OLIVIA The air in the room was thick with tension. Luna Claire glared at me. Her features tightened in a frown and her eyes gleamed with disgust as they swept over me. I lowered my eyes to the ground, shifting uncomfortably. From the corner of my eyes I could see Lisa narrowing her eyes at me in annoyance alongside her friend, Bella, who was right beside her shooting me an icy glare. My eyes fell on Rowan, he was slouched on the couch next to his mother like he had not a care in the world. The news that I tried to seduce Rowan had reached the ears of the Luna. I knew that Bella or Lisa would report the matter to her but I really did not prepare to face her wrath.Luna Claire sent for Rowan immediately. She, of course, wanted to hear from the horse's mouth. Her face widened in shock as Rowan answered in the affirmative at the subject of me being his fated mate. Luna Claire laid back on the couch and propped herself on one elbow. Her eyes narrowed at me for a brief moment and the
LISA It would be an understatement to say I am displeased. I am as furious as hell about how this whole mate issue was playing out. Rowan doesn't seem bothered, if anything, he seemed to be very much pleased with his mother's decision. Everyone in the pack knew that Rowan liked Olivia. He had liked her for years now, even though his relationship with her had only been that of mere friends. Although he grew distant from her shortly after the loss of his father, our alpha. Their friendship went totally sour when Luna Claire picked me as her son's chosen mate so he could take over the pack. I never expected that this same Olivia would be fated to Rowan as he had been in search of his mate for over four years with no success.I suddenly feel a bit of guilt, wondering if I didn't do too much by hitting Olivia the previous day.Flashback Smack! My hands landed on the face of the girl I disliked the most in this pack. “How dare you attempt to seduce Jason?” I spat in rage. She looked
OLIVIA I walked into the large hall with Lily. She had insisted that she wasn't going to leave me all by myself in my room. She wasn't hearing any of the excuses I made to not attend the party.Lily is Lisa's younger sister, they are the present beta’s daughters. While Lily was calm and feisty, Lisa’s the opposite of her sister, loud and rude.“If you really want to go ahead with your rejection, then you should watch him mark Lisa. You would see yourself hating him for real.”Those were her words to me all through the day. Her idea of motivation marvelled me at times. She was always blunt at it with no hidden feelings. Lily had rejected her mate a few months back, on the very day she met him. She stumbled on him plunging ferociously into another she-wolf. I often wondered how she was able to cope.I had let her know that I would be rejecting Rowan. His regular sexual episodes with Lisa were getting to the height of it since the Luna's order. My chest burned and tightened with pain ea
CAMERON No sooner had I sat on the seat reserved for me, than my beast was on the verge of taking control. I fought hard to remain in control, releasing my Lycan aura as I reigned in my beast. Everyone bared their necks, submitting to my Lycan aura including the alphas present at the occasion except this beautiful werewolf. She stood straight and unbothered for a few seconds, then in the next, as though she realized herself, she bared her neck too in submission.Something about her that got me hooked. It was deeper than mere attraction, I was completely smitten by her. As my eyes darted to her every passing now and then, the desire to own her arose greatly inside of me.The oath taking commenced immediately after I made my entrance. I wore a bored expression all through as the ceremony was honestly boring. These werewolves were just too extra, doing too much at once. By the time the alpha had been sworn in with his Luna, I was already fed up with their shenanigans. I looked at the
ROWAN The ceremony came to an end much faster than I expected, all the hard work put into making it a success were productive. My days as the ‘acting’ alpha were over, I am now officially, the Alpha of Cold Moon pack. I felt different now, maybe it was the feeling that came with being an Alpha. I smirked.“My Alpha,” my Luna called sweetly, her eyes appealing to me seductively. I smiled at the beautiful woman sitting on the edge of my bed and was tempted to join her. But Echo, my wolf, gave a low growl of disapproval, he wanted his mate. With a shake of my head, I stepped forward and leaned to kiss her on the forehead. “Not tonight, Lisa.” I uttered softly, wiping the sweet smile off her face. Her eyebrows shot up at me questionably, “How do you mean?” She cupped my chin, drawing me closer to herself gently. “We should consummate our mating process tonight.” She pouted. “You're right! But not tonight.” The disbelief on her face was slowly turning to a frown. “Baby, we've had p
OLIVIA“Come on Via, you should calm down. Leaving the pack isn't the best option.” Lily said calmly, trying to talk me out of packing my things to leave the pack. “So what am I supposed to do now? Stay back and continue to see Rowan every other day?” I asked in a mean voice, as I continued to pack my stuff, not even throwing a glance at Lily. I picked only the necessary things, I didn't have much stuff anyway. I honestly would not like to remain here when Luna Claire finds out that I rejected Rowan last night. Although I have no place to go to, I still needed to get as far away from this pack as possible, now that they were still unaware of what had transpired in my room the day before.The door opened to reveal Lisa walking into the room. My heart did a flip as I got up to my feet, showing respect to her as the Luna of Cold Moon. Bella took a stance as she hovered at the door. “Look who's trying to run away, the alpha's precious little mistress.” Lisa taunted, her eyes glittered m
CAMERON “GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY MATE!” I snarled. A very dangerous aura emanated from my body as anger rolled off my body in waves. I clenched my fists tightly to prevent myself from giving in to my beast's desire to rip the throat of the woman assaulting my mate. I was not a man who would lay a finger on a woman. I ignore the looks of shock and surprise on the faces of the assailants and her accomplices and rushed over to my mate who was lying on the ground. Her body was covered in a mixture of dirt and her own blood. Her beautiful face that haunted me since the previous night was so battered. I had been on my way to an attacked pack when I decided to make a diversion to the Cold Moon pack just to get another glimpse of my mate. Gray had been prancing in my head for hours nonstop. His restlessness was accompanied with demands to see his mate. A mate that we just met the previous day. Resisting him was fruitless so I ordered Landon to take a detour path to the Cold Moon pack.
