ARIAI was supposed to call Aziz, but I couldn't do it. I wanted nothing more than to tell him and everyone in Bright Haven the good news, but I also knew that Aziz would know that something was off. The second I would tell him that I was going to meet Alpha Kestrel, he would lose it. Aziz was the most rational person I knew, but not when it was about me or anything concerning the Blood Shadow Pack. He witnessed my recovery right after he had rescued me. He saw my face twisted from pain whenever someone cut my back in the fight. He swore that one day he would build an army that would crush the entire Blood Shadow Pack for what their Alpha did to me. I was certain that if I were to tell him that I was going to meet the sole cause of my nightmares, he would rush to Grand Lunaville to stop me from going.Of course, a part of me wanted him to stop me from going. Even though I was ten or a hundred times stronger than I was five years ago, I was still terrified of the moment I would face Ke
ARIAThe black-haired bastard, whom I believed was dead, looked at me with his light-grey eyes. The plastered smile on his face was telling me that he didn't recognize me, while the golden flash in his irises betrayed his lust. How come he was still alive?! I thought that Tyrion killed him along with my brother and other ranked wolves in Silver Blood Pack. Had this scum escaped from the sinking ship to save his own ass? Fucking coward!I stared back at Jack but, surprisingly, felt no fear but rage. I used every ounce of my strength to keep my wolf from surfacing and making me rip him to shreds. For the first time in my life, I faced someone whom I truly hated, and this sole fact enhanced all my senses. I inhaled his scent and his faint aura and felt no threat. Jack easily towered over me. His arm muscles created obvious bulges in the tight sleeves of his black shirt, while his broad shoulders made his button holes stretch on his chest as he straightened his back. I used to feel intimi
TYRIONI couldn't even begin to describe how pissed I was when I found out that Red lied to me. I knew that she had secrets, but this?! Her stubbornness could have put us both in a dangerous situation. I saw the way she looked at the Stonewood guy. I saw her eyes turning scarlet and felt her aura creeping toward the Blood Shadow Pack's Beta. It was obvious that she had met this guy before, and her hatred for him was enough to make her kill him on the spot.At first, I was furious that she didn't trust me enough to tell me about it, but when she mentioned something about being a criminal, I lost it. I released her from jail. I helped with her trial and cleared her name in front of all the Alphas. What if it was all a mistake? What if she was right to hide her past because it would grant her a death sentence? She said that she hadn't been aware of the crimes for a long time. But why did she feel guilty if she wasn't the one who killed? It would only make any sense if those crimes were c
ARIA I was about to take a shower when I heard someone knocking on my door. I put my dress back on and walked barefoot to open it. When I saw Tyrion standing in the corridor with his crimson eyes pointed at me, I froze. His hands were still dirty from Jack's blood, and his whole body was trembling in scarcely restrained anger. I swallowed hard while chills ran down my spine. Had he figured out my true identity? No, I doubted that he had. I only hoped that his anger wasn't aimed at me. "Tyrion… I…" I began to mumble, not certain what I should say. "Did I scare you?" he asked, the fire in his eyes slowly fading. I blinked my eyes. "W-what?" He raised his bloodied hands before my eyes. "Do I scare you like this?" I tried to read his expression, still processing his words before I shook my head. He passed me by and entered my room. I looked at him without saying a word and simply closed the door. He glanced at me and walked straight to my bathroom to wash the blood off his hands. I
TYRION I could always tell whether someone was lying or not. I could easily detect fake tears, and I hated when someone tried to deceive me. Yet I was looking into Red's crying eyes and saw nothing but sincerity. Why did everything about her seem so fucking honest?! I saw guilt in her eyes, but I couldn't see wickedness. Because of that, I was going insane, wondering what put such weight on her conscience. I struggled to ignore her, telling myself that I was doing the right thing by treating her coldly, but in reality, it was torture; I was the one torturing myself. Her cry made me feel like I was the worst jerk in the world. As I listened to her soft weeping somewhere in the middle of the damn road, I wanted to wrap my arms around her and pull her against my chest. And yet, I kept my fucking act even after we arrived at the Montefeltros' castle as if it would hurt my ego too much if I admitted that I wanted her no matter what she had done in her past. I know that Aunt Reese saw me g
ARIAI must have lost my mind last night. Everything that happened during the full moon was the purest act of insanity, but I couldn't bring myself to regret it. I was so happy I could cry. Even so, anxiety tied a new knot in my stomach every few seconds while I was still lying in Tyrion's embrace. The what-ifs were making my head explode. Was I an idiot because I followed my instincts and allowed my body to burn underneath his touch? I had to literally cover my mouth not to scream "I love you!" while I orgasmed. That alone called for a face-palm gesture.I let myself be absolutely vulnerable in front of him. I trusted him completely as if everything inside me was telling me that this man wouldn't hurt me. I exposed the part of my body that I hated, but he accepted every inch of me, he cherished every inch of me. But what if it was merely something the full moon caused? Would he turn back to being distant and cold once he woke up? Or perhaps he would think of our night together with d
ARIAHalf an hour later, we were already in the car, driving away from the Montefeltros' castle. Felix explained that there had been attacks happening simultaneously in five different districts of Grand Lunaville. No one noticed any breach in the pack's borders, and yet those unidentified wolves infiltrated the Moon Blade Pack's territory and reached Grand Lunaville undisturbed. The attackers behaved oddly; their eyes were constantly wide-opened, and they didn't stop attacking even once they were gravely wounded. They weren't skilled or strong, but their bloodthirstiness was unstoppable.Tyrion stayed on the phone, talking to Felix and Zane until we were close enough to our territory for him to communicate through the mind link. There were many innocent people wounded or killed, and the number of attackers kept increasing..."Where are those fuckers coming from?!" Tyrion growled, raking his fingers through his hair.I could feel his frustration. The attack began when he was away from
TYRIONThis was bad. My men were exhausted; they were barely walking, and it looked like our fight wasn't over yet. These zombie freaks destroyed my town and killed my people, and now they were after Nova...Technically, Nova wasn't a member of my pack. She was a witch, and werewolves and witches didn't exactly go together well, but I knew that she had a serious crush on my Beta, and, surprisingly, Felix cared for her. For a while, I even thought that the two of them could be mates, but Nova would actually have to attend the Blood Moon Mating Ball so that my theory could be tested.Knowing that Nova was also a target made me almost certain that the culprit behind this attack was the red-haired witch. I bet that she wanted to eliminate everyone around us who was familiar with magic. I only wondered what my father's brother's role was in this plan. The attack on Grand Lunaville was something way bigger than any kind of assassination attempt the witch had planned before. She was supposed