(POV: Lina)Wow! I lost track of time, but how could I not? Just by looking into those green eyes, it feels like everything else fades away. It's only me and the owner of those shining emeralds."Shall we go home?" Nicollas asks, bringing me back to reality."Of course, but first we need to find Sophie, Ana, Sophie's sister, and the modified wolf children.""Who are these modified wolf children?""They are children whose DNA was modified by Deniel. So that when they grow up, they can join his army," I explain, feeling sad. They are so young and innocent."That bastard!" Nicollas curses."Yes, no matter how much he may have suffered in the past, it's not right to hurt innocent beings," I say firm. Forgiveness is always the best way to free oneself from suffering.Nicollas licks my snout."Everything will be fine, we're together now.""Yes," I agree."Alright, the faster we search for them, the sooner we'll find them."I nod in agreement. Still in our wolf forms, we search the castle fr
(POV: Lina)"Lina!" Sophie calls, approaching and giving me a tight hug. I return the embrace."You crazy girl, do you know how much Nicollas and I searched for you in the castle? And you've been here all this time?" I say, feigning indignation. Deep down, I am very happy that my friend is safe and sound."I'm sorry. I left the castle with my sister, and so many things happened that if it weren't for Albert, neither my sister nor I would be here anymore," Sophie says, breaking the hug."What happened? Are you hurt?" I ask, touching her face and inspecting her. Fortunately, I don't find a single scratch."Now I'm perfectly fine!" Sophie says, smiling."Thank you, Albert, for saving my friend," I turn towards the supreme's beta and express my sincere gratitude.Who would have thought, one of the most arrogant guys I know, saved a human. The world does turn around, indeed."You're welcome, Luna. I would do anything for my mate," Albert says, looking at Sophie. Wait... what? I sense my mo
(POV: Lina)Lukky opens the gate, and I try not to laugh at his appearance. Lukky is shirtless, wearing only shorts and a kitchen apron, both of which are covered in what I can identify by the smell as strawberry pie. Lukky drops the vase he was holding and hugs me tightly, lifting me off the ground and spinning me in the air.When the hug is over, I realize that I am also covered in pie dough."It's so good to have you back, Lina!" he says, tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear."I'm really glad to be back too," I reply with a smile."LINAAA!" Milly comes running towards me and hugs me tightly. "You scared me to death, Lina! Never do that again, girl!" she says, letting go of the hug."I'm sorry, Milly, I didn't mean to do any of that," I say sincerely."I know, Lina, but I worry about you," she says, caressing my cheek."Shall we go inside?" Lukky suggests."Let's go," I look at Nicollas, and he nods in agreement. We hold hands and enter the house right after Milly and Lukky."W
(POV: Lina)"Lina?" I hear someone call my name softly. "Lina?" They call my name again."Hmm," I mumble, turning over in bed."Lina, wake up, lazybones," I sense a warm kiss on my back."Only five more minutes," I whine."No way! It's time to wake up, my beautiful wolf," Nicollas says and lies on top of me. I startle and let out a little scream."Okay! Okay! I'm awake," I say, kissing his chin."Now get up. We have a lot to do, especially since you want your friend as our neighbor," he says. Getting up from bed and heading to the bathroom.I think he didn't like the idea of having neighbors.In one jump, I get out of bed and follow him to the bathroom, opening the door and finding him walking toward the shower. I run and hug him from behind."I love you," I say, my face pressed against his back.He doesn't say anything, only keeps walking. We step into the shower together, and with me still clinging to his back. I sense the cold water on my head, and I let go of him with a little jum
(POV: Nicollas)"Calming down! Calming down!" — I repeat this mantra several times in my mind to prevent myself from losing my cool as I enter my property.I park the car and take a deep breath before stepping out."Let's try!" Ryan says."We are already trying!" I reply, emphasizing the 'already'."This won't help you hide your dissatisfaction with this change.""And who said I want to hide it?" I ask, ironically."Lina won't like it," Ryan says, making me even angrier."And what does she have to like?" I question rudely. "After all, who's in charge?" I asked, clenching my fists."I'm sure she didn't intend to embarrass you. As you're thinking you were embarrassed," he says, and my heart tightens."I know, but it's only that I'm not used to receiving orders, especially from a female," I confess dejectedly."A female who's stronger than us and nearly killed us on the battlefield," Ryan reminds me."Yeah," I agree with Ryan. Lina is indeed much stronger than me, and now we know the rea
(POV: Nicollas)Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes and still no sign of Lina! Why is she taking so long?Anxiety tightens its grip on me as I clench my hands until my knuckles turn white. Damn it! I've never felt like this before."Stay calm, Nicollas. They'll be coming down the entrance soon," Albert reassures me from the other side of the altar."How are you so calm?" I ask, finding it hard to believe that I, the supreme alpha, am here practically having a heart attack from anticipation. While a beta is completely composed."I trust my instincts, and I know that as soon as Sophie enters through that entrance. We'll be the happiest couple in the world," he replies, smiling with an air of confidence.We're in the middle of the no-longer-so-dark Shadow Forest. We've set up an altar and arranged everything for the public mating ritual.My daydreaming is interrupted by the sound of the limousine parking. My heart doesn't ease its rapid beats within my chest. How does Lina look in the bridal go
