(Author’s POV)In the thick woods of Xevia, the sound of growling and howling of the Werewolves were heard as they were sending signals of attack to commence a war between Wolf packs.It was a scene of red coming from the blood spurted from wailing men and women. The once lush green grass was covered in molten red blood mixed with thick snow of winter. The cold weather did not bother them at all.Under the darkness of the early morning, they could not see but could hear threats coming from all angles as they fought for survival. It was a war that took years of failed negotiations and despair. A war that could be avoided but greed and arrogance had clouded their mind.A war that they all knew was coming.. for one would sit on the throne as King of all Werewolves.“Attack!” the leader of the Regalia Wolf pack jumped from the hill as he shifted into his Wolf form and landed on the ground. “NIKOLAI!”He shouted Nikolai’s name several times, not believing the news of his enemy’s death. It
(Philip’s POV).About a week had passed since I last broke the news to Ashley about Nikolai’s death. I was at first, felt relieved that he was no longer the one that would take her away from me. The threat was finally gone.But, I might be wrong about it. I might be wrong about everything that I have done to her.Ashley was devastated. She had no will to live.It broke my heart to see in that state of mind. Oh, what have I done?I sat next to her hospital bed and caressed her hand gently, “Ashley, would you like something to eat?”Like how she was in the past few days, she did not answer. It was as if she had lost her soul and all I could see was her frail body not fighting much to live.She was looking at the window on her side with her eyes dried of tears. I caressed her cheeks and planted a brief kiss on her forehead.“Ashley, honey. You need to eat something. It’s.. at least do it for your baby”, I guessed life was punishing me on what I had done to separate her with Nikolai. Was
(Author’s POV).It was a dark night. Getting colder each minute they stayed. But where they planned to go was going to be much colder. A place where Werewolves were in power. Dominating the whole country.It was essential that they get out from the country they were in as soon as possible, without wanting to be detected by the authorities. It would not be good for his Wolf pack if words got out that he was helping the girlfriend of his enemy to escape.But, one thing for sure, Antonio Laurent was a man of his word. And Ashley had kept her side of the bargain to heal his son. So, it was his turn to repay her.Looking at his only son seated next to him in the chartered flight, Antonio smiled and held his son’s hand, “Everything is going to be fine”“Are you sure she is coming? You do know we need leave now, father” Antonio junior said as he moved to get himself comfortable in the seat. He could walk a little with the help of crutches. The progress was indeed satisfactory but he had to
(Author’s POV).The Queen had ordered both side of the Werewolves pack to stand down and end the war that was going on for many days. Most Wolf packs had kneeled to her and submit to her command.But, there were some who disobeyed her words and continued hunting for Nikolai. Those were the ones from Regalia and Purple Mountain Wolf pack. Each had their own purpose in wanting Nikolai to face death.He was nowhere to be found since the fall down the cliff. The war had nevertheless continued after that fall, which then causing hundreds of Werewolves’ death.All for the reason that the Queen could have avoided. But, she had chosen not to.Perhaps, she was wrong.The Queen had named Devon Knight as the interim King of Werewolves after the death of Vlad Wulfgard, Nikolai’s late father. Devon did not last long. Death came to him in a most horrific manner.He was murdered.Since then, the Queen had not found his replacement. She did not see any with the potential to lead the many Wolf packs
(Ashley’s POV).I hated the country Xevia. It was just too cold for me. Extremely cold during the winter.Not wanting my son to come with me where the war was said to still be going on, I had left him behind with Ivan’s family. Of course, Teddy was happy to see Crystal again. The look of Ivan seeing his daughter hugging my son was priceless. Ivan was very protective of his daughter. Nikolai once told me that.Cindy was left behind too to protect my son. She knew well on what to do if things went wrong. After confessing everything to Cindy on who I really was, it took her awhile to register that in her head, that she was working with a Princess all these years.Cindy had always dreamt to be the designer for Royal family. It was her dream and I may be the one to fulfill that dream of hers one day. She had also written a short note for me to hand it over to Drake, if I met him in the woods of Xevia.“How long more?” I had asked Ivan who was leading the way deeper into the woods with thi
(Author’s POV).Hearing her words had made Nikolai’s desire for her heightened. He pulled her head down gently by her neck and planted a demanding kiss on her trembling soft lips, not caring if that kiss would hurt her lips, grazed by his sharp teeth. “Your lips are dry. You need to keep hydrated”“Shut up, Nikolai. You are killing the mood” She pouted but did not push him away, which had only made him pulled her closer to his body, as their kisses intensified. Her sweet tasting soft pillowy lips were the cure to the pain he was feeling for days.Ashley kissed him back as she moved to be sitting on top of Nikolai. Their bodies pressed together, breathing heavily with their lips locked into a passionate kiss.Slowly, she removed her thick jacket and heavy boots. It made them both laugh as her jacket got stuck around her neck, “A little help here”He then helped her remove the remaining of her clothes with kisses planted on her bare skin. The sound of her heart pounding loudly could be
