Only the Ice Prince ever named them; for everyone else, they were merely violent beasts. "Aidan, this is... magical," I said, glancing sideways at him. He could hear us the entire time. "I know. And you're incredibly powerful too... It took me a while to understand Ignacio," he replied, and the pride in his eyes made my heart skip a beat. But then worry stirred in my chest once more. Why had Aidan relapsed? Did it have something to do with the spell holding the palace together?
Our conversation continued a bit longer, and Sachar shared some promising news. Aidan didn’t know exactly where the two fragments of the Beast's Heart had fallen. "That thing you're looking for is in the Drakmor Mountains. I know because I found it by accident. Rucka, the daughter of… of the Alpha, is hiding it." I noticed the prince's brow tighten. "She says you killed her brother..." he confronted her. "That's not true! She's mad with power over that cursed stone!"
"I tried to warn Ignacio, but he...!" she snorted, her fury palpable. "He didn't believe me, and then Rucka accused me of her brother's death... Ignacio banished me... left in silence, but she uncovered my secret." She cast a glance at the pup, playing in the bushes and chasing fireflies. "She's afraid of the competition.
That's why she killed her brother—she wants to rule the Drakmor and now fears my daughter." "You're Ignacio's mate, aren't you?" Aidan asked suddenly. Sachar tensed but then lowered her head. I was continually astonished by how complex these creatures were. "Yes, I am. His second chance mate. But he never wanted to acknowledge me... We were only together because of my heat, and later... he still wouldn't accept me as his Alpha Female." A heavy silence fell between us.
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I didn't even know this Ignacio fellow, and I already wanted to punch him. However, I recalled what I had heard about his past with Aidan, how Aidan had killed his own mate... perhaps that was why he rejected Sachar. "We're heading to the swamp right now," Aidan announced suddenly. "I'll let my sister and Vincent know so they don’t worry," he added. "That's where the entrance to the Beastmen continent is, and to Drakmor Mountain."
"I'm not taking them there," I protested.
But after considering it, I realized I couldn’t leave them behind with that crazed beast still lurking out there. In the end, they followed me along the path to the legendary swamplands, the territory of a wild pack loyal to the Alpha King. We barely had time to fold our wings and land when we witnessed, from the sky, a brutal clash between giant wolves and those enraged black-scaled creatures. Before them, a massive Drakmor roared at the heavens.
There was no doubt in my mind that he had to be the leader—Ignacio. But why was he fighting the werewolf race? What had compelled him to finally betray Aidan? "ALPHA DRAKMOR!" The prince's roar resonated powerfully, shaking every heart as he dove down with a blast that summoned icy spikes from the ground, splitting the factions apart. Their furious gazes clashed across the distance between them. Ignacio growled threateningly, and I feared that the war had only just begun.
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