" River," she yelled again and he finally halted on his tracks, as if he just realized he had done something stupid.The Alpha turned back slowly to meet his mate's shimmering, wide eyes.Estelle was at the verge of tears again as she was confused. Had someone exchanged her River with this strange man in front of her? Was this really the River she knew?" W...what is happening?" Her voice cracked, staring at the silver haired man who had confusion roaming through his golden orbs.He seemed confused and she didn't understand why." When did all of this start, River?" She inquired again, finally breaking down. Her loud sobs echoing in the large room.The man's eyes twitched and squinted in pain as he watched the woman before him break down helplessly." Estelle please," he immediately ushered her into his large arms, his hand gently caressing her red cheeks and, his eyes pleading for her to stop crying.He could feel his heart breaking at that, and, when he recalled what he had done
Estelle shifted on her seat again. She had been waiting for Luna Lindsay to show up for a while now but the woman had been keeping her waiting for a long time.Whether she was doing it intentionally or not, Estelle didn't care. As long as she saw her, she would be fine.Right at that moment, the haughty Luna walked in and Estelle already felt that pride and arrogance around her." I don't know why River's Luna wants to see me." She scoffed, elegantly taking her seat and giving Estelle a look the latter didn't like but she just couldn't say anything.After all, she was here for a favor that the woman before her had to grant." Good day, Luna Lindsay." Estelle greeted with a smile that the woman didn't return. It looked like she glared at her instead." I'm here to..."" Plead? You're here to apologize, right? As expected. I heard that bitch is your mother. How could River have a luna with a mother like that? Listen..."" I didn't come here to listen to lectures, Luna. I'm also not h
" I'll give this to the Alpha, take this to her." Melina said, referring to Estelle.Connor recalled Melina's words as he waited for the large living room door to open, expecting someone. His eyes shifted to the upper floor and a smirk appeared on his face as he wondered what Melina was doing.Meanwhile, Melina smirked as she saw the beautiful man reading. He looked so handsome that she just wanted to watch him but she was in a hurry." Melina," she had him call. He had noticed her first." Good evening, Alpha. Erm....I... Luna Estelle is back and she asked me to give this to you. She's in the royal kitchen." Melina lied, placing the wine glass carefully on the man's table.He only nodded and his eyes returned to the book he was reading but he looked up again when he saw Melina was still standing there." You can go, Melina." He told her but she angrily pushed her toe against the wall. Gosh, she just needed him to take a sip. A taste of that wine and everything would be good but
" Does...that mean, she also controlled you into falling for her?" Estelle asked, after a long silence and the man raised his head to stare at her." She won't be able to control me anymore. She only had the power to do that because she was beside me and I let my guard down too much." He replied and she nodded.A small smile on his face as he heard her relieved sigh." I'm just so happy she didn't do what she tried to do. I would have died of a heartbreak, oh my heart." Estelle sighed again, remembering River's half nude body." Come here," he sighed, opening his large arms for her and she smiled widely as she trudged forward towards him but just as she touched him, he flung her off him like she was some kind of disease.Estelle stared at him in surprise from where he had thrown her, ignoring the bruise on her arm, she stared at him as he suddenly growled loudly.She definitely didn't miss the way his beautiful eyes changed to the predatory and dangerous color of red." R...river?"
" As I said, my father was a complete demon, evil, wicked and any name you could call it. He was literally worse than a devil. He always wanted to win and be superior above everyone."" One day he met my mother and he wanted her because she hated him and because she told him he couldn't have her. He wanted to have her and suppress her, he wanted to be the superior one and the Lord over her. He did get my mother, but with force and he locked her in his cell, mistreating and torturing her, with his mistresses."" My father's several rape led to my creation and my mother's pregnancy which she loathed a lot. She despised me right from the womb but my father didn't know one thing. My mother was a witch, a young one who was practicing towards the peak of her power and that was why she never retaliated to any of my father's torments earlier."Estelle had him take a long breath and she squeezed his hand gently." She finally achieved the powers she wanted and as expected, she killed my fa
WEEKS LATER_SOMEWHERE FARAWAY In the dark coven, the beautiful woman with the seductive but deadly beautiful lips smiled this time, her lips parting as she stared at the hourglass that was placed on the high, red slab.The queen's eyes that were mostly always on the hourglass lifted with joy at every second and at every sand that fell down from the top side of the hourglass. Finally!" Finally." She sighed. There was just little sand remaining. So little and her eyes turned to a dark sword and a clay potl that was right beside the hourglass.A smirk that rose on her lips immediately turned to a frown when she heard those usually annoying, muffled groans from the cage opposite her.Like before, the figure sitting in the cage figured that she had garnered the Queen's attention and she tried to stifle her cries but it just wasn't working." You brat!" The Queen's sharp eyes glared at her.In the next minute, two figures appeared and dragged two wild, huge hyenas into the cage whil
