Chapter 3

Violet's POV

If I thought getting sniffed was enough to have me feeling heady, then I clearly hadn't felt his tongue yet.

The soft warmth of his breath fanning my rear strongly contrasted the pitter patter of the rain outside and there was nothing better than feeling exposed from the back and unable to see what he was doing.

Sure it was pure torture. The wait and desire to turn around and see him, but I knew from the way his breath tingled on my flesh that he was close and teasing.

"Please make him stop the tease," I pleaded with Sister, but she seemed to be enjoying the wait even more. Wagging her tail to fan his face.

"Be patient, mate," Silus said through the mind link. Like I had a choice.

I couldn't request to go outside. That would be crazy, because one, the rain was picking up and two, I just got banished from the pack lands while my family would not hesitate to throw me in the dungeons seeing how I was no longer useful to them.

As if sensing my distraction, Silus flicked his tongue on my already sensitive opening.

Like chills in the winter, I shivered involuntarily and arched my back.

"Are you sure you're okay with this? We should rest and get you dried up," he said, but what use was that.

"There's no need to delay the inevitable," I urged, referring to the act we were about to perform.

The nicking of his fangs made my skin sore but I only craved for more. The cold made me lean into him such that when he finally poked me, it felt like a missing part of me was finally filled.

I closed my eyes and let my body enjoy it.

When I opened my eyes, it was morning already, not only that, I was back in my human form and too exhausted to walk.

A few minutes of laying in bed and trying to feel all my achy body parts passed before I finally rolled to the edge and got down.

I tried to communicate to Sister so I could shift to my wolf form to recover some energy, but she was experiencing post mating euphoria and locked me out of her mind.

With groans and the wall as support, I made my way out of the room, then picked up the scent of something delicious from a distance I soon discovered was the kitchen.

There was a buffet on the dining table and a note on the seat that read "You must be really tired. Please enjoy this to replenish your energy. I will be back after sundown - Silus" and I felt my face blushing as I held the paper to my chest with a blush on my face as I sat down to eat.

I uncovered the food and just as I was about to eat the food, I noticed the warmth was maintained with magic.

An alpha with magic? He was just like me.

This realization took me back to the time the magic I'd inherited from my grandmother went out of control.

I sighed, took in a deep breath and began to eat. With nowhere to go, my only choice was to wait for him to get back.

My mate, my savior.

But the moon goddess seemed like she wasn't going to make this easy on me.

I'd barely gone through half my breakfast when I heard the snarls surrounding the cabin.

My heart rate picked up, but I took a brave stance, holding a kitchen knife and the fire extinguisher.

"Who is there?" I asked in a small voice hoping to lower the alertness of whoever it was.

There was certainly more than one wolf, their scent unfamiliar as I peeked from the kitchen window.

"Come out and we wouldn't need to drag you."

"What do you want from me?" I shouted back to reason with them, "I'm just a guest."

But what I got in exchange was a mocking laughter.

"Who cares if you're a guest or not. We are rogues and there's only one thing we want when we smell a female." The biggest amongst them said with a growl that incited the fear in my heart.

"Besides, you're on the border of two packs. You can't possibly be a guest to both. Except you are a rogue," they snarled and started to break things on the outside.

"This would be a long day," I said to myself hoping Sister would lend me her strength as I packed up my strength and pushed open the front door.

I could face them. I was raised like a warrior.

These rogues would not destroy Silus' cabin on my watch.

"You finally came out, huh?" They snarled and licked their lips as drool dripped down their fangs onto their chin.

I gagged but couldn't look away.

It was important to lock eyes on the enemy, all 5 of them.

My father had trained me to be useful to him all my life and that included joining his soldiers in training.

By estimate, I could take on three of them. But what about the other two?

I'll need the moon goddess and an element of surprise.

"How about we talk this out as brothers and sisters. There's no need to use force," I said.

"If I had a sister, I wouldn't come for you!" The biggest amongst them said followed by hoots from the other four.

"Disgusting." I spat and flung the extinguisher in a half circle. It caught and flung one against the other.

I'd deliberately chosen the smallest looking amongst them. A rotund 5ft5.

"You bitch!" Their leader yelled and charged at me.

I stumbled backwards but gripped the knife tight, ready to swing it as soon as he came close enough.

However, he never did. Instead I opened my eyes to the sight of him getting flung back.

"Fuck. Come out here and fight us!" He groaned in pain as his two standing subordinates hurried to help him.

"What just happened?" I found myself asking as I took another look around and realized the line drawn around the perimeter of the house.

"Magic." Sister whispered and a smile spread on my face. Silus made sure I was well protected before he left.

The protective halo surrounding the house glowed at that moment, reflecting the sunlight.

"Cowards!" I spat.

It finally made sense why they demanded I came outside rather than charging in headon.

"Don't get too cocky, girl," a deeper voice said from a distance. The owner was leading a group of another set of rogues.

I gulped and took a small step back.

