Kieran rubs his nose in her fur as they watch the sun. She smells heavenly. She scoots closer to him.
She looks so peaceful.
"Did you have fun, Annaliese?".
Two weeks later, Kieran fulfills his promise.He got Annaliese a martial arts teacher, one of the oldest warriors in the pack.His name is James.
Kieran had gone to meet Lucian outside his land borders.A great risk but he didn't care.Lucian had finally supplied the substance and Kieran has been transporting it to the abandoned house of treatment.It took quite a while and he was exhausted by the time they were done.He drives home and goes straight to his room. Annaliese isn't there so he decides to check her room before checking Joycelin's.He opens the door quietly and finds her wrapped in bed covers.She looks so peaceful when sleeping.And beautiful.He lies beside he
Annaliese breathes in relief when it's finally over. It was easier than she had thought.Having high rank blood in her had helped her greatly and she couldn't be more grateful.Her mate had said she did well and that makes her smile.She could feel the positive reactions from people, another thing James had taught her how to do.The ones with happy emotions would have light surrounding them and the ones with the opposite emotions would have a thick dark blanket engulfing them.Annaliese is on her way to the hospital with Marian and Kim. When they get there, she starts feeling nauseous."Marian, i need to use the toilet".
"You lost her?!"."How can you lose a blind woman?!", Kieran thunders."Let me explain", Kim begins.He grabs Kim by the neck and throws him against the wall. Then, he picks him up again and pin him to the wall.Kim doesn't fight back because he knows Kieran is right. He failed to protect Annaliese and that is on him.Marian shouts as she tries to pull Kieran off Kim but Quinn and Leon hold her back."Tell me why i shouldn't kill you right now for failing to protect your Luna?"."The first time i ask you to protect her, she goes missing!".
Five months later, Kieran is devastated.The feeling of being without your mate is devastating.You feel empty, void, lonely, broken and sad.He misses her.He misses her voice. He misses her smile but mostly, he misses her being around him. He hasn't been able to focus.News has traveled far and wide about the Alpha king finding his Luna. He has been told by different people that he needs to be courageous and move on.The pack has been quiet, they all look withdrawn and sad. Venus has refused to speak.Kieran hasn't being able to shift into his wolf since he brought her back.
The cry of a tiny baby wakes Annaliese up.She groans and sits up, taking baby phoenix in her arms and feeding him.When she finishes feeding him, she burps him and lays him back down and she lies beside him placing one hand over him while she tries to go back to sleep.Phoenix is three months old now and stays with his mother in her room.Annaliese had told Kieran that's what she wanted. Since she couldn't see her baby, she'd rather have him with her in her arms at all times.That way, she know he's safe. Only time he isn't with her is, well, half of the time.Joyce, Marian, Tricia and Kim won't stop fussing over him.Apparently, Kim declared to everyone that's he's the godfather but that didn't go down well with Kieran.The pack knows Annaliese is safe and they've also met Phoenix. She has her Luna ceremony to look forward to in five days and celebration of Phoenix's birth in seven days.That's when she and Phoenix wil
Annaliese is in the living room surrounded by Kieran, Quinn, Leon, Kim, Marian, Joycelin, Tricia and her baby."I can feel you glaring at me",she mind links her mate."Why did you run away?"."How dare you fool me?"."What did you do that for?"."That was childish"."Let her be", Kieran says, silencing everyone."Eight months ago, you ran away which landed you in a lot of trouble and had us worried. What do you have to say for yourself?"."Ooooh someone's in trouble"."Shut up, Cresent".Annaliese gulps and fiddles with her fingers.
A day before the ceremony, Annaliese is a pure nervous wreck."So you're telling me i have to dance around naked?", she asks with disbelief."Don't mind them, they're just messing with you", Marian comforts her."I have a lot on my plate guys, stop it", Annaliese mutters, rolling her eyes at them."Oh don't be such a killjoy, just try to have fun", Tricia replies excitedly."You're gonna look beautiful in your gowns", Joyce says, giggling."Gowns?", Annaliese asks, confused.."Yeah, the ceremony is spilt in two"."Say what now?".
It's been four years since Marian was killed and four years of healing for Kieran. For the pack, for everybody. Four years of growing stronger and better. A lot has happened in the last four years. After the Joyce incident, Annaliese has had more kids. Their first child, Phoenix has twin sisters. Jade and Claire. They're three years old and quite beautiful just like their mother. They're commonly known as the princesses of Zenith pack. Phoenix is now five years old with silver orbs.
A minute ago, Joyce was gone and now she's alive.She lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding in.Wheezing, Joyce opens her eyes.She sits upright and holds onto Annaliese for support."Annaliese?", she says with a hoarse voice.Annaliese looks at her and her eyes aren't the same color.Red.They're sparkling red.She glances over at Lucian and sees him smiling."Wh-what's going on?. I feel weird", Joyce asks."You're now a vampire", he says abruptly.
