I woke up very early in the morning to shower, since I didn't last night.I was too tired to shower or even find something to eat when we came back yesterday. I felt happy and content; it must be what happened yesterday.I wish I had told him how I felt; if I say anything now, he will think that it is because of yesterday's action.Well, when we get to that river, we will cross it, I said to myself.That aside, I need to find something to eat, I told myself. I went downstairs to the kitchen. I didn't expect to bump into him. He has been sleeping near me for days, but last night I slept alone. I greeted him happily."Good morning, Alpha.""Good morning, little one, he said, smiling.""Your face is sparkling this morning.""Something good must have happened to you yesterday."I put on a fake smile, hoping that he would drop it. He continued."Was it sex?"I was embarrassed to hear him say that because they turned to look at us, whispering and gossiping.I wish I could beat him; I
Shadow-pack house.Miranda's POVIt has been more than two weeks since I came to see my father because he summoned me.He has been stalling my going home.Something about my safety; he said that staying in the shadow pack would guarantee my safety.He refused to give me details; the only thing he said was that she was still alive and well.I don't know what he planned this time around that failed him.I don't blame him, though; I am not there again. I would have helped him if I was there.Everything is always about that peasant—the prettiest, the smartest, and the strongest—they would go on and on.Yes, my dad supported me, and my mom started supporting me at some point, yet some people won't just shut up about her.Clarissa will make a great leader. She is so pretty, she is so kind, and she is strong. I saw her beat a bully. I have a crush on her. I pray the moon goddess makes her my son's mate.The list goes on and on. I know you all must be judging me; if you were in my shoes, you
The day has finally come; we will be going to shadow pack today.We arranged for a few men to stand by in case things got worse.I know Clayton; he is a sneaky bastard.We have to be very careful when handling this situation.We will break our agreement with him; finally, I have a reason to declare war on him. I have not forgiven him for what he did to my parents. Clarissa doesn't know anything yet; I will have to keep it that way. I am afraid of what will happen if she finds out the truth. I can't lose her; I don't want to lose her. I closed my eyes, remembering the sweet moment we spent together. I remembered vividly what happened last night—being together as if it were our last.I can't wait to be with her again. She fills my soul. I never thought I would be capable of love until I met her. I isolated myself for years, tormenting myself. She is right about one thing: 'Love makes you stronger.' My love for her makes me stronger, and I will protect her with my life. "Alpha
Chapter 22 We fought our way through; they were ready for war. The news has spread that I am here, so everyone is getting into a position to fight me. I heard a voice saying to the guard, "Don't let him get here; see to it that you stop him." You might be wondering how I can do that—how I can eavesdrop on their conversation. It is because of who I am that I can do that. The moon goddess gifted me with great powers; I don't know why. All I know is that when all seems lost and I am at the point of death, about to cross the bridge between life and death, I am resurrected, fully charged with powers and strength unimaginable. I know that is why people are afraid of me; they should be. I have looked at death, I have seen his face, and I have lived. I have gone to the other side and come back. I am not afraid of anything. That is why I am confident that I won't be defeated by a mere alpha. I am 100 percent sure that that is Clayton's voice. The slimy bastard thinks that he
Clayton POV I was reading an old book about potions when my wolf reminded me that Stephan was around. I am surprised to hear that. I nearly peed. He must have found something out for him to be here. I wasn't expecting him, and I am scared that karma has finally caught up to me. I need to do something. I need to buy time for myself before he arrives. He is the only one who can get me out of this. I know he is creepy and scary-looking for an old man, but I would still choose him any day over Stephan I quickly hid my daughter and my wife; I didn't have time to send them away again. "Clay, what's going on?" my wife asked me. "Our lives are in danger." What did you do again, Clay?" She asked me. She always asked me that same question over and over again; she always thought that I did something; she never asked what the other person did. "I know you, Clay. When you want something so badly, you are blinded, and then you make dumb decisions without thinking everything thr
