Freya's p.o.vThe clear clench of his jawline only made me tremble as others gaze locked on mine. I felt my feet go really cold, and body, numb as his eyes stood blank, devoid of any emotions as he tried to wrap his head around what just happened.Fear gripped me and my lips parted, only for my own words to betray me."Luna Freya?" I heard the maids murmur to themselves, shock profound on their faces as many of the guards raced down to the base of the castle to meet Ravenna, including Lucien.My neck stretched down to the castle's floor from atop the parapet to find Ravenna drowning in her own pool of blood. Lucien crouched down beside her as other guards rushed her back inside on a stretcher.~~With weak feet, my eyes caught a pale faced Ravenna on the bed. Her head was covered with bandage that soaked the wounded part of her forehead.I could only wish it got fractured so bad she doesn't come out alive. My heart sank at the sight of Lucien standing beside her on the bed, holding s
Freya's p.o.vAfter the long battle with Grothok, Arachane and I was able to land into Azgaroth's territory.The mightiness of his throne was enough for me or anyone to succumb and the mere sight of his extremely long claws had me trembling, literally. It was nothing like I have ever seen with the other beasts. His horns were definitely the largest of the demons and his fangs were extremely prominent from afar. Every pace he took towards me only made the ground tremor. His blazing eyes had some sort of hypnotizing energy to them and with my exasperated body, I found myself getting dizzy and lightheaded and almost falling into the boiling lava underneath his throne. But his hands had caught me somehow.And for all I could remember was him whispering after sniffing me, "you do not belong here.""The heart. I need it," I mumbled out despite looking at death right in front of me. I couldn't care less about the implications. I'd bargain to earn it this time. I grew desperate, knowing I w
Ravenna's p.o.v"That is bad, Ravenna. Really bad."Amarantha face squeeze into a grimace as my skin started to peel off slowly, becoming lighter as it revealed my true form."You still haven't gotten the potions?" Cassius chimed in. "I mean what will happen if Lucien finds out that you had tricked him instead?"I scoffed, sipping on the green tea I was offered. "You clearly are forgetting that she's Zephyrine, your honor. That won't change anything," Kael said, taking the small empty mug and saucer off my hand and dropping on the wooden table in Cassius's Manor's hall. Both mates sighed a relief."And what about that breeder of a Luna?You think she'd ever make it out of the wild alive?" Amarantha asked. "Today is obviously the twenty fifth day, I mean. She won't right?"I leaned back into the diner's chair, took a berry from the grape branches laid over the platters across the table and began to munch slowly."You worry too much, Luna Amarantha. Like you said, today will mark the t
Freya's p.o.vGrothok's coven was as still as the night itself and with every passing moment, a sharp pain knifed through my abdomen, making me gasp softly.I felt my stomach churn with nausea and my hand cradling my tummy only earned me a scoff from Grothok."You sure don't value that tiny life inside of you, do you, Lycan?" Grothok said as he stepped down the porches from his throne, taking slow strides towards me by the extreme end of the pathway.I scoffed, feeling a stream of blood roll down my thigh again. "My life may be tiny to you, Grothok. But that tiny life won't think twice before ripping you apart if you don't pave way for me to Azgaroth right now." I shot back.Grothok stood still, his hands behind his back. "I thought so. But how unfortunate this will be for you both."For you both? What does he mean by that?Before I could think of what exactly he meant, Grothok's haphazard and extremely swift movement stopped me, his scaly, lanky fingers gripping mercilessly on my thr
Freya's p.o.vGrothok!My lips dragged as I shouted his name. The horns I had dropped made a crispy sound instead against the ground as I stood at the pathway tracing down to his throne.On my twentieth day in the wild, after my encounter with Xorax, I had died and resurrected. My first step in the Morghrak territory without my amulet was nothing short of that. While we were both struggling with my amulet, I discovered that Xorox had taken from me the soul of my amulet to stop me from getting ahead or be protected in anyway. Aunt Lyra had warned me that I seek shelter and if at all I get the chance to escape from the wild, if that ever happens, I leave with immediate effect. For my life after that is uncertain.But I didn't relent.I couldn't. Not now with the punisher's heart in sight. Not now that I'm close to victory. Not now that I am convinced that truly, I have a purpose in Lucien's life and that purpose is certain.The Morghrak brothers, the fourth and fifth beasts guarding th
Kael's p.o.v"What?!" '"I have always suspected she was Zephyrine but I just wasn't too sure about it...until she spilled the bean herself and that was because I had cleared her apothecary the other time even though she doesn't know it yet."The fire flickered in the hearth adding to the warmth of the cabin and Akira sauntered from beside me towards the fireplace in her chamber, silence keeping her company. "That isn't a good omen, Kael. If Zephyrine is currently in Shadow pack, then I'm afraid our death is much closer than expected—every Lycan in Luparia.""How do you mean, Akira?" Her silence only made me queried further. "Wait, does this have to do with what you had told me back in Northern pack that made you almost leave to Homine?"Akira's head nodded slowly as her fingers played on the hem of her long sleeve."Zephyrine isn't only in Shadow pack for nothing. That, I'm sure of. Her mission goes beyond what Amarantha and Cassius think of her and she won't back down until she earn