Connor stares at the bottle glowing in the room, deep in his own thoughts. Wondering if he did the right thing by taking the wolf's spirit away from his mate. But the deeper he was getting in the situation he did not wanted to be in, the more worried he was becoming for the safety of everyone.

The wolf was unstable, that was what he had felt as he was seeing more and more of the wolf each time, he felt asleep as if he did not have any control on when or where he fell asleep and the wolf started to haunt him through his dreams, luring him for something he never had any desires about.

"I will give you more power than you can imagine, I can even get rid of your mate for you"

Those words spoken by the wolf had been the last straw, the wolf was inside of his mate and that wolf wanted to harm his mate, for someone who was with his mate from the beginning how can anyone even think of harming her.

Connor may never get answer to it but he was sure he had to do something not for just his sanity but his mate's safety as well. He did not know how he could keep Crystal safe but when he found he could control the wolf's spirit he did not even stop to think, this probably was the only time in his life where he did not stop to think about it, but what done was done.

The wolf's spirit was away from his mate and she was somewhere, where the wolf will never be to put her in harm's way.

The shake of the bottle makes Connor frown as he stands alert s the bottle starts to shake a bit but before something could have happen it stops and Connor feels a light growl of the wolf touch his ears before it's lost.

"I will need you to get out of here" Jade's voice from the door way makes Connor pull his gaze away and towards her.

"Jade" he asks in relief seeing her alright along with her mate.

"It seems you being here is only making the wolf angry, so you need to go" she asks making him tilt his head to a side.

"Leave?" he asks in confusion.

"I am not strong enough to hold him together in the bottle for too long. He has powers Connor one none of us can handle and the sight of you, the sense of you is making him want to overpower you...

After all he was created so one day, he could reside inside of you" Jade explains and Connor nods his head as he starts towards the door but stops as the bottle starts to shake.

"Will he be trouble if I leave?" Connor asks and Jade shakes her head no.

"As long as you never step a foot here"

"But" he frowns not okay with the idea.

"We have no other place but to lock him here, My Lord, me and my pack will forever protect the bottle until we find a way out of this"

"What if we do no have any way out?" he asks to which she just smiles at him.

"Then perhaps this is the last time you will stand on my land, My Lord" she whispers sadly.

"Are you going to put a spell around the land?" he asks and she nods her head.

"Yes"

"Will the spell be just for me?" he asks and she sighs.

"I can feel his anger towards you for rejecting him, his fear of never getting a body, greed to be a King. So, the spell will be set for not just you but the future King as well"

"Future King?" he frowns.

"None of us can know what future holds, you of all people should know better. Just know once the spell is set, you will never be allowed to step in these lands but if ever a situation occurs and you do step in b prepare for the consequences as the bottle that is shaking just a little shall be broken and the spirit shall be set free" she warns and Connor nods his head.

"So, guess this is a goodbye" he points and she steps towards him.

"You are not allowed to step a foot in my lands Connor, that does not mean you cannot come see me or I you" she clarifies making him nod once before he takes his leave.

********

Connor stares at the pack house for a while before he takes a step forward only to feel something blocking his way, he sighs as he touches the invisible barrier as sadness fills him in.

"Tonight, I have lost one more place I once thought as home" he whispers before turning his back only to stop as he finds Jasper behind him with a smile.

"We will have to make a move soon if we want to track the Priest, you know. From what you shared about those dreams and from I have been feeling, it seems we are not the only one who is using the wolf's memories and power to track...

It may go two ways, us tracking the priest the same way the priest is tracking us" Jasper points and Connor nods his head.

"I know, that is why I had to change few scenarios and clear few memories"

"Are you sure you cleared everyone's?" Jasper asks.

"As far as I know I..." Connor stops as he glances at Jasper.

"Just as you I am protective of my mate as well, Connor. She helped you in things that will bring danger to her pack's door so if you could add her on the list of people who won't remember certain events, I would be grateful" Jasper puts it out and Connor nods.

"Jade was there when I did not even know I needed anyone, I will not make any promises regarding danger not coming on her door steps but this will be the last time I will be asking her help" he smiles and Jasper nods before he makes his way to stand in front of Connor.

Surprising Connor Jasper puts his hand on Connor's shoulder, squeezing it once before he pats on it few times.

"I have a friend who may help us tracking whoever this priest is, so whenever you are ready, we can leave" he puts it out and Connor blinks a few times.

"Jas" he mutters.

"Both of us did not chose this life but now that we are part of it, I feel in some level we understand each other, what we were, what we have become in between that I think the right decision will be to work together to end the danger that will knock on both of our mate's door, what say?" he grins.

