"Ethan, listen to me, you have to speak with your father. It's been days and you have been neglecting him for what seems to be years in his sight. I know that it's somehow too unbearable for you but he has his reasons." Clara tried speaking to Ethan that morning as he walked from one space to another, trying to change his mind but he could hardly listen to her. "What more reasons did he have when hiding that? I am his son and he knows the danger that we are all in. It's not easy and he has to support and not hide such an important part of my life away from me." Ethan retorted but Clara held his hand before he could leave the room.She stroked it gently and held his chin, turning his face towards her side. "Look, I acknowledge that everything started because of me…" "Nothing started because of you, Clara." He interrupted but Clara shook her head in disagreement. "No, everything happened because of me. Even though you keep on assuring me that nothing went wrong or I didn'
"Like seriously? You decided to give the poor Alpha a punishment?" Lucille burst out laughing after she finished hearing Clara's side of the story. Ethan had tried reaching out to her but the stubborn Luna had refused and only performed her duties under the roof of Lucille and Ben's place. Ben had no problem with her staying after she promised to look after Lucille for him. He was frustrated and was getting fed up with her daily demand for unnecessary things which would have to be thrown away after a while because she lacks interest in it. Like…he freaking bought those things with money! But if Clara was to stay with her, he was sure that she would want to adjust herself and not stress the poor girl who was also a Luna. It was a win-win situation for both of them [ Clara and Ben ]. "I am serious though. He has to speak with him. They are not supposed to fight." Clara grumbled.Lucille opened her bowl of ice cream and dipped the spoon into it. "I will advise that you shouldn
Ethan was reminded of the conversation that he had with Tim that morning. "So, here is the simple little deal. The telephone was bought by a man…actually the address of the man, after I looked it up, it's an old building that has been deserted for many years. But what I don't understand is how the telephone did work because the call that you received was the first call from the telephone in the years that it has been bought. So that can be considered to be strange.Then, secondly, I was able to trace the number but it stopped suddenly. As if the network or whatever was interrupted. I can only tell you this, the location in which I believe the call must have come from is from a deep forest or bush or any reserved arena that's not visible to people. You can try searching those places." He explained.This was all Ethan needed to confirm. So he thought about it, maybe Astro could have wanted to play a prank call on him? That must have been what he was up to. He scoffed and appreciated
The search had started and the wolves made sure not to let go of any spot as they searched high and low for any hidden spot. The people had vacated their residences for their respective homes just in case something unspeakable was going to happen. However, despite their search, they were unable to get any feedback that could help. Clara had a meeting with the CEO of the fashion house and Ethan had volunteered to drop her off. She refused to leave him so he was stuck to her. "Do you have your things ready?" He asked her. "Yeah…but I am a bit nervous about it all. I think I might flop." Ethan smiled, enchanting Clara once more as she stared at him. "You can't flop at this point. You are going to do well. Have faith in yourself and be confident. Remember that you are a Luna of many packs, that confidence you exude whenever you are performing your duties is what you should show forth and you will be fine, I assure you." He lifted her palm and kissed it before rubbing it smoot
"He sent me a voice message," Ethan announced as he entered the mansion. Lucille, Ben, Olive, and Clara were discussing something important when he arrived. His composure got their attention. "Who is 'he'?" Ben asked him. Clara stood up to meet her mate who enveloped her in his arms and kissed her neck, sniffing her warm baby scent that she had on. This was a way for him to calm himself amid the storm. "Astro." He answered. Everyone was stunned. Ben stood up and moved away from Lucille towards Ethan. "Are you kidding me? You aren't joking, right?" "Do I seem to be laughing?" Ethan answered him. He dipped his hands into his pockets and gave him the card that he had received earlier on. Ben quickly pulled out a laptop for use. They all watched the video.Olive could barely breathe after seeing his son's face for the first time in more than a decade. Different emotions gushed over, he just felt powerful as he watched Astro talk throughout with a silly smile on his face. W
Clara refused to listen to Ethan and immediately cut the call because she believed that it was going to be a delay on her part. She kept telling the driver to hasten up and follow Astro's car as she didn't want to lose them at such an important part.Her phone rang and it was Ethan calling but she refused to answer it. If she was done with this then he would know why she had to reject his calls.Suddenly a car from behind drove a bit to the front and someone mysterious pulled down the window. His eyes met with that of Clara's eager one and her widened after he pulled out a gun and stretched it to the tires. This scared her and the next thing that was heard was the sound of gunshots.★★★★★ "Have you tried her number yet?" Ethan asked Lucille worriedly as he paced up and down. No one knew where she could be and her number was not reachable. Ethan was passing through a lot of emotional torment so much that he could hardly breathe. "She isn't answering. Worst still, her number is u
