Werewolf Academy Year Three - Jayme Morse Page 0,23

had gotten sick every time I went to the island, and now I knew why: Nocturne Island made me more powerful. It made a lot of sense.

I wished that the prophecy told me when I needed to kill the Triangle. It left too much answered as far as that went, but at least I knew the order in which things would happen.

I had been so fearful of this war beginning and catching us all off-guard, but at least I knew how things would go now. The fires would come first, the war between the paranormal races would follow.

Colton laughed so loudly from where he lay on the bed next to me that it interrupted my thoughts about what I had just read.

Glancing over at me, he seemed to notice for the first time that I wasn’t watching. “Do you want to watch something else?”

“I need to do my homework,” I said, holding up the book.

“Oh. Right.” He smacked his forehead and then went back to watching.

Opening the next book, I read from it.

The Triangle Prophecy, which was first seen by Francisco Eduardo during the 1500s, has long been a fear of some prophets.

Some have wondered why the first biological-born werewolf, Princess Fallyn of the Werewolves, is the one whose kiss will trigger this war. It is believed that there was a curse placed on the werewolf, one that would cause this.

First, it’s important for us to take a look at the history of how Princess Fallyn came to be the first-born werewolf.

King Francis and Queen Lydia were originally humans. They were the King and Queen who reigned over the village of Nocturne Island. The entire village was cursed to become werewolves, but the witch who placed the curse on the island was known to hate the King and Queen, especially. So, a second curse was also placed, this one involving their unborn daughter.

I rolled my eyes. Of freaking course there was yet another curse involving me.

The curse stated that the King and Queen would give birth to one child: a daughter, who would be the first-born werewolf.

Her blood would be powerful enough to control all of Nocturne Island. From its ground and its winds to its sky and its waters, the island would change based on her emotions.

I paused. Was this the reason my kiss with Theo had made the stars fall down all around us? Because the island’s sky was able to change with my emotions? Theo had lived on Nocturne Island, and he’d said that the stars had never fallen that way before. It was interesting, considering I had never fallen as hard as I had that night, either…

I continued to read.

Her magic would be most powerful on Nocturne Island.

Due to the triangular shape of the island, she would also produce a Triangle of her own. Her kiss would be powerful enough to create a Triangle of three of the most powerful Alpha werewolves, all of which would be interconnected.

There was only one way for the curse to be broken: The Princess must marry another werewolf, one of Royal blood, before she turns eighteen. However, this would prove difficult because of the princess’s rebellious nature.

I swallowed hard then as a realization hit me. All of the visions I’d had about my biological parents had made them seem so horrible, but everything they had done had been for a reason.

I had assumed that they were going to force me into a marriage with Milos Santorini because he was a Royal, just like us. I thought they considered peasants or commoners to be below us, but it hadn’t been that at all.

The real reason they wouldn’t allow me to marry the Nicholas hadn’t been because they felt he was below us. Or even if they did consider him to be below us, it wasn’t the only reason I hadn’t been allowed to marry him. They hadn’t allowed it because marrying a servant wouldn’t have been conducive to breaking the curse.

They had gone as far as to murder him because they wanted to stop the war from happening.

What I didn’t understand was why they hadn’t just told me that at the time. Based on my memories, nothing like that had ever been mentioned. Even though I hadn’t actually been in love with any of the Royal werewolves who they had introduced me to, I was pretty sure that I would have taken one for the team just to save werewolf and human kind. Being in a loveless marriage seemed a hell