VALERIE “Oh my, you look like a goddess, my lady,” One of the girls commented, brushing my hair back. I stared at my reflection in the mirror and narrowed my eyes.On a normal day, I would have screamed in excitement at the transformation. But this wasn't a normal day. This was a bad day. In fact, the worst day. “I don't like it,” I muttered.The smiles on their face disappeared and they looked at me in confusion. “Maybe I'll have the makeup artist redo it,” the girl said but I huffed in response."No need of that," I snapped, pushing her out of the way as I stood up. “Try to put a smile on your face, my lady. It's your wedding day,” One of the girls commented, wearing a fake smile on her face. I spun around, directing a deadly glare at her.“Didn't I say a few minutes ago that I don't want to get married? “ I growled and they shifted back, muttering inaudible apologies. “Who cares if you like it or not!” A hoarse voice pierced the air, causing me to turn around.Right before m
VALERIE My head snapped up and my eyes widened in shock as the familiar voice echoed in the assemblage. Only two people possessed that kind of authority in their voices— Killian and Lucian Nox.Confusion broke out in the crowd, and I staggered back, glancing around the place which had gone chaotic.“Run, Valerie, run!" Jade warned and I quickly nodded.I made to push past the priest and run off but the blade that wheezed into his neck caused me to flinch back, screaming out in horror.My scream alerted the people, and a series of screams of horror filled the air as everyone began to scamper away in different directions.My blood froze as I watched the priest throw up blood and drop down to the ground, going limp.I gasped for air, my eyes dilating.The screams that pierced the air and the blood that splashed on the podium messed up my mind.I crawled to a corner and hid there, shivering violently as arrows that flew in the air struck people down as they ran helter-skelter.“Valerie!
VALERIE I gasped out in shock and stepped back, my heart clenching in fear as I stared at his horrifying face. “Stay away from me!” I snapped and spun around to run back up the stairs but he grabbed my hand and dragged me back, slamming my back on the wall. “What do you think, that I'll let you go after causing such chaos in my town? Do you know how long it took me to build these people and gather them around? These same men attacked us; they attacked our original Packs and destroyed everything that belonged to us, including these people!” He growled, his eyes darkening in indignation.“I gathered these people around and formed a Pack outside the wolf kingdom, just to maintain peace and order. And then you… you come to destroy it?” He snapped, clenching onto my arm and digging his fingers into my flesh. I groaned out in pain and poked his chest, but he didn't budge. Instead, he moved closer, hitting my face with his hot, furious breath.“You…I'm going to kill you. Not because you
VALERIE My heart began to break, bit by bit as I stared at her pale face. My breath began to cease and my body started going stiff as well. I felt my breath leaving me and it felt like death was staring right at my face, laughing mockingly at me. Tears dropped from my eyes. As I lay still, letting him choke me down to the abyss. I was dying, yet I wasn't struggling. What was there to struggle about? I had lost everything. People had died because of me, even those who tried to save me. “Die, you little witch! Die!” He groaned, clenching harder onto my neck. Somehow, the pain wasn't there anymore. It felt like he was doing nothing, yet I could see my life slipping out of my grasp. I wanted no one to save me any longer. I wanted to die like he wanted. I didn't want to live anymore. I wanted to grant him his wish. But just as my eyes were about to shut down, the door burst open and I felt the weight of his hand on my neck being lifted. I coughed out loudly, wheezing as I
VALERIE The sound of Killian's voice caused my belly to flutter and my heart to shrink at the same time. I could have run away, but somehow, I couldn't. Maybe because he held me, or maybe because I just couldn't find the desire to run away any longer. He wrapped his hands around me protectively, drawing me close so that there was no space left between our bodies. “Little fox, you want to run away again? You want to have more people killed for your sake again?” My heart leaped at those words. I didn't want any more dead bodies, I didn't want any more blood, neither did I want any more accusations. I just wanted to be free from them and to have other people free as well. “No,” I snapped. He let out a dark chuckle, teasing my earlobe with his cold breath. “Then come back to us, and don't even think of running away again, because we will catch you, even if you go to the ends of the earth. Do you understand?” He muttered. I couldn't help but nod my head in response.
