~KAEL"What other secrets are you hiding, Arden?"He shrugged playfully and I immediately knew that there was probably more. In due time, I would uncover them all. I sighed heavily and turned to the supposed Tyler."Who are you and why were those men attacking you?" I demanded as I felt my wolf stir with uncertainty. There was something mysterious about her that was unnerving."I'm just someone who is too observant for my own good. For this reason, I get to see things not just anyone would see and it sometimes puts me in trouble because everyone wants to know what I know," she explained.Something about her claim did not feel entirely true. I felt as if there was more to that claim that she was not revealing to us.I shrugged it away. It was not like I could force anything out of her. So I exhaled sharply and turned to Arden."Will you do the honors or should I?" I asked.He lifted a finger in the air. "There's one thing you need to know when dealing with Tyler. You need to avoid tell
~KAEL"Zira. . ."I immediately felt overwhelmed. My heart began to hammer hard against my chest. My body trembled as if I had been in the cold for too long. Yet I just knew that if I put my leg forward and went toward the pull, then I would feel better.Ocean stirred restlessly within me. I could not get my wolf to be calm. The pain increased. I threw one last glance at my brother who was still talking to Tyler. Then I broke into a run and headed into the woods.I had no idea where I was going. I just knew that it was crucial I got there quickly or things were going to get ugly.I whooshed past the trees as I felt myself getting closer to the pull. "Hurry!" Ocean ordered within me."I'm doing that!" I screamed back at him.Then I suddenly broke into a clearing and froze at what I saw. Zira was being held by the neck by a cloaked figure. The strange entity was taking something from her that did not seem right for a normal werewolf.Zira had already turned pale and was hardly alive as
~ZIRAMy wolf basked in all of Kael's warmth.It was almost as if he was all I needed to regain my energy. I did not think I would survive on my own if he deprived me of his warmth.I had heard all the things he said in my near-death experience. It had felt so sweet and cute and it had warmed my heart to know that he was still the same man who saved me from Arden, even though he had been too late.He had made so many sweet promises and I wished that he would just claim me as his mate and put an end to all the restrictions we felt.I felt Kael caressing my back gently. Yet he had no idea that his touch was provoking deep sensations within me. I felt the butterflies spring to life and I could not ignore them anymore.I suddenly felt the urge to touch his hair. It was now or never. I could as well take advantage of the situation before I lost my chance.No one said a word as we enjoyed each other's company in silence. I feared that if I spoke, I would ruin the magic of the moment and eve
~KAELI held Zira tight against my chest as I refused to let her see what I had seen.Arden was in that room making out with Tyler as if he had no care for anything in the world. I should not have been surprised that he was doing this since it was in his nature. But since he met Bella, I had thought that she was the one for him. I had believed that he cared about her.Turns out I was wrong. She was just one of his flings.Zira slowly looked up at me and smiled. My wolf stirred at the sight of it and it warmed my heart immediately. I fought for control and when I regained it, I furrowed my brows at her."Why are you smiling?" I asked.Her smile only got bigger. "I don't know if you're doing this just to feel my warmth but I'm down for it," she muttered.I suddenly felt dumbfounded as I searched for what to say. I considered releasing her immediately but there was still the risk that she might just walk over to the door and see Arden with another woman.This could ruin our entire plan.