"Do you think Jade will be okay with you disappearing?" Connor frowns.

"I am her mate not her pack for her to order me" he winks making Connor sighs.

"Both of you, you two..."

"No sentimental things, Connor. I will be getting that from my mate. So, lets call it a night" Jasper stops him from saying anything before he bids his goodbye and Connor watches the man walk away before he too disappears from the place.

********

"What are you doing here?" Adrian asks as he finds Dante standing outside of Crystal's room.

"You think she lost her virginity?" Dante asks Adrian who frowns.

"What?"

"I know it's hard to believe but that is the only conclusion I have come to, maybe her v-card was the answer to this insanity. I mean she lost her hair color, that is impossible and now suddenly it's dark like the sky without moonlight"

"You should go and rest" Adrian asks him and he shakes his head no.

"She lost her mate, then found him to be a vampire then again lost him because he did not accept her and now it's all gone, her magical, bright red hair. Do you know when we played hide and seek, I would always find her because of her red strands of here, so unique just like her....

I watched her grow Ad and do you realize how difficult it is to find her har is all gone and now it's as black as your heart?" Dante sighs and Adrian narrows his eyes at Dante's words.

"All of us are stressed enough about her situation, we do not want your stupid theories to make this situation worse, now get away from the door" he demands.

"You do not understand it Ad, no one understands, I am sad. Sad for her"

"Sadness will not right the wrongs"

"A man who does not understand the feelings of his friend is not a friend, maybe one day when you lost a red haired you will know the pain I am going through. The hair that is so forbidden in our world..."

"There are hundreds of women out with red hair, Dante, no need to be dramatic"

"But none of them are our Crystal, none of them are our Queen. None of them stared at us when they caught us sneaking out of the window to go fuck around, none of them waited all night to open the door so you won't get caught by your parents, none of them smiled at you in assurance when you made a food of yourself...

None of them, none of them made us feel like we are somewhat worth the..." Dante stops as he finds Adrian get in Crystal's room before he hears the click of the lock.

"Fucking ungrateful bastard" Dante mutters as he wipes the tear away from the corner of his eyes.

"My little red is in pain" he sighs before he walks away from the door.

********

"How are you feeling?" Adrian asks Crystal who glances at him.

"I am good" she replies and he keeps staring at her for a while.

"Any changes you feel?" he asks and Crystal sighs as she turns her back to him as she lies on the bed.

"I told you enough times I am good"

"Your hair..."

"Dante crying about is more than enough for me, you do not have to point out as well. Or are you trying to say I am not beautiful now that I have black hair, though I would prefer white hair to be honest" she points.

"It's not about beauty"

"For us, women that is all it matters, beauty with power, now please leave me alone I have to get used to the idea of my red hair being gone, Dante acts as if I just murdered his favorite child" she sighs.

"Very well, I am heading towards the village to check on few things"

"Have you decided on while part of the land will you grow your pack?" she asks turning around to watch him.

"We have discussed this before I am not creating a pack, we have our hands full with our duties to form a pack"

"But you already are an Alpha to them"

"Good. That way they will not betray me" he nods.

"You would make a good Alpha you know; those men look at you as if you are not just their leader or Alpha but someone who will bring meaning to their lives" she points making him look away.

"Leading a pack is not my priority"

"I know" she smiles letting go of the topic before he nods and walks away.

Crystal sighs as she turns on her back, staring at the ceiling of her room deep in her thoughts.

"I wonder if he would like my hair of this color" she sighs before closing her eyes as she tries to seek her wolf as now that wolf is completely gone and she wonders if that was the reason for the change of her hair.

"Is the rejection of our mate will soon be death of all of us, one by one?" she asks to no one while tear streams down her eyes.

********

Adrian stares at the grave in the middle of the ground with a frown in his face.

"It felt wrong to remove the grave" Warren points as he stands beside Adrian.

"What about the house?" he asks next.

"Nothing of value but do we really have to pull it down?" Warren asks.

"We will need to build strong house around so when time come, we are prepared, things does not look good and it's not in favor of Crystal. Some of the vampires have been raising voices regarding the death of their kind few months ago...

They think the Queen totally ignored their sentiments and the killer is not handled well"

"I thought something was off when Dante arrived" Warren sighs.

"And something is off with Crystal, I cannot put my finger on it but deep down I have an inkling something is coming and none of us are prepared for it"

"So, the rumor of her hair, it's true"

"Did you get any lead of her mate?" he asks.

