Selene’s POVPerspiration ran down my body. I had run so fast and so much that I had no control over my legs; all I did was run. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me; on my third sprint, I could hear the simultaneous thud of my heart.I was breathless, and my legs were giving out in sheer distress. Lucian was merely looking at me run back and forth, and since he hadn’t commanded me to stop, I suspected he was watching me go back and forth to check my resistance level; my legs were growing weaker and mildly stiff, but one more second wouldn't hurt.One more sprint and I was certain I would fall to the floor and probably lose my life in the process. I touched the tree, and as I turned to run back to where I had started running from, Lucian blew the whistle, and just like I had been compelled, my legs gave in, and I fell to the floor immediately.The world spun around me; my heart threatened to explode in my chest; I began to hyperventilate; I didn’t want to stand up from where I lay,
Lucian’s POV I was on my knees in my room, and I had the spell book before me; my eyes were focused on the page containing the words I was to recite. I had told everyone to stay away from the room for at least seven hours, and the only person allowed to enter afterward was Joan.And she was only able to enter after seven hours, which was first thing in the morning. Ella was secured in Emily’s room, and Joan suggested that she spend the night watching Selene to see if there was any progress; she knew what I wanted to do, and for the first time she didn’t protest or make me see things from a different perspectiveI placed my head on the pages of the book just as it was directed, and then I began to mutter the words I was supposed to recite. I was supposed to mutter it till I felt something out of the ordinary.I had recited it more than twenty times nonstop till the moon goddess deemed me worthy of her listening ears, and when the wind started blowing furiously in my room, I felt flames
Selene’s POV All of a sudden, my eyes bolted open.It was still very dark around me, but I knew I was awake because I could finally feel my hands. It was weird to finally gain control of myself; I had woken up earlier, but Joan told me to rest some more.Now I was awake again, still weak but more active than I was when I first woke up, but unlike before, the room reeked with an odd scent; it was pojant, and wet it smelt like metal at first. Then the scent became a little bit clearer, and I could finally decipher what it truly meant. ‘Blood?’ I jerked from the bed immediately before me, laid two bodies bloodied and bruised on the floor, and it was none other than the bodies of Emily and Joan. Someone had slit their throats, and now they are seated in a pool of their blood.“Oh goodness, what’s this?” I ran to Emily, and I shook her vigorously, but she didn’t move. I tapped her, and then I checked her eye, but her pupils were already rolled up. Fear engulfed me; she couldn’t just di
Selene’s pov It was a dream, but I saw Emily walk into the room.She was the first lady I saw when I woke up; she had a tray of drugs in her hands, and even though I had just healed and displayed something absurd, she sat beside me and talked to me.She never asked me about my wolf or treated me any differently.She made me believe I could have other friends. In the pack, she was there to always make me smile; she was the first lady to ever treat me like a living being; even my sister wouldn’t treat me the way Emily would treat me; she was a gift to me; she was the reason why living in the pack was bearable.Now she was dead.When she entered the room again, I held her and I cried in her arms. I knew it was a dream, and my mind had only created this scene, so I bid her farewell."Emily, I am sorry I couldn’t save you; I tried,” I said. She wrapped her hands around me, and she kissed my hair; she didn’t say anything, till I couldn’t feel her in between my hands anymore.I was hugging t
Selene’s POV Lucian moved over to the corpse, and he said prayer to the goddess to grant her soul a safe journey to the realm of the goddess, after he was done, he moved away, and the undertakers took the boat on their shoulders.The rest of the pack members carried her to the waterside, where we were to burn her body.I could not move my legs; it was a thing of pain and denial; I could not hold it anymore. As warm tears strolled down my eyes, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned, and I saw Joan beside me.I hugged her, she wrapped her hands around me, she exhaled with full force behind me, “Words can’t explain how much I want to thank you, Selene; I would have been carried on that boat if you hadn’t healed me. Thank you,” she cried on my shoulders.We stood there for a while till we pulled ourselves away from each other's embrace. Her eyes were red from crying, and the scar left on her neck as a result of Kyle's betrayals was still present and barely healed; she had a bandage over
Selene’s POV“Please”“Everyone in the pack thinks I would be the one to save them, and I would give them a safe life, far from critics of other packs, a life away from their past. But I can't, at least not without the moonstone.”I was instantly hooked. “What do you mean, you already saved them; they do not need saving?”“Winter is coming; do you know that? The kids will die, and only the adults with wolves will survive. I need more store spaces and more farming lands to be able to cultivate more crops and more supplies to feed everybody during the winter and build an aspiring nation. A pack is formed from generations of leaders, most times a family, but we are rogues. I would be going out to bring in more rogues who can’t survive in the winter, which means the pack would be crowded.”“So the moonstone would help? Is it like a currency?” I asked, and it still made no sense.“No, it’s the only thing that can take me back to the pack; I can’t have a say in my pack anymore because litera
