ALPHA KING XALEN~~Hour after hour, we searched but found nothing that could lead us to my traitorous uncle. It felt like a crime to refer to him as my uncle, but that was who he was, regardless of what he did. The sun had long made its way to its resting place, leaving the sky drenched in hues of crimson and deep indigo.While the chills of night began to settle in, each breath I took deepened the ache of betrayal—a bitter reminder that blood didn’t guarantee loyalty.After searching even beyond the pack borders, despite my men’s claims that Elder Calvin didn’t make it past the borders, the hope of finding him and bringing him to justice flickered like a dying flame.“He made it out, Xalen.” Roy’s voice bounced off the walls of my mind before he stepped out of the shadow standing beside me.My eyes fell on him—the last person I could call my blood aside from my kids—and I wondered if he would remain loyal despite the odds.“How do we fish him out? He needs to suffer for everything
HAYLEE~~For the next few days, rumors about me spread, and even though I didn’t know, words went beyond the borders of the royal pack. Meanwhile, within the pack, I had been preoccupied with solving the mystery behind my ability.Flavia had done a lot of explaining.Thanks to her, I now know that someone within my family must have been a healer to pass down the ability. She also made me realize that I wasn’t as ordinary as I thought I was.However, Flavia couldn’t answer all the questions I had. In fact, her explanation made my list of questions longer as I wondered which side of my family had a healer—paternal or maternal?Aside from Kaylee and our dad, I had never met any other family member. Mom had died, and Dad wouldn’t talk about her. The few times he spoke about her, he cracked a few of my ribs.Honestly, I didn’t have much to work with, and at this point, I was considering leaving the mystery as it was and accepting my ability. Groom it. Water it. Become a master and make a
ALPHA KING XALEN~~I was shaking with rage.With every step I took, the anger bubbling within me intensified. As if it wasn’t enough that I had failed to find my traitorous uncle even though it had been a week since he escaped, I had also been disrespected by the council of elders.Earlier today, I was called to their courts and found out that I had just twenty days left to make Allison my queen or give up the power and title that I held.How did sixty days become twenty?It was all thanks to Calvin. His actions brought shame to the LeRoy family, and people began to lose trust in us. With the royal family wielding all the power, the support of our subjects was vital.Without their allegiance, I risked becoming a tyrant, and soon the war my parents had so diligently kept at bay would descend upon the realm.“They can’t make us marry or even mate with her,” Theo hissed maliciously, his rage mixing with mine and creating a perfect blend that had every nerve in my body acting up.But t
HAYLEE~~It didn't end with a kiss.I didn't let it end with a kiss. Heck! I couldn't let it end because I wanted more. My body was in charge, or, to be precise, the raw power flowing through me was in charge, and it was driving me insane.Insanely horny.After a moment of insane anger that had me physically jumping José with the intention of showing him who I had become. Or maybe it was who I could become when triggered.Gosh! I hate this energy.No! I loved this energy. I loved how it heightened my senses and made Xalen’s touches ten times hotter. My entire body became so sensitive—sensitive enough to form a tight knot within my stomach, pulling loud moans from me.“Hey.” Xalen groaned, my name slipping past his lips before I took them with mine, tasting like the hungry she-wolf that I had become. “Haylee, we have to stop.”Xalen managed to put space between our bodies, but it was only for a second.In that second, I also whimpered before locking our lips once more, “We don't hav
HAYLEE~~Euphoria beat through me as I fell into a peaceful slumber. Xalen’s scent and arms wrapped around me, helping me fall deeper and deeper into a realm I didn't know existed. Although I was unconscious and deeply asleep, I was still conscious of the way my heartbeat decreased.The slow thump in my chest propelled me—or better still, propelled my soul—into a dimension where I felt like some floating but lost angel.With Xalen in my bedroom, where he just made me cum… made me a woman. Even the thought of that made this floating angel smile and find her way within an unfamiliar dimension. But that wasn’t the point I was trying to make.The point is that with Xalen, I was sleeping, but I was deeply awake in this dimension, and I knew it. Somehow, I wasn’t confused about the state of my mind. However, I was curious.At first, the dimension was a blank space with nothing but emptiness, but within a twinkle of an eye, it became a very big hall with glass walls that were so far apart
HAYLEE~~“Everything okay?” Xalen asked, pushing himself into a sitting position the second he sensed that I was no longer in his arms.I didn’t know how to answer that question. In my mind, I was certain that what I saw was real, but in that same mind, confusion dwelled, pressing heavily against everything I knew—everything I had believed all my life.I mean, didn’t my dad hate me because I looked like my mom? Goddess, I looked nothing like that woman.She could pass for milk, and her voice could heal a broken soul. How could I even compare to her? Plus, wasn’t she supposed to be dead? Did I just commune with a ghost? A fine-ass one at that?Gosh, I was meant to despise her, yet with her gone, I felt empty. I felt like I shouldn’t exist without her. Like it was a crime to exist without her. I didn’t know who the hell this woman was—“She said she named you. She said she is our mom,” Liya blurted into my mind while I stared into space, unable to form the right words to say to Xalen
