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(ELYN) "For all your masks of bravado, Elyn Frost, you are truly a coward when it comes to things that actually matter to you," he hissed as he stared into my eyes and my heart thundered. I was angry at how easy it was for him to understand this, understand me. For all my life, people had always looked at me and only seen what my mother did to the Luna, even though it was not my fault. I had loved people, and I knew what came with loving them. The end was never good for me. I pressed a finger to my compass, mindlessly rubbing it as I always did whenever something was a burden to me. I didn't want to- I didn't want to fall, and I had tried so hard. Physical stuff was okay. I could deal with that shit, but everything else I was feeling now was the territory I didn't want to go into. It was dangerous. "Come on, let's go make some cookies..." Ares grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the kitchen as if. I could feel the eyes on my back as I walked towards the kitchen. Azalea was alread
(REYNA) I ran as fast as my wolf could carry me. I ran until the thoughts in my head were a blurry mess. Only one thing was clear in all the muddiness. My mom was a fucking psycho. There was no way to sugarcoat it anymore. I accidentally stumbled into the woods, and that was when I heard her ordering Emerson to kill Sienna. That was all I heard, and then I just ran, until I reached where Sienna's cottage was. I looked around before I stopped in front of Sienna's cottage at the edge of the woods. I pounded on the door and she opened the door and her eyes widened, seeing me naked. "Are you alright, little Rey?" she whispered. She barely ever talked, but she had always called me little Rey. I nodded quickly. "Shift. We have to get away." "But- Elyn..." "I know where Elyn is, Sienna, and we have to go now. Shift." I used my Alpha voice. Even though I wasn't officially an Alpha yet, I still had the power to command the wolves in my pack and I knew if Emerson came, the probability of
(ELYN) “I didn’t want to hurt you.” "But look at me, now. I am hurt beyond anything, but I am not breaking apart. I knew what I must do, and I would do it. I am going to be the Alpha, and I have to take responsibility. I can't keep hiding," she said with a fierce look in her eyes. "So stop protecting me, and let me protect you for once in your life, and I will." "Okay. I am sorry. I just want to- you are a few of the good things left in Turquoise Falls, Reyna, and I didn't wnat to-" "I know. And now tell me, Elyn. Who are you?" She looked into my eyes, and I sighed. "I am a vampire. Some kind of vampire.” She gasped. "So, my dad isn't your dad and we are not sisters, right?" Her voice went soft as she looked around. I nodded with a sigh as I took her hand in mine. “We will always be sisters.” "And Sienna will always be your mother. You need to go talk with her, El," Reyna said as she squeezed my hand. I knew I had to, but... I didn't want to. Sienna and I were close when I
(ELYN) My mom sighed and then said goodnight. I knew she wanted to talk, but she looked weak and drained, and I realized shifting after a long time had sucked out her energy. I closed the door behind me and walked to the living room, where my sister was. She was still sitting there, but now there were a bunch of guys, including Everett and William, who were staring at her. “What the hell guys? What are you doing?” “She is the enemy. She is the one I was supposed to kidnap, and now that she is here…” William started and I slapped the back of his head. He yelped. “What the hell, Elyn?” “You kidnapped her?” Reyna looked at William with a frown. “They kidnapped you?” she asked me, her brows furrowed in disbelief. “Yeah, and they are planning to kidnap you. I told them I am the Alpha’s daughter and they kidnapped me.” “That is ridiculous. Why would they want to kidnap you?” “Because your father is an asshole,” Everett said with a growl and Reyna flinched back as if he had punched he
(ELYN) “We love you, Elyn Frost.” His eyes were darker, dangerously addictive, and my heart raced until I felt like it would come right out of my chest. I felt like I would explode. My eyes widened, and I jumped back from him. A startled squeak left my lips when I stumbled and fell to the floor with a grunt. Ares watched me with an amused look in his eyes. He didn't move or try to help me. He just sat there and watched me as I squirmed up from the floor, looking like a damn eel or something. My whole body heated in embarrassment as I glared down at him and he laughed. "That is one way to respond to a confession," he chuckled. "Sit down, Elyn, and you don't have to say it back. Just don't go around, hurting your sexy ass." He winked at me. "You smug little-" "You just saw that I am not little at all," he said as he proudly stretched back and I bared my teeth at him as he sat there, smug as hell. "Come here." He motioned to me when I grumbled and rubbed my ass. "I will lick it bett
(ELYN) "Well... let's play, boys! That bitch will never win this game," I said to the wolf as the two wolves eyed me. They were most probably from Turquoise Falls, and they knew me. So seeing my fangs must have distracted them. They knew me as powerless. “I won’t die, this time, too.” One of the wolves growled as he jumped at me, and I quickly avoided him and pulled out the knife from inside my back pocket, grateful that I came with it. Ares promised me to take it with me wherever I went. It was forged in silver, the only thing that would hurt a wolf. Emerson glared at me, his eyes tinged in hatred. I supposed this was about his brother who died, but what the hell… I didn’t do anything. If he had to blame someone, it should be Luna Amelia. He pounced at me and I plunged the silver into his neck and he howled in agony. “I didn’t kill your brother, Emerson.” The wolf flinched as if I had kicked him. “I know it is you. And it is Luna Amelia who killed your brother by sending him a
(ARES) I was practicing with my warriors when I felt someone trying to mind-link me. I waved a hand at Everett, and he stopped, his sword touching my chest. “What is it?” I answered the mind-link. “There is a man here, and he says he wants to see you, Alpha.” It was Joran, and he had patrol duty today. “Who is he and what does he want, Joran?” I asked and I could sense his hesitation through the mind-link. “He tells that he is Elyn’s mate,” Joran’s voice went quiet as he said that and my body stiffened. Everything in me wanted to run to him and then prove to him that she was not his mate. Storm growled inside, feeling territorial. What the hell was he doing here in my pack? “Bring him to the weapons shed. Watch him carefully, Joran,” I said before I motioned William for a bottle of water. I quickly took a gulp and washed my face, before I walked towards the weapons shed and mind-linked Kai, who was helping our accountant today. “I am in the weapons shed, and there is this man…
(ARES) "Go," I motioned my warriors as I waited for Meli at the edge while Zien grumbled and complained about how I was being a stubborn asshole. I didn't know what I should do with this guy. The reason he might be Elyn's mate was enough for me to hate him, but he might come handy. He knew things I didn't. "Stop complaining and do something useful," I said and he glared at me. "I have already tried to tell you what you should do, and here you are wasting your time. I am going to leave. I already know where the next stone is. I solved the riddle. It is in the Dread woods." "Dread woods of Delvitga? Are you for real? No sane man would willingly walk in there." "But I have to, to save Elyn." The way he looked, so serious, and so honest... my heart twisted. He didn't look like he was playing a game. He looked like he seriously cared about Elyn. I had no reason to doubt his sincerity since he was talking about the dread woods like it was a picnic or something. It was no picnic. I too