All Chapters of The Crimson Bond: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

ILANA.I left Greenwood Pack five days after receiving Rana's letter, my things neatly packed into a small sack. I stood at the edge of the dock, staring across at the ship that would take me over the sea to Nightshade Pack. The vessel was huge, its sails billowing in the evening breeze, and its crew moved about with practised efficiency. Taking a deep breath, I grasped my sack tightly in my hands and stepped aboard.The journey lasted for close to two weeks, till the sea stretched endlessly around me in an expanse of churning waves and salty air. As night descended, I would lie in the cramped cabin assigned to me, staring at the wooden beams overhead while the ship rocked gently, trying to fight off the sea sickness. My mind wandered to Rana and to the island ahead. On boarding the ship, a few men laughed upon hearing I was heading to Nightshade Pack."That Pack and the island will eat you alive for dinner, girl." One spat, but I turned a deaf ear to their words and clung to the thou

LYSANDER.While the pack was rejoicing at the Blood Moon's early arrival, I looked upon it as a mean twist of fate, a harbinger of doom. The Moon Goddess must be playing a trick on me.For days now, the presence of my mate had been faintly there. The moment she stepped foot in Nightshade Pack territory, the bond announced her presence. It was like a tenuous thread wrapped around my soul, pulling tighter by the hour. I fought it relentlessly, chaining myself to duty and reason. I couldn't afford to give in.I would not be the one to ruin my pack.My father had once been mated to a human woman. My mother. A woman I barely remembered, her presence now just a faint ghost in my memories. She had died young-too young-due to the frailty of her human body, and my father had been consumed by grief. His pain had turned to rage, and his rage had turned into bloodshed. He had nearly razed the entire pack to the ground in his sorrow, leaving scars that lingered to this day.And now, irony had deal