Zion had taken me back to my room while the Alpha King was yelling and shouting at my father. This had turned into a whole mess.
“I am fine now,” I held my brother’s hand, preventing him from pulling a blanket over me. I didn’t feel like lying down in the bed, I needed to be outside and hear what was going on.
The mate bond broke after the death of Tanner yet I didn’t feel the pain of it, why?
I know I have never loved Tanner and he knew that too, but I had accepted him as my mate then why didn’t I get aware of his demise?
“You should stay here, he is very angry right now,” Veronica and Iris walked into the room after us as well.
“Is nobody with dad outside?” I asked out of curiosity, if we were all here, who was with father?
His guards wouldn’t be able to help him make decisions, why were we hiding and my dad was facing all the wrath?
“I am going outside,” I jumped out of the bed while ignoring the eye roll from Iris and exited the room to meet my father in the foyer. Zion had rushed before me to the down where The Alpha King had created a whole mess out of our foyer.
“That is my decision!” whatever the Alpha King said must be terrifying enough to make everybody turn paler.
I stopped on the staircase, Iris, and Veronica behind me when I watched him raise his face and repeat his decision again.
“She belongs to my brother. She is the reason he is not with me today, so she will pay for the crime she had committed against my brother. I demand her arrival at my mansion before the very next morning or--- or I announce the war on the Dark Autumn Pack,” his face was all red from rage and anger. His voice had managed to form goosebumps all over our skins, and his decision has caused everyone to panic.
He was going to open a war on us?
“That is---,” My father was shivering but holding himself on his feet to defend his pack and his daughter.
“That is only fair! She wanted to reject him to look perfect and not have a single weakness. She made my brother think he is a criminal and a weakness for her, well, she will have to live with his name till death now,” he was talking and saying things that were followed by gasps.
“By morning!” he turned around and shouted, marching towards the exit whilst we stood frozen to our spots.
After he was gone, we have gathered around in the living room once again to discuss the matters.
“Who sent that letter? Do you not know it is a crime to fake a letter on behalf of the Warrior Gamma of the pack?” I was shouting at each one of them but they remained sitting calmly on their chairs.
“I am utterly disappointed in you all. Who gave you a right to forge her signature and use the royal seal on a letter that was not even written by her?” My father added as he demanded them to speak up.
None of them came forward, and none of them denied participating in this act of treachery against me.
“Now look what happened!” I was walking in the middle of them, slapping my forehead and getting all worked up.
“The Alpha King Aramis is very powerful,” Hassel stated sneakily,
“We will never be able to win this war,” Veronica too pitched in, siding with her mate.
“What are we going to do now?” Iris added after she realized she also needs to have a say in all this mess.
“I guess we prepare our army,” My father let out a grunt, he looked exhausted and I don’t blame him. He and I were not at fault as we didn’t start any of this. This is why I kept telling them that we should first hear all the sides.
What if Tanner was truly innocent? He died thinking I rejected him without letting him speak his side. My own family messed me up.
“Army? He will kill them all. Our pack and each member of it will face his wrath and we all know what it means, it means eternal agony and slavery,” Zion got up on his feet, facing father and having an argument with him.
“So what are you suggesting big brother? we cannot look away from this war. We didn’t start it, it is his decision,” I didn’t get what he was trying to prove here. The Alpha King Aramis was going to attack us regardless of us preparing an army or not.
“I mean, he gave us another option,” Iris leaped onto her feet and marched behind her mate, sneakily having a word from behind his back.
That option she spoke about left me speechless, how could she even suggest something so evil and horrendous?
“What? what do you mean by that? You want me to send my daughter as a slave to him? do you know what kind of torture she will go through there after being known as someone who became the reason behind the demise of his only family?” thankfully, my father didn’t see the logic in her statement.
“If we don’t send her, we will still face the same wrath but the only difference here will be that every single one of us will be his slave,” Zion backing her up led me to heave a gasp of shock, “Listen to me first. If this war happens, we all know he will win. We will be killed and all our women will go to his slavery, which one do you think is beneficial for us?” he managed to add more into his bullhi* in an attempt to make sense out of his plan.
