‘Aunt Lucy?’ It was Lucianne’s favorite nephew. ‘Liam, sweetheart. You can mind-link!’  Liam had just turned four. Wolves could only mind-link when they were six or seven, with a few exceptions like Liam. His voice shook a little when he said, ‘I t-tried so many times. Um…Aunt Lucy, a-are you coming home soon?’ That was a very unusual question. The fact that Liam forced himself to mind-link her was another thing to be worried about. She tried to mask her anxiety when she continued speaking to him in a soft, assuring voice, ‘Well, I’ll have to ask Uncle Xandar. We’ll discuss it and make the trip there with little Reida soon, okay?’ ‘N

After Lucianne kept Liam’s rocket ship in the glove compartment of the car, Juan led the entire party to the far side of the pack, near their river. This was where Lucianne would come to on her 4 a.m. runs when she still lived in Blue Crescent. She’d sit right next to that boulder that had some blood stains now. Lucianne’s predatory eyes started looking for a trail, and found a few more drops here and there on the ground and dried leaves.   Lucianne had the sudden urge to ask, “Seriously, Juan, why didn’t you tell me?”   Juan persisted arguing, “Lucy, this is my pack. You’re my sister. What did you expect me to do? This could have been you! The vampire scent is lingering over there, across the river, meaning Kiera and Albus were attacked there and thrown over here. And do you know what the doctors found in their blood? Vampire venom.

Ten vampires appeared by Draxon’s side and immediately got to work. Their teal-green eyes turned pitch black, confirming that they were decipios, who channeled their manipulation powers on Lucianne. Xandar was helping those at the back, and had just killed another discretus who almost got one of the Blue Crescent warriors when he felt his wife’s mind being compressed and her legs giving way. He started sprinting towards her before he was knocked down by two other invisible bloodsuckers. The king pushed himself up immediately, and started blindly scratching the air in front of him with his claws as he sprinted towards Lucianne, whose heart rate was increasing as she continued the mental battle with ten manipulators.  Xandar yelled, “Get those motherf*ck

Many wolves and lycans were sent to the pack clinic for blood transfusion. Some were so incapacitated by the venom that their friends and allies had to carry them there for treatment. Eighteen wolves and ten lycans, two of whom were Greg’s followers and one was Phelton, were in a coma as the Blue Crescent’s Chief of Medicine called two ally packs for supplies and asked for extra doctors and nurses. Xandar got Dr Yeil from lycan territory to send over some of his staff members and bring more blood as well. Seeing how dangerous the proditors were capable of being even in small numbers, the royal family members, defense ministers, Alphas, Lunas and Gammas decided to refrain from sending any trackers along the scent trail of the decipios who got away, for fear of sacrificing the lives of their own people. The royals and allia

Christian sat next to Xandar, and Greg sat next to Lucianne. The alliance and remaining ministers took their seats alongside them. Greg followed Lucianne’s worried gaze and noted the vampires’ freshly beaten-up face.  He then muttered her way, “I have a very good feeling about this meeting, My Queen.” Lucianne tore her eyes away from the vampires and narrowed her eyes at the duke, who tried hard to press back an amused smirk. Toby sat next to Greg just to make sure that if Lucianne needed a good comeback to silence Greg, he would be there to help. But knowing his best friend, she’d most likely wouldn’t need it. Still, one could never be too careful. Xandar’s anger was seething again at the sight of Maddock, who had still not got