Valerie’s POV
“I know what you are thinking, Huntington. But trust me, it’s not going to work because your family broke our bond when they sat down and watched the lycan king kill my entire family. I’ve come too far to turn away, so if you think you are going to command me to stop, or if you think you can force me to submit to you, then you need to think again. I’ll advise you to give me what I want before I change my mind and pounce on you.” Devon threatened fiercely, looking so tough and fearless, making Maverick smile at her bravery. I think she has been out of practice for too long and now she doesn’t recognize superior authorities when she sees them. She has forgotten that I am the last healer, and Maverick is the king of all wolves, and the mate to the last white wolf, the child of the moon goddess. The white witches have been working for the Huntingtons for centuries, and they get are they are blessed with the gift of magic and powerful sorcery.
Their power comes from the moon, just like the werewolves. They are so different from the dark sorcerers that get to steal their powers by killing innocent white witches and stealing their powers. They are known for performing dark magic and killing to get more powers. I know the difference between a white witch and a dark witch, and that is why I know that Devon has not completely changed. She may be pissed at King Gerald, and she may be picking up some new trick from the dark sorcerers, but she knows her limit, and she is trying not to cross her boundaries.
Like she told Maverick, if she really wanted him dead, he’ll be dead already. But she knows the rules of magic and sorcery, and she knows that if she takes the life of a supernatural creature that has done nothing to harm her, then she would as well be digging her grave because she will be dubbed a dark sorcerer, and she will be imprisoned like the rest of the dark sorcerers. She may threaten to kill us, and she could even try so hard to hurt us, but I’m pretty sure that killing us is not her mission and as soon as she gets what she is looking for, she will go back to living her life and leave us to ours in peace.
Liam said she had killed Nolan and that she is forcing him to bring me to her, but I know he is lying. There is no way in hell that she would hurt humans, it is again everything we believe in. She may use them and even manipulate them, but she could never kill them or she will lose herself completely. I can feel her aura, and I know there is still a good witch in her. She tries so hard to be evil, she has even consulted with a dark wizard to learn some dark magic, but I’m sure she is not yet a dark sorcerer because she has not yet crossed that line. If you look past the charade she is putting on you will see that there is still some good in her. I just have to find a way to bring out the good in her, I need to make her forget about her vendetta and think about a future without the evil bastards that caused this separation between us.
I used to think that King Gerald is the only enemy we are running from, but when I passed out earlier, I had that weird dream again, and this time, it was like a revelation. I saw everything clearly, and I got to know that the Armstrongs are our biggest enemies. They are the reason why we are in this situation in the first place. I saw everything, from their betrayal and deceit to the destruction of our beautiful homes and the elimination of my entire family. You would think that they have learned their lesson from the outcome of their betrayal, but they are not remorseful at all, they have not learned their lesson and that is why they are still trying to take over the throne from the Huntingtons.
To defeat these many adversaries that we have, we have to go to the very beginning. First, we need the wolf moon, it is the most important part of our existence. I used to think that we needed to perform the ritual on the wolf moon because of its significance in our life. I’m talking about our powerful existence and our relationship with the moon. We derive our powers from the moon, and the full moon makes us even more powerful. That is why I thought we need to perform the ritual and break the curse on the wolf moon. We are strongest on the wolf moon, so I thought it is only right that we perform such a powerful ritual when our strength is at its peak. But that is not the case, the reason why this ritual must be performed on the wolf moon night is because every incident that led us to this very moment was done in the presence of the full moon.
My parents and the older Armstrong perfected the magic on the full moon. The moon goddess cursed us on the full moon and took away our wolves. To break such a powerful spell, we need the wolf moon and a powerful white witch with a pure heart. It’s quite unfortunate that the white witch we can find has vengeance and hatred in her heart, and the wolf moon is more than a month away. There is no way we can wait that long because the lycan king is already on his way here. He must have been informed about the fight between Devon and Maverick. There is no way in hell that we can stay back here and wait for his arrival, our best shot is to get away as soon as possible. And before we can do that, we need to convince Devon that we are on the same team.