CAMERON The cry from my mate's hospital room notified us that she was awake. I dashed into the room with the speed of light hurriedly sitting next to her on her bed. A muffled groan escaped her lips again and all I wanted to do was grab her in my arms and comfort her. She looked extremely pale and I could see the pains in her eyes. Right there, I knew I needed to make the perpetrators pay for their sins. “Sorry baby, I'll make them pay for this.” I assured her. I would protect her with everything in me, even to the last drop of my blood, I swore within myself. She flinched as my hand made its way to her hair in an attempt to stroke it. I froze. Just how bad had she suffered in the hands of her own people? I wondered.She fixed her gaze on me with all of her attention. I could see her struggle with grasping who I was to be seated at her bedside. “I am your mate.’ I said firmly. A crease formed on her forehead as she shot me a questioning look. “Your second chance mate.” I offerred,
OLIVIA “Why did you have to treat me the way you did all these years?” I really wanted to know.“Go ask your slut of a mother.”Moon Goddess! Words are unable to describe the amount of rage that coursed through my veins as she hurled an insult at my mom.My hands clenched into fists as I studied her face ready to aim a punch at her nose if she dares come closer again when Cameron's aura reached for me, filling me with calmness. “Well,” I started coolly, “Firstly, my mother is no slut!” “Secondly,” I continued, noticing how Claire observed my calmness. “Trust me when I say I would have done just that. But then, she isn't responsible for the said actions of a certain Luna.” I laced my words with a good dose of nonchalance.She narrowed her eyes in an angry glare. “So what are you trying to …”“What did I ever do to you?” I demanded, raising my voice and emitting a strong aura that I never knew I possessed before now. My imposing aura takes immediate effect as I see the shock flash
OLIVIA There were still a few things I wanted to know from Luna Claire. They were questions I very much needed answers to. I had always thought of her bullying me as normal seeing as she bullied others too even though mine was far worse. With how often she did so, I grew a thick skin to her bullying as I had no rank nor qualification to stand up to her, so I thought. Now, a whole lot has changed within me and I feel more confident in myself. The new me wanted to know why Claire had done all she did to me. I actually felt the need to go with Cameron for support but decided against it, I needed her to be free with me and Cameron's presence wouldn't ensure that. I wanted to know why she despised me, why she did not want me for her son as a mate but I was good enough as his whore. What was the whole point of all she did when it all boiled down to where we were now? I thought, stepping into the dungeon at the back of the huge mansion that was the palace. I walked through the passage,
CARAHis mate continued to move towards him. I shook my head at her with my eyes warning her to not near him. Against my warning, she went on to meet him.I gasped in terror, dreading what would happen as she reached out for his arm but he instead turned to face her calmly.With everyone focusing their gaze on them fearing what would happen next, the silence was heavy and one could make out the sound of a pin that dropped.With her slender hands, she cupped his chin, bringing his face to meet with hers. No one ever interrupted Cameron, not when he boiled with anger, or busy with something, not even while he still spoke. But his mate dared to approach him. We were all shocked at how easily her presence was able to quench the simmering annoyance burning in his chest.“This is a good sign.” I mused. I was pleased when I got to know that my brother had found his mate and honestly, I had been dying to meet her. The moment I met her, I could tell that she was the light in his darkness and
CAMERON It took a whole lot of back and forth negotiations between us and the northern lycan kingdom. Right before the representatives of the northern lycan territory, the council had decided the fate of the rogue Lycan- he was sentenced to life imprisonment after freeing his beast spirit. Funny enough, the same people that had banished him from their kingdom were now asking for him to be handed over to them. He happened to be son of the Chief elder in council of the northern lycan kingdom - a big disappointment to his father. These peeps were unbelievable.“I hope you know you are treading on delicate ground.” My father frowned, his features tightened into a dangerous expression. “Your Majesty, his lycan can be taken away from him here as passed.” He spoke warily, clearly feeling uneasy in his own skin.“So?” My father demanded. “Your Majesty, we… we… plead that you permit him to face his prison sentence on the shores of his father's land.” The bespectacled grey haired elder bo
