MasukSelene’s POVWhen he first said that Leo could take me away, I thought I didn’t hear well or that something was wrong with my ears. But I didn’t. And I wouldn’t lie and say that I wasn’t shocked at how he steered the situation. First, he made Leo feel relaxed then he taught him the lesson of his life.But Lucian’s last words just made me go still. Jordan who seemed to be able to read situations at the moment also went still in my hold. He stopped burping completely.“What?” I asked, sounding confused. “And you should still be resting, your back still hasn’t healed.”“Do you have an option?” He asked, completely ignoring my second sentence.I shook my head and he continued, “In case you’re not aware. This war has gone from just a rift between you and Leo. It turned inter territory the moment he led men into my kingdom. He’s indirectly saying that he doesn’t care if there’s blood spill any longer.”I pinched my nose. Do we really have to do this?“What about your people? The uprising?”
Lucian’s POVNormal wolfsbane has never had much effect on lycans, not to mention someone like me who was the King. The last time I got into contact with one, all it took was a few minutes of pain and it was gone like it never even came.But this one, it hurts so bad that it feels like my insides are tearing up. For the first time since I grew up, I thought about giving in to darkness because it seemed like the very best option at the moment. The pain was that bad.Azriel stood in my line of vision at first, seeming to consider what to do next when he suddenly jumped on someone who seemed to be on the verge of attacking me. He snarled and shifted midair, getting into a duel with whoever the heck it was.I groaned, trying everything in my power to stand up or to even summon Kairos to come forth. But it was just like he was no longer inside of me and his absence alone created a very hollow feeling in me, causing more pain to wrack through me.The fight was still going on but it seemed t
Selene’s POVI held Jordan together to my chest — tighter than I had ever held him before. He rustled in my hold and I wasn’t sure if it was from the pressure of being held like that or from something completely different like the presence of his supposed father.“We meet again, Selene,” Leo said, a tight lipped smile that looked nowhere near genuine donning his face.“I told you to not try anything drastic again.” I forced myself to sound very strong. Like I knew exactly what I was doing and he stood no chance against me.“Now, you don’t expect me to sit and fold my hands while I watch my mate live in another kingdom with my own child.”“I’m not your mate any longer,” I said through gritted teeth. “And stop all of these, I’m not going anywhere with you and neither is Jordan.”“Jordan?” He asked, stepping closer to me, “You already gave him a name? Tell me, did he give you recommendations while you searched for a name for MY son? Or was it he, the lycan king, who straight up named him
Lucian’s POVI hadn’t put on my full gear before I ran out of the war room with my senior warriors right in my tow. The explosion sound that had shaken the castle was enough to make Kairos almost force shift. My eyes sparsely moved towards the west wing as we made our way downstairs but I didn’t stop. The warriors were still standing there, guarding the wing ably.And just as we got outside, I saw the extent of the damage that had been done. The building that just exploded was an incomplete building in the kingdom’s center. And the craziest part was that it didn’t have fire or anything related to it oozing out of it. It was just completely destroyed to the ground.That definitely wasn’t a normal bomb.I didn’t stay too long on that before joining my warriors to deal with the rogues. There were so many that they could pass for an army of soldiers.Snarls and yells of anger went round the clearing, blood spilled to the ground and soon enough, the clearing turned into a real battleground
Selene’s POVI woke up at 3 am. It wasn’t even as though I really slept. But the few minutes of sleep I got before that time was what was disrupted. I sat upright, the soft snores of Jordan the only sound that I could hear in the room.And as quiet as the room was, the kingdom should be too, right?But no, the distinct sound from the distance was one of the reasons I woke up. Jordan was still latched onto my breast and I had to gently place him on the bed before standing up.I stood up and walked over to the window, my face contorting into a frown as I looked downstairs to see that the source of the sounds was warriors who were training under the moonlight with little to no light.“What’s going on?” I asked slowly, trying to catch exactly what they were doing.The training ground had more lights than it should at the moment, and even the warriors moved with purpose. They didn’t move like they were training normally. It looked like drills, like a preparation for something.I had lived
Lucian’s POVAn uprising. It was the last thing that I needed on my table at the moment. After everything that went down in the last couple of weeks, I had been doing everything within my power to get my people together again.An uprising wouldn’t just scatter everything, it would also make it all worse.We couldn’t afford to cause one at the moment.But at the same time, we needed something very solid to counter whether Leo could be planning.The whole of yesterday when Darius said those words passed by so quickly.Selene and I could barely breathe after what he said and it took Jordan’s wailing to get the room back into order.She didn’t even know about the second chance mate bond yet. Or rather, I wasn’t sure if she knew about it yet. But if she did, Selene wasn’t one to bottle in something as crucial as that. She’d have definitely brought it up or even shown signs that she knew.And that just meant that I was the only one who was aware that we were second chance mates.A mate. Nev







