Searching for AnswersOrion"We are no strangers and we aren't here to cause any trouble," I said. I walked over to him, bringing down my hood. "Alpha Orion!" He yelled in shock. He reached out for me to touch me like a father would do his son. "I am so sorry! I had to touch you to confirm you are real. They told us you died in a fire. And the dirty rumour about you not being part of the Bloodmoon line" "Well, that was no rumor and as you can see I am alive." I funnily wriggle both arms and legs to lessen the tension in the air. I wasn't ashamed to own up that I was not part of the Bloodmoon."I am glad you are. Things haven't remained the same since the announcement of your death and as Tristan ascended the position of Alpha." His shoulders dropped. I pat his shoulders to comfort him. "It's sad to hear that. The council were already planning for him to be their Alpha a long time ago anyway because he listened to all they said." I fold my hands, leaning closer to him. "Anyway, tha
The Book of SpellsOrionFreya's father confirmed that she was a witch. She had to flee for her dear life during the purge. He said she refused to divulge where she would be heading because she knew if she told him, he would come with her. "She wanted our baby to be safe. She decided to leave her with me. I came back home one day and she was gone. She left a letter and a book beside Freya's cot."Gabriel leaned backwards on his chair. "I heard a lot of witches were killed during the purge but Moonstone was one of the places that gave witches the liberty to take their leave before things turned out worse." "What did the letter say? And what book was that?""It was about how sorry she was about how she had to leave me with our little child. The book was to be given to Freya when she was old enough to choose on her own if she wanted to be like her mother. Her mother wanted her to know her identity but I was against it because this land would never welcome witches back.""It's the rea
InsanityFreyaThe door swung open. His Lordship stepped into the room with a big smile on his face. I didn't understand if this was a smile of accomplishment or stupidity. "What is the meaning of this? Why am I here?" I glared at him."Pretty one. You are here because I need you to be," he said. "What do you mean by that?""I am taking you as my wife."My mouth fell open. I couldn't help but laugh "Are you insane? Wife? You do know I am married, right? How can you do something so despicable?"He smiled and reached out to touch me with his hands, I quickly got out of the way. "You brought me here knowing that I have babies to look after?""You will look after me now," he said shamelessly."What?""When my dad asked me to marry, the truth behind why I never took a wife is because I do not want a human wife. We humans are weak. It's sad I came out as one, if I had a choice, I would have chosen to be born as a werewolf. It's fate for me. But not for my future offspring. My dad never w
RageOrionI was going to make him regret the day he decided to be a Lycan hunter. For making it hard on Freya and threatening to harm my kids. He would die by my hands. "If you move close. I will stab this silver dagger into his heart." I wouldn't want Freya's father dead because of my stubbornness. What would I tell her when I get back? That Damian killed her father? No. That would ruin her. She has stayed away from her father all these months because she didn't want to endanger him. She was a fugitive. The news of his death is not one she should hear. He needs to stay alive, it will be delightful to see father and daughter reunite again. "Let him go. It's me you want, isn't it? Isn't that why you said you came for him because you wanted to lure us out?""Umm. That's not true. I lied," he said, smiling evilly.What was he onto now? I asked, "What do you mean by 'you lied?'""I came here because I knew you were here. I was given the information that you will come here. So I f
seducing the Lord of Modan FreyaLord Samuel kept me imprisoned in this room. I don't know where he took Lyra too. I couldn't perceive the scent of the twins. He allowed me to breastfeed them an hour ago before taking them away. He knew those babies were what was keeping him alive. If Alex and Xandra were not here. I would have killed him for this.He knew they were my weakness. But I have a plan.I would play along. Make him believe that I was thinking in the same direction as him. When the opportunity comes, I'll strike. A maid comes in with a blue gown designed with a feathered hem in her hands. She laid it across the bed. "My Lord asked me to bring this to you," she said. "For what." I glared at her. This makes her take a step backwards. She was scared. She definitely knew I was not human so she had to take caution. "To…To…Dress up for the evening. He wants you to look...look good for dinner with him." I almost said 'I won't' but I remembered my plan. "Okay." The maid smile
Blood away FreyaAs I had planned. I didn't hesitate to take my chances. And I was careful about it. Lord Samuel lay on the bed in his blood. He was a fool after all. I thought it was going to be challenging but he fell for it. Before I killed him I allowed him to lay on top of me, taking my lips in his. I felt disgusted. It was at that moment that I pierced a claw in his throat. Blood gushed out. He looked at me in horror as he realized that death was only a few seconds away. His foolishness and desire caused his downfall. Claiming another man's woman. The audacity. I shifted into my wolf form and pinned him on the bed. I finished him off by ripping his neck apart. After he dropped dead, I took a sheet and covered him with it, tucking him in, and turning him to his side. From this angle whoever came in, would think was fast asleep. I washed the blood on my body and put on my old clothes. A knock comes on the door…My heart thumped and a quiver ran through my body. I cleared my th
