Stefan"If it was me, what would you do to me?" asked Circe insolently, and my wolf growled to the point of sneaking into my eyes. "You are so nefarious that your beast controls you completely."Dilon squeezed her neck viciously, and Circe began to cough in despair but was still smiling. It was obvious that my wolf detested her, so I tried to take control, but it was impossible for me. I saw how Circe's face lost color more and more, and it was Ariel who separated me from her."What did you do with my mate, your ungrateful bitch?" asked Dilon as Circe coughed and Ariel tried to be a shield for her.Looking into my eyes, she realized what was going on and shouted Dalia's name quickly."You have to take control, Alpha," Ariel said, and Dilon laughed.My wolf controlled my entire body at his whim; somehow, he had managed to completely displace me to take over. It was a suffocating and disgusting feeling, but one that my wolf cared little for."That asshole Stefan isn't here; I am, and if
StefanThe men looked at me with some fear.I couldn't change, but I didn't need to. On my own, I was strong, fast, and lethal. So I raised the whip to strike Circe across the face without mercy, and the terror in them was enough."We killed her," one of them said without hesitation. "We took her out of here almost dead in life, so we drove away and left her dead somewhere in the forest.""You're lying," I said in a hurry, and I swung at him. "My Omega is not dead.""She is," said another earnestly. "I swear to the Goddess she is; she was grave; we saw the mark of rejection, and the pain of it left her dying. The girl wasn't going to take much more, so we took her out and killed her for mercy. You can say what you want, but we did what we had to do. If she had held out any longer in the dungeon, she was still going to die because the damage from the broken connection is indescribable.""It's lies," I said immediately."It's not; you can consult the elders to tell you the consequences
AliceThe sorceresses returned, and so did my sanity; however, from the expressions on their faces, something was very wrong."What's wrong?" I asked calmly, and Val looked at me in a daze."We achieved the objective; however, one of the men we enchanted decided to attack us just at that instant, and seeing how the spell acts was somewhat shocking," she said, and I nodded."How did the humans take the situation?" I asked carefully."For what it is: a threat," the matriarch replied firmly. "If they hated us before, now they detest us to a pathological degree, so we have to be much more careful. They're going to hesitate about how to attack us, but when they find the perfect way to do it, they won't hesitate to come back. They are primal, stubborn beings who believe in themselves very much.""This isn't over," I said earnestly, and they nodded."It's just the beginning; the reality is that this is going for more, so we must strengthen everything."The sorceresses nodded at the matriarch
AliceJackson and I slept happily—so happily that we didn't notice the commotion outside. It wasn't until Bianca knocked on the door to the point of almost kicking it down that we emerged from our love nest."What's wrong?" I asked a little dizzily.Jackson opened the door, and my friend looked at me with surprise."They've attacked the last truck with the supplies Enya ordered," Bianca said, and my face went pale. "They have kidnapped one of the sorceresses they saw in it and killed the other one. That one they impaled and hung outside the entrance."My mouth fell open in disbelief, and fury surged through my veins.I ran out of the cabin with Jackson behind me.Both he and Bianca kept asking me to calm down, but it was impossible to do so. As I approached, I heard the collective cry of everyone and saw how they were gathered around looking at Mica, the girl who had been tortured. There were marks on her hands, and the matriarch was caressing them with tears in her eyes.The image of
AliceI was outside the sorceresses' healing room because I had become hysterical.There had been no way for me to contain myself properly; I was desperate about the whole situation. Jackson had been injured to the point of fainting, so I thought the worst.Calm down, Selene said desperately.How can you ask me to calm down if Jackson was injured?You have to; he's a strong man, and Alfie has the best life energy of all, enough to help me get mine back, so stop thinking nonsense.Selene's words were strong, but she was right, and Enya came over to me, urged me to sit down, and then took my hand."I have loved Jackson as if he were my own son, and I know how strong he is, so be very calm," she asked, and I couldn't refuse."It's very hard," I said with trepidation."You know what was hardest to watch?" she asked, and I shook my head. "When he found you, you were really bad. That day, Jackson felt he had lost what little hope he had left, but when you woke up, you gave it back to him, a
Alice"You're silly," I said and Bianca winked at me before walking away.Jackson came over, and I hugged him right away. I didn't want to get off of him, and for me to see him hurt was something I never wanted to witness again. I didn't have the desire, the heart, or the mood to deal with something like that again. I was strong, but not strong enough to live through it again."Stop thinking so much," he said, kissing me. "Better focus on what they're going to do today."When Val came over, she told me she had been notified by the matriarch, so between the two of us, we made all the necessary preparations for the locating spell. The ingredients were simple, but then I saw a chalice and a dagger different from the ones they usually use."Why are these different?" I asked curiously."Because the Goddess herself endowed them with ancestral magic, that means their truth is infallible and unique," Val said. "It was the one we used to find out who you really are."I opened my mouth in surpr