"This protection magic definitely has a weakness and we have the number and force to break it if it doesn't have one," the owner of this new deep voice licked the blood dripping down the cut on his chin.

"And then we will come for you," he bared his fangs and snapped his fingers as the 6 he came with stepped forward with a dangerous glint in their dull eyes.

I guess the moon goddess really had it out for me today.3.

Chapter 4

Alpha Kane's POV

Oxygen went through my lungs smoother and not a single joint in my bones ached as I stretched and got out of bed.

Things ended hectic last night. I was betrayed and double-crossed by that woman and her pack and I'd gone to bed in a sour mood thinking about the loss but also the gain.

I could get with the beta's daughter and be in charge without a fear of my position getting usurped by someone with alpha blood.

So why did I feel so revitalized?

There could only be one answer to this.

"Silus!" I called my wolf out in my head but his reply was sluggish.

This shouldn't be, but I had a secret. One I'd kept with me for 26 years, since I discovered at age four that my wolf and I were not one.

Unlike everyone else who lived with their wolves as their other half, Silus was a separate half who often raised conflict and to avoid losing my position as crown prince and eventually alpha of the pack, we came to an agreement.

I take the day, he takes the night. He has the memories from the day but he shuts me out at night.

As much as I hate to admit it, Silus is more powerful than I am.

Mischievous too.

"Silus, what did you do last night?" I called out again.

It was important that he gave me a rundown before I stepped outside. That way, I could handle any unforeseen circumstances.

He knew how important that was for our secret to remain hidden, yet he isn't responding.

That leaves me only one choice, to force him out.

It seemed to have happened in the blink of an eye, but when I opened them again, my chambers were in disarray.

An absolute mess that made me wonder if I had been attacked. However the blood on the walls negated it.

Only Silus could cause me such harm.

There was a gaping wound in my biceps which I didn't hurry to treat.

Not when he'd used some of it to write on the walls "bring her home."

The words were scraped with his claws and dripping with blood on all sides.

Cracked bleeding mirrors that he must have used to make the cut. I sighed as I looked around for any other messages he must have dropped.

On my bedstand, was a note that read "we will regret it if we lose her," but what could we possibly regret.

What's so special about 'her'?

She was nothing but used goods, and Silus was heavy on loyalty. So what had she done to drive him so mad for her?

I needed answers. Answers my wolf either wouldn't give or didn't know. Which left me with one option.

I needed to find Violet. She was the key.

But before that, there was a council to attend to.

Inside the council room.

"Congratulations on consummating the union. Shall we proceed to prepare for the official ceremony?"

"I'm afraid we will have to postpone that indefinitely," I announced as I sat on the throne.

The room chilled for a moment that all I could hear was the silence. A countdown from three later and it erupted in noise.

"What?"

"Why?"

"Was she not worth it?"

"Will there be a war?" Several questions based on curiosity all trying to make a selfish gain out of this.

"There won't be a war because my Luna ran off." It felt off describing her as the Luna when I'd clearly rejected her last night, but they didn't need to know that.

This however brought some peace to Silus and for now, that was all that mattered.

"That's betrayal, we should send guards to find them. I will immediately alert the border guards!" The Chief guard swore as he jumped to his feet.

"Make sure she is brought back unharmed." I said.

"But...," he paused, "but she broke your trust. She should be punished."

I sucked in a deep breath as my grip on the throne became stronger. "Let me," I exhaled, "be the judge of that!"

"Yes Alpha Kane," he bowed before leaving.

"Now that's too bad, but we can always see it as a sign from the heavens. Maybe the moon goddess wanted you to find someone from the Pack as your Luna?" My father's beta tutted and the members of the council on his side nodded and murmured in support.

Those members being more than half of them.

A few hours into the meeting, having pacified the elders, my ears pricked and my heart skipped a beat.

Thudding with unattended rhythm.

"Any news from the borders?" I asked aloud, knowing fully well that we were at peace with all neighboring packs.

They stilled in a moment of silence before I was given a briefing from the head of the border guards.

In conclusion, all was well and there were no signs of suspicious activities.

Yet the hair on my skin stood on end, chilled and reacted to every little breeze that came in through the window.

My sensitivity stretched for hours as the meeting dragged on into the night. Then Silus' restlessness took over.

The fangs slipping out and constantly finding myself staring at the door after spacing out.

Trouble.

This level of alertness was reserved for troubling situations but there had been no reports from the border so far.

What could it be?

As soon as the meeting ended with an adjournment, I sprinted through the halls and out of the palace.

The sense of emergency urging me to go was so strong I let Silus take full form.

The foreboding sense of danger didn't wane for once. If anything it got deeper.

Although the border guards had reported no casualties or anything to be worried about, I couldn't be sure until I found out for myself.

This feeling of being in danger... my guts never lied.

The closer I got to the border, the thicker the stench of blood. So thick it made me heady and dizzy.

"Guards?" I called out first but was rewarded by silence. Not even the cicadas cried.

