30 MINUTES EARLIER…HENRY “I’ve done everything you wanted me to, Lilith. It’s your turn now.”She came closer, smirking as her fingers played with each other. Her presence choked me and I wanted to strangle her to death but that would be instant death for me. I must think.“The deal is broken. We are detached,” she said.“You didn’t acknowledge my first statement,” I reminded.“Why so keen, Hen? She’ll arrive.”“I need her now,” I roared with a tied tongue, pinching myself so I wouldn’t do something stupid.She stopped at a small table at the center, and sitting on this same table was a bowl of white powder. Her fingers encircled in this white powder, and as she did, it made her paler and she seemed to be getting addicted to it… until she pulled away.“Someone is deep in love. Deep deep in love. I know how you feel.”I scoffed. “I’ll hardly call that love,” I muttered to myself. “And I’ve been patient enough. If you know how I feel then bring her back to me.”Her red eyes rolled and
KATRINA While I watched what was happening, I tried to break the silver bracelets that the demon had cursed on my hands and legs, but the more I tried, the more it got worse and it annoyed the hell out of me.“Where is Katrina?!” Kane’s prevailing voice echoed in the cave and he was a different wolf from the partly comedic and frisky Kane I had gotten to know. He was unnerved and I could feel his angry aura all the way here.Cannon had a gun pointed at the demon but Ian held a sword with another one behind his back while Kane directed a different-looking sword at her.She raised her hands in the air, trying to take a step back but shook when Cannon shot a bullet next to her ear.“Move and this goes into your head!” I could feel his fuming aura too, but there was something personal and choking about it. A crowd of Sigmas swarmed out of the entrance and stayed behind them, each aiming a deadly weapon at Lilith. I though
KATRINA“Where was she when you came begging to me, asking for help, and ready to do anything!”“Lilith…” he whispered, lowering the gun but she still kept her sword at him.“Don’t call my name backstabber! I should kill her right now!” She turned to me but I was already on my feet, my bullet claws ready to attack her. The gun clicked and Lilith hissed, turning back to Cannon. “You wouldn’t dare shoot me.”Cannon’s gaze was fixed on her forehead and his fingers fiddled with the trigger of the gun. “If you don’t dare touch her.”Lilith laughed and dropped the sword, raising her hands in the air in the same bothersome way she did last time. “Wow, I had no idea that a little mate bond could have this much effect on you.”Cannon scoffed, holding the gun tight as I watched them suspiciously. I had so many questions and a bad feeling that Cannon had something to do with all this.‘Ya think?’Cannon took slow steps tow
IANThe war was f*cking crazy. Agmarbhs were bouting from every corner and they’d wiped out almost half of our Sigmas. Good news was that more agmarbhs were dying than wolves.While I fought one off with my sword, another jumped in and grabbed my sword by its teeth. I pulled out my gun and shot the previous one in its head, trying to free my sword from the other monster’s mouth.Sturdily, I moved it closer to me with a single pull and raised my leg to its face, kicking it hard. It was forced back and I used the opportunity to rip its head apart.Just as I was reloading my gun, one unsuspecting beast attacked me from behind and tried to crush me with its weight, scratching its claws on my head. But I stunned the beast with a gunshot and when it had released me for that split second, I rolled away and got back on my feet, shooting it for real this time.Cannon and Kane were nowhere to be seen and I couldn’t help but feel that I was missing
KATRINAAll three of them were here… but they weren’t three anymore. Their auras were stirring and wavering, sending depressing sensations flying around the room and while Ian stared in utter shock, Kane backed away from the corpse, unable to close his mouth as he came toward my direction.I was numb and had lost control of my body, just sobbing quietly as I continued to cradle back and forth in my clasping position. These brothers were never on good terms. I doubt all three of them had ever been. They were always fighting… arguing over something and were sometimes ready to kill themselves because of this.A part of me believed that their behaviors were due to… circumstances. Because of how they were raised. Without a good father or their real mother but I’m not sure. But what I knew was that, behind these large handsome wolves that drove every she-wolf crazy, there was a broken past… and now a broken present.‘Kat…’ She paused, her words swelling up and the burden she placed on me,
KATRINA Melora hadn’t said a word since it happened and Hilda’s question just made her further curl into the darkness, leaving herself out of everything but I couldn’t blame her. I’d do the same thing if I were in her position. I’d do anything to be in her position now.I had nothing to say, and even if I did, I didn’t know how to say it. The kids were looking at themselves, unfortunately connecting the two incidents, causing my heart to race.Hilda’s eyes fell on me for the last time and she opened her mouth to say something but I made a run for it.Swiftly, I turned around and rushed up the stairs, trying to hold back the flood of tears that were just waiting to drown me in an ocean of sadness. I heard the kids call my name and Ian’s voice as well but there was no turning back.My room was distant from here and it was devastating to know that I still had to pass a long way to reach it. Then I caught a faint eucalyptus aroma. My steps traced back and there I was, standing in front o
KATRINA Carissa stayed with me for an extra hour before she left and what we mostly discussed was centered around the things we loved to do back in Seattle, to take our minds off things. We shared the sweet blissful memories we had over there and missed them.I wished I could go back but I was also secretly wishing that if we did, I’d want a different version of the Triplets to join us.Carissa said she wouldn’t be able to stay for long because she had to clear things with her father. According to her, she had dreams while she was in this ‘bubble’ where she saw her heartbroken father on his knees, going to her graveyard every day and crying, begging his daughter to come back.Mr. Watson is a terrible person, no doubt, but he was a father after all. She said she’d be with me for the day before leaving since she was a little afraid to leave me alone again. She didn’t say so but I knew what was going on in her mind.One by one, everyone was leaving. Kendra left. Gina and Jason left. She
