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**Angelo**



"Should have bet you more than a 100 bucks?" I said smugly as both Micah and I watched over my men dragging Alpha Janovich out of the room.

"You cheated. Your wolf called it." Micah grumbled before following the small detail down the hall. Allowing that spineless alpha to stay overnight at the palace led him straight into our trap; it wasn't a surprise that he took the bait so easily. His thirst for power clouded his judgment and also the majority of his common sense, he was practically speaking out loud as I was reading his thoughts back in the office. The audacity of the man to think about killing my brother while we stood before him just confirmed his death sentence.

'Check on your brother. Your mother and I are going on patrol. Knowing both hunters and rogues are working together and now that their leaders are in our prison, we can expect an uprising' dad said through our link.

'Yes father' I answered rushing to the room that held Caiden and Rosaline, stepping in the room my wolf began to whimper causing me to worry and be on alert.

'What is it?' I asked him walking towards Caiden's now sweat covered body, his facial features were contorted in pain while Rosaline was breathing heavily.

'Something big is happening' he said softly as I sat on the chair facing the two.

'In the spirit realm?' I asked worrying even more as the wolves in the castle stating their wolves uneasiness. This wasn't good as we need them all to be ready for an attack I knew would come.

'Mother isn't allowing any of us back home. This is bad, Angelo' my wolf said. In all the years of our friendship fear was never a part of him, to sense his fear just put me in the same situation as him.

'This is messed up. Now both Rosaline and Caiden are stuck in the spirit realm. If Mother blocked her own wolves then how am I to reach my brother and how is Rosaline coming back.' I asked but we both knew there wasn't any answer to that.

All I want is to have my brother be with his mate and be able to see him live the life that was stolen from me. At the memory of Elise, my wolf whimpered more, it still haunts us at night, her death forevermore etched in our minds, Mother gave us the opportunity of a second mate but we couldn't take it knowing we would be living a life we wanted with her. It wasn't healthy as my brothers and sisters pointed out but it was our decision. She would always be our mate our Elise.

'Love her for a lifetime' my wolf said sadly.

'And the next' I returned wiping away the tears that were silently rolling down my cheek.






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**Micah**

Walking behind our sentinels as they carried Alpha Janovich down to the prisons it took every inkling of composure for me to calm my wolf and vampire from ripping the spineless wolf to pieces. Growing up with the royals was great and very knowledgeable. I've seen how their gifts put fear into most people whenever they came into close proximity with them. Even if they meant no harm but Caiden being the strongest of all three children put him as most dangerous.

He never got a handle on his gifts which keeps forevermore growing and I was a witness to that back in college that was when we notice how strong he was and his emotions were too tied to his gifts. That was the day I first saw him break down and wishing to be normal like me. No curse just a normal wolf.

"All through sir. His men are being watched as we speak. The king has ordered to be on alert bec....." one of the guards began to say before he stood completely still.

I watched him confused at his behavior the other three mimicked this then I felt it. My wolf was restless and wanted out he needed to be let loose something was causing our wolves to be irrational but he wouldn't say. It felt like our body was being torn apart and our wolf's power was increasing ten folds.

'Everyone to the northern grounds NOW' we all heard queen Emma ordered harshly. No one asked what was going on we were all trying hard to rein in our wolves.

'Son where are you? ' I heard my dad call out but I couldn't answer my wolf and I was at war while my vampire side fought for dominance. Somehow he found me in the great hall on my hands and knees as everyone rushed past me. A few wolves were able to be let free from their human bonds but were confused as to what was happening.

"Micah, Can you hear me?" Dad held my face in his hands his eyes were dark as both his wolf and himself wanted to help me with my transition. Being a hybrid had its downfall it was painful shifting fully to both vamp and wolf. I've been trained what to do by my Uncle Damian but I never had to do so. Usually, my wolf was dominant according to the situations but now they both wanted to be free.

"Dad. Make it stop please" I cried out. I wasn't afraid to show my weakness and now was certainly not the time to hide it.

"Micah. You need to calm both sides then merge remember what Damian taught you" he said in a calm voice.

"What is going on?" I asked while doing as he said.

"Our home is being destroyed. Prince Caiden and Princess Rosaline are in danger" he said with a much deeper voice it was his wolf that was in control. I was processing his news while trying to calm my wolf and vamp and felt the need to protect my brother and his mate then I was distracted when Dad fell back on to his haunches screaming in pain and in a blink of an eye his wolf took over. For a royal beta, his wolf was huge dark brown in color near to black his eyes were now golden as he looked down at me. He whimpered licking the side of my face in comfort, he then laid down in front of me whimpering, 'You can do it, Micah. I'm right here' he said. I nodded and smiled, happy that my father was always there when I need him our relationship was very strong and I was thankful he didn't let his position take his time away from Anais, Casey and I.

