BRIELLE’s POV Seeing how much I had stepped on his tail, I opened the door, determined to step out before he could react, yet, Huxley was faster than me as in seconds, he had my back pressed against the wall while his hands were holding my shoulders down. “You have grown some guts, dear mate,” he growled lowly, his eyes were burning fiercely with anger and I felt all the fake bravado that I had just a moment ago fade away immediately. What have I done?! It took a moment for me to realize that Huxley had called me mate. Mate? “You now know to call me names and spit back words Brielle,” I said nothing, watching him while trying to look as courageous as I had looked just a moment ago. “I remember what you looked like three years ago, a quivering mess that was begging desperately for a chance to stay in my pack,” “Even if you offered now, I wouldn’t look back,” I shot back. That was then. At that time, it had felt like it was the most important thing to me, like there was n
HUXLEY’s POV Something was wrong. That was certain and I had always known that in the last five years. Or maybe ten. It was not that hard to separate the bad from the good when one of your special abilities was telling when someone was lying. When I was much younger, I had always wondered why everything that uncle said was always flagged out to be a lie. I had even assumed it was just me overthinking. But as time went longer, I had understood this was a power that belonged to me. There was no way it would lie to me. Knowing something was a lie was not enough to find the truth. But Brielle’s words had raised something in me. What had she seen? Who were the people that had killed her father? Killing your alpha was taboo without defeating him. That had been the reason why even after his death, the entire pack had been without an alpha until I took over. This had also been a matter that made the pack members hate her father and in return hate Brielle. Getting himself killed and le
BRIELLE’s POV Thankfully, after my outburst at Huxley and his coming into my office yesterday, I had not seen him since then which was such a relief. A part of me wondered if he was going to kill me off just to cover the secret I told him I knew. Or perhaps, they always knew that I was aware and just never considered me important? It was all too much for me. “Are you free tonight, Bri?” Zora asks, pulling me out of my thoughts. I was about to nod yes when I remembered the date I had agreed to with Giveon this night. “No, I’m sorry but I have plans, is there something going on?” “No no, just wanted to go out with someone and feel alive after all this work,” she said softly. I was tempted to be the person that would do that but there was no way doing that to Giveon would make me feel better afterwards. “I would opt for being indoors on days like these,” I told her in a playful tone before waving her bye. The moment I stepped out of Pierxly, my brows furrowed at the sigh
Brielle’s POVIf I had been surprised about him getting a reservation, I was even more surprised to see that we were being led to a vip room.However, the man leading us led us outside and I was stunned by the sight in front of me. Was this really necessary? The outside of Oasis was delicately and exquisitely decorated as if the designer tried to pass a message across of how luxury was delicate. I loved it regardless. It wasn’t in my face and was also not easy to ignore. But by the wall, there was a display screen that read “I’m sorry Brielle,” I felt it was hard to settle in here without feeling weird.“What are you apologizing for?” I asked him after the man that had led us here left and Giveon’s face turned a lot more solemn. “Although I was respecting your papa’s wishes, as your mate, you should be the most important thing to me Brielle. I got that wrong and hurt you,” he explained and I felt myself stiffen a little. All of my life, all I have done is fight for myself. Fight f
GIVEON’s POVI could feel all of my restraints attempting to break free as I watched Brielle flushed red beside me. It had to be true about how sensitive all shifters were because I was starting to smell a little bit of her arousal as she tested the cake one of the chefs had recommended so much.“This is actually so good,” she murmured, a low moan coming from her throat as she took in another spoon of it. My fists clenched hard.Goodness, this girl was my nemesis. I was just as obsessed as I had been when I saw her, helpless and almost dying three years ago. My entire family had been in the dark for a month while I tried to get her to recover. The moment they had known, everyone except mother had frowned against it. Everyone else might not know but one of the best ways to keep royal bloodline pure and stronger was mating with sorceresses. It was the perfect way to retain abilities while still giving the child a way of surviving in the sun. Nobody had ever mated with a shifter and as
HUXLEY’s POV It was hard to find something that was hidden. That was a given. But knowing what you were looking for made things much much easier. And so after a day, Kane had come back with good news for me. He confirmed that John was indeed gone and although Ava had hidden it, she had at least informed Nathan’s mother. He had also mentioned with emphasis how good the relationship was between the both of them. That was surprising. Nathan’s mother was one of the most difficult women and had her husband on her complete leash. Nathan tried to resist as much as it could but was often times not successful. So how then did the both of them come together? I looked through the pictures again, my eyes focused to not miss out on anything and it was only when I was certain that I had done justice to every word of information on that page that I left it alone. Now that I knew that Brielle had given me the ‘right’ information, I was curious about where they had gone and where John was buried.
