When I finally woke up from the nightmare, I felt like my lungs were burning from lack of oxygen. I threw the blankets from me, ran towards the window, and opened it. I tried to take deep breaths but instead started feeling dizzy. I closed my eyes and put my hand on my chest, which was beating painfully fast. "It's just a nightmare, Aadhya. There was nothing real in it," I whispered and tried to come to proper senses again, but when black dots started dancing in front of my eyes, I opened my eyes and instantly my eyes turned towards Alpha's balcony, which is a very good distance away but thanks to my werewolf senses that I can see him clearly standing there. His eyes are closed, and his hands are stuffed in his pockets. He is wearing a black lower and white tank top. His shoulder-length hair is wet, and tiny water droplets are dripping from them on his broad shoulders. No matter how much his beard or bulky body screams that he is a hard, strong, and rude man but the peaceful expressi
He didn't have to ask me to breathe again as I automatically started breathing hungrily. He took a step backward after a few minutes, but I clutched his shirt, pulled him towards me, and continued smelling him. My bliss ended when suddenly the scent was gone. I opened my eyes and tried to sniff him more but found nothing. "Are you alright, Aadhya?" he asked me. I don't know why but tears welled up in my eyes, and my lower lip trembled. "I am unable to smell that '' I told him like a five-year-old, but I have no shame in accepting that because I wanted to smell that scent. He looked at me with concentration for a few minutes and then slowly removed my hands from his shirt and took a step backward. "Sorry, I should not have asked about something without knowing its effect," he apologized and again went towards the bench, "and sorry for the scent. I did the best I could think at that time," he said, and finally I understood what that scent was... {you should stay far from that scent un
I can feel the volcano of emotions bursting within me - anger, jealousy, possessiveness, irritation, pain, betrayal, and some that I can't even know, but I do know one thing very clearly, and that is... I DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING IN THIS CASE... {why don't I have a right? I am his mate. She is the one who doesn't have any right and is clinging on to him} ... I shook my head to remove these thoughts and tightened the hold around Dee's hand. I looked at Alpha, who still had stern expressions, but I could see a little softness in his eyes. "Behave, Lily," he suddenly said sternly, but she didn't even flinch. She started sobbing more loudly and clutched him harder. "I love you, Ryan, don't send me back," she said while sobbing... {Can I go somewhere?} "Don't make me use my authority over you, Lily," he said in a deadly calm voice, making me question his relationship with her. The way she is clutching him or expressing her love clearly shows that she had been in a romantic re
I cursed under my breath, and my eyes landed on the source of that squeaky shriek. A man is standing there with a shocked expression on his face. I stood from the ground and grumpily said sorry to him. I was about to cross him when he came and stood before me. I looked at him and knew he was also a werewolf by his build and smell. I cocked an eyebrow towards him, and an arrogant smirk came on his lips. "If I knew that nowadays beautiful girls have started falling from trees instead of fruits, then I would have built a treehouse on every tree of the crescent moon pack," he said while smirking and checking me out. I looked at him dumbfounded, and he looked at me as if expecting some reply... {Do I need to reply?} ... I asked myself and finally decided to ignore him and walk away. I was about to cross him when he grabbed my wrist, and by instinct, I flipped his hand, took hold of his wrist, and twisted it around his back while I put my left hand on his shoulder and kicked his legs, and h
Ryan's POV - "But..." before she asked me more, I dragged her out of the house and started walking towards the woods. "Have you ridden the wolf earlier?" I asked her, and when she didn't reply, I looked at her and found her nodding her head... "damn woman, use words." {Oh, come on, she is cute, dude} "Yeah," she told me, but suddenly the feeling of jealousy surged in me... {who had she ridden before?} ... I took deep breaths to calm myself, and as soon as we reached the edge of the woods, I turned toward her. "Well, we are in a hurry now, but you are going to tell me in detail which wolf you have ridden earlier," I said to her in a calm yet threatening voice, and she nodded casually... {she seriously needs to get scared of me.... at least a little} ... I transformed into my wolf 'king' and looked at her. "I know you are wealthy and all, but there is no need to tear your expensive clothes like that," she scolded the king, and he rolled his eyes... {she seriously has bad timing} ...