VALERIE “Mate!” I gasped out and my heart tightened, threatening to shrink life out of my burning body. Their eyes dimmed and turned dark, causing me to flinch. Lucian grabbed my waist, almost crushing my bones to pieces. I saw shock dance around Killian's eyes as he drew his face closer. “You know?" Killian muttered and confusion sneaked into my distorted mind. My lips trembled as I tried to control the heat bubbling in me. Killian didn't wait for me to reply before slamming his lips on mine. I moaned out, the heat getting intense. Lucian's warm moist lips on the nape of my neck caused me to shiver in desire. I gasped out and grabbed Killian's shirt, pulling him closer. Lucian jerked me off the wall and slammed my body against his, leaning on the wall instead. He grabbed my left breast and squeezed it, causing me to groan in pleasure. Killian broke the kiss and stared intently into my eyes, burning me with the fire in his orbs. “Should I stop?" He whispered in a husky v
VALERIE The sun rays that hit my eyes forced me to drag them open. I cried out as pain shot through my body. My heart skipped a beat as everything that happened last night came, haunting my memory, flooding in with no obstruction. They were my mates and they had marked me! I sprang up from the bed and gasped, touching my neck which was a bit swollen from the bite. I darted my eyes around the room only to find out that I was the only one in it.I couldn't believe it. Why do they have to be my mates? It should have been someone else. It shouldn't be them. Of all the women, why did the moon goddess choose me to spend the rest of my life with them? I couldn't bring myself to accept it. I couldn't imagine being their mate and having to endure them for the rest of my life. I wanted freedom, not slavery in the facade of being a Luna or the Lycan kings' mate. I shook my head in disagreement at the realization and got out of bed. Immediately my feet touched the cold floor, my pussy thro
VALERIE I raised my brows in question and turned to face Killian.“What are we doing at my place?" I asked.Killian squared his shoulders as he looked down intimidatingly at me.“Have you become so attached to us that you can't let us go?" Killian smirked.Valerie twitched her lips up in disgust and scoffed loudly.“Attached?" She scoffed again and narrowed her eyes.“I only asked because I thought we… we were heading to the Blood Moon Pack," I stuttered, pouting out my lips in embarrassment.Killian chuckled and glanced at the house before leaning close to me.I winced and tried to flinch back but Lucian was sitting right next to me, preventing my attempt to move away from Killian.“What are you doing?” I snapped when I couldn't take in his behavior anymore. He chuckled, not moving back. His face was just a hair's breadth away from mine, and his breath brushed teasingly against my face, causing my face to flush red. “We are your mate. Why are you so frightened?” Killian muttered, a
MICHELLE I gasped in shock as I swerved my head to the side and stared helplessly at Lucian. "Ma'am! I told you not to hold her hand!" The nurse cried out as she rushed into the ward. I swiftly dropped her hand, my heart gripping in horror. Lucian's eyes moved from my face to Adriana's hand and his fist clenched."I… I didn't mean to hurt her. I forgot about the instruction," I stammered, shifting back with trembling feet. Lucian moved away from the door and began to approach me, his face filled with anger. "What the hell were you doing to my sister?" He growled in a voice that forced me to tremble. "I… I wasn't doing anything harmful." "Liar!" I cringed back and dropped my head in fear, avoiding the killing glare in his eyes. His cold hand reached for my chin and he forced me to look into his piercing eyes. "Were you casting some kind of spell on my sister?" He asked and my throat knotted in dismay. My lips trembled as I searched for the right words to say to him to avoid
MICHELLE I rushed to the garage and called out to Lucian before he got into the car. He paused and looked up, raising his brows in question. I placed a large, innocent smile on my face as I walked up to him. "You are going to see Adriana, aren't you?" I asked, grinning. He tilted his head to the side and hummed in response, the silent question of 'what do you want' still rotating in his eyes. "I want to visit Adriana but I fear they won't let me in if I go alone. I want to see how she is faring," I blurted out, fully aware that Killian hadn't told him of his suspicions. At least, the conflict they had between them has become quite helpful now. His huff snapped me back to the conversation and forced me to look at his face. A smirk of anger was evident on his face, making me wonder if I was wrong with my conclusion. "Why do you care so much about seeing her? Is there anything you want to know?" He asked and my throat knotted. What if I was wrong? What if he had suspected me
MICHELLE I couldn't stop fidgeting as I paced around the garden with Valerie's words echoing in my mind. I bit my fingers, thinking of ways that I could silence her before the day of her judgment. I had taken the risk of silencing Adriana and my maidservant, it would be a waste if I let Valerie expose me after all my efforts. But if I have to silence Valerie, then I have to keep the guards guarding the dungeon quiet as well. I groaned in frustration and turned around but collided with a maid.The coffee pot on the tray turned over and the steaming brown coffee splashed on me."Why is everything getting worse!" I screamed, feeling a burning, painful sensation gnawing on my skin. The maid went on her knees and bowed lowly. "Forgive me, my lady!" She said, trembling slightly. "Sorry?" I snapped, silently muttering spells that eased the pain throbbing at the spot the hot coffee hit. "Will your worthless apology heal the scalds on my skin?" I growled at her "No, my lady, but I wil
