Adaline Point of View"So," Gowdie gives me a look."We created the Flowers. Women who could have a little bit of our power, who could be our fist of vengeance, or whatever we want them to do. These women were carefully selected, the one before Lily was an orphan, the one before that was grieving the loss of her daughter, another on was betrayed by her family, and Lily was a spoilt brat.""Vulnerable woman." I say, in realization and disgust."These women were weak, and needed someone, a hand to lean on, an ear to listen, and we became what they needed.""And in return?" I say"They do whatever we want, be at our knees, do whatever we want from them.""In another words, you exploit their weaknesses." I say, shaking my head."You could put it like that, who could blame us? Their weaknesses were easy to exploit, the need to be loved, to be chosen, to never hunger, for power, but you, your weakness is not superficial." Boleyn says and my heart skip a beat."You want to protect your Famil
Adaline Point of View"That's enough." Mom says, shoving her out of the way.I watch as he sits Zoe down, takes her broken hand in her palm, and start to whisper.I smirk, leaning fully on Alex, who places his hand around my waist.Mom whispers continuosly, but nothing happens."You seem to be losing your touch." Lily smiles, going to Mom, and taking Zoe's hand in hers, and this time it pinches a little, just a little.Nothing happens, and the recently united bestfriends stare at me."Adaline!" Mom snaps, and I laugh."What?" Rick says in confusion."Your darling hybrid is counteracting the spells, look like she got some bone to pick with this one." Rafe says, and everyone smiles at me."Allow me." I move out of Alex's grip, and say to Mom and Camille.I stand before Zoe, my heart thundering a little, but no one fakes it better than I do."Up." I say, and she gets up, looking at me as a tear falls off, and that's when I realize that she's just a victim.I take her broken hands in mine
Adaline Point of View"The people who loves you, utterly, irevocably, we'll need their blood, combine it in this jar, let's get started." I say"Are you sure about this, babe?" Alexandru says, and I smile"Am I sure that I want to save you from the clutches of some stupid witches, hell yeah, baby." I say, and he nods, kissing me swiftly."We are helping you, right?" Lola says, but I shake my head."This is a spell I invented, however, I would need a boundary spell, which will need something to channel, something strong." "They can channel us." Elena says, pointing to Alina and I frown."Are you sure?" I ask, looking at Adora, Tony and Alexandru."Yes." "Okay, a boundary spell, to prevent anything or one from breaching the spell while it's in progress."They nod at me, and begin. As an after thought, with a flick of my hand, I put Zoe to sleep and lock her in."Take my blood for Lily," Mom says, and I nod, this will be safe."I will stand for Rafe." Adora says, glancing at him, he no
Adaline Point of View"What do we do about Zoe?" I say, and he looks at me."She's your -- was your bestfriend, you make the decision.""She can stay here? I just really want to keep an eye on her." I say, but frown when he says nothing."Or, I could get her a place in French Quarter, or out of town, but I'll just have to be there most of the times, might stay with her.""Easy baby, she can stay here." He says, hands on my cheek and I nod, relieved."Why do you want her to stay here? I would think you'd hate her, but here you are, avocating for her presence." He says casuallyI smile, wondering if I should tell him the truth, or just lie as usual, I go with the former."When I was with the Ancestors, they predicted her death, she would have died in Romania, because Cyprus was finding ways to kill her, to make it look like an accident.""He used her? Wow, and he wanted to dispose of her, when she is no longer useful. More reasons to make him suffer."I smile at his response, leaning fu
Alexandru Point of View"But we do need to channel something strong." "Channel me." I say, wanting this to be over soon."No, I am stronger." Dad -- Rafe says, and I cock my eyebrows, stronger?"I am stronger than you, Alexandru." He grins at my expression."Don't be so sure about that." I smile."Are we doing this Lily, or is you husband and son going to keep checking who is stronger?" Camille says, and I smile."I want to do this for her, if she's dabbling with dark magic, she'll need external protection." He says, and I nod."Kneel." Mom says to the girls and Camille, they kneel, and Dad lays in their middle.Holding each other's hand, Mom begins chanting. The rest of them take a step back, but I take two steps forward, I need to be able to break the spell incase something happens, it won't be like Adaline's, where I couldn't do anything but watch while she bleeds and scream.The chants intensify, and Mom throws her head backward, screaming the ancient language, and my heart skip
Adaline Point of View"I made breakfast." She says, and I look at her with a frown."You didn't have to." I say, making myself coffee."I know, I wanted to." She says and I nod."Are you not sweaty under all those clothes?" I say, gesturing"No, I am good." She smiles, but it's so bruised, reminding me of the prediction, her death, not on my watch."I am going out today, going to . . . ." I pause, trying to find a perfect place."The Library, I will be out all day." "I culd come with you, I like the Library too." She says, with a wide smile"No, you can check out the City, I will be busy, and love to read alone.""Of course. I'll be in my room -- well, your room, I made breakfast, there are options, eat whatever you want." She says, walking away, and I bury the apology coming out of me.I turn to the counter, checking everything she made. My stomach grumble as I help myself to some Lasagna, rushing the food, because I have to leave.____I roll up the sleeves of my shirt, my boots m
