The Black Alder Series (Books 1-3)

Ares Pov

After the pain faded from someone trying to mark our mate, we soon realized it wasn’t our pain we were feeling but only a sliver of the pain she was feeling, which means her pain was ten times worse. At least we know she is still alive. Our lycans continue to try to reach her wolf royal. Royal has been silent for over three months.

“Excuse me, Alpha.” One of our guards links me. Communication has fallen to me alone due to my brothers being out of it.

“What?” I link back.

“There is a witch here who says she knows where the luna is,” the guard links back. That certainly caught my attention.

“Bring her to my office,” I commanded. I wonder whether or not to bring my brothers into the mix, but they are not in good shape right now. It’s best if I do it alone. Then again, she is just as much my mate as she is theirs, and they would never forgive me if I chose to do this without them. On that note,.

“Adonis, Ash, come to the office now. We are meeting a witch who knows the whereabouts of Bella. Once I reach the office, I notice they are already there, seated, and anxious.

I sat down, only to hear a knock seconds later. A beautiful, tall woman with curly brown hair and bright blue eyes comes in, bows, and then sits down in front of me. I dismissed the guard.

“Who are you?” I commanded. I was told she was a witch, but I do not think she is a witch. She seems more powerful.

“I am called Cayce, alpha.” She replies in a very thick accent.

“You are not a witch,” Adonis says, looking at her with narrow eyes. He must have felt the same energy as me.

“Indeed not, for I am a nymph. Similar to a witch, yes, but we nymphs are much older and much more powerful.” Cayce says

“Where do you come from, and what information do you have on our mate?” Ash asks her. I take note that it’s good to see their heads seem to be coming back together after these last three months.

“I come from the city of Elis, which resides in Greece, Alpha, and as far as your mate is concerned, I will tell you, but to save her, you will need to hear the story of who has her and where it all began. She speaks

“We don’t have time for stories. We have waited three fucking months for information on our mate,” Adonis says, standing up. I can tell he is fighting his wolf as his eyes shift from hazel to black. “YOU WILL TELL US WHERE SHE IS,” he commands. Cayce seems unaffected by the aura he is releasing. Her face stays unreadable.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

“You will sit down, young man, and you will listen. You will need the information I have if you wish to save your mate,” she said, and her eyes glowed, turning purple. Adonis takes Ash and me by surprise and rushes to attack her, but he is thrown back to his seat. Ash and I get up instantly to check on Adonis, but we are sat back down by some invisible force. I can tell Silas that Adonis’s Lycan has taken over. Unlike our lycans, we are the rational ones. They are the strength, so I know Adonis is not thinking clearly. Maybe letting him continue his hobby of killing and torturing vampires in the cells was not the best idea.

I am, however, annoyed that this witch or nymph, whatever, is keeping me from helping my brother calm his lycan down.

“I was checking on our brother,” I tell her, trying to push off the force that had held us down.

“Your brother will be fine. You need to listen to me now. Without the information I am about to tell you, you would surely die. You are about to deal with things that are more powerful than any of you can understand. If you wish to save her, you will listen to what I have to say,” she explains, releasing the invisible grip on all of us. I look at Adonis, who seems to have calmed down enough. His hazel eyes are back. Ash seems fine as well.

She looks at me, and I nod for her to start. She smiles and nods.

“Long ago”….