Brielle’s POVI was dying with excitement to tell Anya how things had progressed between Giveon and I. But I ended up falling asleep on the couch after waiting for her for more than an hour. When I was eventually stirred awake by her call to have dinner, the excitement was gone and I just wanted to change, shower and get some more sleep. “Is the meditation some sort of way to grow stronger for you guys?” I asked curiously.Before, I had always felt that it was something she did to get control of her mind and emotions. It also made sense that since she didn’t have anything that was really time consuming, the meditation took her mind off things. But now, it was different and I knew that my friend could spend an hour freezing water or trying to create some fire.So why meditate?“Well, in a way,” Anya started with a chuckle as she plopped down beside me, resting her back on the arm rest and facing me. “It’s a way to connect to nature, to connect to the essence of this world. So that w
Giveon’s POVI had missed her as soon as I dropped her off. And so the moment my brother was done with all the investigations, I gave into temptation to come and watch her sleep tonight again. Only, this night she’s not in bed. I stayed. For two reasons mainly. And the first was, her scent that had filled the whole room up made me have an illusion of being with her. At the very least, it was a whole lot better than my penthouse that was just a street away from here. Second, I wanted to hear my Brielle tell Anya about what happened between us earlier. The kiss had been short. But it was also the best first kiss I had ever gotten from anyone. I wanted to know if she had felt just the same way or if she regretted giving into my charms. Unfortunately, Anya and her large mouth ruined all of that for me as she didn’t stop talking for one minute about how impressive I was. That was fine, but I knew it was not enough to make Brielle change her mind if she didn’t want to be around me. Thr
CHAPTER 191Five Years LaterEva and I stood on the balcony of the palace. We were drinking coffee. It had been five years since Giveon, Huxley, and I had our son, and Huxley, Giveon, and I had decided that it was time for us to have a second daughter. Because of that, I have given up drinking tor now. I won't be doing anything that could hinder my chances of getting pregnant. "So? How is it going with Peter?" I asked Eva. Eva sighed when I brought up her new mate, who had been chasing her for a few months now. After I killed Nathan, Eva slipped into depression. There was nothing that I could do to snap her out of it. She was done for a few months. She really loved Peter, and then he went and did that to her, it was understandable that she was sad.A few months later, she finally snapped out of it and started to live her life again. But she was never really healed. She has gotten over Nathan and his betrayal, but it was always as if there was something that she used to protect he
BRIELLE"No! No! Stay away!" She screamed. "Please!" "You have to calm down Eva. You have to understand why I am making this decision." He said trying to calm her down and also trying to calm himself."What do I have to understand?! That you want to kill my best friend?! You want to murder Brielle and you want me to calm down?" Eva asked. There was raw pain in her voice and I did not want to watch this. "Eva. You have to understand that Brielle is a threat to us all and I am the only one who can eliminate that threat right now." Nathan said still maintaining that calm tone."What?!" She snapped. "A threat? Are you even listening to yourself?" I know Eva. I know how much she loves Nathan. She's probably trying to tell herself that he must have been brainwashed. And that is why I am here. To make sure she doesn't fall for his lies!"If you love me, you won't do this Nathan." She whispered to him and I knew it was my cue to step in. I can let her be fooled by this man again. "Please
BRIELLE's POV"My child?" I asked, surprised then looked at my innocent baby boy who had just come to the world only to be threatened by death. I saw red and handed my baby to the midwife.I trusted her and she froze feeling honored.The maid was startled by my firmness. It seemed like she was expecting me to be completely weak but it was her loss for expecting that. I raced towards her, grabbed her neck, and slammed my forehead against hers, then grabbed the dagger she was holding and shoved it into her neckAs her body fell to the ground, I rushed outside to see strong men heading to my chamber. They were stunned to see me stained with blood and looking as insane as ever."You fools!" I screamed at them. They were not going to touch my child! Not while I was aliveI ran towards them, killing them with breaking a sweat and they all led me to the throne room. Many of them were gathered and looked shocked.I let the dagger fall to the ground, smiling wickedly then released my powers in
CHAPTER 188 BRIELLE I was pacing up and down in my room waiting for Huxley to come back. Giveon was in the room with me. "I think that you need to calm down. You aren't going to get anything out of it if you keep panicking like this. I think that he's strong enough to handle the elders now" Giveon told me. "You think that I don't want to believe that? I want to believe that nothing will go wrong too but I don't know what I am supposed to trust anymore. I feel like things are about to get so out of hand!" I told Giveon. "But this is what you want right? This is what you've always wanted. You said that this would draw them out of their hiding place. Seriously, we wouldn't be doing this if this wasn't your plan!" Giveon said. I sighed. "I know ...I guess that it must be my pregnancy messing with my emotions. I don't even know what's wrong with me anymore. I don't know what to think!" I told him. Just then, the door was pushed open and Huxley walked in. "Huxley! How did it g
