Erik’s POV“Good evening, Lycan King Erik,” I heard one of my men greet as he entered my office. Quickly, I put my phone away and acknowledged the greeting of the man. His name was Luis. He was one of my most trusted betas, and he had come to report the things he had seen today after his patrol had ended.“Sit down, Luis, and tell me what new you have brought me,” I said, and watched as he sat down.“My King... I have brought news from the south side, there is still no sign of Lohki or his men there,” he said while I sighed.“King Erik, the only way we can find this man is through your mate. You already rejected her before. You owe her nothing if you decide to force the truth out of her and if she refuses, just kill her!” Alpha Jared said.I was not surprised by his suggestion. A lot of them who were currently seated in my office were probably thinking the same thing as Jared was. The only difference between them and him was that he was the only stupid enough to voice his thoughts. Th
Maeve's POVMy whole body ached as I lay on a bed I wasn’t familiar with. I managed to open my eyes, and I was met with a strong, pungent smell.A woman was sitting beside me, and she was mixing some strange herbs in a small bowl while I watched her, wondering for a moment who I was. Then…it clicked.I am Maeve. I was rejected by one of my mates and sent away from the pack. When I fled, I met Lohki, and he trained me for the most important moment of our lives – getting revenge on the three Lycan kings. But unfortunately, I ruined the plan, and I have yet to fix it.More of my memories came flooding in, and then I recalled how I was going to Erik’s quarters when someone slit my neck and left me for dead.“I see that you are awake,” the woman said, without turning to look at me.“Yes,” I said, as I sat up and watched her. She looked very familiar, but I couldn’t remember who she was for some reason.As I recalled what had happened, I reached for the back of my neck, but I felt nothing.
Maeve’s POVI managed to pull myself together as I opened the door for Faye, who rushed inside the room, hugging me and crying in my arms.“ It’s okay, it’s alright – just calm down and talk to me,” I said as I hugged her. She let go and sat on my bed, wiping tears from her eyes as she started to explain.“There is nothing much to explain…all I know was that she was doing well one minute but then the next minute, she slumped and…died.”“This makes no sense. This was exactly what happened in my dream,” was what I wanted to say, but I decided against it.“What about the child?” I asked.“The child is fine… I just don’t understand what could’ve happened to Lia,”We sat in silence for a long while before she finally broke the silence, “I will raise the child as mine,”“Can you do that? Wouldn’t it be too much stress?”She shook her head and smiled bitterly as she said, “It is our best friend’s child. It’s not stress, I would be honored…it’s just that it’s so painful that I thought we’d lo
Leon’s POVSince Maeve came to live with me, I’ve been happy. I thought it meant that she chose me over Erik, I mean, it was what she meant…kind of.That night, she was burning up but after taking this strange-looking medicine, she felt better. We had a lot of sex that night, but it was only when she slept that I noticed the mark on her neck.It was like a black flower, and I most certainly have seen that mark before. It was not a good mark and there was only one person who could give such marks – Lohki.That night, as she slept, I got out of bed and searched for the files where I kept Erik’s number. When I dialed it, I didn’t expect him to answer so quickly.“Who is this?” he asked, but it annoyed me that he didn’t have my number. I almost hung up, but I thought about Maeve. That mark on her neck got me worried, and I had just one question for Erik.“What is that mark on her neck?” I said instead. He remained quiet for a while before he said, “Leon,”“Answer me,” I persisted while he
13 Caden’s POVSince I saw the mark on Celine’s neck, I have not been at peace. I had never really seen the mark on her neck, but I had heard of a mask like that, but the only person who I knew had gotten such a mark was Erik’s mother, and she didn’t survive.There were a lot of rumors at the time when it happened. Erik was just ten, and I was not yet an acquaintance of his. I only saw him at the Lycan Academy and that was it.One of the most prominent rumors was that Erik’s mother was a witch and that she worked with Lohki until her contract expired. They said that she had saved Erik’s life with magic and that Erik was a demon child.Those days at school, I felt awful for Erik. I never knew who started the rumors, but I felt in my heart that it wasn’t true.No one would sit with him, look at him or even talk to him, so he numbed himself to the pain of no one caring about him, and he became the icy man that he is today.One day, I was in dire need of help and Erik happened to be ther
Caden’s POV We searched everywhere for Maeve, but after a very long time, we found her in the woods. She was on the ground shaking like a leaf. We took her back home, and we called Yola, but despite everything Yola tried, Maeve did not get better. Instead, she got worse. “Why is this happening?” I asked, not really expecting an answer, as I placed my hand on Maeve’s hot skin. Her face had become pale, and her lips were dried and cracked. She was looking like a shadow of herself and I just couldn’t figure out what to do. “We need to figure out something fast. If Erik sees her like this…” Yola said as she paced up and down the room. “Why is only Erik’s feelings being put in consideration here? Caden and I also care about Maeve,” Leon said, but he didn’t sound bitter or angry, he sounded curious. Yola looked at him, and then she looked away without saying a word. “Yola, is there something you’re not telling us?” “I have done some research on situations of multiple mates. It is ve
Maeve’s POVTwo years agoMy decision to go with Lohki was one driven by pain and grief, but what choice did I really have?I was rejected and cast away by my own mate. He didn’t even bother to look me in the eye when he banished me.I guess I was just too insignificant for him to care. Maybe Lohki was right, maybe what I needed was revenge. I wanted to make them regret ever sending me away. I wanted to make them pay.As I followed Lohki deeper into the forest, things became strange. It looked like the trees were moving, and it looked like the sky was staring right at me with strange colored eyes.“What’s going on?” I asked before I slammed into his body.“Oh sorry, you must not have known I would stop walking,” he said, smiling only with his eyes.“Umm…no, and it didn’t help that my eyes were stuck on those two up there,” I said, but he didn’t bother looking up.“That is Myra,” he said simply before he started walking again.“Myra?”“Yes, she helps me watch everything as long as it i
Maeve’s POVBeing wrapped in the arms of the one who once rejected me cruelly was indeed a strange feeling for me. I remember how I heard his name in my heart the first time I saw him. I already envisioned our life together in those moments.I was so happy to be mated to a Lycan king, but when I realized the other two were my mates as well, I was overwhelmed. I knew everything would depend on whatever their verdict would be, but unfortunately, Erik, the greatest of them, rejected me and banished me.It was his fault that all of this happened. He made me run away, only to meet Lohki, who turned me into a killing machine. Considering how much I grew to loathe my mates after their rejection, I am surprised that I didn’t at least try to kill him.Now that the amulet is gone, my wicked tendencies are also gone. Even if I wanted to hurt him, I couldn’t. The truth of the matter was that my anger was completely gone.“ If we had known that the amulet was the cause of your pain, we would’ve go