NATALIE“You can't do that!” I exclaim.I am still sitting there stunned by her remark.What does she mean to come back as a mortal? The whole reason this mess started is because she came as a moral in the first place.“Why not?” she asks with a pout. “I want to experience life with my offspring.”I stare at her, absorbing the weight of the Moon Goddess's words, my mind reeling with disbelief. Can you believe this?"I get your reason but I do t think you coming back would be the best decision. I mean, what would the others say?” I ask, my voice barely above a whisper, filled with a mixture of concern and trepidation. "You know the risks. The consequences. The ban on deities entering the mortal realm..."The Moon Goddess regards me with a serene expression, her eyes reflecting the wisdom of countless ages. "I understand your worry, Natalie," she says softly, her voice carrying a weight that seems to echo through the very air of the room. "But I am tired of hiding. Of paying for my mis
DAMIENWith a startled gasp, I rear up, alert despite it being just past two in the morning.I leap off the bed and out of the room, hurrying towards Lucas’s room.Ramming my gist on it, I shout, “Wake up, Lucas?! Wake up, we have got a problem!”A few more raps and the door swings open.“You know, this is becoming a habit, “ he mutters as he rubs the sleep from his eyes and yawns. “A terrible habit. Which mountain is on fire?”He is dressed in just boxer briefs, that looks like he just put it on.“Fredja,” I state.Instantly, he comes alert, blue eyes trained on me and intensely focused.“What about Fredja? What happens to her? Is she alright? I swea-”“We think the council is with Void,” I tell him.“The council. The high council? The one she has been with all this while? How, why? Wait, who is we?”“Me and Natalie.”“Natalie? The Luna is back?”“No. She did some weird thing with my dreams but anyway, think about it. Alaric said there were a lot of witches in Void’s army. How could
DAMIEN.I watch in delighted mischief as Lucas keeps staring at Mirabel like a demented fool. Completely besotted by a woman he just met.Man, I am going to tease him so badly when we are free.Mr. I don't want a mate, I like my peace too much.What a sucker.But right now, we have a serious issue to handle.“Get yourself under control, Lucas!” I bark at him through the mindlink and watch as he starts into attention, his eyes flickering to me.“Mate,” he whispers to me, eyes wide and lost and it takes all of my strength to not break into a smile.“I know,” I tell him. “But right now, her mother is in trouble. You remember who I am talking about. Fredja?”“Fredja,” he repeats. “Fredja, eight. Sorry. Let's get back to business.”Once I am sure that he is back to his normal self, I turn back to the rest and notice that they are all watching the both of us.“Sorry about that,” I say out loud. “Lucas here is a very good friend of Fredja, in addition to being extremely worried about her w
The vociferous cough was getting more severe. My mother's health has been declining rapidly, and it hurt me to the core to see her so weak and fragile, without knowing what to do."Take the water and drink... it's warm, Mother," I coax her softly, bracketing her up with my body. As usual, she had asked for my presence, and I went running to her. My mother is my only existing family, and I would do anything to protect her from this strange and unexplainable sickness."Don't look like that, smile a little... all these wrinkled lines are beginning to take away your handsome ambiance, Axel... it's okay. I will be fine, just make me happy by doing what I asked..." she says to to me after taking a sip of her warm water.But the cough cut her out again, and she heaved for another few seconds. The tears were threatening to slip out of my eyes, but I held them back. It's prohibited for me, the demon Alpha, to cry.A disgrace, really.Nobody would believe the fact that I cry in my closet or whe
THE MESSAGEDAWN.I burst into another fit of loud laughter at my human best friend, Lyla before she hits me on my back awkwardly causing me to glare at her. She always hit me whenever she laughed or was embarrassed, a weird human trait.“Must you always hit me when you laugh?” I ask as I shove her playfully. She snorts at me and runs from my side, knowing fully well that I would want to take revenge.“I’m used to it, Dawn. You know, I’ve tried to stop too, but you caused this one. Stop cracking all these silly jokes,” I glare at her, as she ambles briskly to the fridge in our apartment.We have been living together for two years now, and Lyra has been so sweet and nice to me. She is aware that I’m a werewolf and would die keeping the secret for me. Living in the human world for two years hasn’t been easy, but Lyra has been more than a great help to me all the way.She has been my savior.“What’s your plan for this evening?” She asks me, her voice filled with anticipation as she hands
DAWN“Dawn or whatever your name is... It will do you well to keep your mouth shut about this package and stay silent throughout the questioning, is that clear!” Tobias, the clearly unstable Beta yells into my face, swinging a sharp blade before my eyes.I dart a quick but shocked look at him before bowing back in fright to nod my head in agreement. He had just sneaked into the room where I was locked in; the Alpha wanted to question me by himself, against Alpha Tobias' protest.“If you value your life, keep your mouth shut and leave as soon as you can... You are not his mate! He already has one!” He raved at me again, reaching into my trouser pocket to take the package I came to deliver.Eyeing me with severe hatred and the package now in his pocket, he looked around the room carefully before fleeing out of the door. I scoffed loudly immediately after he left.My hatred and suspicion for him are growing more. What kind of Beta acts so cynical and crazy like this, I wondered to mysel
DAWN“You are just a substitute… you prostitute. Leave my mate alone. I'm back now and this time, I’m not leaving,” Lyra screams at me, throwing the glass cups and wine bottles from the table to the floor in front of me.I was having a relaxing time with Lyla who had visited me like she always does on weekends since I started living here and we were both having fun, gossiping about my sweet and delightful relationship with my mate when Lyra stormed in on us.“I told you before… I will kill you in this mansion, if you don’t leave… Alpha Axel is mine and I have his daughter, our princess is four years old already, read between the lines, you harlot," She screeches at me again.My guards signal to me, asking if they should send her out, but I gesture for them to leave her. I don’t want to cause more scenes or trouble. Lyla takes my hand to comfort me silently.“You should talk to the Alpha and stop coming at me like this Lyra … I have nothing against you…”“Shut your dirty mouth” The thi
DAMIEN."Oh enough already," Maya snaps at me."What? What did I do?" I demand, looking over to my side to stare at her in confusion.Maya had met me at the edge of the woods after my run. She had wanted to make sure I was in the right frame of mind to see the witch.Which begs the question, why?Why would she think that I would ever be in the frame of mind to welcome a witch?Anyway, we are walking towards the mansion and she has been giving me cautious side eyes as if she is worried I would wolf out and go on a rampage.Ridiculous. It has been years since I have done that.When we were killing our enemies."You have been grumbling under your breath for the past five minutes. It is not like I am in love with this idea either. It is a necessity.""I know," I snap before controlling my temper. "I know, I am sorry," I say gently.She just harrumphs in response and walls ahead of me.I can't blame her. We were supposed to be bonded today and instead, we are meeting up with a witch.In