TYRION I remembered that ring on my mother's finger when I was young, but I didn't recall seeing it again after she died. Nonetheless, the longer I thought about it, the more I started to think about the possibility that my mother's ring wasn't among her belongings... I stormed out of the hospital with a feeling that I was missing something obvious. I needed to find that ring. We needed a weapon against that witch. More than fifty members of my pack had died, and my best friend, my Beta, was in a coma because of her. Those people were my responsibility. Could I truly think of myself as the Alpha King when I couldn't save the weakest of my pack? The sense of guilt and anger was crushing me from the inside. Nothing was more important than to find that fucking witch and kill her. I was led by my fury. I strode into the palace, seething and making everyone run away from me. I stopped as I grabbed a door handle, but I realized that I wasn't about to walk into my room. I was standing in f
ARIAI volunteered to help at the hospital because I knew the doctors and nurses had been overworked these past few days. I didn't have any medical knowledge, but I wanted to help in any way I could, especially when sometimes all they needed was to talk to someone. I helped a few nurses once they told me what to do, but I felt like most of them were intimidated by my presence. I ended up walking from one room to another, talking to people, hearing them out, and offering a smile."You should be our Luna," one of the patients said, and others in the room nodded in agreement. "You stood by our Alpha as his equal. You are the best candidate we could think of."I blushed and smiled nervously at their statements. "That's your Alpha's decision, not mine.""But you love our Alpha, don't you?" A little boy suddenly appeared and tugged the hem of my skirt.I laughed awkwardly, but he only kept staring into my eyes, demanding an honest answer. "I do. I love him," I blurted out, making the boy gr
ARIAMy amazing moment with Tyrion didn't last too long. A few minutes after he had stopped me from revealing the truth, Zane mind-linked him, informing him of something that made him rush out of bed and leave me alone in his chamber. I didn't expect that his brief "I'll be right back" would result in him coming back to me quickly, but I was still disappointed after I found his side of the bed empty and cold in the morning. I felt that, for some reason, he was keeping secrets from me, which hurt me even more now that I had decided to trust him completely...I needed to calm down and shift my attention elsewhere. I met with Nessa and helped her with the documents concerning the omegas district. We spent time reminiscing about the few better moments of our past lives in Silver Blood Pack, and I told her about everything that had happened between Tyrion and me."So, first he put pressure on you, wanting you to tell him the truth, and now he acts as if he no longer cares about it? Somethi
TYRION I was looking at the clean sheets on my bed—with no blood or heart of a dead she-wolf on them. Then my eyes shifted to my desk, dirtied by a pile of ash; it was all that was left of the message I had gotten from a witch. She was playing with me, enjoying every second I tried to contain my wrath while my desperation to catch her kept growing. She kept humiliating me, pointing out my inability to save those whom I vowed to protect. The heart was yet another example of ineptness, along with the heart-missing body of a young female omega, splayed in the palace garden for everyone to see. Zane and I went through all the surveillance footage only to find that a few cameras had "conveniently" been turned off at the probable time of the crime. Well, that was to be suspected of a witch who hadn't been caught in over a decade... I suspected that she had to be using some portal, or whatever witches call the thing that allows them to travel from place to place in a blink of an eye. Nova h
ARIAFifteen minutes earlierI kept glancing at Tyrion as he talked to other Alphas in the lounge and secretly wished I could be there, standing by his side. He looked more than stunning in his black tuxedo, elegantly capturing his broad frame and turning him into an even more mouthwatering man than usual. Regardless, I couldn't help but notice his tension. His beautiful face seemed troubled as a permanent frown wrinkled his forehead. I wish he could just share his problems with me, talk to me, think of me as his partner... Was I hoping for too much? He said that I wasn't a fling, but then again, I had no idea what I meant to him.Aziz stayed by my side all the time, flanking me wherever I went. I was grateful for having him there since I knew that Tyrion couldn't keep me company, not until he had his ruling secured without serious opposition."Here you are, Ar… I mean Red," Aziz said nervously, handing me a glass of champagne. "It would be easier if we could just get out of this plac
ARIAFelix didn't seem to notice the change in my expression and carried on with the story in between gulping down whiskey. "So we sneaked into this pack's territory, pretending to be humans. A snitch told us that this pack produced and sold drugs based on wolfsbane and silver, and we needed to find proof of it. We decided to look at one of the local clubs, so we went there and got hired as bouncers. Tyrion needed a distraction to search the manager's office, and Zane and I staged a fight to give him a chance to sneak around." He looked at me and chuckled, still oblivious to the panic rising within me. "Well, our staged fight got Zane and me fired and thrown out of the club. Fortunately, Tyrion found what he needed and was about to leave the club, but then a drunken she-wolf pushed him onto the stage, thinking that he was a stripper!" He burst out into laughter.I laughed as well—hysterically. This world might have been filled with miracles, but, Goddess, the whole scenario of Felix's
ARIA Leaving Grand Lunaville felt odd. I was going to miss those people who always greeted me with a kind smile, those clean and bright streets, and the vast woods surrounding the area. I asked Nessa if she wanted to go with me and become a member of Bright Haven, but she refused. She said that she was already a part of the Moon Blade Pack, and she felt that she owed them loyalty since they saved her life. I felt disappointed but understood her decision. Nonetheless, I was going to miss my friend. Nova cried when I told her I was leaving. She made me promise to call her every day and tell her everything. Aziz came to Grand Lunaville accompanied by one of our warriors, who was currently our driver. It was fortunate since I was too exhausted to drive myself, and Aziz didn't get enough sleep to fully regenerate and sit behind the wheel either. I tried not to think about Tyrion on the way home, even though it was difficult, if not impossible. I wasn't exactly a fan of hatred, and I didn
TYRION"You look like a piece of shit." Felix grimaced, looking me up and down.It had been almost a month since Red left, and I felt worse every day. I smiled angrily and lazily got up from my bed. "Why, thank you, Beta. Your compliments have become more refined."He crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm only stating the facts. It would be easier if you just admitted that you've made a mistake and that you're an asshole.""It won't change anything. Red is an Alpha now; she is safe, that is all that matters," I said, feeling that my heart crumbled more with every word.Felix sighed and sat on my bed. "You should just tell her why you did it. Tell her about the message from the witch. Tell her that the witch wrote that she is going to kill your Queen, and that was why you chose Damara: you needed bait, and you would rather risk Damara's life than Red's. Just fucking tell her that!" The frustration in his voice was obvious.I knew that I wasn't myself without Red, and Felix suffered bec