Nina's POV You know what hurts the most? Alpha Knox was kind of nice to me earlier. He told me I was beautiful. And foolishly as I was, I began to hope. Even I found it hard to believe he said that. Now here he was cheating.I hung my head like a dying flower and was about to leave, when someone grabbed me by the waist and covered my mouth. My eyes flew open.“let me go! I —”“It's me” came that dark raspy voice. I stilled. I turned around immediately and there he was. My mate.He grabbed my arm, willing me to look into his eyes. “ Where did you run off too!?” He growled.“You are hurting me” I yelped, trying to free myself from his grip.“That was my intent” he smirked “To cause you pain” I whimpered as he tightened his grip.“You will get punished for this” he sneered. “ That is a promise”********************************************************As we rode back to the house, I would turn my head to steal a glance at this beautiful man who was now my mate.Any time I turn, I will
Knox's POV Hands behind my back, I paced to the ends of the palace. My mind was like that of a marketplace. For a weird reason, I felt guilty. Guilty for putting Nina in the dungeon. I still feel she deserved it for not listening to my words but my wolf thinks otherwise."What have you done?!” My wolf questioned.“How could you put your mate in the deepest part of the dungeon? Did she kill anyone? What the hell was her crime? “ He growled.Then I replied.“How dare she leave the spot? How dare she go farther away from me? What if Ashira saw her? She might be dead by now.”My wolf glared at me, bearing his teeth at me. “ For what you have done, I will not be with you” “Well don't be” I replied. “ Who needs you anyway” Then I could feel him leaving. I scowled at the moon. This damned curse wants to make me soft. To make care. Who cares if she's my mate. I walked up to my room. As I passed the corner Nina would usually stay, I felt some sort of nostalgia. She would stay hunched over
Nina's POV The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a dead squirrel. I gasped and sprang up. Turning my head around, I realized I was in the woods. What was I doing here? I began walking aimlessly. Saw some wild fruits and ate them. After I rested I realized it was getting dark. I needed to find somewhere to sleep.And so I did. It was under a mango tree. I slowly made a makeshift bed with leaves underneath. I lay there expecting to stay awake until sleep came and finally stole me away like a thief.Then I woke up again.It all began, the moment I opened my eyes. Everywhere was pitch black and nothing was in sight.“My eyes!” Panic set in. Running my hands frantically across my face. I was surprised to find out that it got darker as I did that. Then it occurred to me that I wasn’t blind but I still couldn’t see anything. That was when my heart rate spiked up all the way to the highest. It beat as if it was about to leave my body.“Where am I!?” I screamed in my head. Placi
Knox's POV I sprang up immediately to find out that it was a dream. My breath was ragged. I had sweat all over my body like I had been running a race.Nina has been shot. She died crying. Screaming .I snatched a robe and ran out. Taking the keys from one of my men, I ran to the dungeon. My heart was in my mouth, as I wonder the state she could be in. For first time in a long time, I was pretty scared. What if she died.On getting there, I took out a torchlight. I pointed it around the cell but I couldn’t find Nina.“Nina!” I growled. out her name but I got no response. My heart was beating at a very fast rate. What if she had died or something? I kept asking myself. I opened the door to the cell and came closer. That was when relief washed over me as I saw her curled up like a kitten, sleeping. I stopped to touch her. I found out that Nina was running at a very high temperature.“Your highness ! What Happened? You scared us?!” I turned to find Vok and madam Lafayette standing out
Ashira’s POV “Ashira!!! Where the hell are you?!” lysa screamed into the phone. My phone had been buzzing endlessly and the moment I heard Lysa’s voice, I knew I was in deep shit. “Hi Lysa, good morning please try stalling her on, I’m almost there!” I begged as I jumped out of bed. Shit! I had slept in again and I would get late for work at the palace. “Ashira there is absolutely nothing good about the morning. I know you spent the night watching that annoying doctor and ending it by reading novels?” “Ehhh something like that but it’s–“ she cut me off. “Save what ever you have to say for yourself later. Now will you get your ass down here or you will get me in trouble!” And on that note she ended the call. A huge grin stretched across my face as I thanked the heavens for giving me such a friend like her. She had been my friend for a long as I can remember, although get parents forbade her our friendship. It seemed like the harder they Tried to break us apart. I applied my cr
Nina's POV “Oh” I muttered, clutching the sheets to the chest. I stared down, unable to look home in the face. “Alpha Knox!” Immediately he heard his name, he walked out of the room, leaving me all by myself. I took that as an opportunity to look for my clothes. I searched for them on the floor and other places but all I could see was my scarf. I grabbed it immediately and began searching for the rest of my clothes. “Where could he have kept them?” I muttered as I stood. Standing this time in front of the mirror, I stared at my reflection. I had swollen eyes and plump lips. I didn’t have beautiful sleep hair. I used my scarf to tie my hair, literally covering all my hair. I did that because I didn’t like the looks people gave me for the color. It was white, unlike that of girls my age. After I had tied my hair, I looked up to find someone in the mirror. I opened my mouth in horror. “Oh I’m sorry” I muttered as I immediately moved aside while I bent my head a little. I wondered
