THIRD PERSON’S POVDeclan had his own fair share of experiences with women. He knew that they desired him, even before he knew what a woman’s body felt like sexually. He had always thought that women were going to come easy to him, and so he let that happen. He did not have time for them. He knew that one day he would have to put in the extra work to make his mate fall in love with him whether he liked it or not, because he was automatically going to have a competition with his brothers. He had to shed some of his responsibilities and focus on her. But Daisy did not make it easy for him. Declan felt like she was afraid to open up to either of them and he understood why now. He had to beat the shit out of some of the jerks that were with his brothers the night that he had rejected her, and they told him all about it. How they planned it, down to how they decided the day that they were going to embarrass her. They had wanted to do it in front of the entire school, but they did not have
DAISY I could tell that Declan felt bad that I had treated him that way. I should not have, but it was the only way for me to get in touch with the feelings inside of me. I did not want to be labelled as the girl who was only with the sons of the dead alpha because I wanted something from them. I wanted to make something of myself, or else I will always be seen in their shadow. When everyone realised that I was pregnant in high school for one of them, unfortunately to the one that did not even care about me, then there was nothing I would be able to do to stop the rumours from getting even worse. This was so messed up. I had always wished to have love since I came into this pack. I did not know if in my past life, I had a lover or if I was even married. I wondered what was the story that made me not have a wolf, because that was abnormal. Was I cursed, or was I just born with an anomaly? I wanted to have answers to that so badly but there was no one to ask. I woke up randomly in the
DAISY I woke up to the taste of something powerful on my tongue. It was nothing like I had ever tasted before. So blunt and strong, like blood but the taste was amplified. My eyes fluttered open, and I realised that I had been clenching down on my teeth and that perhaps my gums had started to bleed. I eased my jaw as I started to feel conscious of the place where I was. In my room, with my body facing up. I had fainted, once again. I did not remember fainting like this all the time, but I guess it was because of the pregnancy. I was still using my body and overworking it the way I used to before. I needed to stop doing that. I did not want to rely on them finding me all the time when I was unconscious. How they had all known that I was hurt and had come to my aid immediately was beyond me. “She is up.” Someone said beside me, and it did not take me two guesses to realize that it was Declan. I remembered how I treated him the last time that he was here and how he was still here for
DAISY “Do you think we should get snacks?” Liam asked me as he propped his body up and dragged the covers to close the lower half of our bodies. “I mean, what is a story without something to munch on?” I replied. My stomach growled right then, and I was sure he heard that he decided to not comment about it. I did not know what time it was. From what I could see outside, it was dark, but it was getting brighter which meant that it was a new day. I was unconscious for the whole of yesterday. I wondered why they had hesitated to call the doctor if I had been passed out for so long. Maybe one had checked me and realised that it was nothing to worry about. Either way, I was glad that at least none of them knew the big secret I had that was growing in my belly. “You are right, Red.” He whipped his phone out of his pocket. He punched in a few numbers and dialled it. I heard the faint voice of the butler of the palace on the other side of the phone. Liam hung up and laid back down next to
THIRD PERSON’S POVLiam was scared for his life. Not literally, of course. This was not a threat to his life in any way, unless someone told her and she decided she did not want to have a murderer to mark her and become her soulmate for life. Someone who had killed the one person that she had ever loved and she looked up to on a pedestal. Things were not looking good for him and he needed to win the damn thing. Daisy did not belong in the arms of any of his brothers. She belonged to him and him alone, and he was going to do everything to make it so.He was not sure things were going the way he wanted them to go though, and it was going to kill him. It would be the end of him. He did not want to lie to her. If he was going to have a good relationship with her, then he would need to be as truthful as possible to her. It was the only way it would work. He could remember the events that led today that he had committed murder for the first time. The first time in his life that he had lost
THIRD PERSON’S POVLiam shuffled on the bed, and Daisy’s eyes fluttered as she shifted beside him. He did not want to disrupt her sleep. He really needed to pee and she was deep asleep. He had told her that he would not leave, but he really needed to get up and use the toilet, then call his best friend and tell her about the situation. Josette was one of his favourite people in the world. He had grown up with her and had been her protector ever since they were young. They never had any sort of feelings toward each other even when they were going through puberty. They were not each other's types and never had an interest in something like that. She knew all of his secrets, just like he knew every one of her secrets. She grew up in the orphanage of the pack and she was a maid at one of the houses of the rich men in the pack. They treated her well and they paid for her school, but the one other thing that was important that they did not give her was protection. Josette was one of the mo
