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Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 304
I stare up at the obsidian column rising up before me. The structure is huge, almost reaching the ceiling, and cut into a near perfect rectangle, ending in a spire at the top. I put my hand on the crystal. "I'm so sorry," I whisper, fighting against the tears that burn the back of my throat. "You didn't deserve this."The Cabal witches hid the crystal in a cellar of some sort, in a house right at the edge of the little village, protecting it with layers of magic. Finding it was easy, working our way through the ancient protection spells wasnโt. In the end, we had to join forces with the hybrids to do it.As always, the witches used me as their conduit, concentrating our magic into one big ball of energy so we could break through the deadly spells and safely make our way to the crystal.I hate the vampiresโ magic. The darkness of it. Every time I have to channel it, it eats away at me like a leech, draining my positive energy. โCan we just destroy it?โ Alfred asks.โNo,โ I say, as I ho
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2022-11-20Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 305
Itโs full dark by the time I wake, but out here in the mountains itโs difficult to tell the time of day because the sun sets so early. I feel much better, stronger. My head is on Kaneโs lap, and heโs gently stroking my hair. The first thing that hits me is the smell of blood. His blood. โHow long was I out?โ โNot long. An hour maybe,โ he says in his familiar, comforting baritone. โYou scared me a little this time, Willow. I swearโฆI thought you died.โ โFelt like I died.โ โYes, your heart stopped. If it werenโt for Suri protecting you, youโd be dead.โ โIs that why sheโs so tired?โ โSheโs fine now. I healed you both.โ I know. I can feel his magic inside me - the beautiful bright light chasing away the darkness that threatened to consume me earlier today. โThank you.โ He nods. โI want you to stop.โ โStop what? Using magic?โ โNo. I want you toโฆstop trying to save everyone. You canโt. People die in wars. You have to make peace with it.โ โYes,โ I say and struggle upright. โAnd the
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2022-11-21Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 306
Kaneโs POV โKane,โ Willow shakes me awake. I inhale sharply and bolt upright. My forehead connects with hers so hard that I nearly knock her out. โShit--โ I grab her before she can fall over --โIโm sorry.โ โItโs okay.โ She scrunches up her face and rubs her brow. โWhatโs wrong?โ โZael wants to talk to you.โ โHe couldnโt wake me himself?โ โYou told me itโs rude to walk into your bedroom,โ Zael says right outside the tent. Willow laughs but quickly stops when she see the frown on my face. โWhat?โ she shrugs. โI think heโs funny.โ โCome in, Zael.โ Zael unzips the tent and comes inside, shaking the snow off. โFuck, itโs cold.โ Willow hands him a towel and sits next to me, shivering and shaking like one of Adare's toys. I pull her against me and put my arms around her. โYou know you canโt handle the cold,โ I say. โIโm fine,โ she mumbles, but sheโs trembling so violently that sheโs practically vibrating out of my arms. โWhatโs the matter, Zael?โ I ask. โI think we found a way t
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2022-11-22Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 307
Kane's POV I close my eyes and pretend that Iโm not being carried like an infant right now. Everyone else already made their displeasure known, but thereโs nothing else we can do. Zael wasnโt lying when he said we wouldnโt be able to pass over the terrain. Itโs rocky and slippery, and in places, the vampires have to fly with us over chasms, patches of deep snow, and icy streams. โHow do the trucks get up here?โ I ask, not really expecting an answer. โThereโs a dirt road leading up to the caves,โ the unknown vampire carrying me answers. โBut itโs impassable right now, and well-guarded.โ After what feels like hours, but it's probably closer to thirty minutes, the vampires come to a stop and lower us to the ground. Thereโs a very faint footpath winding through the pine trees and up the mountain. โWhere are we?โ โThe back of the caves,โ Zael answers. โThereโs a way in from here, butโฆโ he shrugs. โYes,โ I say. "I can feel it." There's a barrier of some kind, but unlike the one at the
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Bridging the magical barrier is easier than breaking through it, but itโs as Raymond said - the spells are deceptive. The outer layer of the barrier is meant to fool us into thinking that itโs a simple protection spell, while the multiple inner layers could maim or kill us outright. The combination of both light and dark magic strengthens the spell and makes it difficult to break, but not impossible. Raymond didnโt lie -- it would take someone proficient in both the light and dark arts to fight against this magic. Iโm not entirely sure I can do it. My knowledge of light magic is limited, but Iโm the only one with the ability to channel both at once. I inhale deeply and start to pull energy from the gathered witches inside myself. I can feel it swirling around me, entering me, washing through my body, mixing in with my very essence. When I exhale, I let the magic explode out of me in one go, just as I did when I broke the soul-gathering spell. This time, I donโt blow a fuse, but all