Nina's POV Madam Lafayette took me by the hand and together we went into the palace. She first took me to the maid quarters. “Who amongst you asked her to do laundry?” she asked. Her eyes were blazing. Her voice, sharp like a knife. There was silence. Before I could put in my next line of thoughts, the head of that head maid was dangling from on the floor. Shaking vigorously as if trying to connect to the detached body. Her body fell with a thud and blood splattered in my face. I shut my eyes immediately. What the heck just happened? My heart pounded in my chest and my hands trembled. Was it that easy to take a life? What was this life as a mate and vessel and its gory details? Blood sipped out of the bodies and it rushed to my feet. I squeezed my toes in utmost disgust and fear. “Who asked her to wash those clothes? Who made her leave the alpha's Chambers” Madam Lafayette said again. I glanced at her and my blood ran cold. There was no proof of emotion on her face. S
Nina's POV What? What was happening? How could this be? Who could have been hurt? I looked him over as I tried to ascertain wherever he may be hurt. “Your highness what happened. Come—” “ Did you for a moment think that I was crying?” He smirked.I froze. Those weren't tears? Oh this cocky bastard. Knox released my hands and wiped his eyes clean. I watched his long fingers swipe at all. Parts of his face. When he looked at me again, my heart raced. He stared into my eyes and moved closer, thereby closing the gap between us. What was he doing? My heart pounded. Knox went ahead to put on the light behind and I flinched as soon as the light came on. “There's your sunlight,” he muttered . “ Don't open the curtains” I quickly nodded. “ Congratulations on getting into my room but not my life …mate” Knox said emphasis on the last word. He stared at me and I evaded his gaze. Looking everywhere but at his face. “You are nervous,” Knox leaned in. I fought keeping my focus on so
Nina's POV Finally our plans were now taking shape. The next morning I was awoken by the head of the women affairs in the blue moon pack. I gave me the names of all the winter fell pack maids on my retinue and guards. I asked her to give them all to me and I agreed. When she left Marcus, walked into room. “Congratulations your highness” he bowed at me me smiling. “Oh stop it Marcus, it's a team effort” I said. We talked about meeting up in the evening, in the cave and he agreed. Just the Cecil, my new personal maid, also a winter fell pack maid walked in. She smiled at me. She had been in the Femwood pack with Rachel got years. I have heard she knew her way around here very well. “Your highness, Alpha Maximus requires your presence in his room” my heart began to race. I turned to Marcus and he seemed worried. “Alright” I nodded. “Be careful your highness”Marcus said and I nodded, then he left. ******************************************************** Call it luck or anyt
Nina's POV As soon as I got into my room, the phone buzzed. It was a message from an unknown number. I clicked on it and it read. “ Hi Nina, it was nice talking to you” it ended with a wink and I frowned. I hissed loudly and dropped the phone on the bed before heading to the bathroom. All this I did was to be closer Maximus. Just like Marcus asked me with the letter.It was to make it easy for us to meet. The plan was to have maximus change my maids and guards. I didn't want to use people from the blue moon pack. Rather people from the winter fell pack. It would be easier to do meeting with them. Well the only good thing Maximus and I liked was to give me a phone. We were in the rural part of the werewolf world. Phones were hard to come by here. I tried to call Alpha Knox but I didn't know his number. I hasn't seen him with a phone either. Maximus was the exact cocky kind of person I hated. As if making me hate him the more. He was boastful and condescending. From that night,
Knox's POV The smell of freshly baked bread, meat and soup filled the great hall, but it did nothing to calm the fire in my heart. We were in the wooden dinning. My knife scrapped the butter on the plate against my bread as I duginto my meal, the sound of cutleries clashing against my ears. Laughter echoed from the table, but it felt hollow. Nina and Rachel were still out there, prisoners of that bastard Stephen Hawking and his accomplice Maximus. I gritted my teeth and clenched my fist thinking about them. What would have become of them? Has Stephen touched my girl? I grabbed the spoon harder and tighter as I gritted my teeth. Someone tapped meang I turned. It was Vok. I nodded. Telling I'm calm. I have being a pacing machine as I waited for the two alphas to make it to my pack. It seems to be that time was walking on a snail's pace. Now they were here. We couldn't just leave. wr need to plan. To fight. From what Madam Lafayette has said, Stephen and Maximus used the powers of
