Rake's POV "What's the situation." I asked Beck but he just shook his head.It had been four days since Mima collapsed in my arms and she's yet to wake up. The children were safe, all of them with no one injured and Kia attested to being fine and that nothing was done to him.Lady Safire was getting quality treatment but I still didn't get it.Was that red cloaked man really dead this time?We could only find his burnt remains but it looked too well burnt to salvage anything and confirm if it's was a real person or not. I had been stuck in my office for those four days.Beck stood by my side,going through the reports that we had the departments in the park send since we heard the news of possible invasion.I have never felt so useless in my life. I'm always having no choice but to leave things to Mima but as her mate, I shouldn't be letting her suffer and fight this hard She's doing so much...Flashes of all the times that she was injured and/or unconcious crosses my mind and my w
Mima's POV My eyes fluttered open as I got up from the bed, groaning. "Urgh, what time was it?" I muttered, searching for my phone.I finally found it and I checked the time seeing that it was noon and it had been FOUR DAYS?! Why was I asleep for that long? I thought.I gig out of bed and trudged to the bathroom to get cleaned up and changed.I was drying my hair with a towel when I heard shouts from the hall. I dropped the towel and slipped into one of Rake's shirts and some pants and walked out of the room.Some maids were talking animatedly about some fight and I just had to listen in."The Alpha and one of the best fighters that we have are sparring?" One of the maids said and the other nodded eagerly to confirm that information."Yes. I would have loved to watch bug in on duty for making dinner. Do you know how hot the fighter is? She is literally a dream." She gushed, turning red over the thought of Zahra.That was when the thought processed. Wait what? Zahra and Rake were
Mima's POV The dining room was filled with laughter, the clinking of plates, and the faint melody of my mother humming as she set down another dish. The table was laid out perfectly, just like she always did, even for small family dinners. Except this one wasn’t a small family dinner, It was my birthday. “Nineteen,” my father said, his deep voice with a mix of pride as he poured himself a glass of wine. “Hard to believe you’re not a pup anymore.” “I haven’t been a pup for years, dad,” I replied, grinning at him as I reached for another slice of cake. “You’ll always be my pup,” he said, ruffling my hair before taking a seat at the head of the table. I rolled my eyes at him, stuffing my face with cake. Beside me, my brother, Damon stuffed his face with a cinnamon roll, ignoring the amused look my mother shot him. “If you’re going to eat like that,” my mother teased, “you might as well shift into your wolf. At least then you’d have an excuse.” Damon swallowed with a gri
Mima's POV The dungeon was suffocating, a dark lightless pit that reeked of decay, despair and rotting flesh. Bodies littered the cramped cells, slumped against the cold stone walls.The other members of my pack were packed into one cell. I was alone in another. I looked across the hall and spotted my best friend. Her head was resting on the wall. Her once striking brown eyes were dull, rimmed with red from several hours of crying. She had lost her mate in the attack. I heard this from the muttering of the other pack members about the people we had lost… She must be really hurt.She hadn't spoken since we were thrown into this hellhole. No one had. All we had witnessed was too great for words.My stomach churned from starvation and and my wrist felt raw from the silver laced iron chains that chained me to the wall. I closed my eyes letting the silence of the cell fill my ears but all I saw were my family's dead bodies. The sound of my mother's screams, the look in my brother's eyes
Mima's POV He looked at me with hooded eyes. My mate… I had finally found my mate. My mind was clouded with so many emotions, I felt goddy even though my body ached like was stabbed by a thousand needles and I had witnessed enough deaths to last a lifetime. He stepped down from the podie that he was on and walked towards me. His face was voidnof any emotion so I couldn't pin his reaction to seeing me. Who was he? With his presence, the guards released me and stepped back. Zahra, stood up watching the exchange between us. He got really close and the guards bowed their heads. Was he someone of importance? “Alpha.” The greeted and momentarily, I saw red. “You… you are my mate.” He whispered. He seemed mesmerised by me being there. He stretched out his hand and stroked my cheek and I leaned in to his touch. What the— I tried to pull away but I couldn't. My heart was filled with hatred for this man so why was I acting putty in his hands? My wolf inside me was running aro
Mima's POV A maid had come into the room moments later. She made no move to talk to me or even say anything. All she did was unlock my chains and gave it to the guards that she came with. She then placed some clothes on the bedside table and some food that she had brought with her and left.Is this my new life now? Is there anything I could do to escape from here? Do I just have to accept this as my fate? I attempted to get up from the bed to at least wash off the grime and dust on my body and caked up blood but I hadn't made it to the bathroom doors when the doors burst open and the tall blonde from earlier strutted in. “Well, I never thought Dylan would have found his mate.” She said with little to no emotion on her face. She didn't say anything and I couldn't decipher her mood. Before I could open my mouth to talk, she grabbed me by the ponytail my hair was thrown into and pulled me backwards. My scalp stung from the pull.“Now, I'm just here to give you a warning. You don't n
