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?".
"She wolves and He wolves, We're gathered here today to officially welcome the new Luna of Zenith Pack", the high priestess starts, her voice very loud.She turns to Annaliese and places her right hand between hers."Annaliese do you swear to stand by your Alpha and mate and the pack at all times, in peace and war?"."I do"."Do you swear to carry out your duties in truth and help make Zenith Pack stronger?."I do"."Do you swear to protect the pack with your life and die trying?"."I do"."Very well, Let it be known that you're the true mate of the alpha king"."For your heart is beautiful and pure, you shall rule with understanding, sincerity, fairness and harmony. For your soul is clean, you shall rule with trust, wisdom, loyalty, confidence, intelligence and truth"."A true Luna never quits on her pack".Then the high priestess places two fingers on Annaliese's forehead and her other whole hand on
Kieran couldn't take his eyes off Annaliese the whole time.Beautiful, radiant, heart melting.The smile that lights up her face when she's really enjoying herself is enough to fill Kieran's heart for the whole of next week.Months actually. Even years.Her giggles when Zota, the nymph teased her.The blush on her face when Xerxes, the Dragon King complimented her.Freya, the Fairy Queen seems to have taken a liking to her.The way she pouts her mouth whenever there's a frown on her face.Then the trolls kept giving he
"Anna?".Kieran's deep voice wakes Annaliese up from sleep."Yeah?"."I need to talk to you".Well, this is new,Annaliese couldn't help but think to herself."Is something wrong?", she asks."You could say so", he replies slowly."What can i do to help?"."Sit up", Kieran says with a sigh.Annaliese sits up and he sits at the edge of the bed."Have you ever wondered why i was mean to you when we first met?", he asks her calmly.
Months later, life is good.Kieran and Annaliese have gotten closer. Sometimes, she overhears him whispering to Phoenix.Annaliese continues her training with James and she couldn't help but realize she has gotten a lot better.As a matter of fact, she has started training with Kim, just like Kieran promised.She trains with James thrice a week and Kim twice a week. Annaliese is proud to say she has worked alot on her fast reflexes and fighting, both in human and wolf form.She is pretty good now, well for a blind person.She has also started her Luna duties. She makes a trip to town at least twice a week.She oversees the meetings, make schedules and give specific tasks with the help of Tricia Ofcourse.Kim comes by everyday to spend time with them. To eat and to lament about not finding his mate.Joyce has decided to follow in her father's footsteps so she's mostly at the hospital helping him.Ever since Annalie
Annaliese is dumbfounded for almost five minutes.Her heart pounds in her chest.Cold sweat runs through her body.She may be the Alpha King's mate and the Luna of Lunas but could she do this?.Battling with herself, she closes her eyes and tunes out the voices."I can't do this"."Yes you can, I'll be with you", Cresent cheers her on."I can't, Cresent"."And I'm saying you can, this is a chance for us to prove we're worthy"."But what if we lose?, his title is on the line".
"Please", Annaliese begs, clutching unto Kieran's arm."No Annaliese, you're not going with me tomorrow"."Kieran, i am your mate and you're going to listen to me", she says authoritatively."Yawn", he replies apathetically, not bothering to look at her as he buttons up his shirt."I demand you listen to me!", she says, stomping her foot on the floor and fisting her hands.Kieran scoffs and ignores her.Then he hears her sniffling.He turns to look at her and he's met with watery eyes."Are you crying?".
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