***Melissa's POV***I couldn't describe the joy in my heart, hearing his confession. We both held hands while I placed my head on his shoulders, lovingly. I felt safe in his arms. An hour after we left Alpha Denver's pack, I suddenly had a vision right there in the car. The vampires running towards our car. Immediately, I gripped Xavier's arms. “Lisa, are you okay? Lisa?”My eyes, which I believed changed colors from their original blue to brown, must have scared him. I began to breathe heavily. “They are coming. I informed him immediately. “They are coming? Who is coming?” He asked, with a confused expression. “The vampires. They are almost cl-”“Alpha, we've been surrounded.”The driver informed me way before I could complete my statement. “Listen, Lisa. You must not leave the car, no matter what happens.”“What? No, I'm coming with you.”“Don't be stubborn now. Just listen to me this once, please.”I shut my eyes and took a deep breath. I understand why he's doing this. But
***Melissa's POV***I woke up, feeling pains in my joints. The moment I opened my eyes, I noticed my vision was pitch black. What the hell is happening? Have I gone blind? I touched whatever I was lying on, only for me to realize that I was on the ground. What? Immediately, I sat up straight. I noticed the moon reflected where I was at that time of the night.I quickly looked up and saw the moon, which was half at night sky. So I wasn't blind after all. But where was this place? Why was I lying on the floor? I questioned, in my thoughts. Right at that moment, the memories of what happened before I passed out came flooding. I instantly let out a shocked gasp. “Xavier!” I called out, but my voice only echoed in the dead dark night. “No! No…" I screamed as tears ran down my cheeks. Why can't I find him? Have they really killed my mate? Is that it? Could that be the reason I couldn't hear from him? Immediately, I stood up from the ground and burrowed through the woods. “Xavier, whe
**Alpha Xavier's POV**“Argh!” I screamed, as the silver whip used on me tore my skin. Why does it hurt this much? I remember that a silver whip cannot do that much damage to Alphas. Why do I feel such extreme pain when a silver whip is used on me? Could it be that I was losing my strength, or is it something else? “Hit him harder!” My captor ordered, and the officiator of the whip continued hitting me in the skin, tearing out my flesh. “Argh! Why don't you just go ahead and finish me off? What is the need for the torture when all you want to do is kill me?*“Kill you? Just like that? That's not happening. It will be too much of a luxury to kill you just like that. You need to suffer for all the things you've done.”“Hahaha,” I burst into laughter. “You have the nerve to laugh when you are going through a dangerous torture method?”“You think you know how to torture. You should have asked me what I did to the first set of vampires I caught, who were involved in the death of my ma
***Melissa's POV***“Hell no! Count me out. You don't expect me to get involved in a war that will possibly not come to an end. Count me out if this. I refuse to be part and parcel of this,” one of the Alpha's said in anger. From the look of things, none of them is willing to help, Xavier. It is just as Denver had anticipated. “I know the majority of us fear vampires. But we can't watch our enemies kill one of our own while we stand aside and look.”“Denver, don't get over your head. You talk as if you don't understand a thing of what this means. You know for a fact that our packs, compared to Xavier's pack, are terribly not a match. Are you trying to send me to my death?” Another Alpha asked. This was becoming annoying. I mean, they are supposed to be leaders of packs and right now, that one of them needs help, they would rather not render help. This is just too bad. Seeing how Denver was struggling to convince them and how they were hellbent on not rendering help made me lose my
***Melissa's POV***It took me a week to go over the different packs to find support. So far, those who were willing to help were almost equal to those who weren't willing to help. Despite all of this, I was glad I made progress. It would have been terrible if they were unable to render help at all. That would have been worse, and for that reason, I'm truly grateful for the ones I've gotten. Not only that. I've been able to convince most of the Vulcan pack members who ran away for safety to come back to their pack because their Alpha needs them more than ever. Some are still scared that the vampires might launch another attack and so, they are not willing to return. I think it is only right for them to try to save themselves. Maybe I would have done the same if I were in their shoes, who knows.“Luna, is that you?” I turned around just before I got into the meeting hall, and there stood witch Alana.“Alana! It's so good to see you!” I exclaimed with so much excitement. “And I'm
***Melissa's POV***“You scared the shit out of me. Why did you show up behind me without prior warning, Alpha Caspian?”He smiled with his hands in his pocket. Just then, he took slow steps towards me. “I must say that I'm impressed with your powers. It hasn't been a year, and yet you've improved so much.”“Well, I should thank you and Jasmine for giving me the opportunity to show myself that I'm not the weakling you all thought I was,” I stated bitterly. “Melissa, I know it'll be difficult for you to forget about what happened or even forgive me. I know this is all my fault. If only I acknowledge you as my mate. Things wouldn't have gotten so bad. It's all my fault.”