Trigger Warning: (The chapter includes the mention of rape scene)Delilah's POV:Xee tucked us in the sheets and hugged me from behind. He was rolling the strand of my hair around his finger and I was drawing tiny circles on his palm. The whole moment felt so peaceful. I felt like I was right where I belonged. I felt complete.While thinking, my mind went back to the events of the day.Xee kissed my shoulder and huddled me closer to himself, "What are you thinking about?""How did it feel?" I asked him.He mumbled in a melodious voice, "Are you talking about sex? Oh, it was the best. Out of the world, if you must ask me."I slapped his arm lightly, "I can see Addy's influence even in this category."Rolling my eyes, I asked him again, "I am talking about today. When you shifted during the day. When you realized that the curse was off."He mulled over my question for a long minute and then responded, "To put it simply, it felt like freedom. Today, I got to realize what freedom actually

Delilah's POV:Donning his shirt, I tiptoed to my room which was right beside his, and put on a trouser. By the time, I got out, he was already there, waiting for me. Together, we climbed down the stairs and entered the dining area.Adeline looked at me and smirked evilly, "You look like you were fucked for the whole night."Luke nudged her by his elbow, "Did you forget to put on your mouth filter in the morning, babes?"Adeline looked at him with wide eyes, "What? I only said what was true. Go on, ask your Alpha whether he had kept her busy the whole night or not."Xee shook his head in amusement and pulled a seat out for me. Settling down, I asked, "Where is Katherine and Anderson?"Right then, we heard a cheerful, "Here we are."Turning around, I saw both of them walking in our direction. Once everyone was settled down, Isabella served breakfast and we ate in silence.After every little while, Xee would put food on my plate, and say, "Eat."Adeline snickered from her position, "Yea

The days were passing by in a blur. With time, things were coming back to normal.Katherine and Anderson had bid us goodbye with a promise to attend Adeline's wedding which was now just a month away. Ragnor too had gone with the same promise.For once, it felt good to have the days without any drama. No one was casting a spell on anyone, no one was abducting and taking anyone to another realm, and there was no more mate drama going on.Xee was looking into the issues more closely. After dethroning all the Alphas involved in Omega slavery, Xee himself interviewed the candidates for the next Alpha.The parameters were high as Xee thought that these packs now needed an even stronger Alpha who would treat them right. It took him a long time before finalizing the Alphas of all those packs.A few days after that, Xee announced that Luke was going to be his Beta and everyone was happy with his decision. The pack needed a Beta and no one was best for the rank except Luke.But there was still o

Delilah's POV:The news spread through the community like a fire in the forest. For everyone, it was one bomb after the other on their head.Starting with the refusal of Lycan King to make powerful and high-rank Alphas the members of the Council to choosing the members on the basis of their intellect and peace-making abilities to the presence of a Healer among them to the selection of a woman as the member of the Council.No doubt, most of the Alphas were enraged by these turns of events. They didn't delay to show their disappointment about Lycan King's decision but none of them crossed the line by threatening him or stepping foot in his territory.At least, not yet. But there was no guarantee that they wouldn't. For all we knew, they must have been joining hands, gathering alliances, collecting resources, or preparing themselves before declaring war against the Lycan King.But for now, none of us cared about that. Xee too couldn't have been least bothered by what they were planning a

Delilah's POV:As the party was hosted by us, we were quite busy with everything. Addy insisted on taking over the chores and looking like everything was going smoothly while I met and mingled with all the guests.I couldn't help focusing my attention on the bar every once in a while. Ever since coming here, Bianca hadn't moved away from the bar. The bartender was sliding her a drink after drink and all the drinks on today's menu were the strongest as Lycans didn't get drunk by the easy stuff.For most of the time, her eyes remained fixated on where Dorian was standing with his hand on Victoria's back. He knew that he was the center of her attention but now that the mate bond was finally broken by Bianca, he didn't seem to care much about her.I took in the dark circles around her eyes which refused to stay hidden by the tons of concealer she had on. Her eyes seemed hollow. She also seemed to have lost a lot of weight.It wasn't difficult for anyone to know that this marriage wasn't go