LOGIN“No…”The word tore from Damien’s mouth as he dropped to his knees.Grey… no…His heart felt like something cracked in it… his best mate, his Beta…his friend!Damein stood up again, a harsh aura now oozing off of him…Then grief he had before soon became rage.“I’ll kill all of you!” The energy came… the strength he thought he lost fighting Prince was back and ten fold more!In a flash…he moved.The two Death Valley warriors standing over Grey barely had time to turn before Damien was on them.The first one raised an arm, but that was very slow.Damien’s claws ripped through the warrior’s throat in one savage sweep, tearing flesh and spraying blood across the floor. The man dropped without a sound.The second stumbled back, his eyes wide with fear, then he tried to retreat…Damien caught him by the jaw.“You touched him.”Then smashed his skull into the courtyard wall hard enough to crack stone.The warrior dropped down lifeless.For a heartbeat, everything around them seemed to stil
Prince’s claws descended toward Damien’s throat slowly.. inevitably.Damein couldn’t move now… his body has betrayed him… he was just spoiling for the taking now to Prince.So this was it.Prince’s grin widened as the killing strike fell.Then something hit him from the side like a storm.Prince was ripped away and hurled across the clearing, crashing through brush and rolling hard through mud.Damien sucked in a deep breath and pushed himself up onto one elbow.Then he saw her…A figure stood between him and death.Serena…Her eyes never left Prince as he rose slowly from the ground.“He is mine to kill,” she said. “No one else’s”Prince wiped blood from his mouth and laughed, his tone low.When his eyes locked on her, his brows lifted. “ Wait…”“I remember you.”Serena did not answer him but still, Prince was sure of her face…Then it hit him… Veil Order…She was the girl they showed, the Serena they talked about…‘ Kill Damien. If Serena interferes— Kill her too.’He rolled his sho
Once the screams and the shouts tore out into the nightThe tension suddenly spiked up…Serena’s heart did so as well as she crossed to the tall window in two strides and looked down into the courtyard below.It was total and absolute chaos!She saw armies… a large number of warriors pouring into the gates, trying to break it down…She recognized the symbols on their chest immediately…Death Valley Pack!Serena watched as defenders of the MoonCrest Pack rushed from barracks still partly dressed and some even half asleep.., only to be met by charging attackers who had come prepared for slaughter.Bodies began dropping and falling like flies…The sound of Sandy’s whimper from behind her, maybe Serena turned…Sandy was still on the floor, one hand pressed to the thin cut on her throat, tears streaking her face. She looked pathetic. What fear could cause…For a long moment Serena simply stared at her.The woman had poisoned her, lied against her…tried to make her life a living hell.Sere
It was barely dawn when Damein was up. He was already dressed in plain black, something light and easy for what he was about to go do.Just then.. the doors of his chamber open.“You planned to leave without telling me. Even after I told you not to go…”Grey stepped in, his tone sharp.Damien did not look up immediately when he entered…, he just sighed under his breath.“I planned to leave before you could try to stop me again..”Grey exhaled, stepping closer...“This is madness Alpha! You know this!”Damien finally turned.“Maybe it is. But it is necessary.”Grey stepped farther inside, shutting the door behind him.“You found an old book about something and now you ride into an unknown forest chasing ghosts.”“They are not ghosts.”“It could be a trap.. a lure.”“Either way… they are enemies and I have to deal with them...”Grey’s frustration grew more, seeing how Damein was being right now…Once he had his mind set on something, there was hardly swaying him.Especially when that s
It was night time at the Mooncrest Pack now… the first night since Serena escaped.The security around his room had doubled… tripled, everyone was still on edge about Serena.Sleep didn’t really come for Damein… not out of fear of Serena. It was more out of worry for her…His mind had not left her once.Serena.She was fast enough to kill him in a second's time and still escape… but she didn’t.She hesitated to do it…Why?If she truly wanted him dead, he would be dead.The guards had only entered after the moment had passed. She had enough time. More than enough. Serena had always been quicker than people expected, more dangerous than people gave her credit for. And for the past months that she’s been gone, she’s only gotten better.So why hesitate?His jaw tightened.Because she wasn’t herself… not really.That truth had rooted itself in him the moment he saw her expression. It was like… someone was wearing Serena’s skin while the real her was trapped somewhere inside it.He place
When Serena slipped past the main exits of the pack, she didn’t stop.She ran as fast as her legs could carry her right into the treelines.“Hey!”“Stop there!!”Voices of the guards echoed behind her just before stepping into the thick, dense forest.She ran through the darkness.. right through the branches and the leaves…Some cut at her, but right now.. that didn’t matter to her.Nothing mattered except the noise inside her head.Why did you stop? Why didn’t you finish him?! Why?!She didn’t know why.. or perhaps she hated the answer to it.She had been there in his room. She held her claw to his throat and he didn’t even know.Just one movement then, and it would be over…And yet—She stopped so suddenly the dirt tore beneath her heels.With a savage strike, she drove her claws into the trunk of the nearest tree, splintering bark and sending wood flying into the dark.“Why?! Why Serena?!!”Her voice was tinged with frustration…She yanked her hand free and struck again.And again
Their eyes locked in Ike that for a moment x the tension rising up…And then, he pulled off and walked in the other direction to the door.“I need air.” he muttered before slamming the door shut. The silence stretched long in the room after Damien stepped away.Serena remained exactly where he had
The rogues circled closer around them. Red eyes glowed between the trees, stalking, waiting, ready to strike and kill. Damien stepped slightly forward, positioning himself between Serena and the nearest wolf.“Stay behind me,” he ordered.Serena’s jaw tightened. “I can handle myself.”He didn’t l
Warm sunlight filtered through the canopy, as Serena slept peacefully through it.She laid fast asleep inside the tent with one arm flung over her face to block the light. For a moment, there was peace.Then—A splash of icy water hit her square in the face.She bolted upright with a gasp.She gav
The rustling from the trees grew louder and closer and—It stopped, just right behind her...Serena breath stopped instantly.The forest went deadly still, like it was holding its breath.She began to turn—When strong hands slammed into her back.The force sent her flying forward. She barely caugh