Kieran runs into the woods feeling bitter, alone and defeated.Feeling sad and depressed.Flashes of different memories from his childhood comes to him."I'm going to kill them"."Kill who?"."The mundanes, they took everything away from me"."But they also gave you something else".8 year old Kieran looked at Marian."They gave you Kim and the packs.Now you have to prove to be a great alpha king just like your father was".The little boy wiped the tears away and hugged Marian.
When they get to the coven, the sun was beginning to rise.If her best friend wasn't about to die, Annaliese would enjoy the sunrise.She is forced to hand Phoenix to Griselda as her wounds are cleaned. Briseis promises her he would be safe with Griselda.Annaliese really hopes so.Briseis then tells them to all go home which some of them does.Quinn, Leon and Kim all leave to go bury Marian and return to the packs knowing Lucian wouldn't try anything at the witches coven.After all, he's alone and greatly outnumbered but Kim doesn't want to take any chances so he leaves some epsilons at the entrance of the coven.
"Mate"."Hell no", Joycelin snorts."What are you doing here, Joyce?", Anna shouts."I wanted to help".Anna looks over to Leon."She snuck in and we didn't know until we were halfway of the journey", Leon shrugs."You're my mate", Lucian drags her by her arm."Don't touch me, vampire"."Alpha, we're sorry we came a bit late". "Marian is dead.", Kieran announces.They look at her and mourn silently."Stay back", James warns as he takes Phoenix from Denise and raises a silver knife to his chest.Phoenix cries out and Anna screams. "You monster!"."James, drop the knife", Kieran says calmly."Oh shut up, you're all going to get into that cell or i will kill this boy"."I was supposed to rule the witches after becomi
"Let me explain. Basically, a blood mate is like a true mate for a vampire", Lucian begins."When a vampire finds his or her blood mate, the urge to drink blood from other sources decrease. They feel satisfied drinking their mate's blood".Annaliese gives him a disgusting look and he chuckles."No, they don't kill their mates when they drink their blood"."Mostly, they drink from the wrists of their mates but they also drink from their necks when being intimate, the vampire only has to control his or her urge to empty every drop of the mate's blood because a mate's blood will be the sweetest thing they've ever tasted.They drink their mate's blood once every few days".Lucian looks into her eyes slowly."So in my case, the blood i licked from your wrist is the sweetest. The purest i have ever tasted", he licked his lower l
"Story time", Lucian says.Kim is dragged into the cell with the rest and chained up, the five warriors dead."He took my true mate and my rightful place as the Alpha King"."They were never yours", Marian says bitterly."Keep quiet!", James says with venom."Your mate?"."Your position?", Annaliese asks."He's my uncle", Kieran says slowly."I loved your mother with every might, i saw her first and fell in love with her first. We were getting along well, she was almost in love with me then she met your father!"."Everything she felt for me disappeared. She went crazy about your father and he fell for her, i was forgotten. Discarded like a rag"."She wasn't your mate", Marian argues."I don't care, i loved her!"."Then they gave birth to you", he says with hatred."I had to hide my broken heart and watch the love of my life go"."But you found your mate"."And she wasn't enough, she was
"Why are you doing this?", Annaliese asks."Because i want to and i can", Lucian replies."Now the last cell".He places the handcuffs on their wrists again and leads them to another cell. Then he unlocks the door and opens it wide."Don't worry, It's empty", Lucian says.Suddenly a vampire lifts Annaliese up over his shoulders. They do the same for Marian and drop them in the cell."Now It's not"."We all know how Kieran is when he's having a fit of rage so I'll just leave you here so he doesn't destroy my house looking for you".Annaliese didn't fight back, neither did Marian.They know it won't do any good.The vampires uncuff them and chain them to the walls then lock the metal door.Annaliese's wrists burn as she realizes the chains are made purely of silver.The chains are long making Annaliese run forward to spit in Lucian's face.The smell of burning flesh reaches her
•Day 2•For an untrustworthy vampire, Lucian fulfils his promise and gives Annaliese her son.They keep to the room that is given to them and sleep close to each other with Phoenix betweenthem.Breakfast is brought to their room."Do you think Kieran will come?", Annaliese asks."If anything Annaliese, you should trust your mate", Marian replies."I do trust him"."So do you think he'll come?', Marian asks."Yes, he will"."Good", she nods."But i won't wait for him to show up, this place is nauseating and i want to leave"."And exactly how do you plan on doing that?"."The girl that brought breakfast this morning?, she's human"."So?"."I can ask her to help us".Marian looks at Annaliese like she's grown twenty heads."You're going to get her killed".•Day 3•Breakfast is brought to t