Chapter Hundred and Sixty-Nine – He’s missing. Chris’s POV By evening, I tried to walk with my legs. A gloom aura was round about my palace and I wondered if it was because Ralph died. Or Jaden’s aura was spreading to this part? “Impossible.” Zeke sneered. “You act like you can’t smell the fear of the people.” So it was their fear that darkened the skies? They had every right to be afraid. Ray had announced the death of the Black Rose Beta as I ordered and everyone sympathized with them.Zeke scoffed. “Do you think Black Rose needs the sympathy? They want Logan’s head! And till it’s given, the skies will never be bright again!” “Why are you cursing our land!” I yelled. My wolf never had anything positive to say about a situation. Always negative! “Logan killed a Beta.” he said, like I didn’t know. “The kingdom didn’t know how powerful Logan was before, as you hid all sacrifices you made so they wouldn’t panic, but they know it all now.” Did he mean announcing Ralph’s death
Chapter Hundred and Seventy – How’d it happen?Jaden’s POV A monster. That was what I unlocked. And part of me felt I hadn’t just unlocked it, but it had always a dormant being in me all along. How’d I unravel the mysteries behind this new rank? This cursed rank. A Lycan rank. Had such ever happened? I wasn’t aware. I’d lose a lot. Yes, I’d lose a huge lot. But then, I’ve already lost a lot so if this was the blessing of the moon goddess to me then I should accept it with open arms. “So Leon, what did you say I’d do to shift back?” I asked my wolf as I couldn’t get myself to my normal human size. I had to sleep in a cave like an animal because I couldn’t be seen in Lycan form around my pack till I had explained everything. “It’s an ‘inhale and exhale’ exercise. Try it.” He repeated for the hundredth time. It wasn’t working. “Anything else?” My eyes went down to the ground, strong at the muddy sticky soil. “I really want to leave here to the comfort on my bed! And right now!
Chapter Hundred and Seventy-One – Running.Jaden’s POVSome wolfs were coming to me. Not from my pack but from Silver Pack. My sense of smell heightened. They were still miles off but I could smell them by their distinct reek of silver. Silver repelled me, not as much as it used to before. Like how it repelled Lycans. Logan hated it. I basically had all his weaknesses now. The scent of my mate hit my nose and I stood standstill. I had forgotten about her for while. How’d she react to me being a Lycan? Silver wolfs and Lycans were very different, enemies. Would she hate me? She hadn’t accepted our mate bond yet so I didn’t want anything to drift her away. “She can read my energy.” I gasped. She was a powerful wolf so realizing my Lycan energy won’t be hard for her. What’d I do now? Her warriors were far from where I was, while she was closer. I swerved to the direction of her warriors. They can’t read my energy. I broke into a run as I wanted to be away from her as quickly a
Chapter Hundred and Seventy-Two – Being open.Jaden’s POVMy fists clenched. Jonah was about countering with something when I slammed the wall, creating a huge crack on it. They snapped their heads at me in unison. “I’m keeping the Lycan!” I yelled. Jonah sighed. Jake gasped. “What if this is a blessing? I did nothing to become Lycan yet I am.” I continued. “Whether you like it or not, there’s nothing like de-shifting.” I faced Jonah. “So I'm keeping the Lycan.” My brother shook his head. “You aren’t keeping it. You’re an Alpha of Black Rose. We’ve lost a Beta, we can’t lose an Alpha as well.” What was he saying? Losing an Alpha? How was this losing? And why’s he bringing Ralph into this? My fists became tighter. “What if this is a gift from the moon goddess, to avenge Ralph with?” “The ‘what ifs' are the problem, Alpha.” Jonah said. “‘What if you can’t control it?’ is the biggest what if.” I don’t think there’s any rank that was difficult to control. And yes, I saw the gift
