A part of me knew I was asleep when my heart started to race. The incident was three weeks past but still my body froze and a familiar pain seemed to slam into me. I was hyperventilating and trying to get myself to wake up but the more I tried, the more I slipped deeper into the nightmare. "Wake up, Sagira," I heard a voice that sounded around me as if it was coming from a room lined with speakers. "I am here," the voice continued. "I've got you." The last words were spoken in a quiet voice that seemed choked with emotions. I felt a hand gently combing through my hair as I started to regain consciousness. My head was in someone's thighs. The room was dark and then cold lips pressed against my cheeks, my forehead, my eyelids. My eyes snapped open and I bolted upright with a gasp, my hands flying to my chest and then every other part of my body as if taking inventory."You're fine." Firm hands gently pried my fingers from my hair when I gripped them hard. "I am here." I turned to Val
I had one word in my mind. Fuck. The way he stumbled to get out of the bed made me scramble upright. His eyes were blown wide when he looked at me.Looking down at my hands, I saw they were shiny. It wasn't sweat or an outer manifestation of inner radiance. It was light. My skin had a coat of light all around it. I asked the goddess for magic because I didn't expect her to give it to me. It was also because I wanted something my mother had lost and it was the first thing that came to my mind. I didn't pause to consider how Valens would react to me having magic. "I have something to tell you," I said to him. He nodded, his eyes fixated on me while he kept his distance. "You definitely have something to tell me," he replied. The light on my skin intensified when I opened my mouth to blurt things out to him. It started as a soft glow but as I watched, the soft glow brightened and brightened, turning me into a gigantic lightbulb. I closed my eyes against the burning glare of the ligh
VALENS"I've never said that out loud, have I?" She buried her face into a pillow when I asked that. I could see the tip of her ears turning red even though she hid her face from me. I felt incredibly foolish now that I thought of how I reacted when I saw those pictures. I should have been furious but not at her. How could she cheat on me when she reacted like this to me? How could I not have seen? A lot of things would have been different if I had the foresight, the knowledge I had now. 'Love her,' the oracle had said and it turned out that I didn't have to try hard to love her. I didn't even have to try. She was my curse breaker. My mate. By every standard, she was my savior. I was nearing the three-month-mark in Redville; the one that brought that itch that could only be scratched when I moved to a new land. I hadn't hit the mark yet but I knew without a doubt that the itch was gone forever. I would never have the urge to leave this pack behind. I would never have an itch to wan
AYSELValens was acting weird and my powers were going wonky. I didn't know if the two had a correlation but I feared they might. I'd almost set his papers on fire this morning and yesterday, I went as stiff as a board mid-conversation that he feared I'd died. I stared at the television screen without really seeing anything. I was bored out of my mind. Valens had to drop by the office, leaving me alone in the house. All alone, there was nothing for me to do asides eat and watch irrelevant shows. I picked up my phone a hundred times but everyone I knew was busy. As someone who never had free time in the past, I had no idea what to do with the multitude I had now. To make things worse, we moved to this place which was detached from the rest of the pack. I could not access other places easily because it was an impossibly long walk from everyone else. Just as I was thinking of how important it was for me to learn to drive, I heard a beep from the tablet beside me. It alerted me wheneve
VALENS"Clover, what is it you want, really?" I'd known this girl since childhood. She had never undermined my authority like this before. "Valens, are you going to treat me like this because of – because of some –" "Pick your next words carefully," my wolf growled. "They'd determine whether you keep your head or not." "I know that she's your mate but I'm your friend. Doesn't that count for anything? I bore your curse with you. I stood with you when no other woman would and now you're threatening to banish me?" "You didn't break my curse," I reminded her. "I would if I could!" I pulled the phone from my ear when she yelled, peeping to see my mate still sleeping. "You know I wanted to be your lucky clover but it's not my fault and you know I tried. We tried everything," she emphasized the last word. My heart pricked at the words that were little more than accusations. Yes, I tried everything in the early days of my curse. I was desperate to be free of the spirit of a wanderer. I
He stepped forward and took my hands in his. I looked down at them to see sparks of fire that made me snatch them back. Magic was something I struggled with. There were no mentors, no guides, nothing. I had to work my way through it. I'd spent the last few days getting used to the feeling of something more than blood coursing through my veins and noting triggers that made me lose control of that feeling. "Are you trying to burn yourself?" I exclaimed. My magic wouldn't hurt me but it could hurt him."I'm not trying to hurt myself. I'm trying to get to you." He took my hands again but I snatched them back. "What did Clover say?" I asked, taking a seat. "She has an idea of Skylar's whereabouts. She is likely at Blood River pack." He sank into his set, moving the things in his desk to the side. "She wouldn't give me the full details because –" He broke off and I got the feeling he was hiding things from me. "She could be in her mum's pack but the chances of that are slim." Skylar wa
"No." "You are being unreasonable," I protested."I am not being unreasonable. You are not allowed to see him. You are not allowed anywhere near him!" His voice raised, his arms crossed over his chest and I knew he wasn't relenting. But I wasn't relenting either. "I am going to see him. I'm going to see him today, in fact. You can either come with me or not." "There is no question here. No debate. You will not see him. That's final." He slammed his palms down on his desk to emphasize the finality of his words. "Valens, I am your Luna," I reminded him. "You should stop treating me like a mere omega." "I –" He paused, his brows crinkling. "It is my duty to protect you. I must protect you.""What protection do I need from a chained prisoner?" I couldn't help but snap. Something occurred to me then that made me frown. "Is this about my protection or is it just because it's Lucien?" I frowned. The frown on his face melted away. "It's not about Lucien. It's about you." He sighed, raki
"It wasn't supposed to be like this," he said, his head hanging to the side and his voice cracked. "I swear to you, it wasn't supposed to be like this. I never meant to hurt you." He raised his head and looked at me. When I didn't say anything, Lucien turned to Valens. "Alpha, it was all Skylar's idea-" "I am not your Alpha," Valens cut him off, his voice hard. "Can you give us a minute?" I turned to Valens. "No," he answered without missing a beat. "Please," I begged him with my eyes to understand. I needed to talk to Lucien. Only then would I get the closure my heart desperately craved. Despite how much he had hurt me and how much I hated him, I could never forget we had been best friends. I needed to know when he became comfortable with hurting me the way he did. I wanted to know what happened. "Aysel, I'm sorry, but I cannot." He looked solemn. His eyes also begged me to understand. "I cannot leave you with him. My wolf will not allow it." "Very well." I turned back to Luc