Claudius’ perspective“That is what you need to do to save the breeder who had saved you from the brink of your death,” she said. “You must mark her. Officially claim her as yours.” The Moon Goddess when silent for a moment. It felt like her keen eyes were watching every expression that flashed through my eyes. “If you want to save her, you have to do that before sunrise.” “By marking her, I could no longer be with my true mate, right?” “Yes.” “You want me to give up my true mate?” “No. I am neither asking nor requiring you to give up your mate, Claudius. I am giving you options. You can make your own choice.” The Moon Goddess looked at me patiently as I got torn between the options. “You haven't found your true mate, am I right?” It felt like my tongue went numb, and I could no longer say anything to her. Yet I still needed to give an answer to her, so I chose to nod my head. “Very well. You can choose to save the woman that you are with now and make her your mate, or you can

Eero’s perspective“I-I don't want to be a breeder anymore. It's just my second day as a breeder, b-but I can't stand it anymore.” “I just turned sixteen. I am not even an omega, and yet, they made me a breeder,” she said with her voice cracking. Alpha Claudius looked at me and I quickly understood what he wanted me to do. I took the young girl from his arms into mine to make her felt protected. She caught a whiff of something, and then she looked up at me. “You were marked by the Alpha? You are now our Luna?” She asked me in a small voice. I only smiled at her. Alpha Claudius started making his way to the common ground of the village. Instead of following the Alpha, Beta Caspian chose to check on the poor young girl. “Averi, that is your name, right? You are the firstborn daughter of Logan? Where is your father?” “Why did he let this happen to you?” He continued to ask. Beta Caspian's question caused me to look at him. He was implying that this girl's father had a position tha

Eero’s perspective“What do you still want from me? And don't give me the bullshit that you want me back in the pack because I am your daughter, and we are a family.” “Oh, sweetie. I thought we were over that? We offered to welcome you back warmly, which you declined.” Alpha Ameo leaned closer to me, as if he was memorizing all my facial features. He even fixed my hair for me, and then he smiled malice. “With everything that happened, I’m afraid we can't give you that same offer twice,” he said before settling back near his wife. Luna Vera was glaring at me too. She was jealous of the way her husband touched me. “And stop playing dumb. You know why we must have you back.” “If there's someone whom you should be helping with your special gift—”“I will never use this power to help anyone from this pack. I loathe every single lycan in this territory!” “Oh, you do?” Luna Vera asked as she grabbed my hair, pulling it harder with each second that passed. “If you won't use your power

Eero’s perspective“Why is it so hard to get rid of you, Eero? Didn't you literally jump off the cliff?” Serra glanced at me before she continued to drag me to the dungeon while holding my hair. “You should have died back then. We sent you to the Blood Moon Pack to become a breeder and yet you were marked by the Alpha?” Her hand remained on the strand of my hair, while the other one was busy unlocking the gate of the dungeon. After she got it open, Serra wasted no time. She pushed me inside the dungeon, and quickly locked the cell. “You have been lucky enough these few months and days. I think you've dried out your luck, and won't get anything for the rest of your life.” Serra taunted me. Her anger was over-flowing. I couldn't even understand why she was this mad at me. I didn't think I had done anything that could make her this resentful towards me.“Welcome to your new

Eero’s perspective“I am not the only one that Ameo wronged, but my parents too. He stole the ruling right from my father. They framed him up that got him killed,” I whispered to myself, chanting it even, so it would etch in my mind, and I'd forever remember this. There would be no second chance for us and the Valerian. Right from now, all of them were my sworn enemies. I hadn't met my parents and I didn't even know what they look like. But hearing what happened to them from the mouths of the same people who had betrayed them made my blood boil. I licked my lower lip. Although I was still feeling the pain from all the beating that I got earlier, I bore it. “I need to make it out of this pack tonight. I must find my way back to the Blood Moon Pack and tell Alpha Claudius what I found out.” I went to the door and tried to open it, not expecting that it would open. I thought that, just like earlier, they would lock it outside. But Ameo and the mistress of evil were busy fighting wit