“I will give you a single chance to cure my son right now, so I will be merciful to you, Seraphina!” Eli growled, pointing at his ex-wife with pure hatred. “Otherwise, I, my pack and my son-in-law's wolves will destroy you, piece by piece, as we should have done since the day you pretended to die in that canyon.”
“I see you still greatly overestimate your own strength, Eli.” She continued to approach, without any shifter daring to come close, afraid of suffering the same fate as Joseph “Not it surprises me. Look who you chose to be second in command in my place.” Seraphina looked Juliet up and down with disdain “I can see that you two tried to destroy the education I gave Corinne all these years...”“Heal whatever you did to Declan, Seraphina!” Corinne growled “Now!”“Why don’t you do it yourself?” Seraphina asked, very calmly “Heal your precious little brother who everyone has always valued more than you. Show everyone what it means to have the blood o“Are we really going to do this?”“She is still the sorceress’s daughter! We may be about to make a big mistake…”“But she was able to cure Declan and he no longer appears to be under the sorceress's possession. If Joseph had treated her well and achieved the same fate...”"That's right! If we're going to fight Seraphina again, our best option is to have a sorceress on our side, too.”“I still don’t think we should. She may have escaped being condemned at trial, but we have already seen that one of Seraphina's children was able to rebel against her own kind. Why wouldn’t the other one be?”“And she lied to us all these years about not being a
“Here’s this idiot.” Belle nodded in her mate's direction, flushed and annoyed “Don't worry. He will listen to what we have to say. I already explained the situation to him in detail and I know he understood. Because, no matter how much he tries to make it seem so, he's not crazy and I'm sure he won't leave his pack unprotected just because he refuses to acknowledge that something may have been a misunderstanding!” She placed her hands on her hips, looking almost like an angry teacher, while one of the corners of William's mouth just turned up slightly. “You look beautiful when you’re angry, honey.” He teased, but the sweetness in his expression dissipated the instant he looked around the room “But bringing me to fraternize with tigers? That’s too low a blow.” “William Calibur.” Corinne spoke and instinctively raised her hand to reach Hunter's, which was on her shoulder “Do you know who I am?” “It would be difficult not to recognize the person everyone
“What’s your problem?” Belle growled, clearly disturbed by William's promise, not seeming to notice the effort Corinne had to make not to punch that wolf right then and there, for daring to threaten her mate “Why can't you understand that Hunter was just a child at that time, just like were you and I?! Hell, you didn't realize that Ellen was an excellent liar? She lied in that letter about letting Hunter know the truth just to stop you from looking for us!” she said, with pure pain in her voice “She didn't really do it because she knew he wouldn't accept becoming Alpha and would come after you. So, for the love of the Moon God, stop talking about killing an innocent person and focus on saving the lives of a few, like a true Alpha would do!”“Regardless of what he knew, nothing changes the fact that he is the son of Owen and Ellen Calibur. And, for that, he ha
“I’m going to rip your fucking hands off if you keep holding me like a dog!” William growled and, even though he was far away from him, down the hall, Hunter could clearly hear the commotion he was causing as he was taken back to his prison cellar. “Well, if you weren’t acting like a mad dog, we might treat you differently!” Isabelle retorted, and, if it weren't for the slight tremor in her voice, anyone would think she was talking to a random prisoner, not her own mate. “What are we going to do with this boy...” Felix muttered, clearly not wanting the wolves that were moving away from them to hear his concerns “I thought this offer might make him see reason and believe us, but... If even that wasn't enough...” “Hey, I don’t want to see you with that sad puppy face.” Octavia touched his chest, with that expression that anyone could mistake for annoyance, but was actually concerned “That boy may have a whole ocean of traumas trapped inside him, but none
For the hundredth time that night, Corinne's mouth stretched into a long yawn and she had to rub her bleary eyes to stay focused on the papers that were scattered across her desk. Sleep was trying to take over her after such busy days looking for Seraphina and Diego. But at least Dewey had been able to find some evidence that would be able to lead the armies of all the allied packs to their hideout. All that was needed was for her to focus a little more on her duties as a commander...“I told you she was hunched over that table for hours.” Declan's voice startled her, making her turn toward the door of her room to find her brother and her mate standing there, staring at her with expressions that were somewhere between amusement and judgment.“What are you doing here?” She yawned once more, stretching her spine as Hunter guided Declan's c
"Are you okay?" Corinne's murmur reached Hunter as she stroked his arm, however, as much as he wanted to, he didn't look away from where his wolves were taking William from the chair where he had been chained for the last few days, always watched over by Aiden or, mainly, by Belle. "I will be. I just need to do it.” He squeezed her hand, needing to breathe in her scent for a moment “Just... Stay with me, okay?” "Always." Corinne promised, at the same moment his cousin was finally dragged towards them, with a furious expression and deep bags under his eyes making his face even darker. “What? Has the day finally come when you have decided that you will kill and end the threat to your sovereignty?” William spat, disdainfully “Are you going to tell your cat to get your hands dirty instead of you? That’s why you brought her?” “Corinne is my mate and the Luna of this pack, so be respectful.” Hunter growled, fighting to keep his temper under control
His words, as Hunter had expected, sent a wave of silent shock through everyone there. William, however, did not seem to share that feeling and much less showed any satisfaction. Instead, his eyes glowed silver with anger, while his fangs grew.“Is this your plan? Putting such an important decision in the hands of the pack, who have no responsibility for what happened to my father? You think you can escape even that kind of responsibility, you piece of shit! I was right from the start! You grew up to be exactly like your father...!”“Stop right now, William!” Corinne warned him, stretching her hands in the air “Or I will have no mercy.”“Damn witch! I know perfectly well what they want to do! They want to force these wolves to choose you, because you are all they know! But I
As she ran into the forest, with her tigress so excited she was about to break free, Corinne found herself thinking about how magic was something fascinating, but also scary. All her life, she had felt those intuitions that were like a needle in her bones, warning her when something bad was about to happen or when she needed to stay alert for danger. But perhaps because a part of her had always known that it was part of the magic in her blood, Corinne had done her best to ignore it all since she was a child, burying herself deep inside until those sensations were nothing more than pale reflections of themselves, dormant and weakened. But not now. It was like something was drawing her in, but not in a good way. Like a nerve in her body had extended a long distance and was now being used to pull her closer, causing agony that she could only get rid of when she found something... Or someone. “Stop!” she shouted, jumping in front of Hunter's wolf