***KAYLA***"What'd you say happened?" Caleb asked, rushing into the room."Carla called," Nate announced to him, shocked and worried all at once."According to her, the pack was robbed, I mean, the castle was robbed, and everything else is intact, but your room and her rooms as ransacked, it's like someone was looking for something and specifically thought it was with you or Carla," Nate explained the content of the call he'd earlier received downstairs.Caleb ran his hands through his hair in frustration, "Derek!" He seethed out."I'm sorry?" I said, shocked at how he had jumped to a conclusion, I mean, I knew Derek was an asshole, but robbing an Alpha's castle seemed a bit too much."He surely did it, that's why he wanted back that's why he asked us to last night, he's…" "Derek asked us what now?" I asked in shock time he ain't related anything about Derek telling s to stay back in Ravenclaw or anything, until this moment, with Nate "Derek asked us to stay back in Ravenclaw last
***DEREK***"What happened?" I asked Pete, my right-hand beta immediately he entered my room, Pete threw Sheila a look and I just nodded for him to go on, there's no need to be careful around her when all of this was her plan."We didn't find anything, I don't think the monotone is in Crescent pack" Pete pointed out and I just scoffed."Of course it is!" I said, Pete tried to say something and I beat him to it, "We just have to find it, but I'm sure it's somewhere in the crescent pack," I added."And what if it's somewhere in Ravenclaw?" Shiela spoke up, and I just chuckled."Caleb ain't that stupid Sheila," I said to her, thought she was smarter, but she'd spoken her mind like the dumb woman she was, just like every other woman out there, dumb and not smart enough, at least, she was smarter than her sister, Kayla."Sure" Sheila lowly muttered and busied herself with whatever."So Is our next plan now?" Pete asked."The full moon run," I replied and a sly smile began to creep on Pete'
***KAYLA***"Kendra? Why's no one down yet?" I asked, although almost everyone was at the table already, only Sheila and Derek were missing and maybe a few others, but the absence of the host was so noticeable."They should be down any minute from now," Kendra answered and I just exchanged a look with Caleb."Don't tell me everyone has been waiting for us?" Derek said as he appeared at the dining area with Lana, Sheila and another man Tay had his hands snaked around Lana's waist, he must be her infamous husband, Pete."We only just got here ourselves, so I wouldn't say we're waiting," Caleb calmly replied with a smile, Derek just nodded, made his way to the table, and took a sit and so did Sheila only, she wasn't smiling like the rest of the party, she was just looking so down and was mute, her mind obviously wandering off elsewhere."Sheila, you okay?" I asked and she just linked as I called her name, then realizing what I'd asked, she nodded and I just proceeded to try to serve myse
***KAYLA***"Sheila?" I called, unsure of what to say next, my heart beating rapidly, I had been caught and now, there was no way out, what if she informed the others? I thought, my heart racing, somehow, even though I could have trusted Sheila before I left Ravenclaw, her recent behaviors made me unsure if to ever trust her or anything.Then she turned and faced me…She was holding a phone in her ears as she did, meeting my gaze my heartfelt relief even though she hadn't said anything yet."Are you on a call?" I asked and she just nodded at me, peering deeply into my eye with hers.Then she dropped the call and I used the chance to move closer to her "Are you alright?" I asked and she just turned her head I the other side, staring out the glass walls of the castle."I'm not sure I am," she answered croaking, her voice low and laced with sadness."You wanna talk about it? I mean, I know we're not friends, and maybe you could keep the specifics to yourself, but if you always wanna talk
***CALEB***"You need to have a tighter rein on your Luna," Pete voiced out, out of turn, no one asking for his opinion, but I didn't look at him, since he was speaking to his alpha, it didn't really concern me."Alpha Caleb?" He called and now that he was inviting me into the conversation, I raised my head and everyone was looking at me, except Derek of course who just continued his meal."I said, you need to have a tighter rein on your Luna," he repeated and it then dawned on me, that Pete and been addressing me."Why? She's not the host leaving her dining table in tears," I snapped at him since I really didn't understand what he was getting at."Well, I'm sure Derek I trying his best I put Luna Sheila in her place, and that behavior of hers is a result of that" he answered and I just shook my head and smiled a bit, the bastard was getting on my nerves and I'm not sure he knows what could happen to him when I do lose my sanity."Well, we wouldn't want our Luna disgracing us in front
***KAYLA***"I'm back," I announced, and Nate and Caleb turned to look at me."Oh great! Why'd she call you?" Caleb asked and I just sighed."Oh, nothing much, she was just thanking me," which was the truth, she chose that moment to thank me, even as far as to call me to the back just to thank me, crazy? Yes, I know. "Well then, guess we should head back in, I'm sure Pete is ready to be judged by now," Nate spoke up as he stood on his feet and so did Caleb."Judged? I asked, surprised, "thought you decided to let it slide?" I added."And why would you think that Kayla? That bastard should get what he deserves," Caleb spat out and I just stood there