“None! Nothing is beneficial here for us. What makes you think he will not demand more and more once he gets me? his anger and rage after losing his brother will know no limit until he destroys our whole pack,” I argued with him because they were suggesting to send me to him just to save their as*es when they were the ones who messed up when they forged a letter on my behalf.
I couldn’t believe my own elder brother, who was supposed to shield me, was suggesting that I should be sent away to The Alpha King, who is preparing the worst for my arrival.
“We don’t have much time, we should cast a vote and let everybody decide what we should do,” Zion had to steal eyes from me when turning around to look at the others behind him.
I was standing there in shock, watching my family agree with Zion.
“I don’t think I should suffer for the death of his brother. He only wants what belonged to his brother,” Iris was the first one to state her vote loudly.
“I am sorry but I don’t think I am in a condition to go through all this too,” Veronica rubbed her belly gently, making me realize they have even hidden another piece of news from me.
“I am with Veronica!” Obviously, Hassel was in favor of me being sent away. He wouldn’t want me here after I have told him that I will expose him to the pack for his disturbing crimes.
“Sent her to the pack since she was the one who had opened doors for that ras*al to our pack,” It was Markus, he had now come out of his room to deem me guilty of everything wrong happening around them.
“Father! Please make the right decision and think about the safety of your pack,” Zion made sure he uses the pack as his ending statement and then stepped back to let father decide my fate.
I was amazed by the people around me, they were my so-called family, and just like years ago, they were going to shove me in the hands of the devil to save their sorry as*es.
I had my eyes on my father, waiting for him to make a decision. As for me, I wasn't ready to sacrifice myself because they have made a mistake so I shouldn’t be the one to pay the price.I understand that my pack was in danger but giving up myself wasn't the right thing to do either.However, my siblings felt otherwise and it hurt me the most."I'm ashamed of you all!" my father finally stated loudly enough for them to know he wasn't pleased with them, "It's a shame that you are suggesting we send our virgin daughter, sister, the daughter of the pack to this man's mansion, who will be preparing the worst tortures for my daughter once he gets his hands on her. So, my decision is that we fight for the safety of our daughters," My father announced determinedly but he didn't receive the cheer he was probably expecting."Everybody prepare for the worst, then," Zion announced with a lack of energy, hands tied behind his back, and followed his mate to the room. After the living room was lef
I have watched my father’s dead body being taken away by the wailing brides. Many pack members mourned that day, but it was marked as the darkest day for me.The only one who had always defended me and shielded me from greedy eyes was now gone. I was left in the hands of these brutal people, who hadn’t stopped accusing me of my father’s death this whole time. I didn’t get any consolation from anyone, they all avoided me like I was a disease.I have returned to the pack house mansion just a minute ago when I heard someone calling for me.“What happened today was terrible,” Zion was standing in the middle of his people and in front of the empty chair that belonged to my father once.The big tears in my eyes wet my eyelashes, I blinked them away and refused to sit down.“My father was a great warrior; he was a great Alpha of the pack. He had maintained alliances with the other packs and always kept us safe but his one mistake cost him his life.” As he finished, everybody turned their hea
My heart seemed to have jumped out of my throat when my eyes spotted the present standing before my door. It wasn’t Zion anymore, he couldn’t be.He had tears in his eyes so it has to be someone else. My siblings were standing behind him with a sad glister glooming in their eyes.“We never thought we have weakened you so much.” Veronica filled her face in her hands and sobbed whilst Hassel turned his face to the other side.“I shouldn’t have blamed you for all that,” Markus stepped ahead and filled me in his arms. I broke down instantly as I recalled my father.He would have been so happy to see us all together. I felt Zion and Veronica wrapping us in a group hug too. Even though Iris and Hassel were not happy, it didn’t matter anymore. My siblings have realized their mistakes and that’s all that mattered to me.“Now! Let’s stand together like a wall and see who can steal our sister from us,” Zion broke the hug and announced as he secretly wiped the tears clean and acted tough.“I lov
