Finally I finished the book! What a journey! I had to cut off some of the original outline because it was getting too long. But I WILL post some bonus chapters later about Sysiphus & Willa, one about Killian and if you are interested, some about Mathilda & Theo~ I really appreciate all you guys that accompanied me through this amazing journey! I will finish my other books and have new ones from here, see you!
Raymond has been working overnight for days.[Eve, why was the big bad wolf working late again last night? I miss him!] Willa nudges Evelyn in boredom, demanding. Like Evelyn missing Raymond, Willia misses Sysiphus and maybe more. The spell's breaking restored the memory of Scarlett, James and Raymond, and Evelyn suddenly got all her family and friends back with no life-threatening risk hanging over her head.But that isn't the case for Willa. She is clean like a newborn baby and the only one she knows now is Sysiphus. Not to mention, Sysiphus adores Willa like no one else. Willa would only talk to him and Evelyn, not even Raymond.Things were so great for a month or two after Sysiphus marked Evelyn, but then he suddenly got busy, and so did everyone else. Though they see each other at breakfast, that had been their only chance to see each other in a whole day.[I'm sure we can see him tonight, it's Friday after all,] Evelyn rubs her forehead, getting a headache from the baby that had
The days following her kiss with the Alpha were like a dream to Evelyn. The sudden news of a wedding stunned everyone— The mateless Alpha is getting married?! With a wolfless no less?! After a long struggle, Evelyn accepted Raymond's proposal-- Even if she wasn't Raymond's true mate, it wouldn't matter because no wolf in the whole world could recognize Sysiphus's as their mate right now. Evelyn's spell made sure of that. So he has a true mate somewhere, so what? He loved Evelyn! That's all that mattered...right? Evelyn didn't ignore the fact that Raymond never mentioned about marking her. She had to admit that she did worry that Raymond's real mate would appear one day. She was stealing again. Ever since she was switched at birth, she had been stealing. She stole a mom from a poor little girl who died without ever knowing who her real mom was; she stole the best family from Ava, who was taken by Evelyn's real mom when they were born. And now she's stealing Raymond, from his
Raymond rose his eyebrow in surprise, seeing how relaxed Evelyn was under his alpha aura -- Few werewolves can do that, let alone a human girl -- he couldn't sense the existance of a wolf in Evelyn. In suspicion of her species, he leaned in to take a better sniff of her, but to his surprise, that seemed to have startled her more than him using his alpha aura -- Evelyn flinched aback, staring at him like a scared kitten. He could hear her heartbeat rocketing high.He smirked at her nervousness with satisfaction."So," Raymond pulled back leisurely, "You were just gambling with an empty guess when you mentioned a deal about a school? Very bold."He only fell for it becuase he did just signed a new school contract, but few should know about it, let alone a human nobody!"It WAS a guess," Evelyn nodded, keeping her distance from him, "but I wasn't gambling."Raymond cocked an eyebrow."Forks University, established in March this year on the best piece of green land on Long Beach by a not
"I didn't!" Evelyn yelps in shock, panicking for the first time after she approached him, "What's wrong? Are you feeling sick?"Raymond narrowed his eyes, trying to tell whether Evelyn was telling the truth, but his eyes were losing focus--He wasn't sick.He knew exactly what was happening -- he was drugged, drugged with black tulip, the strongest sex drug there is for werewolves!Evelyn reached out to support him, but he slapped her hand away as he stumbled to the hallway."Wait--" Evelyn followed him worriedly as she pulled out her phone to call for an ambulance, but Raymond grabbed it from her before he growled--"Leave!"Evelyn trembled at the outburst of his alpha aura and froze where she was as Raymond disappeared into the hallway. She stood there for a while with her eyebrows twisted together--He was drugged. That much she could figure out by now.But how?She knew she didn't slip him anything, but Raymond was alright way after EVERYONE left the box, and he didn't drunk anythi
Raymond growled in pain as he flipped off her.Still shaken, Evelyn added a really unnecessary layer of protection -- with a hard kick in the chest, she pushed him off to the ground.Guess the thought of marking was now out of his head, based on the drawling groan that was coming from the ground.Evelyn grabbed her clothes and escaped into the bathroom with her heart pounding in her chest. The lingering fear of almost getting marked by Raymond was so overwhelming that she barely noticed that the light was casting her naked figure perfectly on the frosted glass of a "wall" of the bathroom.Raymond's mind finally cleared up after the pain faded from "wanting to die" to "barely tolerable". A cloud of frustration is suffocating him in his chest due to such a humiliating attack, but realizing what he almost did, Raymond's gratitude overcame his anger.Alpha Raymond doesn't have a mate. And even if he does, that mate certainly can't be some random girl that happened to walk into his room whe
Though it was an hour's walk home, Evelyn chose the hike instead of a cab.She wasn't exactly feeling "homey" at the moment.She always knew her bio mother didn't love her as much as she loved her switched-at-birth sister, but Evelyn didn't know there was a small part of her that was still hoping Sarah had SOME love for her as well.At least enough to not willingly send her to death.Guess that was too luxurious a hope.She WAS curious why her bio parents suddenly came looking for her a few months ago. After knowing that Evelyn had been an orphan since she was ten, they took her back.Now she lost even the tiny shred of curiosity. Whatever the reason was, it wasn't because they loved her.She was still an orphan, through and through.Tired and melancholy, Evelyn sat down by the curb, staring at the pen in her hand.The inky fingerprints of Raymond were vivid, laughing in Evelyn's face.They were the evidence that signed her death warrant -- the evidence that her mother wanted her dead.
