Violet froze."I didn't want to believe at first, but it couldn't be anyone else." "What do you mean, Gwen?" Violet asked."I never thought you'd be able to do something like that to us, Violet. But when the rumors started to be about you, I kind of put the pieces together. You did this because you fell in love, wasn't it?" Gwen said with disappointment.Violet looked at her without knowing what to say."Of course not. I did it because I have principles." Violet said."Principles…" Gwen disdained. "We gave you a good life, didn't we? You were raised like my sister, you had the same things that I did. Isn't gratitude one of your principles? How could you do this to me? You ruined my life." Her eyes were full of tears as she exploded towards Violet.Violet had so many things to say, but she couldn't find the right words. She didn't expect that Gwen would treat her like that.Of course she was sad, it was understandable, but Violet didn't really have a choice. It didn't make everything
Violet had the worst night ever. Lots of nightmares, and not having Jack by her side didn't help.Apparently, he got drunk during the party and slept on the couch.And Violet couldn't stop thinking about what Gwen had said to her on the previous day.So at noon, Jack came to see her and suggested that they went to spend the weekend on the beach as he had said.Violet immediately agreed. A few days far away from that mess could be good for her.Especially with him. For the first time since they met, they would be able to spend some time alone.That kind of left Violet nervous.Of course they had already gone through the sex stage, but she would still be shy in front of him in some occasions. Especially when he flirted with her, which she had to admit, he was really good at."I'm gonna ask Lucinda to buy a bikini for you and help you with your bag. It's just a few days, so you don't need to bring too much." Jack said when he came by to invite her for their little trip.Lucinda showed up
Violet and Jack returned to the house after the sunset. She was feeling much better and the view of the sea made her day much better than she expected it would be.Jack said he would go to the supermarket to buy something to cook for dinner while she showered.Violet felt mesmerized when she saw that the bathroom had a bathtub, so she took a really long bath, just thinking about life and enjoying the silence.She did not remember a day where she could simply appreciate how good it was to just hear the sound of her breathing.The noises of pans slamming on the kitchen took her out of her daydream. Jack was probably back and was now cooking for them.She got out of the tub and dried her long blonde hair. She opened her bag and took a very comfy dress from it and the red lingerie fell off from it on the process.Violet looked at it for a few seconds, rethinking about her conversation with Lucinda earlier. She did want to feel powerful and in control.She wanted to enjoy her moments with
Violet could feel Jack's hand all over her. At some point, she managed to take his shirt off, and he grabbed the chance to take her dress off too.When his eyes felt upon her lingerie, Violet could see them burning with lust.She saw him gulping and cleaning his throat, but his voice came out hoarse anyway."That's a very beautiful lingerie." She smirked at him."Do you like it? I was really conflicted about whether you'd like it or not.""I'm really glad you chose to wear it." Jack said without taking his eyes off of her breasts.He took her boobs in his hands and squeezed them like they were two juicy peaches.Violet almost let out a moan, but she didn't want to give in yet.Jack was the one supposed to be provoked, not her.And that sexy little game was kind of turning her on.She forced her body forward, making her pelvis stay closer to his member, which was already very hard against her.She continued to kiss his neck, while her hand slid down his chest and abs. When she reached
Violet wasn't sure if she really wanted to hear his answer, but she wanted to have at least an idea about what the future would hold."Honestly, I still think we're going to face a lot. Gwen is clearly not someone that has experience with being an Alpha. If she listens to the wrong people, the Diamond Pack could fall into the wrong hands again.""I haven't thought about that." Violet confessed."Yeah, well… Apparently, there were a lot of people working for Arden for years. He wasn't a lone wolf. If he really bribed all these people from other packs, we have no idea what he's capable of.""What do you mean? What do you think it could happen?""We don't know where Arden is. If he really has people by his side, he could be hidden somewhere. He could plan to come back. I don't know." Jack said taking another sip from the wine."Come back? Why would he come back knowing that everyone is after him, the entire pack hates him and society doesn't accept him anymore?" Violet asked in shock.Tha
Violet couldn't stop cursing herself for bringing the subject of marriage. It had certainly ruined the mood they were in because of their trip.But she wouldn't let that shake her relationship with Jack.If the conversation came up again, they were going to talk about marriage. But not now.She was still very upset about everything with the Diamond Pack, and it was actually too soon to talk about getting married.She had said that as a joke at first, she didn't think it would turn out to be a serious conversation between them.Jack didn't seem very satisfied with the direction the conversation took, and that was the reason she regretted talking about it.A knock on the door took her out of her thoughts."I heard you had come back. Did you miss me?" Lucinda said after Violet opened the door for her."I was gone for barely a day." Violet said with a smile."So?" she pretended to be offended. "How was it then? Did you use the little gift I bought you?" Lucinda said with a smirk.Violet al
