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
THIRD PERSON POVIt had been days since Aria and Anthony found out about the culprit behind Aria's parents deaths.Outside was so busy with activities. Maids and servants performed their duties, but with more preparation.Everyone was busy with in-depth preparation for the blood moon that would soon be here in a day's time.Lights and candelabras were mounted here and there, with beautiful wolf decorations scattered across.Anthony, together with Elijah, were changing some things concerning the placement and location of different decorations.Children were running here and there, making their mothers scream and shout at them.Aria and Claire Alongside, some servants were placing stands where food and drinks would be displayed."You don't have to do this if you don't want to." Anthony said, walking up to where Aria stood and adjusting one of the food display items."I want to do this, Anthony." Aria said, looking at him. "I want to do what I can to help." I smiled at him."Okay." he sai
ANTHONY'S POVMy blood was boiling. I could feel each and every one of my senses heighten. My wolf threatened to break free with its mate's yells!This had never happened during the blood moon nights that the pack witnessed. I had even begun to question whether I had a mate or whether I was even destined to have one.I followed the scent, trying to keep my wolf and body under control. It took me all the control I had not to break out into a run, as it was even more difficult to control my wolf as I neared whosoever that scent was coming from.The scent was so amplified when I got to the center of the celebration, where the dance was going on, and then I met who the scent was coming from, and my jaw fell.Aria!It looked like she had run when she perceived my scent, and I could see the shock in her eyes as she looked at me. This was shocking to me, too, as I looked at her, speechless.As we walked closer to each other, the scent got so overwhelming that we couldn't control it anymore.
ARIA'S POVMy eyes watered, all thanks to the heat that was being emitted from the burning buildings. Anthony has taken off to fight off the warriors that have invaded the pack.I went around, looking for ways to get women and children to safety, away from the choking smoke and the fiery flames that rose up into the air.Anthony was still in sight, fighting warriors off with anger and rage, probably wondering the same thing I was wondering.Who had done this? Who would dare? Then I saw the only person that my mind had been pricking me about—the only person I had on the list of people who could dare this. There he was.Dane!!He had warriors all around him racing towards Anthony. There was no way I was letting him get to Anthony!I charged at him and his warriors, knocking off the ten of his warriors at his left hand side with one clean swipe of my claws. The other five on the right came charging at me. But if I could take down ten in one swipe, what was five?Before I could engage myse
ARIA'S POVAnthony said not to bother about Dane."He's got nothing now Aria." He said, hugging me. "So there's nothing to worry about."That put my heart to rest, as it was true. Dane had no where to run to, he had nowhere to be. Unless I was wrong.*** Months later ***I woke up to foreign noises coming from the bathroom. Anthony had left a note saying that he had to leave the pack to attend to other issues pertaining to his taking over of Crescent moon pack and Nightfang pack. That he would be home before lunch.I put back the note on the table where he had left it, moving towards the bathroom to see what was going on.And there they were fighting. Again.Selena and Claire never seemed to get along. Claire said that she hated her, that Selena was too entitled. While Selena on the other hand said that Claire doesn't want to get along with her."You don't put that in here." Claire was saying to Selena. "She doesn't like that.""That's not right." Selena said looking at the object in q
DANE'S POVFor hours now, I had been running aimlessly away from my prison walls. I might have been a slave just when Anthony had power over the Lycan pack. But now that he had possessed the Crescent Moon pack and Nightfang pack, I couldn't bring my mind to the fact that I would have to be a slave to him forever.I ran on, the forest closing in on me with every step I took. If it was just my mind playing tricks on me or real, I didn't know. I just knew that I had begun to feel suffocated.My feet were covered in bruises. My clothes were torn. My shirt was covered in dried blood that I bled when I was escaping. And my trousers were so torn, that my legs were covered in serious injuries that needed to be treated urgently to prevent getting infected.At every step of the way, I felt like I was being followed, felt like something was going to lash out at me from the shadows of the forest, tearing me to pieces.I carried a silver dagger, and a bottle of powdered wolfsbane, just in case I wa
ARIA'S POV"Look at you looking so Alphaly." I said to Anthony walking up to him.Days after the war between the Lycan pack and Nightfang, he was now the alpha of both Nightfang and crescent moon pack."Is that even a word?" He asked me, smiling."How would I know?" I chuckled."Interview time." I said, clearing my throat, picking up my hairbrush as a microphone and walking to him."What are you doing?" He asked, laughing."What does it look like, my love?" I asked him, stressing the love, a little. "I'm interviewing you." I said, answering his question."Okay, fine." He said adjusting the sleeve of his shirt."Here, let me help you do that." I said to him, dropping my hairbrush on the vanity table, helping him adjust his dressing.He looked so good and much more handsome after he had taken over his two rivalry packs. Even his aura had changed. He now exuded more power than he did before."This feat has never been achieved in the history of the Lycan pack had it?" I asked him, referrin
