EMILIA POV“Here we are,” Seth introduced as we stepped within the borders of Fangsbane, making a gesture of holding out both of his hands to showcase the pack that he claimed was his. “Welcome to Fangsbane Pack, where you’re supposed to belong, Emilia. Too bad that you went against me.”“When and where do you want me to address the people?” I asked, going straight to the point to show him how uninterested I was in his words and his antics.“Quite eager, aren’t we?” He chuckled before facing me fully with a frown. “How long will it take Lucas to gather his soldiers and come back to this pack for you? Don’t lie to me.”“He’s not going to,” I assured. “I told him to stay back.”Seth looked around at his men, who scoffed as if silently telling him that I was the last person for him to trust. Then, he grabbed me by the hair and swung me to the side so that I would bend in an uncomfortable position.“You’re hurting me,” I informed him as calmly as possible as I realized that a part of his

EMILIA POV“W-What?” I stuttered, unable to hear my own voice through the cries of outrage from the members of Fangsbane Pack, who were demanding for my head to be chopped off and served on a silver platter to the other animals of the forest.I had just made a fake confession to something untrue that Seth had blamed me for, only for him to turn around and point the accusing finger at me for something else entirely?“You are ridiculous!” I said loudly, and he used that as a play on the already heated emotions of the people as he still kept his index finger pointed at me.“Do you hear how she talks? Do you all know now just how vile and fowl she is?” As he asked his question, and with each word that he said, they all cheered him on and pulled me down even louder.“Can you all believe that while I was thinking about letting her go, even after she murdered Alpha James in cold blood, she was busy going on a killing spree until the kitchen assistants all held her down?!” The people foolishl

EMILIA POV“What in the world is going on in here?!” Carlos rushed into the bedroom, stopping at the door as he looked down at the floor, his eyes chasing the cracks to the walks and to the ceiling until he finally landed his attention on me, letting me know that the only place that had been affected was the room that I was in.“I have no idea what happened,” I admitted, getting out of the bed in panic and seeing that even the bed had been split in half, making me wonder how I had survived that.“This is insane, Emilia. I really don’t know whether to take it as good news of your progress or to see it as a potential threat to the lives of the people around you.” Carlos slowly walked into the room, grabbing me by the hand and taking me outside. “You need to learn to be in control of that thing before Seth gets a clue.”“I’m sure nobody is going to tell him. You’re not going to tell him, are you?” I asked.“That would just be utterly foolish of me to do. By the way, don’t you realize tha

EMILIA POV“Lucas is dead!” The words flew out of Katarina’s mouth faster than I could give her a thought, and I stood there like one of the other animals in the woods whenever they were experiencing the shock of seeing a wolf in the forests.“What do you mean by that?” I scoffed. “You wouldn’t be here if Lucas were dead. He was the one with the most control of the kingdom. How did all of the power slip out of his hands so much that even his Iife slipped faster than he could imagine?”“He was in the process of trying to prevent us from passing news like this,” Daemon added, his voice dark.I walked back and away from them in total denial until my back hit the wall behind me, making me realize more times than one that there was a lone pack out there that we would probably lose the ability to call home if we didn’t return.“They’re going to take over the throne, Katarina,” I raised. “You might think that they’re guarding the seat for you while you’re away, but slowly, they will start to

EMILIA POV“Lucas is nowhere near dead,” Seth reported to me, and I frowned at him. “Where have you been hiding? Inside some sort of cave? Where is Katarina? What about the vampire? Most importantly, how are you still living and breathing?”“Do not bombard me with questions just yet, Seth,” I scolded him sternly, and he surprisingly went mute. “I already told you that I’m here to have a conversation with you, so bear in mind that I also have questions of my own.”“What do you want?” He demanded, and I could see the skepticism in his eyes. If I gave him the chance to run away on me, he would; I just knew it.“First off, I want you to sit back down on the bed as quietly as you possibly can without having to alert the three idiots who are supposed to be guarding you downstairs.”I walked forward slowly, making sure that I didn’t pose myself as a physical threat that would have him running out of there and sabotaging everything I had worked for so far.“I do not fear you, Emilia,” he said