Mirage's P.O.V Everything was going fine and dandy until dinner time, when Krimson deliberately sat next to me on the large formal table, even though there were several other tables available on every other side. From across the table, I saw Cameron and Freya exchange a secret look with each other before both of them turned towards Alex. I think I saw him shake his head discretely from the corner of my eyes, but I could've been mistaken. Seriously? What was wrong with everyone? Especially Alex and Krimson? Why were they suddenly caging me in, as if they were trying to see who I would favor first? Alex, I could understand. I was his mate and as Sarah had pointed out, mates can get extremely territorial when it came to their mated pair. And to top it off, the fact that I was Alex's mate, had been kept a secret from Krimson because the Alpha and the rest of the higher-ranking people in the pack wanted to figure out what Krimson's motives were. But what I didn
Mirage's P.O.V "Alpha Krimson?" I looked behind him down the corridors, but it was all empty. "What are you doing here at this time of the night?" "I wanted to speak to you alone, without interruptions." He tilted his head to the side. "May I come in?" I looked around a little uneasily. Finding him here after everything that had happened today was more than a little odd. But Alex was right next door, right? So he'd understand if something were to happen to me…right? I eyed Krimson's honed figure carefully. Even in a black t-shirt and jeans, he looked hella intimidating. But at the same time, I had this vague sense of…intrigue. I found him quiet fascinating…intriguing. It was nothing like how I felt for Alex. There was no flutter in my heart; there was no giddiness…nothing that made me feel like I wanted to jump his bones; and yet…I was unable to peel my eyes off of him. Whatever I felt for Krimson, it seemed to
Mirage's P.O.V Facing Alex felt increasingly difficult the next morning. There was a boulder the side of Mt. Everest on my heart and the guilt kept on eating me up from the inside out. Nothing happened between me and Krimson…absolutely nothing. In fact, I had pushed him away. I had blocked his advances and told him to leave…but that still didn't change the fact that I had let him inside my room, in the middle of the night. At breakfast the next morning, Alex sat across from me, but Krimson still insisted on sitting right beside me. And when I saw the others exchanging glances once again…I understood then that they all knew. About Krimson coming into my room last night. Since I hadn't told anyone and neither did Alex seem like the person who would gossip about others behind their backs…I had to assume that either Krimson had been the one to gossip…or someone had seen him coming out of my room. Getting up from my seat suddenly, I took my plate and move
Mirage's P.O.V "Why do I need to go to a greenhouse again?" I asked Freya as she walked beside me, a small basket in her hands that held a bunch of seedlings she planned on planting at the greenhouse. First of all, why did the pack even have a greenhouse? They could get anything they wanted from the market or just order in deliveries or something? But instead of all that, we were now standing in front of a humongous greenhouse, made almost completely of glass. It was at least twenty feet tall and I could already see several plants and trees inside. It was located towards the outskirts of the forest, right at the end of the pack territory, away from all the hustle and bustle of the pack. The environment here was peaceful, quiet. Freya went ahead and opened the glass doors to the greenhouse before stepping inside. My curiosity got the better of me and I found myself following behind her as I entered the greenhouse. Immediately, several kinds of beautiful
Alex's P.O.V A searing pain filled my chest as I dropped to the ground, just after Cameron dropped to the floor on his knees, clutching his head in his hands. A ferocious growl tore through his lips. Something wasn't right… Freya was hurt…and so was Mirage… "What's going on?" I heard Alpha Krimson ask past the white noise. "What's happening?" Working past the pain, I reached out towards Cameron, taking a hold of his shoulders to get him back to his senses. Cameron nodded his head and stood up on shaky feet. He then held out a hand for me and pulled me up to my feet. The effect of the initial shock began to subside and sensations began to return slowly. "You felt it too?" I asked Cameron, who nodded his head. "Freya and Mirage." He confirmed. "Something just happened to the both of them." Turning towards Alpha Krimson, Cameron gave him a tight smile. "We'll continue the conversat
Cameron's P.O.V Dust scattered into the wind as I gave chase to the reddish-brown wolf in front of me. Alex was fast, but right now, he seemed faster than two Alphas chasing him. 'What just happened?' Alpha Krimson's voice rang loud and clear inside my head, connecting through the bond that linked an Alpha to another. 'Has he gone rogue?' 'For the sake of everyone here, let's pray to the goddess that he hasn't,' I told him, still running as fast as I could, trying to catch up to Alex. 'It was his, wasn't it? The last report that was shown at the meeting?' Alpha Krimson was quick to catch on to the situation. 'If so, why didn't he take the antidote?' 'Because he doesn't trust it yet, the cure…none of us do.' If we were talking about clarity, let's begin with that shall we? The fact that no one in the pack was yet convinced of Krimson's motives or intensions regarding mass producing the cure. But there was no more time for conversations as the gr
Freya's P.O.V "Fae…" Alpha Krimson's voice was almost an absentminded whisper, but I was sure everyone had heard him just fine. "Yes." I nodded, looking at each of them in turn. "Before I called Cameron for help…just before I was rendered unconscious, I saw Mirage use photokinesis. It's the power to use light however they please…and only two species have that power in the entire world…angels…and-" "Fae." Alpha Krimson finished that sentence once again, looking at me with narrowed eyes. "Are you certain?" "I think you're the second clue to Mirage's origin, Alpha Krimson." I told him, calling Sarah over to my side. "I've heard that you have been trying to pursue her to leave the pack with you. Why did you do that?" It was a direct accusation, something only an Alpha was allowed to make of another Alpha. But in this case, the exception was that I was a witch and Mirage had been confiding in
Mirage's P.O.V "Why?" I screamed, my voice scrubbed raw as I looked at the woman I was a splitting image of. "Why do I have to follow you around all this time? Why can't I just…stop! I'm fed up of all this, mom! I just want this to end!" Maya Alejandro, former beta to the Dark Water pack, a powerful wolf who had lost everything in the name of love, and the woman who was my mother…slapped me across the face. "You think I'm not?" She asked; her voice soft, yet firm. "You think I've been doing this for the last twenty one years just for fun? Moving from one place to another; making sure all our traces has been erased. Constantly changing jobs to try to keep putting food on the table. Your father and I are trying our best, Mira. The least you can do if be grateful for what we have!" "To what end, mom?" A broken sob escaped my lips. "We're all alone. We don't have family, we don't have friends. When my classmates