DAISY A few weeks had passed since I started to get hallucinations, and they did not seem like they were about to stop. I did not know what it was. I wanted to go and find someone with more knowledge than me to help me figure out what was wrong with me, but I did not have the time to. I was burying my nose in my books and I have been making progress. I had bought all of the textbooks I was going to need, and I had been revising with Declan. He had offered to help me, and I could not say no because I wanted to spend time with him.During our time together, I realised something. I found out that he was very smart. I did not know that I was attracted to intelligence until he taught me something I didn't know and I felt a smile making its way to my lips. He was so perfect. Might not be my favourite at the moment, but he might be one day. I just needed to wait it out until my mind and body decided that it was time to make the decision. “Earth to Daisy.” Poppy clicked her fingers to my fa
DAISY “I can’t believe this.” I scoffed as I turned around on my heels but Poppy stopped me before I left the place where Josette and her friends were. I could not believe that Liam would do this to me. I had thought perhaps he might be the one because I am closer to him than his brothers, but that wasn’t it. He decided to ask her to be his date to prom while he did not even ask me. Was I truly that bad of a mate? Or maybe he was ashamed to have me as his date to prom. He was scared that he was going to be laughed at when they realized that his mate was a nobody. I was just a plain omega with nothing to offer him. The thought that Liam might have thought this made my fingers curl behind, pressing my nails to my palm. There was nothing I could do now that he had already asked her. He made his choice. It wasn’t like I could go and tell him that I wanted to be his date to the ball instead. That would be too embarrassing for me, plus I had other mates that I could fall back on instead
DAISY One year later. One year had passed since the day I had woken from my coma, and what a year it had been. Today, as I stood before the mirror in my bridal gown, the excitement and nerves intertwined within me, creating a whirlwind of emotions. This was the day Declan and I would become husband and wife, surrounded by our beloved pack, family, and friends.I smoothed my hands against my dress and I smiled when I felt the sheen feeling of the material it was made up of. I had never thought that I was going to be wearing a dress with such luxury as this some time in my life. I had always just thought that I was going to wear some cheap clothes when I came to this pack, even though I thought I was going to get married to Julian at that time. But it never settled in my head to have an extravagant wedding. Yet here I was, in one of the most expensive dresses anyone has ever owned in the pack and being the Luna of the pack. It brought so many privileges that I underestimated what it
DECLAN As I woke beside Daisy, the warmth of her presence enveloping me, I couldn't help but feel a sense of contentment wash over me. We had shared a peaceful and sensual night together, our worries momentarily forgotten in the embrace of our love. Is has been a month. A blissful month of love as we tried to forget the trials and tribulations our family had gotten through. We were raising our kids perfectly. I had legally adopted them as mine and I was going to raise them as that. I didn’t want there to be anything that was going to stop me from doing the right thing by them. I wanted to be there for them like my father was for me and give them the best childhood anyone could ever ask for. “Declan.” Daisy sighed under my arm, turning and leaning into me. I looked down at her face, her perfect little face. I would go to war for her. All I wanted was to stare at her and wait for her to fall asleep. But as much as I longed to stay by her side, duty called. Today was my coronation day
DECLAN As consciousness slowly seeps back into my mind, I found myself enveloped in a haze of confusion. I blinked, disoriented, unsure of where I was or how I had come to be here. What was going on? The last time I was awake, I was with my children and now I was in this strange place. A strange beautiful place. Everything seemed surreal, as if I were caught in the midst of a dream from which I could not wake. I stood up to my feet and at that moment, I could feel myself float. My entire body felt not as feathery as I walked on the grass, feeling a sense of calmness in the pit of my stomach. It was almost as if I was not depressed about how my mate had died. It almost felt like I had died because my emotions were not present. I looked around, trying to understand where I was, and then, amidst the swirling mists, I saw them. Julian and Liam stood before me, their smiles luminous and their presence a balm to my blank soul.My heart skipped a beat and I stood there in shock, a surge o
