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Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 43
Bowden Over the next two days, I barely see Kaiya. She shows up when she must and goes to any appointments that pop up on her calendar, but she avoids me like a bad memory. It doesn’t appear as if there will be retaliation from the other Alphas. If there were even a whisper of retaliation or rebellion, someone would have reported it to me already. I hear mostly good things, Alphas praising my decision, and the visitors treat Kaiya with the necessary respect. The Lunas adore her, she represents everything they want to be, and they keep her busy all hours of the day and night. Sparrow, Leonard’s mate, asked permission to stay at the castle. When I enquired as to why, she just said that she can’t go back to the pack where she was disgraced. Deacon has taken a liking in her and keeps her close to him. He even put her to work in the infirmary, where he’s training her to be one of his nurses. As I do every meal time, I invite Kaiya to have supper with me. And just as she has done every
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 44
KaiyaI stare at my image in the mirror. So much has happened since, and it seems so long ago now, that I can scarcely believe it's actually happening.I turn this way and that, still gaping at myself in sheer disbelief. It's difficult to bring my past and present together. I can hardly believe that I'm looking at the same person that just over two weeks ago struggled to get herself out of bed so she could work a double shift to pay for her broken down old car. They don't look the same, and they don't feel the same.The bodice of the gown is plain and undecorated just as I wanted it. The neckline is high enough to hide Bowden’s mark, and from the waist, the gown cascades into a voluminous skirt, the layers upon layers of diaphanous fabric floating around me like cloud.The skirt shimmers like diamonds when it catches the light, casting an ethereal glow around me, and my hair falls down my back in soft curls, pinned back and away from my face with purple wild flowers.This is exactly w
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 45
Kaiya My hand cramps tightly around Bowden’s as he walks me through the gathering to the front of the hall. The place is simply decorated, with only the same wildflowers in my hair as centre pieces on the tables, surrounding softly flickering lanterns. The place looks like a fairy garden, and is beautifully romantic. “I thought you said it won’t be a big to-do,” I say through our mind link. “This isn’t a big to-do,” he grins back at me. “Do you like the decoration? I specifically asked the Omegas to keep it simple.” “Yes.” I sigh. “It’s very pretty.” “Relax and have a little fun, hm?” Bowden says. “We’ll eat, we’ll dance-” “Dance? I don’t dance! No one said anything about dancing.” “You’ll be fine.” He laughs softly and squeezes my hand. “I’ll teach you.” The castle’s soothsayer meets us at the front. The old woman has a huge grin on her face. I lift my dress so I can step up onto the podium and face the soothsayer. “What a joyous day,” she declares. “It has been too long since
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 46
Bowden The moment I put Kaiya down, she drops her shoes and stumbles past me right to the bedroom. I watch her go with a little smile on my face. The bottom of her white dress is filthy, and she’s wrinkled from top to toe. It’s difficult to believe that she was raised as an Alpha’s daughter. No matter what pack she belongs to, or how they treat their she-wolves, an Alpha’s daughter is usually considered to be above every other female, and they are raised to behave like little princesses. My mate is behaving like she grew up in a cave or with a feral pack like Stone Wood. “Bowden,” she calls from the bedroom. I unstick myself and follow her tired voice. She’s standing in front of the mirror at my dressing table, swaying from side-to-side. She’s not drunk, but the wine definitely didn’t help her current state. “Do you need help?” I ask. She looks over her shoulder at me with her sleepy eyes. My mouth runs dry and my heart bottoms out. She is a mess with her make-up slightly smeared,
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 47
BowdenThe moment I step into the hallway of the guards’ quarters, I know the cat’s out of the bag, and we’re not stuffing that mangy feline back in there. The hall is crawling with curious Lycans while Elias is standing in his room letting out soft little mewls of terror.The empty sarcophagus lies on the floor, Jaeger is missing, and Julius is standing on the bed, rising up like a ghost no one wants to see.“Kaiya,” I mind link with my mate on pure instinct alone. “Are you still awake?”“Kinda. What’s wrong?”“I need you to come down to Elias’s room. We have…a situation.”“What kind of situation?”“Ehhhh.” I stare up at the risen figure. The corpse’s head is still covered with the sheet, but he’s standing on the bed and blindly reaching out with his shrivelled, mottled black-grey arms. “I’m not quite sure how to explain this. Just come down, and…prepare yourself.”“Whu- Whu?” Elias whimpers behind me.I’d tell someone to get him out of here, but everyone’s having a pretty similar re
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 48
Kaiya Bowden charges into the apartment, slamming the door shut behind him with such impressive force that dust and bits of plaster rain down on the floor He spares a single glance my way utters a single word, "Fuck," and storms past me to the bedroom.Frowning, I switch off the television and follow him to his room, reaching him just in time to hear him be violently sick. I knock on the door and ask him the same question he asked me last night. "Are you all right?"“Yes. Don't come in here.”“You realise I've cleaned all manner of bodily fluids in my time, right? A little vomit isn't going to bother me.”“Kaiya, for the love of the Goddess, now is not the time.” "Let me help-" "Oh, Goddess," he says and throws up again. "Okay," I say. "If me helping hurts so much you throw up, I'll leave you alone."A moment later, he flushes the toilet, and I hear him brush his teeth. Another minute goes by before he exits the bathroom and just stares at me.His eyes that are usually so calm are
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 49
Kaiya I’d been to Junction City only once in my life. I had just escaped from Moon Dance and stumbled upon the city. It bordered on our territory, and looking back now, it wasn't surprising that I found my way to Junction. I didn't know that it was a werewolf city, and the sheer amount of people lulled me into a false sense of security. My wolf senses weren't developed yet, and I didn't even realise that I walked past wolves every minute of the day. Even so, it took me all of two days to realise that the majority of the city’s inhabitants were werewolves. On my second day, I ran into the first werewolf that openly admitted to me what he was. He was just an Omega like most wolves. He lived on the streets, like me, but he was nice, asked me about myself, he even shared his meal with me. That was the day I learned that when you’re a rogue, you never trusted anyone – not even friendly Omegas. As it turned out, that friendly Omega were looking for a quick buck by handing me over to Orio
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 50
Bowden “Please!” the Omega begs. “Alpha Orion ordered me to do it. I had no other choice.” “What’s your name?” “Armin.” “All right, Armin. Why did Alpha Orion order you to poison me?” “Not you. The queen. I'm just an Omega, he doesn't tell me shit.” Frowning, I return to the food trolley and lift the other plate’s dome. This food smells clean, uncorrupted. “Why were you so sure the queen would eat the poisoned food?” “I was going to serve it to her myself?” "Okay," I decide to switch gears. It was stupid asking him why Orion wants Kaiya dead anyway - I wouldn't trust the Omega werewolves in my castle with that kind of information either. “Tell me why you burning down the city?” The Omegas wild eyes flit around the room. “He listens,” the Omega whispers. “I know that,” I say and lift up one of several black boxes set up around the suite. “That’s why we use these.” “What are those?” Kaiya asks. “Audio jammers. It interferes with the listening devices.” “Oh,” she looks at th
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