“Did you really sever our bond, do you really believe that our bond is broken?” Maverick asked her, earning a fierce glare as she hissed in anger, glaring furiously at him. I’m sure she thinks their bond is severed, but that is far from the truth. Their bond is just like the bond between mates, only death can break such a bond. I’m sure she must have tried to break it, and she would have found out that nothing could break their bond. That is why her voice was not too firm when she told him that the bond has been severed. I guess she didn’t know that her little truck did not hurt me in any way, instead, it opened my eyes to many things and now, I feel more powerful.
I never knew that I had the power to control the moon, I didn’t even know that I could stop her from hurting Maverick. But when I heard his question, I decided to try something my mom taught me many centuries ago. I saw her doing it when I fainted earlier, she performed this magic to draw out the magic from every member of our family before their death. The magic was passed on to me so I could save our people and restore back our honor. The magic is encased in my ornament, I’ve been wearing this ornament for years, but I never activated its magic because I don’t know about magic, and I have no idea what to do about my powers. But after I had this last dream, I feel as if my subconscious has just been resurrected. I know more about my powers and my destiny, I even know a few magic tricks that I never thought I could ever perform. I know I could use the same trick my mom used to restore the bond between the Alpha and the white witch.
Devon is using magic to manipulate Liam and Charlotte, she even has a magical orb that she wants to use to steal my powers from me. But she has no idea that the spell she cast on me did not hurt me as she expected, she has no idea that I’m stronger than her little magical spell and tricks, she doesn’t even know that Maverick now has his wolf and thus, the bond between them can not be destroyed by her little magical trick. She was a bit surprised when he asked her if the bond was truly broken, I have to admit, I was surprised as well. To the best of my knowledge, Devon was casting a powerful spell on us that makes it impossible for Maverick to control her. And there is no way he would know that I can restore their bond because I haven’t said a word about it to him, so why the hell is he so confident?
“Because I told him you could do it. You two are mated, remember?” Malia asked me teasingly, laughing so hard when I groaned in anger at her.
“You fucking traitor!
Why can’t you keep a secret?
For fucks sake I wanted this to be a secret.” I scolded her. But she couldn’t care less about my frustration. She simply laughed hard as she cut off our mind link to let me do my magic and save us both.
“Our link can not be broken, so easily, you know that Devon, don’t you?
I’ve given you two options already. It’s either you work with us, or you fuck off. With or without you, Valerie and I do whatever it takes to break this terrible curse and free our people from bondage.
Why won’t you just forget about this stupid vendetta?
Why not work with us to destroy Gerald together, do you really believe that you can get rid of me so easily?” Maverick asked her teasingly, distracting her from what I was doing. I stood by the corner, chanting some spells the same way my mom did. The language was the same as the one Devon used earlier, but I was chanting a completely different spell and the worst part of it is that she has no idea what I’m about to do to her. She is busy exchanging words with Maverick while I go stood by the corner, chanting my spell. It got to the point where I had to call out her name loudly, and that was when she noticed what I was doing and she panicked immediately,
“You fool!
You think you stand a chance against me, don’t you?
I’ll teach you not to mess with your superiors!” she threatened angrily, turning towards me with fury in her eyes.
“I need more time, Mav, you have to engage her and keep her away from me. I need to finish this spell, or else she will kill us both.” I let out to Maverick. He moved swiftly and stood in her front, blocking her path and keeping her away from me.
“Not so fast, Devon. You can’t harm my mate in my presence. You will need to go through me to get to her.” He told her firmly as he growled angrily, letting out his canines to put fear in her.
“With all pleasure, little boy. I told you earlier that I’m not scared of you, what makes you think your little canines would scare me?” she responded in a mocking tone that sounded so fucking annoying.
“She needs you now, Mav, she needs you to howl to the moon and seek permission from the moon goddess to hide her moon.” Malia told him, earning a hard glare from me as I rolled my eyes at her. The last part of the spell requires the howl of the true Alpha king. I need him to howl at the moon while I continue chanting my spell. But I was still contemplating it because Maverick has never shifted fully into his beast. And there are spies close by that would take him down and even death him to the king if he shifts. I don’t know how I would say it to him, I was still thinking of another solution for this demand, but before I could even think about it, Malia has already told him about it.
She is such a traitor!