Ares’ POVShe held my hands with a smile on her face. She ran round the garden happily and not sick; she was full of life and joy. “I miss you so much, Ares.“ She said, pulling into a hug. I felt at peace, and the warmth of her skin made my heart beat faster than usual. It wasn't a dream; it was all real. She is alive; it wasn't any form of illusion. “Why did you leave me in the dark? We made a promise to each other; you broke your own end of the deal.“ I growled. “How long are you going to stay mad at me? How long are you going to keep hiding behind those dark, empty walls? How long are you going to keep lying to yourself?“ She asked softly, placing her palm on my cheeks as she reached out to my lips. It was all real, the strawberry taste. I licked my lower lips for confirmation while she chuckled. I” still look beautiful, right?“ She asked, placing a crown on her head as she giggled happily. I nodded in agreement; she had always been the apple of everyone's eye. From her sweet
Belladonna’s POVI dropped the plate off in the kitchen as the head maid thanked me as they all returned to their duty post. I was so happy that I could accomplish my mission, but not without having a second thought. I was scared that I might get caught by the Alpha, and the penalty might result in death. I had a second thought; her wolf was totally against her plan. I had to get rid of Violet for good; I allowed her into the palace in the first place. Because I thought she could save the man I love so dearly. “It's so bad I have to get back to the kitchen. Searching for her meal would be quite a difficult task to do. “ I said, rolling her eyes. I got into the kitchen, as I playfully spoke to the chief maid for information. “I don't really know, but I heard that the Alpha wants to take it. His mate on a date. He ordered us to prepare our specials. Isn't that wonderful? “ She said, displaying dreamy eyes. “It is,” I said. “What do you want me to do, ma'am? “ She asked with a bow.
Belladonna’s POV I paid attention to everything they said. How is that possible? I thought he felt nothing for her? Why the sudden change? I suspect that the weird Luna is responsible for this. It can't be possible that he just woke up after being unconscious for a week. I sat on a seat in the throne room. I felt the blood in my vein boil heavily, ready to pop up. How dare she? How dare she speak to me in such a manner? And Ares? Ares literally supported her. What's going on in this palace?I think I'm going crazy. No! I shook my head sitting on the floor, shaking my head in disagreement. “Crying this way won't help solve any problem, Bella.”“We need to do something about this since we can't get her off the pack the nice way. We should do it the other way." My wolf smirked."Wolfbane!" I whispered, pointing my hands out in the air."Do you know the consequences we would receive if we're caught? Do you know what the Alpha would think of us? Nah! I can't take such a risk. I brought
Belladonna’s POVI dropped the plate off in the kitchen as the head maid thanked me as they all returned to their duty post. I was so happy that I accomplished my mission, but not without having a second thought. I was scared that I might get caught by the Alpha and the penalty might result in death. I had a second thought, my wolf was totally against my plan. I had to get rid of Violet for good. I allowed her into the Palace in the first place because I thought she could save the man I loved so dearly. “It's so bad I have to get back to the kitchen. Searching for her meal would be quite a difficult task to do.” I whispered, rolling my eyes. I got into the kitchen, as I playfully spoke to the chief maid for information. “I don’t really know, but I heard that the Alpha wants to take his mate on a date. He ordered us to prepare his specials. Isn't that wonderful?” She said, displaying dreamy eyes. “It is.” I replied. “What do you want me to do Ma'am?” She asked with a bow. “Nothi
Luna's POV"What do you mean she is in the hospital? Why didn't you inform me earlier?” "Don't tell me she got hurt by Ares. I swear I'm going to kill him myself if anything happens to her." I yelled, walking out of my chambers. He ran after me down the hallway."It isn't Ares, baby. She took something poisonous, a wolfsbane." He said, I paused for a while, trying to process what I heard. "Wolfsbane?" I strutted."Yes, a wolfsbane. The maids were all thrown in the dungeon for this. They all disagreed that they had no idea about the wolfsbane in the food.”“Nevertheless, I'm sure that there is absolutely no way those maids could have gained access to the green garden where the wolfsbane was planted." He said."Are you trying to say it's an outsider? An outsider can't just get into the palace. The guards are always on alert. Has Ares looked into this matter?" I asked.''He doesn't want to know about that right now; all he wants is for his mate to feel safe. He doesn't want her to die;
Violet’s POVAres held onto me the whole night. If anybody told me that he was going to care about me that much, considering where we had started from, I would have refused it right away. By the time I woke up, he wasn’t there anymore. I managed to pull myself out of bed and head to the bathroom. The water was hot against my skin, and it felt like my skin was falling off. I tried not to cry out. Healing me totally would have killed Ares. If he didn’t know how dangerous that was, I didn’t know what else to tell him. He could have even died trying to save me. And there was another thing I knew that he didn’t.He wasn’t fully healed. I didn’t know if he was just lying that he wasn’t feeling any pain. Or if he didn’t even want me to know at all. There was so much happening in the palace. A few people had died. Ares didn’t want me to know much, but I knew as much as I needed to. I finally brought myself to turn the shower off. Just as I felt, there were sores all over my body. I barely
