Darius’s POV Since, when could our mate show someone the memories of what had happened? Seems we didn’t know too much about her powers, but that was to be expected, I guess. It was hard to just sit there and watch her show Jolon and me not comfort her. But it was always her choice. I would never force her. She seemed to have a plan with Jolon. I trust her judgment. “We will only step in if something happens to our mate.” “I agree buddy.” Trying to calm my inner beast, because we both knew if he couldn’t stay calm, then how was I ever going to? Josie had placed her hand on my lap, rubbing little circles on my thigh with her thumb as if she could sense my tension, which if she could, then I needed to reel it in. “Jolon, do you think you will tell us your story?” She asked him in barely more than a whisper. I looked at Jolon, hoping that my old friend was still in there somewhere and he wasn’t too far gone, that we couldn’t bring him back. His face was full of sorrow, looking into he
The only thing that I had come to know these days was the pain inflicted on me daily by Alpha Than. As his slave, there was nothing that I could do. Every night for years, I prayed to the Moon Goddess that my mate would come and rescue me from this hell, but nothing happened. After a year, things got better. I was allowed to do more things. Night after night, the tears fall from my eyes until I stopped feeling anything. The night he finally took my virtue was the night that sealed the coldness in my heart.Until a few months ago, he had never touched me in any way like that. He would beat me, break my bones. I couldn’t recall how many times he had killed me. I was his play toy. No slave would last longer than a few weeks with him, but somehow I was different. Not understanding why, because I was only an omega and a beautiful one at that. Well, I used to be until he cut my hair and scarred nearly every inch of my body. At first, the punishments were easily a few whips, but then it turn
Chapter 2My normal place was beside my parents, but in my spot stood Beta Aiden, which wasn’t unusual. They killed his father in the last rogue attack on our village. He saved me from the king of rogues as he was about to take me. Beta Brendon saved me but was stabbed with a silver blade through the heart as I was finally able to shift and let Athena out. She killed three of the rogues as they escaped. She sat beside Beta Brendon howling as she felt him die, but the thing that always stuck with her was his last words to her.“Josie, honey, you must discover who are you. You are not the weak Omega like everyone has told you. The Lycan King has spies in the pack that are against you. If you don’t get to the Alpha King, they will kill you, honey.” I never told anyone what he said to me, not even Holly. Dad cleared his throat, calling attention to everyone.“Now, as you know, I need to announce my replacement as Alpha. That is why I have called you all here today to be witnesses for the
Ethan’s POV“Where are these slaves coming from?” I sighed, rubbing my temples. Nothing happened in my kingdom without me knowing, but somehow this was flying under the radar. Why couldn’t we find out who was behind? We got close a few times, but then the trace went cold. There had to be witches involved, but why?“I don’t know, dude. But if I pull another body out of the forest like that again.” Garret couldn’t finish his sentence. The man that sat before me felt just as broken as I did. Someone was dumping the bodies of omega slaves on the border of our kingdom. The state that we found the bodies in was the worst that we had seen.“We are missing something. Why are they getting dumped near the border? Is someone trying to start another war with the Lycans? I think we need to visit the Crescent Moon Pack again. I know they signed an alliance with the Lycan King but I have a feeling he is helping.” There was a knock at the door as my Gamma and Delta walked into the office.“How many t
Jocelyn’s POV “It seems it is that time of day again, princess.” Alpha Than whispered in my ear. I didn’t say a word because if I did, he wouldn’t heal me. Every day for the last five years, eleven months, and twenty-nine days, I was chained to the bedposts and whipped fifteen times on my back and legs. I was then beaten to within an inch of my life. Then he would have his way with me, then he would heal me enough that I could take it all again the next day. This was my life. I was numb to the pain. I didn’t feel anything anymore. I was a lifeless shell that had a heart of stone. Doing everything Derek had told me, and here I was, two days away from leaving this place. I was the only one that had made it this far. I stripped down and went to his bed, where he strapped me in the chains. All I could hear was the crack of the whip and the sound of my skin breaking. After the whips, I couldn’t move he placed me on the bed and fucked me whilst he stabbed me with a silver knife laced with w
Ethan's POVJames stayed at the pack with his mate. She had calmed down and was talking with Sara and James about what happened with her old pack and about Tobias. The poor girl had suffered a lot in her lifetime and when she had the chance to come here and study in order to get a good job and support her family, but now all she had was James. He didn’t care that she was an omega. The moment he saw her, he was in love with her. He explained to me that the mate bond was something out of this world and you would die for your mate the second you see them. I found it hard to believe because of the way that my Mom was with my dad.Dad had been at the last big Lycan war with Mom staying behind to help me run the pack when I caught her cheating on him with none other than his Beta. She tried to explain to me that she was lonely and that he mistreated her, but it was actually the other way round. He worshipped the ground she walked on. When he came back, she rejected him and took his Beta as
Josie’s POV “How can the Alpha King be our mate, Athena? There has to be a mistake. He didn’t react?” I asked her as I paced quickly back to Luna Cleo’s chambers. I needed to talk to her and Alpha Than. “But he is our mate, Josie. He won’t reject us.” She was excited when his scent hit us and after all this time, we had found our mate. But I had told her not to react. “He has a Luna already Athena. He has a chosen mate. They crowned her the Queen of Alphas last year, remember? Alpha Than explained to us those few nights he wasn’t with us. We are too damaged to become a mate, we agreed to this. He has to reject us, so we will speak to him. We can’t make him reject his Luna.” I felt better after getting this out. She knew I was right, there was no pain. I didn’t feel happy or sad when we saw him. My heart is stone cold. No one can melt it. He is better off not knowing anything about me and rejecting me tonight. “Josie, how was it?” Luna Cleo asked me. “Luna, may I speak freely witho
Ethan’s POVAfter I told Sara what happened, she felt as sad as I was. “Honey, you need to do what is best for her. We can’t just order her to come and live with us. Living on the sidelines. Look at what has happened to her in her life already. Can you really cause her more pain?” Sara had scolded me when I suggested that she came to the kingdom and could live with us but in a separate chamber.“If you do that to the girl, I will leave you, Ethan. You will not cause this girl more pain. Do you understand me?” “I know baby, I am sorry. If you could only see the way she is. She has no soul in her eyes. It is like she is dead inside and I can’t help feel that it is my fault. She is talking to Garrett now and its heart breaking. She is talking like it is a business transaction.” Even I could hear the sorrow in my voice.“Try to compromise with her baby. Take her to her old pack with you, because no doubt she has unfinished business. She will need you after she has been there, and the le