Esmeralda POV Killain lifted me up and carried me out of the confrontation site, his eyes and entire body on full alert. The place was still filled with remnant of smoke from Aurora’s powers.The dark magic still tainted the air, reeling deeply of smoke. I didn’t say anything as Killian carried me out of the place. His strong hold on me made me know how antsy he was.His wolf was on edge and it was obvious. I had my head pressed against his chest and I felt the constant beating of his chest. I felt his gaze on me often too, but he moved really stealthily, almost like he didn’t want me to jostle at all.“Are you good?” He asked me, making me open my eyes and look into his own dark ones. “Yes.” I mumbled softly, my voice almost inaudible.I felt really drained but I wasn’t that weak. It was a very weird feeling, way too foreign and strange. I felt a new power simmering inside of me, it was simmering up and boiling.“We’ll soon get to the house, just hold on.” He said, increasing his p
Esmeralda POV “I’d rather die than to see him save you one last time.” Aurora growled angrily, coming straight at me when she saw that my attention was divided and I had all my gaze on Killian.With every energy in her, she stretched out her hand and directed the remaining venom in her to me, aiming to really kill me. I found myself envisioning a protective shield and blocking the venom from getting to me.No matter how hard she tried, it didn’t get to me at all. Her eyes burned with so much hatred that could burn down an entire building. The black smoke thickened, swirling around me like a giant house. But even with how much the pressure was, the shield protecting me was way higher than that. The smoke slammed into me, but instead of consuming me, it coiled.“Enough!” She said, sending a shockwave through my body. But instead of it affecting me, it bounced back to her and she staggered backwards.Shock and disbelief filled her face, her eyes dimming with anger.“You shouldn’t even
Thorne POV I watched as my warriors fought one another, each of them fighting with so much fervor and strength. They all knew I was watching them and what that meant. If I noticed anyone slacking, they might be demoted.But what they didn’t know was that I wasn’t really watching them. My eyes were on them, but my mind wasn’t. I had zoned out the moment I got here. A lot of things just made me feel like crashing out so badly. I had underrated the ‘King’ position so much that everything I was facing came as a shock.My father had held back from telling and showing me a lot of things while he was training me because he thought he’d still be in power in the background while I was known as the king to everyone.I just didn’t know why he handed over when he knew he wouldn’t let go of power yet.I was dragged out of thoughts when I saw one of my pack members walk over to me. She looked around, almost as if she was trying to avoid someone, or hide from them.“Good morning, your majesty.” Sh
Esmeralda POV Terror gripped my entire body at that. I wasn’t unfamiliar with black magic. It was so powerful that it could wipe out an entire pack if care isn’t taken at all. I watched as the black smoke made its way to me.I was too shocked to react, I just stood there and allowed it to do whatever it wanted with me. But it did nothing, it was just the weird smell of the smoke that was upsetting.When Aurora saw that nothing was happening to me, she retracted her hand and frowned. She looked confused, her eyes dilating as they faded out for a while. She seemed to be communicating with someone through mindlink.“I see that Killian has fortified you and you’re now capable of bouncing back attacks, right?” She asked, looking mad at the fact that she was being challenged.She stared into my eyes with nothing but mirth in them, a devious smile plastered on her face as she stretched out her hand towards me once again. This time, with more force and energy.“Let’s see how you’ll reject th
Esmeralda POV My mind was a very jumbled place, I felt like being away from the pack for a while. I felt a lot of things but I was more angry at Killian for jumping into conclusion just like that, he didn’t even hear from me at all.But seeing Lily talk to me made me go from being angry to being confused. She was ignoring me, why then did she talk to me and was acting like everything was okay between us?“Can I talk to you for a second?” She asked me.“You’re talking to me now?” “I wasn’t fighting with you to begin with, you did nothing to me. Can we talk, please?” She asked, her voice sounding so calm and relaxed.“Okay.” I replied then walked out of the house with her behind me. I stopped at a quiet place outside, the spot where most people just sit down and relax. There was no one in sight so it was the most suitable place for us to have the conversation.“How are you doing?” She asked me, going first.I was still very shocked, she was acting like everything that happened didn’t
Killian POV I wanted to be so mad at her, especially when I heard the reason the fight happened. I was furious at first, but Esmeralda had me wrapped around her little fingers so that I couldn’t just get mad at her because the anger ebbed away the moment I looked into her eyes.Aurora got to this pack last year and it was Carson who brought her here. At the time, she had just been chased out of her pack for having an altercation with the Alpha’s daughter.Though she had said that the girl started it first, I didn’t believe it at all. There was no way she’d fight with the Alpha’s daughter just once and would be sent out of the pack just like that.It had to be that she either almost killed the girl or posed a big threat to her. I didn’t want her in this pack at first, but when Carson recognized her as his mate, I had no choice but to allow her to stay. Though she rejected him, he still begged to allow her to stay here as she had nowhere to go.It came as a shock to me that she reject