DaneI stared at Kiara completely stunned. There was no hint of remorse on her face. How was this possible? How could they all be this heartless? Why would we blame the death of parents on a little child? That was going to ruin the child’s life. I didn’t understand the concept of blaming a child for the death of their parents. Neither did I want to see what punishment the pack was going to inflict on her once they found out that she had murdered their Alpha and Luna. It didn’t make sense to me. Kiara rose from the bed and walked towards me. There was something wrong about this. I couldn’t be a part of this. But the decision had already been made. There was nothing I could do now. All I could do was hope that I didn’t destroy the life of a child just because my father wanted me to prove that I was capable of spilling blood. “Well, that’ll be all for now,” she said as she reached into the helm of her dress. I watched her completely baffled by this. What the hell was she doing? She pu
DaneI could have done it there. I could have attacked both of them, but that wouldn’t have helped me. I would have given myself away too easily. And worst of all, it would have been so heartless of me to attack the Luna while she was with her son. As I watched her hug her son, I felt a lump in my throat. There was also a churn in my stomach. The boy didn’t seem to like the way his mother hugged him and pulled away from her immediately. I clenched my jaws as I watched this. He should be grateful that his mother cared about him. It looked like he had made them worried. The door swung open wider behind them, and a tall figure appeared behind the mother whose face was appalled by the fact that her son had pulled away roughly from the hug. The man was the Alpha. I could tell. His chestnut brown hair and ocean-blue eyes made me know that he was the father to the boy and hence, the Alpha of the Silvermoon pack. Both my targets were right there, and I should have attacked them, but the boy
DaneMy heart was thumping hard against my chest. I could see her through the dimly lit room as she made her way down the stairs. It was the little girl. She didn’t look older than ten. I could see her facial features perfectly but I could tell that she was the target. I was surprised that she was the one that had come out instead of the older brother. The intel had lied. The little girl’s room was close to the parents’ room but so was the older brother’s. How could he not hand hear all the ruckus that had happened in the room? Or was he fast asleep? I doubted that. He had been wide awake when I peeped into his room. And no matter how deep in sleep he was, he would have heard the sounds that came from the room. There was no way he would have missed it. I stared at the girl that was coming down the stairs. I was frozen on the spot. My hands which were stained with the blood of the Alpha were trembling as I stared at them. What was I going to do? I was wearing a mask which meant that
Dane“Welcome home, my prince!” The guards called as I arrived at the castle gates. I didn’t answer them. Instead, I kept my head down and rode into the castle. I got down from the horse and on the horizon, I could see the sun rising. The sky was purple, indicating the dying twilight. The castle was a bit busy. Maybe the news had reached them before I could say it. Of course, the guards I had been with had told them about the mission. They all knew what I had done. I was angry. I was mad that they had all turned me into the one thing I hated. They had turned me into a monster. There was only one person I could blame for this. My father. He had made me into this. He had forced me to get my hands dirty. He was a coward. He couldn’t kill the Silvermoon’s Alpha by himself and he had sent me to do this dirty work for him. He had broken me just so that he could make me king. That was the worst thing a father could do to his child. “Good morning, Prince Dane!” A guard called as I made m
DanePresent day. I opened myself slowly after reliving the nightmare that had destroyed my life. What I had done was unacceptable but I couldn't change the past. I had destroyed lives with my actions. And instead of taking the blame for it, u had shifted it to the first person I could think of, my father. He was the perfect percolate to take the blame for what I had done. I had been stupid. It had been so selfish of me to do what I had done. But that was in the past. What was done, had been done. I stared at Lusia who was still out cold. I felt my stomach churn in guilt. I could remember the look in her eyes as she held the dagger that had been in her father’s chest. She was lost and confused about what she had done. She had thought she saved her father, but in reality, she had only sped up his death. Her brother had blamed her for killing their parents making my job easier than expected. There was nothing more I could do. What was done had been done. The only thing now I could do
DaneI stood in the middle of the dungeon holding my forehead. Kiara was trying to make this harder than it had to be. All she had to do was tell me what they had done to Lusia. She was still unconscious and I hated that. I feared her condition was worse than it looked. I hated having to be optimistic. I was thinking of my next move as I turned to the guard who was standing close to the entrance. “Bring me the ex-beta from his cell now,” I ordered. The guard nodded and headed towards the cell. The dungeon was quiet and the damp air stuck that waltzed in through the entrance kissed my skin. The torchlight barely cut through the shadows, but I could still see her, Kiara, cowering in that stinking cell I’d just left. Her wide, scared eyes had locked on me the second I’d stepped in like she thought I was some monster coming to rip her apart. Maybe I was. But then I’d asked her—demanded, really—what she and that bastard Koen had done to Lusia. Lusia, who was lying in the healer’s roo