"No. The man hides his track well, you feel you have hold then poof, as if he was never there"

"Keep looking, as for this part of the land. Make it a graveyard" he asks.

"A graveyard?" Warren frowns.

"It's already one, few more bodies around won't matter" he points and Warren nods.

"Okay. We are choosing lands to build house; would you like to put a claim to any?" Warren asks him.

"We are warriors, we do not need house but a place to close eyes to rest, it's better if none of you forgot it" Adrian reminds and Warren sighs as he nods his head.

"Fine, don't come crying when you do not get a land you wanted" Warren grins as he nods and walks away.

Adrian ignores Warren's words as he stares at the grave and makes his way towards it.

********

"He looks tired" Antonio points watching his son sleep soundly.

"He is, each of the pack members have been picking him up and playing. My poor baby was exhausted by the time he was handed to me. Being the Alpha's son, he has the duty to entertain the pack" his mate grins and Antonio smiles as he brushes his son's cheek lightly.

"I will ask them to keep their affection to themselves, my mate and son needs all the rest they want"

"Gio, they just want to show how much happy they are for us"

"Yes, but he is too young to handle all of this, he is too fragile" Antonio whispers as he touches his son's hand.

"Babies are fragile"

"I still cannot believe he is here with us" he whispers and Marisa smiles as she hugs her mate.

"He may look fragile now, but he will grow out to be strong"

"He will" Antonio nods as both of them stare at their boy.

A loud crash startles them both and Antonio's senses alerts him as he pushes his mate behind him.

"What was that?" Marissa whispers.

"Rogues" Antonio whispers as he picks his son and hands him to Marisa.

"Do not come out" he warns before he hurries to the door.

"Gio" she calls him.

"Stay here with our son" he asks before he walks away locking the door on his way out and Marissa wraps her son tightly in her arms.

********

"She is giving her blood as if it belongs to her! She is giving away my powers with each blood she transfers to the children!" the man growls in anger.

"They have already announced her as the Queen, we cannot do anything about it"

"If we can make her the Queen, then we shall easily take it away as well" the vampire speaks.

"You say so now but it is of your stupidity we lost our chance!"

"Diego was stupid, we just had to scare the man away but he turned the human in to one of us"

"And you were there standing and watching"

"Ah, well, we got carried away"

"And because of your stupidity we are here, powerless"

"Who said we are?"

"The wolf is gone! He was our only chance and now I cannot feel him"

"How can the spirit just disappear?" the vampire asks.

"I don't know, but something must have happened, I cannot trace him or track him down"

"The wolf's spirit, why is it so important? What if the wolf betrays us?"

"He cannot, he is under my spell, to be born the spirit made a deal with me, for the right body he will always follow my orders. I will not be made a food once again to do as the Royal wants me, this time I shall rule them, rule each of you"

"You think the wolf alone will be able to give you that much power?"

"No, but when the spirit will get into the body of the rightful ones, the soul of the human will be exchanged with me"

"So, all this time you have been wanted to be the one to rule us?" the vampire asks.

"No, not just a ruler but a King, the power I will hold, the knowledge I have gathered, no one could ever defeat me"

"What's the story with the fairy part of her?" the vampire inquiries.

"There is one realm we never got to explore and to get in I will need that fairy's blood. Crystal is too kind to go overboard, all of them had their humanity to never cross that line, but you see I am not a human" the man grins and the vampire sighs.

"The attack on the palace, it should be tonight" the priest orders and the vampire stand up.

"Very well" the vampire grins before disappearing.

*******

Crystal hurries out of her room to find Adrian, she finds him out of the house barking orders to his men. Waiting for him to finish, she stands and watches before walking down the steps.

"What's going on Ad?" she asks making her way to his side.

"We are sending the wolves to Antonio's pack, the help we sent were not enough to stop the rogues"

"But how did the rouges enter the pack? Why are they attacking?"

"It's not time for why and how, there are families to be protected in there. Women and babies are always the first priority when a pack gets attacked and the reason why a pack get weaken, if one of the mates of the wolf is hurt or even killed the same wolf may go against his own pack because of grief"

"Any news of Marisa and Enzo?" she worries.

"No news is good news Cry; you go and stay inside I have to check on the guards" Adrian states.

"Ad, do you think because of..."

"Cry, it does not matter, the thing is we will have to deal with it and move on" Adrian states before leaving her alone.

********

"The pack is the first priority, make sure all of you come back alive" Warren orders the group as they hurry for their journey.

"I need the details on the remaining men, their shift details and which gates they are on duty" Warren asks as few of the men hurry around.