(Ashley’s POV).I did not know when I fell asleep. We were making love endlessly all night with Nikolai sucking the energy out of me. I felt drained and tired.I could feel some warmth covering my body. I knew it was him doing his best not wanting me to freeze to death in this awfully cold country. My head rested on his arm as he wrapped me closely on his chest.With my eyes still closed, I could hear his heart beating calmly. He was still asleep. Alive.I could not remember much on what happened after he bit me, marking me to be his. It did not hurt me as much as I thought it would be. Just a little tingling sensation down my spine. He kept his word in doing it gently.But, I guessed things got heated up after he tasted my blood. I could feel him stronger and firmly held me on the bed by my wrist, not wanting to let go of me. I let him devour my body, as I could feel he was healing fast after he had marked me. He had pumped his seeds inside of me and I had lost count on how many tim
(Nikolai’s POV).I woke up from my deep sleep, hearing what I thought to be Gloria’s voice in the woods. She was warning us about something. I sensed danger.Ashley too woke up, looking tired after we made love, repeatedly. I smiled at her looking ever so beautiful waking up next to me. She was only covered with my shirt with nothing else underneath it.Marking her made me stronger but seeing her tired face, I sighed, “Sorry, honey. You must be exhausted. But, we need to go now. Get dressed, you need to keep warm”She nodded with a frown. Slowly, she sat up on the bed next to me looking around for her clothes. I had collected her clothes on the ground and placed it on the bed. “Wait for me here. I’m going to check on what is going on outside”I kissed her cheeks and put on my trousers and jacket on before I left the room. Ivan met me at the door with Drake behind him. I whispered my words not wanting Ashley to hear us, “Did you hear her? Where is Gloria?”“I heard her calling your na
(Ashley’s POV).A month later, I had another wedding.To be exact, it was indeed a dream wedding planned for me. Beautiful was an understatement. It was gorgeous and unbelievably fairy-tale like. I could not believe Nikolai would do all that for me. A dream wedding it was.The wedding was held at the Palace of Averna, as what my parents wanted. I was introduced back to the society as Princess Ashley. The name Tiana Winters was only used for business, no longer my name.A garden themed wedding with live music sounded simple but turned out magical. Sparkles, so many of them. Teddy had some involvement in making it colourful. His obsession with shining objects and sparkles were an influence to the wedding theme.I loved every inch of it. In fact, my little boy had even helped me to design my white wedding dress in such short notice. Crystal had helped us too. A Princess like dress that matched with my little crown.I was indeed over the moon and at some point of time, I thought I was dr
(Nikolai’s POV).The day of the final stage of the competition has arrived. I sat next to my son, Teddy, as we watched one by one of the contestants presented their design with their models on stage. Not bad looking I would say.In the past, I would have totally slept with those sexy looking models. They were some who would bed me after I shower them with money. No strings attached. Simple.Those days of my one-night stand sex with random women were totally gone. I had turned into a monogamist. My eyes and heart were only for my Ashley, my Luna, my wife.We got married through a Werewolf ceremony almost a month ago and my life had never been better. Having her by my side when I woke up every morning was all I had wished for since the first day I laid eyes on her pretty blue eyes. I loved her with all my heart and soul.Our marriage was done with full Werewolf tradition. My mother had spent time teaching Ashley the ways of the Werewolf, preparing on what was coming soon in our life, w
(Ashley’s POV).Fast forward three weeks later, I sat on a table as I looked at the dress that Cindy and I had worked on for days in preparing for the final stage of the most anticipated design competition in Paris. I sighed of relief seeing the masterpiece placed on the life size mannequin.“What do you think, Teddy?” I asked my son who sat on my executive work chair with his legs folded in a seating position. Holding his teddy bear Kiko, he looked up and smiled at me.“More sparkles, Mommy” he smiled showing his cute little teeth. Then, he placed his little chubby hands on his chin as he studied the dress again, “Are you going to wear that? I don’t think Daddy would like it, Mommy”I chuckled and pinched his cheeks, “Mommy will wear whatever she wants and Daddy will have no say in it”“Daddy will burn the dress to the ground if Mommy dares to go out parading that piece of cloth” I looked at the door seeing Nikolai walked in the studio, frowning while looking at the dress. He gave m
