VIOLET‘ Where is she? ’ Wolf’s voice hums in my mind, making me sigh.Now, I can hear him talking to himself sometimes. It just started when Leena was giving me those lessons about…about…I gulp thinking about it.My mind is still shaken up with all the dirty information she provided me with. I shouldn’t be thinking about such things but…The tips were so tempting.Just as I enter the cabin, Kane appears before me like a ghost. I take a deep breath and pause in my way.“ You marked my brother. ” He says dramatically, pointing his forefinger at me as if I have done something unacceptable.“ Am I not supposed to mark him? He is my mate. ” I question, rolling my eyes.“ I didn’t take you to be the one to mark him first. You just…” He trails off, a lazy grin curving his lips.“ I what? ” I narrow my eyes.“ You just don’t look like the ‘I will mark you and make you mine right away’ type. ” He chuckles evilly, wiggling his eyebrows.I shake my head and push past him before he gets the chanc
VIOLET“ So…what is it about this time? Is someone going to tell me or not? ” I question, taking turns to observe everyone.Earlier, Stefan had mind—linked Wolf telling him that Katrina had done something again. We took a shower in hurry and then came down to talk to everyone. Instead of telling me what’s wrong, they are all now sitting silent, giving each other weird looks.Gysla seems to be inspecting her nails while the three brothers stare at Wolf wanting him to say something to me.“ You didn’t fulfil your promise to Viktor until now. ” Stefan sighs, finally giving up on waiting for Wolf to tell me what’s wrong.“ I…” I will fulfil my promise. It’s hard to say it.“ Did something bad happen because I haven’t fulfilled my promise yet? ” I question instead of whining to them.“ Katrina sent people to Vladania for a peaceful talk. Because you didn’t fulfil your promise yet, King Luther gave Katrina another chance to propose a good deal. ” Stefan informs me.“ And? ” My heart skips
VIOLET“ What are we going to do now? I don’t think Katrina will wait anymore. She knows Violet turned eighteen and now has all her powers. She will do everything it takes to find her and take her powers. ” Stefan sighs, sitting down on his chair.An hour has passed since I lost control and realised that I indeed have those powers everyone talked about. Something strong is pulsating in me, ready to break out and wipe off the people I hate from the face of this world.“ We need to call on everyone and decide the place of battle before Katrina does something again. ” Cassius suggests for the first time in the whole conversation.My eyes stay rooted at the broken table between us. A small part of me is a little assured that Viktor will take whatever is in his power to save my brother — he won’t let Elias die even if he has to turn him into a Vampire but another part of me believes that Elias won’t make it alive — just like Stefan suggested.I don’t want to think about it right now. I wan
VIOLETConfused and nervous at the same time, I shove my hands under his shirt, tracing the hard lines of his chest and then his lower abdomen, repeating the process again and again.Wolf sighs in my mouth, pulling me into his lap and urging me to sit down with my legs dangling on both sides of his waist.I pull away for a moment, panting.“ You think we should head to the room? ” Wolf plants a suggestive kiss to my jaw, making me shiver and instantly nod in agreement.I can always think about things later.Having my consent, Wolf doesn’t put me down, instead, he gets up, supporting my body by placing his hands under my thighs. I secure my arms around his neck, smirking.I never really thought a day like this would come where Wolf would be so eager to do something with me, to me.Leaning in, I take in his earlobe between my teeth and bite it delicately. Wolf lets out a threatening low groan but it doesn’t affect me at all.My lips trail kisses down the side of his neck, making his ear
VIOLETIt’s time to leave, to head back to the real — cruel world again. Stefan has managed to inform everyone.We will attack on the day after tomorrow because tomorrow is the full moon — the night when werewolves are the strongest and the next day is the one where werewolves are too exhausted to fight.Time is on our side, it seems, because we didn’t have to wait long.“ Are you ready for this? ” Gysla has asked me the same question for the tenth time now.“ Gysla. Can you please stop overthinking this?! You make me nervous every time you ask me this question. ” I tell her, sighing heavily.“ She is worried about you. ” Kane chimes from behind me.“ I know. ” I say, turning to face them both.We are standing outside the cabin, patiently waiting for Stefan, Wolf and Cassius as they are taking too long to come out.“ I know that you are worried Gysla but…trust me. I got this. ” I assure her.“ This doesn’t put my mind at ease. ” Gysla shakes her head, raking her fingers through her ha
VIOLETMy heart beats on a calm rhythm even though I am panicking inside.We get to the small mansion where the Queen of the Elves, Marissa lives. Contrary to the white exterior of the mansion, the insides are all Golden. The golden walls, golden shining floors, Golden paintings, Golden furniture. Everything that I see is a shade of Golden.This makes my eyes hurt.We go straight to what they call the throne room. It’s a Golden empty room in this place. There are three stairs before the small Gold chair embedded with jewels where Marissa sits, waiting for us.Her eyes light up right after she sees Wolf entering her throne room. To my surprise, Wolf releases my hand and walks forward, moving past Stefan, Kane, Cassius.“ It’s an obligation. ” Gysla whispers close to my ear.I don’t understand what she means but when Wolf climbs the three stairs, halts in front of Marissa and kisses the back of her outstretched hands, realisation dawns upon me.Gysla’s advance explanation doesn’t help m
VIOLET“ So…what now? ” I question, looking at the vast number of people gathered outside the city of elves.As far as I can see, there is no empty spot. I feel nervous after seeing so many people gathered in the same place and I don’t want to imagine what it will feel like to see the Werewolf King’s Army.“ Don’t get nervous. It’s a weakness and hinders your ability to think clearly. ” Wolf holds my hand, trying to talk me out of feeling this nervousness.“ We are going to war. You have been to wars before but…I have never done this. ” I mumble, tightening my hold around his hand.The night, then the day and this night passed by in a blur. Wolf had disappeared after we had sex yesterday night and then I am only getting to see him now.“ It will be alright. Everything is set. ” Wolf kisses the side of my head, assuring me.“ Are we still going to pretend that you are not going to die? ” I utter, bitterly.We haven’t talked about it. Cassius came to me in the morning and did fight. He
VIOLET“ What are we going to do now? ” Kane questions, looking up at Wolf.We have been silent — utterly silent for a whole five minutes because we have been tricked into walking right into a trap once again.I think…We always tend to forget that we are up against Katrina — the witch, the only dead spirit who has managed to escape Orphena.“ What else? It’s the final showdown. We have to go back to the city and fight alongside them. ” Cassius answers instead of Wolf.Wolf has been thinking, I can see it in his eyes. He is finding out what he is supposed to do when he knows what he is going to do. For a moment, I think he is simply staring at me, stalling time, delaying the turn of events and his death even if he knows that this wasted time is costing him lives.“ Mind—link everyone. Tell them to come to the city of Elves instead of Moon Valley. ” Wolf finally speaks up, his voice sounding deeper.Stefan gives us his back, mind—linking everyone he knows so they can get to know about t