Mag-log inRAINA’S POVFaces drained, and a strained hush descended.Undaunted, I faced the Elders and muttered sarcastically, “I do hope you are all satisfied with my moon card's blessings and that you've equally gotten your own heart’s desire.”The ballroom shattered into buzzing murmurs like a knocked-over beehive, and the atmosphere shifted. Energy slammed into me from every direction, ricocheting inside me like balls in a heated rally.I sighed in exasperation and tucked the card away. I shouldn’t have expected more. They were unsettled and disgruntled. So hard to please, and Valen’s impatience exploded.He didn’t wait for their doubts to snare us into further discussions. His hands closed around mine before I even turned.“Make room for my mate and me to have our opening dance,” Valen commanded with finality and swirled me around to face him.Those dreamy emeralds locked me in place, and his warm breath ghosted against my lips.“Dance with me, Bluebella,” he suggested, raising my hand to d
RAINA’S POVA prickling sensation shot up my spine. I whipped around, and in the spur of the moment, Valen flashed past me. In a blur, he intercepted with a mighty force, slamming an alpha flat on his back into the white marble floor with a bone-jarring thud, cracks spidering beneath his body.“I chose your mate to be by my side for the night. I did not authorize her to provoke my Luna,” Valen growled, pinning the black-haired man who was almost the same size as him by his throat.I moved closer to them, wondering who it could be.I choked on a gasp when I realized the subdued Alpha was Valiant. Valen’s cousin. Possessive energy radiated from him. It couldn’t have been over me.Aw shucks. This explained everything.Relief crashed over me as I realized that Pandia’s golden bracelet had to be from Valiant, not Valen. Yet, she had provoked her own mate. Tsk. Another mate drama.Valiant’s vicious cerulean eyes locked on me, dilating as his wolf simmered at the surface. When he growled at
RAINA’S POVHooding my eyes at Pandia, I studied her. She was acting too openly with him, and it was suffocating me.To test me, she moved closer to Valen, making her shoulder brush him. “Well… when you’re late, people tend to make other arrangements.”An arrangement I hadn’t agreed to. “You don't say.”“I just said,” she spat. “Isn’t it obvious?”“I’m only late. Not replaced. Don’t confuse the two,” I hissed, staring her down.“According to the moon charts, my wolf is a natural complement to his. Born of rank.” Smirking daringly, she lifted her other hand and rested it over his forearm, so that both hands clung to him.Toxic jealousy bit into my flesh, and I itched to knock out her pretty white teeth.I rolled my tongue against my cheek, fighting that fire in my veins to rip her throat.How was Hera putting up with this? Even Zeus?My eyes flicked to the man who promised me that nothing would ever tear us apart. He just sipped his drink, adding nothing to quell the hostile tension. Al
RAINA’S POV"Luna breathe," Benji whispered, breaking me out of my personal freak out. "You're not alone, I've got you." He gave me a minute to catch my breath and headed towards the stairs.Thank god I was in heels."I won't let you fall," he said with a chuckle, as if he understood my fear.A heavy, dominant aura rolled off the alphas, filling the room with raw power. I scanned the crowd, hoping to pick out Valen, but all I saw were eyes staring back at me and a mass of heads. Clearly, we were the last to arrive.On the opposite side of the room, the Elder Council congregated. The six of them stood so perfectly beside one another that they could have been posing for a picture. If looks could kill, I'd be shredded before I could blink.The women were all dressed in different stylish gowns, but the men were all dressed so similarly. Adding to that, the lighting was poor. Still, we dove into the crowd, and I bumped into someone."Look who finally made it out of the bar," Venus teased, a
RAINA’S POVI stirred awake.I blinked a few times before my surroundings slowly came into focus.My eyes drifted around the room to find that I was in our Alpha suite. The pack-house. The ceiling light was on. The dark curtains drawn. I couldn’t tell if it was day or night.In search of the wall clock, I let my gaze run down the bed, only to find Meera frozen awkwardly at the foot with some laundry in her hand.“Did I wake you, Luna?” she asked, her dark brows creasing worriedly. “The young Alpha instructed me to check on you. I didn’t mean to disturb your rest.”“Um, no,” I croaked, scrunching my face as I hauled myself up to brace on my elbows.Fragments of Dymian flashed into my head. I instinctively raised my hand to my mate-mark and rubbed it. That bastard tried to carve it out of me.Suddenly, I realized how injured I was. I took a long, shaky breath at how excruciatingly painful it was. Although my body felt completely fine. Huh? I was healed. How?“What day is it? Where’s Val
VALEN’S POVExhausted. I was dead tired.Four days later, and I was stuck in the damn cave. Though it was dark and damp, we worked around the clock, tirelessly trying to harvest as much meremist as possible.Phones didn’t pick up here. If Raina were calling, I wouldn’t know. I could not mind-link her either, but at least Mom was there with enough Elites around them. Still, that couldn't stop my worries.“She’s there for the people,” Hera reminded me, attempting to soothe my fears.“Suuure,” Zeus drawled sarcastically, “but Kain is there too.” ‘Don’t start your fighting. I can’t deal with another headache right now,’ I warned them.Having two wolves was torture. All my emotions doubled and sometimes conflicted when they argue, giving me splitting headaches.“Kain would know about the PAC,” Zeus grumbled. “You should have gone with her or brought her here, or turned that alpha into a eunuch.”My wolf was sulking, letting a low rumble of displeasure run beneath my skin.He was right, al
RAINA’S POV-Goddess, I truly hoped I was wrong, but where the hell were they? Plus, it would be better to be there with Valen when he found them, or all hell would break loose.The rest of the day went by quietly. Mom and Dad went off to their meeting with Alpha Vance which ended before dinner. It wa
-RAINA’S POV-Sorrowed stalked us back to the witch’s cottage like a grim, black shadow. Unlike the sunset that spread a rainbow flame upon the evening's sky.On a magically conjured table floating ahead of us, courtesy of Valen, Devin's massacred body laid supine.The journey from the yacht to Petrosi
RAINA’S POV-"She attacked me." Mercedes lied, curling into a fetal position with her hand on her stomach, pretending to be in serious pain.“That’s not true.” Again, the rage pulsed through me and I struggled against Valen, wanting to get back to hitting her. "Let me go, Valen. Let me go, and I’ll
Hello Lovelies,I though I would have been able to upload a chapter by now, but as it is, I can hardly find the time to do so.As mentioned some time ago, two relatives passed away in previous months. The first funeral will be this weekend and the second will be held the Saturday before Christmas. As







