MasukDamien POV: We had been running and trying to make it through for a week, and now that we were finally here, I couldn't help but feel like this was some kind of fever dream. The priestesses all wore white cotton dresses that were pinned to their left shoulder with identical sapphire encrusted moon brooches. "This is the temple?" I asked in awe, and Dahlia nodded, "yes, it was built where the moon goddess was reincarnated centuries ago." I let out an unmanly gasp, "reincarnated? But that's not true is it?" I asked, she started to walk towards the temple, "could be, considering the ground is sacred and nothing with bad intentions can walk here. It's absolutely safe." I was speechless as I followed Dahlia up the white stone steps, the priestesses that walked past were like tendrils on incense flitting about gracefully. It didn't seem real at all. "High Priestess," said Dahlia falling to her knees. "Princess of Flowers," she said in a way of greeting. I watched Dahlia smile as she ro
Olivia POV: My fingers and bones had gone numb, and the wind outside the cave whistled on. Maybe I was dying but it was almost like the sounds of the elements were fading and the cold seemed to be getting warmer. I pulled the rabbit skin cloak tighter around me and over my head, trying to breathe in more warmth. I heard him before I saw him. At first it was a dark looming shadow that approached but as my eyes adjusted, I realised that he wasn't in his bear form at all, and it was too late to pretend that I was asleep, I would have to face his wrath, and so I crawled shakily to a standing position and even though my body was heavy with the cold, I made myself stand tall against him towering silhouette. "You're a long way from your world," he said, his voice was deep and gruff and my entire body started to shake in the presence of his power. "I hadn't noticed," I said trying to keep my voice steady. He huffed as if that was all he wanted me to say and opened a pack that he was carryi
Stranger POV: My one weekend away from the throne and what do I find? A young female wolf, freezing to death in MY cave. I first wanted to shake her for crossing my boundary and find out how she got here, but upon inspection there was no alarm triggered. So the question remained, how did she get here? I watched her for days, waiting for her to shift and hunt on these lands and that would warrant her death, but instead she shivered and huddled into herself like a weak human. I was going to tear her into ribbons, but when I entered the cave and smelled her tears and the broken wolf inside her... Against my better judgement I huddled next to her in my giant white bear form, letting the warmth soak into her as she shook in her sleep. "I'm sorry," she cried out, her voice broken and dry from thirst. She cried some more and I didn't know what to make of that. So against my better judgment I stayed. And then I left in the early mornings, and when I returned, she was awake. I could sme
Olivia POV:I was shaking with cold as I crawled into an empty cave, although it blocked out the elements, it did nothing for the wet ice that clung to my skin. I wasn't prepared for this, but I don't think I was ever supposed to be. I huddled into myself, pressing my knees to my chest and trying to keep the sound of my chattering teeth to a minimum in case there were other bears in the vicinity. Bears were our enemy, they were not civilised like us wolves or even like the vampires. They were complete savage monsters. I've heard the stories since I was young about the bears in the north ripping people to shreds for just being in the vicinity. How was I supposed to get home? How was I supposed to get out of this entire destiny bullshit? I could feel my heart deflating with each thought. I don't think there was a way for me to escape. Not alive at least. I curled up in the furthest corner of the cave and held myself trying to find sleep as my body shook with the cold. I kept my ears op
Olivia POV:A second ago I was jumping across the river, and now I stood in front of a very bored God, who sat on a dark cold throne, cleaning his nails. "So what was the plan Olivia?" His voice rang with equal boredom, I opened my mouth to speak— or mumble something, but he cut me off. "You disobey my order to kill the vampire lord, and then you try to get away from me, to hide!" His voice boomed across the decrepit walls of the stone temple. "It wasn't like that," I lied, "oh?" He said, raising an eyebrow in disbelief, "I was going to kill him, but he overpowered me!" I watched as his nails became elongated claws and scraped into the stone of his seat. "I can smell your deceit," he said with a smirk, "and do you know what I do to people who dare to deceive me!?" His voice boomed, and I shuddered from the cold crawling feeling that was making its way up my spine like a hairy caterpillar. "I punish them," he said flatly and on cue, the blade turned in my own hand and slashed at my thi
Dimitri POV: Her brown eyes had darkened as she laid it out for me. Everything that I had done to her. And after the initial anger I could not argue with it anymore. I had taken her, and I had tried to make her mine by all means necessary. There was nothing I could do to change the past, not now and not then. Yet, I had tried for her, tried to erase the pain that she might feel, and tried to erase the loss of a mate. Although my intentions were not pure, I did try. I watched her as she got on her knees, the tendrils of grass suffocating beneath her trying to escape, as she leaned forward and cupped her hands into the cold stream, bringing the clear water to her lips and drinking. I watched as the water dribbled down her chin and on to her shirt. I watched as the water soaked in, deeper and deeper. I watched her— The dark haired beauty that had caught my attention before I had even knew her, the girl who stopped in the middle of the road, heart thundering and afraid. A scream i
Damien POV:I opened my eyes and sat up. Immediately I could feel the difference in me. It was quiet. The kind of quiet I hadn’t felt since the day my wolf first surfaced—no growling, no pacing, no tearing at my insides demanding Olivia, demanding mate. Just… silence.My chest rose and fell without
Olivia POV:His hand clamped around my wrist like a steel shackle, and before I could react, Dimitri yanked me forward—hard. My heels scraped against the polished marble as he dragged me down the corridor, past the staring courtiers, past the flickering candelabras, past the music that suddenly fel
Olivia POV:His cold, iron–strong hands clamped around my wrists before I could take another step. The force of it jolted me, dragging a gasp from my throat as he spun me to face him. The world blurred for a heartbeat—candles, marble, velvet shadows smearing together—until all that was left was Dim
Olivia POVI didn’t know when standing so close to him had become dangerous. Dimitri hadn’t touched me again—not properly—but his presence pressed in from all sides, thick and inescapable. I could feel him behind me, feel the heat that shouldn’t exist radiating off his body like a promise my instin