KATRINA“Can we go to the garden now? I want to see our flowers,” Aurora said, rolling on the bed, being the first to have changed into her clothes.“One second, baby. Your brothers and sisters are still getting ready.”I got everyone set and put smiles on their faces as I led them out to the garden. On the way, I stopped a maid and asked for some chicken nuggets, along with a bottle of beer for me.Alcohol is the only thing that’s keeping me sane today, and now that it’s evening, I needed another dose.The kids went to the flowers that they loved tendering and were glad to be outside since it was been a while. I took my seat on the wooden chair and was considering crashing into that big wall, breaking it apart, and just running into the forest, a breath of non-stop fresh air.‘Not a bad idea except I can’t break that freaking wall.’‘We’ll climb then.’‘Unless you’ll bring Kane along.’I remembered what Sesan said as I stirred the alcohol in my coffee mug with my fingers. And yes, I’
He listened to the darkness that spun around his ears, a low screeching noise releasing from it. It danced around him and sang the song of death as he walked mindlessly to where he had to be.This meeting could happen only once in ten years. He wasn’t sure he had made the wisest decision or that the others were smart to join but what he knew was that he needed answers. And he would do anything to get them.Heart-burning answers about his mate and all happening on the surface above, things he needed to know. If only he could stretch his hand out of the looming darkness and rejoin them…The darkness continued to swirl like a body of smoke in the dead of the night. He was walking but he wasn’t feeling the ground. He was moving but he felt like he had been in the same place the whole time. His eyes were open but it wouldn’t make a difference if he were blind… in a place as dark and sad as this.Not too long after his wailing thoughts, Cannon saw what looked like a dull red orb of dim light
KATRINA‘It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?’My knees were on the new little shoots of grass that were growing… The wind was very friendly ‘cause it circled me in a gentle whirlwind. The sun was madly bright, hoping to roast everyone with its stinging rays but that didn’t bother me because of the greater pain weighing my heart down. Little stones prickled my knees and I removed my sunglasses, setting them aside.Windy and Sunny didn’t go well together. Father said there was nothing in the world that couldn’t go together. It all depended on how you were doing it. But in this case, the wind is like Dash and the sun is like Hilda so…The pain of looking down at father’s grave was sharp and hit me right in the heart.There was nothing like it and I had been fighting tears all the time I was here. I could barely hear the voices of the playing kids that Kane was trying to control. I smiled a bit… they wouldn’t take him seriously, especially when he’s been spoiling them too much.Surprisingly m
KATRINAFreedom. It was all I could think about.Kane ushered me into a room, checking to make sure no one followed us here. Our duration at the ball was mostly spent attending to guests, dancing, and having conversations with the Beta and Gamma until nine o’clock. We needed time to ourselves and I was annoyed that two Alphas, one of the Jayrus pack and the other of the Skyfall pack, were eager on discussing business with the Alpha. There were so eager that they couldn’t even respect the party. I couldn’t blame them. The partnership would be hugely beneficial if they succeeded.But if they think that because Kane’s a new Alpha, he’d be easily convinced with a partnership that he’d only gain access to a few diamond mines and good weather, then they were twice dumber than I thought. Kane knew what he was doing. His words, “Today’s a celebration. Let’s not spoil the mood with business talk, the time for that will come.” We also met Alpha Hades and I didn’t care if it was inappropriat
KATRINAI don’t want to sound proud but since no one’s here to tell me, I say this dress looks so much better when I’m wearing it.‘You do sound proud and… that’s how it’s meant to be.’‘Ever heard of what you wanted versus what you got?’I couldn’t recognize my former self as I gazed at myself in the mirror. It must be a crime to look this pretty.‘Cut it out already! It’s annoying.’‘Sounds like jealousy to me. Too bad you can’t wear a dress.’‘Says who?’I pushed her aside for a moment and thought about the kids. I wasn’t happy that they would have to sleep through the most important morning of my life but it was best. They wouldn’t understand what was happening and would ask just too many questions.Hilda would’ve been so pleased to see me wear a crown. She would think we were in a castle all this time and tick herself as a princess. Also, I don’t think they know that the wolves here can actually shift into one. It’s hard to imagine the looks on their faces when they realize they
KATRINA Thankfully, Kendra left me off because Susanna caught us when she came to momentarily check up on me. She was furious when she discovered I wasn’t sleeping and it made me wish I had locked the door.So that was how she sent Kendra away at ten pm and tried to put me to sleep. Of course, I couldn’t so I pretended. She bought it and left the room. I don’t know what the time is but I’m still awake and I was laying on my side on the bed, staring at my dress.The last time a dress had been folded for me like this was when I was being sold. Today, this was for a coronation that will change my life. It’s crazy because the sale felt like yesterday.If someone told me I’d end up like this, I would have never believed it. It’s amazing but some strange force was pulling me down. I couldn’t force a smile even with all the amazing things happening around me.There were still unsettled things between Kane and me, and I was afraid to bring it up. I’m not sure if he has ever thought about it.
