Ambrose POV
I went to see Theo. He was still bedridden. I knew I wasn't in my right mind when I attacked him, but it still hurt to see him like this.
"Theodore, I am so sorry about this," I apologized right away.
"You really fucked me up, bro." Theo laughed. He sat up halfway. "Look, I know it wasn't you, so I am not angry. I am angrier at myself for not being able to defend myself better. I feel like a weak little bitch."
Bitterness dripped from his voice, so I knew his pride was hurt.
"You couldn't have done anything against me. I was in my full Lycan form, and you know what happens when I'm in that state," I said.
'Still, we all had enough preparation to deal with that version of you. But it was as if you were way stronger that night." Theo frowned.
[The Lycan was being controlled,] my wolf said.
[Controlled by who?] I asked him.
[By your evil desires.]
I ignored my wolf and turned my focus back to Theo. "Your
Analyn POV I heard what Ambrose was thinking when he held our daughter. They were cruel, terrifying thoughts. He wanted to hurt her or, worse, kill her. But I hung in there. I knew he would snap out of it eventually because I could hear his inner battle between him and whatever it was that spoke to him. I could feel the pain inside him when he thought about killing his daughter. That's when I realized he was not all evil, and I could bring him back. I watched him hold her and then put her down. He had a pained expression on his face as if he was ashamed of himself. He ran off as soon as he saw me. I guess he couldn't face me after thinking those thoughts about our children. The darkness inside him was trying to manipulate him, and it was slowly winning him over. I had to do something before that happened, I couldn't let it win no matter what. "Do not trust Ambrose with the kids alone again, Sylvia. He's not ready for that yet," I told Sylvia l
Ambrose POV I reached for Ana in the morning, but she wasn't next to me. I squinted my eyes at the clock. It was way too early for her to wake up and leave the bed. Usually, the kids didn't wake up until later either. I went to find Sylvia and found her standing in the Kids' room. "Hey Ambrose, are you alright? Can I help you with something?" she asked when I barged in. "Where is Ana?" I asked. For some reason, I felt uneasy. Sylvia looked like she was taken aback by my question. Did I ask the wrong question? Her reaction made me even more anxious. "She's out," Sylvia said. I looked at her suspiciously. Out? What does that suppose to mean? "Out where?" "She is out with her friend," Sylvia said. "What friend?" I barked. I was getting impatient. What is with all these vague answers? Are we playing twenty questions? "Shirley, I think that was her name," Sylvia said. Oh...Shirley is Ana's best friend
Theodore POVI ran off to the forest to blow off some steam. The side of my body still hurt. And my face...Well, it was destroyed.No, I'm not someone who obsessed over their own looks but being scarred like this was a cherry on top after being rejected by my mate.Am I really so unlovable that she didn't even hesitate for one second? She didn't even give me a fighting chance.Yes, I wallowed in self-pity all night, so I left the house and spent the night in the woods.I also wanted to keep an eye out for the drider. I hadn't forgotten about my duties. I still had a territory to protect.I was surprised when I saw Ana. I didn't expect to see her walking around alone in the woods. I proceeded to call her name but stopped. She was acting sneaky, so clearly, she didn't want anyone to know that she was here. If I say something, it will scare her off.So I stayed hidden and watched her in secret.I walked stealthily and foll
Analyn POVI stared at the girl in front of me."Are you lost?" she asked again."I'm looking for someone," I told her.The girl squinted at me. "I've never seen you around here before, and I know all the faeries that live here. Where did you come from?"She knew all the faeries? How's that even possible? "That's crazy. You can't possibly know everyone here. How small is this world?""We are all connected. Why are you acting like you don't know how things work?" the girl said irritably. "I'm Nora, by the way.""My name is Analyn. How do you know I'm a fae? Is it because we are also connected?" I looked at her curiously."Because you look like one," Nora said. She looked even more confused than I. "Do you not know what you look like? Here," she stepped back and did something with her hands, so a mirror appeared in front of me.I let out a nervous laugh as I realized I was back in my fae body. It was as if coming through t
Analyn POV "What? Cat got your tongue?" Rania laughed again. "I can't believe it. You killed your own husband. Didn't you love him?" I managed to say. "Oh, don't look so disgusted. I didn't even love that bastard. I only made him fall in love with me because I wanted to take him away from your goody two shoes mother," Rania declared. "How could you do that to her! I thought she was your best friend," I exclaimed. "Yes, she was, but she was a fool. She loved me even though I was evil. If that's not stupidity, I don't know what is. So when I saw her pining over that wolf, I thought it would be delightful to steal him away from her, and I was right. Besides, it didn't hurt that the beast was amazing in bed." Rania smirked. Ugh! This lady is atrocious, I thought to myself. I didn't want to discuss this further as I had more pressing matters to deal with, like saving Ambrose from this evil witch. Maybe I will let him deal with her later. He
