NARRATORSitting in the middle of the lunar runes, Lyra looked at Drakkar with eyes full of surprises. "Lyra, what happened? Is everything alright?" he asked, breaking through the spell and leaning down to hug her. He didn't like the unknown, those strange things that could go wrong and take his woman away. "Drakkar, I found another fragment of Khalum's power, but things are more complicated than I thought," Lyra conveyed to him mentally everything the specter had revealed to her. "The Heart… my Heart…" Aztoria heard Khalum murmur thoughtfully, trying to remember.Khalum’s secrets stirred a lot of curiosity. They needed to get that power, and fast; time was running out for Beta William’s father. But no matter how powerful they were, even with Laziel’s specter, this pack had too many warriors, well-trained and armed. Help from inside was necessary, and this time, seriously, Beta William would have to choose a side.*****Meanwhile, far from Lyra, deep within the Wolf King's palac
NARRATOR"Could any of them have made it to this place using portal magic?" Lavinia was analyzing all the possibilities while examining the spell.It wasn’t as easy as just dropping a few drops of blood, and whoever had done it had sealed it in a complicated way.Once again, she was amazed by Laziel's power. Even though it took effort, he could still bypass the barrier."Or maybe it was one of the first De la Croix," Laziel’s low voice sounded behind her."My mother said they were very powerful. I don't think the descendants trapped in the realm of the elementals ever developed their magic to this level."And Lavinia agreed.Magic had been banned among the elementals; even the witch who talked the most about portals in her diary and who had been the lover of that vampire couldn’t pull it off.Over the years, Lavinia had learned that to open a passage strong enough to connect parallel lands, sacrifices were needed—lots of souls or a massive amount of magical energy."Drusilla or Electr
NARRATORAztoria was looking at her mate with little stars in her eyes. Even Khalum’s fart seemed like the best-smelling thing in the jungle to her."Mmm, so manly... I think for the next heat, I'll let him do me in 'war mode', so he can really hammer me in deep."Lyra felt embarrassed by her wolf’s dirty thoughts."Shouldn't you be helping him scout the area?""For what? If things get ugly, my man will eat all those little wannabe warriors alive."Khalum’s chest puffed out even more when he heard that.That little wolf girl had earned herself a good pounding once they were safe.Lyra couldn’t believe how their animal sides were flirting like this in the middle of such danger.And even Drakkar agreed with Khalum’s primitive instincts... this was insane."Let’s go through there. Lyra, hold on tight, I’m gonna jump.""Khalum, no, no, baby, wait, that’s the beasts’ pit, they could attack you! We don't even know what’s really in there!"Lyra and Aztoria suddenly got nervous. It was okay t
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
VALERIA"Aahh, it’s horrible, she’s deformed!""You’re just jealous, that’s why you want to keep us away from the King!""The Lord has said you must leave now," I repeated impassively, standing at the foot of the bed while they hurled insults at me.But I felt nothing—not cold, not heat.I thought about how to get them out since, weakened or not, there were three of them and only one of me.Just then, loud knocks echoed from the side door leading to the hallway, a door I hadn’t even noticed before. It had to be the person sent to remove them from the castle.I walked over and opened it, revealing two sturdy servants who entered without a word.The women began to resist, covering their nakedness, screaming that their bodies were only for the King, threatening that our heads would roll.I didn’t need to be here long to see through their lies.That man had used them like disposable objects and was now discarding them like trash.The blonde rushed toward the door leading to the dining hal