CHAPTER 4
~KILLIAN’S POV~
“There you are.”
I pinched the bridge of my nose, and a sigh almost left my lips as my brother and the beta of my pack stood before Regina with anger and hate brewing in his eyes.
“Killian.”
“Yes.”
“Why is she still here? If you aren't going to kill her, then at least she should be in the dungeon.”
I stared at Callum with an intensity that could send an average wolf to insanity, but he wasn't an ordinary wolf. He was my brother. My right-hand man, my best friend, and my splitting image if it hadn't been for his shoulder-length hair, lip piercing, and emerald-colored eyes.
“I was about to kill her.”
“Then why didn't you?”
“I was waiting for you.”
A statement that wasn't exactly the truth but not entirely a lie. I was waiting for my brother, but I was waiting for him to burst his bubble and crumble his thoughts about the woman I would be with for the rest of my life.
The woman we are destined to spend the rest of our life with.
His eyes softened, and the anger that followed him here like a dark cloud faded into vapor. That was until that damned woman opened her mouth to speak.
“Do you two need a minute?”
The glass that protected us from the outside world shattered to the floor, and Callum turned to her with hate bleeding from his green eyes.
“Stay where you are, Vermin.”
The air was thick with tension, and if looks could kill, then the queen of war would be dead by now.
She took confident steps towards Callum. Her head held high, and her blue eyes burned with a hatred that would make men quiver in fear. But this wasn't just anyone. This is Callum. The one person who doesn't back down from any challenge. He is the kind that would punch you in the face just for getting too close to him. And that's what I'm most afraid of.
She stopped when she was just inches away from his chest.
“I moved. What are you going to do about that?”
A smirk plastered itself on Callum's lips, and just as I feared, he punched her in the face; although I wanted to intervene, I couldn't help but give in to the sick part of me that wanted to see how things unfold.
Confusion morphed into pure rage, and I almost didn't recognize the anger that oozed from her pores in waves. Her blonde hair stood on end, and her blue eyes were red.
Her wolf is out, and the beast wants to play.
She circles my brother like a predator would its prey, but little did she know that she's the one being haunted. She pounced on him with a speed I hadn't seen on any female, and if my brother hadn't been a beta, then I doubt even he would have seen it. She pounced on him again, but this time, he wasn't so lucky. Scarlet liquid spilled from my brother's wound, and just as his emerald eyes turned gold, I knew I had to stop this madness before it got out of hand.
“Callum, stop.”
He ignored me and approached Regina, who growled at him, daring him to come to her. “Callum, stop!”
“Why?” “Because…she's our mate.”
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~REGINA’S POV~
I sat at the far end of the room while Killian sat behind a desk and Callum leaned against the wall. When Callum found out that I was their mate, he refused to believe it, but when he touched me, and the same surge of electricity ran through our bodies as it did with Killian and me, He banged his head against a mirror and punched the table till a fist-sized hole was formed.
And I thought Killian's reaction was terrible. Callum makes me feel worse than I have ever felt before. Worse than Micheal, it made me think about my past life.
“What are you doing here?”
I turned to Callum with widened eyes. I was surprised he was the first to initiate a conversation with me despite being the most shocked about what I meant to them. “What are you doing in our pack?”
I turned away from him and gazed at the palm of my hands. The weight of the words I was about to utter felt heavy on my tongue, and just as they thought I wouldn't speak, I proved them wrong.
“I was trying to get away.”
“From who?”This time, it was Killian who spoke, not even giving me the chance to form my next thought.“From my pack.”
“Do you expect us to believe that?”
“It's the truth.”
“Sure, and a pig flew over my head yesterday. Tell us the truth for once.”
I looked away from his gray eyes. The clouds of emotions that swam in his orbs suffocated me till I couldn't breathe.
“The truth?... Here's the truth. I was told that I was destined to be mated to Alpha Micheal six months after the 20th raid we made on your pack, and then I would be Luna of the Blue Lily pack. But then…yesterday, I found out that Micheal is going to mate with another woman and make her his Luna while he is going to have me executed under the false accusation that I was a spy for the Moon Crescent pack.”
They looked at me intently. They neither dared to say a word in the hope that I could continue speaking.
“My world was shattered when I found out. I gave him everything. My body, my mind, my gift, and my soul. I gave him all of it…and he still betrayed me…”
“So I'm going to take everything away from him. I will make him so miserable that he will wish he didn't betray me.”
I turned to Killian, then to Callum. Both brothers remained quiet as they watched me speak with so much passion.
“But I can't do this alone. I have no right to ask you anything, but I am not just doing this for me. This can also be an opportunity for you. You could take back what was yours and get a fresh start for your people. This could be an opportunity to rebuild the Moon Crescent pack to what it was before the raids.” “This is the truth. Would you help me make it a reality?”