Mima's POVThe cold wine clung to my skin as it dripped to the floor.I stood frozen, drenched, the thin fabric of my dress sticking to my body. My breath hitched as the gasps and hushed whispers filled the grand hall. I could feel every pair of eyes on me, some gleaming with mockery, others indifferent, and a few silently pitying me.My hands trembled at my sides as the broken shards of the wine glass glittered at my feet.Alpha Rodrick’s fingers grazed my lower back, and I flinched at the contact.“Oh dear, look what you’ve done,” he said with mock sympathy, the corners of his lips curled in that same vile smirk I’d seen earlier.I turned my face away, biting the inside of my cheek to stop myself from snapping.“I’ll help you clean up,” Rodrick said, and before I could object, his hands were on me, guiding… no, dragging me out of the hall.I looked over my shoulder. No one moved. No one said a word.Not even Dylan and Stephanie… She looked elated.The room Rodrick took me to was diml
Mima's POV When my blindfold was taken off, I noticed that I was in a dark room. I tried to make out where I was but I couldn't figure it out. As I turned my neck to scan the walls, I felt a lash on my back which made me cry out in pain.“I don't think you know the rules about being a maid. Rule 1, never embarrass your owner.” Another slash of the whip.“Rule 2, the visitors are always right”Another “Rule 3, never show a face of defiance”Another slash, it tore open the wounds that had just began to heal. The pain became unbearable and I gave in.I began to sweat and cry, I felt like my body was tearing out. I hadn't heard from my wolf in days since her mate rejected her and so my wounds have been slow to heal.Another slash of the whip and another and another, till my whole body was bleeding and sour. “You slut, you are so useless. Your parents should be glad they died and not see what a worthless piece of trash you have become.” Stephanie hissed as she spoke. Her words stung an
Mima's POV My eyes fluttered open as I got up from the bed, groaning. "Urgh, what time was it?" I muttered, searching for my phone.I finally found it and I checked the time seeing that it was noon and it had been FOUR DAYS?! Why was I asleep for that long? I thought.I gig out of bed and trudged to the bathroom to get cleaned up and changed.I was drying my hair with a towel when I heard shouts from the hall. I dropped the towel and slipped into one of Rake's shirts and some pants and walked out of the room.Some maids were talking animatedly about some fight and I just had to listen in."The Alpha and one of the best fighters that we have are sparring?" One of the maids said and the other nodded eagerly to confirm that information."Yes. I would have loved to watch bug in on duty for making dinner. Do you know how hot the fighter is? She is literally a dream." She gushed, turning red over the thought of Zahra.That was when the thought processed. Wait what? Zahra and Rake were
Rake's POV "What's the situation." I asked Beck but he just shook his head.It had been four days since Mima collapsed in my arms and she's yet to wake up. The children were safe, all of them with no one injured and Kia attested to being fine and that nothing was done to him.Lady Safire was getting quality treatment but I still didn't get it.Was that red cloaked man really dead this time?We could only find his burnt remains but it looked too well burnt to salvage anything and confirm if it's was a real person or not. I had been stuck in my office for those four days.Beck stood by my side,going through the reports that we had the departments in the park send since we heard the news of possible invasion.I have never felt so useless in my life. I'm always having no choice but to leave things to Mima but as her mate, I shouldn't be letting her suffer and fight this hard She's doing so much...Flashes of all the times that she was injured and/or unconcious crosses my mind and my w
Mima's POV "You thought you did." He said."I was sure that I did. I strangled you and you died when the building collapsed." I rebutted but he just laughed in my face, taking his precious time to mock me.I could feel my hands shaking but I couldn't place what from, whether fear or anger. Or was it both then? "Well, I'll leave it to your imagination to guess how I survived but you didn't kill me." He said and then he swing when I wasn't looking, I took a hit to my stomach and stumbled backwards as he stretched and flexed himself watching me groan in pain."Would you look at that. Who would have guessed that you were still as weak as ever?" I tried to stand up straight but what was a black magic mage doing having all this strength in him?He swung at me again but this time I saw it and ducked again but I acted too soon, thinking I had read his move.I raised his leg and kicked me by the side and I felt my body flying in the air before filling to the ground with a loud thump.My who