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Kaneโs POVMy neck is killing me. The little girl came very close to wiping me of the planet. Her fangs tore through skin and flesh like a serrated knife, and the wounds are not closing up and healing like theyโre supposed to. โStop,โ I order the vampire.He comes to a screeching halt on the other side of a frozen little stream and lowers me to the icy ground. โYouโre not healing,โ he says.โNo.โ In fact, itโs getting worse with blood steadily pumping out of my body through the two holes in my neck.Zael and Willow kneel next to me to examine the injury. โShit,โ the vampire says. โWhy arenโt you healing?โโHow the hell should I know?โ I snap. Iโm suddenly exhausted and cold. I just want to lie down and die.โZael,โ Willow says. โHow does it work?โโA vampire bite?โโUh-huh.โโVampires have a type of anticoagulant in their fangs to stop the wounds from closing up and the blood from clotting too fast.โโSo maybe the little girl released too much of it?โ she asks.โAnd the wounds are too
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I sit bolt upright, the heavy blankets falling off me as I do. Itโs colder than yesterday and judging by the way the tentโs roof is sagging, itโs still snowing.I stand up and push against the roof as Iโve seen Kane do to release some of the snow before the tent collapsed on top of me. "Queen?โ an Omega calls from the other side. โWe have warm water.โOh good. I can clean myself in frigid sub-zero temperatures, that is always fun...but I do feel icky and sticky and it will be worth it. I unzipp the tent for them and stand aside while they remove yesterdayโs frozen water and replace it with a fresh basin.The Omegas take my dirty clothes away without asking my permission and wordlessly leave the tent. When we fled the castle, I tried to stop them from attending us so much, but Kane told me to leave them be. It gives them something to do, makes them feel like they were contributing to the war effort in a meaningful.I still have to constantly remind myself that it is in their nature and
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2022-11-27Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 311
Kane's POV โWhere are the humans?โ Glenn asks when we walk into the empty town. โI thought you know exactly whatโs going on around you,โ I say just to be spiteful. Iโm tired, sore after a fight with the mutants, and just generally in a pissy mood. โYou donโt need to stand guard or anything, do you?โ My chancellor narrows his eyes at me, but he doesnโt say anything. I sigh and wipe my dirty, sweaty palms on my even dirtier, bloody jeans. โI sent them away. The vampires evacuated them a few hours ago. I donโt want them caught up in the crossfire.โ I didnโt actually make it into the caves. Willowโs bridge was still there, but the mutants used it as a means of escape. By the time we finally made it back up to the barrier, dozens of them were on our side of the boundary, on their way down the mountain. The witches and a handful of really ineffectual humans were trying their best to get the escapees back in their prison, but they had limited success. The mutants turned on them and murd
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Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Thank you
Dear readers, I would like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to read Willow and Kane's story. This has been one of the longest books I've ever written, and when I started out I did not expect it to turn into this epic saga, but I regret nothing. Nothing I tell you :). I fell in love with Willow and Kane, and I am genuinely sad to say goodbye to these two, but unfortunately all stories must come to an end. Thank you for your support througout this wild ride. It means the world to me. I hope you enjoyed reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. Until we meet again. All my love, Celice
Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Epilogue
Kane Madden, Lycan King of Felan, wakes up to an unearthly racket right outside his bedroom door. Slightly concerned, he glances at his heavily pregnant wife and smiles despite his annoyance at his oldest sonโs shenanigans in the hallway. Willow Madden, his mate of fifteen years is heavily pregnant with their second set of twins, two boys this time, and Kane sincerely hopes this is the last time. Goddess knows he loves his children, all eight of them, and heโs sure heโll love numbers nine and ten just as much, but itโs getting difficult to keep up with all the pups. They are exhausting. For a time, he was sure that theyโd never have more children, but after one wild afternoon in the forest, Willow did get pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, as their remarkable son predicted. She named the twins Josiah and Jocelyn, after the previous occupants of their home. Kane thought it was macabre, but Willow insisted, saying they had to honour their ancestors. That would be the same twins wh
Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 328
Itโs a beautiful summerโs day, and the drive up to the cabin is pleasant enough. Kane and I have found a peaceful kind of comfort in each otherโs silence, and we rarely need to fill the quiet with inane background chatter. We are content, just being together. I inhale the lovely fresh air, remembering the first time I came here. The night Suri was born, the sheer exhilaration of feeling my wolf come to life...and that was all thanks to Agatha. Dear, sweet Agatha who never found a final resting place because we went to war and in the chaos, we forgot all about her. Our funeral home has since been bombed off the planet, and we just take care of our dead our own way as we'd done during the war. There arenโt that many of us left anyway. The few surviving wolves live here now, and those that refuse to come to safety are dying off โ Templars bearing a lingering grudge either murder them, or the wolves yield to their unrelenting urge to join a good war. Kane once told me that wolves had be