Adaline Point of View "Invocatio cadaveris, voco to ex umbreaSpirite revixisti, in mea voce clameaUt brevi tempore, cum te loqui queamAgnoscas vocem meam, tu iubere nequeam.""You called?" I hear and scream, but relax a little when I see it's Wilder."What do you want?" I snap, focusing on the symbols on the table, and the corpse of the bird, which laid as dead as before, no fucking changes."You called." He repeated with a smug smile, and I want to slap it off him, but then, he is just a demon, a puppet on the string."No, I didn't, and do not tell me shit about my heart faltering, I know you work for those four old bitches.""My, my, my, Adaline Vulkov has grown a spine, colour me intrigue.""If you do not leave me alone, I will colour you red, in your blood, that's if demons bleed." I snarl, but all he does is laugh, infruiating me further, he doesn't know what I am capeable of, he's about to find out."These violent tendencies," He tsk "There are directed at the wrong person,
Adaline Point of View"Sure." I say"Great, because we were going to tie you down, and do it either waym if you'd said no." Selena saysI tilt my head "That wouldn't end well, for you.""She was just joking, stop being fucking weird." Blu snaps, causing me to smile."How will it work?" I ask, folding my hands."Well, Mom and the girls will begin the spell, this spell will cause untold pain to wreck you." Alex says."Yes, we will perform some Lunar Ritual which is perfect since the moon is out, your lateness coming in handy," Lily says."We will harness the power of natural elements - moonlight, forest and nighttime. We will perform a channeling ritual to establish a connection with your wolf form, visualizing the merge of your witch and wolf side.""To trigger the transition, we use a symbolic objects, Enchanting Howling Stone and Amulet of Lupine Unity. The Amulet contains a fusion of magical symbols representing both Witch and Wolf, When you wear it, it'll serve as a catalyst for yo
Alexandru Point of ViewI say nothing, just stare at them, then see Adaline walking over."Hey guys, what's up." Adaline says, when she reaches us."Ash was just telling Luc she wants to move here." Fran says, taking a bite of beignet."What?" Addie exclaims, and I am glad I'm not alone in this feeling."I thought you'd be on the next flight to New York, If it's money, I could lend you some of the money I got from the rent of my Apartment.""Aurora," Daniel smiles"It's not money, we are comfortable financially, to an extent. However, we will like to raise our Family here, like to grow old together, I don't know if you understand, but there's just something about this place."Addie leans against me, and my hand finds her waist. I stare at her, and she nods, we're in sync."If you are sure this is what you want." I say, and Ash gasps in joy."Yes, but anytime you have the urge to leave, you can." Addie says, and Ash gets up, hugging her, excitedly talking about getting her belongings f
EpilogueAdaline Point of ViewI open my eyes, a beautiful smell all over my apartment. I pull the sheets, covering my naked body, as I drag myself to the source of the smell.I swoon at the sight before me, Alexandru. He is moving his body to a beat only him hears, as he scrambles egg."Am I interrupting?" I say, with a smile.He says, nothing, keeps scrambling the eggs, then turns off the gas, because he probably felt me before he saw me."Yes, my solo performance." He says, smiling at me."I could leave." I say, in a teasing tone."Oh, no," He shakes his head."You already interrupted me, you will have to pay for it, one way or the other." He drawls, deliciously, making me close my legs, a certain ache between it.He smirks at me, and I roll my eyes, holding the sheets firmly. Nothing passes him, and this mate bond has heightened everything we feel. Now, that we have consummated our -- well, our -- now, that we have consummated what we are supposed to, we are much more in tune. How
Alexandru Point of View She left, went back to New York, My Mom said. I am confused, because who goes from telling me what to name our first daughter to dissapering without as much as a goodbye. Who the fuck does that? "Luc, are you with us?" Rick says, drawing attention back to the room. "Yes." I say, but it comes out harsher than intended. "Romania is defeated. Zayd, Federico and Zach took a Lycan army, and Coven of Witches there, to clear everything that remaining vampires, and take the people that might be there." "Luc and I will go to Asia to speak with their Packs, reassure them of our pisistion and how it it at the top, we are at the top, and if they want to challenge us, they can, we will win either way." "Asia?" I frown. "Yes, will that be a problem?" "How long will we be in Asia?" I say, looking at them "A week and or two." "Yeah, no, I am not going to Asia." I say, getting up. "Alexandru, I know that when the Pack was at war, you stood up, and helped, I know I