Chapter Hundred and Seventy-Three – Wild wolf.Rihanna’s POV I returned to my pack. That mate of mine was a hassle.If he knew I was looking for him, why not he show himself to me before running off? Dara was running to me as I walked into the main house. “Alpha! A letter from Red Moon!” I sped to her to reduce her distance, she needed to still rest, that hit she took was hard. “Before you ask, yes, we found Jaden. He is at Black Rose now.” I told her, opening the letter. I saw that it had already been opened so read it’s content. “This is just thanks for saving…” My mouth fell open when I looked down and read the lines. It wasn’t just thanks and condolences for losing a Beta from an ally pack. “Alpha, do you see what Logan had been planning? I can’t believe!” Dara yelled. He really wants to destroy all werewolfs! A charm that could drain energy from us to him? He killed Ralph with it? That’s gruesome. He must have had no strength to fight back.What kind of state of helples
Chapter Hundred and Seventy-Four – Half brothers.Rihanna’s POV Hunter held my body tightly as I picked up speed again. I smiled internally then slowed down, he loosened up. It was just me tormenting the poor child. He earlier said it was his first time on a horse and wanted it to be memorable. Well, it would be so memorable that it could be his last time he’d ever want to be atop a horse. “We are almost there, endure the discomfort, okay?” I said, turning to pat his head. He made small noises but I felt his head nod. We arrived at Black Rose border, or at least close to it. “We are here, Hunter.” Just then, I felt an energy speed to me. A Lycan energy. i jumped down from my horse. I pulled out the sword I brought with me from Sun Burn Kingdom. The Lycan Slayer. I had a stance. But it couldn’t be Logan daring to come around Black Rose pack after killing their Beta? But I wasn’t taking chances. Seeing the Lycan wasn’t making himself known, I flung my sword at a shrub and ran
Chapter Hundred and Seventy-Five – Joking?Rihanna’s POVWhat was he and Liam yapping about? “Which other Lycan?”I sent my hands ready to throw hands. Any other Lycan wasn’t welcomed here. “Me.” He deadpanned. “I realized I was Lycan yesterday. Like I just unlocked the rank.” My hands fell down. He was the Lycan? “Congratulations! My worse Lycan, after my father, had unlocked Lycan rank too. He was a crazy guy.” Liam chuckled. Jaden sighed. “That’s not helping.” “What you’re saying isn’t making sense either. You are Lycan?” my eyes widened.How did he become Lycan? “After Ralph’s death, I was venting then poof, shifted to Lycan.” He said causally.I hit his arm slightly. With the way he sounded, he must be joking. “This is a joke, right?” My hand was still on his arm I hit, he held unto it and shook his head. “No, I’m dead serious.” I pulled my hand away from him. He was dead serious? “Are you kidding me now!” Liam backed away. “Why do I sense a couple fight starting? Is she
Chapter Hundred and Seventy-Six – No way!Chris’s POV My legs worked fine again. And like so, the skies got brighter. I stretched on my bed. Stability was returning to our world again. Or so I hope. As I left bed, I heard sounds in the courtroom. The sounds reminded of the advice my sister gave me yesterday. I bet she was still on it. The thing with having a broken hearted person in your midst was the person gave bad advices. Vanessa was back to Black Hills, sent back by a Black Rose warrior. She wasn’t rejected by Jonah but wasn’t accepted either. Her mate didn’t even want her close when he was mourning. And her reason was that he was in love with someone else. What crazy things was he doing by being in love with someone who wasn’t his mate! I didn’t want to address it just yet as they were in a mourning period but I’d surely talk about it soon. “Did you even sleep?” I asked Vanessa, when I walked into the courtroom. She faced me with droopy black eyes that answered my ques
