Scarlett My body seemed to surface on the ice as I felt my consciousness knocking in and opened my eyes to locate myself lying on the floor. My eyes darted over the room to find my mate who had promised not to leave me alone during my heat. It would be an understatement to say that my world crumbled down when I found his wife sleeping peacefully, resting her head on Klaus’s chest. She didn’t even bother to cover her bare chest, the way their chests brushed against each other reminded me of my moment with Klaus and all I could feel was anguish. Probably I had my head just like this on his chest. This scene showed me the reality of how replaceable I was in his life. He could have his wife in his bed and it wouldn’t even be counted as cheating on me because I wasn’t his wife. The roles got reversed when I was in Amber’s place. Everyone was calling me whore but the same people wouldn’t call Amber a slut for sleeping with my mate whom I had already marked and with whom I had mated. Ho
Klaus “How the fuck did you get here?” The words flooded out of my mouth as soon as I woke up with a smile on my face, assuming Scarlett was on my chest but it was Amber. I jerked her off my body and stood straight out of my bed, snatching the sheet to cover my lower body. Lowering her head, she grabbed another sheet and covered her chest before sitting on the bed. “Don’t you remember what happened in the morning?” Goddess. I roamed my eyes over the window to see the light sun glimmers seeping into the room, making it substantiated that it was an evening now. “I wouldn’t have asked you if I would have recollected,” I rolled my eyes, looking at the wall. Why was she so dumb? “What happened?” I repeated in a grim tone, scratching the back of my neck. “Please, don’t lie. How can you forget such beautiful moments for us?” She stood in front of me and my eyes accidentally fell on her shoulder which was bruised. Heaving a distraught sigh, I stole her gaze, praying that whatever she was g
Scarlett The sunshine fell on my face, waking me up which seemed like the toughest task. It was too much for me to even move my hand, let alone wake up from the bed. I wanted to stretch my hands and yawn to shoo away all the laziness and tiredness but didn’t have enough energy to do so. Though I tried to move my body to sit on the bed which caused my back to ache unbearably. How could I become this weak suddenly? My eyes wandered around the room to find where I was and I heaved a breath of relaxation when I found it was my room in Rachel’s house. I recalled the incidents of the past which made me gasp and tears crept through my cheeks. My mom and Layla had given me the herbs which suppressed my heat besides my protesting and I lost consciousness after that. “Honey,” Rachel exclaimed before running over to me and hugging me affectionately. “You’re finally awake,” she whispered and I realized that I was naked beneath the sheets which made me wonder if Klaus came to me when I was pa
Klaus There was no training in the pack, no talk with anyone since I fucked up my life. Marcus had warned me to stay away from Scarlett and honestly, I didn’t care about his threats. Still, I went to see Scarlett but her mom didn't even let me enter the house. Layla threw me disdainful glances when I tried to prove my innocence, I didn’t do it deliberately. I didn’t even remember anything and since that day, Todd had probably shunned me out. I tried to connect with him and send a message through mind-link to Scarlett but I couldn’t. I couldn't feel the mind-link with her working anymore. My father had asked me to let her go so she could be happy with Marcus or someone else and won’t get hurt because of me which seemed right because I never made her happy. I kept hurting her since the day I found out that she was my mate. She deserves someone better who could keep her happy, who could fight for her, who wouldn’t bring her a messy life like mine. “Klaus,” Jenny stepped into my room c
Scarlett Seeing him in pain hurt me but he didn't get hurt when he was fucking his wife. I suffered through that pain because he couldn't resist his pretty Alpha wife. He turned his face to the wall when I caught his eyes glistening with moisture. All I wanted to do was to cup his face and kiss him hard on his lips though he was the reason for my pain. "I'm alive because of you, Scarlett," he spoke in a shaking voice before turning back to me while I got dressed back. "Do you regret saving my life?" My heart couldn't imagine a world where Klaus didn't exist. Yes, he hurt me in the worst way but I didn't want him dead. I wanted him alive even if in someone else's arms. "I regret believing your words. I regret being marked by you. I regret being mated with you. I regret falling for…" unspoken words remained in my mouth. He didn't deserve to know the truth. "Leave the fucking room, Klaus Nelson," I shouted out in fury, not being able to hold back my tears. "Leave me alone just
Klaus ‘Jenny, meet me in my room,’ I sent the message to my sister. She had studied the medicines so she must know the answers to my questions. I paced in my room while waiting for her. I had locked Scarlett in the quarters of my room where I used to hide in my childhood when I played with Marcus and Jenny. She slammed the door for a long time and finally got tired so maybe dozed off. ‘For Scarlett, please come,’ I sent another message, knowing my stubborn sister very well that she would ignore me for eternity if she hadn’t cooled her anger. “What happened to her?” The next minute, I found Jenny casting me a disdainful look. I walked toward the door and locked it before she could escape. “We need to talk. I need your help.” “Fuck off, Klaus. I’m not helping you to get her back so you can hurt her again,” she spat at me, shrugging off. “Let me get straight to the point, Jenny,” I sighed before adding, “I don’t remember anything about that night though I wasn’t drunk. The last th