I felt my bones cracking and resettling back in odd angles, my hands and feet were morphing into ones of a wolf; dark brown fur made themselves known across my chest and back; my fangs painfully made their way out. I was still on my hands and knees a painful scream escaped my mouth as the bones in my legs made one last shift and my ears were now pointed. Dad stood before me and sniffed my neck then playfully nipped my ears. 'Well-done son. You made it through your first full transition' he said proudly nudging my head to the side where I saw a lengthy mirror.

I stood up and looked at myself with my now dark eyes, my skin was a bit darker, my fangs longer and more visible my hair escaped its hold and was now loose around my face. My body ached but in a good way at my full transition, looking down, my father's pride was evident in his eyes but was replaced by that glazed look we hold when mind linking.

'Wolves are getting feral by the disturbance. Emma and Michael are sending us out to keep them in check. ' he said to me but I can sense his worry and reluctance to leave.

"I'm fine," I assured him. He nodded his head and bounded out of the room while I took another exit that leads to the grounds.

Wolves were scattered everywhere, pawing the ground in frustration some snapping at each other while few lay on the ground whimpering. The shift in the wolf realm affected us all differently. Making sure everyone was okay and not close to being feral I went in search of the one person that can calm us down.

Eva.

I found her near the forest pawing the ground snapping and growling to her self. Crouching low I approached her showing that I meant no harm, keeping eye contact I kept my head low with trying to get her to come to me I admired her reddish-brown wolf bigger than any she-wolf I've trained. She was of high pureblood. Those dark eyes showed her every emotion and what I saw set my heart racing. Her fur was thick which I longed to feel against my hands. I wanted this she-wolf, I wanted her so much as my own.

"It's me, Micah," I said softly. Her ears perked up at the sound of my voice, cautiously she sniffed the air around us when she recognized my scent she barked playfully and bounded over to me.

"You look so magnificent, my red," I said now sitting cross-legged as she sniffed me all over nudging my hands and feet even my face, she was intrigued by how my body still looked remotely human but different due to the transition. "First time seeing a hybrid up close?" She nodded in response and looked at me in question.

"It's my first time as a full hybrid. Hurt like a bitch though" I used my tongue to lick my fangs, it was sharper than usual and a bit bigger. Eva whimpered coming closer to me, looking up at her I saw the worry in her eyes. "Caiden won't let anything happen to her. He loves her too much" Gradually she lay next to me resting her head in my lap.

"Do you know what you do to me my beautiful red?" I said for her ears only. She nuzzled closer to my fur-covered stomach. "I want to make you mine. If I have to beg the moon goddess for the rest of my life for you I will." Eva gave me a sense of calm and completeness whenever she is near. She calmed both my wolf and vampire just by her presence and I know her wolf felt the same for me.

A sad whimper escaped her. "I will never leave you. Let me protect you. Let me love you. Allow me this one request," I begged of her. I know it was wrong but it felt right. I didn't plan on loving this strong-willed protector but you can't doubt who your heart chooses. We held each other's gaze not backing down I had to let her know that I won't hurt her nor let her down. She huffed then gently put her paw in mine and licked the side of my face in a loving gesture; playfully she got me on my back licking me all over my face. "Guess that's a yes" I laughed out as we began to wrestle.

She is mine.

Eva was now mine.





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**Reynaldo**



Sitting in the dark of the wolf prison didn't stop me from thinking of their deaths. Who were they to tell me that Rosaline doesn't belong to me? She's my daughter for crying out loud; first, they took my wife now my daughter I won't let that happen. Their blood-red eyes and bloodthirsty snarls all those years ago as they ripped into my first love was still plain as day in my mind. Now they claim my daughter their princess? That would never happen. I saw how defensive they were about her when I revealed she was of my blood I even saw the way the dark-haired one with the green eyes kept his deadly gaze on me.

Their prince. Angelo, I heard the lowly mutts called him. They seem to fear him even the stupid Alpha I teamed up with. This is why they should be killed off. They cannot be sought as peaceful if their own kind saw them as dangerous and with those supernatural gifts even more motive to get rid of them.

Their deaths shall come soon my men were trained right and they know what to do if I go missing. Thanks to their traitorous alpha I was able to find out this location before I was even captured. To believe that they have this much land in the middle of nowhere for themselves, their kind multiplying day by day and no one even discovers this.

It's a fricking castle in the woods. Can humans be any more naive?

The howling of wolves broke into my thoughts, outside they began then in a few cells away from me. What is going on? The howls sounded like callings? but to whom? As to answer my question a loud crack of thunder sounded through the skies it was deafening then there was silence. Whimpers were heard from the cells, I was confused as to what was taking place, in all my years studying these mutts their behavior, this was highly strange.

First was the abrupt absence of the guards. Snarling and wolf cries outside the prison doors now this. Something big was happening outside and for the first time in years, I do not want to know what is going on amongst the wolves.