked."I think you should be asking yourself that question" she replied."And what do you mean by that statement? Is that how you address your father now?" he asked her furiously."You are no father of mine" she told him."We are here to take you into custody and put you on trial for the allegations leveled against you by your daughter" the leader of the council."What allegations? This brat is just lying because she wants to be queen" the king replied as he glared furiously at Feyre."The allegations are; consorting with a demon, locking a child up and abusing him, going against the natural order of the world by brin
"OK, I will be nice to her" Ricciardo agreed with Jax.Jax drew him closer and kissed him."That's my lovely mate" he said fondly.Ricciardo smirked and unbuttoned his shirt."Well, your lovely mate would like to show you just how lovely he is" he whispered to Jax."Really, huh? Then show me." Jax whispered back.Ricciardo pushed him gently to the bed and climbed on him.And he spent the night showing Jax just how lovely he was.THE NEXT MORNINGLily was brushing her hair in front of the mirror. Constanza had already gone down for breakfast after failing to convince Lily to join her.There was a knock on the door, Lily thought it was probably Jax."Come in" she said.She was shocked to see Ricciardo coming in with a tray."Good morning" he told her."Good morning" she said in a confused voice."I brought you breakfast" he told her."Thanks, I apologise for inconveniencing you" she replied while looking down and fidgeting with her fingers."Oh, it's okay. You didn't inconvenience me. J
"That old monster" Dustin seethed."he will definitely pay for everything he did" Ava assured Killian."he will, can you say this in the trial incase they need you to testify against him?" Dustin asked Killian."I can" Killian replied.Ava squeezed his hand affectionately. "Don't worry, we will be there to support you" she assured him.Dustin stood up. "I have an idea""what is it?" Ava asked."Killian, have you shifted since the unbinding?" Dustin asked his son."No" Killian answered."Then I know what we can do, we will go out, shift and run around the yards. Ava can chase us with our vampire skills""You are a vampire?" Killian asked Ava, Reni must have left this part of the story out."Yes, I got the vampire side from mom. You got the werewolf side from dad" she replied.Killian fidgeted with his fingers. "What if I am still the wolf of shadows?" he asked."Then you are the wolf of shadows. It's not a big deal, we still love you regardless" Dustin told his as he ruffled his hair a
"I am afraid that's true Lily, maybe you need to face your past. I think you should talk to Dean and Trina, really explain yourself to them. Apologize sincerely" Constanza advised Lily."Thanks Lily" Lily appreciated Constanza for her advice."You are welcome. I really can't wait for everything to be over. So I and Killian can figure out what we want to do with our lives" Constanza said wistfully.Lily patted her hand sympathetically. "Don't worry, everything will be okay soon. If there is one thing I am sure about Ava. It's that she is completely determined" she comforted Constanza.SALVATOREAva, Killian and Dustin were together in one of the rooms."Can you tell us about our mother?" Killian asked Dustin.Dustin smiled as he thought about Freya."Of course. Her name was Freya, she was very beautiful. She wasn't kind or warm at all. She was even more vicious than Feyre" Dustin chuckled fondly as he thought of the past."Why then did you fall for her? Even when you had a mate?" Ava a
Lily thought about what they said. 'They were right, she needed to get used to staying at Creekwood. How would she be comfortable with leaving her son in Creekwood if she didn't feel safe there."Fine, I will go with Constanza to Creekwood". She told Ryder."that's a good idea because we will all be busy securing the pack and you will be much more safer in Creekwood. The king wouldn't look for you guys there." Ryder told her.And so it was settled, Lily and Constanza would go to Creekwood.Evena, Dreya, Ava, Dustin, Killian and Dante went to Salvatore.SALVATOREQueen Feyre was in her throne room when they appeared."Oh! The whole gang is here." she said when she saw them."Your highness" Evena and Dreya said with a slight bow.Feyre stood up from her throne and walked to Killian. She cradled his face in her hands. "I am so sorry, my dear child, I had no idea that you were suffering under my father or that you survived. I would have rescued you long ago, if I had known. Please find it
After the burial, they all went to Fireblood pack.Ava was happy that they were back, she hugged Killian for a long time, both siblings relaxed in each other's arms, feeling fulfilled.Then they sat down in the living room to discuss the way forward. "so you mean to tell me that the demons were just setting a trap so they could come back to this world?" Ava asked."Yes, that's what happened, he would have taken over Killian's body and tried to release the banishment" Dreya replied."The vampires of the past must have banished them for a reason" Ryder said thoughtfully."It might have been because of their power. Azazel wasn't even using his full strength and we couldn't stop him, what if he was at his full strength. Can you imagine, such powerful creatures roaming about. They would be gods" Dreya told Ryder."And Azazel called himself a god" Killian reminded Dreya."How then did Reni manage to send him back?" Ava asked."Reni did a blood sacrifice, he exchanged his life for Killian's.
THE KINGDOM OF HADES (THE DEMON KINGDOM)Reni opened his eyes, he was in a raging bed of fire. The strange thing was he didn't feel hot."where am I? Is this heaven?" he asked aloud.He heard someone laughing, he looked up to see Azazel sitting close to him on a throne made of fire."Welcome to hell" Azazel said.STARLIGHT COVENKillian was in bed with Constanza, the both of them were snuggled up under his blanket."I can't believe Reni is dead, and he died just to save me" Killian said."He must have really cared for you" Constanza said, still in shock about Reni's death."This is all my grandfather's fault, if he hadn't done that deal, Reni wouldn't be dead now" Killian said furious."But then you wouldn't be alive" Constanza reminded him."And he is so dumb that he didn't realize that he was playing into a well laid trap by the demons""Killian, I have a confession to make." Constanza said tentatively."What is it?" he asked her."When we were in Fireblood, I told Ava about you. I
He looked at Azazel, determination shone in his eyes.Azazel smirked, "What are you going to do little witch?"Reni looked him dead in the eyes and he said, "Old gods, I offer myself as a blood sacrifice, send Azazel back to hell and free Killian of his clutches."Azazel dropped Dreya and looked at Reni in horror. "What have you done? How do you know about that?" he asked."Like you said, I am brilliant. I read a lot, that's how I know." Reni replied."No.... This isn't how it should end, I was supposed to win." Azazel said. A great wind started which took Azazel away and the fog and shadows cleared. The cell holding Killian disappeared and he was free. Reni dropped to his knees, blood pouring out of his eyes, nose, mouth and pores in his skin. Dreya and Killian rushed to him."Reni, what did you do?" Killian asked."I saved you, you are free" Reni struggled to say through the blood in his mouth."We need to go back and help you." Dreya told Reni."It's too late, you can't do anythi
"Or you actually planned it all and the king fell into a well laid trap" Reni told him."Oh, you are right. I see why you are brilliant, you see a lot of things that aren't there. I planned it all, I made sure the king had only daughters, made him not to have a male son, killed his daughter and grandson during childbirth.""Did you really do all that?" Dreya asked sceptical."No, I might be a god but I am not that powerful. Everything that happened, that led us here happened because of greed and selfish desires.""What do you mean?" Reni asked."The king wanted a male when he had two wonderful daughters. Dustin had an affair with Freya when he had a beautiful mate. The king should have let Killian die but no he wanted to change fate. I had nothing to do with all this, I simply took advantage of it" Azazel said with a shrug."Why were the demons banished anyway, the vampires must have had a good reason." Dreya asked.Azazel became furious, "They were jealous of us, of our power and th