Neil’s POVI knew exactly what I was doing when I gave Alice the necklace. Thank God her pack was as open minded as mine was, so getting to a witch was not that difficult. The hardest part was to explain why I would need the necklace to contain my smell, so I had to come up with a story.As my Beta so kindly reminded me, Alice would be a target of every Alpha male desires tonight if she did not have a smell of a male on her, or a mate mark that would let everyone know she was off the market.Since she was not willing to accept me yet as her mate, my only other option was to make sure she was cowered with my smell. At first, I could not think of any idea but than it just clicked while I was walking around the castle and stumbled upon witches’ wing. So, I ran to the nearby market and bought a necklace that had stones the same color as her eyes were so I knew she would find it hard to resist. And since I was her mate, she would not find it weird that she smelled me as long as I was the o
Alice’s POVWell, the whole dinner was as expected and full of unexpected at the same time if that makes any sense. I was expecting people to rebel against the fact that I am a woman and an Alpha, but at the same time as the male population was shocked in a bad way, I could see all the female population looking at me with shock and kind of admiration.Now the unexpected part was when Neil stepped on the podium next to me and defended my or technically my pack and my honor but at the same time did not brag with the fact that I was his mate or anything like that. I was also surprised when I realized how much he knew about my past and present life.So, the rest of dinner went by without a hitch and no one else dared be disrespectful to me or my people, I guess they managed to put two and two together and realized I could ruin them without a problem, especially since Neil was on my side and his pack was known to be as dangerous as ours.Now it was time for talking and dancing, maybe makin
Neil’s POV “Ryan! Get your ass out of the ballroom this second! I am waiting by the front door!” Sometimes I was really glad to be a werewolf, so I had the ability to use the mind link, like right now. I know I must look like a complete douchebag for running out of the ballroom and leaving Alice standing on the dance floor all on her own, but honestly, I was pretty much on autopilot. Not even a moment passed when my Beta showed up next to me and not even breathing hard, so I guess he was following me before I even mind liked him, “What is going on Neil? You never sound frantic, but a moment ago I could swear there was a hint of panic in your voice.” Well, pretty much there was no argument for me to tell him on that note, because I truly was panicking inside my head. In a way everything would make so much more sense if my suspicions were correct but on the other hand it just complicates everything. I can remember all my dreams vividly. They were speaking about a woman it would be har
Alice’s POVNo! fucking no, no and once again no! this can nit be true! No one ever cared for me, and I doubt this man standing in front of me could be any different…But as I looked at him cautiously, I could not lie to myself. He looked sincere. And he most definitely looked troubled by the things he just admitted out loud.I knew that as an Alpha female I was going to be in danger my whole life, my father knew as well so he prepared me for the life I would be living extremely well. Even though my mother was always against me training and gaining strength, my father always found a way to make sure I was in good shape and knew how to defend myself. After the attack that my mother arranged it also made sense why she was against me training. But I was glad my father loved to go against her wishes. I always thought maybe he liked to provoke her but lately I started thinking, maybe he always knew about her evil side and that was why he made sure I was ready to take over the pack even tho
Neil’s POVAll around me there was screaming, running, shouting… I was still standing where we were a few moments ago with Alice and the moment that screaming began my wolf started yelling in my head that I was an imbecilic and I should locate Alice right this moment, so as an obedient human I did just that, started trailing behind her lingering smell.I knew I was getting closer to her because her smell was getting stronger, and from nowhere a smell of rotten flesh suddenly hit me. Rogues! The moment I smelled them I started running. If I could smell them, that meant my mate was in danger, most likely surrounded by a group of them. Now I know she did not get her name for nothing, but still it was my job to protect her and keep her safe.Realization hit me that I was pretty close to the border and even though I was worried about my mate, I could still not help it but wonder what she was doing so close to the border. I rounded a few more trees and suddenly she came into view, but she w
Alice’s POVTo be honest I had no idea what overcame me, but the voice that could be heard from me was actually not mine. Well, that is not true. It was mine but it was different from my normal voice. And I did not feel like myself either. It was as if I was sharing my body and soul with someone else.As soon as the thought entered my mind, I realized what was going on. It was Lily taking charge of the situation. She was a proud wolf, and this kind of disobedience really threw her right into a state of being pissed off.“You are a bunch of ungrateful spoiled Mood Goodes’s children! She sent you a savior, the strongest of them all! And what did you do? You used my powers and my kindness and now you want to stab me in the back simply because I am a woman?! You forgot that every last one of you was made by woman’s hands!” at my words, well, Lily’s words, all around the room could be heard murmuring. It looked like she was getting to them, and they were finally thinking about what she sai
