Kai's POVI sat down, placing my hands on the table. We all have had a long day, one that we couldn't easily recover from. My eyes swept through the people sitting down besides me. All Lycans but family…at least that was what I made myself to believe. Usually Kai rolls alone but even though I was a lot stronger than my father, I couldn't take him down alone. These people were now my family. They were my trusted followers back home. Immediately they heard of my betrayal, they fled to join the fight. But not because they supported the werewolves but they didn't want my brother to become the Lycan Lord— so they were in a way doing it for themselves. “Torren will be so mad,” one of them said, holding the edge of the table. “I'm sure he was the one that led the battle, that's why we failed.”“We tried,” Zack frowned. “We failed,” Rune hissed. “And Fein died because of us.”I kept quiet, watching them grief. The death of Fein was still a blow to us. He was a brother and the only way we c
Raven’s POVThe moment Damien walked out and the door shut behind him, my mother walked closer and slapped me so fast and hard tht I was both shocked and hurt at the same time. “Mum,” the words came out softly as tears threatened my eyes. “How long has he been your mate?” She growled, looking at me with a venomous glare. “It has—” I muttered, darting my eyes left and right. “Answer me right now, Rowan,” she snapped. I flinched, clutching my cheek in pain. “I found out that we were mates the first day I saw him, during the fight.”Her shoulders dropped, her face went pale. A mixture of disappointment and disbelief etched on her face. “ And all this while you kept it to yourself? Why didn’t you tell me? Why did you keep such a thing from me?”I opened my mouth to respond, but the words caught in my throat. How could I explain? How could I make her understand?At that time, I just wanted information on the Lycans and he had something that could really benefit us which was the cure
Raven’s POVI slammed the door shut behind me and leaned against it, breathing hard.“Kai,” I breathed looking at the thin air. He was alive. He was here. After everything. After leaving for two fucking years—he just showed up and said hello princess like nothing ever happened.I tried to breathe slowly but it seemed impossible as anger throbbed through my veins. “Who the hell does he even think he is? After two years of disappearing he just came back, he should be lucky I let him leave in one piece. “No Raven,” I let out a deep breath. “He isn't worth it, today is for Fein,” I said, my heart thumping loudly in my chest as I stumbled toward the bed and sat down. I took in deep breath just like I always did when I was angry and I needed to kill someone but today, killing someone was not what clouded my mind— it was making someone completely disappear from the surface of the earth…Kai. My hands were shaking, my mind spinning with thoughts I didn’t even understand.Why now? Why woul
KAI'S POV. Seeing Raven brought back mixed feelings, emotions I thought never existed and those that I thought have died during these last two years. I walked out of the compound like a predator but my heart was like that of a bunny. I was torn inside out. “I hope you can forgive me, Raven,” I muttered, turning back to the palace as soon as I got out of the palace gate. I knew she had thousands of questions to ask me, questions I clearly know the answer to but it was better left unanswered. I was too far gone and swimming in my mess that I didn't have the dignity of facing her but I had no choice…Kai never rolls with dignity. Raven was mine definitely, a slave can't stay angry at their Master for long but for now she can have the lease…for now, Sooner or later she would be completely mine that's if either of us survive the war. I inhaled deeply, finally walking away. I had more important things to do. I didn't disappear for two years because I was scared of what Fein would do…in
Raven's pov.I kept staring at the man in front of me, I wasn't even sure of what I was seeing again. I thought it was just a dream, one that I desperately wanted to wake up from but the other half wanted to stay. Kai stepped forward, my legs instinctively took a big step backwards but my eyes never leave him. “Kai,” Damien growled behind me and charged towards Kai. He rushed towards him grabbing him by the neck but Kai remained calm, like he didn't just come back from the dead or crawl out of whatever hole he ran to. Two fucking years, he was gone for two fucking years and now he is back, for what? To mock me? Or has he come to mock Fein?“What the hell are you doing here?” Damien spat. Kai hit Damien's hands away. “You don't want me back?” He scoffed, hos tone filled with mockery. I wanted to scream but it looked like I had forgotten how. My mouth opened but no words came out, my eyes were the ones doing the screaming. Kai turned to me, with his annoying but cute and irresist
Raven’s POVI stood at the front, staring blankly at the lifeless body of a friend, a brother. The priestess stepped first and started the ritual rites, they said the werewolf burial ritual brought peace to the soul of the one gone and to those who mourn but there was no peace in me.The priestess turned to us, giving me the torch. The heat was enough to scare someone but it didn't scare me… I didn't even know what to feel at that moment, I just stood there. The crowd around me mumbled the ancient words of farewell, a final farewell to a warrior that has sacrificed half of his life to protect everyone…to protect me. “It's time,” the priestess voice brought me back to reality— at least to some extent. I nodded, taking in a deep breath, taking a step forward. “I hope you find peace, brother,” I muttered, placing the torch on the pyre. The fire quickly spread, consuming his body. People moved forward, bowing their head in respect before leaving but I couldn't look away from the fire.