LOGINZonda's POV This wasn't possible. It wasn't supposed to be possible. No wolf should posses such powers. It was unheard of.My fingers trembled as I cracked them. I started walking. Slowly. I did not know where I was going. I needed to gather my thoughts together.“What isn't supposed to be possible, wizard?” I heard the voice behind me. Clarissa’s daughter. I didn't know I was being followed. I bit back my words. I didn't want to reveal too much. It was too early to jump to conclusions. Nothing was sure yet.My pace quickened.“If it helps…” she chipped, a little out of breath, “this isn't the first time she's done this.”I stopped dead in my tracks. It wasn't the first time?I turned around slowly.“What do you mean, child?”“I'm not a fucking child,” I head her mutter, jaws clenched. “She somehow has the ability to control wolves. To make them do what she wants. But this… I've never seen her do anything like this.”My fingers went numb. The first time I ran into her, something fe
Laura's POV My jaw fell, breath catching. My eyes refused to blink. Was any of this real? I turned to my mum slowly, almost like I was scared Jenine would run off back to where she'd come from if I looked away too fast.My mum's brows were raised, eyes wide. Zonda's face revealed nothing but his lips twitched.My gaze flicked back to Jenine as she shifted back to the form I recognized. The hazel-brown eyes. The thin lips. The freckled cheeks. They were all the same as they had always been.Her eyes shone as they found me. A lump formed in my throat.“Jen… Jenine. Is that really you?”I held my breath as she ran towards me. My body froze as her arms wrapped around me. Her cheek grazed against mine, her skin warm.Slowly, I raised my hand touching her neck. Instinct.Blood pulsed in her vein.I buried my face in her neck, holding her tightly. The tears came again. But this time not from grief.I pulled away, looking into her eyes.“Ho– how? I saw you take your last breath.”“I misse
Luca's POV My eyes blinked open. The scent of running water hit my nose even before I came to. I could see the rays of sunlight streaked over the flap of the tent. My wolf's relaxed purr told me all I needed to know. The worst was over. I pushed myself out of the wooden slab that served as a bed.The last two months have been the worst days of my entire life. I had felt excruciating pain that never stopped. My head had throbbed, like iron bars were drilled through my skull. My bones had ached. My skin had burned like liquid silver had been poured on me. I had wished for death but her cold hands avoided me like a plague.I had wheezed helplessly, watching as Zonda did all he could to fix me. To put me back in shape. But he was a sorcerer and not a healer.“Kill me. Take me out of my misery.”These words had echoed in my head. But they wouldn't leave my lips. I couldn't force them out of my mouth. My lips were sealed shut by the pain. I thought of Jenine always when the pain got unb
Laura's POV I stared into space, unblinkingly. Nothing made sense anymore. Jenine was dead. I was a fugitive. And I was stuck with the last person on earth I wanted to be with.Things had gotten really bad. I caught myself mumbling words that I didn't understand. I couldn't stop even if I tried. But I didn't try.The sound of running water drew me back to reality. I felt the current pull against my legs as I stood in the shallow water. I caught a glimpse of my reflection and a shiver crawled down my spine.My hair was disheveled. I hadn't trimmed my nails. I looked like the devil's spawn—a shadow of my former self.My mum had tried her best to comfort me. But she didn't understand. She never did. She could never understand why I grieved.Before Jenine, my life had been a bore. I had been all by myself. No family. No one to talk to. In her, I found a friend—a sister I never had. And I had lost it all in the blink of an eye. Because of one silly mistake. I couldn't protect her.It'll
Elisha's POV Respect.It came with being beta. Enormous. Thrilling. Breathtaking. You'd give an order and it was carried out with the speed of light. Something I'd never experienced before. I felt powerful. I could do anything.No one challenged me. Everyone feared Barlas. And so they in turn feared me, his beta. His word was law.Just the other day, he had decapitated an omega for breathing too close to him. A cruel thing to do.Effective nonetheless. I didn't want to be feared or respected on Barlas's account. It was a brazen insult to me. Because I knew who I was. What I was capable of.A warrior walked up just as I sighed.“Any news?”He shook his head.“Use your fucking words!”“N– no beta. We found nothing.”I waved him away. This was the fifth squad I'd sent to look for her. It's been two months already and still no sign of her anywhere. Even the warriors that Barlas had sent to hunt down Luca were yet to return. Goddess knew what held them back.“Beta,” Barlas's voice came t
Elisha's POV My ears twitched as I walked to the door, muscles taut. I had heard everything. Coming to in the middle of nowhere after trying to kill your best friend… It does something to you.The last thing I remembered was my raised claws descending to kill Luca. I still remembered the look in Jenine's eyes—the way she had looked at me. The way she had begged for his life. She still felt something for him. That poor bastard. My rage and loathe had gone off the rails.He was gone by the time I snapped back to consciousness. Jenine too had disappeared into the wind.Everything I had fought for had eluded my grasp in the twinkle of an eye. But I wasn't going to stop until I had it all.I sauntered in just as Karl darted for Barlas. A very dumb move.I watched as the warriors pounced on him. He had threatened the alpha.“Take him to the underground dungeon,” Barlas ordered. “A few nights in there should cool him off.”I straightened myself as he dismissed the meeting. I waited till th
Flashback:Dew’s POV I've watched Jenine grow into a beautiful young girl. It's been a long 23 years since we—Becca and I—escaped from Lupestone through the portal my brother had created. “Take care of her,” he had said and that I had done to the best of my ability. I had been there with Becca t
Jenine's eyes fluttered open as the sun seeped through the curtains and onto her face. “What the hell happened to me?” she muttered as her eyes adjusted to the lighting in the room. It was a small cozy room with a simple design that had a soothing effect on the eyes; not too harsh, not too plain.
The pack house was as cold as death when Luca returned. He listened to hear if his father was still up but safe for the occasional low calls of the pack house guards and the intermittent howling in the distance, all was quiet. Luca's footsteps thudded the ground in a perfect rhythm as he walked. A
Luca's POV I stormed out of the pack house striding furiously with my fists clenched. My father was at it again. His constant yapping about me finding a mate who would—in his exact words—“stand by you” when I took his place as Alpha was already draining. Too bad for my mental health. I don't mea