Everyone said their painful byes to Alice as she was buried. Estelle's eyes burned as she couldn't cry any more from the continuous hours of tears, she was now too tired to cry.Kaileyn held her head in pain, seething at the migraine in her head. No one saw her crying but her puffy eyes gave her out.If it wasn't for her evil change, she was one of Alice's best people. Alice and her made a lot of memories that all rushed into Kaileyn's head the moment she heard that sad news.Because of the blindness Alisha had cast against her, she wasn't able to correct her image in Alice's eyes before her demise and she was so mad about it.Neil had stopped crying but his face was as grim and taut as ever. He was shaking in anger, extreme rage and revenge and the moment he laid his hands on whoever pushed him into this sorrow, he wouldn't even waste a millisecond in crushing that bastard's head in his hands.No one knew Lair appeared during the funeral because he didn't even spend up to half a
" She's so dumb, My Queen." Melina giggled." Q... Queen mother, what is happening?" " Nothing much, I just tricked you. You're trying to set up a coven under my very own nose? While I'm still on the throne? No way! So, I just tricked you to kill them by your own hands, nothing much." " You said my son would be the next Alpha!" The lush eyed witch shouted but she received a blinding slap instead." Don't raise your voice at me! The deal is still on, I'm not refuting that and I'm still going to take my revenge on River so he'll certainly be the next Alpha. I just wanted those fools dead, there should be no ruling except mine." Queen Aradia said and the lush eyed witch bit her lips angrily." By the way, that son of yours doesn't have enough darkness in his heart yet. He's still so useless even with all the people I killed in his life so he'd turn evil but he's still so stupid."" I–"" Do something fast. I don't care what you do, just make sure he has enough darkness in his heart i
The Alpha's gaze finally broke from her face and he stood in front of his mate but Estelle didn't let him, she jumped in front of Tabitha and grabbed a handful of her hair, pulling out a few.Luna Lindsay yelped and made to rush to her daughter but Estelle glared angrily at her, halting the older Luna on her tracks." River! Won't you stop your mate? Because Tabitha is back doesn't mean you're any innocent. You killed my daughter back then and instead of petting her on her return, you're letting her get mishandled?" Luna Lindsay yelled.Before the Alpha could reply, Neil stood in place of him. " Your daughter is not innocent either so let her just go back to whatever hole she's coming from!" He yelled but was answered with a deafening slap from his mother.“ Neil!” Naina gasped." Bastard!" She hissed and turned to glare at Estelle." Let go of my daughter!" " Not until she tells me why she killed my child!" Estelle yelled back at her.Silence ensued afterwards, the Alpha turned t
A YEAR LATER. " I don't just understand you! Acting stubborn and all hot-headed won't help you in any way! You rejected him? Are you serious now, Kaileyn?" Lair raged, yelling at the red head who only glared at him before moving away from him." Wow." Lair smirked at her actions. " We really are siblings. We're very good at rejecting our mates." He added.She nodded in support. " I'm glad you know. You started it so stop berating me already. I don't like it!" She shouted." I've told you I don't like him, I find him disgusting in every way and I'll be perfectly fine living my life without a mate. I don't need any man in my life to begin with, they all come with troubles and issues." She hissed again and Lair heaved a huge sigh.He didn't think he could tell the difference between Kaileyn and a goat, they were both the same. Stubborn and annoying.And now, she has rejected her mate. He wasn't of royal blood but still a strong, well-to-do gold merchant but Kaileyn hadn't even thought
" Meanwhile, I overheard their conversation and Lilith swore to kill me." Zora sniffled." They kidnapped me and tortured me for months before I finally had the chance to escape and I ran away. I left the werewolf realm totally so they wouldn't get me again. I was pregnant then and on reaching the human realm, I got into labor and I gave birth to a daughter who I lost." She turned to Naina whose eyes were as large as balls in shock." I was very happy when I found her. I stayed with her lazy ass for a while before Lilith got me again and ran me over with a car. I escaped again, running to another place so they wouldn't get a hold of me."" I only returned here when I heard about their misfortunes so I came back to my child." Zora finished and caressed Naina's face gently with tears in her eyes while the latter just kept staring at her without a word.There were murmurs of disbelief immediately as everyone stared at Marianne with disgusted faces." Does that mean Kaileyn belongs to