(Nikolai’s POV).“Ashley, please don’t do this. I’m sorry” I kneeled down by her side while placing a hand on one of her hands. I then palmed her cheeks gently as I whispered my words to calm her sadness, “Honey, I’m sorry. I did not mean to say those words. I just could not lose you again and again. I can’t. I would rather die than living in this life without you. Please look at me”She opened her eyes and stared at me. I pecked her lips and pulled her body closer to mine, “I love you, Ashley. Please, this is enough. You need to rest. Loraine is finding a cure for our son. You must not use all the energy you have left in you. Save it for the babies”Loraine had accidentally slipped from her mouth that Ashley would be carrying twins. I was overjoyed with the news. But, after knowing how difficult her pregnancy would be with twins, I did not know how to react.I was not going to lose her. I needed to find a way to save her and our babies.But first, we needed to save my son.“I’m so s
(Author’s POV).Red. Bodies. Death.It was everywhere around the warehouse, except for two little souls.One was standing in the middle of a puddle of blood, while the other blindfolded and tied to a pole. She heard noises. The kind of noise that was sending shivers down her spine.Not being able to see what was happening was making her anxious, “T-teddy.. w-where are you? What happened?”She whispered with her trembling voice. The sound she heard earlier was frightening to her.There were the sound of Wolves howling in pain. Cracking of bones in a painful and excruciating ways. Cries for help was heard followed by the sound of the doors and windows locked.“T-teddy, are you.. are you still there?” Crystal whispered her words being afraid on what was there around her.She could not see or move much. Despite trying to get free and hurt her hands more, it proved to be useless as the rope was far tighter around her wrist, “Help me. Someone please, help us”It was then Crystal heard the
(Nikolai’s POV).“Oh, look. Your Wolf is here, Ashley. And he thinks he could save you” I saw this b*th named Helen turned to face me with that stupid smile plastered on her ugly face. I wanted so much to punch her but then she spoke something I did not quite understand the meaning of it, “You can’t stop what I’m doing next. Oh, you can kill me. I have nothing left in this world to live for. But, I will come back. Stronger and I will find you”“What are you?” I growled and was surprise Helen could understand my language. She smiled and suddenly revealed herself on what she was. A Demon.Her eyes turned pitch black, and I could see it hollow. The sound of the cries of pain was heard as I stared into her blacken eyeballs. It was probably those souls she had destroyed to make her stronger.Evil being she was. And I needed to be careful on what she would do next. Not fearing her, just careful.“You sold your soul to evil. Let Ashley go. Or suffer the consequences” I said as I moved close
(Ashley’s POV).In the fast-moving car, I asked Frankie to turn the car to the left as what was shown on the locator map. “Hurry! Why are you driving so slow!”I took a glance at Frankie who had his eyes only on the road. His hands on the steering wheels were shaking. Was he afraid of me? He did not even look at me after I forced him to drive me to the point shown in the map.“Someone took my son, Frankie. Does Nikolai know about this?” I asked him as we entered what looked like a road going up the hill. “I was asked to come here alone. You can stay in the car. I’ll get there by foot from here”“No, Miss Winters. It is not safe there for you. I’ll watch over you from far. Whoever you are meeting would not notice my presence” he said as he parked the car at the signage stating, “Private property”“This is a dead end. Walking up there would only lead you to a cliff. This does not look good, Miss Winters. We better call Alpha Nikolai” he turned to look at me with a look full of concern.
(Ashley’s POV).I woke up on Nikolai’s ever so comfortable bed. Soft and feather like feeling of the white sheets. It smelled pleasant too. I smiled and moved to my side thinking he would still be there next to me.But the bed was empty on the other side I sighed and pulled the warm and soft duvet to cover my body completely like being in a protective cocoon.I missed him already. Wished he would come back to me soon as he promised me earlier. Closing my eyes again, I rested my head on the pillow that still have his scent that I came to love.Love. Never thought I would fall in love again with another man, after what Philip did to me five years ago. But, Nikolai was different. Being with him was exciting and he made me feel special.As I drifted back to sleep, there was the sound of knocking on the window. It was disturbing my rest. Definitely annoying and had forced me to get up from my sleep.Nikolai had helped me to rest after our shower together. It was a quick one. It seemed tha
(Author’s POV).In a room with only a small window allowing the dim light from the moon to shine its brightness, two children were heard sniffling their tears of fear and regret. Their small little hands were tied on their back with a tight rope as they rested their back on the wall. Eyes were blindfolded.. mouth taped.. it was terrifying to both of the little children.“Teddy, w-where are you?” little Crystal whispered as she managed to free her hands from the rope tied around her hand. Her brothers once taught her that skill. She sniffled a tear seeing the cut and graze around her wrist. It had hurt her a little too much.At that time of despair, she recalled her elder brothers told her to be strong. Being the only girl among her siblings of three strong boys, had set certain expectation for her to toughened up like them. Despite her age of eight years old, Crystal was stronger than her peers at the same age.She was also smarter than average kids in her school. And that was what l