I breathe out exhaustedly, shaking my head. “I don’t know. But this does not look good.” Rachel leads us into the east wing, showing us the rooms where we are residing, and after reciting the basic pieces of information about the lunch times and general palace rules, she shocks us with the informat
Artemisia As the first day of the trial begins, I feel exhausted and depressed. Actually, perfect for standing in front of a bunch of old men with funny wigs, next to your own family who is attacking you, and concentrating objectively on a matter. After telling Cayden that Rick saw my wolf, it wa
“How practical,” I scoff, shaking my head. “Why didn’t you bring mom? She could have been a witness! She could have told the judge that everything was fine.” The judge sighs, scratching his forehead. “Don’t talk directly to the plaintiff, Luna Blackwood. Talk to me. What has your mother to do with
Artemisia Ramona clears her throat, shifting in her seat. “My name is Ramona Piazza, and I’m a member of Alpha Giorgios pack as well as the daughter of one of his counsels. I grew up with Luna Blackwood and we have been best friends since we were pups.” “That’s beautiful,” the judge says with a sm
The judge nods, taking a file out of the pile and I admire his skill at not disintegrating the pile. “Yes, we are aware of the reports and the amazing news about Luna Blackwood doing improvingly better since she joined your pack.” He flashes me a smile as he lowers his voice. “Also, congratulations
Artemisia Cayden growls, increasing his pace as he drags me through the hallways and back to our room. “Don’t tell me this here, babe. I’m still fighting not to rip his fucking head off for locking you away when you felt sick.” I halt in my tracks, making my entire entourage gasp as they risk runn
His chest heaves, but I step forward, raising my voice. “Cayden! You don’t understand. You have all the privileges to act high and mighty while we were living like humans in the vicinity of a dragon’s cave. Your pack members kept coming into our territories to wreak havoc! Goddess knows how much we
Artemisia “You should go to bed,” Matthew steps onto the balcony, tearing me out of the dark pit my thoughts dragged me into. “Did you find him?” I ask, ignoring his worried statement and my heart squeezes as he shakes his head. “Fynn and Hendrick are still out looking for him.” He clears his thr
Emma. *** Ace - 5 years ago I observe Emma as she stares in awe, a happy smile plastered on her face. She inspects the many little colourful lights that are hanging from the ceiling of our treehouse and honestly, I am glad she likes them so much because it took me hours to put them up. I scoot
Ace My anxiety grows exponentially as I follow Gregorius into the forest with fast steps. I know that my parents can handle the situation perfectly, but I’m not sure that me helping out Gregorius instead of staying at the pack house to help my father is a good idea. “Are you sure this is what we
Finnegan As I had anticipated, it doesn’t take long for Missy to come rushing down the stairs and reach me in front of the large doors leading to our sons’ quarters. I take a few steps to meet her halfway in the hopes that the smell of destruction and burned ground doesn’t reach her as the doo
I hold my breath as I take a step towards them, despite my racing thoughts and Drake raging in my mind, I can hear Emma’s heart beating, her feeble breathing signalising that she is still alive. “Kai?” “I stopped just in time.” His whisper paired with his lost expression and his saddened grin has
Finnegan “And if we take a few men from here,” Gregorius, my head warrior, reaches over the gigantic map laid out on the table, pulling three figurines to move them to the other side of our territory. “We could cover a larger territory. I know that the Judge doesn’t like this, but we could stop an
Emma“Kai?” All I get as an answer is a growl, his suppressing aura making it hard to breathe and as I can’t seem to access my wolf, who just seconds before was practically running wildly in my mind, I’m beginning to panic. Is he locking my wolf away? I gulp painfully, resisting the urge to take
“Alpha Guerrieri, Alpha Saviano, as you surely already know, we aren’t in need of any support. But we appreciate your offer, and I would suggest that I let a few omegas prepare two guest rooms for you in the east wing so that you can participate in the festivities with the Judge. But I have to ask y
Emma I get startled awake by another nightmare, waking up just at the perfect moment to escape one of the guards of my dark cell piercing a silver knife into my skin. Groaning, I push my hair out of my face, scanning the bedroom. To my disappointment, my mate is still gone, and I push out a breath
Emma I flinch as a set of red eyes come closer, shining through the pitch-black darkness of the cell I’m sitting in. Shuddering, I clasp my mother’s long dress for comfort as I can still smell her scent. Even if it is slowly turning sour, her skin’s coldness only adds to the one seeping into my b