Next Chapter_Atlas’s POV_I turned around as Heyley stormed off, about to run after her.“And where do you think you're going?”, Daemon asked and I turned to look at him.“Stay out of this” I threatened, my finger pointed at him.“For your information, I'm not afraid of you,” He said with an eye roll.I knew he wasn't bluffing. He was an Alpha's son, so of course he wouldn't be.“She just needs some time alone to herself. But she should be fine soon. You hurt her you know,”His last sentence made me look away in shame but I knew he was right.I couldn't forget the look on her face when she saw that Aria was my mate.“What's your story with her?” Daemon asked and I turned to look at him.“Thought she told you already?” I asked him and he shrugged.“She did. But I want to know why you did it,” He answered truthfully and I sighed.“I have a mate, yes. But I don't love her,” I said and Daemon looked at me shocked.His reaction was the same as Heyley's when I told her the same.“How can y
_Heykey’s POV_Atlas rushed in a few minutes, falling to his knees next to me.“What happened to her? What did you do?” He screamed at them, taking me in his arms.“Atlas. I feel so hot..” I cried, grabbing his arm.I was filled with heat and the desire to be touched.I have never felt this way before and it felt so painful.I led his hand to my core, clenching my legs around it.Atlas looked at me, surprise and confusion taking over his features.“What's wrong with her?” He asked the Luna who had been watching us silently.“She's in her heart period, if she doesn't get touched by a man soon, it will continue this way for a few days.” She said, staring at us like we knew what to do.I cried as my insides burned up, it felt as if someone lit a fire and threw it inside me.“So what can I do to stop her from feeling this?”Atlas asked, carrying me bridal style.The Luna looked at him like the answer wasn't obvious.“You need to mate with her, and fast. The sooner the better. I don't know
_Heyley’s POV_I banged the door behind me, stopping at the edge of the staircase.I turned around to see if Atlas followed me and when he didn't, I kept walking down.I had no idea why I had reacted the way that I did, but I wanted to stay as far away from him as I couldAll he had said earlier was all right. I was mad at myself that he could make me react in the way that I did, and even madder at him for knowing that fact.Taking a deep breath, I walked into the bar, walking straight for DaemonDaemon saw me and his eyes lit up, roaming around my body. It was as if he was looking for something, and the frown and look of his disappointment later proved that to me.“What were you expecting?” I asked him, sitting on the counter,”.it was late already and there weren't many people left inside the bar.The only ones were people who were drunk off their asses waiting for someone to come and take them home, or something.“Damn,” Daemon said and my brows rose up.“What's wrong?” I asked hi
Next Chapter.I took a large gulp from the bottle of water, closing the cap once I was done.The sun was high up in the sky, threatening to kill me with a heat stroke.We found a shade to rest in as we waited for the sun to go down a bit.“How much farther are we supposed to go?” Atlas asked me and I turned to him.“Maybe an hour more? We should be close by,” I answered, taking a munch from the apple that Daemon had packed in too.We were really close to Hottigan and I could feel the hairs on my body standing.I haven't been back here since I had escaped all those years back, and now returning here with Atlas…This place brought back memories I didn't want to face.“Are we just going to sit here until it's evening time?” Atlas asked Me and I turned to look at him.“Going into Hottigan with this amount of daylight is just like announcing to Greta about your arrival. The moment our feet step into that place, she would be aware of our presence,” I explained to him, kicking a small rock.