KATRINA“Why are you here?”My right hand kept the door partially open, prepared for when they’d say something irritating so I could slam it in their faces, and the part of me that wasn’t inside, rested on the hinges.Kane was close… close enough for me to feel his warm heavy breaths on the weak points of my neck and his crotch unnoticeably grinding my a*s, excitement sizzling through me. If only Susanna wasn’t in…Madeline and Fraser were not present, thank goodness for that, but any of the council members is enough to put me in a bad mood. “You haven’t said anything?” Kane inquired, opening the door a bit more so that his menacing figure would get a better view.Penelope’s eyes were sizing Kane up and that made me more insecure than it normally should’ve been.Elder Sesan had gone strict and that small smile he once had, had gone. “We must inform you, of course, about the coronation that will occur in the grand hall tomorrow.”“Coronation?” I asked, easing and tensing up at the sam
KATRINAFor a second there, I felt complete emptiness. What was I saying? I couldn’t even feel myself. I went numb and it didn’t ‘feel like’ because something had definitely been pulled out of me. It came like eternal peace but I began to worry when I got my senses back and still couldn’t move.Thankfully, Kane caught me and the world was colorful again. My nerves were working again. I was still recovering but Kane helped me to my feet and his touch brought me back to life.His aura was stronger than ever and the one thing that was once shared among three, then two… all belonged to him. It was a pulling attraction, which I could barely control.Was this how it felt to have one mate? The one you truly deserved. “What did you do, Kat?” Kane asked, and he seemed to have turned slightly pale as well.I muttered silently, smiling, “What I should have done a long time ago.”Ian wasn’t taking this well. He screamed like he was burn
KANE I didn’t understand a f*cking thing that was happening but the way my life changed from ‘waiting for death’ to ‘becoming Alpha’ left me in shock. I was not expecting it and what I loved most right now was how Katrina held my hand bossily.Dragging me along with her… with serious a*s movements that drove me nuts.‘I see empty rooms all around us?’‘Not a f*cking word from you.’But as much as I enjoyed this moment and didn’t want it to end, I had to know what the hell was happening. The excitement, sex drive, and curiosity were killing me.“You have to tell me what’s going on? Can you hear how hard my heart is beating?”I sensed her rolling her eyes because her back was to me, and I admired her beautiful and lengthier caramel blonde hair. “Be patient, would you?”I didn’t want to stop her because she was so anxious but I had to do something.“Explain while we’re going. If you don’t, I might die before we reach there.”She turned to me, a glare locked on her face before she shook
KATRINAWho will be the chosen one?It was a simple question but there’d be grave consequences if a mistake occurred. Not only would my kids and I suffer for it, but the pack as a whole. A worthy wolf would also be hanged to death.“You’ve had plenty of time to think before now, Katrina. We don’t want to waste any more time now, do we?” Madeline snapped at me, seeming greatly impatient.Penelope talked before Elder Sesan could say a word. “This is a very delicate decision. Even at the last second, it needs proper thinking. You shouldn’t rush…”“And who asked you to speak?” Fraser turned to her while I watched them with grazing eyes. “You never have anything sensible to say.”“She is right, Fraser.” All attention returned to Sesan when his words came out. “A decision made in haste would yield frightening results. We must not hasten her.”Fraser sneered while Penelope glared at Madeline for some time before catching me loo