Neil’s POVI am trying to understand this weird turn of events, I really am.First, I was trying to find my mate really fucking hard but was unable to find her. Then I stopped looking and I found her. I was trying to uncover the secret of the mysterious ruthless Alpha princess and once I found her, she first turned out to be my mate, her wolf is the one that is haunting all my dreams and now I get to see her in all her ruthless glory.Now if you ask me if this turn of events is good luck or bad luck, my answer would be, I have no fucking clue. Maybe after a few hours or maybe even days I would be able to give you an answer but right now I was both worried for my mate and in awe at the same time of her courage, fearlessness, and elegance on the battlefield. Do not get me started on those pink things she was wearing and were making all her curves so much more evident.She was a really magnificent woman and so was her wolf, Lily.As I kept my eyes on my mate, I realized how stupid I was
Alice’s POVI could fell some kind of a weird power coursing through me when I was stabbing Alpha Alexander, since no one else could tell me what it was and there was no way I could explain it to anyone I decided to ask the only other being that knew what I was feeling, “Lily. What is going on with us?”At first, she just chuckled and for a moment I thought that my wolf went crazy, but then she answered my question and somehow calmed me, “You can feel the pride your mate feels through the mate bond. Because he is so close and you are resisting the mate bond, the feelings are getting stronger. So, whatever we are feeling and does not feel as usual, will most likely mean it is coming from our mate.”Right. Pride. But he was against the fight in the first place, or was he? I looked down at the whimpering Alpha who was lying at my feet sobbing like a little baby once more and decided I tortured him enough. For now. I looked around the people that were surrounding the training grounds and
Alice’s POVWell, my past week has definitely been different than I expected. After all I thought I would be kept captive by my mother and her husband but here I am as free as a bird on the branch as long as I stay inside the boundaries of the camp where Sienna has brought me.All the witches here are nice, maybe it has to do with my future that they claim they have seen but mostly I feel like they are genuinely nice. But the number still surprised me. There were rumors that witches were almost extinct, but I am living in a camp full of witches and I am speaking about hundreds of them living right in front of our noses and hiding in plain sight.But honestly, I miss my pack, I miss Jessy and Ash, but mostly I miss Neil. I know Sienna assured me that they told him nothing had happened to me, but still. I already felt bad because I ran away from him, now to top it all off I am in an unknown territory and relying on their honesty. Neil was on my mind constantly. Sure, he was my mate, but
Neil’s POV“Fucking find her right now!” why was it so hard to follow my orders? I know I was not thinking with a clear head right now but guess what? I do not give a flying fuck! I want to find my mate already! As if they do not understand she could get hurt in the next moment, or maybe they have already hurt her! And what are we doing? We are just sitting around in her pack house and talking about plans and possibilities, we are still looking for a witch to help us find her, because Alice managed to hide her scent as soon as she left the pack territory.So now I was freaking out and since I was an Alpha, I could not allow myself to show how vulnerable I was at the moment, so instead of having a pity party or freaking out I was rather yelling at everyone and pretty much I was acting like a huge asshole.“Calm down Neil. We are doing everything in our power to bring her back. Do not forget she is my best friend and also my Alpha, so believe me when I tell you I am doing my best and so
Alice’s POVHave you ever realized how scary everything gets when you know you are in danger, and you are facing it on your own? Without any back up plan, no way out, like a caged animal. I was all alone in this forest, and I think for the first time since I had to take over as the leader of our pack, I was truly scared, “You are not completely alone though Alice.” Lily whispered in my head, and I had to admit it at least to myself, that it did feel better knowing she was with me. Even though she was still pissed at me, “I am not pissed. Just hurt. We just found our mate and you left him behind. I can feel how much pain Zane is feeling. He feels betrayed and he has every right you know.”Sometimes it was not easy to share your thoughts with your wolf, but I would rather have her intrude on my thoughts than be without her. She had a point, and I knew it. We hurt Neil and Zane, but in my opinion, it was the best scenario for everyone, “You know as well as I, that it had to be done. I wi
