The darkness of the night stretches throughout the snow capped mountains. Black clouds surround the sky, hiding the rising moon while stars can barely emit their twinkling lights from behind the greyish night. The clouds look as if it will rain later in the night, threatening a thunderstorm. But even the weather cannot dampen the festive mood in Sloria. Large crowds of people have gathered in the city square. Parents, children and the older people have excitedly joined the festivities which promised them a feast.  Thousands of women have been hired to prepare large feasts and each family has been allocated a generous amount of food. The food is being served to the families in carefully wrapped utensils. Soldiers from the palace are keeping the crowds in check, maintaining the queues while several large fields have been set up for the citizens where they

Dmitri is keeping an eye on the door but Stefan Vronsky still did not arrive. He is becoming impatient by the second. The whole ruse of the banquet has been held for him and if he does not arrive, Dmitri’s plans will fail.He calls Leo through his mind and within seconds, his knight appears.“Where is Stefan?” Dmitri asks.“We are still looking for him, My Lord,” Leo murmurs. “But he is nowhere to be seen.”Dmitri frowns. Why is Stefan Vronsky skipping out on the banquet? The Ezealyran forces will be furious if they find out if a Duke has been rudely ignored by a knight.“Find him,” Dmitri orders. “We cannot let him anywhere near the city! If he sees the true state o

The moon has risen directly above the snow clad mountains, shining over the dark sky. It is flickering behind the clouds, a storm starting to swirl around the area. A cold wind is blowing by, making the lone man shiver. He is standing at the foot of the mountain, pacing back and forth.“Where the hell is that woman?” Stefan snarls. He licks his tobacco stained lips in lust. His memories of the past few days are hazy. Ever since he lost Roseanne at the auction, he has been furious. The days following the auction are a blur to him because he is obsessed with the thought of claiming that girl for himself. He wants to taste her soft, virgin body and torture her for his pleasure. Every time he is reminded of her, he goes into a daze and forgets about everything else to the point he does not even know what he is saying. 

Without thinking, Roseanne pushes Josephine’s hands away from Dmitri’s. Her eyes flare up in anger at the sight of her mate being with another woman. She knows that Dmitri did not do anything with this snooty princess because Roseanne felt no pain of betrayal. But the jealousy in Roseanne’s heart has no bounds.“I was helping him!” Josephine retorts with a smile. “I was with him last night as a friend, helping him with the banquet while you were drunk and passed out.”Roseanne fumes at her. The woman is shameless and Roseanne does not like her one bit. Dmitri may tolerate her but Roseanne will not. Mate bond or not, this is her castle and not even a Princess like Josephine can mess with her in the only place she considers a home.“I will take over the duties of my mate

There is a restlessness in the castle of Sloria. Roseanne can read the anxiety on everyone’s faces even though they are trying their best to be as normal as possible. After their tryst in the bathroom, Dmitri has been summoned to a meeting which Roseanne knows nothing about. He put Roseanne in charge of the castle and she is quite anxious about what to do.Thankfully, Aria and Polina are back. They were summoned to an important town square meeting where the deaths of Lucianna and Stefan were announced. The Blue Moon pack have been marked as criminals by the Ezealyran Royal Family and a notice has been issued to hunt them down. All the neighboring kingdoms have been asked to hand over any pack member who may be hiding nearby and to sever all ties with them.Leo is patrolling the town with Timur and other werewolf soldiers to make sure that none of the Blue