StefanIt became clear to me that the Northern Pack was not going to respond as quickly as I thought, but I calmed down enough to be patient. Then Dalia smiled and approached me happily.“I've found another way to get the spells we need,” she said with a very happy smile and Ariel shook her head, as if she knew what she was talking about. “I saved the blood of the slave girls we discarded and it happens to feed something on the other side of the energy veil.”I frowned.“What about all the ingredients and astronomical events needed to achieve spell stability?” I asked and she smiled.“That's a thing of the past, now I have direct communication with the other side of the magical veil and I can do a direct energy exchange without us having to sacrifice ours,” she said and that left me with my mouth hanging open. “But it comes at a price.”“Sacrificing Omegas and I'm against that. They are part of our chain of power and hierarchy, they do the necessary jobs for the whole pack,” Ariel sai
Jackson“It can't be,” said the wizards who were present.Both the matriarch and the rest of the wizards looked completely horrified. Something in their faces was completely unhinged, as if they understood the dimension of what was happening. Only their leader, Jacob, was in control.Without hesitation, I asked them, “Do you know what this is about?” “Forbidden.”Was the word used by the matriarch and leader, Jacob.Marcel watched them with some pity, but he was the one who decided to answer the question properly.“It's called Onyx magic,” Marcel said and we all turned our attention to him. “It is a magic that is practiced in places where the veil of energy is broken and transports to dimensions where there are completely dangerous creatures. Creatures we don't know about because the gods vetoed from our land because they were a completely unhealthy plague.”The matriarch nodded and the sorcerer watched in disbelief.“How do you know so much about this?” asked Jacob in dismay. “We ar
AliceThe matriarch was in a bad way.Not only did she feel guilty, but she felt responsible and that made her try much harder than usual to the point of energy exhaustion. I had to send her to sleep after she joined the groups to make as many Onyx stone charms as possible.As the days passed, the tension was great, and the hermeticism continued in the Southern Pack. The information from the wizards, the vampires, and our own intelligence team was varied; however, they only agreed on a couple of things, and that was that Stefan was controlling the wolves with magic.The reactions to the fact that he himself was a conduit of magic were bad.For the first time, I managed to see some fear on the faces of the Cuburua sorceresses, which was not a normal thing. I knew they were brave, organized women who feared nothing, but if they were afraid of that, it didn't bode well.“Are you okay?” asked Jackson as we lay down on the bed. “How's your back pain still?”"The pain is the same, but I fee
AliceAfter Marcel's recommendation, Jackson wanted to put me in a glass box.His concern was wonderful, but the extreme care made me want to pull my hair out immediately and I was tired of it. His overprotectiveness was adorable, but there were no limits.“Go help with the loads,” I said, annoyed. “I'll be fine with the matriarch here by my side.”“But right now you're going to get up to—”“Go,” I said in a much harsher tone of voice.Jackson sighed, but helped load the boxes and line them up so that finally both myself and the matriarch, with the help of the sorceresses, did the protection spell. When everything was ready, we all stood barefoot and exchanged the energy of the earth."Hail, os rogier!”We repeated the request for protection until the light of magic bathed each and every onyx stone. It was a beautiful thing to see, but at the same time it was something that made me a little weak, so Jackson didn't hesitate to take me in his arms when we were done and carry me off to s
JacksonHearing what Stefan could do made me boil with fury.I felt like my blood was hot lava recirculating throughout my body. There was no more logical comparison than that, so I had to take a deep breath to keep from exploding like I wanted to.The wretch wasn't playing fair, so I couldn't help but take this much more personally than it already was. One of my greatest pleasures would be to kill the bastard with my bare hands.“You guys, okay?” I asked the Alpha of the Central Pack. “Do you need more support or anything?”“No, we withstood the attack very well, so well that he is surely going to rethink his next moves; now he knows we have knowledge of how to counterattack their magic, so they will be more cautious about attacking us; however, I would not let my guard down because he is able to feel out if it is a matter of one pack or all of them. As long as we don't know how informed he is of our pact, we can only assume what he would want to do.”“It's not going to take him long
StefanPower was pleasurable.There was nothing better than feeling power and watching the wolves follow my orders without complaint was a complete adventure. I was so determined to test my plans; I created a plan to see if the Central Pack would cave in.“Are you sure you want to do that?” asked Ariel. “Still no change in weapons; maybe if we wait a little longer, we can subdue them completely.”“Coercion is all I need to accomplish what I want, so send one of the best groups to lead the attack and kidnap their family,” I said, amused. “I want to see how long that arrogant Alpha is able to take to come begging for mercy. So, I'll use that wild card so I can manipulate him and you finally use his troops. Like it or not, he has the might to compete with the Northern Pack, and I know that, if I add more wolves to my ranks, I'm assured of a win.”“I still doubt the plan,” Ariel said and I looked at him wearily. “It is very good and well-armed, but we do not fully know their defenses. The
AliceSomething was wrong.I didn't know exactly what, but I couldn't feel it in my veins or in the way my family was carefully acting through me. It felt like we were back to the time when I was completely unaware of what was going on and everyone was trying to take care of the information bomb falling on me.Do you think something is going on?I think there's too much going on, Selene said cryptically.I'm not for the nonsense of omission; I just want to know what's going on with everyone. It's like they have some kind of veil now when it comes to telling me things. I didn't notice it before, but now I do.It's good to see that you can see it, but the reality is that I'm the same as you. I'm puzzled about what's going on beyond understanding that too many things are going on at the same time, Selene said carefully.You don't think I'm the one overreacting?I don't know. I see that there is a lot of tension and maybe there is care for you because you are pregnant, which is the realit
Alice“The potion is ready,” Glenda said as we were eating lunch and I nodded.I set my plate aside and both Jackson and Angel got up at the same time I did. They both looked completely serious, so I saw Glenda look a little self-conscious.“I already explained how it works, so you're going to be with me for the interrogation,” I said and she nodded. “It won't be a pretty sight to see and even though I know you're one of Cuburua's best warriors, maybe what you hear or see will be completely out of the mold.”“Don't worry, I understand what's going on,” Glenda said.We went to the cells and I noticed that the prisoner hadn't slept because of the dark circles under his eyes. The aconite nullified his wolf powers, so his human characteristics were all he had left and it was clear he wasn't having a good time.Angel reached for something and then shot some kind of dart at him that made the prisoner curse; that's how guards came in and chained him from the ceiling, then grabbed him and ope
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