ALPHA KING XALEN~~“All spies have been sent out, Alpha King Xalen,” Evan announced to me as soon as he and Wyatt entered my home office that afternoon.It had been three days since I found out that I had just twenty days left to make a choice between my throne and the amazing life I knew I could have with my family, and when I say family, that included Haylee.Although I noticed that she had been distant after I told her about the new development, I still couldn’t forget how she whimpered and curled while I curled my tongue and fingers within her. I had a taste of her, and I had been craving more, but these days, she had been preoccupied with training her new ability.If she weren’t training, she would be with the kids or sleeping.I believed she was avoiding me even though Flavia and Roy claimed she was just confused and needed rest.“That’s good to know, Evan. Thank you,” I said to my Beta, who bowed his head slightly.Wyatt muttered, “We should have news before the week runs out
Princess Allison’s POV~~Clearly, I had been wasting my time all this while. Listening to my dad and following his plans step by step had delayed my victory.Just look at this. Look at the mighty Alpha King caressing my body like a starved man. Look at him gazing at me with an emotion that I knew too well. LUST. Xalen was right where I needed him to be—in my arms—and soon he would be balls deep within me. “This is true power.” Nala cooed within me, sounding intoxicated as I drew from the source of energy that had been planted within me. The red wolf had taught me how to activate the power and under my dad's commands, she also informed me that I had to wait till the energy source grew to its fullest before activating it but with just seventeen days left before my Dad would have his way, I couldn’t wait any longer Not when I knew that Xalen would rather leave the throne than take me as his Queen. Although I still haven’t figured out why, I was damn sure Haylee had a lot to do wit
HAYLEE~~Flavia handed my samples to trusted healers before we left the building, heading towards the general library without Sophia and Asher. I would have loved to leave Jodie with the healers as well, but she wouldn’t let them hold her.“I admire you, Haylee. You are one of the strongest people I know, and I hope you get your happy ending because you deserve it,” Flavia said to me as we walked side by side to the general library.My heart swelled, and a big smile found its way to my face as I muttered, “Thank you, Flavia. You don’t know how much that means to me.”She still doesn’t know everything about my past and who I was meant to be, yet she has accepted me wholeheartedly.We continued our walk, and I noticed that the library was in the heart of the pack, where most pack members resided. Although Allison and I stopped chatting as soon as we were allowed into the library, Jodie continued to coo happily, attracting more than a few annoyed eyes.I was about to mutter apologies t
HAYLEE~~I have a lot to do.So much was on my plate, and I was struggling to keep a straight face.Before going to bed last night, Xalen and I concluded that I would begin my physical training today, and after speaking to Aradia, I have added spiritual training, reading books, and finding more clues to the list.I also needed to get myself examined so I could know what poison flowed within me.Training with Xalen and telling him about my time with Aradia was at the top of the list when we woke up this morning, but since Xalen had to meet with the Elders, I decided to get myself examined even though Aradia told me that the poison wasn’t harmful.“Who would think of doing that aside from Allison?” I asked myself and my wolf.Allison was the obvious threat to my life, but even though we lived under the same roof, she wasn’t close to me. The people closest to me were the kids, Xalen, Flavia, Roy, Benita, Maeve, Orla, and Jose.Of course, the last three were more like acquaintances at
ALPHA KING XALEN~~“This better be good.” Theo groaned within me.Although I didn’t growl, I was just as cranky as my wolf. I kept a straight face as I stepped into the throne hall, shifting my gaze from one deposed elder to the other.I was about to enjoy breakfast with my family when I got Evan’s message through the mind link. My beta informed me that my deposed elders had been clamoring to meet with me, and even though he had tried to hinder the inevitable meeting, they had all gathered before my throne.Frankly speaking, I didn’t expect the elders to come to me as a group. I believed they would rat one another out and sneak around just to be in my good books.“Clearly, they are gathered to fight back,” Theo informed me just as I sat on my throne, my eyes piercing through the souls of the old and supposed-to-be-wise wolves before me.They all fell to their knees as soon as I sat on the throne and chanted, “Long live the King.”“You may rise.” I breathed, sighting Wyatt and Evan