dumbfounded."Well, he was just eating at the dining when I passed through a few minutes back, it didn't seem as though he was going to be punished or anything, so I thought y'all talked out your differences," I innocently defended my thoughts that seems to be a crime to Caleb."You don't say," Nate muttered under his breath.Before I coul
***KAYLA***"Nate, firstly let's move all the men that came with us from Crescent pack to this floor including you." Caleb declared."What?""What?"Nate and I simultaneously yelled, while mine was out of surprise that Caleb would suggest that, Nate's sounded more as though it was out of disgust.It was quite obvious in his tone of speech that he didn't want to be up here or maybe I heard wrong."Well, I feel we should all be together in case of anything. Besides the whole floor here which they gave to us would be enough to accommodate us all and we'd still have enough space. Moreover, there's a kitchen up here large enough and I noticed a dining area too when I was checking the room here and every room is ensuite. It's high time we stop being close to them and begin to act like the guests we are." Caleb stated and I nodded thoughtfully.He was making a lot of sense and was definitely right. Coming to think of it, every single time we ate with the Raven Claw folks, there had always be
***CALEB***I couldn't get a wink of sleep through out the night as I kept thinking of what Derek and his folks were up to.From the look of things, the wolfsbane that was used to poison the food giving to my folks was quite a large quantity that wouldn't wear off until after a long time.A long time could be any duration but one thing that was sure was the fact that it was going to affect us if they had something else up their sleeves."You're not sleeping?" I asked as I turned to the side to see Kayla staring at me with eyes wide open like she was trying to figure out something."I haven't slept. You've been awake too." That sing song voice that made me question if I ever really was asexual or hadn't met the right woman kicked into my thoughts and I sat up."I can't sleep. The four main people needed for the moon run is I, Nate, Derek and Pete. I just don't understand why they would feed the others wolfsbane." I stated and looked outside the window."Do you think they might be think
***CARLA***“Nate? Nate?!” I called out and Kayla just looked at me shocked.“Nate?” she asked looking around the kitchen, “I don't see him here, Where's he at?” she asked again as she continued frantically looking around, trying to find the man I was calling.“He's in danger Kayla, Nate's in danger,” I half yelled, fidgeting.“He is? How do? How do you know? What kind of danger?” she asked all her questions at once and I just used my left palm to hit my forehead.“I heard him right now, Ellie, it's Ellie,” I yelled, “Come on!” I ordered leaving the onion I was slicing and taking off my gloves. “Okay… coming,” she said but I was already out of the kitchen and she had to trail behind me if she wanted to meet up.We rushed side by side out of the kitchen and into the lodging area of the room, soon enough, we were in Ellie's room. I pushed the door open with haste and rushed inside, there's nothing here, save for some clothes, Nate's clothes that lay scattered on the floor, and the smel
***NATE**“HEY!” I called out to Ellie as she was about to turn to where her room was.“Nate?” she said, “thought you were trying to avoid me,” she said in a sad tone.“Of course not, how could I?” I protested, I wanted her, I couldn't avoid her.“So, wanna walk me to my room?” she asked and I smiled widely.“Of course, gotta keep the lady safe,” I said grinning and she flashed me a smile, showcasing her set of dimples that only made her more pretty.“Come on,” she gestured and started walking, I followed behind closely, I had hit the goody. “Here we are,” Ellie said to me with a smile as she stood in front of a door.“Wanna go in?” I asked her and she nodded.“Wanna come in?” she asked and Immediately I nodded and she just opened the door.“Come on in,” she said and I went right in, it was going to be my lucky day.Immediately I was inside and shut the door behind me, Ellie pulled me in for a kiss and kissed me hard, I kissed her back and she began to work on my clothes getting off
***UNKNOWN***I walked through the hallways of the crescent pack, I had to mask the last bit of evidence, no one should find out I had killed those two, even though they both deserved it.“Who's there?” I heard his voice, clear and rough behind me, I froze in my step.“Shit!” I muttered to myself, what do I do now? I wondered.“Who are you?” he asked again, “turn around!” he gruffly ordered and I knew I had been caught and had to turn, slowly, I turned around.“You!” he said with a smile, i smiled back at him, Nate, a very kind and understanding man.“What are you doing here?” he said with a bright smile.“Nothing,” I answered, hiding my hands behind me, he shouldn't see what I was holding, if not, I was dead.“Well, are you sure? I mean, you're heading out and it's always kinda dark there during the day, talkless of nighttime, and this isn't the best time to be lurking around in the dark,” he warned and I just smiled back.“It's fine, I'll be quick, I just need a bit of fresh air,” I
***SHEILA***I sighed as they all left the dining area one by one, Lana was overreacting and being a bitch when she knows why we were here and for the prettiest issues.“Come on,” I ordered as I also abandoned my meal and left the table.I walked away from the dining area with Lana and Ellie walking closely behind me as I attempted to find the room we had earlier been given when we arrived.