" Oh, you stupid Beta! You finally remembered me, I thought you all wouldn't be able to recognize my face again." She said, crying in-between." By the way, I heard you're my baby's mate. I really don't want someone like you for her, you skirt chaser." She added and Neil flushed but suddenly recalled something." Y... your baby?" He asked.Zora stared at Naina for a long time before nodding gently, placing a warm, lingering kiss on Naina's forehead." Yes, my baby." She nodded and that was when Naina slowly stepped away from her." Zora, what are you doing here? How did you reach here and how do you know Neil? Why are they calling you Geneva and what's the meaning of what you just said? Who's your baby? Did you fall and hit your head again, Zora?" Naina inquired.Her confusion increased the more as Zora only kept staring at her with just nothing but love in her eyes, it didn't even seem like she heard all of Naina's questions.Neil couldn't believe it but now, everything was clear t
MOON-VALLEY PACK. Estelle ran wildly into the pack house, her legs only directing her to the Herves palace where she knew he would be." Luna!" Shocked shouts came from all directions as they stared at her wounds and her bloodied body.Some started to murmur in worry. Wasn't she pregnant? Had they lost another heir once again?Estelle didn't even hear anything but the breeze passing by her ears as she ran and finally, she arrived and stormed into the palace, shocking the people around there too.Especially Neil who's eyes shone alarmingly in worry." Luna?" He called and Estelle immediately faced him. She held his hand tightly like he wanted to run away from her." Where's River? How's he and where's he?" She asked with uneven breaths, she didn't even understand herself well and all she just wanted was for them to take her to him so she could see him." He's in the room, Luna. He's still hanging on." Neil replied and they both skidded upstairs immediately.Estelle stopped by the do
" L...lair?" She stammered.His eyes were just the same too, as Lord Lawrence and he was glaring down at her with a sickening smile on his veiny face.Estelle was confused and afraid, she didn't know what was happening and frustration started to bite hard in her.She just kept jumping from one trouble into the other." Lair, what is wrong with you?" She shouted but she heard Lord Lawrence chuckle behind her and she turned to him, he wasn't looking at her, he was staring at someone behind Lair's back." You're here too." His eyes glinted with excitement and evil." Lair, why aren't you helping her up?" The feminine voice behind Lair said as she ran to them. It was Kaileyn and she had also noticed Lair's unusual state." W...what is wrong with you? Lawrence? What are you doing here too?" She asked, confusion plastered on her face.Estelle stared deeply at her and immediately noticed her eyes were normal unlike the other two so she quickly stood up, rushing to Kaileyn with unstable b
A man stood in the shadows, his dark night eyes glowing evilly and viciously as he stared at his long, sharp, black claws.He smirked, remembering the people he'd given his black marks. They were finally going to be of use today. The man stepped out of the shadows and he exhaled as his face came into view.Lord Lawrence! *Melina yelled angrily as she appeared in front of the great sea that didn't let her powers pass over it.This was one of the spaces in earth that supernaturals despised the most because of how the sea always held them back from crossing it by using their powers.They'd have to use a physical way to cross the sea and Melina glared hard at it again. It was going to take a lot of time for her to cross it and what she didn't need at all was to waste time.But, she had no choice. No spells or powers she had could supercede that of the sea's. It had existed for a long time and no supernatural still had the power to break the curse a priestess had laid on the sea.
" Congratulations, My Queen. He's dead, the news is everywhere now. The undefeatable Alpha River has finally crossed to the other side." Melina smiled happily and Lilith waved proudly." Now, you'll be feared more by everyone. I wish to be like you someday, My Queen." Melina added." Stop dreaming." Lilith hissed mockingly, removing the smile from Melina's face immediately. The girl bowed and set up Lilith's dinner before moving back to stay in her position." By the way, it's high time I get rid of that thing in there. I'll send news to her sister later and I'm very sure the shock would remove that bastard from her womb. That's if the little devil isn't gone yet." Lilith laughed loudly as she stared at the cage.She stretched her hand and Melina dropped a shiny sword on it." I'll have her heart together with my dinner." She smirked, widening Melina's smile. Lilith stretched her hand towards the cage and a bruised girl fell from it, falling on her knees in front of the whitehead
" Missed me, son?" She smiled prettily while River managed to take a good look at her and he smirked.She was just the same as he could remember, beautiful, evil deceitful eyes and her poisonous, pretty smile." The hourglass emptied just seconds ago." She smiled again, her piercing eyes staring mockingly at him." I told you, River. I would get my revenge and see, I did it and you're so pitifully helpless. Just as I planned, exactly as I planned." She laughed loudly.Neil's eyes reddened angrily and he tried to stubbornly enter the area but he was burnt badly as it was an electric field spell.It totally covered the whole area where the witch and the Alpha was, she obviously wanted them to watch but didn't want them to enter.They also noticed they really couldn't hear what they were discussing well." Don't you miss mummy, you rebellious son of mine? You wanted your father, right? Fine, I'll grant you that wish today. You'll be able to go see your father today. But..." She trailed