Zara gasped in disbelief, “What are you saying, D?”Denice fell quiet. She could not bear to look at Zara, but from the tone of her friend’s voice, she could tell that she was hurt.She couldn’t do it anymore. She needed to look after herself right now and now, and what was best for her was for her to go far away from Zara.“This is not you talking, this is not you, D,” Zara insisted. There was no way that Denice of all people could be saying this.Denice was there when all her previous mates abandoned her, she knew how much it hurt, There was no way that she would do something like this to her knowing what it did to her, no way.Denice dragged her suitcase and then looked at Zara, “I am sorry,” she dragged it past her and headed to the doorway.Zara was breathing heavily as she watched her friend leave her, This all felt like a bad dream, how was this happening to her again? How was she losing someone else?Once more, this felt like a rejection.Unlike those from her mates which she
Alpha Draven grunted as he fought the debilitating pain that threatened to drop him to his knees.Why was this demon bothering him now? Why now, when he had found the piece of garbage that made his mate cry?Why now when he wanted nothing more but to separate the man’s head from his miserable body?Alpha Draven took another heavy step forward. Veins were bulging in his temple, and his body was vibrating dangerously. “If you want to stop me, you will have to kill me,” he muttered.“Don’t dare me, boy!” the disembodied voice boomed within his skull, knocking him off balance.“Boy? How dare you call me that… I am the alpha King!” he yelled as he took another step forward.Brother Gi and Denice were just frozen in fear and confusion, watching Alpha Draven strain and speak to an unseen enemy.Unlike Denice, who was completely in the dark, Brother Gi had a good idea what was going on.The Shadow King was talking to the alpha King. His heart was pounding in his chest. He could not believe th
Alpha Draven barged into Elder Lysara’s lair and tossed the necklace at her feet, “I need you to find someone, now!”The first time, he had gotten as far as the library before he remembered that he had nothing that belonged to Denice with him.That was why he went back for the necklace and now he was back. No one, no one made his mate cry and got away with it, he would separate their spine from the rest of their body.The White Seer looked at him, “Welcome alpha, –”Alph Draven cut her off, “Spare me the platitude Lysara, and do what I told you.”She sighed, looked at the necklace, and then back at him. “Impatience has led many to a quick grave… you would be wise to persevere.”“Find her, now!” he said pointing at the necklace.“If the owner of this trinket is not a wolf or in this pack, I cannot help you.”“She is both, now stop beating around the bush and find her.”“My abilities do not work like that… you can never rush a vision,” she said.Alpha Draven growled and came close to he
Zara’s legs felt weak as she left Aliya’s house.She was so sure when she barged in here and now she was leaving in a state of utter confusion and demoralization.If it wasn’t Elder Aliya, then she had no idea who else would take Denice. Sure, she had enemies all around the pack, but none who would have the nerve to do something like this.Whoever did this, Zara felt that it was an enemy that she hadn’t encountered before.Of all possible requests, why ask her to kill herself?If it was someone from the pack, it would be, as Elder Aliya said. The fact that Alpha Draven was awake now meant that they didn’t have to answer to her again; there was no reason to want her dead.Unless… they didn’t know that Alpha Draven was up and about right now.She walked a few paces before she dropped to the floor, despair all over her face. Denice did not deserve this, she did not deserve this.Why were they doing this to her?Zara felt like yelling but she pushed it down and forced herself to her feet.
First, Zara was flabbergasted, too shocked to understand what she had just read. But then she read it again and again, and each time, the message became clearer to her.Then she looked at Denice's necklace in her hand.Denice had told her that it was all she had left of her mother… Zara’s palms slowly wrapped around the necklace and her breathing started getting shallow.Anger, bright red anger like she had never experienced before coursed through her veins and she felt as if her body was going to explode from the rage she was feeling.Who?Who would do something like this?Why would someone do something like this? At this point, she was shaking uncontrollably to the point that she caught the attention of some of the members of the tavern as they began to stare at her.Zara walked slowly with deep breaths, out of the tavern, without thinking about it, she headed straight to Elder Aliya’s house.That woman had wanted her dead for a very long time, she had sent assassins after her in th
“Let’s get you inside,” Zara said as she rushed to Alpha Draven’s side to support him.He was leaning over as blood trickled down from his mouth.“I am fine,” he grumbled.“You are not fine,” she retorted as she tried to edge him forward.He did not budge, “I said I am fine, damn it,” he insisted.“Please, stop being so stubborn, let’s get you inside,” she pleaded, her voice cracking as she spoke.Alpha Draven sighed, “Fine.” He did not want to wrap his arm over her shoulder and let her help him back to the cabin.Why would he do something like that? He was the alpha for crying out loud.He hated her seeing him like this. It was one thing when he was bedridden and could not even wipe his ass but as long as he could walk, he would receive no help.“I will walk on my own,” he said holding onto her hand for support.“What?” Zara was flabbergasted, “You can barely stand, let me help you.”“No!” his voice boomed like thunder.Zara jerked back in surprise, he had never screamed at her befor