Violet's stomach started to burn.Who could it be? Was it someone she knew?What was going to happen to him?"Where's Jack?" Morgana asked the man, still holding him by his collar."Upstairs. His office." Morgana released him, who tried to pretend that didn't get scared by her, and Violet finally followed her to Jack's office.Morgana entered the room without even knocking, something that Violet thought Jack wasn't going to like.But again, Morgana could be pretty scary when she wanted to, and given the latest facts, Jack was probably too busy to care."Jack, what happened? They said someone was caught." Morgana asked as soon as she entered.Jack was seated on his usual chair with a glass of whisky on his hand.There were also two other men that Violet didn't know inside the office.Apparently, they were giving information to their leader, but when the ladies entered, Jack asked them to leave."They just told me what is happening on the Diamond Pack." Jack started after the men left,
The night was really long.All the Rebels pack were anxiously waiting for some feedback from the Diamond Pack regarding the traitor's judgement.Apparently, the Diamond Pack was going to give a response after the sunrise, but no one seemed to be sleepy.Violet didn't want to sleep either, but couldn't stand being in the same place as everyone else.The atmosphere was too much for her to handle. She went to her room and asked Jack to tell her if anything new came up.It was a few minutes after the sun appeared on the horizon that he entered her room with a bright face, even though exhausted."She agreed. The trial will be held in the square in front of the palace on Saturday at noon." he sat on her bed and leaned his head on the headboard."Really?" Violet sounded surprised. "And how do these trials work? They won't torture the man in front of everyone, will they?"Jack laughed, finding her questions really amusing."You don't need to laugh at me because I don't know this kind of things
It was their fourth trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary, and Jack had decided to spend it in a place with snow that year.He also wanted to show Violet and the kids something called Aurora Borealis, something that she had never heard of, but Jack said they'd love it.It was one of the most incredible things he had seen with his father as a child, and he wanted to show it to her and the children.Charles was four years now, and they had one little girl who was about to turn two called Adele. Every year, they would go in an adventure to celebrate their wedding anniversary, and Jack was very committed in fulfilling his promise to take Violet to know the world.And she was more than happy to do it with their family. Charles was the apple of her eye, while Adele was a true daddy's girl.Their family was much more than she could've ever asked for.They had chosen Lucinda and Lance to be the godparents of Charles. They were also married now and had a little girl called Louise, to who
The news about the wedding had spread like fire in wood.Morgana made sure to put everyone to help with the preparations, from decoration to food, so the Rebels' members were pretty busy.Violet didn't imagine that organizing a wedding would be so nerve-wracking, and she was feeling sick most of the time.Morgana had accepted to be her bridesmaid, alongside Lucinda, of course. Jack asked Lance to be one of his best men as well, which surprised Violet's brother as much as herself.Lucinda and Lance had finally started a relationship, and Lucinda was splitting her time between the Diamond Pack and the Rebels, which made Violet really happy.Her friend had arranged the perfect wedding dress for Violet, one that she loved more than anything.She couldn't wait to put that on and dance the whole night feeling like a princess out of a fairy tale, because that's how she was feeling.Everything was good. Violet was finally feeling happy.Jack, on the other hand, looked extremely anxious as the
Violet decided to go back to the mansion, since Lance had too much to do in the Diamond Pack, and she wouldn't be any helpful to him. She also didn't wait for Lucinda, since she had no idea how long their conversation would last.But deep down, she was dying to know every detail from it.Right after leaving the palace, she noticed how the members of the Diamond Pack seemed much happier and satisfied by the outcome of their fight.A lot of them reached out to her and Jack on the way out, to thank them for doing what they did.She didn't know how to react to that, since she didn't feel like she deserved all that credit. It was true that she had helped all that take place in the first place, but for her it felt kind of an obligation to do the right thing.Violet also saw the walls being destroyed by the guards of the Diamond Pack and a lot of volunteers.She finally felt at peace, knowing that she'd probably never see those bricks being put their again.Lance was the best decision for th
