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Princess Allison’s POV~~Xalen is alive.That was all I needed to hear and know to calm my racing heart.“Will Uncle Roy wake up?” Sophia asked with trembling lips as she stared back at the Healer who brought the news to us.Although I was able to relate to her pain when she told me to stop making scenes so the Healers could concentrate on saving Xalen, I couldn’t understand why she was crying over her dead uncle.Roy and I had never had an encounter. He didn’t stand out to me. I had no reason to feel anything towards him. Not hate. Not love. Not pity.As long as Xalen was fine, I was fine, and I could finally bounce back on Haylee for having the audacity to speak to me rudely and without any remorse. I would make her suffer for the statement she made.Hell, she yelled those words in my face like she was challenging me to counter her.“I am done tolerating her. She has to go. She is becoming too comfortable, Allie. I hate her,” Nala grumbled within me.Oh, I hated the mere sight of
HAYLEE~~I stood there with my jaw dropped.I couldn’t move. My mouth still agape as Princess Allison turned on her heels and marched off, or more like stormed off, fuming over the Healer’s actions that I knew she would have seen as a slap in the face.Anger was evident in every step she took, and I just couldn’t believe what I had just witnessed.My eyes cut to the Healer, whom I should really consider calling a warrior because it takes serious strength to hold someone as high up in the rank chain as Princess Allison in check. Even Alpha King Xalen had refrained from restraining Princess Allison or arguing with her.But this Healer did it without flinching and without remorse.“She is badass. This is the kind of she-wolf we should befriend, not Benita and her silly friends,” Liya gasped within me, throwing shade at Maeve and Orla.Speaking of Benita, I haven’t seen her since I ignored her at the entrance. I assumed she was looking after Asher and Jodie since she must have noticed
Alpha Prince Roy’s POV~~One minute, I was walking toward the bright, captivating light that seemed like the relief I needed after all I had been put through by my loved ones.My supposed loved ones.One minute I was chasing that relief because even though my body felt numb, my mind remained active, replaying my father's words of disappointment over and over again. My mind wouldn't let go of the part my supposed destined mate played in all of this. Neither did it stop blaming Xalen as well, even though he wasn't to be blamed.My mind was messed up, so I believed chasing that bright light was the only way to get rest and peace. I believed catching up with the light would wipe my mind and make me a new person.One minute I was a floating man full of hope, but the next minute, I was yanked back to what I immediately knew was life because air rushed into my lungs as my eyes flew open. My heart thudded loudly within my chest despite the almost unnoticeable ache, and I gasped, trapped be
ALPHA KING XALEN~~Why the hell is no one telling me anything?Why won’t anyone tell me why the pain I was feeling suddenly intensified as the mate bond between Haylee and me froze completely, almost stealing my breath? Why wouldn’t anyone tell me why it suddenly felt like I was losing my life, even though my heart seemed to be beating fine?Not even one of the healers seemed to be paying attention to me.I would have said it was a relief when Sophia, who had been beside my body, told me something if she hadn’t burst into tears as she spoke to me: “Haylee collapsed, Daddy, and Uncle Roy is awake, but Haylee won’t wake up.”The news my daughter broke to me only confirmed what I was feeling, and despite the pain pinning me to the bed, I pushed myself into a sitting position, unable to console my daughter because I was fighting to see what the hell was happening.I mean, why would Haylee collapse?Why would her heart stop beating all of a sudden—Just as suddenly, I felt warmth rushin
HAYLEE~~“I’m pregnant with your child, Alpha Jett.” The world as I knew it froze at that moment. My eyes widened and my breaths became shallow as shock and undefinable emotions coursed through my body, replacing the initial excitement and hope that I was feeling.This can’t be h-hapening… This should never happen. Those words shouldn’t be coming out of my sister’s mouth… her eyes shouldn’t be glinting like that for goddess’s sake!She was my twin sister and–“You’ve got to be kidding me.” Alpha Jett’s voice cut through the thick layer of my thoughts.If I weren’t looking at his face, I would think he was mad about my twin sister’s announcement but the twinkle in his eyes. He was happy. My twin sister just announced that she was carrying his child before everyone in the pack during a party meant to celebrate my nineteenth birthday… A party I believed would be used to crown me Luna of Cresent Moon Pack because a year ago, on my eighteenth birthday, I discovered that Alpha Jett was
HAYLEE~~I was ripped off Kaylee by the familiar coarse hands that had shown me to the door of hell many times in the past– my father’s hands. For the first time, I cried to the father in the beast he had willingly shown me over the years. I stupidly thought he would take my side for the first time. A girl could wish, right? So I cried, “Dad, you can’t let her do this. You can’t just stand there and watch Kaylee snatch my mate–” But my statement was interrupted when his palm settled over my cheek like thunder. He slapped me and I tasted blood in my mouth as my father yelled in my wet face, “How dare you attack your sister! How dare you lay your hands on her? The Alpha has chosen a mate and it’s not you even though the moon goddess thought someone as plain as you could be Cresent Moon Pack’s Luna. That was a mistake on her path and we have corrected her mistake.” No, the only mistake here was having him as a father. The only mistake was picking to look like my heartless mother wh