Ethan was going through his clothes inside the closet, he was also humming a tune while doing so. Behind him was Clara, she was sleeping peacefully. The pack doctor had come to check on her wounds and they had healed quickly too. This was because she was a white wolf. She had fast healing abilities for herself. Clara shifted on the bed, she grimaced a bit because of the aching that she felt. She opened her eyes and saw that she was already inside her room. She remembered where she was, she was inside the car…she must have been rescued.She later heard Ethan's whispers and finally Rose from the bed. "Ethan?" She called him. He turned around quickly and rushed towards her. "How are you doing? How are you feeling? Do you need anything?" He asked concernedly. Clara shook her head as she held his hand. "No, I am fine, thank you. I am just a bit tired." She whispered. "Don't worry. You will be fine, okay? Just take a short rest." "Hmm."There was silence after he helped her to r
"What exactly is wrong with you? Why do you see me as something or someone you can trade to help this family? This family that I can not even call my own." Jackson shouted at his mum. He was getting tired of being treated as irrelevant. "Oh..so it's now that the family is irrelevant to you, huh? The roof you are sleeping under is provided by this family…" "Did I ever sleep peacefully under the roof? Did you allow me to sleep? Every night, you would always enforce your rules of doing something despite knowing my condition. I got to work late…just because of you, my salary was divided in half! Something that is not yet enough for me to enjoy yet you would still collect it from me. How can you be this evil? I am not getting married to that spoiled brat, let your husband get married to her instead.I won't lower my values and worth by getting married to someone like her." Jackson slammed his hand against the wall as he spoke furiously.His mother stared at him in astonishment be
Ethan settled down as far as he could from Ophelia and he had as many abled people beside him to probably stop him from strangling her to death. There were Clara, Ben, Lucille, and some other abled men for this short mission.The elders were allowed to start talking while Ethan kept shut because it was more advisable to do so. He wasn't in the right state of mind. "We received a letter on your behalf from this young man…" a woman pointed at Jackson while speaking to Ophelia. *Who claimed to be your mate? How true is this?" She asked her.Ophelia blinked, her heart was still racing, all of a sudden this apparent situation of hers opened the door for more headaches, worries, high blood pressure, and whatever one could feel and think about at the point of death. "Yes…yes…he is my mate." "He is human," Lucille said and locked eyes with Ophelia meaningfully. "Yes." She answered with a whisper. "Do you really want to apologize or you just had him do that as a fake? You've
"What do you think is going to happen now? Will he accept it? It's been days." Ben asked as he put Sofia to sleep.Lucille was dusting off imaginary dirt off her clothes and then looked at her husband after he mentioned that. "You didn't know?" "Know what?" "Luna has already sent a letter back to them but I think the question now is will Ophelia come or not?" She answered.Ben sighed, "I just don't even know my stand in all of these. Will everything go well for our good? Ethan doesn't seem like he is in a good mood to want to welcome anybody. He has been yelling at everyone at the company." He rubbed his hair.Lucille sighed and put down the big bear toy that she was holding. She went to meet him and wrapped his arms around her waist making him place his head on her tummy. "I know how badly you want to help me. Everyone is as confused as you are so don't hurt yourself that much. The pain is gonna be there but that day, Ophelia did recognize her mistakes and was trying
"At least, you were able to spread positivity through your behavior," Ethan said as he walked into the mansion with the ladies. "And I am proud to have given her a mark that she won't forget in her whole lifetime. I also told her that I am watching her. I can't easily forget what she did. I went almost naked on national TV. If I had been totally naked, I would have been going through therapy now and her apologies wouldn't heal me." Agnes complained and flung herself across the chair.A wolf passed by them carrying Sofia on its back. "Anyway, it is all gone now and she has turned a new leaf. Try being friendly towards her." Clara said as she rubbed her tummy subconsciously. "I will try to but I won't hesitate to bring her down to her knees if she goes insane." She threatened. Her phone rang, popping up Brown's name on the screen. "Hey…yeah, we are back. Alright, I will be there. No, there is no need for that, I can come all by myself. Hmm…see you later." She ended the c