DaneAs I watched Cole being escorted out of the dungeon, I couldn’t help but think about Kiara again. I wasn’t done with her. And I was certain she knew that this was far from over. I was going to make her pay for what she had done to Lusia. I had ordered her to tell me what she did to Lusia, but she had refused. She had stared at me instead, acting like she was deaf to my commands. Now, I was going to force her until she opened her mouth. With her father gone now, I could do whatever I needed to her without being interrupted by the cries or pleas of her father. I turned back swiftly and rushed towards her cell. As I appeared at her cell, she looked up at me and her eyes lit up in fear. She froze. I could see it. She was scared. But she wasn’t ready to speak. She wasn’t ready to speak to me, yet she feared my presence and wrath. I couldn’t fathom this. I stopped by her cell and turned to the guard who was standing by the bars, guarding it with vigor. “Get me wolfsbane,” I ordere
DaneThe morning sun washed across the corridors at the east wing of the castle bathing it with its golden light as I walked through it. I was done with Kiara. My focus was going to be on Lusia. I had been up all night wandering around, drowning in my emotions. Even recollecting my past. A past I tried so hard to forget. It was all because of Lusia. She had made me feel this way. And I was yet to understand how that was possible. As I walked through the corridors, I wondered if she had woken up. She had been out throughout the night. Her body must be exhausted from the pain she had taken from Koen. Kiara had told me everything. She had told me why they attacked Lusia. It was all Finn. He wanted his sister back. But there was no way she was leaving this castle. I wasn’t holding her hostage anymore. It was her choice. She didn’t want to leave. Why? Because she was in love with me. Finn had realized this. And that was why he had come here in secret and tried to convince her to leave wi
LusiaI could feel the tension in the room. All eyes were on me. The elders of the council, the woman who was kneeling on the wooden floor, and most importantly Dane. He wasn't just staring at me. He was glaring. I could feel my heart thumping hard against my chest. I had heard everything that woman had said about that night. And it was weird because I couldn’t remember anything that happened that night. It all seemed like a blur to me. But there was one thing I remembered perfectly and that was my red heel. It was indeed the heel I had worn back here. And how it had ended up at the pack that night, I wasn’t so sure. But I couldn’t let them know this. I was scared that Dane wasn’t going to believe anything that I had said. And so the only thing I could do in this tense situation was to laugh. My laugh cracked into the silence filling the whole room. Everybody looked at me in confusion as I laughed out. I knew it was the last thing that they were expecting from me. I laughed out so l
DaneI’d been sitting there, watching Luisa tower over that sniveling councilman, her fingers digging into his chin like she could crush his skull with a thought. The silver dagger gleamed in her hand, blood streaking down its edge, and the room stank of fear and iron. She was a storm, wild and untamed, and I couldn’t look away. Not because I was impressed, though she’d probably gut me if I admitted it, but because I was trying to figure out what the hell she was playing at. She’d always been reckless, but this? This was something else. Then that guard barged in with his report, holding up that damn red heel, and everything shifted. The air grew thick, like the moment before a lightning strike, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that whatever came next was going to change things. Permanently.I ordered the woman brought in, my voice cutting through the murmurs rippling across the council chamber. The guard hustled out, and I leaned back in my chair, arms crossed, eyes flicking between
LusiaThe cries of the councilman filled the air as he fell to the ground with a thud. I recalled that sound and I loved it. The sound of pain. It reminded me of the same pain I felt when I first shapeshifted. The feeling of your bones shredding and reshaping itself to take the shape of a cannibal. The bone-cracking moment when you are almost fully transformed and the electricity flowing through your veins as your body’s physiology and anatomy changes to take the shape of your inner spirit; your wolf. That was what that scream reminded me of. He was shrieking in pain and the rest of the Elders in the council sat down quietly watching this. Some of them were terrified of what I had done, but I was enjoying this. I was showing them that I wasn’t weak which was something that Dane would have wanted. He had told me that if I wanted him to love me, I would have to get stronger and be ready to stand up for myself. That was the last thing he had said to me before I had left the pack. I coul
