ВойтиDELILAHCaspian immediately shot up from his seat without hesitation, not caring about the loud screech it made across the floor when he closed the distance between us. As soon as he got in front of me, he lowered himself on one knee before grabbing my arm, checking to see if I was hurt."Delilah, are you alright?" he asked, his voice full of concern. I was too shaken up by the divination to the point that I didn't even know how to respond for three solid seconds. My mind kept replaying all the images I'd seen earlier, and suddenly everything made sense. The fact that I had just unknowingly acquired the answers I have been looking for all this time through a simple divination nearly made my knees buckle from a mix of relief and exhaustion."Delilah?"I snapped my head up to see the blatant concern in Caspian's eyes looking back at me. It had been so long since he looked at me like that, so it nearly softened me, making me spill secrets that I had no business telling him. But then my
DELIILAHTwo days later,I didn't hear anything from Viktor that day. Vivian locked herself in her room ever since that night and refused to come out. I tried to go to the visit his royal quarters but the guards refused to let me in. So what the hell happened? Where had he gone to?I felt abandoned and confused, but all my efforts to decipher the situation were futile. If it wasn't for my powers currently being drained, I would have already used a tracking spell to find him. Leaning against my seat, I pinched my nose bridge to curb my insistent headache. My alpha's upcoming wedding was another pain to think about, especially since the days were quickly passing by. Deep down, I knew I had to leave the pack soon, but I didn't want to go without Viktor. A knock on the door suddenly tore my attention away. I lifted my head to glare at the door, as if willing the person at the other side to go away but she didn't. After two more hesitant knocks, I finally responded. “Come in.”The doo
DELILAH Viktor and I rushed out of the Moon Temple when we heard Vivian's voice. My heart was pounding loudly in my ears as I ran across the hallway, my hand entwined in Viktor's. We didn't stop until we reached the entrance where Vivian was kneeling on the floor. It was too dark in the night to see anything, but my senses immediately picked up another scent. Oh, dear moon goddess. Before I could even react, Viktor sped past me in a flash, arriving at her side. The air was thick with heavy tension as I stopped a few feet away from them. A second later, a loud enraged howl tore through the air. Vivian shifted slightly, allowing me to catch a glimpse of the person she was holding on the floor. It was Andrei. The sight rocked me to the core. If it wasn't for the heavy stench of blood that filled my senses again, I would have suspected that this was some kind of illusion again. But unfortunately, it wasn't. So, I rushed straight to them without a second thought. Andrei was pal
DELILAHWe appeared in front of the Hall of Punishment in less than ten minutes, but by the time we were already too late when we got inside. There was no one there. I was stunned as I stared at the empty space, wondering what the hell was going on. There were clearly captured children in my vision, yet the reality was quite different. Viktor raised his head to sniff the air. “Someone just left the building. Find him.”Andrei immediately nodded before running out of the temple to track down the scent. Vivian waved her hand over the place, wielding her moon magic to assess the dark energy around. When I saw it, I quickly closed the distance between us and stopped her. “Vivian, don't use your magic!”She gasped. “Why?” “There's too much dark energy here,” I explained, looking around the broken down walls of the temple. “You might risk getting corrupted if you're not careful.”Vivian's eyes suddenly widened from realization after she heard me. She quickly withdrew her powers after
DELILAHOnce it was evening, the four of us gathered in the Moon Temple. The other generals stayed outside guarding the building to make sure that no one interrupted the ceremony.Tonight, my heart was pounding so loudly that I was sure Viktor and the rest could hear this. But I forced myself to remain calm on the outside because everyone was depending on me. I was still the Head Priestess, and I was going to act like it. With that thought in mind, I finally stepped into the circle that had been created earlier.The power surrounding it immediately prickled against my skin, sharp and cold like lake water during winter. Only Vivian and I could enter. The magic woven into the ritual was too potent for anyone without magic. If Viktor or Andrei tried to step inside, the backlash alone could break their bodies.So they remained beyond the edge, watchful and tense.I felt Viktor’s gaze on me as I moved across the circle. I did not turn around, because if I met his eyes now, I feared the
DELILAH The next morning, I had just finished changing into my priestess robes after an exhausting checkup session with Olivia when I heard the door open. I didn't even need to turn around to know who it was. “What are you doing here?” I asked, smoothing my dress. “I came to see my best friend.”I could hear the nervousness in her voice as she approached me slowly. Vivian had always been like this. Whenever she got me upset, she would come with her most pitiful face to beg for forgiveness. In the past, I used to always bend first because of the long history between us. But now, I was too pissed to do it this time. This wasn't a squat between friends, or a disagreement that we normally had whenever we talked about her avoiding her duties. She lied to me. She deceived me all the years and kept secrets from me. The fact that I was still reeling from the fact that she was my mentor's daughter was enough reason for me not to even want to reconcile with her. But she was still my best
DELILAHThe conference room of the Moon Temple had always been a place of quiet authority. Circular in design, with a domed ceiling painted in phases of the moon, it was built to welcome all those who sought for the moon goddess's divine help. But today, it felt like a war room instead.Caspian st
DELILAHThe following days, I stayed in the healer's cabin, living my life leisurely and quite... pleasurably. I ignored Caspian's numerous requests to summon me for morning pack rituals and other reasons he probably didn't want to mention publicly. He was probably panicking more than usual because
VIKTORThe past few nights hadn't been very nice. I was losing creeping towards the edge of my sanity anytime I woke up from sleep, only to meet a cold, empty bed. My wolf mocked me from within, growling that the woman we both desired would have been lying by our side along time ago if we just did
DELILAHThe entire forest was silent.As soon as my wolf steadied herself, her paws stomped on the rocky ground underneath her. She lifted her head to the moon and released a howl that echoed throughout the entire forest. The snakes immediately recoiled at the sound, retreating to the shadows but s







