Mag-log inA/N: Simetra is Artemis spelt backwards. I pronounce it as Si-mee-tra
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“Smile. It's a good day, isn't it?” he jeered, never taking his eyes off mine. His sadistic smile made me shiver. “You know, I really thought this had to be a trap because it was just too easy.”“Why hide? Aren't you brave enough to come at me in your real form?” I twisted hard, slipping free with enough distance as I crouched lowly on the lawn grass.“Well, I had a perfectly good plan, and you're spoiling it.” A menacing smirk bent his lips. “How could I deprive myself of this chance when your force-ripe mate left you so unguarded? How could he make that stupid mistake?”“Aphrodisiac cologne?” I quickly dipped my aching hand into my boot to find my dagger. It slid into my palm as I kept my laser-sharp focus on him. “Even for you, that's low.”“The medallion should have made you succumb to the heat. But now you make everything difficult.” He elongated his claws and lunged, leaving stone cracking and petals flying.I shot up and pivoted, ducking under his arm and driving th
RAINA’S POVI gaped at Kain in shock as I placed fingers on my feverish forehead and wiped away the light sweat.I must have heard him wrong. He couldn't possibly be saying what I think he's saying. But his nomadic eyes were locked on mine and all I saw was sincerity. He believed what he was telling me.“I don't give a damn about the PAC. You’re saying this because you want us to break up. Friends don’t wish bad for other, Kain,” I snapped, a little angry, but the way he looked so hurt, I softened my voice, “Your mate will come, and when she does, give her your heart. It’s not meant for me, and you know that as well.”I advised him the best way I could, flipping my hair from my shoulders to massage both sides of my moist neck.With a deep sigh, his gaze went heavenward, and he massaged his jaw. “Usually people get tired when they’ve been fighting for too long. They get tired, Raina. That’s my point.”Silence enveloped us except for the bubbling water from the tanks.With every passing
RAINA’S POVI heightened my guard, let my fork rest on my plate, and leaned back in my chair to slowly look up. I found three of the most respected, well-liked females in Kain’s pack.I blinked. “If you’re here to—”“Stop. We've been dying to say something,” the first one with long black braids said. She put down her plate on the table and clapped her deep-brown hands in excitement. I believe she was Zerika, the Gamma female here. She sported the kind of grin that made people think twice.As always, I have to hear things I didn't want to hear. Thankfully, I’ve grown used to the thorny vines of hurtful words.“Well, we saw…” the brunette fumbled over her words nervously. She was the shortest, with a halo of tight curls and a scar cutting through her left eyebrow.Here it comes, the mockery. I couldn’t show any weakness, or they would pick me apart like easy prey.“Don't stall, Anlyn. Just handle it my way,” the second blonde, Seokee, was the Beta-female. She was freckled, pale, with a
RAINA’S POV “Luna, did the wolf find his mate?” A little blonde girl with double twisted buns tugged the side of my blue skirt, looking up at me.I was in the children's section of the cyan quarantine tents that were set up at Kain’s pack.I glanced down at her cute, round face as I closed the storybook and patted her head. “Of course, he did.”“Where's that part of the story? You can’t stop it after the war,” a gap-toothed boy with bright, curious eyes blurted, sitting cross-legged on a rumpled blue sleeping bag.They were all sitting up in the same positions. There weren't enough beds, so we improvised. We had to find ways to keep them entertained until they recovered to go home to their parents.“That is because with stories like these, we create our own endings,” I said, appealing to their creative minds as I found his amber eyes.“But how do you know Luna?” A tiny girl with two puffed pigtails leaned forward, her brows pinched in worry.“What would she look like?” Another little
-RAINA’S POV-“My prayer is that our moon goddess will help us to grieve in waves. In this mournful period, it feels like the grief is crashing on us like an avalanche, but once we support each other and can be there for each other, the rapid flow of cold despair can melt into gentle healing waves th
-RAINA'S POV-“Vaheed is coming home.” These four astounding words from Venus’ mouth had changed the entire atmosphere of the picnic yesterday. “I felt him.” She beamed with mirth glinting in her harlequin green eyes. Their twin bond linked for a few seconds, and then it was gone, but she was positiv
-VALEN’S POV-Back stroking through the air, Raina’s body fell like a flailing fledgling. The entire time on my flight upwards, my eyes shifted back and forth from her to the white-haired man above her. Panic threatened to seize control of my mind.“Get to her, Valen!” Zeus roared, even though he unde
-VALEN’S POV-“Um―” Raina faltered as she stared at the ceiling.The acknowledgment of her regret hit me. The sorrow she felt nearly knocked the wind out of me. My heart spasm in my chest thinking that the kiss actually happened.“He―” Her head turned towards me with a pained expression.Waiting for her







