~My first~FreyaI was relieved to see that he was okay. He hasn't changed at all although from his appearance he looks more messier. Although he looked like a good pile of mess.He was shocked to see me standing with the others. He thought it was only Gabriel and Lyra who had come back. I would have bet my last penny in Moonstone Haven that Orion wasn't emotional or rather doesn't allow it to show in front of others. He wasn't called a ruthless Alpha for no reason. But the Orion who rushed out of the house was the complete opposite of the Orion I knew. Maybe because he was Alpha then.I thought he was going to take the babies into his arms when his mother told him the twins were his, but he ran out. "Ooh. He wasn't expecting fate to have this in store for him." His mother said shaking her head. Gabriel went out to check up on him. He was back in no time. I have never seen grown men cry aside, Ryan and Orion. They were men who would give the perception that they didn't have a tear
TelepathyOrionA girl I fell for at first sight. A fragile, helpless maiden now transformed into a strong woman. One I chose as my mate. I couldn't be more proud. She couldn't shift when everyone else could. She was ridiculed. She didn't let that deter her spirit. She eventually came out stronger.When she told me she could read my thoughts. I thought she wanted to pull a fast one on me. But she had all my thoughts bare in front of me. I have heard of the ability of telepathy. But they were rare. Some say they are a myth. But here was my mate, a telepath. But what I didn't understand is that the old Lycan book said for someone to be a telepath, one parent has to be a witch. A werewolf had to copulate with a powerful witch to have offspring with telepathic abilities.But Freya…I had to confirm something. I went to see my mother. "Mother, there's something—" I paused, trying to process my thoughts. 'There is something I must ask you." "Oh. I am all ears," she said."Do telepaths
The BirthMarkFreyaI couldn't keep it from him any longer. I had to tell him what was coming. Our little excitement and reunion could be ruined at any moment. He needed to know.Orion seemed not to care about what the future held for him as regards finding his real family. He wasn't affected by anything I said. I was unable to prove if my speculations were true. Could Kane and Orion be related?I walked in on Orion without his clothes on. I apologize for the intrusion. Since coming here. I and Orion haven't been intimate. I haven't gotten the chance to glimpse his body.He laughed and pulled me back into the room to kiss me. He told me I wasn't supposed to apologize because I was his wife and mate. That's when I saw it. The Birthmark. Just like on Xandra and Alex and also Kane.My hand touched the mark. My fingers moved around it without saying a word. I was only asking questions in my head. What if they were related?"You have never seen this?" he asked. "Yes, I have never no
~Rogues on the Chase~OrionI went after her. She was determined to save the humans. "Freya. Wait! You shouldn't. This is a human community. We can't expose ourselves without caution," I said."So you want us to hide away? Maybe I would have done that months ago when I was still weak. I would have looked away." She stopped walking and turned to look at me. "But not now. I can't watch them get killed by rogues. You know we can stop them. It's easy for you.""It's none of our business. We came to Modan to lay low." He crossed his arms. "They are rogues." I laughed low in my throat. "You believe that. You are a Lycan fit crying out loud! Those rogues have got nothing on you. You are just adamant." She continued to walk. I had no choice but to follow her. She was right. I am not the Orion she knew. The one in her past. Betrayal has changed me, waking up one morning to realize the life I am living is all a lie. I had no family to call my own apart from my adoptive mother. Finally, when
A Lycan's TemperFreyaOrion released me to go confront the rogues. If he hadn't held me back in time, I would have been there challenging the now-dead rogue leader. Orion handled the matter like he was still Alpha, the authority that radiated from him when he was speaking was amazing. I could feel the rogues getting intimidated. He had asked me to see what I could find in their thoughts. I was surprised too, when I heard them ask for Orion. Who would be looking for Orion? It has to be his enemies. Orion's friends and family are here with him. So whoever is looking for Orion, is someone who doesn't mean well. I did as he asked. It was Damian! I knew he would find out Orion was alive. It was just a matter of time. He had read to me for a long time without me being aware. His finding out was inevitable. But he never mentioned it to Kane. I knew. He never did. He wouldn't want him to know. I wanted to learn how to fully use my ability too. Damian could block me when he wanted. He
Invited by His LordshipOrionIt wouldn't pay to be stubborn or get into a disagreement with his Lordship. I wasn't thinking for myself now. I have family and friends to protect. If I messed up, they could take a share in the blame too. Lord Samuel knew better not to provoke me. I have heard rumours about the new Lord. I didn't know he would be that young. I was imagining a much older man, as the former Lord was old. He was a friend of Sir Franklin. Sir Franklin was way older but the werewolf gene made us not deteriorate like the humans. Although, unlike the vampires who do not age, we do, but much slower than humans. I agreed to follow him to his Fort for drinks. I planned to tell him why I was here and ensure that he had nothing to worry about. I dragged Freya with me. Allowing her to go home all by herself was not what I wanted even though she insisted. I told her she was coming with me. After discussing with him for a while. He seemed not to be bad, although he was naive when
Hidden secretsFreyaI was in that phase in my life where I would rather go through hell than allow anything to happen to my kids. I didn't want to hear the twin getting a fever or talk more about having a convulsion. When I hear things like that it reminds me of the curse. What mother would like to hear that? I didn't wait for Lyra to finish what she was saying before I ran out. The last fever they had almost gave me a heart attack. I had already concluded that the curse had taken its effect. Nyx helped me heal them. The same woman who placed the curse on their father. Little does she know she was treating the babies of a man she has set out to destroy. I wonder how she was faring in Wolfshade Town. The last time I saw her was when I was seized and tortured. She had silently left. We were already getting used to each other's company. The only person I miss in Wolfshade town is Lauren. She was in love with the devil and she had no idea yet. "Where is Alex?" I asked Brad who was
Journey back to Moonstone HavenOrionFreya was right. We were wasting time in revealing secrets that would not help us. Although it was a huge surprise to find out that Kane's mother was kept hidden away in secret all these years. My mother had once told me the Luna of Wolfshade town was a witch. It is the reason why a few witches were given safe haven in the town. The Luna knew the pain her kind was facing then. It has been over one week now but Alex was still down with a high temperature. His convulsions were worse. He wasn't eating well. He had lost a lot of weight. We called two healers, one from outside Modan. Sir Franklin helped us find him. He said what was wrong with Alex was beyond the physical and more of the supernatural. The second healer made matters worse by saying we had little time to save Alex. I disagreed with that remark, got mad and kicked him out of the house. What was on my mind was how to break this curse. Whatever it takes. But we were lost as to where to b
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.