(POV: Sophie) The First Night of Sophie with Albert, Before the Public Ritual."What's going on?" I divert my gaze from the window and rest it on Albert."Nothing." I try not to show."I may not have known you for very long, but I'm pretty sure something is on your mind." He diverts his attention from the road and looks deep into my eyes.I sigh. I guess this is what having a mate is like. As Lina used to say, mates always know when something is wrong with their partner. I find that beautiful, cute, and romantic."I was only thinking about everything my sister and I have been through," I confess and turn my gaze back to the landscape outside."I suppose there were many battles," Albert says."Yes, many.""One day, I want to hear all about them.""One day, I'll tell you some of them." I smile faintly, still looking out of Nicollas' car window. "Ana, you...""I think your sister dozed off." Albert alerts me. I look at the back seat, and indeed, she's sleeping. "Today was a
(POV: Lina) 5 months later:"You look so beautiful, Lina," Nicollas says, his hand gently caressing my belly as he feels the babies moving non-stop."I'm only getting fat! Your pups are wreaking havoc on me!" I exclaim, stroking the head of my mate. We're lying in bed because I can't move much due to the size of my belly.It feels like I've eaten three extra-large watermelons. I can't even see my feet!"To me, you're perfect, and my pups have made you even more perfect," Nicollas says, charmingly, kissing my belly and then taking my lips in a sweet and tender kiss.My siblings (the 'failed projects') are now part of our pack. The moon goddess made them like me, but they became omegas. Yet, they're happy to have a dignified life now, which also makes me very happy.I gaze at my belly. In the past month, I've had to walk hunched over with my hand on my back. But I feel so happy that I wouldn't trade this for anything!"What are you thinking about?" Nicollas brings me back to realit
Hello, we've come to the end of this duology. It was very rewarding for me to write each scene. I really hope you enjoyed the story.Oh, by the way, I'd like to invite you to check out some of my other books:I Kissed My Boss, Book 1;The Love of an Invisible andThe fate of the rejected alpha, book 1;In particular, I urge you to check out the third title, where there's a whole new world of werewolves, which I've worked hard to create.I'll leave one of the chapters for yous: A Thief:A THIEF WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO BE A THIEFThe sounds of many voices mingling with each other awakes Bloodstain from the first peaceful sleep she had in her entire life. She rubs her eyes with the back of her hands and takes a few seconds to make her vision focus on the image of two humans in front of you, a male and a female."Ah, so finally the liar woke up," the female says and starts walking toward Bloodstain, but Cynthia stops her."Stop it, Carla," Cynthia's tired
(POV: Deniel)I feel a shiver run through her body, and she looks at me with lust in her eyes. I capture her lips again in a deep and enticing kiss. She eagerly reciprocates, pressing her body closer to mine.I end the kiss with a few pecks on her lips and move to her back. With care and patience, I unzip her white dress, and it falls to her feet, revealing a tantalizing all-white lace lingerie that covers the bare minimum of her sculpted body. I spend a few seconds admiring the beauty of my woman; her body now boasts generous curves, and her breasts are ample and perky. My hand itches to touch them. The woman in front of me is very different from the girl I met a few years ago, attempting to climb the mountain.As she looks at me curiously, I begin to undress myself. Every part of my exposed body is evaluated by her like a hungry wolf. "You're beautiful," she says after I remove the last piece, standing completely naked in front of her."You're beautiful too, my she-wolf," I say, car
(POV: Deniel)"Yes, for a lifetime," I say, looking into my she-wolf's eyes. "I love you," I whisper."My daughter," he looks at his daughter lovingly. "Do you accept Deniel as your husband?""Yes," she says excitedly. "For a lifetime.""Are you sure?" he questions, and I stare at him in shock. "Don't judge me for trying," he shrugs. "I now pronounce you husband and wife; no need to kiss the bride," he says hastily.I ignore him and take my Renata in my arms, and then everything around us fades away. We are locked in each other, in our little world of love."Get your tongue out of my daughter's mouth, cheeky wizard," Nic says, and I roll my eyes, stepping away from my wife. "Let's all head to the party area," he says loudly.Before we can make our way to the other side of the garden to celebrate, there is a line of guests wanting to congratulate us.Lina approaches with her husband, and they both hug and kiss their daughter, then hug me as well, and my she-wolf still cries with emotio
