...Wynter POV...The next morning I woke up with a new sense of urgency. Almost as if we were on the same wavelength, Kenji burst into our room."Huh? What's going on?" Darius said, waking up with a start. When he saw everything was ok, he relaxed."Dude? What's the rush? Couldn't you have at least let us sleep in? And wait.. since when are you up before me?" Darius asked Kenji."That's not important. And no this can't wait." Kenji says."Fine. Just give us a chance to get dressed. We'll meet in my office in twenty minutes." Darius says.Kenji looks frustrated but ultimately agrees. He leaves the room, leaving Darius and I to get changed."What do you think that was about?" I ask Darius."I have a couple of ideas. I just didn't expect him to be up this early."I look at the clock and see that he's right. It's barely even five in the morning. "What are your ideas?" I ask."After we left the town yesterday, I had asked Kenji to follow up with Kayden to see how we could set up a meeting
The next few days flew by effortlessly. It actually felt as though we were gaining our own sense of normalcy. The first we did after we had finished our meeting with Kenji and Alpha Kayden, was to call a pack meeting. Darius wanted to address what had happened, and any questions or concerns they may have as well.Darius did a great job. He managed to keep his cool the entire time, regardless of the questions that were asked.Darius first thanked everyone for their support and for helping to make his transition to Alpha run so smoothly. He then addressed the elephant in the room. The reason for the Alpha Challenge. Up until now, all our pack members excluding Darius' top-ranking wolves were in the dark about everything that had happened. To the point that we knew that they were the most surprised that a challenge needed to take place.He didn't withhold any information, which I was really happy about. The best chance we had for everyone to gain our trust was to be completely transparen
...Darius POV...I was so impressed with Wynter. She continues to amaze me. While I wasn't sure if she meant to include me in the events she showed the others, I managed to see a lot more than I had realized. There was one event that stood out. It was back from when we were kids. My father had found her and directly threatened my life in hopes of getting her away from me. I had been unconscious at the time, as my father had thrown me into a tree. Another event that I couldn't even believe. Who was to even know that I would've just been rendered unconscious? A hit like that could've been fatal. Knowing the lack of empathy my father had for my own life, sickened me. I couldn't believe I was related to a monster like that.Ever since Wynter had shown my pack members those events, waves of apologies and promises of loyalty had begun to plague my mind as my pack members began to send my condolences. What Wynter had done was nothing short of a miracle. In that one moment, she had managed to
"GUYS!" Kenji yells, running into our room."GET OUT!" I curse at him, not liking that he interrupted my mate and I."I'm not looking. But you need to hear this.""You have two seconds.""We got word back from the Council.""What? Already?""Yes. That's what I thought. But it seems like they want to help." Kenji replies.Knowing that I couldn't let Wynter sleep anymore, I gently nudged her awake."We'll meet you in my office in an hour." I say, dismissing Kenji.Kenji wastes no time, leaving and closing the door behind him."Hmm?" I hear Wynter softly moan out.I hate having to wake her up right now, but I know she'll be upset if I don't let her know about this. So I gently wake her up."What's going on?" She asks, half awake."What makes you think something's wrong?""I can tell something up." She says. "It's nothing bad, I promise. We just heard back from the Council." "What?" Wynter says, suddenly wide awake. She kneels over top me as she searches my eyes."Yes. I told Kenji we'l
...Wynter POV...Darius didn't waste a second. We had barely entered the office by the time he had started questioning Kenji."What did the council have to say?" "Not much, but they have agreed to a meeting.""Ok. So are we talking like a skype call or facetime or Zoom meeting?" I ask."It doesn't quite work like that." Darius replies."What do you mean? What other choice do we have?" I ask."We have to go in person." Darius says."What? What the hell are you on about? Kyrgyzstan is literally on the other side of the world. It'll take at least twenty-four hours to get there. You're not serious, are you?" I ask, in disbelief."Unfortunately, yes. We don't have any other choice. The council is very old-fashioned. They don't rely on modern technology. So if we are going to see them, we have to go there."Suddenly that bad feeling began to creep up on my. "Wynter?" Darius asks, coming to my side."Why don't you dit down." I nod my head, letting him guide me."What's going on?" Kenji as
...Darius POV...I didn't want to say anything to Wynter, but I didn't feel good about coming here. I know she really wants her questions answered, and I want nothing more than to help her. But I can't stop this nagging feeling in my mind that something horrible is going to happen.We made our way to the castle that the Council members presided over. We had rented a car at the airport and had to leave it at the border of the council territories. Since they didn't recognize any modern advances, it meant that we would have to use our wolves to go the rest of the way. It was weird, the closer we got to their castle, it felt like we had gone through some sort of forcefield. It was like trying to enter a bubble. A bubble that only popped once we standing out front of the castle."What do we do now?" Wynter asks."Knock? I guess?" I suggest, shrugging my arms."Where?" Wynter says, searching the facility.Which is when I notice it. There doesn't seem to be a door anywhere. Before we have
I managed to make it to Wynter just in time to prevent her head from hitting the ground. "They bear the mark." Voldermort said, turning to the others.'What the hell are they talking about? Are they referring to Wynter's mark on my neck?' I ask Asher.'I don't know. Perhaps?' He replies, equally confused.'What does any of this have to do with my mark?' I ask him, knowing full well that he doesn't have an answer.I hold Wynter in my arms, stroking her hair, hoping beyond all means that she'll wake up.'Please, wake up, Farfalla.' I cooed to her in our mind link.I pulled her tight to me in an attempt to shield her from these monsters."Did I not tell you so?" I hear a familiar voice call out in the distance.I raise my head to see where the voice is coming from.'It can't be. No. Why would he even be here?' I think to myself.Sure enough, the next moment, I'm looking into the crystal blue eyes that I've only ever seen one other place– In the mirror. 'Great, 'cause this situation cou
"Here, come sit down, and I'll explain everything." Wynter says, pointing to the couch behind us.I sit down, and conference call Kenji and Kayden. I had sent them a text earlier before we got in the shower so they would expect our call within the hour."Oh thank the goddess you're ok!" Kenji called into the phone, barely giving it time to connect.Both Wynter and I stayed silent at that comment. Were we really ok? Cause I sure as hell didn't feel like it, and I'm sure Wynter probably feels ten times worse than I do.Noticing our silence, Kenji also went mute, realizing that something must be wrong. Kayden connected a few moments later."I'm sorry for the short notice, but I wanted to tell you two the same time I told Darius." Wynter said, getting straight to the point. Both Kayden and Kenji nodded their heads, signaling for Wynter to continue."I'm not going to go into full detail about everything that happened, as both Darius and myself are still pretty shaken up by it. But I'll exp