AliceI had too many questions in my head.More than I would have liked to admit, but I didn't feel like answering them right then and there. Jackson carried me and led me to the cabin. Mr. Fert wanted to approach, but my mate asked him to let me process the information so we could talk the next day.The problem was that I didn't know how to do that because my mind was a hotbed of ideas.Doubts about what had happened between my mother and father clouded my judgment to the point of collapse. When I awoke, Jackson kissed me on the forehead and asked how I was doing."I don't know," I said with some confusion. "I feel like there's part of my past that I'm never going to get back. And that feels unnatural."Just then, someone knocked on the door in a hurry, and Jackson came out to see. Then Mr. Fert's voice was heard in the living room."Is he all right?" asked Jackson. "He looks pretty bad.""It's just... The investigators have found something inside the damn town mayor's stuff, and I s
AliceStefan's parents were terrible, that would explain why they exploited you as a child and allowed the abuse, Selene said painfully.But Luna was kind to me.No, she was soft because she had remorse of conscience when you were left all alone, but she was a wretch who sweetened your ear with false compliments, said Selene.It is impossible, I know what I experienced with her.You couldn't understand or interpret what was going on because you were just a child, but the reality was that she used you for some strange or morbid reason. So, look beyond your good memories. The benevolence they had for you was nothing more than a way to cover up their sins. Read what your mother wrote, she had no reason to lie about it, least of all if she didn't know them, Selene said firmly.Then I opened the diary again with the feeling that my stomach was sick.The suffering I went through as I walked away from Alexander was horrible.The woman felt rage for what had happened, so she kept me prisoner
JacksonHaving five children was something of a blessing and a never-ending source of stress.The only one who was calm was Alia, the little 13-year-old, who was reading a book she found interesting. Meanwhile, Eris was arguing with Alexander, Marco, and Daniel. The three of them were teasing her after she had damaged a suitcase of dolls that she intended to use to go to college.“You're all assholes!” shouted Eris, fed up and storming out of the room.“Will you say anything to my brothers?” I asked Alia, who was a female version of me and I denied it.“No, I think someone else will,” I said and she smiled, knowing the answer.“Go apologize to your sister!” shooed Alice in annoyance as she looked at the triplets. “This prank was very heavy and your sister always has to pay for the broken dishes of your witticisms. This time they tried not only her patience, but mine.”“Mom—”“No words will do for me not to scold them,” Alice said angrily. “Your sister is going off to college soon and
AliceThe goddess' orders were clear, so we sorcerers prepared everything to travel to the South Pack immediately. The funny thing about it all was that the Goddess spoke in our minds to show us in detail the sacrificial ritual we were to perform.I didn't know how the goddess was able to project everything to us as she spoke to the rest of the room, but I knew that no matter what happened, we were going to keep her promises. The problem was that we didn't know exactly where the grotto was and Angel was the one who told the truth about it.“My informant is apprehended,” he said and we were all stunned when he communicated this as we were getting ready for the trip. “The informant on what was going on with the Omegas sacrifice is Ariel.”“Impossible,” Teo said. “He's Stefan's most loyal man.”“He wasn't, not until Stefan decided to make less of people and he understood that it was horrifying the kind of sacrifice they made,” Angel said.“I've seen with my own eyes how bad blood that gu
JacksonI knew what would happen at the meeting long before Alice arrived and I knew that would be the reaction I would get: absolute surprise. It was the same expression I had when the Alphas from the other packs, along with the leader of the warlocks and Marcel, told me hours before."That's not what I came here for," Alice said firmly, and I smiled.It was a classic response from her that, at that point, I could predict.And, to my dismay, Eris began to cry, highlighting a very important point of this whole mess, so I quickly went to her and when she felt me, she was quiet. Since I was singing nursery rhymes to her as my own energy, the little girl reacted very well to me. Somehow, I managed to calm the call and I was recognized as her father. The wonderful thing about that was that, apart from Alice, I was the only person with whom she really stayed calm.She feels at peace with you; you give her security, Alfie said happily.Knowing that filled me with happiness.After the war, A