(POV: Deniel)TWO YEARS LATER.I finish putting on my gray suit and gaze at my reflection in the mirror. I run my hand through my hair and feel my eyes welling up. I can hardly believe I'm getting married again, and this time to the love of my life, the woman who was destined for me. It's so incredible that I feel like I've lived all these years waiting for this day.That little girl captured me just the same way, and I'm grateful to the moon goddess. I had given up on love a long time ago, and I never thought I would live or feel something of this magnitude.Finally, I will have the opportunity to build my own family, an extension of the core my little wolf belongs to. I never imagined that, at this stage of my life, I would have in-laws, and very present ones, by the way. I don't blame them; they went many years without seeing their daughter, and now I'm taking her away, not literally, after all, we will live here in the pack.Our house has been ready for some time; I was the only o
(POV: Lina) "Even though you already know each other, I want to introduce you the same way my brothers did," she says, looking at me seriously. "Mom, this is Deniel, my mate." My heart races, and various memories start swirling in my mind. My eyes fill with tears, and I don't understand why, out of so many men in the world, my daughter had to be mates with him. "But you're a wizard," I say still in shock. "What spell have you cast on my daughter, you wretch?" I ask, approaching. "Mom, there's no spell," she defends him. "Stay away from him!" I demand, pulling her close to me. "Leave, I won't let you use my daughter for your cheap revenge." "Lina, listen to me," he pleads. "There's no revenge, let alone a spell," he says exhausted. "I love Renata; when I found out she was my mate, I didn't imagine it would be your daughter." "What would change if you knew?" Renata asks, hurt. "Nothing," he says quickly. "Nothing, my love, I'm just trying to make your mother understand that it wa
(POV: Nicollas)"Well, there's only one witch on Earth," she states. "But the plans didn't work out." She takes a deep breath. "They discarded me when I was four years old, and I ended up in this pack. At sixteen, I shifted for the first time, and that's when I found Nic." She looks at me and smiles. "My creator kidnapped me, he wanted to use me as a weapon, he enchanted me and forced me to fight against the wolves, but during the battle, I got hurt and almost got killed. I think he felt compassion and saved me. Going against all the evil he wanted to do through me, I'm grateful because on the day he saved my life, he also saved the lives of my pups that I didn't even know I was expecting.""So he saved me and Lucca too?" Luan comments."You, Lucca, and Renata," she says, looking at her son."Renata?" Lucca speaks up. "What do you mean, who is Renata?""I got pregnant with triplets," Lina explains. "On the day you were born, my little girl was kidnapped by that cursed vampire, and by
(POV: Nicolas)It's been a week since everything happened, and my mate still hasn't woken up. I'm really worried, and I miss her. I haven't had the courage to tell the boys that they have a sister and that she's among us. I want to deliver that news to them with Lina.I watch from my office window as my daughter and Deniel chat in the garden. I hate to admit it, but they look at each other with so much love, and I don't want to intrude on my little girl's happiness. If he's the one the goddess chose, I can only be sure he'll make my she-wolf very happy. But my fatherly jealousy is still quite evident. What comforts me is that he hasn't touched my girl yet. Selfish or not, that fact makes me very happy.I take a deep breath and decide to go back to Lina's side. I leave the office and head straight to our room. This has been my routine for all these days. I walk around the house a bit, talk to my sons, keep an eye on that wizard, and then return to my mate's side."Hi, darling," I say,
(POV: Lucca)Under the black cloak of the starry sky. The moon shines above us, casting a silvery light that painted the scene with a soft and romantic glow. The gentle murmurs of the nearby waterfall served as a soundtrack to the peace between me and Isabella.I lay on my back, gazing at the night sky, while Isabella rested beside me, her head on my shoulder. Our hearts beat in perfect harmony, as if the entire cosmos had conspired to bring us together.My hands delicately caressed Isabella's hair as she traced imaginary circles on my bare chest. Our eyes met, and a gaze filled with love and tenderness passed between us, as if our souls had communicated silently.The touch of our lips was as gentle as a night breeze. My lips met Isabella's in a kiss filled with passion and desire, but also with affection and care. It was as if we were exploring a new world together, each caress, each touch, each shared breath strengthening our connection even further.My hands roamed Isabella's body
(POV: Nicollas)I walk slowly to the mansion's garden to find Luan. My legs still ache a bit, and my heart is heavy because my mate is still unconscious, which worries me greatly.Under a tree, I find Luan sitting on a blue blanket, and Lucia is lying on his chest. Surprisingly, this scene doesn't bother me. I walk towards them, and before I get close, they notice my presence and stand up."Dad," Luan runs and hugs me. "I'm so glad you woke up.""Hi, son," I hug him back."Hi, Mr. Nicollas," Lucia greets, and I nod."How are you, my son?" I hold him by the shoulders and assess his entire body. "Did you get hurt?""No, Dad," he smiles. "I'm fine, don't worry.""It's a relief to hear that," I say relieved. "Where's Lucca?" I ask, looking around."He's out there somewhere, taking a walk with his mate," he replies. "Isabella is his mate, I never imagined.""That's great news," I genuinely approve. "I'm so happy that you two have finally shifted." I ruffle his hair."And I wanted to introd