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ARIA'S POVThe woman that sat with Anthony and I in the room, was nothing like Cordelia. She was indeed a tall woman, exuding power, yet she had a kind face."How have you been, Anthony?" She asked when we sat down. "We thank the goddess." He said smiling at her."You need my services again for your dear lady friend." She said looking at me.Me? Lady friend? What was I missing? I looked at Anthony, hoping for an explanation."When Dane captured you, she sent one of her own to infiltrate the pack. Reuben." Anthony explained to me.Reuben! The nice guard that I was suspicious of. He was sent by her, and that was how Anthony found me. Wow!"And I am glad to see that you are okay and in one piece." She said to me smiling. "Dane is such an amoral man, and I wouldn't want anyone I be with him." She concluded shaking her head."Thank you for helping me out." I said to her."How could I not help, when it was Anthony who had asked?"Anthony again! She kept calling Anthony by his name, without
ARIA'S POV"Long time no see, damsel." Cordelia said to me, stopping just a few inches ahead.All the fear that I had felt before, when Claire came running to me, dissipated. Only two things were certain about Cordelia's appearance here at the Lycan Pack.One, she had been tracking me to know when Anthony and Elijah were absent for her to invade the pack, and two, she was here for me."Indeed, it sure has been a long time." I responded to her 'heartfelt' greeting. "How have you been?" I asked her, placing Claire down and resting her unconscious body on the wall.Cordelia scoffed at my question. "How have I been?""I thought we were exchanging pleasantries?" I asked, standing straight up after I had placed Claire against the wall. "Are we not?" I asked Cordelia."What does it look like here?" She inquired, staring at me with murderous eyes."It looks like you are not doing fine." I said maintaining my ground.She angrily charged at me with her claws, which I dodged without breaking a s
ANTHONY'S POVElijah rode the carriage with me seating in the back seat to the Alphas meeting. As usual, it was going to be filled with great Alphas of valour which I was one of ad by now, my mind was to be put in order for the meeting but Aria was on my mind.This was the true definition of someone being in your mind. I couldn't get her off my mind. No matter what, I was going to make sure I found out all about her parents mysterious death."Aria on your mind?" Elijah asked cutting me from my thoughts."Of course." I sighed not even hearing or understanding what he said. It was after I had responded, that I understood the question he had asked.He looked goofily at me smiling the same way. He was not only my beta, he was my best friend and one that I could trust my life with.I gave him a warning look."What's that for?" He asked, raising his brow."Eyes on the road Elijah." I replied, relaxing in the carriage."Don't worry." He said, turning his eyes to the road. "When it comes to w
ANTHONY'S POV I could have just snapped his neck the instant he had told me everything! Why did I hesitate? Why? I was fuming when I came out of the meeting room. "Let's go!" I said to Elijah when we were finally outside. Aria, Aria... I couldn't imagine the look on her face when she hears what I have to tell her. But first, I needed to calm myself down so that I could also calm her down when she receives the news. The ride back to my pack seemed like an eternity. Time went by so slow while my thoughts went here and there. When we got to Nightfang, I was relieved that the journey had come to an end. The pack seemed different compared to when I had left this morning. The greetings from the servants, maids, guards as well as other pack members seemed to have an undertone in them. Elijah and I both looked at each other sensing the difference in the pack. "Do you feel what I'm feeling?" Elijah whispered to me. "I have to find out." I said to Elijah walking up to one of t
ARIA'S POV"It's about your parents." Anthony said to me, making my smile fade from my face."What about them?" I asked him, getting curious. "Did you find anything about them? About their death? Did you...""Take a chill Aria." He said cutting me off. "We have to take one question at a time." He said to me,One question at a time? He had to be kidding me. He had news about my parents, so why didn't he tell me when he arrived."Why didn't you tell me the news when you arrived from the meeting?" I asked him, getting a little bit annoyed."Because it could have ruined your mood and appetite." He said. "That was why I wanted us to first have dinner and take a walk."He stood from the swing and came to stand before me looking at me in a way that I knew wasn't good. Whatever news he had for me concerning my parents death was not a good one. But no matter what it was, I wanted to hear it. How bad was it?"Why are you looking at me that way?" I asked him, feeling my heartbeat rising."Are
ARIA'S POVMy lungs felt clogged as Anthony dumped the news on me."Aria."His voice sounded like a whisper to me even though I knew that he had yelled my name."Aria!" He called again, shaking me. "Talk to me Aria." He said, alongside something else I couldn't catch.The more I thought about what I had just heard, the more difficult it felt to take in the air."Logan was the leader of the moon slayers as at the time my parents were killed." Anthony had said to me.It had taken every muscle in me to stop myself from passing out. Logan was the mastermind behind my parents death."He killed them." I whispered. "He killed my parents." I said louder looking at Anthony.This was the man I had loved, the man I had given my position to, the man I had put my entire trust in."Does this mean that he approached me on purpose?" I asked Anthony as if he had the answer to my question. "That our meeting wasn't a coincidence?" I was slowly breaking down because of this news, and I knew it.***"Perh
Aria's POV:"I, Logan Pierce, Alpha of the Nightfang Pack, reject you, Aria Wilson, as my fated mate."The pain that came from hearing those words felt like a hot knife going straight through my throat. The pain of rejection shot through my body, making me wince, and hot tears rushed to my eyes."Logan..." I whispered, staring at my mate, my love. In his place was a cold-hearted man I didn't recognize. "What is all this about?"What had I done to deserve a rejection out of nowhere? I tried to think hard, trying to understand what exactly it was. Nothing came to my mind.Logan, my husband of three years, was glaring at me with hatred I hadn't ever seen in him before. "You're a traitor. And you will be punished as such." He said this, his eyes flashing in anger. He motioned for the guards on standby. "No, no, wait! Please wait!" I screamed. The guards advanced on me. I ran up to Logan, reaching out to grab his hand, but he moved out of the way. I fell to the ground, my knee hitting the
Darcy's POV:That had gone easier than I had expected. Finally, that damned bitch was gone for good. It was always Aria. Ever since we were girls, it was always her. She was the smart one. She was the pretty one. She was the one who had the bright future. While I was destined to remain in her shadow forever,"Let's go back," Logan said as soon as Aria's form disappeared from sight.I hooked my arm with his and flashed him a brilliant smile. I had spent years perfecting this smile. "Sure!" I said it in a happy tone.He turned, his eyes hardening as he saw the red mark on my cheek. "That damned bitch." He hissed in anger, his fingertips touching my face. "It's just a love mark." I said it in a nonchalant tone.A love mark it was. Just as I had Aria walking around with my own love mark, it was a little something between us, and I doubt she was aware of it. But it had been years already—a little drop of it every morning—and she was as weak and pliant as a newborn.Oh poor Aria, she wasn