Tomorrow X Together Crown Novels & Stories

I stared at him for a long moment. "Finish it, Aldric. Reject me properly" I said. He straightened. When he spoke again his voice rang through the hall like a blade through silence. "I, Alpha Aldric Burke, reject you, Annabel Voss, as my fated mate and future Luna, before this pack and the Goddess who bound us." The bond didn't sever quietly. It tore. White-hot agony ripped through my chest and my knees hit the stone floor before I understood I was falling. Vivianne's voice came from somewhere above me — "she must accept, it won't complete until she accepts" — and I pressed one palm flat to the floor and breathed through it.

I forced my eyes open, burning red with heat, and saw Zephyr and the other two walking in. It looked like they had just washed. None of them were wearing shirts. Water droplets slid down their chests and abs, tracing along the lines of muscle before disappearing beneath their waistlines. Looking at the devastatingly handsome faces, I bit down hard on my lip, cursing under my breath. These three had to be doing this on purpose. I was just about to tell them to get out when Cael, who had now advanced to Beta, stepped into the water first. With one long stride, he reached out and pulled my trembling body into his arms.

Maya’s chest tightened, her wolf stirring restlessly beneath her skin. "Her song shall call, her fangs shall bite, Her claws shall rule both day and night.One mate of shadow, one mate of flame, Both will battle, both will claim." Her eyes darted to Damien, then to Felix. Both men stiffened, their jaws clenched as if the words were shackles binding them to a fate neither had chosen. "The world shall fracture, kin turn foe, Through salt and blood the rivers flow. The storm will break, the earth will shake,

"Indeed, my Lady. Plans for a brighter future." "And you remember what would be yours," I pressed, stepping closer, letting my words weave around him like silk. "If I wore the crown. Loyalty, alignment, support. I would promote you to the highest rank, Elder. Make you richer than you could ever imagine." I paused, letting the promises hang in the air, heavy with temptation. "I just want my future secured. As Luna." Thorne listened, his head tilted slightly, taking in every word. Then, his voice, a whisper, cut through the silence. "And what is to be done, my Lady?"

Peering curiously into her portable fashion bag, she reached a hand inside and instantly felt a round object within. She retrieves it and finds out it's a diamond bracelet with her initials on it. 'LRC'. She would have discarded the thought that it had anything to do with her if she hadn't seen her full name engraved in tiny silver letters at the inside of it; Loki Rhiannon Colleen. Rhiannon was her middle name and Colleen was her mother's surname which she had answered all her life before she got married to Glen Robertson and had to answer his name on papers.

Her crown fell to the marble floor with a clear clang, there seems also to be a clanging sound of someone's sword falling to the ground outside the palace gates. The deep red gem on the crown shattered and scattered. Warm blood down the steps on the cold ground, slowly spreading, reminiscent of the shallow creek she used to play in barefoot as a child. This golden hall of Avalon became her grave, swallowing her bones, burying her life. Outside, the sun shone on the snow, melting it bit by bit…