PEONY CRIMSON’S POVEven after seeing me explode with emotion, Azalea still looked at me with pity. She reached out and squeezed my left shoulder as she smiled thinly. "I get that you're upset about this, but you're not in the right mind. All you need is delicious food and enough rest, then we're up to discussing this matter again.""You're wasting too much time!" I snapped, then muttered wryly, "I'm wasting too much time," my hands clenched into fists, I stared at the archmage with all the inferno burning inside me. "It all ended up like this. If you don't pull out that curse right now, they....""Let's not jump into the conclusion too fast, okay?" Azalea interrupted me, patting my shoulder. I brushed her hand away roughly.I vaguely felt something warming up from inside my chest. Emily was spreading her energy to calm me down. She didn't say anything, just wanted me to be one step more capable of thinking clearly. I breathed in and out, feeling all the freshness of oxygen filling m

PEONY CRIMSON’S POV"Get off of me!" I struggled to break free from Xander's excruciating hold on my hands as he pulled me towards the tower. My heart was being squeezed by the bond, causing my chest to hurt, as Xander and I were experiencing similar strong emotions that may clash.Quietly, the two witches trailed after. Even though I was clearly dragged against my will, they chose to disregard me. I realized that with Xander's marriage to Azalea, he automatically gained power and authority over the Ravens as well. The wolf pack and the coven were normally partners on the basis of mutual benefit. One cannot dominate or control the other.Xander slammed the door to the room where the triplets were being cared for and shoved me inside. Gloria caught me in time before my face hit the floor. The door slammed before my eyes, even as I tried to pull the knob. It was stuck frozen by magic."Don't you fucking let any of them leave this room!" Xander's anger-filled voice rang out from behind

PEONY CRIMSON'S POVThe bright light gradually went out of my perception as my surroundings shifted. We were standing in the front yard of the packmansion, which appeared to be glowing after some repairs, with Xavier's hand still around my waist. The procession of maids and employees greeting us surprised me even more. "Welcome back," Xavier whispered, landing a sweet peck on my forehead."Welcome back Luna Peony." they all bowed respectfully.I didn't see this coming. Really, the last time I was here, they all seemed to have forgotten about me. Yet now they were bowing respectfully to welcome my return to White Moon. Xavier led me inside. I glanced at the maids and caught Fey among them. She threw me a fleeting smile of encouragement before bowing again. "What? Why do they call me that?" I asked, "I don't need this kind of excessive respect."Xavier giggled softly. "You need to. Zedd announced it officially yesterday."As I tightened my grip on Xavier's arm, I looked back. There w

PEONY CRIMSON’S POVElenor gasped. "How?" Alpha Aragon and I assisted Luna as Xavier got a chair for her to sit in. I believed they had rushed here without caring enough about her pregnant self to tell me this right away. Alpha Aragon took off his jacket and set it on his wife's shoulder.I sent Elenor off with Gloria to take care of Rose and Violet's stability because I felt that the ritual would not be performed that day."How could the goddess reach you?" I asked."She came into my dream last night, just like you had that day." She more or less told me that in her dream, the Moon Goddess appeared in the form of a wolf exactly like the one I had seen in my own dream. I still couldn't believe that such a seemingly harmless and meaningless dream was related to all this."So we just cancel this ritual?" Xavier asked, "What do we do, then?"Luna Lucia asked Alpha Aragon to fetch an ancient calendar from the temple's storage cabinet. While scanning the dates on the calendar, Luna Lucia

AZALEA’S POV"Did someone die?" I chuckled, "Peony, perhaps? No?"The calico cat wriggled her tail in the air as she leered at the door. I opened it, going where the cat's slick paws took me. When we eventually reached the tower, the cat changed into a fiery-haired woman in an instant."You're not going to like this," she said with a grimly serious expression."What is it, Elenor?" She didn't say anything until we arrived at Jasmine's infirmary. When we entered, Elenor leered at the girl then let out a long sigh as if being consumed by disappointment."She is not the blessed one.""Then is it Violet?" I asked, but she stared at me in dismay.To be honest, from the moment I saw the triplets on the day I took them in, my eyes had fallen on Violet. Her eyes showed that she was a brave and determined little girl who wasn't afraid to say what she thought or deal with the problems life brought her. She really nailed the role of the older sister. There was something in her eyes—a hint of