..........Kyros ..........When I returned to my room, I had told myself I was going to wait until I got home to ask my father, as I felt this wasn't something to be discussed over the phone, but I couldn’t wait. If there was a chance he was my brother, I had to know then. Plus, I couldn’t think of anything else, so I called him. At first, he didn't want to talk; he said we would talk when I got home, but to me, that was already an admission, and I grew more impatient. So, I forced him to talk, and he said the guy was my brother, and even though everything told me he was, I was still shocked. I didn’t look like the woman I knew as my mother. I look like my father, but instead of black hair, I have blond hair. My father told me my mother was a human. After he met his mate, he took me from my mother. He said he and my mother decided it was better that he raised me since my mother knew nothing about wolves. He told me she was also still living with her parents when she had me, and it
..........Paris .........."You never have to fear me, Evaki. I will never hurt you, my love. I know this is a lot to take in, and I will give you all the time you need, but please give me a chance," I assure her, cupping her face when pulling back from the hug, my eyes pleading with hers after she asks me if I killed her parents. Another tear escapes her eye, skepticism and doubt etched on her face, and I didn’t think my heart could ache any more than it already does seeing her like this, but I was wrong because it feels like someone just punched a hole through my chest. I have to make her believe me. I have to make her see that she’s my heart and that we are made for each other."I know I frightened you. I know you are confused and we just met, but I swear to you, I love you. You are my soulmate, the one I’ve been searching for my whole life. I know you can feel it too. That connection we have is undeniable, and it’s real, my love. You don't know me, so I won't ask you to trust m
.........Maia........“What?” The king’s voice draws our attention to the dining area, where we see him approaching us, and Stefania runs to him and buries herself in his arms before dropping another bomb on us. She says Paris’s mate is a human. He broke their engagement off for a human.“That’s impossible. He can never be mated to a human,” the king says with a disgusted incredulous look in his blazing eyes before instructing us to assist Stefania to her room. I take her hand, feeling the familiar ache in my heart at the king's reaction and the queen drapes her arm over her shoulder, pulling her closer.Humans are insignificant to wolves. The king even says they slow the world down and are a nuisance. I cried the first day I heard him say that, and the queen came to find me and told me he didn’t mean it. She said they don’t think of me as a human because I’m family, but even she couldn’t look me in the eye as she fed me that bull. After I turned eighteen, two years ago I wanted to
.......... Tory.........."Excuse me," Eva softly says, getting up and heading toward the cabin. We are currently seated in the lounge area of the plane. We’ve just been served food, but none of us can stomach anything right now. Eva and Paris had invited Anton and me to brunch at Paris’s place this morning, but just as we were getting ready to go meet up with them, we got summoned by the king. Both of us just knew it had something to do with Paris and Stefania’s situation, so Anton called Paris. But just as he pressed his number, his phone rang, and it was Paris. He told us he had been summoned as well and said Stefania's father knows. He was calling to warn us to be prepared in case we were called upon too, and we told him we had already gotten the call. Right now we are about to land in Gerulion, and our nerves are frazzled. Eva and I hadn’t had time to talk about our situation yet, but she let me know she wasn’t angry at me anymore and that she missed me. I was so relieved tha
.........Evaki........."Come sit down," Tory says, patting the spot next to her as I stand by the window, watching the outside even though my mind is so clouded that I can’t even see anything. When I don’t respond, she walks up to me, and I feel her hand on my back. "You’re going to be fine, Evaki," she says, rubbing circles, and I appreciate her constant words of comfort. But they are not doing anything for me right now. I shouldn’t have come here. It was stupid of me to even hope that I’d be accepted. I should have run the moment Paris told me who he was. I’m not cut out for this. Even if his family accepted me by some miracle, I’m not a queen. I’m just a simple girl from a small town, and I’m way over my head here. How would I lead a kingdom of supernatural beings when I couldn’t even lead humans? His family will be right not to want me. I will make him weak. When I still don’t respond, she takes my hand and lightly squeezes it, and just then, the door to the room opens and Ant
...............Stefania .............."Stefania? Who is Everett?" My mother asks while still holding me, and I tell her it’s my mate."That’s impossible. He’s dead!’’ My father's voice comes out bitter, and I explain to him that it’s his sister."The human that’s taking everything from me is Everette’s sister, father. The gods are angry at me for what I did," I add, my body still trembling. My mother asks how I know this, and I tell her. My mate and I met two years ago at a function where I was repressing my mother. Maia was there, and I was standing on the balcony talking to her when this breathtaking scent hit my nose. I knew instantly what it meant. I was nine years old when my father told me about the deal he made with the king. I was young, but I knew I was a princess and had a big responsibility on my shoulders. My father had already explained that to me. The first time I saw Paris, he was on TV with his parents. It was a few days after I was told that one day I would be hi
.........................................................Aphrodite - Paris’s mother .........................................................Paris left after delivering the gut-wrenching news that he wouldn’t take the throne. He is our only heir, and he cannot turn his back on his people. We have never had a human queen before, but I won’t lose my son. I’d rather damn everything than lose him.Plus, what if he’s right? What if this isn’t a test but the will of the gods, and we go against it? If it's indeed a test, what if it’s not he who’s being tested but us, and we fail? Mates are sacred, and they are given to us as a gift. By forcing rejections and choosing others, we are rejecting that gift. Veseleios and I were not destined mates. After Dimitris helped him defeat his enemies, he had to take his place on the throne, and a king cannot be crowned without his queen. So he was forced to take someone who wasn’t his mate, and the council began the quest to find a suitor for him and c
..........Paris ........."I humble myself before you and ask that you accept my apology. I know this wound is deep, and I also know that my apology doesn’t mean much right now. But please know that I didn’t come to this decision lightly," my father continues, but Dimitris cuts him off, looking flushed like he isn't breathing as he struggles to maintain his composure. I can tell he wants to flip right now, but even though he has been wronged, my father is still his king, and he must tread carefully."Pardon the interruption, my king, but Gerulion has never been ruled by a human. There has never been a human queen in the history of our species. The council would never accept such a thing," he says, rather than asking what he truly wants to ask, which is "Why are you screwing me.” My father tells him the council cannot stand in the way of the gods before saying all this is his fault. He says the gods want him to fix what he did, earning a confused look from Dimitris before he explain