The Fugitive LunaFreyaThey were supposed to be back by now. What could have gone wrong? Or were they caught by Tristan? We had to wait. Although we won't for long because I had just killed Modan's Lord. Sir Franklin told us we had to leave here as soon as possible. The problem with leaving was that Orion and Gabriel could get back here and not find us. We had little time. Regardless, we decided to wait a little. We arrived home in the morning and now it's evening. We would be patient to see what happens. Just when I had given up, thinking they weren't going to get back today. Gabriel walks through the door. Lyra runs into his arms excitedly. I was expecting to see Orion walk on tool but he wasn't the one. It was someone else instead. Klaus!"Klaus!" I exclaimed. "Freya!" He ran to hug me. "I have missed you, dear sister. I thought I would never see you again.""Of course, you will see me again. It just wasn't time.""I am sorry for what Sofia did to you. I wanted to warn you abo
Reunited with a friendFreyaInstead of staying idle or continuing to hear the awful stories Klaus was telling me about Sofia, their mother and how Modan had become a shadow of itself under Tristan's reigned. I grabbed the book of spells and began going through it. It was all gibberish. I couldn't understand anything. I focused more, but nothing. Out of frustration, I threw the book at the wall, yelling out loud. They all rushed into the room."What's going on?" Lyra looked at me, then at the book lying on the floor. She went ahead to pick it up. I didn't say a word. My head was in my hands. Everything was too much. When will I leave like a normal person? "How is Alex?" Has he woken up still? It's been hours?" That's all I was interested in.Orion's mother shook her head. "He hasn't moved. He is still breathing but more faintly now."I couldn't hold my tears back anymore. I sobbed. "Am I going to lose my family because of a stupid curse? It's from one problem to another.""Freya, yo
Epilogue OrionAfter I answered, Kane walked away silently. He ruffled his hair in the process. What was he nervous about?I thought he had gone until he returned with Nyx. "Do it!" Kane ordered her. "Are you sure? What if he isn't the one?" She muttered, looking worried. "Just do it!"I decided to ask rather than stay quiet and wonder what this was all about. "Do what?" "Trust us," Nyx replied. Nyx says a spell. She takes a knife and cuts Kane's palm first. Then mine. As blood pooled on our hands. She placed my palms on top of Kane's, clasping them together.Nyx began to explain. "If you are his lost brother. Both cuts will heal. If you aren't related. The cuts will not. This spell will work on you if you are long lost brothers because your mother is a witch-Luna." This was crazy. Kane, my brother? She said the spell, then ordered us to look at our hands. When we withdrew our hands. There was no blood, no cut and no scar…Without a word. Although surprised as well, Kane embr
The lost childOrionTo my surprise, I realized the man who had Freya in his arms was Ryan. Wasn't he supposed to be dead? I felt jealous when Freya hugged him. I didn't want to view Ryan as an enemy but the fact remained that he was a potential rival. No matter how many times I try to make Freya and Ryan's relationship look normal or harmless. There's this fear I have that Ryan is almost the perfect man for her. He will always be my rival. At last right now with him, she is safe. I focused on Kane. As Kane inhaled the substance unaware of Damian's attack, he struggled. Damian began slicing Kane's skin, tormenting him by creating injuries on him. I and Gabriel kept fighting Damian's men as they continued to come hard on us. Damian uses the opportunity of Kane's weakness to strike him on his chest with a sword. Kane was too weak to dodge or stop it. Damian began to search for the remainder of the Lycan stramonium in his pocket. I wasted no time swinging my sword and cutting Damian
Hidden AffectionFreyaI must be dreaming. How was he here? He carried me in his arms after warding off Damian's men. "Hi, Selena," He said, calling me by the name he first knew me with. It was nice to hear someone call me by that name again. "Or do you prefer Freya?""Ryan! They said you were dead." I continued to stare at him like he was a ghost. He gently puts me down. "I can't die so easily.""Weren't you poisoned?""I and Alpha Kane planned everything. He knew I was going to be poisoned, so he told me to fake my death. We already knew what Damian was up to. Alpha Kane listened to my warning and soon realized Lomy and Damian were plotting something behind his back."I hugged him. "I am glad you are alive. I hated myself after hearing of your demise. I would have treated you better, Ryan." "You being okay, is fine by me."I turned to look in the direction Alex and Xandra were held hostage by Damian. But they weren't there. "Where are you going?" Ryan called out to me. "I can