“You both need to get out of here! Fast!” Aria cried but we wouldn't be leaving without her.“Atlas, put her behind me,” I said to Atlas and he stared at me in confusion.I waited for him impatiently, wondering why he stared at me that way.Atlas shook his head, turning to Aria and bending over for her to get on his back.“Get in,” He said to her and I opened my mouth to protest.“But Atlas…” I started to say but he stared at me like I was forgetting something.“I might not have my wolf but I'm still an Alpha. I should be protecting you two, not you. Stop acting like I'm weak. I have trained myself,” He said to me and I stared in embarrassment.I wasn't thinking about how Atlas would feel if I kept doing things he was meant to do.But it wasn't my fault I was thinking about how it would be on him.Aria was reluctant to get on his back, she stared at us, while shaking her head slowly. “You both should leave while you still have the time,” Aria said. “You don't know how she is if she
_Atlas’s POV_“Who are you?” I asked him one more time and his eyes moved to me lazily.“I'm a witch, or was a witch. Greta kidnapped me from my village and kept me imprisoned here for weeks. She came here a few days back and she stole my magic.” When he said the last sentence, he gritted his teeth in anger, the only other emotion I had seen him show since we started talking.So Greta had stolen his powers of hallucinations, making it her own and that was why she was able to do all these. If she had these powers when we fought the first time, we would have been doomed.I couldn't help but worry about Heyley and how she was doing. Was she aware that Greta was making us see things?I wondered where she was.The fact I didn't even notice when we got separated made me angry with myself.How long had we been separated for? I had walked for a very long time and I didn't even notice that Heyley was gone, neither did I notice that I was going on a loop until he pointed it out.Why didn't I ev
_Heyley’s POV_I screamed when I saw Atlas’ lifeless body hit the floor.Greta moved away from him, watching me with a mocking smile on her face.She smiled triumphantly at me, to her she won the battle.I immediately ran to his side, shaking his body. He couldn't just leave me that way. There was no way Atlas would just leave me.“Atlas, please. Don't close your eyes,” I shook him, trying to keep him from losing consciousness but it was too late.His eyes fluttered before closing.“Atlas!” I screamed out, tears streaming down my eyes. He was bleeding profusely and his wound wasn't closing up.How could it heal when he didn't have his wolf?I had never felt this helpless as I watched all the colors drain from his face.He was dying and I couldn't do anything to help him.“No, you can't leave me. There's no way you would be leaving me,” I begged putting pressure on his wound to stop the bleeding.My hands were stained with blood, my tears blurring my vision.There was no one to help us
“Do you think Greta had taken her?” I asked Atlas, turning to him in confusion.We had seen her here just now and Greta was nowhere close by, so how did her body just disappear?The only explanation was that someone had taken her body, but what use does a wolf's dead body have for them?It was necessary to take back a dead wolf to complete her rites and let her people bury her. How do we explain to them that she died and we lost her body?Coming back without her body wouldn't sit well with the elders of Atlas' pack.“I think we should head home,” Atlas said and I nodded in agreement with him.There was nothing else for us to do, and staying here for much longer would only put us in more danger.This is Greta's mansion, and even if I haven't seen any of her men, I was aware that it was overflowing with people who would lay down their lives for her.And Greta has to still be in here somewhere, so the best option we had was to retreat.Atlas had his wolf back now, so it made running back
Chapter one hundred and Eleven Heyley's pov “Calm down Heyley, can you please tell me what the problem is?" He asked.“Everyone is staring at me, it is making me uncomfortable", I said .“That's because it's their first time to behold such a beautiful damsel, here hold my hands I'll guide you every step of the way", Atlas said, stretching his hand .His words consoled me, I had more confidence in myself than ever, I held his hands and he walked me to the front of the crowd, Elder Nate was in front already waiting for our arrival.We performed the marital rites and it was time for the moon goddess' approval. I've always wondered why the moon goddess who usually appears at night approves a daytime wedding but Atlas says that she is always everywhere so I didn't bother myself about that thought.“If there is anyone here that doesn't want this marriage to proceed, speak up now or forever remain silent", Elder Nate said.My heart skipped for a moment, my mind went to when I disrupted De
Chapter one hundred and ten Heyley's pov I felt sprinkles of water all over my body. “Heyley, Heyley, I could hear Atlas' voice faintly call my name."Heyley, please don't scare me like that again”, he said as a opened my eyes, I couldn't see him clearly all I could see was blurry, it took about thirty seconds before my eyes were wide opened, the guards were holding me tightly, I freed myself from their grip and adjusted my seat"what happened I asked?”, looking rather surprised, I couldn't remember how I got to the ground ."you fainted immediately you heard Parker's confession about Greta”, Atlas answered.I looked around and there was Greta staring right into my face, for the first time in a long while I looked at her right back in the face without being scared."Parker, are you sure of what you are saying? Denise and Greta do not know each other, Dianacia and I are Greta's biological children”, I said." There's more to the story that no one knows but I'm grateful to be here p
