NARRATORHe and his weird little quirks."What are you doing here, and how do you know I want to go to the mountains?" Lavinia frowned slightly."I wasn't spying on you, if that's what you're worried about. I was looking for my sisters, and you don't have to be a genius to figure out you're interested in energy fields," Laziel replied, his sharp eyes gazing into the distance, where the sky looked strangely distorted."Well, when you put it that way..." I sound like an idiot.Lavinia twisted her lips a little.She was supposed to be the eldest here, yet this kid gave off the aura of a thousand-year-old man."If you're uncomfortable, I'll go alone...""No, wait, Laziel!" Lavinia stopped him just as he was about to turn his back on her. "I'm sorry for being so harsh. I'm just a bit anxious about all this, but yes, I'd really like to go with you."With you, it's a million times safer, especially if there are rogue specters around."I'll find my sisters first...""We’re already here. I kne
NARRATORSigrid quickly spotted her parents entwined in a dance.She watched in amusement as her father whispered something to her mother. She’d bet anything it was something indecent—her father was always so intense, especially when it came to loving his mate and family.She still remembered when he showed up at the palace with the three pups already in his arms, nearly giving the royal couple a heart attack, and Aldric wanting to kill Silas all over again.Blaming him for taking her out while she was that pregnant—even accusing him of trying to steal his grandchildren for himself.Just another typical day in King Lycan’s castle.They joined the other couples, chatting, joking, and having a good time."Uncle Zarek, you're still murdering the rhythm! You're a musical assassin!" Sigrid teased her mentor. Only she dared to do that.Between Zarek, Silas, and Laziel, it was a toss-up who could move their facial muscles the least in a day."Sigrid, don’t be mean! I’ve been trying to convin
NARRATOR All of them stood on the ledge. Nyx looked up at the sky above their heads; there was nothing to see, only a dense layer of darkness."I think we need to go through this cave. I couldn’t ascend any further with my portals," Lavinia informed them.There was an energy field floating above the mountain."Guys, I think the breach here is about to open," she said excitedly."Wait for my return," Laziel turned to command the massive blackened head that loomed behind him.A low hiss echoed from within the spectral mist.And so, with more recklessness than bravery, the new and powerful generation of supernatural beings ventured into the dark tunnel, now illuminated by magical lights conjured by Nyx."There are specters ahead. Stay alert. I’ll control them—I’ll go first," Laziel took the lead.With specters present, he was the best suited to handle them.As the faint glow at the end of the path grew closer, the prince's bad premonition deepened, but so did his curiosity.Something ex
NARRATORThe massive midnight-colored she-wolf, streaked with golden locks, sank her teeth viciously into the creature.Anyone would have thought her jaws would pass through nothingness. Brute force against something immaterial was a difficult battle.However, Lyra, like her siblings, was a special being with unique abilities.Aztoria, Lyra’s wolf, tore through the fragments of dark magic and devoured them, absorbing all the specter’s macabre energy—something neither an ordinary wolf nor a common Lycan could process in their body."These sons of bitches are pissing me off! Aahh!" Vicky roared, slashing deep wounds into both palms and pressing them against the ground.Her lips began to chant rapid, incomprehensible spells. The mountain trembled, the forest beneath them stirred.As her father’s daughter and a descendant of the dark prince Zarek, she was calling upon some of his undead to aid them in battle.It seemed the specters’ time was running out.However, that light... dancing in
VALERIA"Are... are you sure, Esther?" I ask with a broken voice.My heart races, filled with happiness."Very sure, Luna. You're pregnant.""Why haven't I been able to smell it, or his father?" I ask, worried."It's very recent, perhaps that's why. Give it a few more days and you should be able to sense the pheromones."She replies, and I nod, my eyes blurred with tears.I am the Luna of the "Autumn Forest" pack.Three years ago, I married the man I love madly, despite not being destined mates, my Alpha Dorian.I've given everything to be the perfect Luna, the pillar he can lean on. However, a shadow looms over my marriage—the topic of an heir.I've never been able to get pregnant, and I admit I don't share the bed with Dorian as often. But I know his duties as Alpha keep him extremely busy and stressed."Please, don't tell anyone in the pack. I want to surprise my husband.""Don't worry, Luna, I won't say anything. Congratulations!" She smiles at me, and I return the smile, overflow
VALERIAHe bites my thigh viciously and drags me beneath his body, controlling me mercilessly.I try to resist, to call for help, my hands clutching my stomach, trying to protect my pup, but his claws, like deadly weapons, pierce my skin, tearing apart my small, vulnerable body.I have to raise my arms instinctively when his sharp claws aim for my face, and I scream in agony as a deep wound slices across my cheek from my forehead.Leaving my belly exposed, he struck our child."Nooo, not the pup, please, Dorian, not my son!"Tears poured endlessly from my eyes as I begged him, but his canines tore through my flesh, and his claws dug into the depths of my insides with chilling cruelty, seeking to rip out the life growing inside me.I don’t know how long this agony lasted—I sobbed, pleading as long as I could speak.The pain in my entire body was unbearable, but worse was the pain in my soul, bleeding and shattered.I was discarded on the ground like trash, on the edge of a precipice, m
VALERIAI hear piercing screams, the sound of shattering glass, a savage roar, an Alpha's growls, struggling, and fighting.Something hot splashes against my face and arms.My claws shred, and my canines tear.I can't stop. I can't. Rage consumes me from the inside, demanding release.I don't know what I'm doing. I'm not conscious of myself.All I know is that when I regain control of my body, the first thing I see is my blood-soaked hands.I'm kneeling on the floor, everything around me drenched in red, wreckage, and pieces of what once was a powerful Alpha—Dorian.What have I done? What in the name of the Goddess have I done?!I stare at his severed head, lying just a meter away from me.Those honey-colored eyes still stare back at me in frozen terror, and I feel bile rising in my throat.I vomit to the side, unable to hold it back, disgusted by this scene of death and violence.Did I do all this? There's no one else here.I scan the area, not knowing where Sophia went. The only th
VALERIA His entire demeanor screamed, I'm the damn master of everything here, the absolute ruler.I immediately lowered my head, trembling.It didn’t matter that I lacked an inner she-wolf— the power radiating from that man felt like it could suffocate you, crush your soul, and he wasn't even standing that close to me.He was a Lycan, the superior species of werewolves, the ultimate evolution, and I was almost certain this was the most powerful of them all—Aldric Thorne, the Lycan King."Sasha, take out the trash and make sure my next personal maid isn’t a scheming whore, or she'll lose more than her head," his deep, cold, and intimidating voice echoed, followed by the sound of footsteps retreating."This is a disaster. That's the fifth one in two months. I don’t know what goes through these girls' heads. I warned them," the housekeeper muttered as she approached, pulling a small vial from the dead woman’s hand."Another one who tried to drug the King with an aphrodisiac. Idiot. I'll