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Kane's POV I wasnโt sure what would happen in the months and years that followed after we signed the peace treaty, so we went with the tried and tested 'go with the flow' method. For a time, everything went back to normal. Drake and Patrick ran the business, and more and more my little brother took over my duties in the company. Proof, Willow liked to remind me, that Omegas are just as competent as any other wolf. The overseas wolves went home, and as soon as they were sure the threat had really passed, the European wolves followed suit. The only ones that stayed were the humans. I claimed the human town as part of my territory during the peace talks, and the residents now affectionately call it Wolftonia. Leif left, taking his strange sister with him. Only later did we learn that Silkeโs time on earth was limited and that she had foreseen her own death long before she ever came here. Unbeknownst to all of us, including Willow, a vรถlvaโs dying energy projects outwards, and what we m
Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 326
Adare runs around the garden with Roland. The two boys growl and stalk each other like prey. My motherly instinct is to jump up and stop them before one of them gets seriously hurt, but Rosie quickly grabs me and pulls me back to my chair. โNo Queen,โ she says. โThatโs how they learn. They wonโt hurt each other.โ โAre you sure?โ โIโve seen them play this game a hundred times. Iโm sure.โ Dammit. My throat burns and I have to fight against the tears. Iโm so happy that my son is home, but Iโve missed so much. He is the size of an average three-year-old and when I talk to him, I sometimes forget that heโs not even two yet. I choose not the think about it. I choose to focus on the here and now. My family is whole and complete and that's what matters โMama! Look!โ Adare squeals and tackles Roland to the ground. โGood job, buddy,โ Kane says behind me. I look over my shoulder at my mate. โYouโre back early.โ โYes. Peace talks broke down.โ โWhy?โ โClement wants my humans.โ โI thought
Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 325
Kane rolls over to my side and pulls me into his embrace. I donโt even bother to open my eyes. Itโs been a wild few days. โOh Goddess, no,โ I complain. โHavenโt you had enough?โ He laughs breezily in my ear. โNeverโฆbut for now, yes.โ He flutters kisses over my jaw and neck. โHow do you feel?โ โLike I got run over by a penis-shaped bulldozer.โ โHey, you wanted it.โ I finally manage to drag my eyelids apart. โI did.โ I smile at my impressive mate. โThe first two days were great.โ โI know.โ He rolls away and swings his legs off the bed. โThe last day always feels more like a punishment than pleasure.โ I turn over onto my side and stare at his broad back, the strong muscles flexing under his skin. โNo regrets though, right?โ He looks over his shoulder at me. โNone.โ He gets up and stretches, scratching his ass as he walks to the bathroom. A minute later, I hear him open the tap. We donโt have electricity yet, but Iโm not so sure I miss it. Life is kind of peaceful without the cons
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Kaneโs POV I sit on the couch in the dark living room, watching the glowing embers in the fireplace, trying to ignore the call of Willowโs heat and the fever that's trying to consume me. I'd go to her, but she's still asleep. tโs not time, she canโt feel it yet, but she will in another few hours. I should be sleeping, prepare myself properly this time, but I canโt switch my milling thoughts tumbling through my head off long enough so I can go to sleep. Iโve already sent orders out to bring the power stations back online and ordered our army to stand its ground. Thereโs nothing else to do now but wait for Clement to come back so we can finish up the peace agreement. In the absence of entertainment or imminent danger, the only thing I have to keep myself occupied is my own thoughts, and all I can think about is the possibility that Willow will get pregnant. Here, in the quiet of the night, all by myself, I have to admit the truth. I never want her to get pregnant again โ not becaus
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Kaneโs POV For the next few hours, we talk about the meeting with Clement, the future, and a whole lot of nothing. Thereโs something comforting in it, just friends having a chat about life, love, and everything in between. I glance at my watch, surprised to see that it was well past midday. โThatโs it,โ I say and get up, stretching my too-tight muscles. โWeโre taking the week off. I don't know about you, but I've had enough of war to last me a lifetime.โ โShall I collect Adare?โ Zael asks on our way out. โNot yet. I donโtโฆWillow thinks heโll be safe here, but I want to make sure.โ โIf what she said about The Goddess is true, sheโs probably right. She hasnโt been wrong so far, has she?โ I scrunch up my face and rub my forehead. โI donโt know. I canโt think straight anymore.โ Zael nods. โI know the feeling.โ โDid you get any retaliation over the Raymond thing?โ โOf course I did.โ โAnd?โ โAnd nothing. I handled it...it won't come back to you.โ โDo you think this war is over?โ
Alpha of Alphas - The Lycan's Impossible Mateย ย ย Chapter 322
Kane's POVIt had been weeks since we slept comfortably, and even though we both sort of hinted at passing the night making love, neither of us could actually gather the energy to do more than snuggle down in each otherโs arms.For the first time in weeks, perhaps months, I wake with a smile on my face, completely relaxed and almost happy. The only thing I need to complete my joy is my son, and he'll be here soon enough.I stretch languidly, and slip out from under Willow and go to the bathroom to get ready for my meeting with Clement. I hope against all hope that Willow misunderstood The Goddess and that there would be no human war. I hope, and I pray, that Clement would listen to my advice and stop it before it even starts.The castle is freezing, and Iโm shivering so much that I cut myself several times while I shave. Rattling like an excited dog, I run back to the bedroom, pull an extra blanket over Willow, then rush to the closet so I can dress in one of my suits and my long, thi
