As I watched Julian walk through the door, I could tell that something was wrong. His usually stoic expression was replaced with a look of anger and frustration. I knew he had been with James, and the thought of the two of them fighting made me sick to my stomach."I'm sorry, Julian," I said, approaching him cautiously. If he blames me for how everything turned out, I won’t even be mad. Because I was the sole cause and I could have prevented all of these from happened. "I never meant for this to happen." Somehow I feel like I was the sole reason why everything was happening. Maybe if I didn’t choose to handle this on my own, maybe it would have been avoided. I can imagine all my stubbornness only to end up doing nothing. He turned to me, his eyes softening at the sight of me. "It's not your fault, Rosella," he said, taking my hand in his. "James is a bastard, and he'll do anything to try and get what he wants."“Don’t worry about him. Just be here for me and for our baby. I will pr
ALPHA JAMES POV I was surprised when I received a message from Akayla asking me to meet her at the edge of the woods. I hadn't seen or heard from her since the night she told me about Rosella’s pregnancy, and I wondered what she could want from me now.Despite my reservations, I found myself making my way towards the meeting spot, my heart racing with anticipation and anxiety. These few days have made my choices clearer and I know I’ve been playing myself. I don’t want the throne again, I know the chances of Rosella leaving Julian for me are low. Not even low, it’s non-existent. I always treated her badly and Julian showed her the exact opposite. He treated her better than I ever did and for that, she deserves peace. She deserves for me to let go of her and stop causing her pain. As I approached the clearing, I saw Akayla waiting for me, a small smile on her wrinkled face. Akayla never smiled, at least not with me. Something about the way she was looking at me made me feel uneasy.
ALPHA JULIAN’S POVI was in my office going through some paperwork when one of my guards burst in, looking distressed."Alpha Julian, we have some terrible news," he said. I tried to calm my racing heart while I tried to guess whatever could be wrong."What is it?" I asked, sensing the seriousness in his tone. I really hoped it wasn’t something terrible because I’ve had enough to deal with for this entire week and I don’t think I can handle anything worse again. "It's about your brother, Alpha James. We just received word that he passed away.” He said slowly and my heart skipped a beat. James and I may have had our differences, but he was still my brother. No matter what he did, his death was probably not deserved. "What happened?" I asked, trying to steady my voice. I was preparing myself for the worst. James wasn’t a weak man and I know he would never go down without a fight. “Nobody knows. His body is currently hanging in the town square and his eyes are gorged out. It appeared
AKAYLA’S POVI sat across from Jesse, my arms crossed as I glared at him. He had messed up, and I wasn't going to let him forget it."You let your ego get the best of you," I scolded him. What did I expect? He is truly his father’s son. Killing off James after I told him not to, but spooking off Alpha Julian and letting him know we are onto him is another thing. "You slipped up and told Julian everything. Now he knows you're after his throne.” I tried hard to control my anger but it’s hard especially someone just almost ruined something you’ve been working on since as a child. The portal of the mother’s powers is the highest thing a witch can get. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on them for the last ten decades but I keep failing terribly. The fact that I’m not a true born-blood wasn’t even helping my case at all. Rosella is my last chance to be the most powerful witch alive and I am not going to let an egoistic idiot ruin it for me. Jesse scoffed. "I don't care if he knows. He'
AKAYLA’S POV It took a while to finally convince rosella that practicing outside the palace was. Great idea, if she wanted world bending. She didn’t seem too excited the way she did the first time the lessons started but I understood. With James murder, with Jesse’s threat and a lot of other madness going on, I wouldn’t blame her if she thinks learning how to control her powers was the last thing on her mind right now. I led Rosella up to the mountain where we could be alone. She looked nervous, and I didn't blame her. I knew she was hesitant to try out the world opening magic, but it was something we needed to do."Are you sure we should be doing this?" Rosella asked, looking up at me with concern in her eyes. There was no way I would be able to pull this through if she keeps asking me every seconds. Portal magic requires total focus. The kind of focus that Rosella was missing currently. "I understand why you're scared, my dear," I said, placing a hand on her shoulder. I needed t
ROSELLA’S POV I opened my eyes to darkness, unable to see where I was. My head throbbed as I tried to remember what had happened. Then I felt a sharp pain in my arm and looked down to see a needle still sticking out of it. Panic set in as I realized that I had been drugged.Suddenly, a door creaked open and a figure entered. As my eyes adjusted to the dim light, I saw Jesse sitting in front of me, his sinister smile sending shivers down my spine. I should have known that he would be responsible for this. I was sure of one thing, my mate would find me very soon. He will get me out of here and make this bastard pay for whatever he is planning to do to me. "Well, well, well, look who decided to join us," he said, his voice dripping with malice. The nerve of the man to strut like this is a freaking fashion show and like he had all the time in his hands. "What do you want from me?" I asked, trying to hide the fear in my voice. Alpha James scared me but Jesse himself felt like the human
