Chapter 21.“ fuck!” Howard cussed out loudly immediately he shifted to his human form. He had watched the process in his head but his wolf was in control of everything. He didn't expect her to fight his mark, the wound wasn't healing as more blood gushed out of the wound. He quickly carried with bothering to wear his clothes back as he headed to the direction of the pack hospital.The Alpha had given him an ultimatum a day before. He asked him to mark Diana within two days or he would have her mated to another willing person. He doesn't want her to end up with another man, seeing her with another man might break him so he makes a selfish decision to mark her against her will even though he promised to wait till she is ready.He had tried to do it himself but his conscience kept on judging her so had to involve his wolf instead. The wolf would only follow instincts since both of them have deep affection for Diana. The wolf would do it without batting an eyelid. But he had not expect

Chapter 23.Three years ago.A week later, The Alpha woke up but was still weak from the poison that had spread throughout his entire body. His left eye was now permanently blind due to being destroyed by the poison. He could have lost his life but Kiona was there to save him with her magic.He struggled to sit up on his recovery bed while Kiona fed him some potion that he grimaced immediately after each spoon left his mouth. The door to the room barged open and Howard who was now looking better stomped in while holding a letter with a royal seal on it. The Alpha was inviting him to a council meeting. He had waged a war against the king of another race without the knowledge and consent of his king. His crimes were much more than treason as he had also threatened the safety of his pack by breaking the seal on Decanal which made her succumb to blood lust, killing more than fifty wolves in the process. It was only normal if the Alpha king summoned him.He tore the letter after reading

Chapter 25.The iron bars of the prison suddenly get kicked in, breaking with the impact of the kick of the vampire king. With one fluid movement, he grabbed her by her neck and had her pinned against the wall, the Hawthorne necklace glowed after his contact with it but he didn't care. He had her in a chokehold and the effect of the Hawthorne pierced her entire body with fresh hot pain that burned her like molten lava. At this point, she has lost her will to live. She just wants to die and be free from the wrath of the vampire king.“ Tell me why Diana is in a coma. Why?!” He roared at her, almost deafening her with the volume of his voice. She could only shake in response. She doesn't have an answer to his questions and she couldn't even think of one.“ I don't know. I don't know ” She cried, her throat hoarse from all the crying she had done before. In her entire three hundred years of existence, she has never been in pain so much. Not even when Decanal murdered her entire coven in

Chapter 27.“ Little one, close your eyes,” He told her and she obeyed immediately. He also closed his eyes and searched for the memory of the very first time he met her in his mind, he placed his left arm on her forehead and opened up his mind to her, giving back to her, the memories he had taken from her. He allowed her to see everything from his perspective instead of hers, the information would be lost if he just returned it to her like that, he prays it works.FlashbackDarryl suddenly stopped in the middle of the woods, something catching his attention. He sniffed the air, and he couldn't deny it, there was an incredibly sweet smell that calmed his racing mind. He tried to dismiss it and continue searching for the vampire, but the scent was pulling him in. It was as if he were under a spell, and he found himself running toward it, leading him to a young lady curled up in a ball, sleeping on the grass.Seeing her lying there in such cold weather struck his heart. He couldn't fee

Chapter 29.“ Peaches, I understand how you feel but Howard remains your mate. You will have to forgive him” He said with enough threat laced in his words.“ What if I don't?” she grinned.“ Diana” He warned calling her by her name for the first time.“ You don't understand. Tell him get out first, I don't want to see him” She switched her expression back to the pitiful one. Leonard nodded and faced his Beta.“ Leave!” He asked the man.“ But Alpha...”“ I won't say it again” The Alpha command rolled off him in waves and the Beta showed him neck in submission before storming out of the room. Diana laughed inwardly at this, she wished that she could drive a wedge between them more but she knew that was practically impossible since both men are partners in crime. Even though Howard disagrees with her brother sometimes, he always obeys him anyway like a lost puppy. She saw and confirmed everything from the glimpse of her memories that Decanal showed her. She almost pitied Howard but dee