DuncanThe pain stung his face, and the anger that burned in Erin's eyes a minute ago was now replaced with remorse as she held her hand to her chest. He winced, rubbing the affected area as they stood in utmost silence, watching each other. He had recalled her to be the girl he saved that night from his pack, but he wasn't expecting a thunderous slap like that."I'm sorry," she finally said, water brimming in her eyes as she took baby steps close to him and reached a hand to his face. "Here, let me see that.""It's fine." Duncan shook his head, moving back to avoid her touch in case it was another slap."No, let me see it." She spoke softly, and her voice reminded him of cymbals. He stood still, catching sight of her hand making its way up his cheek. She cupped it lightly, and once their skin touched, his heart pumped blood faster into his veins, and his mind was overwhelmed with flashes of a pair of eyes he always saw in his dreams. Her touch was calm and suiting, her palm delive

"What do you mean?" Egor and Duncan chorused. They briefly looked at each other, exchanging hate glares. "Follow me," she said, then took off, running in the direction of the woods. They followed her till they arrived at a tree. It seemed to be tainted with blood that slowly dribbled down the rough back. "A bleeding tree?" Egor inquired, and Hildegard rolled her eyes before shaking her head and going around the tree. "This." Hilda pointed at a naked man who lay in a pool of blood with his tongue sticking out of his mouth. Duncan frowned, thrown aback by the sight. The man's body looked pale like there wasn't a single ounce of blood in his veins. His eyes were rolled skyward, and they could see only his scleras, no iris. "What happened to him?" Duncan asked with both his eyes narrowed at the white body. "Looks like his soul was sucked out or something.""Yes," Hilda began, stooping down to place two fingers on his neck for a pulse, saying, "There's nothing, and this is not all."

DuncanDuncan, in his invisibility form, walked into his room in the middle of the night and gently shut the door behind him before turning visible."That's a nice ass you got there." Her voice was icy cold. Duncan flinched and spun, meeting the angry eyes of his beta. "And the dangling thing too." She shrugged and then wore a scowl immediately. "I have been waiting for the past how many hours and here you are sneaking in naked from your fuck fest?"Duncan rushed to wrap a towel around his waist not feeling ashamed as nudity was a normal thing in the werewolf kingdom. "Shh, do not be so audible," Duncan held his finger to his lips and shushed her. "Do not shush me. I will be as loud as I want." Hilda creased her brows into a frown as she sat up on his bed and folded her legs under her body. "I will-""Hildegard..." Duncan groaned, scurrying to clamp her mouth with his wide palm. "Dunky, I had a dream that darkness-" Lara barged into his room and paused, shuffling her gaze from hi

Duncan's eyes bulged out of his sockets when Hilda fell to the ground with Evin on her, trying to bite her neck. Hilda struggled, pushing Evin's chest and whimpering. Arching his back, Duncan shook as his bones snapped, and his muscles grew larger, stretching his clothes until they began to rip apart. His breathing intensified, and he bared his teeth, feeling as the fangs elongated and grazed his bottom lip. "Duncan..." Hilda's voice shook as she called out to him, causing his heart to beat erratically. He swallowed a deep breath, gripping his shirt and ripping it apart as hair sprouted out of his skin, covering his entire body. Duncan, in his wolf worm, darted towards Evin, throwing a blow to the side of her head and sending her against the wall. Evin dropped on the floor, glaring at Duncan and growling with the voice of a thousand beasts. Saliva flew out of her mouth as she poked out her tongue, and it reached her chest. Duncan breathed heavily, wondering what it was that she

Erin Nightwind Erin sat on her bed, staring out of the window at the fields of dandelion a few miles away from the castle. She hugged her pillow tight, wondering what it was that Duncan did to her that made her feel safe with him. Her eyebrows creased into a frown, and she chewed on her bottom lip. "Am I insane?" Erin inquired, tossing a worried gaze at the floor and returning it to the dandelions. It aided in calming her nerves. "How did I let a strange man into the kingdom?" She stood from the bed, throwing the pillow on the bed. She walked to the window, eyes rolling over the houses and hills that were situated metres away from the castle. She lifted her chin, gazing at the blue sky, which had no sign of the rain, but heavy pillows of dark clouds were gathered in the sky. Her heart constricted, and she splayed her fingers over her chest, massaging the spot that ached alongside her heart. Erin shook her head, palming her face and then resting her elbows on the window sill. Sh