I loved the look on Will's stupid face; I am sure they did not expect that.It was stupid of him to send his family away without any guards to go with them."Stephan, please, don't hurt them.""I won't if he calls on his men; your family will not be harmed.""As soon as I leave here with my men, they will be free, and I will return them to you.""This isn't over, Stephan of Supreme Pack, Alpha Will said, coming closer to me."I think it is; stay away from my mate.""As for you, Clayton, you owe me. I will be coming soon to collect the debt you owe me."I closed my eyes and opened them, transforming into my wolf.My wolf rex took over, snarling at them.It is a tussle between me and Rex. I wanted to stop him from killing Clayton, even though that was what I wanted to do.He tried to move me to where he was, but I stood my ground. I made sure that my feet were glued to the ground, trapping myself and making sure I did not move.I struggled with Rex for a while, controlling the change.I
I declared my agreement with Clayton broken.I needed to get the evidence to implicate him.He is so careful; in covering his tracks, he is sneaky. I will give him that.He can't be too careful forever; he will slip one day, and then I will trap him.I am not so happy that he wants his mate to come back here; since she came here, there has never been peace at all.I wish she could stay there; I don't like that her presence upsets my mate, but since I promised to take care of my little brother and lay down my life for him when necessary, I have to do this for him.Hours passed since my friend asked me if everything was alright.I froze; I couldn't say anything to her.I have to properly construct a lie so that I won't expose myself unintentionally."When we got there, they were already prepared,One of the guards must have alerted them.""How did you manage to escape?""I threatened him; he had no choice but to let me go.""With what?""I held his wife hostage," he told her the half-tru
Stephan POVThe day has finally come, we are getting Miranda out. Her mate said that she agreed to show him where to follow to hide his identity.I have to make sure that security is tight in the pack before I leave so that my pack will not be invaded.I instructed my gamma on what to do to tighten the security and how to make sure that he covers everything if I don't come back immediately.I had to prepare for that; there is a possibility that we might not come back immediately.We are going to rely on Miranda, which is a stupid thing to do.I would rather fall down the bridge; at least there, you know the outcome.I am so glad that she doesn't know I will be joining him; that is an added advantage.We disguised ourselves in an unrecognizable way, making sure that no one knew who we were.Before we left, I had to see my mate and kiss her goodbye.I searched for her in the room, hoping I found her there. I was told by the maid that she had gone out a while ago, and I would
Stephan's POV Continuation I watched baffled and frightened by what happened. The explosion pushed them back; they disappeared. I looked around, and ten thousand men were standing; some were on the left-hand side, while others were on the right-hand side.The alpha, who stood at the front from the left-hand side, spoke first."Hi Stephan, it is good to see that you are still in one piece."I was so happy to see him.I could use all the help I can get."Crescent pack warriors at your service, Alpha Stephan.""You are welcome, too, alpha of the Crescent Pack.""What is happening, Stephan? What are these?" he asked me."I don't know how to explain, but they are half beast, half werewolf; all I know is that they are indestructible.""There must be something that can destroy them," he said to me."Yes, I have a plan.""What is the plan, Stephan? He persisted with his questions."I can only kill them if I cut their heads off of their bodies; the only way I can do that is if I can g
Stephan's POVI woke up because I heard someone scream. I did not know how long I had slept.I was disoriented for a while. I looked up at the sky; it was dark as if smoke had covered it.My body was wet and cold. I moved my hands to touch the floor, and I noticed that the leaves there were wet too. It must be because of the dew.I pulled myself up to a sitting position and looked around.I was inside the forest; the whole place was covered with grass and tall trees.It must be the reason why sunlight cannot penetrate it.I used my wolf vision to look around.I noticed a little ray of sunshine shining somewhere within the forest.I followed the light till I got to where it was shining. My hands got to work, and I used them to push the grass blocking my way out of it.I walked out, looked around, and could not recognize where I was.I was sure that when I came to this place, I was unconscious.I wonder who brought me to this place."Stephan, where are you? We are losing." I heard a voi
Stephan's POV "No, Stephan, don't do it; don't give in to him; he lied, my love; he lied to you, she continued screaming. I heard scuffles and the breaking of things. "Don't you dare hurt her," I threatened. My eyes blazed. "You need to find Carli Stephan; he can find me." "They had him brainwashed into thinking that we killed his parents; if you can find him and convince him, he will help you," she screamed. I heard gunshots, and the line went flat. I screamed out of pain as I tried to mind-link her. I was scared to death hearing that shot. I was restless that I was not there. "Little one, are you okay?" I screamed in my head. "Please say something so that I will know that you are okay," I pleaded. "I am in pain, my love, but I will be fine," she said to me. "You have five minutes to tell me the truth William, or else I will start dropping dead bodies here," I threatened him. "Do you worse, Stephan? You are going to regret not taking my offer," he boasted.
