SLADE POVThe Goddess Selene stone.I had heard of the legendary story countless times, and I could recite it off hand.I never knew it was a thing until now. I had assumed it was just folklore told to the members of the moonstone pack.I remembered when Luna Ashley and Alpha Charles would read it as a bedtime story to Summer, Kendall, and me.They'd praise the bravery of the Alpha of Moon Stone pack; Alpha Charles and Luna Ashley wanted Kendall and me especially to be as Brave as he was.Selfless even.The Goddess Selene Stone had existed for centuries, even before the previous Alpha, my father. It was given to the Moon Stone pack by the moon goddess Selene herself.The gem symbolized the goddess's never-ending power in the pack, and it was used to recognize the promise the goddess had made to the pack.According to what I read, the Moon Stone pack was formerly called the Green Moss pack because the land where the pack was located was filled with shrubs, short grasses, and, most impo

WINTER POV "How do you feel?" Linda asked, touching up my face with the bronzer brush.She was the second person asking me that today and might I add how annoying it was.I had told her not to talk about the coronation ceremony unless I wanted to, but it seemed all I had said and was saying had fallen on deaf ears.I turned to look at the mirror, which was still covered, and then at Linda. She raised her brows, looking expectantly at me."Winter." She murmured. "I know you are worried...""Nervous," I corrected. If there were a better adjective to describe the way I feel, I would use it."I am fucking nervous, Linds. I feel everything will go wrong today." I mumbled, twisting the rhinestones on the bodice of my dress. "And can you not ask me how I feel again? I might be forced to smack you because of how I feel."Linda giggled, catching the hint I didn't want to talk about it. I had joked this way many times to her. And she knew never to ask me a question after that."I'll keep that

WINTER POVI stayed in the dark corner for another minute before I decided to go back to the hall.I was glad no one had noticed when Slade dragged me there, and no one noticed we came out together. So I thought."So, you did it?"I flinched and swirled as Linda interrupted my thought."Fúck you, Linds!" I glared at her."That will be hot if it ever happens." Linda grinned. "But it'll be hotter if you do it with Slade. Don't you think so?"Shít!Did she see us?I glanced around frantically to see if anyone was staring at me weirdly, but I realized they were engrossed in what they were doing; dancing and discussing."Relax, Winter." Linda giggled. "To the answer in your head, I saw you. I saw when he pulled you in."I flushed and attempted to move away because I knew what would happen next. Linda would want to know what we did, and she'd prod me until I told her."I see you are flushed. So, I am right that something happened? Maybe not the séx part, but something happened."I glared. "

SLADE POVI was unnerved by the prophecy of the seer. And now, I met Britney being her bratty self.I heard everything that was said. Others might not have, but my hearings were sharper than most Werewolves because I was partly a lycan and partly a werewolf.I never believed Britney would show her face after telling her not to.I hadn't purposely dismissed her. I, in fact, wanted her to be part of the coronation ceremony, but she had cursed at me and threatened to disrupt everything.She had threatened to lie to everyone in the pack about me.And the lie was I had forced her to do things she didn't want to. She mentioned me promising her father by taking a blood oath to never replace her with another.A blood oath was known to bind almost anything with the help of a seer.I never took a blood oath with her.I wouldn't say I didn't have the strength to tell her off; I hated that she made me seem cruel.She made it look like I punished her whenever I didn't let her have her way.I was g

WINTER POV How long would I blame my mother?I blamed her until I got tired of blaming her. She had messed me up, but she didn't care. She wanted me to do away with Slade like always.No one cared about my feelings. I had even tried to do away with how I felt and put others first, but it had been taken for granted.Slade had rejected Britney not only in front of the unconscious patient in the infirmary and me but also in front of the whole pack.I heard them the minute they stepped into the meeting hall. I wanted to make Slade stop, but it seemed he was in on everything. He had planned to reject her in front of everyone.I thought they'd part ways amicably. I was waiting for that, but I never imagined this would happen.Britney had threatened me. I wonder if I should be afraid or not. I had received a lot of threats from Summer, but this seemed different.I had seen the determined look in Britney's eyes as if she'd go on with it. She had made me look like a mate stealer, which was th