MasukElodie growled and then wailed again, her lips trembling. Despair was taking over her features.“Let her be,” Kallias whispered in my ears and kissed the cheek that my half-sister just slapped.Elodie kneeled on the floor, unclean hair framing her face like curtains. She was sobbing in her hands and remained like that for a time being. Memories from the time of my first bleeding to the time of my eighteenth birthday party where Alpha Gregor rejected me came rushing over me like an avalanche.I was once like her too. Vengeance is really poetic and comes in a full circle.In the past, I have been a prisoner of my own despair; I’ve been there in the darkness too, yet it was Kallias who pulled me into the light and showed me the beauty of a winter sunrise. That the brightest sun rises after the darkest winter night. And yet Elodie is here, as if she just came out of a winter snowstorm barely unscathed and lost herself in the process.I kneeled before her. “Elodie.” No response, she was st
“What else, father?” I spat the last word with disgust.“The...The only thing I knew was that the former Blackwind Pack’s wolves that are loyal to him and some of the Mimics are no longer bothering the current Blackwind Pack. Your Alpha Vance must be fucking relieved by now.”“Since when?” His Majesty’s voice was a soft thunder.“Since I’ve been here.”Kallias strode to a lone table just beside the doorway and lit a match. Of course, my mate’s powers are tied to winter so he obviously can’t summon a hot flame. When both of the frost-covered torches are back blazing, the Winter Alpha King gestured to me to let him go.I summoned the serpent-shaped dark blue flames back to my hand.I thought we were done in the Prison of Despair the moment we exited Marcus’ cell and the doorway formed back into solid stone. At least from the remaining pity that was left in my heart, I left Marcus a pear that I had hidden in my pockets that I brought with me from dinner. “We’re to see your si
My mother’s ghostly voice echoed in my ears again. I now recognize it as the voice of my mysterious cold flames. “Did you know about Mother’s gift? Those cold flames that I strike you with?”My father snarled, but there was sorrow that crossed his face. “It’s a rare gift. It ranges from silver to dark blue, depending on whether you want to burn someone with coldness or freeze someone to ashes.”“So you knew?” I clenched my fist and controlled my rising anger.“Of course, I knew. It’s called a moonflame, Evadne. The same name as our pack. I reckon our pack is named after that.""Does mother have it too?""I think she hid it from me. I have prayed to the Moon Goddess that your power would never awaken.” He sighed, letting every emotion exit through his nose. “I thought that by beating you into a pulp, your power would remain in slumber.” His eyes darted to the silver-haired handsome male by my side. “It seems like he’s the frost to your ice. During the Trial of Alphas, him being in dang
I shuddered. Kal couldn’t possibly kill him...could he?‘War is war, Evadne. Death is necessary and inevitable during these times,’ Mara spoke, my wolf becoming alert all of a sudden.“This male werewolf from the Blackwind Pack unalived himself inside his prison cell in the dungeons of the Moonflame Pack. It seems he’d rather die by his own hands than be killed by the ones interrogating him about Alpha Marc, the former Alpha and currently seeking to dethrone me.”I offered a moment of silence to the dead. This male is merely a pawn and this will just be one of the many deaths the eyes of Luna Queen Evadne will witness. I have to brace myself for that.“Then he will be much tastier than he already is,” voiced one of the Bloodhounds.At the thought of death, my cold flames awakened inside me. The ghostly voice that sounded like my mother whispered and murmured. “Burn,” it commanded. “Burn...them...with...coldness...”I gulped down my fear, but the fire remained hissing. I ignored it.Th
It didn’t occur to me that I fell asleep, nor the fact that I was barely dressed in an attire I don’t recognize myself in. I heard moaning and the unmistakable sound of two bodies dancing naked in the dark.There’s a wild party in the forest park tonight, and they all act like animals that have been deprived of this much entertainment and fun for years!I shook my head and slowly rose from the picnic blanket. The night is mysteriously bright with a myriad of stars in the sky and the bright moon is shaped like a huntress’s bow.“Luna Evadne!” A male voice called for her. It was neither Kal nor Fionn nor even Gregor. It was...a pack Beta from a pack I don’t know. He was running towards me, all naked, his cock swaying, and I forced myself to focus on his visibly drunk face.“His Majesty wants you to come to him.” I fell back on the blanket."Come? Like literally or figuratively?"I looked at my side and only an empty wine bottle frowned at me. I stood up and straightened my dress—only to
I gave Kal a smile that bordered on sadness and happiness. 'Tell him!' my mind insisted. 'Tell him now!' But I...can't. Not right now, not that we're still celebrating Kal's obvious victory. 'Not right now when I'm not ready for rejection if I ever confess my love to him,' I thought. The forest park had always been dim and crusted with snow. But this time, it looked like a glittering white paradise. Kal really made the entire forest a place to smile at rather than a place to frown and avoid. Families are already gathered here, roasting and cooking and laying out blankets in the snow. The cold never bothered anyone, as the magic belonging to a pack keeps one safe. Only the Rogues will deem winter as a death sentence. Kal led me to a quiet and secluded part of the forest park. A picnic blanket and some food in a basket were already prepared. There’s also a little bonfire for roasting and grilling. “Well, what are you waiting fo
“Alpha Marcus is coming...here?” I didn’t dare address him as father.Geneva groaned. “His sudden interest in coming to the Nightblood Pack without prior asking for permission is not a good thing.”“You can convince your mate to just dispose of your father, you know. Give an example to other Alphas
My period came the night later, the same day Kal gave me a lesson about traitors.Blood relentlessly poured out of me and into the makeshift pads that Farra helped me wear, made from cut-out fabrics. My womb hurts, obviously, as if I haven’t had my periods for months when in fact I have them regula
“Luna Evadne.” A deep female voice, one that holds both age and wisdom, whispered to my ear. “You don’t need to blame yourself. You’ll stress both of you,” she tossed a glance at Kallias. “Your mates; you’re both connected. The pain he felt runs down into your mind and soul too. The same with you br
“Has he claimed and marked you yet?” Geneva asked all of a sudden, even when my attention was still pinned on what Beta Caesar just revealed. “No,” I answered Geneva’s question. “What did you say, Beta Caesar?” I asked him again in a more intense tone this time. “Which one?”