Clayton's POV The moment I saw Clarissa on the floor and the look she had on her face, I knew instantly that she had heard everything. It is funny that she is trying to play it off. I needed to play along to make her relaxed, and I could watch her. I noticed that she was shaking out of shock. Since she wants to play, let's play. When she mentioned her mother's death, I knew that she was trying to divert my attention. I decided to fake it; she was so convinced by my acting. I pretended that I had gone into my room while I stood at the door and watched her. I heard Carli questioning her. Even though Carli kept interrogating her, she still hesitated to answer him. I saw her leave, and I knew instantly where she was going. I went inside for a few minutes so that I could get ready. I sent my men out immediately to follow her. When I came outside, I saw that Carli had a troubled look on his face. "Where is Clarissa?" I asked him. He frowned at me and answered
Stephan's POVI had to go see my friend Alpha Tyler; he had promised me earlier that if I needed his help, all I had to do was tell him when I needed it.I know that if we were to attack Alpha William's secret hideout, we would need all the help we could get.He told me that he was able to get me a few men, but I wasn't bothered because I knew that the few men he gave me would be enough to defeat our enemies.I was busy with him; that was why Clarissa was not able to pass through at first.She pushed through our bond; I felt her, and when I opened the bond, she was already out.I could sense her distress, and that scared me.I quickly concluded my meeting with Alpha Tyler and rushed out.Then I heard her distress call."Stephan, help me."I wish I knew where my gamma is, I would have sent him.I knew that I might not get to her on time that was why I pleaded with her to stay back till I got to that place.I felt that it would be safer and easier to pick her up from there since it w
Clarissa's POV "Clarissa, What are you doing here?" Alpha William asked."Why did you come in here?" he continued."Why are you on the floor? he questioned me.I tried to speak, but my mouth refused to bring out a sound.Fear crept into my mind.I already know how this is going to play out if I am not able to come up with a tangible story to cover up why I was in there.I grabbed his hand. I wanted to steady myself. I stood up, calculating in my mind what to say to him so that he wouldn't be suspicious of me."What are you doing here, child?""You have not answered my question yet.""I am sorry, grandfather; I came in here looking for you.""Why are you on the floor? Did you just call me grandfather?" He asked, looking surprised.I pretended like I did not hear the second question; I did not want to repeat what I said earlier so that I wouldn't gag."I thought I saw something; I am sorry, alpha." "I felt a chill on my body; I froze, and from there I fell." "What did you s
Clarissa's POVIt has been two days since Ray found the laboratory.We made plans on how to attack the laboratory.I will go to Moonlight Pack and distract my grandfather so that we can access the laboratory.I was not comfortable going there blind.I wish we could talk to Carli to know if we are to expect any surprises from them.I will try to talk to him in secret.Before we started this journey, Stephan made sure that everyone swore to keep it a secret.I know why he did that; he knew that Liam would tell Miranda, and she would in turn warn her family. "This is a top-secret mission; no one is to know about it," he warned."We will infiltrate the moonlight pack, overshadow it, and bring it down.""Swear that you won't say anything to your mate" Stephan asked him.He agreed to do that.We arrived at night, this time without Gamma William.Stephan needed him at the front line when the whole thing began; that was what he said to me.The whole place was filled with his men when we ar
Stephan's POV Clarissa's idea sounded so easy and simple, but I knew that things could go wrong with our plans. I will contact one of my friends, known as X-ray, but I call him Ray from another pack to help me track it. He is a guy I helped a long time ago; he was known for buying weapons and technology and selling them to the highest bidder. He is also a skilled hacker. He pissed the wrong people off because of that. They hired assassins to take him out. He was lucky that I was investigating who was responsible for the disappearance of some of my pack members. I was pissed at the number of assassins that were fighting one helpless man. Out of boredom, I decided to rescue him. I will kill him myself if I find out that he committed a heinous crime. After I rescued him, I found out the reason why he had been almost killed since that day. He gave me a promise that whenever I needed his help, he would be more than willing to help me. "Hello Stephan, my man, it has been so
Clarissa's POVI woke up late today. I was feeling good with the clear sky and the birds chirping.The sound of men moving to and from one spot to another and the fresh air added to the serenity I felt this morning."Good morning, my love; you are finally awake," he crooned, kissing my cheek."Why did you not wake me up, babe?"'You were sleeping so peacefully, I did not want to disturb you. How are you feeling?""I am good, my love," I answered, kissing his lips."I made something for you since you complained that you were having headaches yesterday," he said to me."You are not coming down with something, right?""You are alright this morning, right?" he asked me."Yes, I am. I feel refreshed. Yesterday, what I went through contributed to what happened to me.""Alright, come sit and eat, he said in a gentle voice."What did you make for me?""I am sorry I did not make your favorite cake; I thought I should make you chicken soup to energize you this morning.""Should I take it back?