As a car drove into the compound, everyone stopped what they were doing as their focus was on it. Immediately some of them started howling while some of the wolves stood up to protect their loved ones. The way the car was rounding the premises intending to find a spot to park, was the way the wolves were taking a step one after the other, watching curiously because the car belonged to Ethan.The invasive scent got stronger as the door opened only for Johnson with Clara to come out of the backseat. Then Ethan came out of the driver's seat. The wolves calmed down a bit while some went back to sitting down. They glanced at one another, why was a rogue brought into the pack house?Clara was a bit scared after she saw their reaction but was at least comfortable that they didn't pull off any funny tricks. "Let's go in," Ethan said respectfully to Johnson. The man nodded and they entered the mansion as expected. Not far from them, Olive was facing the entrance and so easily got to see
It's been a few days since the incident and Ethan had been making sure that things get resolved as soon as possible even though it wasn't easy because the masses wouldn't stop talking bad about him and his family.Ophelia arrived at the pack with her head buried in shame. She hadn't come home for a while and she was very unhappy that people didn't ask after her, not even her foster father, all because of Clara.She was in total disbelief. How can someone like that manage to cast a spell on the rest of them so that they couldn't see how pretentious she was? No one even got angry after they realized how fraudulent she was with the help of Ethan. That was what annoyed her the most.Ethan!He was the dumbest person that she had ever known. Despite her love for him, her sacrifices simply meant nothing to the fool. He was blind to see it because Clara was doing the work. Ophelia was unhappy that things were not going her way but what else could she do?Her sacrifices were in vain. As she
Ophelia sat down in front of Olive. The man was sipping from his cup and his eyes were on the table. He tapped the table lightly as he thought deeply about how to start talking. "Do you know that what you did was wrong?" He finally spoke, clearing Ophelia's anxiousness a bit like the sun amidst a storm. She looked up from her lap and nodded. "I am sorry, Father but I wanted to follow my…" "Don't complete those words of yours. It will only infuriate me more. Do you know the danger and implications of what you did? Everyone is talking bad about our family. You only put your brother in more problems because of the bad image that you created for him and Clara."Ophelia snapped at him, "Clara again! Everything is about Clara. I was also affected by this, Father, can't you see? I left this house about three or five days ago yet no one called to ask after me. No one cared if I was dead or not, all you are concerned about is Clara…Clara…Clara. Who exactly is she? I lived with you…I g
Clara got admission into the University to study mass communication as she had wanted to. She was so joyous about this and so was everybody. They were happy for the progress that she had made and she got celebrated amidst the ongoing situation that was yet to get settled at home. Ophelia was yet to come back to the mansion ever since she left. The Alpha had organized a search party for her but it was abortive because no one could find her; she was definitely not in the forest so where could she have gone to? Ethan and Clara's relationship took on a whole other level after the incident as he tried working more on the bond that they shared and Clara was becoming happy and cheerful again.She did put limits on some things that they did together as one but she was still considerate. Ethan was yet to tell her why she didn't have a ceremony like Luna ought to and she didn't want to force him despite having the inching desire to know.Clara was done with her classes for the day and was hea
Unconscious Clara was carried into an abandoned apartment that was in City F. There were some men gathered around and they watched the kidnappers tie Clara to a chair while Johnson was on the other side with a blood-stained shirt. When he saw his daughter rushed into the room as well and tied up, his blood pressure leveled up and he screamed her name. "CLARA!!!" However, it only proved futile because it clearly wasn't working. He looked at the men pleadingly. They were werewolves like him so why were they doing this? "Please, let her go. I am the one you want. Please, she is just a young girl. Let her go." He pleaded desperately thinking that perhaps his past had visited him once more. "How sure are you that I need you?" Someone asked from the dark and Johnson squirmed his eye to at least catch a view of who it could be. "Who…who are you? No, just let her go…please…don't hurt her." The mysterious person laughed. "Why will I hurt her, huh?" He then appeared, his fac
"How is the situation over there? Have you handled it already?" A woman asked on a phone call. "You need not worry, Ophelia. She is safe and back in City F." "I don't give a f*ck if she is safe or not, I would have preferred her murder but that would have been too easy to do. Allowing her to witness her life get ruined and her separation from Ethan to be valid is the best gift that I can give her. Make sure that the stupid boy gets down to work and I don't want to hear any failure in this job this time around. Do you understand?" "Ophelia, I know what my job is all about, don't give me orders, okay? Stick to your helpless situation." The guy replied angrily and ended the call.Ophelia glanced at the screen of her phone and gritted her teeth. "How dare that bastard hang up the call? Just wait! I will put you in your place very soon." She said to no one in particular but to her phone before throwing it on the bed. She poured herself a glass of wine before drowning her m
"Where is she?" Ethan yelled at Ophelia whose hands were tied and she was lying on the bare ground in front of the members. Some were already in their original form while some were still humans. They were staring at her with disgust and anger that was still evident in their eyes. Ophelia bit her lips hard as tears streamed down her face. She had been injected with something and she was feeling the pain and the heat from within. She could hardly move her legs and arms as she whimpered helplessly. "Let me go. I don't know where she is." She replied with tears.Lucille bent to her level just to speak with her. "Ophelia, it's time that you stop all your foolish plays. Everyone is aware of the real you and what you are capable of doing. You don't need to pretend anymore. We know that you are obsessed with the Alpha and you will do anything just to have him but at the expense of an innocent's life. Why can't you think of the favor that this pack and everyone else in it has done f
Clara opened her eyes weakly due to the screaming she heard. Her head was banging very hard and she was feeling uncomfortable. Trying to adjust her eyes to the bright lights around, she then spoke out. "What's going on here?" She asked with squinted eyes.Someone then rushed towards her and held her by the shoulders. "You are awake. Wow, finally. You are awake." Drake hugged her suddenly and gazed at her. "I can't believe it. I waited so long for you and it's not fruitless. This is great. Finally!" He yelled happily. Clara still didn't get what the hell was going on because her memory was dazed. "Clara…Clara, can you hear me? This is your father…Clara, open up your eyes." Johnson yelled and Clara's eyes widened. She brought her head to sit straight on her neck and winced because of the pain due to the inappropriate position she was in while unconscious. "Dad?" She called out confusingly. She then looked around, and the strands of her hair fell to her face as she was loo
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