Margo’s POV “See anything you like?” I looked up. There was a woman smiling at me. I smiled back. She was a middle aged woman with big circle O earrings and a scarf over her hair. I couldn’t see the color of her hair too. She had these perfect white teeth. She had dark eye shadows, dark lipstick. You know the classical fortune teller persona. Clara had walked up to me and apologized for ignoring me. I listened to her words and I felt it made sense. I forgave her andwe made up but then she suddenly asked that I visit a market around the pack. Market was home to all supernatural but onlyOmegas can attend openly. “Oh it’s nothing, I was just drawn to these cards” my smile slowly transitioned into a laugh. A nervous laugh. Her eyes zoned in on the cards and she smiled. I knew it. I knew I was not hallucinating. The longer I stared at this card, the more it felt like I had just walked into a museum and staring right back at me was a picture of myself on the wall. I mean how can th
Margo’s POV “He’s still alive!” I yelled and I immediately ended the outgoingcall. I tried to bring him in but he was too muscular. I let deep breath and began pushing. Successfully I did. I went outside and checked if anyone saw me. Relieved that no one was in sight, I shut my door. Unknown to me, the moment I dragged him through the threshold of my house, I had awakened someone who knew something was amiss in my pack. That was my mistake. I managed to put him on the only bed in my room. Damn! He was huge and heavy. “Are people still allowed to be this tall?” I said frustrated as beads of sweat danced all over my body. When I opened his shirt, there was marks all over them. I was scared as to how someone would get into a fight and put his life at risk. Then another thought came Mind. What if he was running for his life from a murderer? I shudder at that thought as I wondered if his murderer had followed him here. If he was in my house thatmeant that I was also in danger. I shook m
Margo’s POV “Margo!!! Where the hell are you?!” Clara screamed into the phone. My phone had been buzzing endlessly and the moment I heard Clara’s voice, I knew I was in deep shit. “Hi Clara, good morning please try stalling her on, I’m almost there!” I begged as I jumped out of bed. Shit! I had slept in again and I would get late for work at the palace. “Margo there is absolutely nothing good about the morning. I know you spent the night watching that annoying doctor and ending it by reading novels?” “Ehhh something like that but it’s–“she cut me off. “Save whatever you have to say for yourself later. Now will you get your ass down here or you will get me in trouble!” And on that note she ended the call. I huge grin stretched across my face as I thanked the heavens for giving me such a friend like her. She had been my friend for a long as I can remember, although get parents forbade her our friendship. It seemed like the harder they tried to break us apart. The stronger our frien
Amandla’s POV“Please don’t hurt me!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. They ran round me as they circled her. Gritting their teeth as puffs of smoke existed their angry ears. I was scared shitless because I had never gotten a close encounter with angry wolves, though I knew I had unknown enemies. I could somehow hear them converse.“Guys let’s finish her off!”“No, not yet, she has to suffer first”“No guys don’t touch her yet”The one who had lots of resentment towards me, gritted his teeth, charged at me. “No! No! Please help me” then suddenly I jerked up. ***************************************************************************************************I was swimming in an ocean of sweat and I was greatly hyperventilating. I was more than happy that, this was a dream but you know what they say about dreams. They are a glimpse into the future.It was like the night had an agreement with the day that they would delay the rising of the sun. I couldn’t sleep the rest of the night
Amandla’s POV The thing mum was doing was good and bad, for me. I understand her fear. I mean I would also be scared but then it made me feel inadequate in front of my peers and it hurt my self-esteem, when they talk about Transitioning ceremonies. But then the stories were scary. During this ceremony, the young werewolves transitioned into themselves. At the moment, the young ones didn’t know a thing about being a werewolf. They didn’t know how to focus on who to attack or not. And if they had to transition on their own, they could risk killing a being that was not of their kind or does not look like them. For lycans that are yet to transition, they always came with lots of their family members and members of their pack, to protect them, in case they were attacked. Heir alphas who were not liked, were wanted dead. And if they came alone or with little or no protection were chased and hunted. If caught, they are instantly killed. And nothing could be done about it. Hence the prote
Amandla’s POV Out in the forests, in the cold, damp grounds was a lycanthrope. Bloodied, crushed and gnawed. At the moment he is fighting for his life. It would be a wonder if he survived the night. He had silver skin like diamond, a perfect. He was authority and royalty in one …a true blood. As the redwood pack got ready for the full moon, little did they know that one of their own was breathing his last? The redwood, howled the loudest. Fought the boldest. And hunted the biggest prey in the history of lycanthropy. Werewolf hunters. They were ahead of all clans and that earned those lots of respect amongst other pack Eric, the beta, jogged up the mountains as soon as the moon became full and screamed out to the other packs. Then the transition began. Nails turned to plundering sharp claws. Bones were rumpledand new bone structures were made. Their eyes shone like stars as their visions intensified. They ran in a haze. They howled and howled in reckless abandon,