ANTHONY'S POVDarcy was Aria's sister. At least, had been Aria's sister ever since. But seeing the Bourdain crest in her shoulder and knowing that I had bitten her but that she didn't get hurt, put all the pieces together."Freya." I said, my voice failing me."Amor." She said tearing up and falling to the floor.Darcy was Freya, my sister that we had lost during the war with Nightfang.She had always found it difficult to say the name Anthony.*** Flash back ***"Say Anthony." I said to her,"Nanony." She said,"No Anthony." I corrected."Do leave the girl alone Anthony, she can't pronounce that and you know it." My mum said coming up behind us. "Why don't you try this." She said sitting down on the bed.She looked at Freya. "Say Amor." "Amor." She said and burst into shrieks of loud laughter. "Amor! Amor!""Mom, don't do that please." I said, half glaring at my mother. "She likes it l, look at her." She favored Freya with a gentle smile. "Freya, you will now call your brother 'Amo
Chapter 99: WHEN DAY BECOMES NIGHT IN A BLINKANTHONY'S POVThe remaining guards and servants that were alive recoiled when I entered the main pack house that housed Logan and darcy.Elijah, my warriors and I had taken down all the guards that stood in our way but at the expense of the lives of some of our warriors.It was a war anyway. Both sides were bound to lose something and I had witnessed it before.There were whispers of my name from the servants and remaining guards that Aria had not killed or wounded, as she had done a marvelous job of taking out most of the guards that tried to prevent her from going to Logan and Darcy.But where was she at the moment? I didn't know the full placements of the rooms in this packhouse even though I had visited before. Just as I was contemplating where to head while Elijah and my remaining warriors keep the guards and pack members intact, a young lady of about late teens or early twenties tried to walk up to me."What do you think you are doi
THIRD PERSON POVLogan looked from his Luna to Aria, unsure of who to believe."Come on, baby." Darcy said to him: "You wouldn't believe her lies, would you?" She asked him. "She's a born liar, sweetheart. A traitor." Darcy said, defending herself.Aria was indeed a traitor to Nightfang, she had lied to me. Logan thought. Besides, I don't even love her, I love Darcy, it will always be Darcy. He spoke within himself. But ever since I met Aria, she has never lied to me about anything. She was always open and kept no secrets from me. He thought, looking at Aria as she stood where she had been since she came into the room, looking at Darcy with a look of bemusement, mixed with disgust on her face.Was she really right? He asked within him."Baby, look at me." Darcy said, turning Logan away from Aria to face her. "I love you, and you know it." She said."So you didn't do it." Logan replied, finally finding his voice. "Did you, Darcy?" He inquired, staring at her."Of course not, baby." Sh
ARIA'S POV"Are you that surprised?" Logan asked me, coming up to where I stood, a smile on his face, walking around me, "You already knew this. Why then did you come all the way here to ask me questions to which you already knew the answer to?"Before I could answer him, he answered his question."That's for you to know and for me to find out I think." He smirked, knowing that that was what I was going to say. "Don't be so surprised Aria. We were together for three years which means I know you, inside out."I couldn't believe that he had the guts to still open his useless mouth to vomit concurrence to all the sins that he had committed. "Why did you do it?" I asked him, feeling the urge to attack him but decided to hold myself back."Did you think that both of us meeting each other was solely fate?" He asked, redirecting my question to the very question I didn't want to come to terms with, ever.After I had found out that he had killed my parents, I went into deep thought for days,
ARIA'S POV"Look who it is!" One of the guards at the border exclaimed when he saw me.Anthony and I had decided that I would walk up to the border guards on my own, while they would be at a close range behind me, then I would go in to find Darcy and Logan."Our long lost and exiled Alpha Aria." He said smiling."Hey Bruno." I said, smiling at him. "Long time no see ehh. Miss me?" I asked him, coming to stand a few inches before him."Why would I not miss the weakest alpha of all times?" He asked, looking at his comrades as they all fell into fits of laughter.I shook my head and moved forward to continue my journey. "Uh uh uh..." Jonathan, another of the guards, blocked me. "Where do you think you are going, Alpha Aria?" Bruno asked me, stressing the word Alpha."What do you think?" I asked, turning to face him. "I'm going to see my ex." I said smiling then turned to move, only to be blocked again, this time by both Bruno and Jonathan."In case you have forgotten." Bruno said to me
ARIA'S POVThe news spread like wildfire round the pack. It brought celebration and joy round the pack. Everywhere Anthony and I went, we were greeted with congratulations before greetings of Good Day alpha Anthony and lady Aria.I then decided to move into Anthony's room after ages of refusing to move in even when he requested I do so."This was why you were on edge." Claire said to me as she was helping me take some essentials that I was going to need while the servants would move the others."What can I say?" I asked her. "My hormones were all over the place." I said to her,"They sure added to the frustration and stress you were going through." She said packing my books. "That was what must have made you pass out."Of course, that was it."I'm going to miss you." She said, opening her arms for a hug."Where am I going?" I asked her."Away!!!" She said mimicking the sound of a wailing baby, coming closer to hug me."No Claire." I said, stepping backwards.She kept wailing and follow