Things were bound to change after my family horribly betrayed me. I was poisoned with so much love that I couldn’t even feel the bitterness in the alcohol while chugging it down.They were aware of my doubt in the loyalty of others, hence they used my desire to be accepted and loved by them against me and disguised as a loving family just to kill my wolf.I didn’t only lose Nix that night, I was no longer able to carry the title of the Warrior among the powerful creatures because I was not a supernatural creature anymore.I was a mere flesh and bone creature called a human now, ready to be sacrificed by her family.I woke up not in my comfortable bed but on a hard ground. The hard light was penetrating my eyelids, shaking me awake at the arrival of the day after the horrible night was passed.“Uh!” I groaned in pain when moving a muscle, my body was sore. Being just a human was a terrible feeling, I felt weak, and hard to wake up.I still managed to peel my eyelids open when I smelt t
My heart began to pound in my head, my body feeling an icy wave stabbing my skin like tiny little needles. The goosebumps covered my skin as I pushed my body into the corner and far away from the coffin.My mind couldn’t stop making up queries about what was this and why was it here?What was I seeing? Why was there a dead body of my mate preserved in a coffin? Why wasn’t his body handed over to the wailing brides?This wasn’t good for so many reasons. Not only would I be tortured watching him sleeping for eternity but the wailing brides will never let the Alpha King Aramis keep Tanner’s body.I was startled and shaken up badly, tears were streaming down my eyes as I forgot to blink. I couldn’t bring myself to go near the coffin and see his face from close. Sliding against the wall, I embraced my knees, pulling my legs closed and my knees to my chest. I could see the hole that silver dagger had left in his chest that he had stabbed himself with before jumping off the window.There w
“Morgana! Will you shut up for a minute?” I have been hearing the two talk for the last few minutes after Aramis left. I was told to get ready for something special he had planned for me.In those few minutes, I figured out that Jocelina was the mother of this girl Morgana, who was pretty bratty but whenever she was in front of Aramis, she wouldn’t stop being all cute and naïve but even her tone changed when he wasn’t around.“Where is he taking her? ask him,” she nagged her mother again, it had been going on for the last few minutes. I wondered how her mother was able to tolerate her because I would have snapped at her.“Morgana!” Jocelina grunted, watching me come out of my room in black cargo pants and a black top. I was asked to braid my hair and that kind of reminded me of my training sessions. We were advised to always keep our hair tied if we are going for a battle or even a simple fight.“All set? I will escort you to the Alpha King’s car now,” the smile of confidence on Jocel
I lay there waiting for his hand to land on me. When it didn’t end up happening, I opened my eyes and looked around to see Aramis holding the Blue Viper’s hand in the cage.The Viper grunted, raising his other hand to probably hit Aramis. When he looked into the eyes of Aramis, he stepped back out of fear. If Aramis was able to scare away such a villainous creature then it was clear that he was as powerful as the stories being told about his heroic actions.He then proceeded to bend over me and lift me up in his arms. His muscles were strong and big, his skin was warm and comforting.Although I no longer had my wolf, I was weirdly feeling him too much. He walked me out of there and sat me up in his car. He didn’t care what they say behind his back for interrupting a cage fight. He was the Alpha King; he was not going to answer anyone.“Back to the mansion,” he ordered the driver, who nodded his head and hit the road. I was barely sitting in the seat, feeling this excruciating pain thr
“I said enough!” Aramis repeated himself, walking into the room and eyeing Morgana to leave us alone. She stayed behind him in annoyance and then stomped her foot, marching out like a brat.“You are not allowed to keep talking and ask us any questions. Besides, you are lucky I spared your life even when I should have let the Blue Viper hurt you back in there,” he squatted down before me and raised his brow.“I never asked you to save me,” I shrugged my shoulders, keeping eye contact with him.“Or maybe you did when you used my brother’s name. You think I am a fool and I don’t know that is not why you weren’t fighting back in there? just admit you are also weak when you have wolfbane in your system,” he wrinkled his nose and stretched his neck, his scent was intoxicating.I instantly looked away when my eyes traveled to his strong neck muscles. His closeness was intimidating and I didn’t even have a wolf to blame for me checking him out.It was just a bit odd that we both knew we were