AliceShe was blinded by grief.I had fulfilled the will of the Goddess to imprison Stefan after killing Dalia, but I was completely empty inside. I had a frustrating sense of pain as I felt that my mate was gone.After Stefan was taken away, I didn't care about anything but Jackson, so I stayed with him and tried to wake him up in every way I could, but he wouldn't wake up. I didn't feel his life energy and I was desperate. It was my grandfather, who had just arrived, who put a robe on me and tried to get me away from Jackson.“You have to let go and let him go,” my grandfather said in a low, condescending tone of voice. “You have to accept fate.”“If he's not there, I have no destiny,” I said forcefully. “I do whatever Goddess wants, whatever you want, but please don't take him away. I know he's somewhere; I know it.”I hugged Jackson tightly and then I heard someone running towards us.I saw Bella and when she saw me, she was surprised; it was a matter of a second before her face w
StefanThat bastard Jackson tried to kill me with his last volley of power, but I was able to get away in time. If I had held on to the handle of the dagger, he would have killed me on the spot. So I dropped him to the ground and cursed at the number of men he had killed with his energy. I had no idea he would be so powerful, but I was going to see to it that he didn't have the slightest chance of living another day.He seemed to be dead, but I didn't trust anything.“If your beast is that powerful, the only thing left for me to do is secure my future,” I said, pulling the dagger out of his chest.More blood began to flow from there and then I settled in to cut off his head and separate it from his body. I was ready to begin when I felt a ball of power hit me and send me flying through the air with force. That surprised me and separated me from the dagger that flew a few meters away from where I was.I was stunned as I stood up and turned to see who had dared to attack me.I realized
AliceThe matriarch and I went to get my daughter.There was nothing more important in the world than to take care of her no matter what; however, when we went through the emergency exit, we found a string of corpses of Northern Pack guards and sorceresses.That made me gasp in pain.“You have to be strong,” the matriarch said. “Don't look at them; just focus on what you need to focus on.”I nodded with tears in my eyes and we walked to the passageways Bella and Jackson had shown me earlier. They were one small tunnel that led into the forest; however, I noticed that they were sealed off and that didn't give me a good feeling.“Something bad is going on; the plan was for Bella to come out this way with the baby girl if something went wrong with the birth,” I said and the matriarch checked the wall.“It's sealed from the other side, so we'll have to break it with force.”With the renewed energy my daughter had given me, I knocked and broke through the wall to go toward the path. I noti
Jackson“What do you want us to do now, Alpha?” asked Delta, and I kept my eyes on Stefan.“I want you to seal everything, find the openings, and deal with whatever it is,” I said, firm. “He's going to get in by hook or by crook, so be ready for when the magic wards come down.”Gerard looked at me seriously and nodded.Val had explained to us what would happen during the delivery.She had approached discreetly as she watched Stefan hand out his men.It wasn't hard for me to understand that he already had an idea of where to go and what he would do. I was sure the witch was trying to sabotage the pack's magical guard. So I organized groups while we waited for help.I had the sense to send the SOS signal to the allies to let them know I was under attack, but I didn't count on them arriving in time, much less did I count on the East and West Pack allies appearing out of nowhere in the forest.I felt the atmosphere change and smelled the rotten, heavy magic.It had been something complete
Alice“We'll take Alice to Calve,” Enya said at once. “Keep that vermin of a man from even getting close or he'll find out what's going on.”Immense terror coursed through my body and I could only hope that help would not arrive too late. I saw Jackson tense up, but he didn't hesitate to kiss me and pull away to face Stefan. Then a great pain shot through me and Enya had two guards take me to the room Jackson had prepared for me and was still enabled so I could be okay.They fetched the midwife as well as the doctor, but I couldn't handle the great pain that was eating away at me. The tightness in my belly as well as the wrenching pain I felt in my hips was unbearable.Bella came into the room and looked at me firmly.“You are the strongest person I know on the planet,” my sister-in-law said. “So we're going to have that baby and we're going to get her to safety no matter what we have to do to make it happen.”That made me smile and then a new pain shot through me again and Glenda rus
StefanThe hours that passed after the discovery were like an adrenaline rush.Dalia used magic to enter my thoughts and then decided to cast a blood spell to find out if that girl was really mine and what kind of power she had. She doubted what had just happened.“We have to be sure,” Dalia said.“It's the safest thing to do,” Ariel said seriously. “A puppy call is the strongest thing about a werewolf. It's basically primal magic transporting you to your child to be claimed by your bloodline.”“If that's true, you have to check to see if indeed Stefan has a bloodline and what kind of power that girl might have,” Dalia said. “If she is a powerful she-wolf, she will serve the plans.”Ariel's expression of horror was unique and he looked at me as if Dalia was insane.“Are you going to let them use your baby in magic experiments?” my Beta asked and I nodded.“That child is my property; she's my blood and I do with her what I want,” I said and at that moment, Circe walked in with her face