Chapter one hundred and nine Atlas pov I was so pissed with Heyley, first that she would be sent for her family without informing me and also deciding to accommodate them without even letting me know .She came out of the room looking at me and frowning in her face, “What is Atlas?", she asked.“Let's talk in the room", I replied as I walked towards the room she walked right behind me.On getting to the room she backed the door with so much anger and it made a really loud noise, but I didn't care about her anger .“Why would you do this Haley, why are you being insensitive about our problems?", I asked her pacing around the room.“I don't get you, I don't understand please you'd have to break it down for me to understand whatever you are saying", she said.“Sending for your sister and her family at this crucial time, Anna is being detained, she would be standing before trial in a few days, Denise is still on the sick bed yet you accommodate your sister for a few days, Heyley don't a
Chapter one hundred and eight Heyley's pov . I searched for Janet everywhere in the house but I couldn't find her “where could she have gone”?, I asked myself.I decided to walk to the courtyard in search of her. As I stepped out I saw a beautiful carriage in the courtyard., with Janet standing with a group of people, “Who could that be?", I asked myself.I walked closer to them and to my greatest surprise it was Dianacia, on seeing her I was short of words, I didn't know how to react .“I'm, I'm sorry", Dianacia said to Janet, it looked like they were having an altercation.“Dianacia, Dianacia, is that you"? I said as I ran towards them, Dianacia ran as fast as she could when she saw me, we hugged passionately.“What on earth are you doing here?", I asked.“Well, since Bayat wouldn't rest about seeing her mummy, we decided to pay you a little surprise," she replied.“That's so sweet of you", I replied.This time Bayata was running towards me “Mummy, mummy", she said as she ran,
Chapter one hundred and seven Dianacia pov “I'm so sorry mummy I was only excited about our journey", Bayata replied.“We are not going today baby, daddy has a lot of things to do in his court. I promise we will go soon ", I replied.I didn't want her to feel that I don't care about her because I could see she was really sad with the way I yelled at her.“Okay mummy, I love you", she said as she packed her bags and ran to her room.I locked the door and entered the room, Arnou gave me his eyes, he does that anytime he doesn't like my reaction to something.“What?, if you have anything to say just say it", I said .“No I don't", he replied.“But you know I handled the issue well", I said.“You sure did, you yelling at our daughter who tried to take her life because you were yelling at her was definitely handling the issue well", he replied sarcastically."I'm serious Arnou, don't give me that kind of reply, " I said .“Fine, you almost got out of control but you sure did handle it w
Chapter one hundred and sixAtlas pov “What the hell Anna, I'm trying my best to get Denise back on her feet while you are here trying to kill her, do you want to implicate yourself?, please put the knife down?", I said .“No Atlas let me kill this bitch, she should pay for her crimes she just wants to reap where she did not show.", Anna replied .“I know you are very angry about what she did to you, however this is not the way to seek things out you would only put us in much more trouble", I said .“She is the trouble here, I am doing us a favor Atlas, you would thank me for this in the long run", she replied.“If the elders have your head there would be no one to thank, so stop fooling around and drop the damn knife", I yelled.“Atlas… Atlas … your sisters want me dead, they do not want our love to flourish, she wants to kill me, she doesn't want me to carry another Alpha baby of ours”, she cried .I could see the tears roll down Denise's cheeks, but I chose not to ignore it. My f
Chapter one hundred and five Heyley's pov It was a long distance back home, all I could think about was whether Bayta was fine, I wondered why Dianacia would act the way she did, all I did was love Bayta, “she is supposed to understand that these things take time", I said to myself. It was really getting dark and I still haven't gotten to the house. I didn't think the house would be this far. I hurried home and I got home rather quickly.The whole house was quiet and empty, it felt like no one was at home. I walked towards the kitchen and I couldn't even find the maids or even a guard ."Where is everybody?”, I asked myself."Is anyone in, who is at home, why is everywhere so quiet?”, I screamed at the top of my voice. Just as I was about to say another word from my mouth I saw the maid walking towards me, she walked with so much haste .“Welcome ma", she bowed her head and greeted.“Thank you, where is everybody, why is everywhere so quiet?", I asked her."The soon to be Luna i
Chapter one hundred and four Dianacia povRight before my eyes Arnou grabbed her by the legs as she was about to slip down the Window, she fell on Arnou and was crying profusely.“I want to go and meet mummy Heyley, I miss her so much”she cried out .“It's okay baby, stay with me please I'll take you to be with mummy Heyley but first you have to stay with me, I love you baby", Arnou said petting and kissing her cheeks.I was unable to move as I could no longer feel my feets. It felt as if something pierced me. I stood dumbfounded for over five minutes before trying to move towards them. On seeing me Bayta jumped on my body and cried. I couldn't help but burst out in tears also.“I'm, I'm sorry mummy", she said.“No, don't be, I'm the one that is supposed to be sorry, I hurt you, I shouldn't have yelled at you, that was a cruel thing for me to do", I said while using my fingers to go through her head.“I just miss my mum… .. mummy, she doesn't want to see me again”, she said." No, M
Chapter one hundred and three Dianacia's povBoth Arnou and Heyley looked at me dumbfounded when I broke the news to them “That's not possible she went upstairs after we've exchanged pleasantries", Heyley said.“But I've searched and called out her name for the utpententh time, she is nowhere to be found", I replied.This time my eyes has been clouded with tears, I didn't know what to think, I rushed down the stairs and went ahead to hold my husband's hands.“Arnou say something please", I cried .“Probably one of the guards would have seen her leaving", Arnou said.He walked to where the guard was, they talked for a little bit and when they were done Arnou turned to face us, his face was moody and I knew something had gone wrong.“Where is she Arnou, where?, I yelled." Do you think Greta got again? “, Heyley asked ." Why won't she leave my family and I alone", I cried out .“But Greta would have left a word if she did she is not usually like that”, Heyley said."something is wron