“No, it's not your fault. Matter of fact, I'm glad you are not my mate anymore. I wonder how I would have been able to live with a mate who saw nothing good in me. A mate that almost had me burned to the stake. For this reason, I'm glad I was able to sever the mate bond.”“How could you say that, Melissa? You of all
**Melissa's POV***“Wow, I must say that I'm greatly impressed. You have such wealth, and yet, why isn't your pack listed as the wealthiest?”Denver flashed me a smile. “Since the formation of the pack, we've never actually cared for material things. We prefer to keep a low profile no matter the wealth we acquire. In a simple words, we are okay being called the lowest pack simply because we refused to show off.”“I see. You know, with all these you've told me, I admire your pack even more.”“I'm glad you do, Luna, Melissa. Here, these are the grimoires.”As soon as I laid eyes on them, I went wide in surprise. There's no doubt that I've been desperate to see what exactly it looks like, and now that I've seen what it looks like, I'm excited. “There are a lot of them here.”“Yes, it's part of the treasures that are rare.”“He's right. Not all Witches are opportune to own a grimoire,” Witch Alana added. Seeing how her face lit up, made me realize just how important this is.”“Then I
**Melissa's POV***“Melissa, where are you?” Witch Alana asked through the witch's mind link. I wasn't yet crowned as the Luna of Vulcan pack, so I didn't have access to the Pack's mind link yet. Good thing we could communicate with one another as witches that we are. “Melissa, where are you? I know this is all too overwhelming for you, but you've got to snap out of it now. We don't have that much time left for you to sulk now. I promise we'll talk over this once the Alpha is saved, please.”I quickly wiped off my tears and went back to the secret cave. Alana was right here. It isn't the time for me to sulk over what has happened in the past. I need to think of the present and save the man meant for me. **Alpha Xavier's POV**My torture was getting worse by the day, but the only person I thought of was my mate. I was so certain that they were lying to me because I couldn't sense her wolf anywhere. But they keep threatening me with the likes of my Luna. At this point, I was going in
***Melissa's POV***Arnold staggered backwards as he was stabbed. The knife she used was purely made of dark magic. That very instant, I noticed Arnold going pale. “No!” I screamed out in anger at what happened right in front of me. Just then, I force pulled me up from the floor and I couldn't tell how I did it but the next thing I knew, I was standing right in front of the witch whose hands had become bloody with my mate's blood. I gripped her on the neck and pulled her up. “How dare you put a finger on my mate! I swear, I'll never forgive you. You must pay with your life for what you've done to my mate!”That's all it took for me to snap her neck. When I realized the witch had finally been killed, I tossed her to the ground and turned around towards my mate, who was now lying helplessly on the floor with Xavier by his side. Seeing my mate struggling for his life made my heart ache terribly. I felt like I was going to die from the pain. I managed to carry myself to his side. “
***Melissa's POV***“Argh!” I screamed out in pain as the young witch continued to cast her spell. Presently, I had shifted back into my human form as I couldn't bear the immense pain from the burning I felt on my back. Just then, I heard my child scream out. I quickly turned around to see my child who was crying non-stop. If it were to be in another situation, I would have been annoyed at the fact that my child was crying so hard. But currently, I felt relieved that my child was crying because it was an indication that he was alive. The cries of my child suddenly gave me the strength I thought had been drained by the witch. “You think I'm going to let you win? Never!”I struggled to stand up on my feet while the Witch continued to cast her incantations. I wasn't concerned about what she was doing at that moment. Rather, what I was more concerned about was the fact that I had to escape from this coven after finishing off their witch. With the little power left in me, I shit my ey
***Alpha Xavier's POV***Just as I was about to join them to cast the spell, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my heart, which made me stagger backwards. “Argh!” I heard someone scream, to my shock, it was Arnold. He held on to his chest just like I did. “Arnold, Xavier, what's going on. Why do you both feel the same pain at once?” Emilia asked, confused. “I have no idea, Emilia.”They probably do not know since we are of different tribes, but I know very well what this means. “We need to hurry with whatever spell week is about to carry out. Melissa is in danger. She must have been hurt,” I said in panic. I sat next to Arnold. At this point, I can't afford to hold whatever grudge I have against since we both have one common goal, and that is to find Melissa as soon as possible.I shut my eyes and let Emilia cast the spell, just as she had said she would. In no time, I found myself in the woods. I looked around, but I was alone. Where were Emilia and Arnold? Just then, I realized
**Alpha Xavier's POV***I've searched the woods for two days, yet there was no sign of a single witch. I was beginning to doubt whether what Badmos gave me was effective or not. Of course, it has to be effective. I had to find my child, but I don't even know where to search anymore. “Alpha, Xavier, I'm not sure if we'll be able to find your son this way. I think what we need is a powerful watch who knows the terrain. The orb is probably broken or ineffective.”