HAYLEE~~“You can’t look at me like that, Nerina. You asked me to be honest with you,” Aradia breathed as if she hadn’t just dropped a bomb into my life.She concealed my power and what I knew was an exceptional beauty. I mean, look at her! If I was destined to look anything like her, then I had been robbed greatly.“Your powers and beauty are manifesting thanks to the bond between you and Alpha King Xalen and also the poison you were being fed by those closest to you, Nerina. You don’t have to worry, and I had to do that—”“You seriously had to make me ugly? Do you even know the kind of abuse I had to endure because of how I looked? I get picked out and picked on every day!” I wasn’t sure if anger was what I felt or if I was blown away by the fact that my mother was so powerful.“I suffered, Aradia, so you do not get to casually drop that like it didn’t cost me everything,” I gritted.Aradia nodded and said, “I know, and I am sorry, Nerina, but it would have been much worse if you
HAYLEE~~“Good to see me, huh?” The goddess-like woman before me uttered, beaming as her bright green eyes scanned my body.“You don’t even want to know,” I retorted, resisting the urge to throw myself at her.Was it even possible to touch her? I mean, this realm felt real, but that didn’t change the fact that it wasn’t physical.“Are you excited to see me because you genuinely miss me, or is it because you have more questions, Nerina?” She asked me, her smile still very much wide.If I were to be honest, I would say I missed her and also had questions for her, but it didn’t make sense to miss someone whom I knew nothing about. So instead of giving her all the answers, I chose to give her half, like she seemed to have been doing with me.“I have questions, and I haven’t been able to reach you, even though you claim I am in control of these meetings,” I uttered, and I had to watch her bright smile disappear gradually. To ease the awkwardness that was bound to settle around us, I ask
HAYLEE~~Xalen’s advice helped me survive twenty-four hours without thinking about my failure to connect with my mother. In fact, I slept deeply all through the night, and as much as it still pained me that I couldn’t help my new family find clues, I didn’t let it bother me much.“I shouldn’t be there. I am ashamed of myself,” I heard Roy whisper as I moved down the stairs, ready to attend Uncle Clavin’s burial ceremony.Flavia’s voice hit my eardrums next as she tried to convince him, “You have nothing to be ashamed of, babe. It wasn’t your fault that your dad died, and hating him was logical after what you were made to believe, but not attending his burial, a final farewell, wouldn’t be logical.”“You are right,” Roy sighed to his mate.The heaviness in his chest could be heard in his voice, and once again, my heart tightened because even though I also wanted to help solve this mystery, I couldn’t. There was no way we could move forward without uncovering the mystery behind Uncle
Princess Allison’s POV ~~“It’s been five days, huh?” I asked Benita after emptying the glass of fresh juice that she gave to me.She nodded, “Yes, Princess Allison. How are you doing? Do you need me to get a healer to check on you?”“There will be no need for that,” I answered with a straight face.Benita helped me rest my back against the headboard of the bed, and she queried, “How about the baby? You didn’t eat or drink for five days and—”“My baby is fine and I am too, Benita.” I snapped, getting irritated because she was acting too nice. We both knew she wasn’t a great person for goddess’ sake. “I don’t need you to pretend to pity me or pity me at all. What I need to know is what has been happening out there for the past five days.”She nodded and began to narrate the events of the past five days. She told me about how Haylee has taken control of the pack, household, and the kitchen. She was now the new woman of the house, and she made good use of the power she held.“What happ
Princess Allison’s POV (21)~~Time froze days ago. I lost count of the days as I rolled in my bed repeatedly. Truly, time froze until I heard a sharp knock on my door for the first time in what? A million years? I wouldn’t know.But I knew what I heard. Someone knocked, yet I couldn’t leave my bed or part my lips to respond.I was so out of control and pathetic. It killed me to admit this, but it was the truth.“Your Majesty?” The familiar voice of no one else but Benita pierced through my head, sending pain through me as she banged on the door again.Did she say, "Your Majesty?" I was no majesty. Even the biggest of all fools would know that yet Benita didn’t.“I am coming in, Your Majesty,” she announced, and I heard her open my bedroom door like she owned the place. She continued, oblivious to the fact that her voice was causing me pain, “I brought you food and drink. I can help you freshen up—”“Get out.” I found the strength to blurt those two words to one of the people who ru
HAYLEE~~Xalen didn’t understand me fully, and I didn’t expect him to because even I didn’t understand myself. I haven’t wrapped my head around my mother and my powers, so why should he?However, he had good advice for me, and he whispered it into my ears as his arms tightened around me, “One thing I know about power is that you can control it better when you stop trying to control it. I want to believe you are experiencing a block, Nerina. Relax and let this happen naturally, just like it did the day we made love.”That was advice that I should take seriously, but thinking about the first time Xalen and I made love sucked all seriousness out of me. My lips stretched into an uncontrollable smile, steamy memories filling my mind rapidly.And did he just call me Nerina? My smile widened even more, and I couldn’t be happier.“I am your person, Haylee. I will always be your person, so you can always talk to me about anything.” Xalen continued speaking, kissing my forehead and wrapping