LOGINAlpha KaiThe space outside the old three-storey house smelt like blood and burnt flesh, making my wolf's fur stand on my neck. What if we were late? What if Delaney was already gone and the smell of blood was hers? All these questions rushed into my mind as we ran through the woods, surrounding the house and everyone outside the compound.My wolf frantically looked around as my warriors attacked the rogues, with the specific instruction not to hurt Ronan. There were so many of them, the rogues were not a match; they had no chance at survival. Then I finally spotted her inside a circle of fire, her wide, teary eyes looking straight at me. "You came!" That voice, loud and not via the mind link, sent vibrations down my spine. She was there, alive, crying, looking broken but alive and most of all relieved to see me."Hold her down." Seraphina's voice broke our eye contact, with Vex and a tall man I didn't recognise pushing Delaney flat on the ground, and that is when my wolf saw red. I l
Delaney"What is it going to be, Delaney, your life or his?" My mother sneered, clenching her arms into fists as she looked at me, then at Ronan's wolf. I ignored her and took another step forward, this time not flinching when the big black wolf let out a low growl."I know you are in there somewhere," I whispered, looking into the wolf's eyes.My mother laughed, the sound making me press my teeth together. "Which part of 'I am controlling him' do you not understand?"I paid her no mind, my gaze locked on Ronan's beast, searching for even the faintest flicker of the man I loved behind the darkness. "You are stronger than her," I praised. "I know you are."He froze, his snarl faltering for a bit, and I could have sworn I saw a slight splash of gold in his eyes before the black in them returned. It was as if I had imagined it, so I tried talking to him again, but he growled at me, this time round louder.I closed my eyes briefly, aware of the surge of heat inside me, of my sweaty palms,
DelaneyThe pressure on my knees from kneeling down on the hard ground was relentless, sharp and biting, yet not significant like the millions of thoughts and mixed emotions that were bombarding me. I shifted my weight, as if that would change the situation, but it only intensified the physical and emotional ache."Bring them here," my mother instructed. I heard low murmurs, followed by a number of steps, and a few minutes later, muffled screams. "Let's form a circle," she said, my ears open for any little sound."Untie them." It was the dark witch's voice, clear as day, yet with an underlying darkness as night. Then I heard the first whimper, followed by another and another until I could make out around six different voices, all from females. "Any more whimpers from any of you and I will make your deaths ten times more painful." That shut them up instantly. What followed was a silence, one that was so heavy that I could hear several laboured breaths."Their blood will create a powerf
Alpha Kai Elias and I had settled outside the dungeons to perform the spell, in a clear space where the moon was visible and also out of a lot of sight. It was paramount to keep it under the water, because we still didn't know who the traitors were. Maribel was there, and her face seemed to light up when the soil settled on a location outside the kingdom. I was already mapping the area out while mind-linking Delaney when the map suddenly caught fire. "What the hell?" I swore, trying to turn the fire off with my hands. "Is that supposed to happen?" I raised my voice, reaching for my coat to smother the fire but by the time I removed it, only ashes and the remainder of the soil Elias had used remained on the ground. "The spell," Maribel breathed, shaking Elias, who just stood there, staring at the ashes, his face unreadable. "Do it again!" She shouted, her swollen eyes filling up with more moisture. She looked older than before, with wrinkles looking more defined in the past few days
DelaneyI could feel the dumbness in the air, a coldness inside, coupled with heat crawling beneath my skin. Sweat droplets covered my skin, despite the fact that I was shivering. My wolf was scratching, pacing, switching between whimpers and growls, and not because of the broken mate bond or Nyra's and my mom's betrayal, but something else, something that crawled in the back of my mind, something that made my heart palpitate every few minutes."Look at her, barely breathing, and yet they call her the red wolf," Rick mocked, after hours of beating me up, slap after slap."Red wolf my foot." Carter scoffed. "Without her magic, she is nothing." I hang my head, sweat trickling from my forehead down to my cheeks. I wanted to break free, to teach them a lesson, but I knew I had to hold on, just for a little bit.Filthy hands grabbed my remaining hair, the little bit that was left after Vex pulled the rest out, and forced me to lift my head. My eyes met with Carter's blank face, his lips st
Alpha KaiJeriah followed Ronan and the rest of the rogues at a distance with nine more warriors, including a tracker. We didn't want to lose his location completely. The Beta had reported severally that the rogues were moving along the border, merging with more rogues. So I put more soldiers at every point, just in case they were given the directive by the dark witch to invade the kingdom. The orders were to kill every other rogue but stay away from Ronan, because no matter what, he was my twin brother.Back in the capital, I had ordered an emergency meeting for everyone, including pups. I had also summoned every other alpha and expected them to arrive within an hour or two. By the time I climbed on the podium, the town square was full, with low murmurs filling the air that was thick with tension. Not even the pups were playing, it was like they could sense the dull atmosphere."My people," I began, clearing my throat. "I am sure by now everyone knows the dark witch has your luna," I