Scarlett Klaus clasped my arm and pulled my body closer to him and when I opened my mouth again, he put his index finger on my lips which clearly didn’t help me. I didn’t want to feel the sparks or mate bond but his small touch prevented me from moving His fingers skimmed against my marking spot and my eyes fell shut due to overwhelming sensations. “It’s… um, the golden hues…” he couldn’t figure out why my mark was glowing with his touch. “Doctor Asher said that we had some history, a reincarnation thing,” I exemplified, sucking deep breaths to cool my nerves. “Woah,” he exclaimed though never stopping his fingers from trailing his mark on my collarbone. I pressed my lips hard not to make any sound, my body couldn’t stay still with his touch. My body had its own mind which refused to align with my heart and thoughts. As much as I hated seeing my body responding to his touch, I could feel the pain in my back lessening. Sometimes I couldn’t help but wonder why the Moon Goddess ma
Klaus To my surprise, Amber hadn't displayed her face this week. Though it didn't mean that I was content with my current situation. I wanted her to respect the Moon Goddess's choice and leave me and wait for her true mate which seemed a tough task to get done. 'Get the fuck in the hall. Pack members won't like their Alpha coming late,' Marcus sent me the link. Throwing my hoodie on, I opened Scarlett's room and found her already waiting for me. As much as I was craving to get a mind link with her, I didn’t want to make her feel uncomfortable so I avoided talking about what Layla had suggested. "It would be better to see you using your brain someday," she rolled her eyes and walked ahead of me. "Why are you saying this?" I followed her back to my room. "If someone is getting back to their work, they don't plan to escape so they deserve the freedom," Scarlett elaborated and I strangled a chuckle at her sarcasm. "A little appreciation- you have good sarcasm and a witty mi
Scarlett“I don’t think that I will be able to attend the ceremony without throwing up again,” I sighed, sitting on the edge of the bed, waiting for Klaus to bring me a lemonade so I would feel better.“Here,” he held the glass and I finished it. “You’re looking so gorgeous, honey.” I looked at my reflection in the mirror again and fixed my hair. The off-shoulder red dress hugged my curves perfectly while the gold necklace and bracelet complimented my outfit. My stylist, hairdresser, and makeup artist went outside after getting me ready because I wanted to be just with my mate.The crowd didn’t make me feel good, I was feeling more nauseous around them. I shouldn’t have eaten that lobster which I didn’t like for dinner last time. “You’re looking the best yourself, too,” I winked at him. His phone started ringing so I got up from the bed, ready to go down.“Finally, Asher’s call for your reports,” he said, shaking his head in relief.Mom and Evelyn entered my room, their lips parted i
Scarlett“Is everything alright?” I asked him after he cut the call. His expressions told me that it wasn’t because he seemed fuming in anger.“I have to leave tomorrow morning for the pack. Mom isn’t doing well, she had a stroke when I challenged Alex to the duel and none of them thought of telling this earlier. Asher has told me now that she is out of danger but I have to see her for myself,” he told me, rubbing his temples as he tried to calm himself down.Placing my head on his shoulder, I held his waist and we walked together to my bed. “We will leave together for our pack, Klaus.”“You’re meeting your family after so long, babe. I can’t take you with me. I will come back to take you with me,” he said with a smile on his face.“No. I can’t stay away from you anymore now,” I pouted. “They can come with us and live at Rachel’s for a while. I’m sure that they would love to come with us.”“As you say, my love,” he kissed my forehead, pulling me closer to his chest and sleeping on the
Klaus“We don’t have enough room here, Alpha Klaus. I hope you don’t mind sharing a room with me,” Liam told me in a stiff voice, glowering at me. I knew that he wasn’t going to let me stay here easily, he was determined to make me run away from here.If he was adamant about making my life hell here, I was intent on proving to him that I was not a coward whom he could scare away. I was determined to change his opinion of me. “You’re going too far, Liam,” Scarlett objected, glaring at her brother as we walked upstairs. Catherine had offered Amber and her mother to come to the palace to live with her for a while till the crowning ceremony was done. Layla was also excited to stay with her friend after so long and I was pretty sure that they had a lot to catch up on.“I have no problem with sharing a room with you,” I told her brother, looking him straight in his eyes.His gaze hardened as he smirked. “That’s great. Let’s have a man-to-man talk, then,” he said coldly before looking at my