~ZIRAI watched the men as they hugged from where I stood.My wolf stirred with curiosity. I wanted to know what they were talking about. I knew that it had everything to do with me."What are you, two talking about?" I asked under my breath.I tried to read their lips but Arden was the one doing most of the talking. At the same time, he had his back turned to me so that I would not be able to figure out what he was talking about. My wolf twisted with irritation.I stopped to admire Kael's confused face for a while. I finally understood why Kael had hidden my face as he did. I suspected that Arden had been making out with the woman I spotted in the building while I had been left standing alone. Kael had been trying to stop me from getting hurt.He had no idea that I was already gotten beyond hurt and I honestly cared less what Arden got himself to. I only cared about Kael and his entire existence.Too bad, he was still pushing me away. My wolf shifted at the thought.I shrugged the th
~KAELI tilted my head at the information. I had spent the entire time with Arden and I had not heard this part of the information. Where did he get this news from?I stared at him suspiciously and he only kept his innocence as if he was the better child. Ever since childhood, Arden had always strived to impress Father. Our dad was his role model and he wanted to be just like him. Which was why he kept his real habit hidden from him so that he would always be in our father's favor. I honestly cared less."Who is this person that White Cobra seeks?" Father asked.Zira remained quiet from here on. I bet that she was storing all the information at her disposal carefully so that she would be able to investigate further on it."A young woman, that's all I know," Arden revealed.My wolf stirred with understanding when I finally understood how he got the information. It must have happened when I left to save Zira. That Tyler woman must have given him more information. Maybe they had made a
~KAELIn the end, I could only ball my hands into fists as I listened to Arden trying to seduce Zira. Even though it did not seem to be working on her, it was affecting my wolf.I buried those balled fists between my legs so that my father would not notice. Especially as I was in the front seat with him.I sighed heavily and tried to move my thoughts to other things. I even told myself that if I paid attention to the scenery as we drove past, I would feel better. Yet Arden's voice filled the background and I found it annoying as he was disrupting my thoughts. I needed to drown him out completely.Suddenly, thoughts of Bella entered my mind again. I remembered that I planned to meet her and I kept her in my mind so that I would not forget. She was the first person I was going to see once Dad's car drove back into the garage of the Packhouse.As if on cue, the large Villa of the Packhouse came into view in all its glory. It was believed to have been constructed with the best technology
~ZIRABella let out a shocked gasp as she remained in that position and my wolf twisted with dangerous anger as I glared at her. I felt rage burning at the pit of my stomach and I knew that if I did not calm myself soon then I would attack Bella and there would be no stopping what I would do to her.I had come to the terrace to catch some air, to escape from the world and all the things I was facing. Unbeknownst to me that I would meet Bella and Kael already on it.The plan had been to walk away immediately since I could not stand the shameless woman who was hell-bent on having a threesome with my mate and Arden; until Kael started interrogating her on the matter concerning the Moon crest.It had gotten my interest so peaked that I could no longer walk away and when she made that disgusting deal, it got me beyond the edge and I attacked her.Bella turned a hostile stare at me. "How dare you raise your hand at me?" She demanded as her eyes burned with rage. I was taken aback by her
~ZIRAWhen my eyes came open, they were met with darkness.I blinked multiple times in an attempt to force my eyes to adjust as quickly as possible. My body was cold and I doubted if I could move. I was trembling and mist kept escaping my mouth every time I breathed. My heart pounded heavily and my wolf kept stirring uncomfortably within. I felt uneasy as I could not explain what was happening. Was I dead?I forced myself to move and succeeded in getting into a sitting position eventually. I looked around the space and as my eyes adjusted, light began to brighten up the space. Sitting had chased most of the weakness away. I got to my feet and took in the space. The more I stared, the more familiar it became and realization finally dawned on me. I was in the same void where I had met the goddess the first time I died. "Hello?" I called. Like that was all the trigger needed, I felt the presence of someone extraterrestrial, of great honor and glory behind me. I instantly turned and
~KAELMy father's scream echoed through the space as thick blue mist rose in the air.I was still fighting with my supposedly uncuffed hands when I saw Arden's eyes go wide with shock. Then he instantly started running toward me as if to shield me from something. That was when my wolf growled menacingly and I looked toward my father just in time to see him launch a spear at me. As if on cue, my hands came free and I stepped forward but it was already too late. Arden took the hit for me. The force of the spear pushed him backward. He hit me and we both fell back against the pole that I had once been cuffed to. "I'm going to set the world ablaze! I'm going to destroy everything!" Uther screamed like he had lost his mind. The blue mist began to clear and for the first time, he saw that I was still fine and someone else had taken the hit for me. My heart sank as I turned a shaky stare at Arden who now had a long spear buried in the lower center of his body. I did not want to think an
~ZIRAI heard Uther's chuckles continue to echo around the space. I felt too weak to lift myself from the ground. I had cried so much that I could no longer stand. I felt numb and broken. I felt confused and lost. "Come on, Zira. The game is not yet over. We still have one more person to kill if you don't tell me what I want to know," he announced. The thought of losing Kael too made me shoot up to my knees. I stared at the man in disbelief. Was he really ready to kill his own son too just to make a point? Would he kill his flesh and blood?I turned a fearful stare at Kael. His blue eyes were filled with pain. "I'm sorry," he mouthed again. I could not remember how many times he had apologized to me in the last hour. He had been doing it over and over again. "Stop apologizing. . .please. . ." I said in a weak voice. "It's not your fault. . ." I said dryly. I realized that I was losing my voice. It was no surprise, given how much I had screamed and cried.Then I turned to Uther.
