ODETTE
This fucking food chaos had been going on for too fucking long. I needed it to end ‘cause I was so done with every living shit in this coop. Every single one of them made me sick.It’s times like these that I contemplate my hold on the Alpha position. Is it really worth it? Unfortunately, yes, because his magnitude of power is not something I could just easily cast aside, even if stepping down would hardly affect my status around here.Besides, the Fury Packs would be in chaos if I disappeared on them, not like Liev and Devyn would ever admit that. I should mess with them and vanish for a few days to see how they’d take it.The martinis were the only things keeping me going, even though they weren’t barely enough. What I’d give for a zombie right now. I needed alcohol to get me through this.I was studying everyone and everything in the hall with a glass of martini in my hands, my eyes always on Devyn. I wanted to shift aODETTEI was doing it, and I’d be damn lying if I said that I wasn’t nervous anymore. But I was an amazing and confident dancer, so I didn’t let my panic seep through.I can say so because when I was a year old, instead of getting up on my feet to walk like other pups, I danced. Like a freaking ballerina.My parents were both shocked and pleased, probably more shocked, and decided to name me Odette. I was far from the graceful swan they thought I’d grow up to be, but I was sure glad I didn’t end up with a name like Diamond or Esther.Imagine being called Lilac because of my eyes. Shivers.Aslan’s arm encircled my waist, mine enveloping his shoulders as we swayed across the floor, catching the sights of everyone who saw us.Tonight, I’d be the swan my parents had expected, and they’d be proud to see my white feathers soaked in the blood of my nemesis.“Won’t you meet my gaze, sweet girl?&rd
ODETTEMonster.That was the new word echoing from every corner of the hall. It was true. I was a monster. I was a monster just like them, but I was even worse.Far worse, because while they were doing everything they could to protect their packs, I just watched mine burn to the ground without even lifting a finger. I led my pack to its destruction, and I knew that if I stayed here long enough, I’d do the same thing.Everyone would die because of me.What was Alma thinking when she sacrificed her life for venom like me? I wasn’t worth it. I never was, and probably never will be.Everything about the events unfolding now was telling me to run, but my head was spinning so badly that I couldn’t even muster the strength to make my next move.I didn’t dare look at the faces of my supposed mates, but when I shifted my eyes to see Aslan still trying to break away from Liev’s defense so he could come hurt me, I lost it. How co
LIEVLeaving Odette with Devyn did not sit well with me. His words could not be trusted, and he could be fucking unpredictable, but I let her go because someone had to be here to settle this mess of a banquet. I was the only wolf for the job.Trying to ignore the thudding ache in my heart for a mate I couldn’t believe was real, and my raging heart, I announced the end of the banquet. I needed everyone to haul their asses out of here.Of course, many cornered me at every turn to question what had happened. These freaking Alphas and Lunas, they were all the same. I was aware that neither of them came to the Alphas of Doom’s banquet for time’s sake or from the invitation alone.They came for entertainment, and I despised that they got just what they were looking for in a way that even I couldn’t have prepared myself.We had a mate.A fucking mate that we’d been destined never to possess, and worse, we were all mated to her. Al
LIEVAxel had arrived as early as seven a.m. Devyn, on the other hand, had to be dragged by my consistent nagging through our mind-link. He hated when I did that shit but desperate times called for desperate measures.He announced his arrival by hurling one of my Regal Hall’s doors right out of its hinges. I simply sighed because it was not the first, second, or third time he'd done this.It was getting a little old now. Axel simply rolled his eyes at Devyn.“Get. Out. Of. My. Fucking. Head!”He marched toward us, tearing the chair I had organized for him into useless pieces—instead of me—as he panted like a wild animal.I already knew this would happen. Signaling the servant, who was trembling at a corner of the hall, to get another chair, she moved as fast as her legs let her, trying to get as far away as possible as she could from us.“This is important, Devyn. Pull yourself together, so we can resolve this be
LIEV“She needs to be able to defend herself if our ‘sorry asses’ happen to fail,” I replied.Devyn huffed, his wolf evidently disagreeing with everything its master was doing. How much longer would Devyn keep fighting his emotions? Well, in all the time that I've known him, he'll fight this until he hits his limit. I’m curious to see how long he’ll last.“I’m still confused about the whole wolf recovery thing. How exactly do you expect me to do that? And what makes you even think I can?”Axel might not seem like the ideal wolf for the job—or any job, for that matter—but trust me when I say he's the only one capable of handling this task.Teaming up with someone who shares the same goals as yours is the most effective approach to achieving results.“While Odette might’ve sacrificed her wolf and her abilities to be reborn, I don’t believe that it’s completely imposs
ODETTEI fainted through the week. That was a fact, and though I appreciated how well it helped me escape reality, it took too much of a toll on my emotions for me not to hate it.And to make things worse, I woke up with tears falling out of my eyes, my throat clogged for no other reason than grief. Why? I have no fucking idea.At first, it felt like I was waking up from a dream, without a memory of who I was, until they all came flooding in, threatening to intensify my tears. I did all I could to hold my sobs in as I could feel someone else's presence in the room. Not just one, though. Two. There were two of them.I couldn’t explain how I knew because I just... It had never happened before. Was it a mate thing? I couldn't even feel the bond, so how was that possible?Covering my face, still feeling faint, I thought over my life ‘cause I had to be the mess of the century. How did this even happen to me?“We’d like to know that as well, Ms. Cadell.”Liev’s
ODETTEThe sight of Devyn roaring at his mate, which was unfortunately me, made Axel fucking flip. Liev looked like he’d join the attack for a moment before taking a deep breath, which was all he apparently needed to calm himself down.I hated that he could be so cool and collected sometimes, even if everyone in the territories, especially me, needed his cool head to knock some sense into the fighting alphaholes.A proper look at them all was all I needed to conclude that they were saying something through their mind-link, but for some absurd reason, it made me feel... left out, which was insane.Being their mate naturally meant I could join their mind discussion, but not having a wolf also meant that I didn’t have the link needed to connect me with them, which made me miss Echo so much more than I already did. I missed her to death. I missed her so fucking much.When would the goddess return her to me?Watching my fighting mates, I tr
ODETTEThe meeting ended abruptly, even though I was absolutely certain that they had much more to say, as Liev literally dragged Axel out of my room—not without a fight, though.How the hell did the goddess expect me to survive the three of them without my werewolf abilities or anything to defend myself with? I’d die at this rate.It was frustrating not knowing what was going through their minds or what plans they had for me, but it was not like I could call them back and instruct them to finish what they started.Hell, I was more glad to get rid of them, regardless of what my body thought. Their aura and steaming hot bodies were too much for a ‘little human’ like me to handle.It was hard putting up a fight with that.I didn’t realize Devyn had stopped at the door until he took a step back and locked it behind him, leaving only the two of us in the room.Quickly panicking, I moved in a hurry to get off the bed, knowi