Ambrose POVSheer panic spread across her face as she talked about Theo. It was as if she remembered something."What is it? Why do you care where Theo is?" I snarled."Keep your jealousy in check, mister. It's not what you think," Ana teased me. She turned around and started running towards the forest.I followed her. What was she so frantic about? Theo is a werewolf, for fuck's sake. If he wants to hang out in the woods, let him.She halted. "I need to bring him back.""I'll ask again. Bring him back from where?" I said curtly. I couldn't understand why she was giving me all these vague answers. My suspicions grew every minute."I made a mistake. When I opened the portal to the fae world, Theo saw it and followed me inside. So I made another so he would come back here," Ana breathed."Yeah...so what?""Well, I must've opened up the wrong portal for him because he is not here yet!" she cried.I looked at her for
Analyn POVI knew I couldn't delay this too much. I had to take Ambrose right into the trap and let him meet his mother.I could see he could hardly contain his curiosity when I told him about her. But you know what they say, curiosity killed the cat."Tonight. After I spend time with our kids, we are going to see her, but you have to promise me something," I said.Ambrose lifted his brow. "What's that?""You won't believe everything she says or listen to everything she tells you. Only focus on me," I let him know."What could she possibly do to me? She's my mother," Ambrose scoffed.I did not want to tell him the things she told me and how she killed his father. It was not the time to make him angry."Hey, just listen to me for once, okay?" I insisted."Fine," he barked."Are you going to apologize to everyone for what you did?" I asked on the way back.Ambrose narrowed his eyes. "Apologize?" he looked at
Ambrose POVI stared at my so called mother. The woman in black. I could feel the dark aura surrounded her. She had the same green eyes as me, the same bone structures but that didn't stop me from feeling like she was a stranger."So it's you. My son, all grown up," Rania said. "I am not your son," I barked. I wasn't here to exchange pleasantries. I wanted answers."Ah, resilient. Just like your father." Rania's jaw tightened. "I gave birth to you so that makes me your mother.""You were never there for me when I grew up and that makes you a stranger," I argued. "Why did my father banish you?""Straight to point, huh? Well. Your father never agreed with my lifestyle. He married me because he thought I was some kind of an angel. All because he thought I was beautiful," she laughed. "He was stupid because I never loved him."She stared at me intently as if she was waiting for me to react."Why did you want me to
Ten years later..."Kaden, SLOW DOWN!" I cried out as our five year old child Kaden continued to terrorize everyone. I watched what went down in front of me, not sure how to handle our son, while Matthew and Konrad stood in the distance, stuffing their face with pizza, "Why aren't you stopping him!" I looked at them and roared.I was four months pregnant with Matthew's daughter Misty, so I was too hormonal and grumpy to deal with our demon child, who had now transformed into a dragon, spitting fire at everyone and everything."BURN, BURN, BURN!" Kaden chanted joyously.Ah, he was his father's son, alright. "Konrad! Do something!" I glared at Konrad."He is just having fun," he said nonchalantly.I turned my attention back to Matthew. "Then you stop him!"Matthew stopped eating his pizza and looked at me like he had no idea what I was talking about. "Huh? What do you mean? Why do I have to get him? It's Konrad's spawn of hell. Let him punish Kaden.""Because I already know Konrad, and
Sophia POV Is this really happening? Or is this a dream? I wondered as Matthew carried me to his bedroom. Tonight was finally the night I was to be mated to Matthew. I'd been thinking about it all day and let's just say my anxiety level was through the roof! "Don't be scared, Sophia. I won't hurt you. You trust me, don't you?" Matthew said gently. "I do," I whispered. Matthew put me on the floor gently. I felt like his piercing green eyes could look inside my soul and I felt nervous again. But it wasn't because I was scared of him. I could feel the heat between my legs as I watched him take his shirt off. I want him, and I can't even deny it to myself. [Holy hell, this guy is hot. I wonder how his wolf would feel when he buried his cock into you], my wolf cooed inside me, making me redder than a tomato. [Shut up! You will ruin the moment,] I hissed. I wasn't usually lusting over men like this, but for some reason, I could hardly contain myself now. I must be in heat. Matthew
Matthew POV Konrad was angry with me. He didn't want me to fight him about who gets to have Sophia first tonight. He wanted me to give her up without argument, but I didn't want to let her go this easily. They say fighting doesn't solve anything. So we both agreed with my mom's idea of finding the flowers in the forest. It shouldn't be too hard, right? "You will never find it. You barely spend any time in the woods," Konrad scoffed. "That's where you are wrong, brother. I may not roam around in the forest like a wild animal and waste my time there, but I still know a lot about it. I can also speak to other animals and ask them for direction." Konrad growled at me. "You can't ask other animals in the forest about the flower bush. That's cheating." "That's not cheating. Nobody said we couldn't do that!" I exclaimed. "And I bet the creatures in the woods will be more willing to help me because all you did was find new ways to torture them. So they already hate you." I smirked. "Fuc
