Having heard the words he had to say, Crystal poured two glasses of wine, carrying it to him, and handing him one. But before he could drink. she slid an arm around him and placed her head over his heart. Listening to his steady heartbeat had always calmed her and tonight was no different. Because what she was about to do might just result in her losing her mate forever. "Ace, did you ever have to make a decision where you had to choose between the wrong and the more wrong?" Relieved that she was touching him and had not reacted much about his visions and what he had told her, Ace hugged her close, letting her sweet scent wash over him, his breath tinged with relief before answering a question. " As a leader, there are many times you have to choose between wrong and more wrong sugar. And it is never easy. But it doesn't matted which choice you make. What matters is having to live with the choice you have made. Accept it for what it is." Stepping back, she looked into his eyes with
Ace stared at his mate with a mixture of frustration and lust. There she was, sitting right across from him, peering over some ancient book, looking for a wolf that was maybe born with a physical anomaly. Well, he would rather be doing something about anatomy than an anomaly. Or, since his mate had been avoiding him ever since his confession of love and other things, maybe he could go out and torture the witch. Or even her human father who had been in touch with the man who had attacked them. Another discrepancy they had discovered led to him being drugged. From his vision, Crystal had escaped with only her foster mother and not her foster father. And he had joined her later. It was also her foster father who had procured the wolfsbane the past two times and lured her to the clearing the third time. And then after Marius' timely prophecy, it had been her father who had mentioned the coincidence of timing between the rogue attack on her pack and his own challenge to his father. It was
Finally, a clue was found that took Ace and Crystal to another place that would help them look for the person who was causing the wolves to fight among themselves and the one responsible for the mass killing of her pack. It was Nate who ultimately was able to drag it out of the captured witch. "It's a coven. As you know it is safeguarded by magic but one can enter as long as they mean no harm." But Ace was not willing to let Crystal go alone. But with him pretending to be on his deathbed, it would have been impossible to go with his mate. So he could only watch as she left the pack lands with her beta. But Ace was not satisfied as the possessive protectiveness seemed to worry him. He needed to assuage that feeling but that was not possible until he was there with her when she went inside. However, he had no choice, so using his binoculars, he observed the car drive down the mountain until it finally disappeared from sight. Once gone, he threw aside his clothing and jumped out of th
For the first time, the witch showed fear. "Soon, the shadow demon succeeded. Erin believed the hurt that the shadow Doyen inflicted on her and started to hate her mate. The real Doyen could not understand his mate's hatred for himself and slowly started to go crazy, until the two almost ended up destroying the world and each other. To protect her beloved creatures and save the world, the Moon Goddess summoned them back to her side but only Erin was able to return for the shadow demon had tied Doyen's soul to the land and until the shadow could be freed, Doyen was destined to be a normal wolf. " Once Erin had returned to the Moon goddess, she slowly recovered and when she discovered the truth, she was devastated. She begged the Goddess to let her return and bring back her mate. But this time the demon was prepared because he had tasted Doyen's power. He knew that if he combined Doyen and Erin's power, he would be able to rule the world and become undefeatable. So, before Erin could m
"If you think you can dangle any bait and I will take it, then you are mistaken. A demon cannot belong to the werewolf kind. So, witch, listen to me carefully, "You try to betray me and serve as a double agent then you and your coven won't know what hit you"The older woman stared wide eyed and nodded her head,"I heard you. Queen""It would be even better if you believed me. Now, I am thankful for your co operation and if you are really interested in peace and protection, my beta will be the next to walk into this place and you will tell him everything you know about this demon and why you believe him to belong to the wolf kind. And.do.not appear.in.front.of.me.again."Leaving the witch quivering in place, Crystal walked out of the room, only to stop short. The tavern that had been bustling with people a while ago was now almost razed to the ground with a single man standing there like an avenging angel, his oppressing aura making the place seem even more smaller.She noticed the witc
Crystal felt her stomach drop as the black wolf prowled toward her. Or perhaps prowl was not the word for it. But who cared? She knew this wolf was not Ace's Doyen. But she could not find a difference. Since discovering all this, she had been wondering how her past birth selves could have been fooled. But now she knew. It walked like a wolf and growled like a wolf. The hair on its neck raised, and the wolf growled possessively at Nate who was standing next to her, holding her elbow. And that single instance was enough to remind her that this could not be Ace. While Ace was as possessive as an Alpha could be, he had never felt any jealousy or insecurity towards his own brother. Even Doyen had been tolerant of Erin's flirtatious ways with other wolves, be it Kai, Mateo or the other warriors. She knew this because she had heard it from Ace himself. She extended her hand even as every fibre of her being was loathed to touch this imposter. She wanted to challenge this wolf and tear out i
Ace kept his eyes closed at all times keeping up the pretense that he was indeed half dead and tried to gather any clues he could. Occasionally, he was sure he could hear the guards outside murmur but the words were still not clear. on the other hand he tried to work out a plan on how to set this place on fire. Unluckily for he is captors and luckily for him, the fools had not taken into consideration that he would have a lighter in his pocket and there was a bale of straw just inside his cell. Moon Goddess seemed intent on letting them win. While he pondered, he heard the cell door opening slowly. The simple action showed that whoever was on the other side of the door was wary and not sure that they would not be attacked despite that fact that he was tired.But then the scent of the intridedlr hit him like a sucker punch. Crystal. What was Crystal doing here?"But his question was answered at the last minute as Doyen growled,"Human drugs."So it seems his captor was not taking any
It isn't easy to fool a wolf. But it is easy to fool a wolf who is desperate. And this shadow wolf was desperate, Crystal guessed. After all, it would not be easy to keep Ace imprisoned much longer on one hand and fool her on the other. She watched from the window as Doyen's imposter prowled outside the packhouse. She knew that whoever the man was, he was actually wondering if it was worth it to not listen to her orders and invade immediately and take her by force. She was not foolish enough to think that if this wolf attacked her it would try to take her in the wolf form regardless of her own animal or human state. A mark in the wolf form was the most permanent and strongest form of controlling their mate. Over the last many years, even fated mates had never done that for it would take away the power balance and in turn create more troubles for mates. Suddenly, she saw the wolf stiffen and glance in the opposite direction. As expected, he immediately raced towards the forest. Using