Chapter Two Hundred and Three – A wedding? (The End)Chris’s POV (A month later) The ink which I used to free Blue Bloom, Blue Fire and Silver Pack got stuck on my thumb. I don’t know if it would be infectious to a baby’s skin and I sure as hell wanted to hold him when he comes out. Those packs had been reallocated to Black Rose Kingdom, few days after their inauguration. I was free from them, it was time to focus on my own family. I would ask for nothing more. Vanessa sighted me, rushing to the room and held me back. “Wait, she’s still in labor!” What? I flung my hand in the air. “It’s been minutes already. Why isn’t she pushing…” “Shut up! She is trying!” Vanessa retorted. I calmed down, pacing around. “I don’t know why the boy doesn’t want to wait till my birthday so we’d celebrate together. It’s just two more days.” Vanessa muttered. I ignored her. I really needed my son out now. “Oh, did I tell you? I invited Rihanna and Jonah specially and they accepted. I thought Ri
Chapter Two Hundred and Two – Two Kings.Jaden’s POV Rihanna was in bed, I planted a kiss on her cheek before leaving the room. As I opened the doors I saw Beatrice and Dara, hands crossed staring at me. Did they see that? “Only if you tell me you guys are dating, will I not whoop your ass!” Dara pointed at me. They definitely saw that. “Even better, they are mates!” Chris said, walking to us. I smiled and brushed past Dara. Beatrice’s jaw dropped. “She didn’t tell us! Why didn’t she tell us! We should know this things!!” Dara’s fists clenched. “How dare she…” she stomped to the room but I jumped to stop her. Chris laughed, handing Beatrice a letter. “I drafted this now. Jaden, take the wheel, it’s all yours.” What was all mine? I successfully pushed Dara back and breathed a sigh of victory. Beatrice opened the letter and read it’s contents. “Wow. I will wait till my Alpha gets up before reacting to this.” I took the letter from her and viewed it. What? Chris was releasing
Chapter Two Hundred and One – Admit it.Jaden’s POV Logan exhaled, closing his eyes, “I wanted your energy for more than being immortal Rihanna.” Did he mean he needed her energy to remove his curse? He was being sketchy again. The Lycan glanced at Liam. “Deep down, I’d like the curse gone so I’d return to my family.” Liam blinked, looking down.“I believe the silver wolf energy can remove my curse, somehow.” Logan added. My face contorted to a scowl. “So she should let you absorb her energy?” Rihanna looked up at me with small pout. I knew she was unwilling, I was unwilling too. “Not necessarily.” Liam said. “Maybe she could use it to free him.” “Don’t forget I still don’t know how.” Rihanna cocked her head but it slowly straightened.“Yes, Red Moon! They'd know! If they can swap mates, they can speak to the moon goddess!” She yelped. But her excitement died down. “I don’t think I need them using sorcery on me though.” Liam’s hopeful expression faded. “So we are doomed? Gre
Chapter Two Hundred – The story.Rihanna’s POV Liam helped Logan sit up against a rock. The Lycan was healing but we still had time to get an answer then kill him for good. I still wasn’t sure how to remove the curse. Jaden noticed my hesitation. Liam was trying to wipe off the blood on Logan when Jaden held him. “Wait, Liam.” Jaden held his hand and pulled him up. “Before trying to get Logan to be alive, what’s the curse?” True. I needed to know what the curse was before ‘communing’ with the moon goddess. Liam pulled his hand away from Jaden’s, with a pout. “Well, this could be hard to hear.” I bet it wasn’t. Jaden had already heard the meanest of things this week. He had a straight face, glaring at Liam. “What?” “My mother said while Logan was Alpha King, he used to kidnap young female Lycans and use them for sex slaves.” Liam started. My body became cold. So his animalistic behaviors didn’t start now? “My mother added that then, her father hid her from him so she wouldn’
Chapter Hundred and Ninety-Nine – Tell the curse.Rihanna’s POV Awakening. It felt good. Lana had a distinct echo to her voice. And it was like she and I were both fighting Logan at the same time. I didn’t need to shift to wolf form to have her in control. Logan dodged Jaden’s blow and dashed to me. My right leg was before me and left leg behind. I awaited his contact. When he crashed on me, I went back but keeping my balance, holding his punch in place. My left leg came forward, sweeping Logan off his feet and my arms, used to block his punch, grabbed his neck and I tumbled him over. He grunted, having his back to the ground the fourth time in a row. The Lycan Slayer came sliding into his heart, by Jaden. He stabbed it deeply that it broke through the molten floor and was hooked there. A slap, with my clawed fingers, went through his face, reminding him not to try anything stupid. Jaden smirked. “Now, we’ve your undivided attention, do you care to explain your curse?” Bloo