“Here milady,” Ellie gestured and I flashed her a warm smile, she was nice through and through, I made my way into my room and the ladies followed suit.“Bolt the doors,” I ordered Ellie who came in last and she did just as instructed.Immediately she did, I walked up to Lana and landed a deafening slap on her face, the ring I wore made a mark.“What the hell were you trying to prove down there?” I yelled and she just held her cheeks in shock, her eyes teary, but I knew she was trying her best to hold back the tears.“I… I don't even wanna be here,” she yelled at me and I just froze, a mere beta, y
***KAYLA***We all sat at the table, about to eat the meal that had been earlier prepared for the coming of the guests fromRavenclaw and I was back on my veil.“I never knew the Luna also wore a veil here in Crescent pack,” Lana said as she raised her wine glass to her mouth.“It's precautionary,” Carla shot back at her.“Come on now Lana, the Luna can do as she pleases in her home,” Sheila warned and Lana just took a sip of her wine and began to eat.“I hope the food is to your taste,” Carla said with a smile, playing the perfect hostess, but I could feel she wasn't enjoying the company of both women.“And Ellie, where is she, she should join us at the table,” Carla pointed out and Lana's face turned red.“Join us? Since when did mistresses join lords at the table, is this how the crescent pack lives?” Lana spat out angrily, she was still bitter towards Ellie.“Oh forgive me, it's just, here, we’re not used to having to worry about mistresses, our men simply don't cheat, they take t
***KAYLA***I sighed as Caleb left the room, how dare he invade my privacy, I dashed to the mirror to check if I didn't look too ugly naked, I knew my baby bump was beginning to show and that might have made me look ugly, or so I thought.I turned and turned in front of the mirror, trying to see how pretty All angles of my body looked and I didn't like the sight, I looked as though I was fat, well I was, only I was fat with a baby.I almost regretted being pregnant, but the joy of welcoming a sweet little child overshadowed that thought, pushing it aside.I sighed as I went into the closet to put on some clothes, I was already in a bad mood and didn't feel like doing too much so I just wore a jeans and a round neck to pair with it and walked out of my closet and put my room, not bothering to check what I looked like in the mirror.“Oh! I was just coming to see you,” Carla voiced out as I bumped into her in the hallway.“Oh, me? Why?” I almost stammered but kept my cool.“Okay….” she d
***CALEB***“I’ve got a reply from Ravenclaw!” Nate said, holding a paper in the air, everyone turned to look at him immediately.“You won't believe what this says,” he said as he handed over the paper to me. I took it from him and unwrapped the paper as my gaze was fixated on Nate, I wondered what it was that was making him so giddy. “Derek Is sending someone over?” I said after carefully scanning what was written in the paper.“Not just anyone, he's sending Pete's widow and his mistress,” he added, his eyes glittering as he said the last part.“Exactly!” I rolled my eyes, “he's sending two women, I don't understand how he wants them to help without investigation, I feel they'd just rather stand in the way of it, Lana is a difficult hoe, and the maid?”“Ellie,” Nate corrected.“Yes, Ellie, she's just a maid, an omega with no sense of leadership,” I concluded and saw Nate's eyes turn sad, he must have a thing for this omega, I thought but brushed the thoughts aside, what could an ome
***KAYLA***I watched him stride away in anger and sadness, I couldn't do much for him, I wish I could, but I didn't know how to.Caleb was shunning me, which was understandable, he was sad and torn and angry, who wouldn't be? I stood to my feet and took a good look at the bed, I walked out of the room, I had to find out something, and help out in any way I could, I didn't want to lie around helpless and useless.“Where are you going??” I heard a familiar voice call out, making me flinch.I turned back and was met with the pair of green eyes I had met earlier in the day, Simone's, “the room is locked up and no one is to go in, alpha Caleb's orders,” she said, giving me a suspicious look.“I know that,” I lied, “I just wanted to be sure after looking around, you know, if there's anything that anyone might have missed,” I said and her eyes softened, then her lips curved into a smile.“I thought so too and that's why I'm here,” she said and got closer to me, I heaved a sigh of relief, ev
***CALEB***“What do you think?” I asked Nate without turning to look at him as we both surveyed the scene where Ryan's severed body was found.“Exactly what you're thinking,” he answered and I shot him a look.“What?” I asked raising an eyebrow at him.“I know what you're thinking Caleb,” he said meeting my gaze, “he wasn't killed here, was he?” he asked and I nodded, that's what I'd thought too, it didn't seem like any accident had occurred here, in fact, his head wasn't severed here, if it was, the leaves would have residue of Ryan's blood.“So, guess this won't lead us per se, we gotta find the real murder scene, if there's one,” I said to him and he nodded in affirmation. “But how,” he asked, “I can't even sniff him, his scent has been covered by whatever scent he is now covered in,” Nate added, the scent sure was strong, it was as though this had been well and carefully planned so that we wouldn't be able to easily sniff him out.“We should probably head back, there isn't much