NOVA I had never thought that the Alpha King's death would change so many aspects of my life, but it did. The Moon Blade Pack now had a new leader—Alpha King Tyrion Venard, and with him sitting on the throne, Felix Montel had officially become the royal pack's Beta. Some would say that I was a lucky girl because I was currently acquainted with all the ranked wolves in the Moon Blade Pack, including the Alpha King himself, but somehow, I couldn't see how it was supposed to be fortunate. I hadn't seen Felix since the moment Alpha Tyrion, Zane, and he returned from their secret mission. He didn't even reply to my messages or call me back. I only briefly saw him during the late King's funeral, but our contact lasted a single glance. I kept telling myself that this new situation must be hard for him, yet I couldn't help but feel pushed away. Felix had to move out of his house and was now living in the palace, aka the packhouse, which created even more distance between us since I had to a
NOVA Three years later It took me a while before I pulled every splinter with Felix's name on it out of my heart, but today, I could finally say that I was cured. Focusing entirely on work helped a lot. My list of customers kept growing, and I could proudly call myself a successful and independent woman. Of course, I would never call my healing process easy. I began with a wide river of tears I cried over my enormous stupidity. After this painful recovery, I could now shamefully admit that Felix was right about one thing—I was an idiot. How could I give my heart to a bastard who didn't even ask for it? I entered the deep waters after reading "How to Swim in the Ocean of Emotions: A Handbook for Dummies." Well, I guess the theory wasn't enough to survive this kind of relationship experience. I genuinely thought that I had this casual-sex-only thing all figured out, and yet I threw all defenses out the window and embraced the uncertainty more dangerous than Russian roulette. A bullet
NOVAA light slap on the cheek jolted me back to consciousness. I was still numb and felt as if something was blocking my throat, but at least my senses returned. Lime and rosemary. My heart squeezed as I recognized Felix's scent. I slowly lifted my eyelids."Nova... Love, please wake up," I heard his deep voice whispering.I blinked, releasing the lingering tears, and heard him sigh in relief. I still couldn't move or even open my mouth to talk. If I hadn't been paralyzed, I would have cried out his name, thankful for having him near me, thankful that it was him instead of the one who attacked me...I blinked again, cautiously acknowledging my surroundings. My lower body lay on the ground, possibly in the middle of the road. My upper body was in Felix's embrace. He pressed me against his bare chest, allowing me to hear his hectically pounding heart. He saved me… but how did he know? How did he get here? And what had happened to Max? Did he escape? Or…"Can you hear me, love?" he aske
NOVAI recognized one of those witches who came—Maren, the Supreme witch's most trusted subordinate. She was once accused of using dark magic, but Cybele, the Supreme, used her power to make the whole case magically disappear. Maren was considered a beauty. She had long raven hair and mysterious onyx eyes with a ruby ring glowing on the inner side of her pupils. Her looks were astonishingly underlined by her Snow-White-like complexion. If that wasn't enough, Mother Nature was also generous to her in the sexy curve department, making her a perfect men's temptress. In the coven, she was responsible for signing contracts with wealthy men, using every possible female-like and magical trick in the boom.No surprise, the two wolves on the podium received over ninety percent of her attention. Normally, I would roll my eyes and ignore whatever she was doing, but now, her eyes were on Felix, and that made me want to lurch at her and dig her eyes out!Alpha Tyrion gave Maren an emotionless glan
NOVAI might have enjoyed Maren's dumb, open-mouth expression if I wasn't just as shocked as her. No, actually, the word "shock" couldn't describe what I felt at that moment. I sat in the van, bemused, observing what was happening outside as if it was some damn movie. I guess that my mind was too overwhelmed by Felix's bold statement to acknowledge that I was, sort of, the center of this mess...The witches that sat behind me cringed in their seats, weeping in terror and mumbling that the wolves outside were going to kill them. Well, I couldn't blame them for being afraid. The two guards that were supposed to protect them lay knocked out on the ground, and their leader was in the hands of a seriously pissed Beta.Maren fisted her hands, and even from a distance, I could see her mouthing a curse or two. I wondered why. The coven should value that amount of gold much more than a simple healing witch like me, but Maren seemed to be more than annoyed with such an outcome. Unluckily for he
NOVAWe celebrated our reunion until dawn and then continued it after breakfast… and lunch… and a little bit afterward. I wasn't sure how I managed to survive the surge of Felix's passion. I sank deep and happily embraced the sweet pain of overstretched muscles that came the day after.Once we got back to Grand Lunaville, Felix and I were back in the one-of-a-kind friend zone… Our unique friendship had simple rules this time: it required a lot of time spent in bed together without mentioning that we were in any form of a relationship. Yes, we were probably the most screwed-up couple in the entire universe.Even though Felix claimed that he didn't want the insane amount of money he paid for my freedom back, I still decided to do whatever I could to earn it and give it to him. Fortunately, my magical business grew, and I could stay true to my promise.As soon as I performed the ritual using the Supreme witch's blood, I broke the final chain that tied me to the coven. I was now free to e
NOVAIt had been five days, six hours, and twenty minutes since Felix fell into a coma. My life had shrunk to the hospital room where he was lying. I couldn't heal him. The thing that hurt him was much more powerful than my magic. I could only stare at his motionless body, waiting for the moment he opened his eyes."Please, bring him back to me," I mumbled, praying to Hecate, the Moon Goddess, and every celestial creature that was willing to hear me. "Please don't take him away from me…"The fact that he stayed in the hospital didn't mean much, since none of the doctors could help him. According to human and werewolf medicine, there was nothing wrong with him, but that statement was far from the truth. His condition had been caused by dark magic, and I could only hope that his body was strong enough to fight it…I think that I was able to survive it all only because of Aria. She kept me company and told me not to lose hope. She was coming to the hospital every day, helping patients wh
NOVAWas I seeing things? That couldn't be right, could it? Felix was a Beta wolf; he inherited his rank features from his mother. The fact was that I knew nothing about his father's identity, and neither did Felix, but his wolf's eyes had always been gold, Beta-gold.I couldn't sleep, hoping that the change in his eyes was merely my ecstasy-painted hallucination, but the more paranoid side of me raised a red flag. What if it was one of the side effects of consuming dark magic? What if it was just the beginning of those side effects manifesting?As soon as we woke up the next morning, Felix changed his mind about taking another day off. "I'm sorry, love," he said, kissing my forehead. "Tyrion needs my help. The annual meeting is coming, and there's tons of work to do."I smiled wryly and nodded in acknowledgment, even if I wasn't fond of the idea of him leaving me. Nonetheless, I was now Beta's girlfriend, and I had to accept that my man had a lot of responsibilities to handle. Beside