ChapterI walked up to Rosella's door, a bouquet of flowers in hand, eager to see her smile. I had heard that she had been feeling down lately and I wanted to do something special for her. These past few days have taken a toll on all of us and I want to always remind her that no matter whatever we are going through, I would be always here with her. But as soon as I opened the door, my heart dropped. She wasn't there. Her room was empty and silent, the only sound being the flowers rustling in my hand. Something about the way things were looking felt wrong, plus she didn’t tell me she was supposed to leave home today. I tried convincing myself that maybe she took a walk to clear her head or something. Something about the fact that she could take a walk was unsettling and I wouldn’t be going with that story. I quickly walked around the room, checking every corner, every closet, every inch of the space. But she was nowhere to be found. Panic started to set in as I realized that she was
I stood there, my eyes fixed on the spot where the portal was supposed to open. It was draining the life out of me and the more I tried, the more I realize I could lose my life while at it. The whole magic was draining me and nothing was hurting me more than Anaya’s betrayal. I always thought she is my friend and I remember each time I shut Julian down because he feels like something is off with her. I don’t blame her, I blame myself for being the idiot who couldn’t see when things are going wrong. “For someone that Julian is willing to risk his whole life for, you’re kind of useless. I wasn’t expecting this kind of sluggishness from you and to be honest, stupid people get all the privileges.” Jesse called out and I froze, there’s no way I can get this done if they keep taunting me and trying to make me look useless. Opening a portal requires a lot of focus and Akayla of all people knew that well. “It’s a wonder that she hasn’t passed out yet, our little witch really has some spice
The rest of the fight was pretty much bullying.Watching her friend's head being pulled brutally from her neck was enough to awaken the darkest powers that lay dormant in her.Rosella attacked Akayla at once, blasting her with balls of fire. At first, Akayla did a good job dodging, but she couldn't keep it up for long.Rosella had her cornered in no time and as much as Akayla tried to fight back, nothing seemed to be working. Rosella's body absorbed every single ball of fire from Akayla and the more Akayla blasted her, the stronger she got.Akayla finally realized that there was no way she could get past Rosella and she decided to switch tactics to subtlety.She raised her arms in the air like she was surrendering and as soon as Rosella got close enough, she blasted her with all the energy she had.Rosella screamed in pain as her body struggled to absorb the blast and Akayla blasted her again.Rosella fell to the floor, her clothes burnt and torn in multiple places and Akayla laughed
“Some light training could help,” Alpha Julian suggested.“It’s magic we’re talking about,” Maika snorted. “You either have it or you don’t. She lost hers already and except we can find a way to get it back before Akayla sniffs us here, she can’t.”“Great,” Rosella sighed. “So I’m practically useless here.”“You’re not,” Maika frowned. “We would find a way. Here, hold my hands.”Maika stretched out her hand and Rosella took her hands.“Close your eyes, let’s try something,” Maika suggested.Rosella nodded and shut her eyes tight as Maika began to chant a spell. It took some minutes but eventually Rosella began to feel the power flow through Maika’s hands and into hers.Maika opened her eyes and dropped Rosella’s hand.“Try to light a flame now,” Maika said.Rosella spread her arms out and concentrated so hard but only a little spark came.“It would take a lot of time,” Maika sighed. “Your body is already used to the magnitude of the dark powers it carried before. What I have given you
It didn’t take Rosella a long time to find Julian. She knew his favorite spot, by the Oak tree and when she saw him there, she was not surprised.Rosella walked up to him and squeezed his hands in hers. He turned around, startled and she knew at once that he had not sensed her presence.“Rosella?” He asked. “Is that you?”“It’s me, honey,” Rosella replied and hugged him.They remained like that for a long while and when he finally disconnected from her, she saw that his eyes were pure white.“What happened to you?” Rosella cried. “Your eyes.”“She got to me,” Alpha Julian muttered. “Akayla. She killed our baby too.”“I know,” Rosella nodded. She wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.“I saw him, Julian. I saw our baby.”“I saw him too,” Alpha Julian nodded. “I’m sorry I couldn’t do anything about it. I have failed you.”Rosella held his hands lovingly. She hated it when he was like that. He was her only source of strength and it seemed that he didn’t believe anymore. He had lost
