In the heart of the Ice-crest wolf pack, Naomi must make a difficult decision: either she marries the repulsive head warrior Lucas, serves him as a personal maid, or abandons her home completely. However, Naomi refuses to be a pawn in someone else's game. With confidence in her heart, she sets off on a journey of self-discovery and redemption. As Naomi grapples with her destiny, she finds herself torn between her egotistical fated mate, Thorne, and the enigmatic Mascot, her guardian provided by moon goddess. With each step, she inches closer to the truth about her past and the power within her. But when dark secrets come to light and alliances shift, Naomi must summon all her strength to confront her greatest adversaries. With the fate of her pack at stake, she must choose: embrace the path of revenge or forge a new destiny of love and forgiveness. Prepare to be swept away into a world where loyalty is tested, betrayals run deep, and redemption is difficult to achieve.
View MoreAt first, I wondered who she was asking but then I remembered that there were just two males at the dining table. Alpha-king Magnus and Thorne and she was certainly not asking her father that.I looked up to Thorne from my plates, eagerly waiting for his response.“Me? Well, no. I don't. ““Oh..” Kiara replied and I knew the sound she made. She was interested in Thorne and would ask me later to help her woo him.I didn't know why but I was disappointed with Thorne's answers, even Laura looked up at me to see my reaction. I couldn't look at him anymore.Was I really supposed to be angry? Truly, Thorne wasn't my boyfriend even though we kissed and shared intimate moments together. So I shouldn't be upset right?It was at this time that I realized that Thorne never knew that I was his mate. How was that possible? He should have an idea that I was his mate.Does it mean that whatever we have going on now was a joke? Was I the one who really liked him while he didn't like me? My mind was m
“Naomi!”The screams made me turn towards the right and there they were. People I used to call family, my mother, the girls, Aunt Rachel and then Alpha-king Magnus.They all stood looking at me. We were all different and didn't know what to do. It was as if they were all waiting for me to say a word before we could finally move.Anita came forward first, she held her arms out for a hug. “You're finally back, you're welcome.”She gave me a tight hug which I returned knowing that she must have missed me just the way I missed her.“Mummy, It's Naomi. She's back.” Anita turned to confirm to them that it was actually me and not my ghost as they thought I was.“Naomi.” Kiara came forward for her own hug, she smelled so good and I wasn't surprised. She was the beauty queen. “I'm glad that you're back.” She told me.Then Cleo came forward, her hug was quick because she was always trying to be mature. “You've grown so lean.”I smiled as I remembered how she'd act like our mother and kept scold
“Don't just leave like that. You scared me.” I told him. “Okay.” He frowned at me like I wasn't making sense or like I was losing my senses.“What?” I asked as both Laura and Thorne stared at me.“Your acting weird.” Laura responded.“I am?” “Yes. You scared me to death when you started screaming like that.” Laura told me and I thought maybe I had over dreamt. “Did you have a bad dream?” Laura questioned me. “No.” “Okay. I'm going to wash my face so we can continue with this journey.” She left us and went her way. “Are you okay?” Thorne asked, looked at me and went ahead to arrange the log of wood he wanted to use to roast the fish he got. “Nothing.” I answered. I was only worried about him, why did they make it look like it was an abomination or an act of stupidity? Maybe he thought I was stupid when I gave him that hug. “Everything okay? You seem deep in thought.” He asked again when he had put the fish on fire he had set with sticks.I nodded. “Just thinking about home.” I
“Naomi? Are you okay?” Chad dropped the bow and arrows, immediately running to me. He was joined by Thorne who discovered immediately what just happened.Thankfully, the arrow didn't hit me but flew past me.“I'm sorry, Naomi. That was supposed to hit that old bottle.” He said, looking really apologetic.“Don't be, I wasn't looking at where I was going.” I answered him and glanced at Thorne who had concern written all over his face. He was the reason I had gotten into this situation, how could someone be so good looking so early in the morning?“I'm sorry.” It looked like he was going to cry.“Are you okay?”I nodded then bent to my knees to talk to Chad. “You don't have to be.” I used my hands to raise his chin so he could look directly at me. “I see you're learning well.” I said, trying to cheer him up.“I'm learning how to shoot an arrow. You think I'm doing well?” He jumped up in excitement when I nodded my head to reply yes.“You can go on and practice more.” Thorne told him and