Mima's POV "Um..." I stared at them, feeling my cheeks turning red in embarrassment. I can't believe that I just did that.The soldiers that ran in with Zahra started to murmur amongst themselves about what I just did and you could see the multiple questions in their eyes but the one I could read in almost all their minds 'What is wrong with our Luna?'"Okay everyone. You can leave." Rake commanded and slowly, they started to walk out one by one out of the building leaving Rake, Zahra, Beck and I alone. "Mima, what the hell was that?" Rake asked and although I owed him an explanation, I wasn't going to give him one. I ignored him and took the book walking towards Zahra and linking our arms together. Zahra raised her brows at me, smirking but she doesn't say a word and just goes with the flow. We walked out of the building and I could feel them following us. "Mima, I asked you a question." I just continued to ignore him and walked away till I felt a hand on my arm holding me bac
Mima's POV “What prophecy?” I still never really understood what this whole thing was about. People always want power and power corrupts absolutely. I had powers fine. But who are they to list after them? Threathen so many lives for them? I remembered the time I overheard Julia being maltreated by the elders in Dylan's pack because of this. I spinner around, turning sharply to him.He looked shocked to see how I faced him. “Call your elders here immediately.” I said in one breath.He didn't look fazed and just stared at me with a taunting smirk on his face.“I wouldn't.” My anger began to rise and my dormant hate and want for him dead was resurfacing. Zahra gasped and Dylan stumbled back as I walked towards him.I was pretty sure it was my eye colour. I was still reigning myself in so that my true powers wouldn't be publicly exposed like this. “Do you want me to ask again?” I said to him threateningly, making him fall to the ground on his butt. He shook his head and that smirk
Mima's POV I mentally call out to my wolf to stop putting but she doesn't listen. "Heal me." I said in my mind but she doesn't. Sheesh, what's wrong with her? Rake pulled me back and stared at me. "What's wrong?" I asked and he just shook his head. "It's your birthday next month." He said smiling and I was about to smile too when the images flashed through my mind of my family dying on my last birthday.Rake must have noticed the change in my mood because he placed a hand on my cheek. "What's wrong?" He asked but I don't reply. "Let's just go.". I told him. Walking away from him.A hand clamped down on my wrist and pulled me back, making mg face hit his chest. "Ouch. What did you do that for?" I yelled at him but his facial expression made me quiet down. "You never tell me anything." He murmured and my heart broke instantly. He's right. I'm always hiding things from him but I just am not quick to trust... What if he leaves me, breaks our bond like Dylan and uses my secrets a
Mima's POV "I work for those that kidnapped you." She said.Her reply shocked me. I would have never thought that those are the people she worked for. "I don't understand..." I commented and she looked at me with empty eyes. "I'm not human. I at least was truthful in that part. Viktor and his people made me. Those people are also Viktor's people but they want the woman in the prophecy for different reasons." "What are their reason?" I asked and she seemed sceptical to tell me."Viktor wants the powers for himself. He wants to take the power for him while the others want to sacrifice her to their God for them all to have more powers. So it's more like one wants all for himself and the others want for themselves." I nodded understanding what she meant. So I was basically in trouble from two groups then. "Do the sacrificial people know?" I asked her."Know about what?" She replied, looking confused. "About Viktor's plans." "They don't... I don't know how Viktor convinced them tha
Mima's POV Her body shook as she vigorously shook her head. I looked to one of the guards, give me the key to her cell.He nodded and began to go through his keys."NO." She yelled. "Don't let that psycho bitch in here. She would kill me." She said, seeming hysterical.She stood up and rushed to the end of the gate of her cell, closer to where the guard was. "You can't do it. She'll kill me. See what she did to my hand." She raised her hand, shoving it in his face but the guard did pay mind to her still shuffling for the keys.She grabbed him and he turned quickly, raised the stun gun I didn't know he was holding and zapped her."Stay back you dirty bitch." He said, a little undertone of amusement in his voice.All I saw was red.Before I knew it, I was in front of him and slapped him across the face eating gasps from the other inmates."Who the hell legalised stun guns for you in the prison cell? Aren't the silver coated chains and the guns in your hands enough for you? And those a
Mima's POV "Yeah..." I replied to her.She looked around in shock and I could tell that she was panicking. "Calm down, please Bri." I called out to her but she wasn't paying any attention to me. Beck, rose from his crouched position and placed his paw on her hand and she turned sharply to him. She smiled at him and placed her other hand over her chest, slowly calming down. "So these shadows... What do they do? Like what are the capable of?" She asked."Well, from all the spies that we have caught so far, we noticed that they're visisbly stronger that werewolves. The spies aren't as strong as the soldiers we fought off the other day though but they're stronger than the average werewolf so imagine how strong the soldiers would be." This freaked her out and I could recognise the girlish side in her under her gothic outfit. "So... What about how I felt towards him?" She mentioned and it didn't take me long to think that one through."I was kidnapped once. By a bunch that I think are