Three servers went around the room and put a wine glass in the hands of every Alpha while another came up and poured the wine. “Please hold out your glasses and toast with us,”Elise served Darian first and then the Council members. They swirled the wine and sniffed the aroma which even I had to ad
I didn't look away until a high-pitched scream had me whipping my head to the side where I saw one of the council members standing as still as you can, he wasn't panicking or swaying from side to side trying to catch a breath and his eyes were wide and round while the blood spilled calmly from his m
Someone just tried to kill him so I couldn't blame him for letting his anger fill every crevasse of the room without making any effort to rain it in.Every guest fought to stand still but they couldn't control the wavy trembles of their hands or their necks desperate to bend down and submit.Elise w
Emanuel grabbed her arm and moved her behind him. He took a protective stance in front of her, shielding her from the sinister gaze in Darian's eyes.I stood between the two males and watched Iliana tremble in fear behind her mate. This was not happening.I know Iliana, she would never try to hurt a
The Chalice Ritual was no different. We stood around, bare and weakened just for someone whose relevance was decided by the high lord, to judge us and choose which of us were fit to be prey for the predator.The room went silent with a single sharp inhale going over everyone's heads when they watche
What the hell was happening? I looked at Darian and it took every ounce of strength I had not to cower under his fear-inflicting gaze. Everyone else stepped back- they literally took a full step back and watched us like a theatre play instead of stopping their king from killing an innocent girl.Ev
Emanuel was on his knees in front of Darian, he tried to reach for the knife but it was lodged between his shoulder blades. I squeezed my eyes shut even though I swore I wouldn't look away and turned my head down when he tried to reach for the knife. With each movement, the knife twisted in his tis
Iliana crawled across the floor to Emanuel. After one nod from the king, the guard stepped back and he pushed the knife back in between Emanuel's shoulder blades. Iliana gasped but he didn't scream, he bit down and his face turned red but he waited for her calmly. I envied the way that his arms open
“Your mother gave you a potion in a needle to stun your abilities?” Gabe was fighting back a growl as he walked in.Darian stood still in the back, equally as angry as his brother but when his eyes landed on me they softened and he smiled as he pushed off from the wall and walked over.Kiera nodded
Darian had to hurry off and help with the cleanup- after which he needed to get word out to all the members of the pack and let them know what had happened. I was aimlessly strolling around the bottom floor, unsure of where to start and what my job was right now. When I neared the door I saw Nora’s
Nora heaved where she stood a few feet away. It was a morbid sight- all the bodies that lay scattered, some in pieces and others like dolls- you’d think they were just asleep.The smell of decay rose in clouds; my eyes wouldn’t be able to see in a shade other than red for quite some time.“You did g
I slid on my knees when an arm shot out about to smack my throat and the ones I needed to fight on the way, I took care of. But I was close now, the Elder’s naturally hooded eyes were focused and his nose wrinkled as I closed the distance between us with a swift hit that he dodged. For an old wrinkl
The Elder staggered back and held a hand over his wounds but from the choking came a laugh, a dark chuckle as he lowered his hand and his wound started healing. That shouldn’t be happening, he should not be healing from that, not that quickly anyhow. Nora’s head whipped to the side when his fist cra
Every visible inch of the Elder’s skin turned cherry red, as he stood unharmed on the sidelines. There there was barely a nick on his wrinkled skin apart from the cut in his hand. The news of my pregnancy was not celebrated by anyone, let alone myself as we stood in the middle of a war field, our nu
“Why?” He sucked on his teeth and looked around the fight starting again.“I can’t say, but you can figure it out.” He grabbed my shoulders and gave me a light shake. “Figure it out, Hazel, and everyone will walk away from this,” he searched my eyes desperately, but his riddles were lost on me.“Yo
“Well it’s a shame that your future Queen chooses her own life over her people, of course enticed by her King to do so I’m certain,” the Elder’s voice scraped my ears like thorns when I walked out. He lifted his hand about to give another grand speech when his eyes rounded and landed on me. “Well,
It was impossible not to listen to the grunts and the last screams of a person before they fell dead. The bloodshed was already massive and the healers were running around to tend to all those who had been hurt.We had volunteers outside bringing in the wounded and the bodies of the dead ones were l