ALPHA KING XALEN~~I don't know.I don't know how to exist in a world where my mate doesn't. A world without my Laura. I have spent the last five days beside her motionless body and even in that state she managed to look beautiful. She managed to capture my heart like we were teenagers again. How I wished she would open her eyes and tell me, “It’s a joke, Xalen. How can I die and leave you and the kids?” But today, I had to put her to rest. I had to bury her according to tradition so she could find peace in the afterlife. My heart was heavier than my bulky body and breathing felt like a crime because Laura wasn’t breathing. She was six feet under the ground we used to walk as the King and Queen of the werewolf realm–“Come forward and present your gifts.” My trusted Beta, Evan, voiced, calling on the visiting Alphas and leaders of the numerous packs under my jurisdiction.The funeral has ended as far as I was concerned. I had buried Luara and I don’t understand why these people
HAYLEE~~Fuck me!What the fuck was I thinking? No. I didn’t think when I heard that little child crying.My stupid brain just reacted to her and as I have always done with kids, I reached for her and offered comfort because no one offered that to me when I was growing up with an abusive father and a mean sister.And now that I was standing before the Alpha King, my heart was about to beat its way out of my chest. My body shook with fear as cold shivers traveled down my spine. There was something about his dark eyes that–“Don’t make me repeat myself?” His voice was cold, laced with anger that no one deserves, not even a criminal.I took my eyes off him, fighting the uneasiness my wolf was feeding my mind with. I said slowly, “I’m Haylee from–’ “Silence!” He snapped at me, causing me to jump away from him. If my mind wasn't shaky at the moment, I would have wondered why he asked me a question only to shut me up when I gathered enough courage to respond. However, I could only thin
ALPHA KING XALEN~~Why the hell is no one telling me anything?Why won’t anyone tell me why the pain I was feeling suddenly intensified as the mate bond between Haylee and me froze completely, almost stealing my breath? Why wouldn’t anyone tell me why it suddenly felt like I was losing my life, even though my heart seemed to be beating fine?Not even one of the healers seemed to be paying attention to me.I would have said it was a relief when Sophia, who had been beside my body, told me something if she hadn’t burst into tears as she spoke to me: “Haylee collapsed, Daddy, and Uncle Roy is awake, but Haylee won’t wake up.”The news my daughter broke to me only confirmed what I was feeling, and despite the pain pinning me to the bed, I pushed myself into a sitting position, unable to console my daughter because I was fighting to see what the hell was happening.I mean, why would Haylee collapse?Why would her heart stop beating all of a sudden—Just as suddenly, I felt warmth rushin
Alpha Prince Roy’s POV~~One minute, I was walking toward the bright, captivating light that seemed like the relief I needed after all I had been put through by my loved ones.My supposed loved ones.One minute I was chasing that relief because even though my body felt numb, my mind remained active, replaying my father's words of disappointment over and over again. My mind wouldn't let go of the part my supposed destined mate played in all of this. Neither did it stop blaming Xalen as well, even though he wasn't to be blamed.My mind was messed up, so I believed chasing that bright light was the only way to get rest and peace. I believed catching up with the light would wipe my mind and make me a new person.One minute I was a floating man full of hope, but the next minute, I was yanked back to what I immediately knew was life because air rushed into my lungs as my eyes flew open. My heart thudded loudly within my chest despite the almost unnoticeable ache, and I gasped, trapped be
HAYLEE~~I stood there with my jaw dropped.I couldn’t move. My mouth still agape as Princess Allison turned on her heels and marched off, or more like stormed off, fuming over the Healer’s actions that I knew she would have seen as a slap in the face.Anger was evident in every step she took, and I just couldn’t believe what I had just witnessed.My eyes cut to the Healer, whom I should really consider calling a warrior because it takes serious strength to hold someone as high up in the rank chain as Princess Allison in check. Even Alpha King Xalen had refrained from restraining Princess Allison or arguing with her.But this Healer did it without flinching and without remorse.“She is badass. This is the kind of she-wolf we should befriend, not Benita and her silly friends,” Liya gasped within me, throwing shade at Maeve and Orla.Speaking of Benita, I haven’t seen her since I ignored her at the entrance. I assumed she was looking after Asher and Jodie since she must have noticed