Jackson stood to look at his mother who seemed to be arranging something in front of the house. He was squeezing his fingers nervously as he watched her. He was totally fidgeting.He didn't know how he was supposed to approach her because her actions were always unexpected. Rihanna sighed for the third time. Living a lonely life was hell and her husband was not around.Was he even worth being called a husband? Her present family was nothing but trash. There was no peace…no love, just her alone. There was nothing to gain as it was an absolute waste of time.She turned around and saw Jackson standing there, staring back at her. She eyed him without much reaction. One was expecting the other to tell him to come but staying off was probably better because anything dangerous could happen. Rihanna spread her hands open suddenly for him and Jackson's eyes widened. There was that rise of hope in his eyes as he looked from his mother to her hands that were opened in front of him. Rihanna ur
Jackson left the house after taking a day off from the restaurant. He was inside a cab heading to Lydia's father's house for a meeting. According to the plan that Ophelia had devised yesternight, he was to go to her father's place before she did anything dangerous while she promised to work on his mother instead.He didn't know what she was going to say to her but he hoped for the best. As he was going, he felt nervous because he didn't know what else he was going to face on his side.What if he didn't like him anymore and decided to punish him? What if things wouldn't go the way that they planned? He was sure of one thing and that was, Lydia was going to get mad at him. But he was ready to do whatever it took for himself to regain his freedom.The cab dropped him off at the gate and he paid the money before entering. The security man cross-checked diligently as he was supposed to do before letting him in while someone else brought him to the garden where the man was sitting.He was
"Why can't just people face what they are doing, huh? Why must they be concerned about other people's affairs?" Agnes said with frustration.Lucille came into the sitting room carrying a plate of fruit for Clara to taste. "What happened?" She asked. "Someone went ahead to spread pictures of Luna and Mr. Henry, claiming that the both of them are dating." She answered. "That's absurd," Lucille answered and collected the phone from her hand. She took a look at the contents and rolled her eyes afterward before taking a seat. "Well, to be able to sell, they need to provide enough false news. And telling the tales of Billionaires seems to work just fine for them, I guess." Lucille replied.Clara didn't even mind and only focused on eating her fruits. "I hope the Alpha won't get worried and over-jealous after seeing this. The pictures are quite intimate." Agnes showed Clara. "If he doesn't get jealous, that only proves he doesn't love me. If he considers this to be fake j
Jackson came back with a glass of drink for her and sat beside Ophelia who was sobbing. By now, she was trying hard to stop herself from crying and eventually started hiccuping so Jackson had to attend to her. "Here. Have some water." He gave her the water and she collected it with trembling hands. "Thank you."Jackson nodded and watched her drink all of it. What could be the problem? Who offended and made her cry? Why was she crying? She had always been that strong face woman that he knew so why was she crying?After a few minutes, she was done drinking the water and gently put down the cup. "May I ask why exactly you are crying?" Jackson asked her again worriedly. Ophelia bit her lips and fumbled with her fingers. Maybe she shouldn't have come here directly but she wasn't in the right state of mind to want to be alone. "I…I"Jackson sighed, "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. At least, you came to me when you are unhappy and that's enough to keep me glad bec
Ethan drove out of the ice cream store that evening, feeling a bit pressured. Beside him was Ben who was going through the things that he had bought for the hundredth time in a row. "Alpha, the flavors are complete and I can assure you that she will love them." He said. "You are not here so how can you say that on her behalf?" Ethan raised his brows and Ben just scoffed. "I can't believe that you are behaving like this now. What happened to the strong Ethan I know? Come to think of it, during my time, you didn't consider me serious. You would mock me all the time and whenever I called to cry out to you for help, you just ignored me and reported me to Lucille for more suffering. Don't you think that it's my time to repay the deeds?" He smiled at Ethan like a maniac and Ethan successfully pulled out the leadership card against him "As your Alpha, you shall obey me." He ordered and Ben's smile slowly dried up as the corner of his lips went downwards. He was displeased at the
"Remember that you have to put on a good smile and act accordingly to the plan, do you understand?" Lydia instructed through gritted teeth to Jackson. The latter was dressed in a fine suit and his hair was well made so it could give him a more beautiful and innocent look.Currently, they were in Lydia's father's house for an introduction and Jackson felt more nervous than ever because he had not been in such a situation before.His pupils kept moving from one side to the other because of his anxiousness.Then suddenly, they both heard the sound of footsteps coming from the inner part. Unlike any other house with a staircase in sight whenever someone came in, Jackson concluded that they must be in the waiting room because there was no staircase in sight for him even though it was a big building that ought to have one.An aged man then appeared with a lot of electronic gadgets. Some were his phones. He seemed to be in his seventies as most of his hair had turned white. He was wearing