EVANGELINE. I walk across the rocky ground of the chamber, the rippling waves in the lake and the wind settling a little. My own aura glows around me, illuminating the darkness. It’s still as cold as it was the last time we came, and I wait as I go down on one knee. I need to slice my hand and wait… Scanning the ground, I select a jagged sharp rock and pick it up, slicing it into my palm. The slight sting of the sharp rock cutting into me is barely noticeable due to how cold it is. My fingers feel numb. I hold my hand out, letting the blood pour into the lake, just as the castle clock hits twelve. The gongs echo in the dark cavern. I close my eyes, waiting. His aura lingers, but he’s refusing to appear. I take a deep breath, knowing this is the only chance I have. “Alpha Raziel, first of our kind… father to our race… please allow me to help you. Help me to end this curse… I think I know why we have always failed.” I swallow hard. I’m going on guesswork. This could backfire… “And

ZEDKIEL. “Where is she!” I growl murderously at the guards as I storm down the halls. “T-the Luna and King are at the Chamber of Sight, Alpha…” I have just arrived home after feeling something rip through me and a strange sense of power. I knew something had happened to her, to make it worse even Kash isn't picking up. Something has happened and I'm going insane. The serum to block the mind link has faded and since we were out a new dose was not given. The moment I am within range to mind link, I reach out, but still no one is telling me anything. 'KASH!' I thunder through the link ‘Shit Zed, she wanted to go there herself! Give me a chance to explain, she gave us no option and trust me she can take-’ ‘I don’t fucking care! I told you to look after her! If anything happens to her, I swear I will burn the whole fucking world down!’ I growl as I run down the halls. I hate this feeling, what if something happens to her down there. Reaching the entrance to the dark tunnel that

EVANGELINE. ‘He’s only angry because we disobeyed him.’ I tell Luna, who chuckles. ‘Yes, and he said he will punish us.’ She purrs. I raise my eyebrows, internally shaking my head. She’s a naughty one. ‘Of course, that’s the only part you remember.’ I reply. I hear Evelyn’s faint scoff and my heart squeezes. She’s Zedkiel’s mate too… yet she has to watch us being intimate… ‘Don’t blame yourself, plus she can’t see everything like I do, like right now she can't hear your thoughts.’ Luna reassures me. ‘I know, but I want her free.’ Luna says. ‘I understand.’ She falls silent as the Alphas and Alpha heirs troop into the room alongside the other members of the court. All of Zedkiel’s brothers are here, Danciana, the Luna Queen is beside Alpha Ambrose, a small frown on her face. Kash is here too… the king’s beta and more. Looking at him now, to my surprise, he reminds me of Kash a little. How interesting… no wonder Kash is a powerful wolf. He must be of beta blood… I’m getting ma

ZEDKIEL. I don’t know what he’s hidden from me and a part of me doesn’t want to believe that there even is anything. He should have told me everything when he returned, to know he has been keeping something from me… someone who I thought has no secrets from me. I trust Kash with my life and more, from him and his half-brothers who are all of beta blood, if I were to take the throne Kash would have always been my choice for beta… I trusted him and I hope I still can. He’s standing there, a deep frown on his face. “What are you not telling me?” I ask. My voice is deadly calm, my eyes burning red as I watch him carefully, my aura surging around me as it takes everything not to simply lash out and attack him. “I… It’s not what you’re thinking and to be honest you can’t trust them, Zed.” He answers me quietly. “I’m not asking you to give me your advice. I’m telling you to fill me in on what you have kept from me. My patience is depleting fast, Kash. Answer me now!” I snarl venomously.

ZEDKIEL. I stare down at her, those words ringing in my head. I don’t believe it, there is no way I would turn on my own kind. “I understand your concerns, but you know that I wouldn’t throw away everything I have tried to stand for, for power.” I murmur, brushing her hair back, and gaze into those eyes that seem to be holding so many emotions. I need her to believe that, if not anyone else. “I know… I don’t want to believe it either, but we are cursed Zed… You, Zerachiel, Evelyn and I… it’s a cycle that we are always forced into. Not one curse, but two. The Eternal God has, after all, doomed us for eternity too.” She whispers, and I can see the concern in her eyes. “Still, there’s no way I would lead a bloodbath.” I reply firmly, my eyes flashing. “We can’t be so sure, maybe something will happen… It says being betrayed by your loved ones will lead to it… Maybe someone who you trust greatly. I don’t know.” She whispers. There is only one person’s betrayal that can throw me over