Princess Allison’s POV~~Xalen is alive.That was all I needed to hear and know to calm my racing heart.“Will Uncle Roy wake up?” Sophia asked with trembling lips as she stared back at the Healer who brought the news to us.Although I was able to relate to her pain when she told me to stop making scenes so the Healers could concentrate on saving Xalen, I couldn’t understand why she was crying over her dead uncle.Roy and I had never had an encounter. He didn’t stand out to me. I had no reason to feel anything towards him. Not hate. Not love. Not pity.As long as Xalen was fine, I was fine, and I could finally bounce back on Haylee for having the audacity to speak to me rudely and without any remorse. I would make her suffer for the statement she made.Hell, she yelled those words in my face like she was challenging me to counter her.“I am done tolerating her. She has to go. She is becoming too comfortable, Allie. I hate her,” Nala grumbled within me.Oh, I hated the mere sight of
HAYLEE~~The Royal Healers have been in there with Roy and Xalen for almost an hour. My legs were becoming numb from standing so long, but I couldn't bring myself to leave or even sit, not when I was supposed to be guarding the door.And most importantly, not when I have a mate whose condition I still don’t know.Or maybe I knew.I mean, the pain in my chest wasn't as severe as it was before the Healers started healing Xalen. That was a good sign, right?“It is a good sign. I believe he will regain consciousness soon,” Liya said to me, her voice coming out less hostile. “I didn’t mean to be a bitch, Hay. It was just my instincts.”“I know, Liya,” I muttered to my wolf, using the mental connection between us. “How are you so confident that he will be fine?”“You would be confident too if you opened yourself to the bond completely. You aren’t feeling the strain on the bond anymore, and it’s not cold either. It means there’s life from both sides,” Liya answered, each of her words helpi
Princess Allison’s POV ~~It wasn't the re-echoing sound of the gunshots that woke me up from my afternoon nap. It wasn't the noise from the hell that broke loose when the gunshots shook the foundation of the realm.Neither was it the noise within the palace.I slept through all of that, but I didn't know I had at this moment. All I knew was that I was sleeping soundly until the sharp sound of my ringtone jabbed my eardrums, calling me back to consciousness.Even Nala groaned in my mind, “Gosh, why is he calling now?”My wolf's hesitation to get out of bed was loud and clear. Also, her assumption that the caller was the mystery man I had been talking to for the past few days was equally loud.I got out of bed, or more accurately, I stretched my hand to get my cell phone from the bedside table without leaving the bed. I answered the call, my eyelids barely open.“Calling to yell at me for letting a perfect opportunity slide?” I said into the speaker before the mystery man could talk
HAYLEE~~I was losing my grip on the solid ground. I was losing my grip on Sophia, and I was losing my grip on sanity.“Haylee?” Sophia called out to me, fear latched onto every letter as she pronounced my name. “Why aren’t we moving? Daddy has been taken into the palace, and Uncle Roy is almost inside. We have to move.”Yes, I had to move.But I couldn't bring myself to.Liya’s words continued to echo in my mind, and I lost every will to continue walking or even living.“He isn’t breathing,” Liya had said to me a few minutes ago, and my feet had frozen along with every other sense I had. I was standing in the middle of the palace yard.“Haylee!” Sophia raised her voice as she tried to snap me out of the trance that my wolf’s words had trapped me in.I looked into Sophia’s eyes and began to wonder how she would react when she found out that Xalen was gone. Tears brimmed in my eyes as I thought about what would become of me and the kids now that Xalen was gone.Gosh, I was so fuckin
HAYLEE~~“Daddy!” Sophia cried out.I couldn’t look at her because my eyes wouldn’t budge, not even for a second. My eyes wouldn't shift from Xalen’s bloody frame.His clothes, his exposed skin, and even his face. He was bloody all over.And even though I couldn't look at Sophia, I knew tears were rolling down her cheeks as the wind carried her shaky voice straight to my ears. Sophia’s voice was not only shaky but also full of horror.The same horror was coursing through me, burning every sign of joy in my life like a merciless wildfire.I was visibly shaking, yet my legs kept moving as I ran with the warriors who were carrying Xalen on a stretcher. Sophia was running too, and we were both crying—one crying out loud and the other crying internally as they both feared the unknown.“Somebody get the princess out of the way. She shouldn’t see this!” An unfamiliar but authoritative voice echoed, snapping me back to life as I recalled that it was my duty to take care of Sophia and shield
HAYLEE~~It was instant, sudden, and soul-crushing. It was consuming and extremely painful. It was the kind of pain that I had never experienced in my life.Coming from me, a young woman who has experienced pain since she was born? Coming from me, who had to endure every kind of pain ever known to my kind?However, all the pain I have experienced in my life, combined, doesn't sum up to what seized my body in an instant, throwing me into the very source of agony.“Ah!” I cried out sharply before I could stop myself.Sophia, who was in my bedroom with me, looked at me with concern. It pained me to see her face knit with worry, but I couldn't help it. In fact, it felt like the devil himself had decided to pour his entire lake of fire into me.My sweat glands became hyperactive just as suddenly as the pain. I couldn't breathe properly. Heck! I couldn't seem to think properly.“Haylee,” Sophia called out to me, but I couldn't respond.I couldn't use my tongue to speak, but I could scream