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“That monster is my brother’s wolf,” Alpha Louis confessed, revealing how he
had witnessed his sibling’s descent into darkness, driven by an insatiable thirst
for power despite already possessing the throne. The Alpha recounted the
tragedy of his brother’s inability to rein in the lupine part of his nature, so he
resorted to transforming it into its own malevolent entity. Alpha Louis
acknowledged his own culpability, admitting that his oversight and
preoccupation with the Emerald Bright Pack, his soulmate, and newborn son,
Reuben, had led to devastating consequences. If only he had diverted his
attention from his immediate concerns to his brother, he could have stopped
and exposed exactly what types of evil deeds he was committing, perhaps the
outcwould have been
different.
“Louis, is this the reason you pushed for Reuben to assthe position of
Alpha King?” inquired Alpha Adam.
Alpha Louis nodded solemnly. “I kept my brother’s secret at the behest of our
father, it was his dying wish. He was aware of every nefarious deed that had
been committed by my brother, but his hands were tied as he lay on his
deathbed. The problem was that he valued our family’s reputation above all
else. If my brother’s transgressions were to cto light, it would besmirch our
royal lineage. I agreed to honor his final request, especially since Dark’s
disappearance meant that he was not an immediate threat. I believed that a
wolfiess King could rule the Kingdom without issue, as long as my brother’s
misdeeds remained hidden. However, I desired Reuben to ascend to the throne
for the Kingdom’s welfare, never anticipating Dark’s eventual return. My brother
had assuredthat he would never cback but now I realize that he lied.
He even hide the fact that Dark, who is originally his wolf, can take his own
human form thanks to the evilness he had gathered over the years. How could a
human be different from his wolf? They both are the same,”
he recounted.
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Upon hearing the backstory, my head spun. I exited the children’s room and
made my
way to the bathroom to splash water on my face, hoping to clear my thoughts.
The deceit and malevolence of the past now threatened to engulf Reuben and
Willow, who remained oblivious to these revelations. Yet, it was Willow that
stood the most to lose in this mess due to her evil blood. She was like a once
sleeping volcano with that evil blood inside her that could erupt at any point!
I clenched my fists, consumed with worry. What if the evil inside of her
manifested itself? With Dark already wreaking havoc, the prospect of Willow
becoming another harbinger of destruction loomed ominously.
I closed my eyes out of frustration, berating myself for being aware of such
crucial information yet powerless to act on it. Moreover, Reuben remained
blissfully unaware of his mate’s lethal powers capabilities.
I drew in a slow deep breath, at that moment memories of my past encounters
with Willow fiooded my mind. Suddenly, I noticed something peculiar. “Damn
it!” My eyes shot open.
I hastily exited the washroom and made my way to Bix’s house. “Bix!” I called
out upon entering the living room. His hresembled a witch’s den, with
every object carefully placed, nothing was to be disturbed or touched
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He emerged from his bedroom, concern etched across his face. “What’s the
matter?” he inquired.
“Mind–link Reuben immediately!” I urged, my tone desperate.
He furrowed his brow. “Regarding what?”
“The dormant evil within Willow’s blood that must never be awakened under
any circumstances!” I stepped closer to him. “Do you recall how Willow
overpoweredin the clearing a few days ago without even shifting into her
wolf form? As a pure Omega
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blood, it’s impossible for her to defeat me. Yet, she did so with ease. Do you
know why?
Because that day, she was consumed with outrage over my ill remarks about
Walter. She
was emotionally provoked and lost control without her being aware of it,” I
explained
urgently.
“Still, how does that correlate with the awakening of her evil blood?” he raised
an eyebrow skeptically.
“Every tshe’s emotionally provoked, shattered, or loses control, her evil
blood is triggered!” I exclaimed.
“What the…” Bix stared atincredulously. “Are you absolutely certain?”
“I am! At least, that’s what I’ve observed when it comes to Willow. We can’t
gauge the extent of emotional damage she’s endured during the last few days
with Dark. It would be safe to assthat she is teetering on the edge. If she
were to lose her temper, becemotionally provoked, or shift into her wolf
form, then we’re in for something far worse!”
**Willow**
“Alpha King?”
I stared at Dark with wide eyes. His expression remained calm and unchanged
when he locked gazes with me. He did not care to oppose or deny that Dark was
indeed… “Alpha King Alden!”
The corner of his lips curled into a smile, “I am Dark, Alden’s wolf,” he admitted.
“The Alpha King’s wolf?” My jaw dropped, “Does that mean the Kingdom has
been run by a wolfiess King all these years?”
“Yes, Alpha King Alden is just a puppet King without a wolf,” Reuben stated,
walking in. “Due to the fact that the fucked up other half of his nature is
wandering around wreaking
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havoc,” he added, his eyes locked on Dark.