"Why do we have to go help Antonio's pack? They have enough wolves"

"When in war nothing is ever enough and Antonio would never ask for help if he did not need it. It's said there are not just wolves but few vampires as well, now hurry up, we need to secure the palace" Warren informs as he goes to report back to Adrian.

Connor steps away from the grounds as he had heard enough, with a sigh he glances back at the palace where his mate resides. So, without a second thought he makes his way towards the palace to check on her.

********

Crystal feels agitated as she paces back and forth in her room, wondering what the situation is in Antonio's pack. She stops herself from going to Adrian and asking him about the pack as she knows his hands were full from sending the men to guarding the palace.

With a sigh, she sits down on the bed worried, she does not know how she can be of any help. Scared, now that her wolf is not with her, if her powers were of any help.

A knock on her door makes her stand up and she asks whoever was behind her door to walk in.

"My Queen, Adrian has been looking for you" one of the guards asks making her frown.

"Is everything okay?" she asks.

"You must come with me" is the only reply she gets so without a second thought she follows the man.

Hurrying along the guard Crystal finds her standing inside of the throne room. She frowns when she finds someone sitting on the throne so she looks behind her to ask the guard to find no one behind her and the doors locked.

"Who are you?" she asks the man sitting in the throne.

"I, for one have been asking myself the same question, who am I, what am I and why am I, the way I am" the man speaks which brings a frown in Crystal's face.

"Why are you sitting in my throne?" she questions as she tries to step towards him but stops as she cannot move.

"What is the meaning of this?" she asks as she finally sees the marking around her.

"That you will know soon my little princess"

"I am a Queen now" she argues and the man chuckles as he stands up.

"Is that so? Let's see if the Queen can protect herself" he states before he claps his hand and Crystal finds herself being surrounded by few women.

"Who are you all?" Crystal asks but before she can get any answer the witches start their chants and Crystal finds herself being affected with it.

"Now my little one time to come out and play, I have waited a long time but it seems the wait has to come to a stop. Come and help me find that stupid wolf" the man states as Crystal's body shakes and she slowly falls down.

"What is happening?" Crystal whispers breathless as she feels something moving inside of her.

"This is your awakening, my dear Queen" the man snickers as a pain shot through Crystal and a scream leaves her body.

*******

Connor stops in his step as he hears the scream, pausing for a moment he checks around the whole place down to sense the guards were all down. The chants in the place echoes as it reaches his ears so he hurries to the source of it.

"Rise, rise up my little one" a man's voice makes Connor to stand still.

Looking for another way to the room, Connor finds himself touching the door and it opens and before he could react the sight in front of him feels him to dread.

The scream from Crystal turns into a powerful wave pushing the witches away, some crashing down, some lying unconscious. The man standing on the throne screams as the brightness from Crystal blinds him, burning his eyes.

The fairy flutters her wings as she tries to flee, but someone invisible binds her leg stopping her from leaving. Connor, walks inside of the room and the fairy gets startles as she turns to face him, she starts to flutter her wings harshly to get out of the room only to fail.

She cries in panic as Connor reaches close and instead of touching her, he grabs the rope that was around her leg, Connor hisses a bit as it burns his hand before he gazes at the fairy.

"Still" he asks and she stops fluttering her wings before slowly getting down and sitting on the ground staring at him.

Gripping the rope once again Connor tries to ignore the burn as he unties the cords and the fairy finally get away flying around the room. Connor garbs his hand as pain fills him in with the burn, his eyes lands on the fairy as she flies around the room trying to find a way out and in doing so, she starts to destroy the room.

"You do not have it in you to control her" the man speaks from the throne and Connor glances at him.

"You may be able to hide the wolf but know I will find it" the man whispers as a portal opens and Connor covers his eyes before the man disappears and the portal closes.

********

"Guard the palace" Adrian roars as he pushes the vampire away from him before he goes to shift only to be stopped by another vampire. He finds himself struggling to shift from the moment they were attacked out of nowhere.

Few of his men who were able to shift were laying dead on the ground and many of his men were having the same trouble with their shift. The vampires have been tackling them to stop them from their shift.

Grabbing the vampire who was clinging at Adrian's back, he throws the man on the ground before snapping his head. He hurries to the aid of his men pushing the vampire off his friend.

"They are too many" Warren gasps as he holds onto his broken arm.

"Newlings" Adrian growls as the vampires were too unstable.

"We do not have enough force" Warren points.

"We will have to do, War, they cannot reach the palace" Adrian states as he grabs his friend's arm before snapping it in place.

