AEON. I’ve been staring at the ceiling for the last few hours while I tried to make sense of everything that happened in Suzanne’s life based on what I had read and what Alexa told me she read from her mother’s diary. Alpha Melvin was her fated mate. Riley shared with the Alpha circle that no one knew that his parents were not fated mates except themselves. It only made sense that Suzanne knew as well because she was the one rejected. Two females — one forced into the mate bond by forced marking her, and the other rejected and blackmailed to keep up with his lies. How much more fucked up could this man be? I had no fucking idea how Riley would react to this. He was still mourning the loss of his mother and was still trying to get up from the idea of his father causing him his biggest pain when he separated him from his mother. And then adding this would be another blow to him. And Alexa, my sweet Alexa... no wonder she was a big mess tonight. How do you move on after knowing all

LADY KATARINA The party after the ceremony was already in full swing. Lucas did not leave my side the whole night as we went around and met our guests. But there were just too many, and I didn’t think we would be able to stop and greet everyone before the night ended. So we just let it slide and tried to enjoy the night, dancing and kissing each other. But then, the rest of his Alpha friends took him away from me, while I stayed with my females. Later on, Alexa and I went to the restroom to retouch our make-up. Although she was smiling and having fun the whole night, I knew something was bothering her and I wanted to find out. But she kept insisting she was okay and promised me that soon we would talk, but she wanted me to enjoy the night and forget all about her. So even if I was a bit worried, I let it go. Besides, I saw how she and Aeon were attending to each other. I thought it was the only time she didn’t look sad, so at least I was certain that everything between them was ok

AEON. I squeezed Alexa’s hand which was entwined with mine as we walked through the hallway leading to the assigned trial room for my father and Noah’s tribunal. Today will just be about Luna Clair and her abduction. And if there were more time, they would proceed with my case against my father. Otherwise, it would be held in another session. Unlike humans, we didn’t need anyone to represent us. We represent ourselves, and the jury would be the members of the Council, except in cases where the jury is a family member or related by affinity to the person being trialed. In this case, one of the council would not be joining the jury panel since he was related by blood to Noah’s mate. I pushed one of the double doors open and scanned the whole room, checking for any danger before I let Alexa in and followed her. I saw my father at the other end with his head down. Gone was the arrogant man that I knew. He looked weak and uncertain of his future. Although my heart ached at the sight of h

ALPHA JACOB. Before I could grab Achilles, his hand had already come down, his silver dagger piercing into Argon’s heart as his blood splattered all over Achilles' face. Argon’s body fell with a loud thud on the ground as my hand grabbed Achilles’ shoulder, which made him turn around and face me. There was no fucking way Argon would have survived the dagger in his heart, so instead of checking on him or Aeon, I put my whole focus on Achilles. Riley was right - Achilles was skilled at combat fighting because I was having difficulty finding an open space to attack him. We circled each other, and he was fucking grinning at me like he knew my secrets. And it was fucking irritating to me. I squinted my eyes, not tearing my gaze from him as I leaped forward. I would never usually make the first move, but we were running out of time. I wanted Alexa and Aeon out of here before more rogues could arrive. My hand curled into a fist and aimed for his front nose. I was aiming to eliminate h

ALEXA. Aeon insisted we wait until it was morning before we drove to Alpha Riley’s territory. He didn’t want to take a risk and put me in danger in case the poison was not out of my system yet. But I knew myself, and although Serenity was still weak, I knew that I was no longer in danger. I didn’t want to delay meeting Achilles. I was worried earlier that he had gotten away. That was why I took my time before asking Aeon about him. And I couldn’t stop myself from crying again when he told me that he had been captured and was now being held in one of the cells of the Silver Moon Pack. I had no idea why I cried Maybe because he was finally captured. Or maybe because I knew I wanted him dead soon. I smiled at the men manning the Silver Moon border as Aeon rolled up the window on his side of the car. We were allowed entrance despite the wee hours of the morning. It was only five o’clock, and despite Aeon’s hesitation, we drove off in here after the doctor gave me permission to leave