KILLIAN I stared solemnly at the clear sky then shifted my gaze to the ground below, watching as people bustled around the manor, moving in and out through the gate with different emotions scribbled against their faces.I had spent the night in the hospital, waiting for Adriana to regain consciousness and spill out the rascal that dared to attempt killing her, but with the doctor's persuasion that she wouldn't be waking up at any moment, I had to leave helplessly.Since the incident, I have tried to understand the circumstances surrounding Valerie and the connection between the disasters that occurred yesterday. The words she said still echoed in my mind but I hadn't brought myself to think about it due to what happened to my sister and the maidservant.Did she commit those crimes to avenge her father whom she claimed we murdered? Even if she did, what has that got to do with the maidservant that was thrown off the roof?I scoffed and shook my head, taking another swig of the alcohol
MICHELLE I gasped and staggered back, clinging to the cold wall with my hair springing up. "Damion?" I snapped, heaving loudly at the monstrous face he had on.He slowly got up and breathed out smoke as he marched towards me with a clenched fist covered in veins. I shrieked loudly and jerked my head to the side, closing my eyes at the disgusting mark on his face. "What the hell are you doing?" I growled, wrinkling my nose as the demon's disgusting breath hit my face. "Fucking stop!" I growled in frustration. "Why did you do that? Why did you make Valerie take the fall?" He groused. I scoffed loudly and twitched up my lips in disgust and mockery. "You expect me to take the fall after planning that for Adriana?" I snapped. "You should have thought of a way to escape before carrying out your evil-doing," he fired back at him. Anger surged through me and I gritted my teeth, glaring at him. "Get Damion's face back, you look disgusting!" I spat at him in disdain. My words took h
MICHELLE A gasp slipped out of her mouth when Neil dangled the necklace in the air. She staggered back, rubbing her trembling hand across her neck. She raised her hand and pointed at the necklace before her, her eyes as wide as saucers. "That… that necklace…" she stuttered, her lips trembling. "That is the necklace I sent to you, isn't it?" Lucian snapped, glaring hatefully at her. "I…" Valerie stuttered. Her lips kept trembling as she couldn't find the right convincing words to defend herself with. I smirked, knowing that I had done excellent work by trapping her.I had switched the necklace with a fake one when she refused to wear it this morning. I knew Bianca would persuade her to wear it which she did, but funnily, she wore the fake one while I had the one Killian and Lucian sent to her.My initial plan was to drop it in the ceiling space to trap her but it still came out useful here."Her blood is on it, which means you pushed her," Killian said, sighing loudly in disappo
VALERIE I curled up in the ceiling space, my clothes dampened with sweat. I sighed and checked the time, cursing silently. I bit my lips, wondering why the Pack's doctor would go so far to get the dreadful incense. I had to take my revenge tonight or I would never be able to get a chance to do so.As I sat on the dusty ground, lost in thought, a loud thud on the ceiling space jerked me back to the dreaded reality.I sprang up on my knees, my hands trembling in fear. The thud came again, followed by a hiss. I dimmed my eyes in confusion, staring at the dim light that flashed across the farther part of the ceiling space. I gasped in fear and clasped my hand over my mouth, my heart thumping loudly in my chest. I began to wonder if Michelle had deceived me by bringing me up here. After some minutes, the thud stopped, and everywhere became silent again, but as time passed, a low muffled sound slipped into my ears.I crouched in the dark ceiling space, my heart racing as I listened
MICHELLE I gasped and snatched my hand out of her strong grip."Why… why are you like that?" I snapped, filled with shock. She glanced around as if searching for someone before gripping my hand again. "You have to help me hide away from the Pack's doctor!" She snapped, her eyes filled with fear and desperation. I looked around the empty hall and then back at her, raising my brows in question. "What are you talking about? Why in the world will you be afraid of that doctor?" I scoffed.Her blood drained and her eyes got wider as dread clouded her eyes."She has an incense that could bring out a demon fully. She knows that I have a demon in me!" She blurted out.My jaws fell and I swung my head around, wondering what I should do. If the Lycan kings find out that I helped her hide, then it would be a disaster for me."I'm sorry, but I can't help here," I muttered, trying to shake her grip off my wrist, but she held on tight, glaring at me."You won't help me?" She snapped, sinking he
MICHELLE I stood at the edge of the crowd, forcing a smile as Adriana danced with her sister, Arlene. My heart would always skip a beat every time she turned to look at me with an evil glee in her eyes.I needed no one to tell me that she planned on exposing me, but what I feared was the time she planned to do that.The music stopped playing and the Luna Queen grabbed a glass of wine, hitting a spoon against it.Everyone stopped what they were chattering about and focused on her.The Luna Queen smiled so happily, making my heart bleed. Whenever I saw her on that podium, I would always be reminded of the sadness on my mother's face before she died. That should have been my mother's throne, that should have been her place.If Luna Jasmine hadn't killed my mother back then, perhaps everything would have still been right. I wouldn't have to be intimidated by her mannerless daughter."It is time for the cutting of the cake and the announcement of a new age!" She announced and a loud ovat