"I'm really sorry, Alpha," Standing straight under duress, Theo lowered his head in Raymond's office.With a teasing smirk, Raymond played a pen silently between his fingers leisurely, his legs propped on the table. But knowing Raymond well, Theo knew a furiuos wrath was waiting for him."Alpha?" After a few minutes of long, silent torment, Theo couldn't handle the pressure and opened his mouth again. He was expecting Raymond to be furious before he came in, after all, he failed to find the crucial evidence -- the pen, to confirm Evelyn's crime, and on top of that, he failed to catch Evelyn, too.But Raymond's silent smile scared him much more than his wrath.Theo had never seen Raymond like that, and he was seriously considering the possibility that Raymond lost it because he was too mad."So, she took the pen," Raymond finally opened his mouth, still twisting the pen playfully, "You know her name, you know her address, so what's stopping you from getting it?""Evelyn Stone, yes," Th
Evelyn glanced back at Victoria, and Raymond's eyes followed her movements. "I see you have made your name everywhere, apparently." Raymond cocked an eyebrow with detest in his eyes. His fingers left red marks on Evelyn's wrist as she struggled in vain."I thought you were smarter than to take the words of people like Victoria Foster," Evelyn shook her head with disappointment.Raymond frowned at her calm tone.His people had been searching for her for the past couple of days, but she didn't look like someone in hiding who just got caught by a fearful enemy. She wasn't in hiding. Evelyn had noticed some unfriendly attention after she left the Whites, but has been dealing with ill intentions all her life, she was good at protecting herself. She just didn't know they were Raymond's men."And I thought you were smarter than to show yourself in front of me ever again," Voice cold as ice, Raymond sneered back before he nodded lightly at Victoria, "it looks like you are not very good at h
Raymond has been working overnight for days.[Eve, why was the big bad wolf working late again last night? I miss him!] Willa nudges Evelyn in boredom, demanding. Like Evelyn missing Raymond, Willia misses Sysiphus and maybe more. The spell's breaking restored the memory of Scarlett, James and Raymond, and Evelyn suddenly got all her family and friends back with no life-threatening risk hanging over her head.But that isn't the case for Willa. She is clean like a newborn baby and the only one she knows now is Sysiphus. Not to mention, Sysiphus adores Willa like no one else. Willa would only talk to him and Evelyn, not even Raymond.Things were so great for a month or two after Sysiphus marked Evelyn, but then he suddenly got busy, and so did everyone else. Though they see each other at breakfast, that had been their only chance to see each other in a whole day.[I'm sure we can see him tonight, it's Friday after all,] Evelyn rubs her forehead, getting a headache from the baby that had
Raymond came early.He didn't dare take more people against Killian's request, but he sent men to monitor all the mages in the city when he came to the warehouse hours early and lurked around. When it was reported to him that several important members of the coven disappeared, he knew something was wrong.So he woke up Sysiphus and came close to the house, only in time to hear Killian's words.Killian: "I can explain..."But Sysiphus wasn't in the mood to hear.[You can't go in rage right now!] Raymond was watching Sysiphus carefully in his mind, ready to take control at any moment, [I told you she would be in a bad condition, and you--][I have learned my lesson, Raymond, I won't lose it. I went into deep sleep because I was worried about the witch's mate bond spell, but not now when I see my mate with my own eyes.] Sysiphus answered calmly, his eyes landing gently on the white wolf floating in the air.The shade of cocky that had always been in his voice was gone, replaced by an earn
Killian persuaded Ava to use the same warehouse where she peeled off Mathilda's wolf.He saw real fear in Ava's eyes and he knew to Ava, the moon goddess truly existed and that Ava really believed she wouldn't be protected in that warehouse by her goddess.But why stains two places on the earth when she obviously enjoyed peeling off wolves, right? She might do more in the future. This logic persuaded Ava.Right now there they were. Ava and Killian, standing in the dusty, empty, abandoned warehouse, with Evelyn between them in a magic bubble, covered in burnt scars, barely alive.There was only one beam of moonlight throw the window, and Killian put Evelyn right under it.Ava kept her distance -- she had developed a moonlight-phobia since Mathilda. Killian glanced at his watch before he bowed to Ava: "Would you want me to do the honor?"Ava shook her head. It was so scary last time, and she couldn't even imagine how she pulled that off all on her own. But this time she felt a frantic
For four days straight Evelyn was kept in a magic bubble, naked.Fire would burn her skin crispy before ice froze her limbs. Then again, and again. Until she was at the edge of death, and that was when the mage guarding her would heal her wounds to prevent her death.And then a new cycle of fire and ice.Every day Ava would come visit Evelyn with only one question: where is your totem?Ava saw Evelyn's power. It was a much more pure and strong magic than anything Ava had ever seen. Maybe Killian's was stronger, but his power wasn't as pure.Ava wanted Evelyn's power. She had been stealing from Evelyn all her life -- she stole Evelyn's mother, father, identity...Everything! Why not this one more thing? Sara stole Scarlett's power successfully!But Evelyn wouldn't budge. Even at the edge of death she never begged. There were a few times when Evelyn tried to take her own life, and Ava had to add more men on guard just so they wouldn't kill Evelyn by accident.Evelyn really wanted death.
