(Lena's POV)The woman turned to me, and I held back a gasp of admiration. She was beautiful—so beautiful that it was otherworldly.Her hair was a unique red; her hair seemed to float elegantly in the air; her eyes were the color of the sun; her skin was pale; she was nothing like me, yet staring at her, I knew who she was even before she said the words."Daughter?" she called out. I rushed into her arms, and she held me close. "I've missed you so much. Forgive me, daughter. Forgive me for never coming back, but I would have done that; I would have returned back to you just as I promised, but I failed," she said, and my heart clenched. I felt guilt for blaming her. After all Aradia had said, I couldn't help but feel sympathy for the mother I never knew. We couldn't get back the time we had lost, but at least I knew she tried; I knew she hadn't abandoned me."It's alright, I forgive you.""I do not deserve your forgiveness; you deserved a life with your mother. Do not think for once th
"It is my destiny" I said to Hecuba."I know it is inevitable, but there is still time.""I will not sit dormant and let him build his army.""You are brave, my little Lykaina, but to beat him, you have to be able to control your gift.""They seem more like a curse to me than a gift.""That depends on how it's being used. So the werewolf, you love him?.""I do; I love him more than you can ever imagine.""You cannot have him," she says."Why?""It is your destiny, as the prophecy says; to love is to be hurt, and to trust is to be betrayed. He would betray you; just as Aradia had told you, he would use you, and that's why you cannot be with him.""He is all I have, all I live for, and I am nothing without him.""You are powerful without him; emotions weaken us; you need to do as I have asked of you; you need to defeat the vampire; this is what you want.""You loved Odis; even if it was forbidden, I could do the same.""Don't be stubborn, Lykaina. See where it ended, me. I do not want y
(Natasha's POV)"I thought you'd bailed on me," Set said, a smile on his face. He looked different—no longer the scary vampire, but the friend I had grown up with. "Just so you know, I was about to come up to your room and take you forcefully with me if you delayed a minute longer""A girl needs her time""I am beginging to think you purposely came a few minutes late""You thought right, after keeping me waiting the last time, is only fair I did the same to you""Girls never do forget things like that do they""Don't know about other girls, but I don't.How did you make it?" I asked, trying to hide my surprise."You didn't think I was capable of deceiving the ghost?""I didn't," I said. "I am glad you are here.""I am too. And the honest truth was that it went smoothly—almost too smoothly," he said, a slightly troubled look on his face."Where are we going?" I asked"You will find out soon," he said."There's a hidden route straight ahead; the patrollers had already covered this place
TWO WEEKS LATER(Damien's POV)It had been two weeks—the most dreadful weeks of my life—and my only consolation was Kaden. He was so young; he had no clue what was happening. I was going to protect him the best I could.Lena's body remained locked up in the room, guarded by five pack soldiers. The woman, Aradia, visited constantly, just to inform me that Lena was still very much alive. What I wanted to see was her up and walking.A change was coming; I could almost feel it.Aurora was always happy to have Kaden in her arms, so anytime I was too busy to properly care for him, all I had to do was stop by her apartment.I stared at the paper work before me; there was just so much things to fucking do. In the reports, it was stated that the Cresent Moon Pack had already sent warnings; they wanted a war, but they were ready to make a deal. Antony was going to go through with his promise; he wanted Lena, dead or alive; only then would he hold back. I had never been afraid of wars, and even
(Damien's POV)"Alpha. With all due respect, the pack has been worried about Luna's absence. Is everything fine?" Tyran, the head of the 'in-house soldiers' questioned."She is fine and will be joining us soon.""I heard she is in some kind of coma," Caston, one of the commanders, said, and a few others nodded, but I remained silent, even if I knew they awaited a response."We have the right to know what is going on in our own pack, dammit." This time it was Diego."She is well.""Then, if she is well, where is she? The only thing I see is the chair next to yours empty," Diego responded."Diego. You might be my beta, but there are lines, and you've crossed yours one too many times. But I'll give you one more chance; I know what is going on, and you have every reason to be pained. I advise you to take a moment off work.""So you think I am the one who has the issues, huh?""Diego," I called warningly."I am sick of this; I am sick of everything. Once I believed you could handle this pa
EARLIER (Natasha's POV)"I still forget the fact that I have no responsibilities now," Set said to me. "I still wake up with the knowledge that there are a whole lot of things to do and then I realize that I am no longer working for 'Him' anymore.""I guess it takes a while to finally settle in," I responded. I had just woken up. I felt more rested than I did all my life. I didn't have to wake up early, and I didn't have to be alert even in my unconscious state."Coffee?""Where did you get that?" "Let's say I left to get all these when you were still asleep." "You could have woken me up to come with you; you know I wouldn't hesitate." "I know that, but you needed to rest; I would never wake you up for something so insignificant." "And you do not need rest?" I questioned, cocking an eyebrow. "Well, it's different for me." "How so?" "Natasha, you do not have to worry; no one knows we are here." "Still..." "Do you want the coffee or not?" "I could use a cup, actually." I said
I had believed this was our little space, a place no one could get to us. I was wrong; just the way she found us, others could. I didn't want to be on a run all the days of my life, yet the future seemed inevitable. "What do you want, and why did you come all this way just to find me?. I know it's really not because you missed me that badly.""You are right. I know about the rejection. But I am curious, how could you reject a man like him?""That's none of your business.""Except there is someone else. Tell me, is he living there with you?, is that why you left?""Let's drop the pretense. I never really liked you, so why are you here?""I need your help."I laughed. "My help?, that; a funny way to ask for it.You already know the answer to that, but just in case you aren't quick enough to process it, it's NO.""You haven't even heard...""NO', now leave, and make sure no one knows about this place.""And if I decided to rat you out?,"I drew closer to her, and I gripped her by the cl
~~~PRESENT... (Damien's POV)"Before you go, there is one thing you should note," Aradia says, her hands circling around Lena's palm. "The blonde girl who poisoned you a while ago is going to be present at the arena," she says, and I didn't understand what the importance of that was; that was the last thing I should be thinking about now.I nodded. "Trust me, she would never get a chance like that. Not ever""I know," Aradia says. Of course she knows; she knows everything.~~~~I walked into the Fangs and Claws Meadow where Diego was already waiting; he only had his pants on, his eyes were cold, but nothing was capable of frightening me. I was going to fight him tonight, not as I would do a friend or family member, but as I would do an opponent.This was life or death.We were surrounded by people, and I noticed some of them weren't part of this pack. Diego had gone far with this; he had liased with another pack behind my back, he had been planning to take over all along, and I was