*KINCAID'S P.O.V*THE COLLAR Of his shirt suddenly felt tight and chuffed against his skin as his gaze was locked with the witch's. Then she looked away and stood in front of the podium. She cleared her throat once and said, "My name is Arlana," She said in a husky voice. "I am the Luna of Amazon River Wolves, Brazil. And I am the last descendant of the great Coven." Her gaze washed over the room. It was deathly quiet as the man waited to hear what she wanted to say."Did you see the way she looked at me?" Kincaid whispered to Liam. Liam shook his head. "You might be imagining it. She is a very beautiful woman.""And someone's mate, you fool," Kincaid snapped. "But I'm serious. She looked at me like she could see through me.""It's a trick people on stage do," Liam said. "Like, they are not really looking at you, but it looks like so. It deals with stage fright and stuff like that."Kincaid scoffed. He knew that wasn't what happened. The witch looked at him and locked his gaze. He t
*KINCAID'S P.O.V*HE TOOK THE next flight back to Scotland. As soon as the plane touched down, he knew something was amiss. He had left the meeting without Liam. Liam was going to get Elsa and then head for Scotland too. There was an SUV waiting for Kincaid in a private parking lot. As soon as he dropped from the plane, he got in the car and drove out like a blind bat. It drove to the pack in record time. He got out of the car. The pack was unnaturally quiet and there was a heavy air in the atmosphere. He barged into the packhouse and saw Adrienne sitting alone near a fireplace. She turned and looked at him, her eyes were tear rimmed and she regarded him with what looked like pity. Then she pointed upstairs. He took the stairs 3 at a time, he gave a knock before entering a room. His father lay on a bed. Unmoving. He would have thought the man was sleeping, if not for his mother's red eyes and the smell of blood coming from his father's body. Beta Marcus stood to the side, his jaws
*KINCAID'S P.O.V*THIS IS A FUCKING shit show, Kincaid muttered to himself. The night was still young and a slight breeze blew across them, ruffling the leaves and whistling through the trees. He watched with a tight grimace as the whole pack bowed their head in reverence as the procession passed and headed to the alpha's tomb. His mother walked slowly by his side as they led the procession, followed by the pack. They got to the cemetery, where Beta Marcus was already waiting. He signaled to the carriers for them to lower the coffin. Kincaid looked around the sad faces watching on. He spotted Liam standing just behind the low iron fence of the cemetery. Elsa stood at his side, clutching his arm. "There should be more people paying their homage to my father," Kincaid snarled through the mind link. Liam nodded subtly. "Remember that most of the alphas are currently in Belfast. The news might not have reached there."Kincaid scoffed. "The news has reached there. I know it." Je replie
*ADRIENNE'S P.O.V*"OUR ALPHA EZRA is dead."That sentence would continue to haunt me for the rest of my life. A sudden wave of sadness filled my heart as soon as I heard it, and the sadness and despair escalated as all the emotions of the pack members grew more sorrowful.I saw Beta Marcus's eyes glaze over and he clenched his fists. Then he looked at me before leaving the room. I hurried out of my room too and went upstairs, to where Luna Amelia was. She remained calm, but the pain radiated through her whole body. When she saw me, she smiled sadly and gestured at me to come in. Alpha Ezra was already covered, but the pale stench of death hung in the air. I sniffled again, she rubbed my back to comfort me, even though she needed the comfort more. "Things are about to change around here, Adrienne," She said softly. But she did not explain herself, she just walked out, leaving me to ponder on what she had just said. What does she mean? Will the changes be good? Or will the further
*ADRIENNE'S P.O.V*THE DUEL IS to start in a few minutes when the moon reaches its peak. I watched as the man called Alastair smirked and walked away. He looked pretty confident, and if we are being honest, he had the right to be confident. Standing beside him, Kincaid was like a little boy, and from the scars and hardened lines on the man's face, I knew he had been in a lot of fights, and won them. Luna Amelia looked distressed too. She was not in support of this, but after the death of her husband, her command was waning and becoming less effective. She could not interfere in the fight. She watched warily as Kincaid stalked off in the opposite direction. I saw Liam hurry after Kincaid, his mate walked behind him, having nowhere else to go, I followed them. "Caid," Liam whispered. "You should not have accepted the duel."Kincaid snorted. "So the pack would think I am weak?" He coughed out a humorless laugh. "Imagine how the other rival packs would react when they hear that the new
*KINCAID'S P.O.V*KINCAID KNEW THAT he should give Caer control. in scenarios like this, Caer was a better fighter. When it came to a duel, a human was not a match for a wolf, but Kincaid wanted to test the strength of his uncle's wolf. After the first wave of attack, Kincaid had come to one conclusion; Alastair was very strong, maybe even stronger than Kincaid himself. But he was at a disadvantage. He was clumsy and pretty slow, and that was what Kincaid planned to exploit. He started teasing Alastair with small scratches, trying to draw him out. Caer had been raging in his head, wanting to come out and take part in the fight, but Kincaid had kept his wolf locked in until the very last minute, and it was even almost too late. After Alastair had gotten his jaws around Kincaid's shoulder and wiggled him like a ragdoll before tossing him in the air, Kincaid could feel himself weakening and Caer was finally released. He shifted mid-air and twisted, taking everyone by surprise.The fig
*ADRIENNE'S P.O.V*I WAS STILL shaken from the howl and although Thea whimpered, wanting to join in the shift and be free, I stamped her back. I was still feeling self conscious and insecure about the rumors following my wolf, so I stumbled away blindly. More people in the pack were joining the howl, I got to the mouth of the woods and finally gave in to my animal instinct, allowing Thea to break free. The shift was painful, because I was fighting against it, and it was not as natural as it should be. I had only shifted twice before. But in a few seconds, the wave of pain passed and I was standing on my 4 paws. It was like a new sensation for me. My hearing was improved, my night vision too, everywhere was brighter. "It feels so good," Thea said and I agreed. She got into a slow jog to warm us up before breaking out into a run. I was enjoying this almost as Thea was. I should do this more often, I noted to myself. But I still didn't know how the pack would take a red wolf. Would t
HIDDEN IN THE shadows, Lucy watched Kincaid and the strange red wolf snuggle under the moonlight. The wind blew in her direction and she recognized the mixed scents. She caught the scent of Kincaid, a scent that she knew all too well, and the scent that belonged to Adrienne. The red wolf was Adrienne?She squinted to get a better look. She had thought the new girl was without a wolf spirit. But now that she thought about it, there had been signs. The first night she had tried to intimidate Adrienne into submission, she saw a flash of red in Adrienne's eyes. She had thought it was just a reflection of light, or she had imagined it. But it turns out that that was her wolf. But why does she not shift regularly, not even when she's in danger? Lucy wondered. Lucy took a step forward and crouched quietly behind a tall shrub. She didn't want to attract unwanted attention to her, and she didn't want Kincaid to know she was there. The wind was in her favor, as it blew away from her, carrying