CAMERON Mouse brown, frizzy hair, blotchy skin with scars all over. I immediately recognized the thin, malnourished body of the traitor lycan of the northern kingdom.Who would have thought that he would make an appearance and getting him would be so easy. He must have thought himself and his men well prepared for battle to have come this far. With my beast still thirsty for more of the bastard's blood, I pinned him to the ground with my fingers wound around his neck. I tightened my fingers causing him to gurgle up blood from his nostrils and mouth, releasing him when his eyelids shut close in weariness, his face had gone pale white. “Bind him with silver and bring him to the palace.” I gestured to the warriors who wasted no time in carrying out my order.My eyes scrutinized the spot where Landon had been bitten and saw that it wasn't so bad but still needed to be tended to. It was nothing his beast couldn't handle but we needed to be sure the bite wasn't poisoned. No one knew what
CAMERON I watched as the warriors train like never before. I had ordered all our warriors to be on extra training as we had had a few invasions into our territory with the perpetrators absconding successfully leaving us with nothing but minute traces. Not only was it frustrating, but also an embarrassment to the kingdom and I made sure to put everyone into shape. Within these few days, we had tightened the security around the borders. The number of warriors on patrol around the borders have doubled, each team been accompanied with two of our best trackers, while I made sure to cross check each patrol team to ensure no one was slacking in their responsibility. Not that anyone in their right mind would, you just can't tell. As the warriors wrapped up their training, and split themselves into different groups, the memories of the meeting we had held with the King of the Northern Lycan kingdom replayed itself on my mind. I, in the company of Landon and a few elders of the council had
We made our way to the waiting cars as a group. We're traveling with all three cars in the mansion and our luggage had already been filed in the trunks of the cars the previous day. Lily hopped into the black Audi with her mate driving them both. While Cameron and I sit in the SUV with mom in the front passenger seat alongside Landon who would be driving us. The last car was to follow us from behind and it's being driven by someone I figured is from the council as it was pretty obvious from their aura that the two men in the car are Lycans. We arrived Silverton kingdom after what seemed like a long hell of a ride. If I'm not mistaken, it took us about three hours to get here. The Silverton kingdom, being in charge of all the wolves in the southern werewolf kingdom, had the council built on their land. Taking a good look at the areas my eyes can see at a time, it's clear that the land mass can certainly host three large packs of wolves.Landon made a detour through another tarred ro
OLIVIA In spite of Cameron's constant assurance of his family loving me ever since he told them he had found me, I still found myself being a little bit wary and uncertain. Today was the day we were to go back to his kingdom and despite not having to do so much, I still put in some effort to look elegant while still keeping it simple. I put on a pair of navy blue tailored skirt and a simple cream colored blouse. I styled my hair into a low ponytail and used the hot tong to curl a few strands into ringlets, letting them fall down the sides of my face. I looked into the mirror to check myself out when Cameron wrapped me with his arms, leaning his head on my shoulder. “You look just perfect.” He complimented, going ahead to kiss the nape of my neck. A tingle reverberated on the spot, spreading through my body. “Is Mac back?” I inquired from Cameron. Mac had gone to Cold Moon to pick up his mate, Lily. As someone who worked directly for the King, Mac was unable to stay elsewhere excep
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE OLIVIA My mate's deep voice filtering in my mind was no longer a surprise. Cameron often reached out to me whenever he felt my emotions and sometimes, he had a clue to my thoughts. ‘Nothing I can't handle.’ I answered. The last thing I wanted was for my mate to appear here because of this crazy nutcase. That would be so unnecessary plus, she was mine to handle. Suddenly, Lily shrieked in alarm. Lisa had drawn out the claws of her uninjured hand to attack me. I released my aura in full, hitting both Lisa and Bella who chose to make her appearance at this time with the latter flopping down on her friend. Unfortunately for Lily, she had her back smashed against the wall. I made a mental note to apologize to Lily later on. Bella as an alpha wolf, hoisted herself up almost immediately, looking astounded and annoyed. She sustained an injury from the fall as blood was trickling down the right side of her face. “What's the meaning of..” She paused, stopping to glare h