We went to meet Diane after having breakfast so I could tell her about the gift I had discovered and about my intentions of going to Ice crest park.“Can I go with you?” “Yes, you can but I really don't want to keep dragging you around with me. The truth is this is my cross and I have to carry it myself. I would be a bad friend if I just cared about myself and not your intentions.”“What are you talking about? I want to do this. I want to go with you. This would be so much fun.” I gave her a stare.“I know, I know. This isn't about fun but them I'll still have fun while at it. I'll like to meet your mother, finally.” Diane was with some of the elders when we arrived so we had to wait. The weather didn't look happy in any way. I hadn't seen Thorne this morning but I searched around silently with my eyes. “Searching for Thorne?” Laura asked me. She must have caught me looking around. One thing with Laura was that she missed nothing. Whenever I have tried to hide things in the past,
I felt glad when we were done dancing.“That was one hectic dance move you should do there.” He said as he took me home.I laughed trying to figure out if he was teasing or mocking me. I wanted to let Thorne know that I might be leaving to Ice Crest to go home and bring back my mother here but I needed to speak to Diane first about it.“And those balls of fire you blew. Amazing.” I shouted. “You literally blew my mind today.” I was honest to Thorne.“I'm so glad I was able to do it. Trust me, I want to do more than blowing your mind away.” He said and we burst out in laughter.“Whatever you mean by that.”“I don't even know why I said that.” He replied and said goodbye.“Goodbye.” I stood on tiptoe to give him a peak on his cheeks.Later that night, when we had gone back to the clan, I wanted to speak to Laura but I found out she had gone to sleep earlier, I knew she wanted so much to hear I have to tell her.Going back to Ice crest was going to be traumatic for me. That was the past
When we pulled back again from each other, we smiled and turned to start walking towards the river, with Thorne still holding my hands. “You were so brave today.” He complimented me.“I was? Then I guess I hid my emotions well because I was at the verge of giving up.”“You were?”“Yes, I was so scared. When I thought of us keeping them away instead of fighting. I doubted if my plan would work. I was so anxious.”“This shows that you're a good leader, so you don't have to worry yourself.” He responded and I smiled. We kept walking and walking without a destination in mind. I didn't want us trailing off to a far place.Currently, we had to be careful of Lucas, that man could wake up and decide he would kill 100 men today and he'll do it.He knew the right words to use that would bring smiles to my face. “Thank you.” I gently squeezed his hand.“You're welcome.” He said and finally realized that we were too far from the park. “I think we should go back.”We laughed and turned back.“So
The arrow shot went straight to some of the warriors below.“Another one!Another one!”They kept going like this without stopping. I could still see Lucas still coming in full force. I could see his eyes, literally burning like fire. That was the kind of man he was.‘Another One!”Soon enough, the ice crest park started shooting arrows at us too.“Protect yourself.” Thorne called.“Is there nothing we can do to help the warriors? The enemies seemed to be getting close.”“Yes. What powers did Orion give to you?”“I don't know.”“You have to find out so we can use it.” He told me.“Alright.” I was practicing, opening and closing my hands. Suddenly on the third try, balls of fire came out of my hands into the enemy's camp.“What?” He was as shocked as I was.“More.” Thorne shouted to her.It was so easy for her, she kept throwing balls of fire at the Ice crest warriors. Soon enough, Thorne joined them and very quickly, the ice crest warriors started retreating.“Fire. Fire!” That was al
He was close to the village but we were faster with the help of Orion. Their horses couldn't be compared to the force that drove us.Soon, Lucas was far behind me and we were very close to the clan.“Lock the gate! Lock the gate!” I screamed as we passed through the wide open gate with no struggles.“Lock the gate immediately. Do not waste time.” She ordered the gatekeepers.”Make sure the warriors are ready.” Diane shouted at no one in particular. Tensions were rising as everyone ran helter-skelter.“I'll hide the women and children.” Laura said and ran off to do that.“I'll assemble the warriors and let them know what to do.” Thorne ran off too and I was left with Diane.“You need to be careful, stay with the warriors. Remember that you're his target, if he gets you then he gets us all.” Disne told me and I nodded fully understanding my assignment which was never to be caught.Shadowcrest clan was one of the smallest parks known but we had our strengths too. We were known for our f
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