THE LAST SUPPER 2Maika waited till they were halfway through their supper before she appeared from the kitchen again. She knew the poison was a slow one, and it would take a long time before it started working fully.Maisey sighted her at the door and called to her."Maika darling," Maisey called. "It's almost 11 and you still haven't eaten.""I'll eat later," Maika smiled. "I lost my appetite."Maisey stared at her for a while and frowned."You know it's not right to serve your guests and starve yourself?" He said."And where did you hear that?" Kika laughed. She dragged her chair closer to Maika and whispered in her ears."I know you don't feel like eating," She said. "I can always help you out."Maika managed a weak smile and nodded. Deep down, she felt a pange of guilt knowing that all of them were going to die at her hands. Kika especially. She wasn't a bad person, her only fault was moving with the wrong person, her own father, Maisey, and as much as it pained her, she knew t
THE LAST SUPPER 1Maika watched her father as he studied the map on the wall before him. He was lost in thoughts as he traced his fingers up and down, circling towns and marking off rivers. She wondered what he was doing but she didn’t bother asking. He was not going to live long enough to conquer any of the places he was marking so it was pointless asking.Maisey noticed her curious glance and he smiled at her.“My darling,” He said. “All these places you see would soon be ours.”Maika nodded and smiled knowingly. If there was one thing she liked about the man, it was his confidence and ambition. If only he could channel it into something better, something more meaningful and worthy. But no, he only cared about power. He only cared about ruling the realm, and his obsession with ruling the realm was going to be his biggest undoing.“What plans do you have for the new world when you take over, father?” Maika asked.Maisey smiled and ran his fingers across a small creek on the map.“I c
Rosella closed her eyes and the fire enveloped her.She could still hear Akayla’s cackles in the midst of the flames and when she opened her eyes again, she was surprised to see that the fire was not burning her.“Rosella!”Rosella turned around at the sound of the familiar voice and she barely resisted the urge to scream. It was no other than Sage, her mentor that had gone missing a long time ago.“Sage?” Rosella cried. “How? What are you doing here?”Sage managed a weak smile. “It’s a long story. I’m sorry I left you for so long.”Rosella ran to hug her but her arms passed right through Sage’s body. She stared at her in shock and she shook her head.“No, no, no, it can’t be possible,” Rosella cried. “Don’t tell me you’re dead too.”“I’ve been dead for a long time,” Sage replied. “Maisey did this to me.”Rosella’s eyes widened in shock. “Maisey?”Sage frowned at her. “We do not have time for chit chats, Rosella. My Spirit would be here to guide you and Maika. The two of you together,
A shrill scream from over a mile jolted Alpha Julian out of his reverie. He shifted into his wolf at once and his ears perked up, alert.Someone was watching him and he could feel it.He growled and bared his fangs, daring whoever it was to appear, but no one came for a while.Just as he shifted back to his human form, he saw her. Even in the midst of the fire, her aura was powerful. Her hair was blood red and burned along with the flame in the warehouse and she smiled noticing his stare."We meet again, Julian," Akayla smiled.Alpha Julian growled and watched as she walked closer to him. He backed away as she came closer."Are you now scared of me?" Akayla taunted him."I can never be scared of you," Alpha Julian growled. "You're nothing.""I was," Akayla agreed. "But not anymore, and all thanks to your little son."Akayla threw a stick at him and Alpha Julian caught it at once. Staring at it, he realized that it was not actually a stick. It looked like a little child, a little child
Rosella begged for the tears but they refused to come. The one person that mattered the most to her, she had lost. The evil witch now had her baby."Rosella!" Alpha Julian called again.She ignored his call and lay down on the bed silently. The smoke was restricting his view and she knew that he would have a hard time finding her."Where were you when I needed you the most!" Rosella cried. "I lost him!"There was a deafening silence in the room for a long while and Alpha Julian spoke finally. His voice was calm."How did it happen?""Susu!" Rosella cried. "I told you she was evil all the while but you never believed me. I'm the crazy witch who doesn't know what she's saying. Now we've lost our little boy.""No harm will come upon our baby," Alpha Julian promised. "I can assure you of that.""You can't assure me of anything," Rosella shook her head. "She would have killed me if she wanted to. You said you would be beside me but you weren't."From her voice, Alpha Julian could tell that
Susu carried the dead baby all the way to the abandoned warehouse.Her heart raced with excitement at the thought of getting Akayla back fully. Together, they were going to take over the world, just as Akayla had promised her.She got to the door of the warehouse and she looked around quickly to make sure that no one was looking. Seeing that no one was around, Susu pushed the door open and walked in.From a distance, she could feel the energy buzzing around Akayla. Even in her vegetative state, she was that powerful. Susu dared to wonder for a minute how strong she would be when all her powers were back.She stopped at the bed where the witch lay and she slowly removed the cloth that covered her body."My Queen," Susu announced her presence.Akayla woke up with a start and her eyes shone black. Her face was a mask of different dull colors: ash, grey and black in a few places, a subtle reminder of the day that she had tried to get the powers out of the portal and got badly burnt.Susu