Chapter Hundred and Ninety-Eight – His son.Chris’s POV How was I still alive? Logan had stabbed by stomach with his sword like claws and I fell on the ground with my back. I couldn’t move after that and only heard Jaden’s shouts. I wasn’t sure if he was yelling for me or his mate who Logan had tackled. My wolf healing must have really improved due to all those fights I have been having with Logan. The injuries on my sides burned but I felt the soothing relief washing over me as they healed. Energy drain waves were around me but I didn’t worry as no Lycan was close either.My mind replayed seeing Rihanna fall with her neck. There was no way she could have died despite that being a fatal position. And Jaden was weakened to a fault and I knew Logan would use that avenue to kill him.My legs were losing their sensory nerves as my energy left my body. I groaned, trying to move them. Before I went to challenge Logan, I told Lucius to watch me so it was just a matter of time before
Chapter Hundred and Ninety-Seven – Awakened.Jaden’s POV My heart was growing cold. I touched Rihanna’s face but I didn’t feel the sparks I usually do. What was happening? I slowly turned to Chris who was challenging Logan. He had good sword art and was mad at Logan. He must have seen what he did to Rihanna. I wanted to fight for my mate alongside him but my body felt involuntary. I lost all drive to do anything. If this was how it’d end then I could end as well. My father killed my Beta and my mate. Was they any use living like this? But at that moment, she moved.I was sure it wasn’t my eyes deceiving me. “Rihanna?” I called again. Using my wolf vision, I scanned her body and found that she was healing. I wanted to hug her in happiness. “Argghh!” Chris screamed and the Lycan Slayer fell before me. I snapped my head at him and he was at the mercy of Logan. “No!” I ran towards them but dust from the earth was thrown at me and when they settled, there was no Chris and no Log
Chapter Hundred and Ninety-Six – Hesitant.Jaden’s POVIt must have been Rihanna’s shout of pain that attracted Chris to come close to where we are. I noticed him but before I could warn him, he tripped over a charm laying about. Direct contact with the object made him lose his balance. Energy had been taken from his legs. “Argh! I can’t move!” he screamed. It temporarily paralyzed him? I had speculations of that happening. “Chris, hold on!” But Logan came before me and sent a punch my way. I dodged it by bending but my mate caught his hand and twisted it. I escaped to Chris. Rihanna dragged Logan’s hand behind him but he hit her with his head and she let go of him. Her legs went to his head but he blocked it and slapped her higher thighs. She backed away, holding her legs and wearing a scowl. That was a violation on her mate! A sexual harassment if I should say! I left Chris and charged back to him. With my sides, I pushed him towards a boulder and he broke into it. “Don’t
Chapter Hundred and Ninety-Five – Adapting.Rihanna’s POV Logan’s energy left the barn, I became alarmed. I read that they were still eight wolfs inside, the last one life’s hanging on a thread. “Jaden, we need to save the Blue Bloom Beta before he dies.” I reminded. A wave hit my barrier as I got closer. “Rih, the energy drain is active.” Jaden told me. I was ahead of him as my barrier was already active. He found the charm and smashed it on a rock, breaking it to pieces.I advanced to the barn and kicked it open. Since Logan wasn’t around, they were safe. I released my barrier and stretched my hand to the only female in the group. “I am Alpha Rihanna, I believe you’re the Luna?”She had a scared expression on her face and her hands shivered. Logan wasn’t around so why was she scared? Jaden carried the Beta and rushed out. He was safe and it made me feel better. The Luna took my stretched out hand, and stood from where she sat. The moment she did, I felt a insurmountable am