CHAPTER 5 ~REGINA’S POV~I sat on the cold concrete floor of the dungeon. Silver shackles decorated my hands and legs, making it difficult to think of anything other than the freedom of not wearing them.The heat of my anger sat more profound in my bones than the cold from the broken window 8 feet above the ground. I turned my head and glared at the two bastards who put me here in the first place.“We will release you when you're ready to tell the truth.”“But that was the truth! Why do you find it so hard to believe me?!”“Because you are the queen of War, and deception is your middle name.” I groaned in frustration and pulled my legs to my chin.“I didn't lie. That was the truth; everything I said was the truth.”“Sure thing, princess.”Killian patted my head like a dog, and it took all the willpower in my body not to bite off the fingers on his hand. The metal door was banged shut, and it
~REGINA’S POV~It's been three days since I last saw that demented human. Every second. Every minute. Every hour I spend in this place drives me to insanity. It seems like years I've been in this place when in reality it has only been three days. A gush of wind filled the cell from the broken window, carrying the scent of wet soil and spring rain. My wolf purred in my mind and a sigh left my lips as I closed my eyes to take a deep breath to enjoy this scent of nature. Until the door to my cell burst open and the ugly nature of Leonard is revealed. He glared at my shackled form and I glared back at him. The hatred he felt towards me couldn't hold a candle compared to mine. He unlocked the shackles on my hands and legs and spoke with a scornful voice. “On your feet. The Alpha and Beta have called for you.” I stood to my feet and before I could blink my eyes, he placed silver handcuffs on m
~REGINA’S POV~I stood in front of the Blue Lily pack. My heart pounding against my ribs as I dreaded the outcome of this encounter.In my past life, this discussion went by in a flash as we spent the day celebrating the losses of our rivals through hours of mindless sex. But it's different this time, this time I have seen the extent of his wickedness. I know how far he's willing to go to obtain power. I know he doesn't love me as much as I thought he did. I know everything. A sigh left my lips and I walked into the pack like I hadn't seen myself die within these very four walls. I passed the buildings that filled me with so many good memories and children that filled my heart with so with a joy I thought I could never feel again. I walked into Micheal's abode and ran my hands over the walls of the house I have called my home for as long as I can remember. Nostalgia filled my spirit and I couldn't he
CHAPTER 8 ~REGINA’S POV~“I don't see a reason why you have to go back to that pack.” Micheal leaned against the door as I packed everything I needed to go to the Moon Crescent pack. I told Micheal that I would be going there to study them more but what I didn't tell him was that the true purpose of my leaving was to plot his downfall with his enemies. “Regina.”“Yes.” I felt a pair of arms snake round my waist. The urge to empty my stomach washed over me but I got the best of myself as the bile rose to my throat. “I'm sorry about what I said the other day…” I rolled my eyes as he gave his fake apology. He doesn't care if my feelings got hurt by his words. All he wants to do is keep me in line so I don't rebel against him. But I guess it's already too late for that. “...I don't think it's unnecessary to mark you a
CHAPTER 9 ~REGINA’S POV~“That's not going to work.” A heavy sigh fell from my lips as I was interrupted for the tenth time. "Can't a girl give a speech without any interruptions? "“What makes you think that it's not going to work, Leonard?” That'd right the wolf who challenge my intelligence was none other than Leonard, a guard. Not the Alpha. Not the Beta but the guard. Why does the incompetent people question things they fail to understand. “It's not going to work because without our defenses we would be sitting ducks in the face of danger. Have to fight for our freedom and…” “Silence, Leonard. Let the woman speak.”Killian spoke in a voice laced with authority and Leonard clenched his fist in anger. His knuckles turned white as he held his head down as he gave me the floor to speak. “The reason I sugges
CHAPTER 10 ~REGINA’S POV~I stared at my reflection in the mirror. The sight of the woman staring back at me could make an artist hold his brush in wonder. Long curly blonde hair, porcelain skin, a pointed nose and a pair of big blue eyes gave people the impression that I was a Barbie doll who can easily be burnt in the face of fire. Razor sharp claws, scissors-like fangs and an unquenchable fire in my spirit reminded them that there's nothing fake about my strength. Thousands of unhealed wounds over my soul, a pain stricken heart and an agonizing look in my eyes reminds me of the broken little girl I once was. The broken girl I'm now fighting for. What did you do to acquire such power? I suffered. I went through hell and back. I cried to the gods to take my life. I begged them for a second chance in the womb of anot
CHAPTER 11 ~REGINA’S POV~I was stopped as I stared into the mismatched eyes of the youngest crescent sibling. The tension in the air thickened like butter in the cold, and the smirk on my face grew with each second that passed. I knew something was going on between them.Sophia shook like a leaf under my gaze, and a mild glare formed in her colorful orbs, driving away the lustful look it held only minutes ago. She tried to make a run for it. Her body was trying to zip past mine in an attempt to escape my questions, but I was faster, and just as her fingers grazed the doorknob, I pulled her back by her head and pinned her against the wall. “Where do you think you're going?” I asked with an amused tone in my voice. A growl left her lips, and I almost laughed at the pitiful sound.“Doesn't this position remind you of something?” The smirk
~REGINA'S~ POV Callum snapped his eyes open, and his muscles went rigid as he rose from the bed, only for them to relax when his eyes fell on my frozen form slightly. “What are you doing here, Vermin?” His calm tone betrayed the anger that burned brightly in his eyes. “I'm leaving. I already went to tell your brother, but it seems the both of you are too busy being man whores to remember our agreement.” He stood from the bed in all his naked glory and walked towards me in slow, calculated steps. My eyes trailed the length of his well-defined abdomen, and it took all the self-control I had to stop my wandering orbs from going lower than the valley of hair that led to his manhood. He stood inches away from me. His breath fanned my face, and a shiver crawled up my spine.And what is it to you that we were being a couple of man whores?Well, I'm your… And don't say that word in my presence. Just because your mate is plotting your death doesn't mean that you can get your hopes up wit