“You are not welchere, boy,” Dark smiled but it was sharp enough to cut
glass, “I am thrilled that you could manage to make it this far alive to get to my
palace. I will be generous and allow you to leave this place with your life still
intact,” his voice was grave and full of pointed threats. Though, what really
surprisedwas the location that Dark had been holdingin. It turned out
the dark maze was none other than the Alpha King’s palace! A place that no one
would have expectedto be but Reuben csearching forhere. My
heart squeezed.
“Obviously, I am going to walk out of here alive…” Reuben crushed the cigarette
with his shoe, “with my soulmate,” he countered, his eyes blazing with
confidence, causing Dark’s smile to instantly drop.
Dark’s aura grew darker and colder as the room around us got darker and
darker. It was a very bad sign. “Your mate bond with my Rose was a mistake.
Now she is mine, I have rightfully claimed her,” he remarked, his voice even
more grave.
Reuben didn’t even glance at the darkness around him, “Nothing belongs to you
motherfucker. Not my soulmate or the world that you dream of ruling,” he
glared veins popping out of his n*ck.
Dark chuckled, “did you just say your soulmate, lover boy? How about you look
at her n*ck, it will help you clear any misunderstandings you may have. So you
can f**king give up as you can see I am in no mood to shed blood on my
wedding day. The New Moon is close and I don’t f**king have tto deal with a
love sick puppy like you?”
Reuben’s eyes moved from my face to my n*ck. I clenched my fists, fearing his
reaction. Was he going to think that I betrayed him? He tore his eyes away from
Dark’s mark on my n*ck and met mine. The blank look in his eyes was the
scariest thing I had ever imagined. “What’s with your crying face?” he chuckled,
“You have only lost my mark, I still bear your mark on my n*ck,” he smiled as he
spread his arms wide, “A mating mark doesn’t define our love, right? Chere,
Willow,” he smiled, making my heart beat intensify. We
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were…. still soulmates.
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I bit my lip and nodded, ready to give in to my instinct to run over to him.
“That single wrong decision will not only cost your children’s life but him as
well,” Dark’s voice cfrom behind, freezingon the spot. I found myself
standing in the middle of the room, between Dark and Reuben as Dark’s
mocking voice entered my ears, “Choose wisely, Rose. This decision will bring
another storm of death into your life just like the one you made eleven years
ago.”
I glanced over my shoulder at him then at Reuben whose heart was rapidly
beating in his ch*st over the matter as it was about our children’s life. My heart
clenched when I recalled the illusion of Wyatt and Lori’s death. I had to choose
between Reuben and children.
“Willow, our children will be safe,” Reuben promised, looking deep into my eyes.
“We will go visit them very soon,” he added, stretching his hand out to me.
I looked at his hand but did not move a muscle. Dark’s victorious smile grew
wider at Reuben’s expression. I took a deep breath then without a second
though, I raced all the way over to Reuben and hugged him tightly. “Reuben…”
My whole b*dy shook with the rollercoaster of emotions of losing him and
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He immediately returned my tight embrace, “It’s alright,” he k*ssed my head, his
heart beating faster in happiness now that I had chosen him over Dark.
Dark frowned bitterly, “Did you just choose him over your children?”
pulled slightly away from Reuben, placed my hand on Reuben’s chest, then
glanced over my shoulder at Dark, “I am choosing to trust my mate,” I
whispered.
“You still haven’t learned who your real soulmate is, right?” Dark’s eyes turned
red in rage, “You have a great deal of confidence in him, don’t you?” he growled,
the darkness took on a very frightening state around Reuben and me. “Now you
will be responsible for his
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death!!” he roared, then vanished into the darkness. He had smysterious
powers that I was not sure that we could defeat. Moreover the door that we
could exit had disappeared into the ether, leaving both of us alone in the
creepy darkness.
“Where did he go?” I gasped, looking around only to be stunned by the three
large black wolves pouncing on us out of the darkness. “Reuben!!” I yelled,
immediately shielding him with my b*dy, ready to shift into my wolf and fight to
death but a black wolf with mismatched eyes smirked up atas a fourth wolf
cat Reuben from behind. Their target had only ever been Reuben.
“Don’t shift, no matter what happens,” he whispered, suddenly pushing me
away. “I don’t want to loose you again…”
I staggered away. What… what did he just do? Had he pushedaway? He
savedand… facing Dark alone?
my heart dropped in my stomach thinking about his actions as I immediately
looked back to find all four of them closing in to kill Reuben.
“NO! REUBEN!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs but what I saw next stunned
me. Reuben shifted into his wolf but not just one, he also turned into four
wolves that pounced on Dark’s four wolves.
Dark was caught off guard. Reuben ripped off half of his wolf’s face, before he
violently kicked away Dark.
A howl echoed in the room before Dark landed on the ground in his true form, I
stood up with a bloody face. “How did you get powers that were the exact
opposite of mine?!” Dark growled, glaring at Reuben who had also shifted into
his human form.
“Did you think that I would cunprepared?” Reuben’s lips curled into a half
smile, his b*dy held a different grace the exact opposite to Dark. “Get ready to
die, fucker.”
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Dark’s eyes widened when he realized, “You’ve taken on Louis’s royal powers?”
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