"Cara stop this! The Alpha will be enraged at what you're trying to do",Caleb said as he and Alex stood in front of Layla, shielding her from the furious she-wolf."Riven won't have something to be enraged about when that brat is dead",Cara spat out viciously and made a move towards Layla. She was consumed with so much rage and she just wanted to feel her claws sinking into Layla's form."Stop where you are! I will not hesitate to...",Alex was saying when Zane suddenly slammed into him, tackling him to the ground. They crashed into one of the shelves. Books tumbled and landed around them and in the next second, they shifted into their beast form. Alex was larger in size compared to Zane's smaller werewolf form and they circled each other, snarling and baring their canines.Caleb had turned to watch them and got distracted for a minute. Before he could turn back, Cara had his neck in a death grip and she hurled him out the window. Caleb's body crashed through the glass and dropped down

The human worldAnnabelle Hale stood behind her little cottage, hanging the sheets she just finished washing. She worked mechanically, her hands moving on their own accord. Her eyes were distant, looking faraway. A lot was currently running through her mind.It had been twenty three years. Twenty three years since that faithful day she gave her baby to Maria, her sister. Twenty three years since she went into hiding, keeping her true identity a secret from everyone and living like a human. People wondered though. They wondered how a young beautiful woman like her could live alone for so long, without a man to take care of her, or children to tend to. Annabelle indeed looked young, like a woman in her early thirties and she knew everyone would go crazy with fear if they found out she was almost a thousand years old. But she left them to wonder in silence while she lived her life in seclusion. And when the years started going by rapidly and they began to wonder why she didn't age, she

Riven was unable to sleep the entire night. Layla's body boiled with so much heat and whatever caused her such intense pain wouldn't let go of her. Her screams tore at his heart and he felt useless, knowing there was nothing he could do.Henrietta had tried all the magic spells she knew. Even the healing incantations and pain relief spells. None worked. Something was blocking her spells from working and it frustrated her because she didn't know what else to do. The sight of Riven as he held Layla close to him was so touching that she turned away, unable to look. Layla went through so much pain that her screams woke the entire shifters in the mansion. No one dared go close to Riven's chambers though. They knew he would be in a foul mood.At the early hours of the morning, the pain finally released Layla and she settled in Riven's embrace, crying uncontrollably until she fell asleep. Her burning temperature gradually cooled down until it was back to normal, and Henrietta wiped her body

Riven's eyes flickered and turned red with rage. One hand shot out and gripped Caleb's throat, claws emerging and biting into the shifter's skin."Alpha...please...",Caleb choked."YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WATCH OVER HER!",Riven roared furiously. All the shifters immediately winced and fell to their knees, holding their heads in pain as Riven's Alpha voice slammed through their minds. Riven couldn't think straight. The fact that he couldn't feel even a tiny part of Layla's presence made him raging mad and in the mood to kill. His beast started fighting to emerge and a slow shifting began. His ears grew out and his golden fur broke out of his skin. Bones popped painfully, his canines emerged and his eyes flickered from gold to red.Cade knew what was happening and he quickly shifted into his lycan. "Riven you have to stop!",Henrietta's panicked voice reached the enraged Alpha's ears and still, Riven didn't release Caleb. His shifting slowly completed and a blood curdling roar emitted fro

Riftan looked towards Layla in surprise. He hadn't expected her to literally stop the wedding that way. The girl acted recklessly and she would only get herself killed. Supreme Alpha Janus was a ruthless Alpha King, and he would not let Layla go unpunished for interrupting his son's wedding.Layla suddenly regretted her actions. She hadn't meant to scream that way. She only acted in the spur of the moment. She began to tremble as all eyes turned towards her. She looked towards the couple and her breath hitched when she caught Riven staring at her. He looked the same, like the younger version of himself. His honey eyes regarded her curiously and Layla felt a smile tugging the corners of her lips.And then Supreme Alpha Janus marched down from his throne, where he sat with his Luna Merribel. His eyes were glowing pools of gold and he glared down at the girl that had the audacity to interrupt his son's wedding. He was greatly tall, wide shoulders hunched forward and Layla gulped fearfull