The Reinforcement OrionIn no time, some of Damian's men came in troops to restrain me. It took a lot of them to hold me down. I fought them until I couldn't anymore. "Now watch your family suffer for your stupidity. Seize them right now!" Damian ordered. His men huddled them up as Damian had instructed. I could see it for myself. He did have an army and they were ready to do his bidding. The men I saw were unfamiliar, they weren't the men who served me when I was Alpha. I wondered where he got these men from. He must have brainwashed them to have them form an army for him. "Lock them up. He would watch them die, one by one. Starting with his half-witch mate." Damian pointed at Freya. "Fetch the twins too."He told his men to line Tristan and Freya up to be executed. Damian forced me to inhale the Lycan Stramonium. I could do nothing but watch. He forced the others to watch how the execution was going to go. The twins were brought. I could hear Alex's and Xandra's whimper. I s
In The Enemy's Liar Orion"Good job Biloza." Damian commended, his smile spread from one end of his face to the other."I told you to leave it to me. I could handle them," Biloza said proudly. "I must say. You predicted well. You said they would be here soon. I didn't think it was going to be this soon. And how stupid of them to travel together, right.""Uhmm," Biloza responded. Damian crossed his left leg over his right leg as he sat on a chair that was brought outside not too long ago. "Where are my children?" I growled. "They will be dead if you keep acting like a hero." Damian Snarled. "I am tired of seeing that. I despise your kind. Why do you think you Lycans are better than the rest of us?" "Despicable wolves like you are not meant to lead. You don't even have the wit." I replied. This gets Damian very angry. "Oh. It's about wit now, huh." He turned to Biloza. "Bring Tristan here."Biloza does as he is told. Damian squats before Freya. "Freya. Do you know your mate is th
The trap: Battle for Control Freya"No! I am going with you," I argued. Orion was adamant. He wanted me to stay back while he faced Damian alone. He promised to bring Alex and Xandra back home. Orion lifts my chin to face him. "Please Freya coming with me will be a distraction. I need you to be where I can find you. Damian has proven to be cunning, dangerous and —." "You need all the help you can get. There are rumours that he is forming an Army to force every town to bend to his will." Nyx said, interrupting Orion. Lauren stepped forward. "That power-hungry bastard! I am so stupid to have fallen for such a man. I was blind. Indeed sometimes I hear him speak of an army.""Where do you think this army of his would be? I very well know they can't be in Wolfshade town," Orion said. I gave my own opinion. "I think it will be Moonstone Haven. That will be the base of his army. Tristan is his ally. It only makes sense because that's where Biloza is taking the twins." I kept a straight
BilozaFreyaEveryone in the room was smiling and having little talks, like nothing between me, my father and Nyx ever happened. I couldn't take part in all the talk, pretending as if nothing happened.I continued to breastfeed Alex and Xandra. I am still hurt from finding out the truth about who my mother really is. My father looked happy though. He should because I could guess that since I was a baby and my mother left, he has yearned for love. He married Sofia's mother, Mira, because he wanted someone who would care for me as a mother. He didn't marry her because he loved her. Unfortunately, she turned out to be a tormentor. We weren't expecting to hear a knock. No one was supposed to find the house, talk more of knocking. The spell was to be active for three days. We all stilled. The knock came again. Klaus stepped forward to check who it was but Orion stopped him. Gabriel motioned him to get back. The knock came for the third time. Orion walked to the door and slowly opened
ForgivenessOrionNathan called Nyx by another name. Lily. The surprise was a shock for Nyx. She gets to meet her husband and daughter on the same day."Where have you been all this while Lily?" Nathan glared at her. She said nothing. Her head bent, looking at her feet. Nathan continued. "I thought something bad had happened to you when you never returned after the purge. I waited for you. We both waited for you. I and Freya. You left our baby without a word to me. Did you think that stupid letter you wrote would suffice or explain better about where you were leaving to?"Nyx cleaned her tear-filled eyes with the back of her hand. "I came…back—" she said. Her voice was barely audible. "And you want me to believe that because you say so.""Believe me I did but I couldn't find you and our baby, Freya, in our house?" She stepped forward toward Nathan. He holds his hands up to stop her. "I thought something bad had happened to you two. I heard rumours that those related to witches we
Twist of Fate OrionI stood watching the most complicated relationship ever. Nyx is Freya's mother! Fate has funny ways of making our life pretty good at one moment and then messed up at the next. Freya was speechless. She already knew the truth before Nyx revealed it to the rest of us in the room. We were surprised Nyx went to the book after it had fallen just to go to the middle page to confirm something like she had seen this particular book before. We later discovered her name, Nyx was inscribed at the left bottom of the right page. No wonder she wanted to know Freya's father's name so badly.Freya didn't resist Nyx's hug but she didn't hug her back. When Nyx released her. Freya gradually stepped away from Nyx and left the room without words. I understood she was hurting and didn't know how to react to this revelation. I immediately went after her. "Freya," I called, but she kept on walking. "Freya stop! Wait. Where are you going?" I increased my steps.She didn't answer me.