Bonita's POV"Who are you? Am I supposed to know you? Why are you looking for me? I know you are vampires, but I do not know what you want from me," I say, my voice trembling with confusion and disbelief. I am utterly baffled. I do not know these vampires standing in front of me. Why were they looking for me? Have I done anything wrong? I don't believe so because one of them hugged me. If I did something wrong, they would not hug me."Babe, this is Darius. You're looking at the original vampires. What I don't understand is what they want from you. Why have you been looking for my mate?" Victor's voice is laced with a mix of concern and anger, his eyes never leaving Darius. "Oh, so you are the mate of my granddaughter. I'm pleased that she has a strong mate," Darius says. "I think you're making a mistake. My parents are here in this pack, and they never told me that one of them is a vampire or from the original vampire family," I say, my voice filled with uncertainty and a growing sen
Victor's POVI do not care what the original vampires want from us, but if they think they will take my mate away from me, they are making the biggest mistakes of their lives. They can't say it for as long as they want to, but I do not know if I will allow them to kill anybody in my pack. Camilla and her parents have been staying with us, so I don't like the idea of them interfering in Bonita's plan to make them suffer. It is still her revenge to take. Her sister tried to kill her with her ex-mate. It is not up to me to decide what is going to happen. It all depends on Bonita. If she wants them to suffer, I can not do anything about it. If she wants to allow Darius to kill them, I cannot decide. I can only advise my mate, but I wouldn't say I like to turn this off taken. If an original vampire is after my mate, I do not want it. "It is up to you, honey if you want your parents to come here and face the originals. They did not treat you well, but you wanted them to suffer. I feel it is
Bonita's POVIn this sea of uncertainty, there's one anchor I can hold onto: Victor. I know he's the only one who truly loves and cares about me. As we lie in our bed, the originals staying in one of our guest houses, we decide not to invite them into the packhouse until we can trust them. I turn to him, my voice filled with trust and concern."I do not think we should trust the originals. I know I have vampire speed but am not as fast as they are. Honey, I think they are trying to fool us. Why on Earth would my mother want me dead? I would understand if they want me dead because I am different than they are. Or are they here to get my mother to come out? I do not know what is happening, but I feel we must not trust them. We have to find out what is going on, and we have to understand why they are here. I know I'm not working with Xavier because they think they are, above all, vampires and are like the royalty of vampires. Don't you think I will believe that a hybrid like me is an emb
Zander's POVI cannot believe that Gabriella has hidden the fact that we have a daughter together. It makes me furious. This is the worst of all the things she has done to me in the past. The original family does not like me because I have original blood in me. It means they will not like my daughter. I cannot say I am happy about it and that they are close to my daughter. Then again, they might accept her because she was born from an original and is turned by an original. I have spent a very long time chasing after my mate. I wouldn't say I like that they think they can do whatever they want to my child and me. I meant it when I told Victor I didn't know what was happening. I do not know who is the most evil of them: the originals or Gabriella.Darius may care about his family, but I am uncertain if he will accept his hybrid granddaughter. I am confident that he dislikes my hybrid nature and the potential threat I pose to his family's power. What if he opposes my reunion with my daug
Victor's POVZander pulls Gabriella into the house just in time. He pulls her inside as a hand grabs her. We hear somebody swearing softly. I immediately recognize this voice. It is Darius's voice. I should have known better than to invite the vampires into my territory. Luckily, they can only go into the old house. I mind-link my people to all go inside their homes and stay there until I tell them it is safe to come out. I should have known vampires are our enemies. Once our enemies, always our enemies. "You will regret betraying me, Victor. And I always left you and your back alone because you once saved my son's life. Give me my daughter and granddaughter, and I'll leave you alone. They belong to the original family, and I will get those wolves out of them, even if I have to cut them out myself. All I have to do is kill the wolves inside of them, and they will become vampires. Original vampires, like they were meant to be. Zander, you have gone too far. Our families have been enem
Zander's POVGabriella and I walked into the office. Victor was teasing us, telling us we could use a room or whatever we wanted. I must know why she has been running away from me all these years. I know she feared that her parents were getting too close to me, but I'm not scared of them. Why would you think that I am fearful of them? They almost had tonight, but I will not allow them to get to her or our daughter. I know we will have to fight with Victor. I do not care about fighting with Victor because Victor is one of my best friends. Over the years, he has always been good to me. I know he has saved one of Darius's sons, but that means nothing. "Why did you try to protect me against your parents? Why did you try to stay away from me, knowing we have a daughter, and not telling me? You know that I could take them on. I know the originals are powerful, but they are only vampires. We are hybrids. We have more power than they do. They are nothing in my eyes," I say. "I did it to pro
Bonita's POVThe night is my anniversary. I'm preparing everything for my first year with my mate. I still cannot believe that I am the mate of the Alpha of the Black Raven Pack. I am different from other werewolves. Shadow, my wolf, is magical. People don't understand us and are afraid of my wolf's magical aspects. The pack is not very proud to have me as their Luna. They think Oscar could have done better. This is making me very sad. It hurts me. If not for me being Oscar's mate, they would have never accepted me as their Luna. Even Oscar's family does not accept me as his mate. "We cannot let this get us down. Tonight is a joyous night that I will only share with Oscar. I am not invited whenever Oscar goes to his parents' house. Arabella, his sister, hates me. She thinks his brother could have done much better. Sharp pain goes through my stomach, hitting my heart like a knife. I don't know why I'm getting these pains and why my wolf keeps crying out. This is not supposed to happen
Bonita's POVI wake up inside of a cell. I know that my mate put me there. I know he wants to impress Camilla, my sister. I do not understand why he even chose me as a mate. I am hurting. My wounds are not healing because I am tied up in silver cuffs. The silver knife is also still stuck in my shoulder. Although my body is going through a lot of pain, it is my heart that paints the most because I have been betrayed by the one person I trusted with my life. I should have known that life was not supposed to be this good for me. I swear the Moon Goddess has cursed me. Why would you put me in this position? Why would she lead my mate to betray me? And why would she give me a magical wolf? I love Shadow, and I will not choose another wolf. We have to get out of here. But how am I locked in a cell with silver bars? Even if I can get out of these cuffs and remove the silver knife from my shoulder, I will not be able to escape this cell without help. "Luna, are you awake?" I hear Morris whis