The Rogue Kings II

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I knew the fire was being stoked magically. It took a lot of heat to continue to burn a p

the smoke carried her soul to the Moon Goddess. Or so the old tales

nd her. The smile on her face, how the sun shone against her black hair, making it look almost blue. My baby sister, who always looked out

st sight. When I was little, I started off saying I would marry her. Then it morphed into being her prince and then her knight. Getting Eros,

ht I was tough shit. I thought I could do it all. I took the lead. I stepped up, puffing out my ches

cracked ribs along with the scrapes on my stomach as I reached out for her. The tears that filled my eyes as my arm fell to the forest floor, unable to hold myse

Rage and pain that fueled me for the next nineteen years. It only got worse as my father, my Alpha, imploded. It got worse a

mourned my sister by swearing revenge on the rogues. I swore I would destroy them all. I swore I would protect my pack and not a single person would die under my watch to ro

ed in like a hurricane. Aelia swept my feet out from under me. Gone was the sweet little girl. Gone were th

u to your knees. She still loved to her fullest. She still dove in at one hundred percent. Except now, she wor

ng out to her. She fought for us; for me. She fought and died. There was no one else to blame this time. The things that ha

had nothing to hold on to. As I carried her body, I realized that even at her weakest, I could never match her. She died for the ones she loved. Protecting the ones she l

to help. My chest rose and fell, but it was like something was crushing me. Everything was collapsing on top of me and there was nothing I could do. I was stuck here. Still weak. S

new so much. Her eyes shone with things she held back. Aelia could see mate bonds, but it was so much more than that. She saw the world so differently a

save for any snippets she left behind. That was where my anger at her took root. That she didn't trust me enough to talk to me. Aelia had the e

the Alpha King. I didn't care about the Hunters. I didn't care about the things she suppo

his golden thread. I would have liked to know what the hell she was thinking to allow this to come to life. Why she pushed it so much? Why in the goddess

out there for both of us. Except she kept out the part that it was us. She kept out the part that everything she came here for was because my be

to die in order for someone to get a mate? I was on the out. I was the one who had to wait. I was the one that had to survive without a link. Then my sister's

t her funeral. Otherwise, she would haunt us. Looking down at the bottle, I wondered if I should just throw it in the fire.

elf falling. I didn't even feel secure in being Alpha. Yes, my pack was safe despite the threat of the Hunters. I didn't need to worry ab

I put the glass to my lips and tried to drink it like I would a soda. I got about

ed it to heal. He recently mated with my Gamma, Sam. As a human, he didn't understand. Sure, he'd known of our world and was one of my best friends, but that didn't

n mate. Taking a deep breath, I stared back into the fire. What did Aelia think would come of this? She knew all this time. Eve

ved with us. Seeing our bond and watching me fall as Nate continued to grow more attached to h

y hand as it fell to my side. Growling, I threw it into the pyre. The glass broke and the alcohol that was