Scarlett“Why didn’t she tell me this earlier?” I whispered after hearing from Amber that my mother didn’t have much time left after healing my mate. She didn’t tell me that she was weakening after healing others.“Sasha told me that she wanted you to live happily with me, that’s why she took Asher under her Queen's command to make the potion,” Klaus replied in a low voice, taking my hands in his before adding, “I promise, my love, nothing will happen to her.” Amber had turned her face in the opposite direction, her back facing us, since we shifted back to our human forms. She was murmuring a spell now and soon, we both were dressed and not naked anymore. “I’m sorry but we need to hurry. I can’t let anything happen to her after seeing her condition when she was taken somewhere else by your men,” Amber disclosed, glancing between us and locking her gaze with mine.My eyebrows shot up, my Mom didn’t look that sick when I ordered Damon to take her to the Blood Moon pack. “What do you m
Klaus“Back off,” Alex commanded me, his powerful Alpha aura suffocating me as I tried to fight his command. His aura shouldn’t have affected me, he wasn’t an Alpha yet unless…His golden aura confirmed my doubts and I realized that Harold had fucking stepped down from his position and had made his son the Alpha King privately which should have been a public ceremony.My head was lowering, submitting to him but I fought back his command, grabbing him by the throat which caused me severe pain in my body as he was my King now. Well, hell with that bullshit. There was no way I would accept that piece of shit as my King.I shifted back to my human form to challenge him for the duel. “I, Klaus Nelson, Alpha of the Black Moonstone pack, challenge you-” Before I could finish, Amber came between us, freeing herself from his father’s hold.“No, Klaus. You wouldn’t be able to win against the Alpha King. You’re not the Lycan King yet,” Amber said while raising her hands and summoning her powers b
Scarlett I stood amidst the gathered pack members, my heart pounding loudly in my chest. I had known that attending this ceremony would be a test of my strength, but nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to witness. The atmosphere was charged with tension as Samuel, the power-hungry bastard held my mother captive once again. My mother, the Lycan Queen, was bound and gagged, her eyes filled with a mixture of fear and defiance. Samuel's grip on her was unyielding, and his sinister smile sent shivers down my spine. I still couldn’t comprehend how this happened when all of my people had accepted me as their Queen and pledged their loyalty to me. There must be a snitch who informed him about my mother being here or there was no way that he could find her here. My eyes searched for the culprit who dared to betray me but shock was written all over Damon and Jasper’s faces. They couldn’t betray me when they loathed Samuel, too. “Did you really think that I would trust you?
Klaus “Do you think she will come?” Jenna fixed my crooked tie while I looked into the mirror at my shadow. The Armani suit that my mother brought for me to wear to the ceremony fitted me well. The dark circles beneath my eyes and the beard made me look exhausted. I didn’t hate Amber but it was a relief not to have her around. I was grateful that she chose to get ready for tonight in another room. “We both don’t have any other choice, Jenny,” I clutched my chest and sat on the chair. “You have not healed completely yet, brother. Take rest for a while. We still have a bit of time before the ceremony commences,” My sister patted my shoulder and gave me a glass of water. ‘Alpha, can you come to my house?’ Rachel’s link popped into my head as I gulped the water. ‘Is Scarlett there?’ I asked immediately, my eyes lit with hope. My feisty mate could do anything and now that she had unlocked her powers and true identity, nothing could stop her. ‘No. Queen Catherine has escaped throu
Scarlett The metallic smell of the blood was getting on my nerves. The dungeons were fucking worst thing that one would see in the Lycan’s kingdom. Everything else was so pretty but the cells were the epitome of the living hell. All the guards and the torturers couldn’t muster the courage to look my mom or me in the eye. They knew what they were doing and they were very well aware of their wrongdoings. As we walked toward the cell, all of the prisoners bowed to us and my mom looked at me with pride in her eyes. “They all were waiting for their true Queen,” my mom said, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. “I’m not going to set all the prisoners free. They must have done some crime to end up in the cell. Not all of them are a threat to Samuel,” I told my mom, clearly not willing to show mercy to the criminals. I would not relish in their pain and wouldn’t torture them mercilessly but I wouldn’t let them pass the crimes they had committed. My mom grabbed my elbow though her w
Klaus I floated in the abyss, a realm of hazy consciousness, neither asleep nor awake. Time seemed to slip away, and the pain in my heart remained ever-present, like a relentless tormentor. In the distant echoes of my thoughts, I could sense the presence of voices, but they were muffled and distant, like whispers from another world. ‘Klaus, my love, can you hear me?’ A soft, melodic voice penetrated the darkness, pulling at the tethers of my awareness. It was Scarlett, my mate, calling to me with a voice filled with desperation and love. I struggled to respond, to reach out to her, but my body remained unresponsive, trapped in this agonizing state of paralysis. The burning pain in my heart intensified, a reminder of my helplessness. 'Amber,' Todd's voice trembled with uncertainty. 'She might be our only hope to wake you.' As if in response to Todd's suggestion, I sensed a surge of energy, a presence drawing closer to me. It was Amber, the powerful witch whose abilities had saved m