Neil’s POVMy eyes were still closed as if I was sleeping, but I could feel it deep inside my heart that something just was not right. My hand instinctively reached at the other side of the bed, in hope to find Alice there, but the place next to me was empty and cold. I jumped up right, and my eyes were suddenly wide open. Where was Alice?Panic started squeezing my heart and I could just feel it I could turn around the whole pack territory, but I would not find Alice anywhere.“Ryan! I do not care what you are doing at the moment, gather everyone and look for Alice through the whole territory right now!” I shouted through the mind link at my beta. I know it was not his fault whatever was going on but right now I just needed to shout at someone so I could feel better.Even Rryan could hear the panic in my voice because he answered in a second, “On it Alpha.” And I knew everything was put into capable hands, but I had to do so much as well, so I went into the closet and got dressed. My
Alice’s POVI could hear growls of angry wolves close behind me while I ran as fast as my feet would carry me through the forest. I could feel my muscles were getting tired, but I could not afford to take a break or slow down, they were getting closer as it was. Running full speed was in a human form not fast enough for my trackers since they were in wolf form. Once again, I tried to reach Lily, “Lily? Please answer me. Damn it! I need you!”Suddenly every other noise disappeared, except one voice, “Come to me willingly darling, or your dreams might just become reality and I will have to take your wolf away from you.” I knew that voice from somewhere… but from where?“Who are you, and what do you want from me?!” I yelled into the empty forest that was surrounding me. The other person chuckled, but it was not a pleasant sound, since the chuckle was full of malice and evil, “Oh darling. I have told you already yesterday when we met.” With those words everything went silent around me for
Neil’s POV“Did I tell you that you are beautiful?” Alice chuckled lightly while she kept drawing circles all over my chest with her finger, “I think you did about a dozen times in the past thirty minutes.” And she was probably right. After three more rounds of foreplay and hot sex we finally decided to take a break, so now we were cuddling together, with her head on my chest and her hand drawing circles, everything together combined with the sparks of the bond and her scent was calming me down like nothing ever before in my life did, not even my mother’s touch when I was younger.As much as I hated to ruin the calmness that fell around us, we had some things to discus, “What are we going to do about my brother and your mother?” surprisingly though she just exhaled a loud, tired sigh, “I have no idea, Neil. First of all, I need to know if you still love your brother in any kind of way. Then we can make any kind of plan. I need to know what our end goal is here, and also make sure we a
Alice’s POVOne moment I was starting to panic, and my powers were already starting to show their evil claws, which happened only when I was not in control of my emotions and the next thing, I knew the panic was gone and in its wake was passion which was caused by Neil’s lips on mine.What was the problem a few moments ago exactly? Right now, I have difficulty remembering what I was even panicking about. All I could think about was Neil’s lips on mine and all the things we could be doing far less innocent than kissing, even though our kiss was far from innocent if I was being honest. Surprisingly nothing caught fire from the burning desire and sparks flying all around us, well metaphorically speaking of course.He was not even touching me in all the places I needed him most, but I was burning from inside out, and he needed to do something about it like yesterday!“Neil, I need you, right fucking now please.” And what did the bastard do? He chuckled! He fucking chuckled! I was dying fr
Neil’s POVFrom the moment we parted ways with Alice, so she could go to her brother, I was pacing my room and expressing just how pissed I was because of my brother and his sudden appearance. Probably Ryan was sick of my moaning by now but honestly, I just could not give a fuck about it right now. I just needed to get everything off my chest, “Why now?! Just when I was starting to gain her trust! She was finally ready to accept me as her mate and for the first time since I lost my mother, I was convinced a happy ever after was possible even for a heartless monster like me. But fate had to play one last trick on me and ruin everything when he showed up! How am I supposed to tell her that I had nothing to do with the plan that her mother planned and that wiped out almost all her pack together with her father?! I was not on it, and you know it, I know it, but she does not and somehow, I have a feeling I would have to try really hard to prove that fact to her! All I want is my mate and t
Alice’s POVHours have passed since the weird midnight encounter, I had with my mother and I have no idea, brother in law and my step father all in one? What the fuck?! In what kind of a universe am I living?But believe it or not, those kind of thoughts were just fleeting through my mind, what bugged me the most was the weird sense of power that overcame me when I attacked mother. I have never felt something like that and it felt like I was not in control of my body at all, and that is what scares me the most and made me hide from my mate in my brother’s room with Jessy waking for him to wake up. Well, I was also looking forward to see my brother awake after all this time of course, but it was a good excuse to not have to face Neil just yet. Just when I thought I could get on with my life, open my arms and heart completely to my mate, something had to come up and destroy all my hard work to move in the positive direction.It has been like that all my life. As soon as I felt like all