Violet wasn't sure if she had listened correctly."Exiled?" she repeated.Lance nodded, but asked her and Jack to follow him to an empty room next to his office."I didn't want anyone to listen to this yet. I still didn't make the official announcement to the pack. I also need to go throw the coronation ceremony first, so…" Lance started closing the door. "I talked to the council and they wanted Gwen to rot in jail. Some of them even wanted her to be killed for her treason, since she teamed up and even colluded with a fugitive." Violet felt a shivering in her spine."But I suggested that she would be exiled from the Crescent instead, as a form of punishment for what she did. I tried to use the argument that she might had felt coerced to do all of that since Arden was her father, and she was never prepared to be an Alpha after all.""And they accepted just like that?" Violet asked."Of course not. It took me a while to convince them that she doesn't offer us any threat. They agreed to
"They did what?" Violet asked feeling excited and sad at the same time.She was extremely proud and happy for him, after all, it was something Lance was expecting since he was young.It was also the best option for the Diamond Pack to be finally the pack it deserved. Violet was more than sure that Lance would be an amazing leader, without such things as walls, war for power, and forbidding laws in his government.But at the same time, she knew that it could only mean one thing."So, you're coming back to live here, right? You won't stay with us at the mansion anymore." Violet felt Jack's hand grabbing hers as a sign of comforting.She suddenly felt a lump on her throat."I don't know. I… I'm not thinking clearly at the moment, so… I asked them to give an answer tomorrow. I think we should all rest a bit after tonight, right?" Lance answered.She let go of Jack's hand and crossed the hall, eager to give Lance a hug.Wrapping her arms around his neck, Violet gave him an embrace full of
It took Violet a while to make sense of everything that had happened.When she finally realized that Arden wasn't alive anymore, she took a deep breath and put her hand in the part of her head that had been hit.A lot of blood was coming out of it, but she didn't care.Lance looked extremely hopeless after finishing his mission, and even though Violet knew he wanted to take revenge on the man, Lance wasn't a violent person.So he should be going through an internal conflict for sure.But it was Gwen who was catching their full attention now.The woman had ran to her father's body and collapsed on top it, crying and screaming compulsively.Violet felt really bad for her, but at the same time, a low voice inside her head kept saying that Gwen was now experiencing the same thing that she and Lance had experienced when they were just kids.She didn't want to sound cold and insensitive by saying that, so she kept the thought to herself.Lance came by Violet's side as they both kept staring
Violet could feel her legs trembling and her hands sweating like she was about to get hanged.Seeing how tense she was, Lance grabbed her hand and pulled her in the direction of that door.It was like the hallway had extended to twice its size.As much as they walked forward, they never seemed to reach their destination.That was a terrible idea, Violet then realized.What if Arden wasn't there?Or even worse, what if he was?What would they do? What would they say to him?Would Lance let the man even speak before killing him?Did she want him to say anything though?For months, she hoped not to see Arden's face never again. She wanted to turn that page, forget he was ever a part of her life.But they would never be in peace with Arden at loose, threatening her and her loved ones, and making the Diamond Pack a terrible place to live.They had to put an end to it.With the other hand, Lance reached the doorknob and twisted it, pulling the door forward.Violet thought she would see Arden
Violet noticed that the palace was invaded as quicker as a tsunami wiping away everything ahead.One minute they were entering it alone, and on the next, a lot of the members that went with them were inside the building, making sure the guards didn't stop the three of them.Violet saw Lucinda fighting two men at once, Mark and Fiona putting some wood to lock the door, and Dave helping to take someone out of Lance's way.She didn't know what to do. She was supposed to follow Lance to the hidden room, but suddenly the main lobby of the palace was crowded and full of people and wolves fighting.Violet made one woman that tried to hit her levitate and tossed her on the other side of the room with a bump against the wall.Lance also got involved in an one-on-one battle with someone Violet didn't recognize, but something caught her attention at that same moment.Jack was being attacked by three men and two wolves. He was surrounded by them. Somehow he managed to distance himself from her an
Violet saw the days pass with Jack contacting a lot of the Rebels' allies and telling them about his plan.Violet was barely sleeping with the anticipation for their attack, and she was also waiting for something bad to happen in between, since Arden's threat.The construction of the walls of the Diamond Pack were going strong, and she worried that it would be already done once they left for the mission, which was only going to make things harder for them.She tried to distract herself by talking nonsense with Lucinda and also going for a jog in the mornings, but nothing seemed to take the imminent fight from her mind.She and Jack were finally well, although she barely had time to be with him alone. He was always working and making sure everything was okay for the battle, so she tried to commit with helping him as much as she could.Lance was also doing great in the Rebels.Everyone seemed to love him. Even Jack was having a great bond with him, something that Violet made sure to teas