Ares’ POV“How soon is she leaving?” The priestess asked. I felt my hands balling into fists. The last thing I wanted was having Violet away from me. “In an hour,” I said, looking outside. The priestess smiled. “You have to know how important this is. To her, the pack, people that care about her, and to you. If you actually care about her.”I cared about Violet. And every single person knew that. Asking Colton to drop her off was the best decision. I could feel how much she wanted me to take her, myself. Or even spend the vacation at Kyros’ place as we had both planned… before other things happened. Luna was the only one that would have been able to take care of her. “Isn't there a solution?” I asked one more time. It was the umpteenth time I was asking the question within the past few days. “There's nothing, Alpha. Keeping her away is the best solution.” I finally nodded. Violet didn't even get to know that I didn't sleep on the same bed with her.The priestess bit her lip, toyi
Violet's POVI stared at Colton as we got into the car. He had refused to tell me anything else. After telling me that every single person in the pack knew about my sores. He promised to tell me about it when I got into Kyros’ pack. “Are you finally going to tell me?” I asked, looking up at him. He ran his hands through his hair. “Can I drive at least?” he asked, and I shrugged. All I wanted was the information on who spread the information about my sores. He got into the car, exhaling from time to time. I was losing patience faster than I was letting on. “Can you just tell me everything already?”“Violet, I really do not want to hurt you. But since you are insisting, I should tell you.” I held my breath, waiting for him to tell me that it was Belladonna. I already swore that if it was, I was going to ask Colton to turn back, and I was going to tell Alpha Ares everything. And I wasn't going to relax until he actually hurt Belladonna. She was doing so much, and all of it was being
VIOLET'S POVThere was no denying the fact that Ares was there. He had been there, and I could smell his scent on the baby. Even the way Elmyra and Jackie had been acting did nothing but confirm my thoughts. I didn't mind. I didn't have any issues with the whole thing. Because I knew that Ares would never hurt his child even if he had wanted to kill me in the past. But smelling his scent up close like that just brought back so many memories that it wasn't supposed to. It made me cry at night.And of course, there was literally no one to tell when those things came. Jackie was busy as well, and Elmyra was finally the female alpha. It had never happened before, but there she was, making a difference more than anyone in the world. There she was, pushing the pack forward.I placed the baby in his cot as soon as I finished feeding him. I was already searching for a name that I wanted to give him. But even that was taking time. It seemed hard to even think of something. I knew that Are
ARES' POVTHREE MONTHS LATERI had gotten the information that Violet was in labour, and I wanted to be there more than anything. I had been going to her doorstep every day, morning and evening, trying to get to talk to her, but she obviously wasn't interested. She didn't want to talk to me. It was either that she was ignoring me, or she looked and refused to say anything while I begged her. I knew that I fucked up big time by accusing her of just going to hide. But I was also under so much pressure, and I couldn't see her properly. But I could swear on anything that I was not responsible for keeping her or maltreating her at any point. Even if the voice in my head didn't want me to go and see her, I was still compelled. I could not let her go through so much pain alone. I didn't want her feeling like I had abandoned her. I wanted to be there for her the way I was supposed to be right from the beginning. I parked the car right in front of their pack gate. Jackie ran to me immedi
VIOLET'S POVAres seemed broken as he begged me to stay at the palace. He was almost down on his knees, and I could see him rolling on the floor if I even spent a second more there. I turned back one more time, only to meet his worried face and Belladonna's worried one. Her eyes were fixed on Ares and back at me. It was almost like she wanted to tell me to stay back but could not bring herself to say the words. I headed out of the pack, with my bags in my arms. I looked at the building through the exterior part of the gate. I was thankful that there were no pack members that were there to stop me. “Luna”, someone called out to me, and I closed my eyes, wanting to ignore and run away. “Please turn and look at me,” the voice said in an almost pleading voice. I succumbed, already feeling too weak to do otherwise. I didn't know why I felt a little bit relieved when I turned and saw Cole, one of the guards. I took pride in the fact that I knew almost all their names. Of course, I was