Midnight, a warehouse.Killian stood in the darkest corner of the warehouse where Mathilda's wolf was peeled off her, waiting.Raymond slipped a piece of paper into his collar when Raymond grabbed his collar before punching him in the face. He only realized that when Raymond patted over it. On the note were these words--[Midnight, THE warehouse]Even now Killian was still shocked at how far Raymond really could see.Raymond saw through Ava's whole plan when he didn't even have magic! He tricked everyone when he accused Ava of the crimes Evelyn was supposed to have done, so they all thought Raymond was only there to clear Evelyn's name when--What Raymond wanted was to meet Killian without anyone's attention!The depth of Raymond's plan made Killian's blood run cold. Once again he felt fear for what an awful enemy Raymond would be.No doors moved, nor any windows. But suddenly Raymond walked out from a shadow into the center of the room. His head held up high and he was looking at the
Ava never loved Raymond, but it didn't mean that she didn't want to conquer him. The man who every girl in the city admired, how could Ava not want him?! But all he ever gave her was insult and humiliation! Finally she got power and she even stole Evelyn from him, but this man just wouldn't submit in front of her! How dare he?!"You kill me now without me accepting your rejection, then you can never have another mate in your life," Raymond threatened with a serious tone, but instead of looking worried, Ava lay back with a cocky smile.Raymond curved his lips."What are you laughing at?!" Ava's face twisted -- the annoying Alpha! She hated his arrogant confidence!"I'm laughing at how simple you are. It's so easy to read you," Raymond shook his head slowly, taunting Ava with a smirk, "I just threatened you with a life of no mate, yet you don't look afraid at all. You should at least act, because now I know--"Ava held her breath without realizing it because she was nervous that Raymon
Raymond finally woke up on the fifth day after Sysiphus went in rage.Mathilda dropped the glass in her hand when she noticed his finger twitching: "Raymond? Raymond! Oh my God! Someone! He's awake!!!"James came first, followed by Emma and Scarlett. Theo was called to the Alpha house later that day, but Mathilda didn't let him in until Raymond's mind cleared up late in the afternoon.Raymond wasn't in a good shape though--Sysiphus was still in rage, trapped in deep sleep. Sysiphus was hurt too badly and couldn't wake up, but somehow he managed to give control before he went into deep sleep to heal. Or else Raymond couldn't have woken up yet."Where is Evelyn?" Raymond asked James, his tone calm with a shade of desperation.He knew a lot of horrible things would have been happening to Evelyn while he was trapped, but he had to face it.Sysiphus took the most hit, yes, but Raymond was the one suffering the most. He saw through the situation earlier than anyone, and yet he was trapped
Suffered through so much: getting a rejection, refusing a rejection, and then watching his beloved little sister suffering the devastating scar, but none of them hurt Sysiphus more than Evelyn's few simple words.Evelyn didn't expect that in the end, it was her own words that pushed Sysiphus into rage!Bursting into a painful growl, Sysiphus lost it and shifted under rage. He charged in Evelyn's direction and instantly everyone reacted. The mages shot all colors of beams at him while his own wolves followed him and tried to stop their Alpha -- their most powerful warrior in rage.Of course they failed.Werewolves flew out from Sysiphus's hits like leaves in the autumn winds, and the beams shot by the mages didn't seem to even get Sysiphus's attention.With a loud growl, James shifted the same time Sysiphus did and jumped in front of Evelyn and finally he stopped Sysiphus inches before Sysiphus could reach Evelyn.[Leave! He can't think!] James mindlinked Evelyn, [He could hurt anyone
Evelyn froze where she was before anger burst into flames in her chest."You did what?!" Evelyn hissed under her breath, not sure if she heard Ava right. Her voice and her body shook under anger, too. She knew Ava was evil, but she never thought Ava would commit the worst crime there is!Peeling off the wolf spirit from a werewolf! It's like castrating a soldier captured in a war, like raping an underage girl in front of her family. You don't do that, not even in a war!How dare she?!Tears of pain burned Evelyn's eyes, and for the first time in her life she felt the urge to kill. She wanted Ava dead! She wanted to see regret and horror in those vicious laughing eyes and she wanted to inflict pain!Ridiculous that Ava did all this just to reveal that she had magic, but if that was what Ava wanted, then fine! Evelyn raised bother her palms and walked up to face Ava, like the death goddess with the power of life and death in her hands!Ava curved her lips, but she avoided Evelyn -- she