LusiaTwo weeks later. Maybe it was a bad idea. Being Dane’s mistress. The first thing he had told when he stepped out of the bathroom was to stop calling him King or address him royally in private. It had been awkward for the first few days but then I got the hang of it. It was also awesome because now, I was more involved in the Ironclaw pack than ever before. When I first came here, I felt like a total stranger. I knew that I didn’t belong here. I was just a werewolf living among Lycans. I was nowhere near their levels. But then, that gap had lessened. And it was all thanks to Florence who had helped me. Dane had taken me out to dinners and meetings. I was more shocked when he told me that he had approved of me being a member of the council. It felt weird because there were the people that had told him to get rid of me many months ago. And now, it felt weird that I was a part of them. It didn’t look right, but there was nothing I could say. I wanted it. Why? Because I wanted to
DaneThe morning sun washed into the room bathing it with its golden light. The air was warm and the exuberant chirping from the birds made me realize that morning was here. The day had started, but somehow I felt myself stuck in last night. It was perfect. I had been yearning for Lusia for so long. And after what looked like decades of waiting, she had finally returned. Of course, the first thing we did was to take each other’s clothes off. It showed how much she had missed me. I had been afraid that something bad would have happened to her while she was away. I thought that she wouldn’t be able to return because the training would have been intense. Or father when she awakens her wolf, she would go in search of her mate. But yet, she returned to me. This should have sent a strong message to me but instead, I was still worried that she would leave me for a man I wasn’t sure was going to accept her for who she was. I wanted Lusia to be happy. She deserved it for everything that happ
DaneI threw her on the bed as we arrived at my room and she landed on it with a smile. The evening sun washed into the room, bathing it with its golden light. The moment felt immaculate and ethereal. I didn’t want this to end. I never realized that I missed her this much. She was mine, and I was going to make sure that she didn’t forget that. But for how long could I keep this up? I couldn't stop her if her mate came looking for her. She longed for someone to love her and I was afraid I couldn't give her that kind of love. If she did find her mate, she was going to leave me for him. And there was nothing I could do that was going to stop her. The only thing I could do now was enjoy the night we were about to spend together. “Come on, Your Highness. Show me what you got,” she teased with a smile. I laughed and climbed the bed slowly, moving towards her. The evening sun’s golden light bathed the bed making it warm. I stared at her, our faces barely apart. She looked gorgeous. I could
LusiaThe air around the room was awkward. King Dane’s words hung in the air. The council that was still in the room seemed to be waiting for something to happen. I could tell from how dense the air in the room had become. Dane was waiting for me to answer his questions. I could see the emotions glittering in his eyes. He was indeed happy to see me. But I didn’t know how to answer the question. I had missed him for so long. I had waited so long for this moment to see him. The moment to graze in his presence once more. I was tired of being alone. There was only one person who made my heart thump this way, and it was King Dane. I was happy to be home. “I am doing well, Your Majesty. All thanks to you,” I finally replied. King Dane smiled at me and gave me a nod. Then, he turned to the council who were watching us in silence and his smile disappeared. His brows barrows and his lips bent into a frown. He seemed agitated by their presence. “Leave. All of you,” he ordered, his voice as
LusiaFive months later. The castle loomed ahead as we drove through the woods. I could feel a churning sensation in my stomach. I was back here. Back at where I had left a few months ago. It was almost unrecognizable. I had been away for so long that nothing felt real. Beside me at the backseat of the SUV, was Florence. She was quietly watching me as I gazed at the castle wondering if it was the right thing to return here. She has helped me a lot during the last five months. It was because of her I found the redemption I had been seeking strongly since I left the Silvermoon pack. I had followed King Dane here in search of freedom and redemption. And I had finally found both of them. And not only that, I was now stronger than before. I was a changed person. I was certain that I was going to surprise King Dane. King Dane. My stomach churned again as I remembered his face. I had been in uncontrollable pain while I had been away from him. Every single day was torture without him.
Dane“Come in,” I ordered. The door swung open and a guard stepped into the room. I recognized him. He was the one I had sent out earlier this morning to go find me another healer. I was surprised that he had returned so soon. Maybe time had flown by more than I expected. “Your majesty,” the guard said with a bow. “You sent me on a mission and I had returned with good news. I found another healer, an experienced one at the coast of the Nightlight Pack. He is here and waiting for you in the throne room.”I smiled at that. I was happy that he had been able to do his job impeccably. He didn’t waste much time than I expected. I nodded at that. “Thank you. Tell him I shall see him shortly,” I said. The guard nodded and bowed after that, leaving the room. When the door closed behind me, Lusia finally let go of me. I turned to her and she was standing by herself, her eyes facing the floor. She was feeling too timid to look at me. “Your healer is here,” I announced. “We should go and se