"Fuck, but do you mean them?" Warren gasps as he raises his hand to point at the palace where the vampires were climbing the palace walls as if ants.

"Shift!" Adrian roars as he gets hold of few vampires throwing them away as he jumps and shifts mid-air.

With God's like speed, he tackles and kills the vampires attacking him men, giving them enough time to shift as all of them, both the wolves and vampires makes their way towards the palace. Both with same intent, reaching Crystal.

*******

Connor finishes tying the fairy's hands with the end of the rope before he ties the end length of the rope around his arm over his clothes.

"We will find a way to turn you back to your normal self but for now, we need to move" Connor asks as he holds her hand and steps to walk out of the room only to pause as he hears the roars and growls.

And just as he hears it the door of the room breaks free as vampires' storm inside at once. The fairy starts to flutter her wings in panic and Connor tugs at the rope to make her stop it.

"Calm" he orders the girl who sighs before she stands behind him, hiding herself from other.

"Give the girl" one of the vampires asks and Connor glances at the girl before he eyes the number inside of the room as they were increasing by each second.

"No"

"Don't be foolish, you cannot fight all of us" the man grins.

"Then come take her" Connor challenges as he puts his arm behind the girl and the man growls going to attack only, he cannot.

But they were too many, too many of them for him to control and few of them rush to attack. Moving the girl from left to right side Connor fights the younglings.

"Who are you?" some of them ask.

"You will not be alive to remember it" Connor replies as he raises his hand and with a swift of it, the vampires turn to each other to fight.

Holding the girl, Connor makes his way out only to find few other vampires surrounding him, kneeling in front of the girl, Connor asks her to hop on his back and without a word the girl does so.

With her on his back, tightly holding him, Connor runs with his speed as he throws blows on the vampires who reaches close. Jumping from the balcony to other side of the building, Connor frowns as he finds a large number of Vampires climbing on the palace, waiting for their turn.

So, having no other choice, Connor lets the girl drop off his back as he puts her inside of a room.

"Wait here" he asks and the girl frown as he ties her leg as well and walks out locking the door.

Connor closes his eyes as he takes a deep breath before he lets his vampiric senses to take over him and with a flash he attacks, snapping the neck, broking their bones. Jumping off the building he takes few of the men with him as he lands on his legs while the vampires lie down with their heads rolling off their bodies.

With a shout Connor uses all of his strength to break all the pillars on which the palace was standing tall and watches as the building starts to crumble, he watches as few of the vampires jump off the walls and few crumbles down along with the place.

Connor rushes to the girl's side as he picks her up and jumps off the palace into the trees, standing at one of the branches he finds himself watching the palace come down with loud thud as smokes fills in the place.

He sighs as he stares at the girl who had her eyes on him.

********

"What the fuck?" one of the vampires curses they stop to watch the palace falling down.

"You all too fat for the old building to handle it" Warren jokes as he punches the vampire into unconsciousness.

"Crystal" Adrian bellows as he looks around the place shouting for the girl.

"Find her" Adrian orders as he scrambles to push the dead bodies and search for the girl, while dread fills him in.

********

Connor walks as far away from the palace with the girl walking behind him without a word, he stops when he reaches close to the river and unties the rope from his arm. He turns to find the girl stare at him without a word, glancing at her hands he walks to untie her hands and let her free.

"Shift back" he asks and the girl tilts her head before she sits down with a thud.

"You really are a trouble" he sighs as he stares at her before he moves away.

Connor takes a seat and stares at the fairy with her beautiful wings and sparkling skin, he shakes his head as he cannot even comprehend the things, he had done few moments ago.

"Destroying the palace, I think I may have gone a bit too far" he chuckles before staring at the girl who frowns and Connor watches her when she gets on her fours to make her way towards him.

He shifts a bit back as she touches his thighs and shoves her face closer to him, she looks at his eyes as if searching something before she sits on ground with a huff.

"You need to shift back and it seems you are more trouble than anyone of us imagined" he asks the girl and she tilts her head.

To his surprise, the girl puts her hand on his knees before she puts her head on top of her hand and closes her eyes, with a sigh the girl falls asleep and then she shifts back.

Connor holds his breath as he touches the hair on top of Crystal's hair, he rubs few strands of her hair as he lets go of his breath. Pushing the hair away, he stares at her sleeping face, letting her rest.

*******

"Adrian" Warren's shout makes Adrian jerk up as he hurries to the voice.

"She is here" Warren points as they find her asleep beside the destroyed building.

Adrian breathes in relief as he picks the girl in his arms.

"Call for a healer" he asks as he hurries towards the village to let her rest.