"Violet?" I called out again, expecting the same silence, however I paused for a response. In the woods, the echoes of a scream reached my ears.

"Let go!" That distant voice belonged to none other than the insufferable woman I bedded last night.

My blood roared as I sprinted in her direction. "I gave my instructions to bring her back unharmed. Who dared to hurt what's mine?!"

Chapter 5

Violet's POV

I refused to go down like this.

6 down but another set had joined to make them 16, so there were still 10 trying to get to me.

My wolf was exhausted, but I kept on pushing off the use of my magic. It was volatile and for that reason had seals on it.

Trying to break the seal would put a target on my back because of its explosive nature.

"Arghhhh!" I screamed as I charged again.

There was no use running into the night with the injuries.

I could easily get caught in traps that'd leave me more vulnerable so all I could do was fight.

I had a detached arm of one of the rogues and an axe in my other hand to fight but they were gaining on me.

Of course they were, we've been at this since they managed to break through the barrier 5 hours ago.

"You bitch, just give up and let us have what we came for!" They clawed at my skin.

It stung, I bled, I healed but I never stopped fighting.

"That's unfair, I get nothing out of it," I did a round kick at the speaker's face and stuck my axe in the middle of his skull.

The crack splattered blood all over my face but that was the least of my concerns.

The robe I managed to wear was already battered, and stuck to my body with blood.

Both mine and my victims.

7 down. 9 to go.

"I can do this." I cheered to encourage Sister as I staggered forward to pick out the axe when I felt a breath on the back of my neck.

It was too late by the time I turned around as I got struck in the side of my face with a harsh elbow.

I fell back to the ground. That hit had landed on my temple, leaving me no choice.

"That's what you get, bitch," the attacker mocked as he wiped blood off his forehead and crouched over my figure.

I tried to crawl backwards but my whole body felt heavy like lead and too limp to move.

"Please don't come close. Please," I pleaded as my vision blurred.

"Too late to beg now," his breath fanned my face alongside the others.

All I'd struck but they remained standing. "Finally. I'd never met a female this stubborn," they said as they peered at me like a feast to be devoured.

They weren't going to do it respectfully, but I'd die before I let myself be defiled this way.

However death wasn't an option for me. Not when fate smiled on me for the first time last night.

I would be damned before I leave this world without my happy ending.

"Arghhhh!" With a scream from the depth of my soul, I squeezed my eyes and entered my subconscious, ignoring the slimy feeling of their hands on my body, searching and pinching.

Then a light flickered like a star in the void of my mind.

Found it! I smiled and let myself get wrapped around it until a buzzing sound enveloped me followed by that snap of the seal breaking.

"I said leave me alone!" I screamed till my throat hurt and when I opened my eyes again, it was all bright like day time.

I heard groaning from all around me and when the light finally died down, the bloody mess I'd created surrounded me.

Their insides were spread all over like they were torn apart by wild animals.

"She's a witch. A dark witch!" The last surviving one cried from the distance as he tried to crawl away.

A smile filled my face as I appeared behind him in a flash.

His lower torso was gone and his intestine dragged behind him, a bloody mess.

His face wasn't any better.

"There's no use letting you live," I muttered to myself and with the overwhelming power flowing through my veins, I raised my left leg and stomped my foot on his face, bashing what was left of his skull.

The squishy sound of his brains popping echoed into the night, followed by darkness then the realization of the situation I was in.

"What have I done?" I muttered to myself as I dropped to my knees on the gravel mixed with bloody rogue flesh on the ground.

From a distance, I heard footsteps then the scent of another wolf.

This one was familiar. But rather than running towards him, I was overwhelmed with the urge to run. To get away from him for two reasons.

One, I was scared I would hurt him. Two, I was scared he wouldn't want me anymore.

I was an abomination from the moment my mom conceived me.

But the love my father had for the dark witch kept me alive until she died giving birth to me.

I took away his beloved and came into the world cursed. His hate switched to love and I wasn't ready to see my mate give me the same look I was raised with.

Contempt. Hate. Disgust and the one that made me wish I wasn't born, Fear.

"Violet! Violet please answer me if you can hear me." Silus growled as his scent drew closer.

His voice shook as he tore through the woods, "Was I too late?"

I choked a sob and made the move to leave, however my feet felt stuck to the ground and a piercing pain wrecked my veins, made me cry out loud.

Had I forgotten the consequences of breaking the seal?

"Arghhh!" I cried out loud in a scream that broke the silence of the night, causing the birds to flutter and run in the other direction.

"Violet!" Silus screamed. "I'm sorry, sorry," his voice shook and I could hear his tears from the way he sniffled.

No matter how much I willed myself to move, nothing happened.

Nothing except the pain from having the curse wreak through my veins.

I was losing consciousness and at an extremely fast rate.

But I felt him when he cradled me in his arms, felt the tears as they dripped to my face. I heard his cries as they reached the skies, and his voice when he said "Bite me," before everything faded into darkness.

And as I got swallowed up in that darkness, I felt his human skin against mine.