LOGINThe journey back from the veil was excruciatingly silent, everyone had their minds occupied with their own secrets.As I rode the bus back, Carmen was seated at the back, her attention was on the children who were bloody and smelly.Honestly, those bloody children did terrify me a little bit. When we came to get them, the entire road leading up to the peonies garden was painted in red,... in blood.Body parts were thrown around everywhere. Screams came from men who were strong enough to kill these children immediately, unfortunately, the water did something to the men.They lay there, hopelessly as the sickle of death came and claimed their lives.Silver sat down beside me, his hands playing with the pocket watch he stole from Vera.“Silver, you wanted to tell me a story before all of this happened? Can you tell me now?” I recalled the conversation I had with Silver before this entire issue with Carmen happened.Charlie, who had been pretending to be invisible by the corner, peeked ou
Silas' povThe purple wisteria logo stayed in my mind, branding itself as I drove away from the moonlit bar.Knowles.My family's name. A name that had endured more than a thousand years of legacy.The name Knowles was used to create a human company? Seriously?The more I thought about it, the more irritated I felt. Something was entirely wrong.For a moment, it all began to make sense to me that everything in my life began to go wrong the moment Carmen left due to mental instability.Carmen really was not good for anything but at least she…she…I did not even know what Carmen was good at anymore.It was almost as if I had been married to a black sheet for three years.What if this company belonged to Carmen? I could not shake off the suspicion anymore, Carmen vanished as a mental patient but so far, apart from her baby fiasco, she had maintained her knowledge on most things.What if she created this company during her stay on this side of the world?I stepped out of my car slowly, the
Carmen's povThe moment Cayden mentioned the baby, something inside of me snapped, and the atmosphere between us changed completely.The warmth from earlier vanished like it had never existed. Instead a suffocating gloom set in.I stared at Cayden, fingers already extended behind my back. I liked Cayden, I felt he was reasonable and a good person but no one, I repeat, no one could threaten the safety of my baby and still live, I would never allow that!Never!“How long?” My voice came out sharper than I intended. “Since the anniversary of my mother's death.” His words made me freeze. That long, it had almost been a month since that happened.“So you knew I was with child for a month? Why didn't you say anything, or do anything?”Cayden nodded at me. “I have to tell you the truth. When I first heard my mother tell me that the lady I came with into the museum was with child, my first thought was murder.”“Silas' mother did a lot to me and my mother, halved my potential, made me have
Silas POVEverything had become completely unbearable. No, scratch that… everything had become irritating, humiliating and disgusting.The entire Silvercrest pack had turned into a leaking drum over the past days, the insults that I had been given had both demoralized me and ruined my reputation.No matter how many of those bastards I killed, they were still multiplying. Even the pack elders, men who used to nod in blind agreement with whatever I said, had started looking at me with quiet, questioning doubt. They had grown to challenge my authority. The authority of the Alpha of Silvercrest.It was all Chloe's fault, how could a woman be so foolish and stupid, fighting with me over something so useless?If Chloe was not pregnant, I would have been done with her already. To make it worse, where the hell was Carmen?She was a Luna but she couldn't take care of the affairs of her own pack. What sort of Luna was that?My knuckles turned white against the leather of the steering wheel a
Carmen's povThe detention chamber fell into complete silence after Silver's words. The three of us were just staring at each other, the scent of blood still lingering in my nose.Silver stood there lazily as though he had not just allowed an important person to die and even threatened an Alpha like he was talking to a baby.Meanwhile, Cayden stood there, his silhouette looming over me, his eyes fixed on Silver. Then unexpectedly, he gave a deep bow to silver.“Thank you.”My mouth hung open when I heard that, the emotions clearly written on my face.Even Silver looked mildly surprised, a light acknowledgment visible in his eyes. Silver then snorted softly, his bubbly aura slowly returning back, the atmosphere that was previously gloomy cleared up.“I am going to catch her now,” Silver vanished. His speed shocked me because I could not believe that anything could move that fast.“He's a thousand years old, he can do things that seem crazy to us.” Cayden explained.“Werewolves could
Carmen's povVera continued speaking, completely unbothered by my darkening face.“I watched you grow up, and call me mother in front of your real mother. I was delighted when I saw Estelle retreat in pain everyday, it made me so happy.”“Then I found out about the engagement with Cayden. I was so confused and jealous, because my daughter had no romantic and rich suitors coming for her at the time so it fueled my rage further.”“However, Silas approached me first, his eyes set on you, not because you were beautiful or anything like that. After all you were wallow, weak, a mess and shallow.”“He found out you were Estelle's daughter, so he wanted you at the time. I didn't particularly like Silas. He was a joke at that point, he was more than three decades old and still had to be his mother's puppet.”“To survive, he needed Estelle’s help. Silas was not courageous at all so he chose becoming friends with you as an easy way out.”“Silas was further infuriated when he found out about the