Lucian’s POVI had done everything to keep her away from it, to shield her from the sickening reality of things, but it all happened so fast I could not control it.“You should come back to the pack; it’s not safe to be out here alone,” I said to her, then lent her my hands so she could use them as support as she attempted to stand up.After telling her how mentally deranged her ex-husband was, I could see the disgust on her face. It was unbelievable, I know, but it was true she would have to come to terms with seeing him being destroyed. It was already mind-blowing that a man like my brother dared to procreate.No, he had plagued Ella’s life with his genes; I would not let that.As Selene and I walked back to the pack in silence, I thought about what Emily had said. Selene was pregnant with Alexander's child, and she didn’t even know. How would I tell her now? She would be devastated to hear it. But sooner or later, when she had started seeing signs, I would have to break the news to
Selene’s povAs I blinked my eyes open, the crease of my window let in a few rays of sunlight, and almost without warning, they made me feel even colder inside. It was today. It was the first real day, the first of many without her. It was pretty new to me, and I could only wonder how I would live the day and other days without her. Just that notion made the muscles in my throat constrict painfully, and my lungs felt like I had iron balls lodging in my chest. My chest heaves up and down. But no, I shouldn’t have to do this. Not today. Not when I know she wouldn't want me to do it. "Emily…" That was indeed the sweetest word for me now, for in my heart, I knew it was a promise. Every woman I’ve ever met doesn’t compare to Emily .I could hear her say in my mind, "Selene, get up! Live yourself a little bit. Just because I'm not there means you can't be happy." And we all know one thing I know for certain is that Emily wants to see me smile as much as she would. So all this time I staye
Lucian’s POV Seated on the table, my fingers clenched into a hard ball, my insides were sore, and before me stood a tall glass of water, and a tray of meat, my mouth salivated, I haven’t eaten in five days, my insides ache so badly, but eating would require that I removed my mask.I couldn’t. And I won’t.Pike sat before me with his daughter by his side, she leaned closer to him again then whispered something into his ears, I watched his demeanor change, whatever she must have told him definitely didn’t sit right with him. I watched her leave back then wink at me.I glanced at the water again, what would it cost to have a taste of such beauty.“Concerning the Favour you wanted me to accomplish at Eclipse pack, I hope it gladdens your heart to know that I look forward to meeting up with that prick of an Alpha Alexander.” My head snapped, and my attention drew from the cup to the man before me.“But.” There was always a but, why would I think Pike would voluntarily do anything, I sagg
Lucian’s POVShock registered on their faces as I stared at the three of them. They tucked their tails beneath their legs then lowered their heads, I was way too tender and patient and I bet this would tell them.When they finally reconsidered their decision, I pulled my daggers out and I let them leave and I made sure they were out of sight before I made another move.Matters like this would be avoided if new rogues would understand not everyone under the moon was after them, I ignited the engines and I drove off.Hours later I approached Pike’s territory, his wolves who stood guarding the accessible borders of the pack stood their ground, they brought out their swords and daggers at the sight of the mask seated on my face.“I am here to see pike? Your leader.” I said, with my hands up in the air, they drew the dagger closer to my neck. These people were the same people who followed me on the war with Jullian, but even after we were acquainted, they still perceived my presence as a c
Lucian’s POV The lady glanced at me with a questioning look, she tried to reach out to me but I moved away, clutching the strap of my bag, I walked away from the town, it was obvious there was a party being held in the pack house.I could not remember any need for a pack to celebrate at the time of the year, and it wasn’t even winter yet, so why would Aex host a party inside the pack house? Was he trying to avoid the consequences of his actions? It made no sense, but then again things stopped making sense the moment Alex had a say in the pack, though I came to get something’s for Selene, it would cause no harm if I checked out the pack house myself, besides the farm was just beside it.I made sure my scarf was tied firmly around my face to avoid being noticed and I walked over to the pack house where I found a new set of people at the foot of the pack, they had their bowls in their hands as they sat. Fear gripped me.This was preposterous, I took a glance at the pack house which gl
