Cassandra's PovI checked on the twins and noticed that they were still asleep. I adored them so much but then again I was considering the fact that I might not have much time to spend them. Perhaps I should hire a nanny for them or something. But would Alder accept that? The thought of anyone coming anywhere near his children always made him over possessive about them. But if I really wanted to face my duties I had to hire a nanny for the kids. Their grandparents decided to come visit today though and it relieved me of some of the motherly duties.I had to rule my pack alongside my husband no matter what. Katherine especially, my mind kept going to how she was probably fairing at the moment. I walked down to the torture room to look at her. Her blood had dried up, but she still was alive , and that was what I wanted, for her to be alive. She stared upwards at me with weak eyes, like she was about to pass out and I just grinned."Not so nice to have a taste of your own medicine huh?"

CASSANDRA'S POV I sent for a physician close by. He checked her pulse and I walked behind the girl out of curiosity and noticed a burn on her neck. I furrowed my brows trying to understand how she'd gotten it. From what I remembered, her last torture, none of us touched the nape of her neck. I examined the burn with my hand. I just knew it was no ordinary burn from the way it looked. Could it be that these mysterious creatures were actually involved in these as well? I clutched my pocket, where the necklace was. I needed to research more about this thing. "What did you find?" I asked him before he turned to me "It's quite unusual Luna. I found nothing." He said and I furrowed my brows. "Check this out as well." I said referring to the woods and he wasted no time checking it. "It's also unusual Luna. I've never come across this kind of wound in my life." He said causing me to look at the wound again. "You're dismissed." I said and he bowed before going out of the torture room.

CASSANDRA'S POV It wasn't all clear to me just yet. Questions kept running through my mind about Julius. Why did she have my face? I nearly lost it when I se how my eyes on her portrait. Was there a history behind it? Were we perhaps related? But her surname wasn't the same as mine. Who was Julius exactly? There was certainly no way that woman didn't have any detail in this book. Why had the moon goddess chosen me to search for answers? Why was I chosen? Was it because I looked exactly like her or was it something else? Was it because I was Lycan? According to the history of werewolves, it was rare for a female to be a Lycan. Lycan blood majorly flowed in the vein of the male wolf before it finally reached the stage of development. That was when the lycan breed that had been momentarily concealed would finally form. I kept furrowing and releasing my brows as thoughtful questions came easily to my mind. These questions evaded my mind. But then I looked down at the book in my hand. I

CASSANDRA'S POVI navigated through the maze like forest, my senses alert to every sound and movement. As I found myself embarking on a mysterious journey, going by what I had read in the book. The necklace possessed ancient powers and according to the book, the necklace was hidden within the depths of the dark forest. And I thought, dark forest? I'd never been to a dark forest and that of course made me believe that was probably where the answers to my questions were. So I ventured into the forest, the trees towered over me like sentinels guarding a well kept secret. As I ventured deeper into the heart of the dark forest, fear threatening to grip my chest at the unpredictability of the environment, a sense of enchantment surrounded me, and it was nothing more than a dark enchantment, overwhelming me...I could feel the shadows brushing against my skin as though they were observing me. My breath hitched as I continued to shuffle along the path of the forest. I watched the shadows float

CASSANDRA'S POVThere were so many things on my head at the moment, as I was caught between searching for the necklace and just letting it be. It took three days for the ache in my head to stop. What had happened yesterday was still embedded in my head and I didn't want anything like it to happen ever again. I glanced at the necklace, the way the crystal glowed and how the clouds within it flowed. I'd never seen it do anything like that before. I stalled towards it with furrowed brows. I was getting terrified, the necklace was beginning to scare the lights out of me. I couldn't even wear it but then...I glanced at the mirror beside it and it seemed to wave. I shook my head before looking at the mirror again, but it was normal. It was probably just my head. My eyes met with the ones in the mirror, and the longer I stared at myself, the more I noticed something strange. Why was I looking do different from...my eyes were e glary, almost like a blaze of fire in them, I could see the fier