~ZIRAWas the world always this ugly or all the beauty had been taken out of mine? My mother gasped as her eyes went wide open. Father gasped, Uther laughed before he pulled the sword out of her body. She let out a pained sound that further broke my heart.The world seemed to slow down and all sounds around me began to echo. I did not know what to feel or how to react. I forgot how to breathe. I forgot how to speak. All I did was gasp breathlessly. Nala stopped dancing and I felt tears begin to form in my eyes. My father let out the loudest roar as the pain of losing his mate must have hit him hard. My mother still with her hands handcuffed behind the pole slowly began to slump to the floor. She was staring at me as if she wanted to say something. Blood spurted out of her mouth and she smiled at me. Then her body went still.My wolf sank to the darkest part of my mind and I had gone into shock. I just stood there and watched helplessly as my world had come to an end. "Zira. . ." I
~ZIRAMy heart skipped triple beats as I saw men spring out of the park and pounce on us. Kael let out a menacing growl as he prepared himself for battle. The first man that tried to grab me got struck by Kael's claws. This sent the man flying across the park. He let out another growl to warn them from coming. But the men were determined to apprehend us. Two more came at a time and he grabbed one by his neck as he struck the other man. Yet three more attacked him from behind. "Kael!" I screamed as they hit his head hard.This rendered him weak immediately and he went down on his knees. They used his moment of weakness to apprehend him and I did not try to fight back as they grabbed me. It was all futile and I wondered why Kael even tried fighting in the first place. They dragged us to the stream side of the park. From the distance, I spotted a set of poles arranged in a quite large circle. It was once used to play a dancing game in the old days. The center was where the dance batt
~ZIRAMy heart sank when I saw the note. My wolf continued its dangerous dance a plea to be unleashed. My world was slowly crumbling down before my eyes and I did not know what to do about it. My already trembling body only got more violent as I looked at the note."Do you want me to read the content for you?" Kael offered when he noticed that I was slowly losing it. I nodded and he took the letter from me. "If you want to save your parents, come to me unguarded with the Moon crest as my present. Meet me at the old park closest to Black City by sundown," he concluded. I could feel tears threatening to weaken me but I refused to cry. I needed to be strong. I could still fix things. The goddess would not let any harm come to my parents. Kael suddenly wrapped me in a protective hug. "We'll make it work," he assured me. "What will the goddess think if I give him the Moon crest? The whole point of my mission was to protect it not for selfish interests but for the safety of the world,"
~ZIRAI never expected what Kael did yesterday. But it turned out to be the best way to solve everything. I always knew that I would have to expose the truth to my parents but I never knew how I was going to make it work. I even had the fear that they would still not believe me after showing them the truth. But as fate would have it, the goddess just allowed me to sit down and watch the outcome of things unfold before me. I must have done a great job of planting doubting seeds in Kael to make him take up the job himself. I smiled as I looked up at him. We were now seated together in the packhouse mini lounge. My parents were seated opposite us and dressed in their usual royal attires. While I was clad in a short dress as always Kael wore his usual loose clothes. It was a set of blue this time that complimented his eyes. We had taken the liberty of explaining the entire truth from the top to the current state. Which was from the day I died to how I tried to convince Kael to find o
~KAELArden stared back at me in disbelief. Zira turned to face me and gazed at me with concern. "This was what was bothering you this entire time, wasn't it?" She asked. I only nodded. "I'm not done yet. I know that Arden still thinks that I have been brainwashed. Which is why I took the liberty of bringing proof!" I spat and turned to my father. Uther narrowed his eyes at me as he waited to see what I had on him. I revealed my satchel and took out his journal. "This here is my father's journal and it contains all the evil he has done. It even dates back to where his anger began," I revealed and placed the book on the table. Father widened his eyes and threw calculative gazes at the people closest to him. Then in a swift action, he launched at the journal on the table. But Tyrone was faster than him. He swiftly grabbed his foot and pulled him backward with one hand so that he landed back in his chair."I think that you have done enough! Sit still or I will be forced to take dras
~KAELFather looked as if he was sitting on fire. Eating had become a very hard task for him as he began to stir his potato aimlessly around with his fork. "Come on Father, what are you waiting for to tell us the intriguing tale of how my mother died? The world is listening," I teased him.Father began to grit his teeth but remained silent. He refused to speak. It was almost as if he was ready to sit there for eternity."You're always so eager to tell it. Why are you so quiet now? I wonder what might be wrong? Do you need help telling it? Should I begin so you can finish it?" I pointed out as my voice began to lose the amusement within and it started to turn into anger. Ocean began to dance wildly as my stare turned into hate. The more I looked at him, the more I asked myself if this man was truly my father. How unfortunate Arden and I were to be brought into this world by him. "Say something, Uther!" I roared. Everyone at the table flinched and that was when they realized that i