Lucian’s POV Now I was on the road my mind was in a haze, everything in my body fumed up, she shouldn’t have come out she should have remained in her hut, she wanted to prey on my self control I could tell.Not only has she tried to sabotage my journey she also wanted to blame me for leaving when she was the one who left first.It’s just the last time. After this everything would go back to how it was supposed to be. I would take back the pack, I would give these people a home and I would provide security as promised, whatever my end was after that is uncertain.I refused to let her get on my nerves or divert my attention to something so superficial. My drive through the borders of the pack and into the thick forest wasn’t far from what Selene predicted, I got attacked by rogues and traps it was worse than expected, but somehow I managed to get to eclipse pack in about two days of being active on the road, I had for crash out moments but I got there.The next step is to sneak into t
Lucian’s POV It was very early in the morning when I decided to leave for the pack for my last heist. If I had to get everything on the list and also take time to see the situation of the pack I needed to go earlier, I took my trusted dagger and I tucked it in my boots, one around a sheath on my waist.I was set to go, I took a bottle of herb I had squeezed before going to bed earlier, I had made more research on numbing medications for the pain and also slow the process of the contamination, I could already feel my body feeling much better compared to how I felt earlier .It was still dark outside and the pack was quiet. I don’t know how long it was going to take on the road and I might have another breakdown. So I prepared some lettuce leaves and some carrot sticks for Ella’s bunny, and I walked over to Selene’s quarters, I dropped it at the door so it was the first thing she saw when she woke up. I was aware of her aim to make this mission impossible, but it had to be done, one w
Lucian’s POV I fought with the pack guards at the borders. Not only did they lose my scarf, they had taken the bracelet I bought alongside a picture, I found out right after the trance, I was paranoid and I needed to take back everything they took which led to a fight and the bruise she desperately wanted to heal.But I could not let it happen, the poison had surpassed my arms and I could feel it around my chest. If she touched it, she would notice my blood stream was infected but she was too stubborn and wouldn’t listen.I had subconsciously entered the healers ward at the sight of her, I wanted to give her the bracelet I bought, but seeing her and remembering the outcome of my hallucinations, I had a change of heart, I was still hurt by it, I knew it wasn’t real but somehow it made my heart weigh with so much pain.I was way past it already, I knew she wouldn’t go back to Alex. I was certain but somehow the betrayal stuck with me. It taunted me so much and it messed with my mind,
Selene’s POV It was very early in the morning and I barely had any sleep last night, first was from the continuous foot thumping in the room, Ella’s bunnies needed to find some other place to sleep. And secondly because Lucian left the pack all night and he hadn’t come back yet, I feared he had gone to eclipse pack without my notice, and I was truly worried, the least he could do was tell me about it. It wasn’t much of a request but if he kept doing things on his own without telling me, how was I supposed to rule the pack? It made no sense? Everything about him made no sense to me at all. I walked into the pack, the fertilizers that were ruined had been gathered, they were in no shape for farming but I wasn’t prepared to let my effort go to waste, on this day I wanted to do something new. I made a random wolf blow the horn to gather everyone in the pack at the open square, and when they finally did, I proceeded to share my messages. “Our goal hasn’t ended yet, I know yesterday I
Lucian’s POVI didn’t entirely find that aspect of her life interesting.“Did Jullian occasionally visit you?” There was a lump in my throat as I spoke. What guarantee do I have that Selene wouldn’t desire a male counterpart while in this circle.“Yes he did, but we were on a routine, each wife had the day they stayed with him, and if it happens that we desire strongly to be with him we might trade places and favors.” I cleared my throat and I moved on the chair, my eyes barged hurriedly. That was something I couldn’t satisfy, what if she decides to have someone in the pack due to the heat of pregnancy, winter is coming either way, she would need someone to warm her human side.“Chief, you look flushed, are you okay?” “Yes, I am thankful, you can leave now.” She bowed before she left, and as I watched into the distance I thought about everything, the movement of the child as it ages, the emotional turmoil, I was close to my mother as a child, but during the birth of Alex, I was fa
Lucian’s POVEvery joint felt the weight of the energy surge, it weakened every single limb in my body, and I had just recovered from the effect when Selene walked into the room.Her presence only made it worse. The most aggregating part of it was that she didn’t know, she wasn’t aware that her presence only made me wild, she couldn’t tell how hard it was to keep Escarno from marking her.I took the list she dropped on my desk and I smirked at the list, it was obvious she did all this just to make me stay, she wanted to find a reason to tag me for everything, I smirked again as I read through everything.This must be some other stage of degeneration, I could feel how untamed my desires were becoming. I needed to leave the pack if I truly wanted to secure the third stone, I needed to leave.But then I stared at the sheet of paper on the table. If I leave she won’t be able to make more crop as she desires. And I stood a chance of her being right, I need to do something.From the looks o