Eero's perspective"I beg your pardon? If Codrus didn't accept Claudius as your mate back when he was still alive. What made you think that you can come back to him now? Aelice wouldn't allow you to reject Miguel Blackthorn." Beta Octavio soon painted a mocking smile on his lips, insinuating something."Aelice wouldn't allow me? What makes you think that I need the Luna Queen's permission to reject my husband and run back to my true second chance mate?"It was now my turn to smile or smirk at Beta Octavio."Aelice is the Luna Queen, and until you're crowned the new Alpha of Regulus and Queen of the realm, my daughter will remain as the shifter who holds the highest position.""It will take a while before you can manage to win the favors of the council to crown you—""But they would still prefer me if they discovered that the Luna Queen's son isn't the Alpha King's." Beta Octavio's jaw clenched."Ask me how I found out?" I dared the beta, but he rem
Eero's perspective"He's not mine, but yours. It was Perseus that I was talking to earlier, your pup, Claudius." Caspian said to his best friend and Claudius looked like someone threw a bomb at him. His jaw clenched and he was eyeing me dangerously."Fuck you, Caspian" I blurted out. I turned away from my ex-second chance mate and in a moment like this where I don't know what exactly to tell Claudius, walking out is what it seems like the only option that would save my ass from here."Eero, come back here! We're not yet done talking!" Claudius hissed inside of my head. My footsteps were halted, taken aback by the fact that we could still communicate with each other through telepathy."Why do you look so shocked?" Claudius once again asked inside of my head. My lips trembled, I pivot and exactly at that moment, Claudius inched the distance between us, gazing at me fiercely."How can you still talk to me through telepathy? You already rejected me as your second chance mate, and you're w
Eero's perspectiveI narrowed my eyes at Claudius and slightly nudged his arm to follow up on the question that I had asked him earlier."Did my son saw us, Claudius?" I asked again through the mind link. Claudius was about to finally open his lips to respond to me when I heard Perseus whining at Miguel."Papa, why did you cover my eyes? Let go of me, Papa! I'm coming to greet, Mama. Why are you stopping me?" Hearing that from my pup gave me the courage to turn around to them."Papa, let go of my eyes
Eero's PerspectiveAll the words that I've been meaning to say to stop my son from leaving with Claudius got stuck in my throat. The two were already meters away from me when I found myself capable of forming words. I turned to face Miguel and all that he could give me was an apologetic smile and a little shrug."Well, at least he didn't tell Perseus that he is his father, right?" Miguel followed me as I found myself walking back to my old room in the realm."Claudius will surely ask permission when the time comes and he wants Perseus to know that he isn't just an uncle, but his fat
Eero's perspectiveMiguel softly, and gently shoved the annulment paper on my hand. He looked around in search of a particular item and when his eyes spotted it. Miguel's feet quickly brought him to it."A pen?" He said, showing it to me. A bitter smile stretched on the corner of my lips before it became a chuckle."What's the rush? Hmm? You can be honest with me. Did you already find your fated mate and you can't wait to be with her?" I joked.Miguel sat across me after he put the pen next to the ann
Claudius's perspectiveI smiled as I heard Eero's little curses while I took Perseus away from her to bring him to where Codrus woke."You better make sure that you'll keep him safe, Claudius. If something happens to my pup. I'll rip your throat," she threatened me. I could hear how serious she was, but I still found her cute and adorable like a tamed little puppy."Answer me? And don't you dare bring him outside of the realm or somewhere I don't know! He has a tracker on his watch for your information, I could see his whereabouts." I glanced at the wristwatch on the arm of my pup.
Eero's Perspective"Miguel and I are getting a divorce, and I'm marrying Claudius after that. I need your blessing for the whole pack to honor my marriage with Claudius."My eyes immediately watch out for Luna's reaction. Aelice's opinion got stuck in her throat. She was just staring back at me like she was waiting for me to tell her that I was fooling around."If you want to make it up to me and prove that you didn't take part in your father's incoming betrayal. You would do this for me, Aelice, for the sake of Regulus' future." My feet advance to her and my hand desperately yearns for her hand."Escaping from the pack to start a new life with your fated mate won't stop Octavio from usurping me. Miguel doesn't have the power and proper connection to protect me." I pause."And the male shifters of the pack would never accept me, but things would be different if Claudius were my husband." Aelice remained speechless, it almost felt like I was talking to the wind.I loosened my hold of h
Eero's Perspective"Breathe in, breathe out. Don't walk into that hall until you're calm. You might end up jumping at Octavio to bite off the skin on his neck," my wolf continued to whisper to me. I did exactly what she told me and yet it felt like it didn't help me to calm at all."Beta Octavio knew that you were with Luna Aelice. He probably figured that out when he both can't find you at the Alpha King's funeral hall," she said to me. My forehead knotted."Are you telling me that Octavio purposely ordered Aelice's lady-in-waiting to say that to provoke me?""Uh-huh, because Octavio is now desperate to paint you as the bad guy. He'd go out of his way to go lower." I wetted my lower lips and nodded my head to my wolf.Once she felt that I was cooling down. She stopped talking to me and I was left standing in the hallway, anxiously playing with my ring."Your Grace," Caspian said."Where had you been? Your son has been looking for you."I imme