Nathan's POVThere were many types of situations I've gotten involved in. Most of them involved taking lives. Of course, I had to spill blood.However, things were absolutely different now.I was summoned by the elders.It was the first time, but I knew the elders so well to know that they were never happy with good news. They were like demons! And never relayed any good advice but anything that was linked to chaos and destruction.Entering the main room where the elders usually gathered, their customary stern expressions made me cringe a bit. I couldn't help but wonder what they wanted to make me do this time."Nathan. You're late." The oldest of them all said."I have my own life, you know," I said, rolling my eyes."Do not disrespect us!" One of them boomed in rage, offended at my gesture."Why am I here?" I asked frustratedly, completely ignoring his outburst. I wasn't here to start a fight with an elder, but I knew that it was inevitable since they always tried their best to fin
Huxley's POVLetting out the news that you are back here and you have activated your powers..... is just going to put you in danger. And that is the last thing that I want. For you to get in danger," I said. Brielle sighed. "Giveon, Huxley, I am pregnant," she said. Both our expressions went blank when we heard this we weren't expecting this at all. She's pregnant ...how?! When?! "You are pregnant....how is this possible?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes. "How do you think people get pregnant? I am going to have a baby. We can't continue to ignore this forever. We can't just run away from it forever. They killed my mom, and they tried to kill me. They are also going to come for my child one day. I need to make sure that my child will be fine. That he won't be affected by those people. That is why we need to do this, and we need to do it now!" Brielle said. Giveon nodded his head. "You are right, Brielle. Hiding from them is never a solution because they are going to find you at
HUXLEY's POVI was shocked when I saw Brielle walk in. I thought that we would have to go through a lot before we found her, but we didn't even need to do that at all. She just walked up to us herself what is going on here? Brielle...what is going on? Is this really you? I thought...I thought....how are you here? How did you get away?."" I would like to tell both of you the entire story, but I think that it will have to wait for some other time. There is something I picked that the both of you need to know!""Who is he, and what is he doing here, Brielle?" Giveon asked her"He is ...he is from my kingdom. Like I said, I have a lot of things that I want to tell both of you. There are a lot of things that I found out about my pack that you both need to know," she said. "What is going on? What do you need to tell us, Brielle?" I asked her. "Well, you see, I come from a lineage of demigods. Many years ago, our ancestors were sent down to restore peace to the Earth because there was a
BRIELLE's POVJust because he wants to be an Elder? He doesn't mind giving up the people who are important to him just so that he can get what he wants! " Eva said. I took Eva into a big hug. "You don't have to blame yourself for this, Eva. You didn't do anything wrong. He is the one who was wrong for doing this to you. Don't spend your time thinking about a person who isn't worth it at all!" I said."I know. Don't think that I don't know any of this. I know that I should hate him, especially since after what he has done to me, but I can't...I really can't help myself here at all! I am so hurt by what he has done!" Eva said. "Eva, please don't tell me that you are thinking of taking him back after all of this. Don't tell me that you are going to beg him if he apologises to you?" I asked her. Eva immediately shook her head as if I had suggested the most evil thing in the universe. "Of course not! I am not going to forgive him! Not after what he has done to you! What he has done to u
BRIELLE's POVI can't take that risk. I have to make sure that everything is fine for my child. I won't give birth to my child when there's a danger like that coven lurking around," I said. "Are you sure that this is what you want, Brielle? You want to go against that coven?" Dad asked me. I nodded my head. "It is not as if I am trying to go against them because I don't have anything better to do with my time. I would prefer if I never had to deal with them in my life, but I can't just ignore this. I can't do it. I have to make sure that they won't hurt anyone else the way that they hurt my mom. I have to make sure that my child won't be their victim," I said. "Fine. Since that is what you want to do, then I am going to support you," Dad told me. I turned to Eva, who hadn't said anything since. "Eva? Are you okay?" I asked her. She nodded her head. "Yes. I am fine. I am just trying to process this. You are pregnant....wow....this is huge news," she said. I smiled as I patted m