Sophia POVGosh, I was having a nice quiet time in my room, eating a big bowl of chocolate ice cream, but of course, I got roped into their sibling bullshit.Again."What's happening?" I mumbled."Konrad and I are going to decide who gets to be with you tonight for your first time, once and for all," Matthew announced."Excuse me? I thought I already told you that it is up to me and not you. I get to decide who will be my first," I put my bowl down and snarled."Well...have you decided?" Konrad asked."No.""Well, there you go. You don't even know how to decide yet. So we are going to settle it. Then you won't have to make any kind of decision," Matthew said, deciding.These Neanderthals are going to be the end of me."And how are you going to settle this, may I ask? And why did you bring me here? We were not supposed to see each other until tonight anyway," I said irritably. All I wanted was to eat my ice cream in peace and read a good book. And maybe take a nice warm bath later. I s
Konrad POV "Gone? What do you mean gone?" my father roared. "Valentina ran away with Callan," Matthew murmured. Shit, that bastard had really done it this time. It had been a few days since the day Callan disappeared with Sophia's sister and then was brought back from the demon world by me. Ever since then, I lost contact with him, but it turned out he didn't lose connection with Valentina. Cheeky bastard. Although I was angry initially because Matthew and I had been protecting Valentina from Callan's lusty eyes for decades, I decided I'd learn to accept their sudden elope. Callan might be a complete moron, but Valentina? She was not dumb. If she went against our father and chose Callan, she knew what she was doing. Father's face turned dark, and I could tell he was trying his best not to explode in anger. "I see. I thought Sophia's sister was his mate. Why did that hooligan take my daughter?" "He rejected his mate for Val," Matthew interjected. However, he didn't seem all that
Callan POVWas she teasing me again?I held my breath as Valentina led me into her room."What are you planning on doing? Are you trying to seduce me, Ms. Vikander?" I joked.Valentina said nothing. A mysterious smile teased her lips instead, and her green eyes twinkled. Goddamn, she was just so...How did I get so lucky to be in the same room with this gorgeous creature? I didn't even use my Incubus magic on her!That meant she wasn't forced to bring me here. That means she actually likes me."You are awfully quiet. Nervous?" Valentina said and giggled mischievously."Nervous? Me? Don't be silly. I am half incubus. I get girls left and right," I said dismissively. Okay, that came out bad, but it wasn't like I was having sex with them for fun only. I literally needed to have sex to feed myself."That stops now," Valentina's voice was bizarrely melodious, making my head swim."Your sexual conquest stops here," Valentina repeated."No, Val. You don't understand. I need sex to stay stron
Valentina Today was the big day—my date with Callan. I shouldn't be nervous. I told myself that it was only Callan that I had a date with, that I knew him and shouldn't panic. I grew up with him and I'm pretty sure we were naked in baths at some point! But it didn't work. The second he arrived on my doorstep, standing there with his silvery white hair reaching down to his waist, and winning smile, I was a goner. It was game over to my lady parts. It shouldn't be allowed to be so handsome. Callan's imperfections only seemed to make him look even more tempting. "Callan!" I exclaimed. "Hi!" I hope he couldn't hear my heart that was unnaturally fast and loud. A grin spread over his lips. "Good morning." Not sure what to say next, I simply absorbed him. He wore casual clothing, jeans, and a grey t-shirt with a rock hanging around his neck. A smile spread over his lips as he caught me looking, and I got butterflies when he sized me up. "You look nice," Callan said. "Beautiful, actu
Callan POV 'Life should never be taken too seriously. We only live once, so why not laugh and have fun while we are here?' —I breathed that motto. Because of it, friends had always come easy to me. I was popular. What could I say? I was a fun guy to be around. Even girls flocked me, but mainly because of my appearance. Being half incubus had it's advantages I guess. But honestly, that kind of sucked.I wasn't stupid. I had eyes and knew I wasn't half-bad to look at. I took care of myself, worked out more than once per week, and my mother called me handsome, so I had that going for me.But I wanted to make a connection, and there was only one person I was drawn to. Only one person made my heart perform somersaults, and the same person also made me dumb.Valentina. The only crush I had ever had. My body wanted her while my soul craved her. But she never looked at me the way I wanted her too. It was as if she was immune to my incubus allure. She looked at me like I was one of her br
Sophia POVI watched Valentina as she moved around the battleground. For some reason, she was having a hard time focusing. She looked nervous. She was usually the most enthusiastic one in the battleground!"Where is your head today, Val? You let Patrick beat you twice already!" Matthew barked.Valentina jolted as if Matthew's voice startled her. "I...I don't know. I guess I didn't have enough sleep last night," she murmured.Hmm...something was wrong with her, I could feel it."Valentina, if you are not feeling well, you should go lie down," I said gently.It has been a week since the ordeal with Liz and Callan. Konrad went to the demon world and opened a portal so Callan and Liz could come back. After that, he let Liz escape and told them never to set foot in this territory again.Because if Alpha Ambrose found out, everyone, including Konrad, would be punished for helping. And none of us wanted that.Maybe Valentina is upset about Callan leaving, I thought to myself.They seemed pre