DECLAN I couldn't believe it. My brother, my triplet, was gone. I felt like the world was crashing down around me, suffocating me with its weight. I knew it was going to happen one day or the other. Once upon a time, I was fighting for this. To be the only survivor out of the three of us. I wanted this. Yet all I could feel was guilt and the most excruciating pain known to man. I wished I had never been born, because nothing could prepare for the death of both of my brothers. My body felt like it was floating in space as I staggered over to his lifeless body, my heart breaking with every step. Aurora and Wren were sobbing nearby, their grief echoing mine, but I felt so utterly alone. Once upon a time, it was the three of us. We were happy and vibrant even though we had misunderstandings but at the end of the day, we were triplets and we had each other. We have been together since we knew what life was. I was never going to be the same. I wanted my life to end at this point. There w
DAISY As I emerged from the swirling depths of the portal, my heart pounded in my chest with a mixture of anticipation and dread. I thought I had died. It seemed almost too real because I was in the portal that was for the dead. How was I still feeling after all of this? I could feel my consciousness coming back to me slowly. I could feel my fingers move, my body trembling from the trauma it had just gone through and sensation filling my nerves. I opened my eyes and the bright light clouded my vision. I was alive, back where it had all happened. But as my eyes adjusted to the familiar surroundings of our home, a wave of despair crashed over me. It has happened. The breaking of the curse, and Julian. Where the hell was he?I turned to check and there, lying beside me, was Julian's lifeless body, his eyes closed in eternal slumber. A strangled cry escaped my lips as I reached out to him, my fingers trembling with grief and disbelief."No, Julian," I whispered, my voice choking with te
DAISY I dreaded when the day was going to come eventually. It has been almost a month and even though the knowledge of what was going to happen was heavily upon us, we still did not allow that to stop us from being happy. Julian and I have been dreading the day that it will happen but even though we were, we were trying to put on happy faces for everyone. We desperately did not want anyone to remember us being depressed or being a burden. We were warned to relish the days we had left and spend them with positivity. Aurora and Wren have been working hand in hand to start up with the reverse spell.I had told them that I wanted to help since I was the one that created the spell in the first place but they disagreed with me and made me spend more time with my family and friends instead. I had been with Declan and Poppy trying out things I was scared to try out before. We had eaten so much that I was sure I had tried out every delicacy in the pack. We had tried different spots and had go
JULIAN Anger boiled within me and I had to act like it was not eating me up because I needed to put on the best face. The anger was swirling and raging against the injustice of it all. How could fate be so cruel, so relentless to our family? The weight of responsibility bore down on my shoulders, threatening to crush me beneath its burden. I didn’t want to blame Daisy. I really didn’t want to. She was a different person five centuries ago and what she did was justifiable because of what they did to her after. It was not even her fault. But I wished it never happened. I wished my ancestors were not fucking fools and didn’t try to do that to her. I hated everything about how this was unfolding. Lost in my thoughts, I barely registered the soft creak of the door as it opened into my dimly lit room. I glanced up, my gaze meeting the familiar features of my mother, Aurora. The resentment I had felt for her for so long immediately gripped me, churning within me at the sight of her. Even
DAISY Sunlight streamed through the windows, casting a warm glow over our cozy living room. Today was not the day to be depressed. It has been two days since the news was announced and even though everyone was depressed about it, we knew that we needed to look at the positives. Even if I died, I knew that my children were going to have a great childhood. They were not going to grow up knowing that one of them was going to die and the others were going to survive. I was happy about that at least. It was a day of celebration, a day to rejoice in the new beginnings that lay ahead even if it was without me. After everything we'd been through, it felt like a small victory just to be gathered here together, surrounded by love and family. Poppy and Wren decided on a cute little naming ceremony for us before everything unfolded. I watched as Julian bustled around the kitchen, his excitement palpable as he prepared snacks and drinks for our little party. He had been my rock throughout the p
JULIANThis all felt suffocating to me. I had thought this was over. The pain, suffering, and torment of dealing with loss and grief. But apparently it wasn’t. This time, it was not even someone that was dying on me. I was about to be the one that was going to die. Somehow, I had always thought I would be the one that was going to die first. I was the nonchalant one and didn’t really care about the crown. I knew that I was the less deserving one for the crown and being mated to our mate when we had her, so I was going to be the first victim of the prophecy. But unfortunately, I wasn’t and Liam was the one that fell into its ugly jaws first. I wish I was able to change it. I wished I could go back in time and die first because I could not deal with this. I have created holes in the middle of my room as I walked around. I was fighting the urge to carry a bottle of alcohol and chug it down but I had to be sober for my kids. If I were to die, I didn’t want to do it without anyone remem