VIOLET'S POVI allowed myself to be dragged away by the masked men. I didn't even want to ask where they were taking me. I was just glad to be out of that airless room. I was honestly weak since the last thing I had was a bottle of water in whatever amount of hours I had been at this place. I had been in a situation like this before. Eric was a living testimony. But they were not Eric. These people were different. I had absolutely no idea how I was even still able to walk as they pushed me to wherever I was being led to. It was the first time I had been out of the room with my eyes open. I was finally fully sane after such a long time. The hallway was filled with different rooms, all with the same doors. I couldn't help but wonder if that was where other people were kept. If there were other people. They finally opened up one of the doors and pushed me in, as they dumped me on one of the chairs. I was patient enough to wait for whatever was coming after that. I noticed that I was
ARES’ POVThe way I hurried outside with Colton was out of this world. I could feel the others coming behind me. I just needed to see that print. I was the one who got the shoes. I had gotten the particular sole print that she liked. So I was going to identify them anywhere. Torches were flashing at every point. People were starting to get the hint that there was actually something wrong. Every single person wanted to see what was actually happening. Just like me, they wanted to see the print. Even if they didn’t know her shoe sole print, they could at least identify her shoe size.I held my breath as we got close to the backyard. Cole looked back, as if asking me if I really wanted to see what he was about to show. I gave him a small nod, and he finally pointed at the place. The backyard was slightly muddy. I could already picture a struggle. A small smile wanted to creep on my lips. Of course, my Violet was not just going to give up just like that. She was going to fight with th
ARES' POVI wanted to sit. I wanted to breathe. But I couldn't. Finding Violet was more important. How could she not be in the pack as a whole? Elmyra was obviously trying not to cry, while Jackie tried her best to remain neutral and strong for Elmyra as she tried petting her. Indigo was continuously jittering in her sleep. I was worried about the kind of connection that she had with Violet. It was starting to feel like it wasn't safe. Akira was carrying her in different ways just to make sure that she was not going to wake her up. We both knew that if she woke up, she was going to be crying continuously. And we didn't want that. “She was right in front of me an hour ago,” Elmyra said as she sniffled. “She was finally happy. The revenge thing was over. She could finally sleep. And now this is happening?”Luna and Lynn were worried as well. We were practically the only ones that knew she was missing. Luna didn't want us alarming the guests just yet. She still felt Violet was somewh
VIOLET’S POVI followed the Omega upstairs. She seemed pretty excited that the whole thing was going on. I couldn’t help but notice how much the pack members needed this party. How relaxed they finally felt. It wasn’t a lie that we had been under so much tension. It almost felt like I didn’t belong there. But I pushed the thought out of my head. I deserved happiness too.I saw Lynn and Luna sitting together, with drinks in their hands. I wanted to be angry at both of them, but this was life, right? They had their own things to do. They couldn’t be here for me all the time. Their faces lit up as soon as they saw me, and I could tell that they both missed me. The way they hurried to hug me was out of this world. Lynn didn’t even care that she was putting on a gown. She jumped on me without any kind of hesitation. I tried my best to hold her still. Luna was still seated with the largest smile on her face. I got to where she was seated and hugged her too. I heard her sniffle, and I k
ARES’ POVI was at the terrace, trying to cool off my head when I felt someone bow behind me. I turned, slightly shocked to see Akira there. There was something about her mood. It was off. I knew she wanted something. I decided to act like I had no idea. “What is it?” I asked her, and she shook her head. I allowed myself a small smile. Well, two could play this game.“Where is Violet?” I asked. I made sure that I didn’t leave the room until Violet had fallen asleep. I was glad that she had gotten the revenge that she wanted. She could finally have some peace of her own. She deserved every kind of peace and joy. She deserved to be spoiled. And I wanted to spoil it. I wanted to be the one person that made her happy. When she thought about happiness, I wanted her to think about me, the kids, the pack and everything that I was going to show her. “She’s in my room,” Akira said, and my eyes widened. When was that tiny woman ever going to listen to the instructions that I gave? I specifi
VIOLET'S POVIt all started as a joke, didn't it? But there I was, allowing myself to be carried in Ares' arms as I moaned in pain. I could feel the baby. I could feel the baby shift. But even through all my pain, I could tell that Ares was more pain than I was. The frown line on his face was not leaving. He was stuck in between carrying me to our room, stroking my back, kissing my forehead, and whispering words of affirmation to me. It was all too much for me to take in. That didn't change the fact that I was dead meat as soon as I got better… if I did. He finally trusted me once, and I flopped. I was already feeling like a bad mother. With opened eyes, I put my child's life at stake. That didn't change the fact that Alpha Damien was finally dead. He was finally gone. Revenge had been served. Even if it was still with Ares' help. Ares swung the door to the room open with his feet. He gently placed me on the bed. He was in a hurry, but he took a few seconds to look at me one more