Zions P.O.V. After watching Orian and Rains' conversation last night, I have a sharp pain in my chest. It started innocently with them talking about Orians' mate. But as he goes to leave her room, she says she wants to leave the kingdom. Does she really want to leave? The thought of her leaving has me panicking slightly. I don't like it! "No, She said she wants to find her true mate!" Ryker says with a huff. "It's not her fault you haven't made yourself known to her. Instead, you want to keep her locked up in a room so she won't discover you are her mate." "You know she's not our real mate. She's not a werewolf. She is a witch. I'm the Alpha King. I can't have a witch as a mate. She can't be the Luna Queen without a wolf. The people would never accept her." I respond. "Then why are you upset that she wants to leave?" He retorts. "Afake bond is still a bond. You know that just as well as I do." I say. "Don't start your shit this early. I didn't get any s
I wake up from a nightmare. I vaguely remember the details. Rogues, witches, vampires, and what I assume are dark elves are attacking Odette and me. I sit up in the bed. And for a second, I almost panic before I realize where I am and that Odett is still asleep beside me. It's so strange because the dream felt so real. I look over to the bedside table and find the small alarm clock. It's 7:47 A.M. I decide to run Odett a warm bath before breakfast. Walking into the bathroom, I see a bottle of bubble bath sitting on the counter, so I pour a little in after starting the water. Once the tub is about halfway, I turn the water off and walk over to the bed to gently wake Odett. "Come on, sweet love. It's time to get up and start your day. I have a nice warm bubble bath ready for you." I say to coax her out of the bed. "Yes, ma'am." She says in such a sweet little voice, and I can't help but smile. She spends about half an hour playing with the bubbles before I get her out. I brus
After finding Ashley trying to drown Rain. Moving quickly, I grab Ashley by her hair, yanking her back, making her collide with the door frame, not caring how hard she hits because my only concern is Rain. I reach into the tub and lift Rains' naked body out, moving quickly to place her on the bed in her room. She's not responding to my touch, and I can barely hear her heartbeat. "I've already linked the doctor to let him know we need him. He will be here any minute." Orian says. "Sam, lock that bitch up in the dungeon. I'll deal with her later." I say in a voice that isn't mine but Rykers, showing that he has come to the surface now. Sam bows, then get two of my men to carry Ashley out as she attempts to fight them off. In the middle of all the commotion, Rains' heart stops. I frantically jump onto the bed at her side to start CPR until the doctor walks in a moment later. As the doctor runs into the room, he asks what happened. I tell him everything while still performing C
It's been two days since Rain got attacked, and she still shows no signs of waking up. The doctor keeps saying she will wake up when she's ready, but it makes me nervous. What if she doesn't want to wake up? What if she's decided to give up? I'm not sure I could handle that, knowing I'm the reason she got attacked. I need her to wake up. I need her to know how sorry I am for everything. "Zion, sorry to disturb you, but the witch the coven sent is here," Sam says, pulling me from my thoughts. "Show her in," I say as I sit up, checking her vitals on the monitor on the other side of her bed. "My King, This is Lady Lana, Second Witch of the Sylver Nyx Coven," Sam says as he guides her to the couch. I walk over to her and shake her hand before sitting in the chair across from her. "I was under the impression I would be meeting a new witch and assisting her with her magic training." She says, getting straight to the point. "Her name is Rain, and she's lying in the bed right ov
Jessicas P.O.V. After eating our meal, Odett climbed into bed with Rain and cuddled into her side. No one says anything, as we all hope that Odett helps Rain wake up by being so close to her. It's a foolish idea. But we are desperate at this point. "So you know Rain's mother?" King Zion asks Lady Lana, and she nods before sipping from her teacup. "You know Rain thinks her parents abandoned her at the orphanage in my old pack?" I ask as I look at her. Her eyebrows shoot up, and she looks at me, shock written all over her face. "No, I didn't know that, But I can promise that wasn't the case." She says while placing her teacup back down on the coffee table. "She was kidnaped when she was three months old." "Oh, thank the Goddess," I say, and Lady Lana looks at me like I've lost my mind. "It's just that since we were little, Ms.Leana would tell her how much he parents must have hatted her to leave her in a werewolf pack when she was a witch." "Oh my, is th
Rains' P.O.V. "Rain, wake up, my child." I hear a heavenly voice say as I feel like I'm floating. Opening my eyes, I realize I'm back in the darkness again. I look around, my eyes falling on Dosha, my beautiful silver wolf, and then on a gorgeous woman standing next to her, tall and slender, with an aura of the moon radiating off her. She has to be a goddess! I think to myself. "Hello, my dear, I am the moon Goddess. I'm sorry for everything You have been through. Unfortunately, it was all necessary for you to experience those events to prepare you for what's to come." She says, and I'm completely lost. "I don't understand. What's to come?" I ask. "What do I need to be prepared for?" "I'm sorry, my daughter, all things will become clear soon, but we don't have the time for me to explain right now. You have people waiting on you to wake up. Including your true mate." She says, and with that, she disappears, and it's just Dosha and me now. "How long hav
Zions' P.O.V. After Dr.Jameson told us to leave the room, I was shocked by my Beta and Lady Lanas' reaction. I expected to hear the growls that came from Jessica Odett and myself, but not them. Nevertheless, Rain told us to leave and that she would be okay, so we all walked out to the hall, but that was as far as any of us were willing to go. Not Long after we stepped out of the room, the Doc. walked out to talk to us. Apparently, while being held underwater, the bubbles and bath salts she poured in the tub before she got in had burned her corneas. He said they would heal in a day or two, but he would bring some eye drops that we need to put in her eyes every four hours until her sight is back. Before he leaves to get the eye drops, he tells us she will need rest and quiet. We all nod our heads in understanding. We decided that we would all take turns sitting with her. I say I'll take the first shift, and Odett whimpers while tugging o
Rains' P.O.V. As I lay in bed, I heard the door open and close. A minute later, I heard footsteps walking towards me, and I could smell the most amazing scent I recognized instantly from the shirt I was in when I woke up in the cell. "Our mate has known about us but hasn't made himself known to us? Is he planning on rejecting us?" I asked Dosha. "I don't know. Maybe our mate has chosen to give us time to recuperate." She answers. "I guess. Maybe he will be nicer about it than Ian was." I say, and she agrees. I hear him talk to Odett, telling her to be quiet for me, and I want to cry. I'm not sure if it's the sound of his voice or how gently he's speaking to Odett, But it's breaking my heart knowing he will be rejecting me soon. "I wish Jess was here," I tell Dosha.********************************** Jessicas' P.O.V. After deciding that we would take turns sitting with Rain so she wouldn't be alone when she