Adaline Point of ViewI stare at the row of houses, the beauty and aesthetics that is New Orleans.It's been a couple of hours since I saw Zoe, spoke to her. It was bittersweet, more bitter than sweet, because when I woke up, my bestfriend was still dead, and now, I have to live with the realization that Zoe is dead, she'll always be dead.I keep wishing to wake up from a bad dream, to open my eyes, and see it was all an expensive prank, I keep hoping to wake up from this reality that has merged into hell.However, I remember Zoe's word, and I love her, miss her more, but at least she was happy, I will forever delight in the fact that she was happy, that is enough for me, and I will carry her with me, till forever ends."Hey," I hear, look up to see Ashley, walking down to me."Hi." I say, then look back to the busy streets, the French Quarters, Bourbon Street."I was told I would find you here." She says, sitting beside me, on the bench."Yeah, Is everything okay?" I say, frowning at
Adaline Point of View."This is called Farewell's Embrace." Lily says, and I nod, standing opposite her."This is what we need." Selena says, and I look at her."A lock of your hair," She says, and I pinch it out, giving it to her."Something that belonged to Zoe." Blu says, and I go inside, bring out her necklace, give it to them."A vail of moonlit water, and a spring of nightshade, which we have here." Lola says and I nod."One last thing," Mom says "A piece of parchment and quill."Alex hands it to her, and I nod at him. We are in Zoe's room, the one she spent her last days. They light candles around the space to create a boundary and invoke protective energies.Everyone walks out, leaving us alone. Lily places Zoe's necklace at the center of the circle, and I sit in said circle, holding a lock of my hair in one hand, and the parchment with quill in another."Close your eyes, and focus on the connection with your bestfriend. Allow yourself to feel the grief, pain and longing. Thi
Alexandru Point of ViewFaster than I can blink. One moment he's holding her, and the next he cracks her neck and daggers her.I freeze, unable to move, wonderin what he just did.Adaline falls to the ground and screams, she screams so loud and potently that Cyprus is torn apart, bit by bit, molecule and atom, he is torn apart, reduced to absolutely nothing.Even then, she doesn't stop screaming, causing insane wind, hurricane, taking every last person from the Romania Pack, tearing them apart, even then she doesn't stop screaming.I fall to the ground beside her, just as Selena carries Zoe's body, even then, she doesn't stop screaming, and I realize she's not screaming as a means of fighting, she is screaming because she is in pain.I try to hold her as she screams, just as thunder wrecks through the sky, letting it pour down. Even in the rain, she doesn't stop screaming.The rain ends, replaced by hurricane, and she is still screaming._____Adaline's Point of ViewI can't breath. I
Alexandru Point of View"It is done?" I ask, and she nods, dragging me up, then jump into my arms."Yes." Mom says, smiling."Okay." I say, relieved."Zayd, Tony and Peter, you will be here, guarding our friends, do not let anything happen to them. Addie and Mom will seal off the door, you will only be able to come out, and the place will be sound proff, so whatever conversation you guys have won't get out.""Mom, Camille and Zoe, you are together. Faye, Catalina, I am sorry if this annoys you, but you have to be in the safe, with Fran and others, guarding them, and protecting yourselves.""Zach, Rick, Dad, you are with me, we will get their attention.""Elena, Alina and Federico, you will station yourselves around this house, but do not make it too obvious, act like you are hiding, but when anyone comes your way, you kill.""Lola and Adora, you will help us draw their attention to ours. We need to capture Ronan, and please for God's sake, anyone get Cyprus, bring him to me.""Adaline
Alexandru Point of View"By the power within me, I call upon the unseen,To reveal all barriers that hide from me.Let the invisible be made visibleAs I try to save my family from Monsters."I watch as she cast the spell, then as a veil-like barrier falls off Rick's house, revealing everyone inside."Adaline!" Camille gasps, and she runs into the house.There's a taste of failure in my throat, how could I let this happen, we thought we were tricking them, but they laid a trap and we fell perfectly into it."What happened?" I say to Rick who has blood all over his face."When we took your friends home, they followed us, and we didn't expect anything, until a couple of hours ago when they crashed on us." Zayd says, his hands on Zoe's shoulder."Before we could act, they threw grenade-like substance at us, but this was filled with Wolfsbane and Vampire venom. The witches were trapped in, because they were all at Adora's, delegating, but when Romania came, they trapped and. . . killed th
Adaline Point of ViewIt has begun, could be the end of the world, or a new dawn for us all. Be careful who you let inside your home, open your eyes to the reality of the world, wake up from the dream you've concoted to keep you safe. Wake up, and be true to yourself, embrace the darkness in you, wield it, Adaline Vulkov, or they will kill you."I need to speak to that Seer one more time.Now, I see that everything happened the way it was supposed to, most of my step were predestined, but I forged my own way. She told me to embrace and wield the darkness in me, which is what Alexandru also said, but I did the opposite, I went to seek for darkness, for an external one.I didn't know I had everything I needed in me, how insane to find my equilibruim in my enemies' dungeon.I have found a way to banish the Ancestors, because for one, they are self appointed, two, we have actual Ancestors, dead and consecreted witches, New Orleans witches, I just have to find a way around it."Do you und