"That's my theory. As far as I know, Amara believes that I died two years ago in the attack that she had planned. So, I don't think she has any reason to target Aadhya," she concluded, and this made me worry more. None of us said anything for a few minutes as all three of us were tangled in our thoughts, but finally, Aadhya broke the silence. "I need to ask you something, gramma" Shira looked at her and nodded "what is my age?" as soon as Aadhya asked this, I saw shock clouding Shira's eyes, but she covered it within a second, "Amara told us that you cured Ryan and me, but how can you treat both of us at the same time, we have a seven-year age difference in us." Shira looked startled for a few minutes, but soon she took a shaky breath and turned her chair completely towards Aadhya. "I am not going to lie this time, Aadhya. You deserve to know the truth" she closed her eyes and continued, "After curing Ryan and spending time with Amara, I felt that something was wrong with her, but I
As soon as we entered the dungeons, the familiar smell of blood, silver, and wolfsbane invaded my nose. I looked at aadhya, who had blank expressions on her face, but the fury in her eyes was hard to ignore. I can't even blame her for getting mad or feeling hatred toward Amara... {If I had been in her place, then I would surely have become insane from anger by now.} "Don't kill her, babe," I tried to ease the tension. "You can't use mate bond to lessen my fury," she said and looked at me. I rubbed the back of my neck in nervousness... {don't act nervous in front of her} ... "Well, dad used to use this technique on mom, and it always worked on her," I explained to her, and she took a deep calming breath. "We don't have the same relationship as theirs," she pointed out, and it actually hurts. "A guy can try," I muttered, but she heard it clearly. "Listen, Ryan; I don't want to act bitchy with you, but..." I put my hand on her mouth before she completed her sentence... {maybe my tou
Aadhya's POV - How can I forget the obsession of Gramma for cleanliness? Mumma used to tease her by calling her a 'clean freak,' but none of us ever dared to make a mess when she was at home. I don't know how Ryan is still calm and is doing everything I was saying, but I don't think he would like Gramma to take charge of his house like that. He came out of the bathroom wearing a vest and lower. He is rubbing the towel in his wet hair... {damn, that's the most beautiful sight I have seen till today} ... I tried to move my gaze from him, but it was extremely hard. "Can you explain what all that is about?" he asked me, and finally, I averted my gaze from him. "She thinks this is my home as we are mates, and she is a clean freak," I explained and put my now clean knives on the side table. "I will collect them later, but I think fifteen minutes are going to be over soon. We should go downstairs," I told him and got out of the room. I went downstairs where no sign of blood was visible now
Important information to understand this chapter - It is written indicating the time when the epilogue is written (that is eight years after the Greyson's war) Alpha pair: Ryan and Aadhya - Arianna and Brianna (two 5-year-old twins) and Diego (thirteen-year-old) Beta pair: Ellon and Layla - Jayden (7-year-old boy), Cora (4-year-old girl), Elias (6-month-old boy) Gamma pair: Matt and Mia - Miles (7-year-old boy), Nolan (3-year-old boy) Delta pair: Jack and Sarah - Bella (8-year-old), Nora (6-year-old daughter) Lily: Adopted 4 kids from the pack’s orphanage - Silas (10-year-old boy), Roman (9-year-old boy), Ryder (7-year-old boy), Clara (3-year-old girl) When aadhya met Maya (vampire king adam’s love interest), aadhya was 20 years old and Maya was 19. Now, Maya is 27 and aadhya is 28. Aadhya’s POV - “You should have said to him clearly that this is the worst idea that he ever came up with,” Ryan said nth time in irritation while aria and bria both are in his arms and sleeping on
Aadhya’s POV -“Stop whining or I am not going to put bandages on your wound Aria”, I scolded Aria for again cutting herself after sneaking at the arsenal… {God knows how Ryan and Dee will react to the new injury now} ... Bria was silently watching both of us.Aria and Bria are now eight years old. With every year adding into their age, I always hope that this year they will mend their ways and stop troubling others or at least stop hurting themselves but every year they shatter my hopes as soon as I build them.It is the third time that Aria or Bria tried to use the knives and cut themselves instead... {yep, it is the same every time. Only one of them got hurt whenever they do something stupid and this time it is Aria’s turn}But I don’t blame them for this. Whenever we are training, Ryan, dee and I, all three of us can’t help but show off our knife skills to the other warriors and even compete with each other. So, it is normal for curious kids like Aria and Bria to get attracted tow
Eight years later - "Addy", Dee came after completing his evening training and slumped on the sofa that is in the drawing room. "Addy, I am home; where are you?" he again shouted and waited for her to come out from anywhere, but when she didn't come or reply, he rolled his eyes and went towards the kitchen "addy", he called her but didn't get any response. He went towards the office. He knocked on the office door and opened it after a few seconds, where he found Aadhya doing her work. "What happened, Dee?" she asked him and closed the file that she was reading. He went towards her and kissed her on the cheek. "Nothing just wanted to see you," he said and sat on the chair that was in front of the table. "What are you reading?" he asked her, and she couldn't help but smile. No matter if Dee is a child or a teenager, his questions are never-ending. "Checking the annual file of council members. Ryan wants it by tomorrow," She explained to him, and he nodded. When they checked the files
