Jason's PovThe bracelet came off, but the minute I placed it on the counter a voice rang out.“How does this work, Eva?” a deep voice rang out from the bracelet.“I thought mine was different from Josh's,” Ares whispered. She must have known what was happening.“I'm not sure. He said we should both drop our blood and then speak and it will do the rest” a feminine voice rang out. It must belong to her mother. The late queen.“Okay. Let me start. Dear Arabella” the man started when the woman interrupted “We agreed on Ares, zal.” Queen Eva protested“No, you wanted Ares. I like Arabella. Besides we are carving your choice on the bracelet, love” the king said.“It's okay. Let's do this fast. We don't know how long the message can last for” the queen said. I hear sniffs and look up to find Ares with watered eyes.I didn't say anything and just stroked her hand that was still in mine. I knew what she was feeling. She was both happy and sad to be hearing her parents' voice for the first tim

Ares PovAfter the announcement at the hall, Madison and Isabelle made it their mission to badger me for details. I told them I wanted to hang out with Adriana since Jason was busy looking for a solution to our problem, but that did not deter them. Not even a little. They questioned me in front of Addy.By the time night came, I was spent. All I looked forward to was just cuddling with Jason to sleep. Which we did, then we had an early morning sex and a ‘be careful’ sex, as he prepared to leave for Killian's pack.“Is there anyone that can perform the ritual for us?” I asked “Lyla and Wyatt are the oldest in the pack, but only Lyla is fit enough to perform it” he said as he put on his shirt, I got up and helped him with it.“Can she do it for us?” “I'll ask her when I get back” he said “but we'll only do it if you are absolutely sure you want to” “I am” I said. “Okay” he nodded.“I don't want you to shift in front of everyone today. You can select a few that you think you can trust”

Maverick's PovIt's been three months since I rejected and had Ares thrown out, Two months since I forced my Dad into retirement and a month and half since I started searching for her.I have no idea if what the girl said was right, but since my Dad started acting strangely after that day, I suspect she was. She claimed to be a seer, yet she couldn't tell me where I would find her. Giving me vague clues and cryptic messages. I would have killed her if she wasn't necessary.“We've been at this for weeks now, Maverick. It's time we call it off” James said to me. He was against sending her away in the first place. “No one's calling anything off until I say so.” I said through clenched teeth.I needed to go talk to that seer again. If she wasn't going to. say anything meaningful, then perhaps her usefulness is overrated. Or maybe she needed a little motivation, something to get her moving.“Get up!” I shouted at her. Halting her meditation. No one will zen if I don't get what I want. “Tem

She brought along a cauldron and lit the logs underneath it that they had set up earlier.“The water, Luke” she said to Luke who passed her the fetcher he stored the water in. She put it in the cauldron and we all waited until it started boiling.“The sand to represent the earth” she stretched her hands to Jason. I haven't asked him where he went to pick it up from.“You did well Jason,” Lyla said after receiving the sand. I turned to him in question “it's from my parents grave. Since they couldn't be here. I wanted them to be a part of this” he explainedI smiled at him. I understood him, but I couldn't understand how she could tell. If the Powers hadn't supported Alpha Matt's decision to kick me out of the pack, I would have loved to have them here too. I know they didn't have a choice, but it doesn't make it hurt any less.The wind picked up, fueling the fire and blowing the rising steam from the cauldron to our faces, completing the final ingredient. It was a perfectly timed coinc

Maverick's Pov I've sent James back to the pack to ease the minds of those I left behind. It wasn't really a hard decision. He was already working my last nerve. It was either that, maim him or kill him. I doubt the pack will trust me much if I killed my own beta. “You've been searching for days now rogue, is your sense of direction that bad?” I said, hitting his already bruised face. “I swear it was around here somewhere. I don't know why I can't find it anymore.” he spat out another loose tooth and blood and started looking around frantically. “You are becoming as useless as the seer. The only difference being you're disposable and she isn't. At least not yet” “I swear. It was around here.” He said again. “You have repeated that word one too many times. ‘I swear'. Your swear means nothing if you can't back it up with facts or evidence” I knelt down to his level “I'll give you one more chance. So think carefully about your answers before you say them. Are we in the right direct