Where could his body be? Did the vampires tear him to pieces so that there’s nothing left of him? Is Theo dead? No, I don’t want to believe that. There is already the possibility that Mom might be gone and now Theo . No, I can’t lose Theo. I can’t lose him. I need to find him, but where will I even start. I barely know where I am. I hear a tree branch snap behind me. I quickly change back to wolf form and get ready to attack. I snarl at the vampire who steps out from behind the tree “Hi, I mean no harm. I just brought you some clothes to change into,” he rushes to say before I attack him. He has clothes in one of his hands. The vampire looks are around his mid or late twenties, no more than twenty-seven. He has black hair with brown eyes and looks pale and dead like all vampires do. I look at the brown-eyed man, confused, and wondering why a vampire would offer me clothes. He didn’t take advantage when I was lost in my thoughts and attack me by surprise. He’s behaving very unusual
The following morning, Mason and I go outside for his vampire test. I don't know if I want to be a vampire or not. It’ll explain why I can mask my scent and what happened that day with Lucas. He said he smelled a vampire when I hid my scent. “Mask your scent,” Mason says as we stand at the entrance of a cave. We came to the cave at dawn just before the sun rose. “Done,” I say after I do it. “Put your finger out.” I do as he says, and I wait for the burn to come, but it doesn’t. I close my eyes to numb any pain if it comes. I slowly open my eyes to see why I didn't burn. My finger is glittering. I’m blown away. “I’m like Edward right now,” I say, grinning, thinking about the Twilight books. The author did an excellent job in a lot of things regarding the supernatural. I walk out of the cave, still masking my scent, and bathe my body under the sun. “You look magnificent,” Mason says, smiling. “I know. Did your daughter also glitter under the sun?” “Yes, she did. I didn't want to
“Thank you, Ekaterina,” Theo says once she’s done casting the silver shield spell. I move back and give Theo room to break down Mom’s cell door. We plan to rescue her tonight. I didn’t have a way to save her because it would’ve been hard to sneak her out since she can’t mask her scent like me. With Ekaterina here, we can teleport somewhere safe before the vampires realize what’s happening. Mason helped us knock out the guards and is on the lookout in front as we try to open her cell door. Theo walks forward and tries to pull open the door of Mom’s cell. He gets burnt badly while doing it. What is going on? Why did the cell burn him even though Ekaterina cast her spell on him? “That’s not supposed to happen,” Ekaterina says, looking shocked. “Is it possible you cast the spell wrong?” “I hardly doubt, but I’ll cast it again,” she says and does it. This time she also cast it on me. “Ana, try,” she says, and I walk forward to the cell. I put my hand on the bar and it burns. “Wha
It’s been a week since we came back to Theo ’s territory. He fell into a coma after the surgery. The doctors don’t know why he hasn’t woken up. I spend every day with him in the hospital. I talk to him a lot because they said it’d help. They said if we completed the mating process before it happened, I would’ve been able to enter his mind and wake him. It’s too bad the only thing Theo and I have done is kissed. I hear someone entering the kitchen. “Hello, dear?” Mom says. “Hi, Mom.” “How’s he doing?” “He’s the same.” “Don’t worry, he’ll wake up soon. Do you have time to spare before you go and see him?” “Yes, is there something you want to talk about or need?” “Yes, there is something I want to talk to you about.” “Alright, let me quickly wash this. You can wait for me in the living room. I’ll join you once I’m done,” I say, carrying my dirty plate to the sink to wash it. “Okay, I’ll be waiting for you,” she says and walks out of the kitchen. I walk to the living room once
“I’m cursed,” Theo says, once we’re sitting in our bedroom. “You’re cursed, with what?” “My mate will die if I mark her.” “What?” I say, shocked. “A witch cursed whoever my mate is to die once I mark her.” “Why?” “Because my mother killed her mate.” He must be talking about Leonardo’s mate “How did you find out you were cursed?” “You’re not my first mate.” He swallowed hard. “Oh, I’m not,” I say, surprised. I shouldn’t be because, if I remember correctly, I heard women talking about me being his second mate. “My first mate died when I marked her.” “How did you know it was because you were cursed?” “Before my mate died, the witch used her body to tell me. She carved the message on her belly.” “That must have been horrific. I’m so sorry, Theo . How old were you?” I’m guessing he was young since it’s not a lot of people who know he had a mate before. “Eighteen. I had recently ascended to the throne.” “You were so young. I can’t imagine what you went through,” I say, i
Later at night, while sleeping, I feel Theo ’s hands fall from around my waist. I turn over to see him dressing and I wonder where he’s going this late. “Theo, is something wrong?” I ask, sitting up on the bed. “Yes, but don’t worry about it. Go back to sleep. I’ll be back soon,” he says and kisses my forehead before he walks out. What could be so wrong to make Theo leave the house this late at night? I don’t go back to sleep as he asked, waiting for him to come back instead. I hear someone wailing outside. Is someone crying? I rush to the window to see what’s going on. Theo and Dan are standing in front of a group of people. They look like they just came from a fight. Did something bad happen? I quickly change out of my sleeping clothes and walk downstairs to investigate. “Theo , what is going on?” I ask once I reach them outside There looks to be about fifty people here, all covered in blood. Their clothes have been ripped to pieces. What they have on is barely covering them.
In the next few days, I helped the new werewolves in Theo ’s territory settle in. I make sure they have everything they need. They’re mostly women and kids, so they’re still shaken from what they faced. Theo and I are traveling to the most recently attacked pack in his private jet. It’s the Silver Moon Pack. Theo wants to find out if anyone else survived. We’re going in his jet so it’ll be easier to move additional survivors. The place they came from is far from Theo ’s territory. I can’t imagine how long they walked to get to us. It must’ve been an exhausting journey. “What’re you thinking about?” Theo asks, lacing our fingers together. “I’m thinking about how far the women and children from the Silver Moon Pack walked,” I say, looking out the plane windows. Theo nods his head in understanding. “Did I tell you how great you’ve been handling everything?” he asked. “Handling which things?” “The Silver Moon Pack.” “Oh, that. I wouldn’t call what I did amazing.” “I would. The
“Here you go,” I say, handing a bottle of water to an injured werewolf. We’re at another pack that was attacked recently. This time the attack was worse because they came during day-time. Witches created a spell allowing non-Originals to walk in the sun. The witches also helped them to kill most of the pack. “Hello, Luna,” a voice I never wanted to hear says behind me. I turn around to see Scarlett standing behind me with a smirk on her face. “Hello, Scarlett,” I wonder what she’s doing here. “How are you, my Queen?” she asks, walking closer to me. “I’m doing okay considering the circumstances, and you?” “Same.” “What are you doing here?” “I came to help. I brought some supplies, and I also plan to take some of the displaced werewolves back with me. I have space to accommodate new pack members.” “That’s very kind of you, but you didn’t have to come all the way here for that. You could’ve sent your Beta.” I don’t know why, but I have a feeling she didn’t just come to help. S