“I thought so too,” I muttered. “Why don't we go back to the coven to see how things were in the coven?”“No, I can't!”“What? Why not?” Drake asked in surprise. “Listen, I promised my Luna that I was never coming back until I could bring my child with me.”"Of course I was there when you said that, but at this point, you also know that there's no way we can find your son. He's an Infant, where do we even begin to search for an infant.”“My child isn't whom I'm looking for, but the bitch who took my son.”“But there's no such
***Melissa's POV***I stood in front of two ladies. One looked as old as Emilia while the other was as young as I am, though I could tell that she's not as young as I think she is. To worsen it, she's the one carried my child who is now quiet. I wonder if he's doing okay by being silent, or if they used some kind of dark spell to keep him shut. “I'm here now, please give me back my child.”The ladies both looked at one another and laughed out hysterically. “Mother, she's such a naive one. Who would have thought that she'll really come to us so easily.”“Don't talk like that child. She's a mother, so it's only natural that she would do everything to save her child, and this is one thing we lack.”“You're right now. And that is why we must break this goddess forsaken curse!”The moment they mentioned the curse, I was reminded of what Emilia had told me earlier about the curse my grandmother had laid on them. “The curse, huh? I know about this curse. But then, my child has got nothing
**Badmos POV**While in bed, I couldn't sleep because I realized that this wasn't the best way to protect Melissa. I promised Xavier that I was going to watch over her, and the best way I could actually do that is by staying by her side if I have to. This is the only way for her me to fully keep an eye on her. I quickly rolled out of bed and headed to her room. But before then, I stopped at Emilia's. I knocked light in Emilia's door and in a few seconds, Emilia got the door. “Badmos, you're still awake.”“Couldn't sleep. With my grandson missing and Melissa in the terrible state she's in, I can't leave her in such a state, you know.”“You're right. I checked on her a few minutes ago. I think we should both check on her again, just to be certain she's okay.”Emilia and I both went to her door. But then, Emilia both noticed something strange, and that was the lack of a presence in the room. We could both feel it from where she stood. Emilia and I both exchanged quick glances before
**Melissa's POV***Even though I saw no wisps on the way, that didn't stop me from forging her head. I had the belief that no matter what, I'll find my child. After walking for almost an hour without knowing where I was headed, I suddenly noticed a bright light ahead of me. What is that? I increased my walking speed. I couldn't shift into my wolf, as I was too weak to do so. And since I'll be meeting a witch, then I'll have to retain my human form to fight if I have to. My wolf cannot save me from her spell, and I cannot carry out the spell I know as well. The more I walked over to the lights, the farther it looked. This is confusing. How can there be a bright light in the woods that is unattainable . Still, I didn't give up. The will to save my child is way stronger than any thought about giving up. I definitely cannot give up now, I don't care where my child is right now. All I know is that I must save my child as soon as possible.After walking for what seemed like hours, I fina
***Melissa's POV***I could hardly sleep when nightfall came. I worry about my child and my mates. I wonder whether they were doing okay or not. What if something bad had happened to them? Worst still, what if the Witches are more powerful than Xavier and Arnold? Doesn't this mean I'll lose everyone?I tossed in my bed with so much worry in my heart. The door to my room flew open and Emilia showed up. “It's as if I knew you wouldn't be sleeping by this time. “I can't sleep. I'm just too worried, we've tried all the tracking spells we know, but we still can't find them. Doesn't this mean they are more powerful than we are?”“Not at all. They are not as powerful as we are. The only reason it looks difficult to get them is their possession of dark magic. If not for the dark magic they possess, I can assure you that you'll surely get to them. They know they'll be caught, that's why they used the dark spell.”“Can't we use the dark spell too. I mean, since it has come to this point, don'
***Alpha Xavier's POV***“Your child is missing. I have seen it in my visions since three days ago.”That made me stagger backwards. “Wait a minute, I don't think I heard you correctly. What do you mean by my child has gone missing? “ How can he go missing just like that?“I'm sorry, this is hard for you to accept, but I can't lie to you about something like this, you know.”“I still don't get it. Why is my child missing? What happened to my child?” I demanded in rage. “Xavier, calm down. Your child is not dead yet. He's only missing. Presently, your Luna needs you most. Please hurry over to her side.”As soon as Alana said the last words, I bolted out of her room and headed straight to the witch's coven. “Alpha, where are you headed in such a hurry?”Drake asked as he saw me heading out of the pack house. I quickly turned around to face him. “Drake, you must take care of pack matters until my return. I need to attend to something pretty urgent.”“Why do you look panicked? Why don