I had expected burn marks or fire on my skin when I walked through fire, I was safe. Unharmed. It was surprising because it would have been so easy for the enemy to harm me right now when I was vulnerable. Perhaps the enemy is much more stronger than we had expected. No fear of my full strength only shows that the enemy doesn’t care about my strength.The ground was calm, silent. I walked forward, there was nothing in the sight until suddenly, I saw it.The oak tree.My knees buckled, my hands started to shiver. The panic that burst through my form was blinding and crippling. Why this. Why again?For a moment I was awashed with the sense of dread that took my breaths and senses away. “...no.” a whisper left my lips. I was expecting everything but this. I had never thought that the night I had become an orphan will resurface to make me a widow. With trembling legs, I walked forward. My eyes searched for Alessio desperately. At first, he was nowhere in sight. No trace of any living b
I worried if dad was lucid from all these years of being alone and in the wild and through the trauma but the truly horrifying part was… he did not look lucid. He appeared to be completely sane. “Come with me.” he grabbed my hand, practically dragging me with himself, “now that you are finally here, I can finish the damn ritual. It has been so many years. I had to sacrifice so much for it.”“What ritual?” I asked blankly. My mind was not even processing what was happening.“Well, you know your mom and I were very happy together, right?” he turned his head, a soft smile gracing his lips. “I loved her and I loved you too. But it was not enough. I was the alpha of just a small pack. I was powerful, but not powerful enough. I kept telling your mother that I needed to breach other territories, fight wars to win others but your mother was a big softie. Didn’t want people to die. So I had to find something else for help.”“Dad, what are you talking about?” I whispered. His hand was so tight
“Ace! Can you hear me?!” I called out desperately but the only thing I received was silence. Dad tied Alessio right next to me. I tried to reach out my hand to touch him but he was too far and the bark behind me was too hard. There was no way for me to squeeze my hand out at all. And then at this moment, I realized that these were probably my last moments alive. I was going to die here and I was taking my mate with me.Maybe all that shaming, all those insults were the truth. I was a bad omen. I was the reason Alessio was in this place. I brought death and I brought bad luck upon those that hurt me.“I am sorry.” I whispered quietly. “I am so, so sorry.” The rope was burning through my skin already. It was coated with silver.“Let’s finish this up.” dad walked back to Jeisha, “I don’t want them to suffer more than necessary.”“Gladly.” she smiled at him, “just this ritual holds you back. Once it is finished, you can rule the werewolf world and I will be standing beside you as your c
The tears on my face had gotten mixed with the rain water. I could barely keep my eyes open because of how heavy the rain was. We were completely drenched. My feet hurt terribly but the skin had started to regenerate. I took several deep breaths as my sobs started to subside. There was sound in the rain. Splashes, and wind. Faster running. But nothing was in sight. It was like there were several people moving through the air. And something strange had surrounded us. A chill was running down my spine.“Who the fuck is it?” the witch shouted.I blinked, there was a sound of someone moving through the wind and the moment I opened my eyes again after blinking, Jeisha had disappeared.What…?My spine straightened in fear. My gaze fell upon my dad whose face had become extremely pale.His eyes came to me. “What have you done?”Me? I am literally tied to a fucking tree almost burnt alive!“Whom did you call to save you? Tell me the truth.” dad asked again.I remained silent. For some strang
“Confinement.” Liam muttered, and punishment for the crimes they commited.“Do they torture people?” I asked, afraid of the answer.“No. Not severely, at least.” Liam’s gaze flickered to the unconscious body of Alessio, “are you sure you want to live with him?”My gaze followed Liam’s, watching as Alessio’s eyes flickered a bit. He was coming out of unconsciousness.“I am.” I whispered, turning to Liam with tearful gaze, “thank you so much for saving us. I am going to miss you a lot.”Liam’s hand slid up to the back of my head, and pulled me closer. His lips touched my forehead, leaving a lingering, gentle kiss, “I have always loved you with my whole heart, Mia. I want you to know that.” he whispered. When he pulled back, there was a soft smile on his face, “Don’t tell anyone about what happened today.”“What?” I scrunched my brows, confused to the core.“About me. About Shadow Clan.” seriousness covered his gaze, “you are the only one who should be aware of us because I chose to put
“You used to live here?” Alessio roamed his gaze throughout the dirty walls of the room that I had spent my last five years in.“With twenty other girls.” I nodded and turned my head to him, “most of the packs don’t give omegas their personalized or even live- worthy rooms.”His face showed the expressions that I hated to see but it was important. His face was unpleasant and angry. When his eyes turned toward me, he muttered, “this is horrible. More horrible than I would have ever imagined.”His gaze then turned toward the wall that was covered with dark splashes. There were broken pieces and long, deep cut like marks, “How did that happen to the wall?”My fingers tightened in a fists. I did not want to remember, but the past was not easy to forget. Even harder were the moments that I remembered begging and writhing on the ground in pain and asking my tormentor to have mercy on me.“Wyatt.” I whispered, my gaze tracing the marks on the wall, “he beat me and other omegas here in this v
Alessio’s jaw clenched tight as he breathed hard as if contemplating to tell me or not. “I was not there when you needed me.” he finally said out loud, his hands clenching into fists, “I was not there when everything turned to hell for you and you were left alone to save yourself and me! What kind of pathetic man am I? What kind of mate am I?!”“You were unconscious!” I walked over immediately to get closer to him, “I don’t blame you at all! You should not-”“You can keep saying this but I would still hate myself for leaving you in such a situation alone. You were almost burnt to death, for fuck’s sake!” his hand slammed down on the railing behind him, “god damn it. I left you alone to die! How can I be unconsious when you cried out in pain? How can I lie there like a fucking dead man when you faught those people alone?!”“Alessio-”“And the worst thing is that when I was not with you, Liam was there. He took care of you and he saved you. And he saved me. Do you know what it feels li
By the time winter came around again, I and Alessio had forgotten about most of the things that happened to the both of us just a few months ago. Although our past had left scars on us. It had hurt. And we had bled. But when our world was surrounded with soft words and togetherness again, we had tried our best to not let our past define our future.“Luna? The quarters are already ready to shift in now.” Nia came running, beaming, “I can not believe I am going to have my own little house with my family! My parents always used to talk about how they wished they could live in a house. Now when their dream is coming true, all we can think about is how we are going to decorate our corners and walls.”“It is exciting, isn’t it?!” I beamed, pulling at Nia’s hand to bring her out of the pack house and go to the quarters. Blue walls, nature wallpapers, surrounded by trees and plants. It was not big, but it was enough to live very comfortably. My eyes twinkled with delight as I saw the new buil