Now when she knew that Greyson had finally died, she couldn't help but replay everything that happened with her in a few hours as well as everything that she got to know from the moon goddess. With each passing second, it is becoming harder for her to accept that so many people died only to save her. She covered her face with her hands and started sobbing loudly. Her sobs are breaking Ryan's heart, but he is unable to do anything. He can feel the emotional burden that she is feeling, but he knows that there is nothing anyone can do about it. Truth is always bitter and hard to accept. -------------------------------------------Aadhya is still in the same room, and her crying has not stopped even after half an hour of Greyson's death. The acid was concentrated enough to kill him, but his body was still not dissolved in it. Even some parts of Wilson's body are also floating in it. Ryan needed to take care of the matters outside, so he went away, but he could still feel Aadhya's feelings
All the people, irrespective of their species, are writing in pain for a complete half an hour. If it were not for Aadhya, they would have felt the same for at least a few hours more, but she can't see her loved ones in this condition for much longer... especially Ryan. Even after ending everything, not even a single person has the strength to stand on their feet again. The experience that they felt is so painful that many of them are still shivering, and there are goosebumps all over their body. Few are still crying. Aadhya was observing all this when Ryan got up and engulfed her in his arms. No words were exchanged between them, but Ryan already knew what he had experienced just now. All of them experienced the experience of Aadhya when Greyson was experimenting on her. They all were able to feel the pain that she had felt for two years. They heard the cruel laughter of Greyson, they heard him talking with Aadhya, and in return, only her whimpers were heard by them. While everyone
"Your soul is the mixture of two souls" When she said this, Aadhya got even more confused about it. "It is not because of me", The moon goddess clarified to Brinda before she said something "though Shira was successful in saving your body of a white wolf, a part of your soul died the same day when your mother gave birth to you." "I don't understand what you are saying. A soul is just a soul... how can it be a mixture of two souls." "Have you ever wondered what a mate bond is?" she asked Aadhya, but she didn't have an answer to it. So, the moon goddess continued, "Mate bond, mate pull, everything is nothing but just an attraction of a soul towards its other part. Two mates share half a part of the same soul. That's why they feel pulled and attracted to each other. In your case, a part of your soul was damaged when you were born, and all the things that were done to your body after that didn't help much. When Shira got you, you were almost dead. In saving you, she used not only the li
Aadhya was unable to think or do anything except feel numb.. even her brain was also unable to process anything. Shira's body is shaking in pain. Even Ryan was also unable to react after looking at Shira's condition. They have chopped off both of her feet, and her wounds are bleeding profusely. She looks pale, and both of those rogues are holding her up by grabbing her arms harshly. "You know I am too irritated by her running away every time. This time I didn't want to take risks," Greyson explained as if it was nothing big. "If you took any stupid decision to save me, then I will never forgive you, Aadhya," Shira said in a timid voice which angered Greyson. He slapped her square on the face, and both the rogues who were holding her left her arms, which resulted in her falling to the ground on her already chopped-off legs with her whole weight on them. She shrieked in pain, Aadhya took a step towards her, but Greyson stood in between. "I am not stopping you from coming near your gran
Author's POV - Everyone around them just froze on their spot. None of them was able to believe their eyes, not even Greyson. Those few seconds in which Aadhya turned into her wolf were the mystic few seconds of their lives. It is not because everyone, other than Greyson, was considering her human but because of the colour of her fur. No, her fur is not white. It is silver in colour. It is so much shiny that one can see his reflection in her fur. Her black eyes have turned into blue with multiple shades of blue and a bit of silver in between. She raised her head and howled loudly. This was the moment when her wolf released her scent, which she had been hiding for the last eighteen years to save herself. Her aura is so dominating that the rogues present there are already shivering when she has not even given them any command. Her wolf is the same size as Ryan, but it is more enormous than any other wolf in the whole werewolf world. The rogue, which was grabbing Dee's hand, was dist
Aadhya's POV - When I woke up again, I found Greyson sitting just next to me, and he was looking at me with concentration. I averted my gaze towards Dee, who was still not in his senses. "When is he going to wake up?" I asked him. "Not soon. I gave him more sedatives an hour ago" he got up from his place and now has another injection in his hand. "We should continue where we left. No need to panic. It is not as concentrated as the previous one." I didn't say anything and waited for him to inject me, but he stopped. "Can't you let beauty take control of you? I wanted to talk with her. I want to see her" .. {as if I could do that. I didn't even know the 'beauty' you are talking about}... "Common, let her out now." "Don't you understand? I didn't even know that I had a wolf a while ago. How am I supposed to 'let her out? If I was able to do that, don't you think I would have healed myself till now? That sling in my hand is not for show," I said to him in irritation, and from his expre