BRANDONI paced up and down in anger. How could Zara slip off my fingers when I practically had her at my mercy? And these good-for-nothing warriors had the effrontery to come back without her. I knew some of them were secretly loyal to her and did not give the search their all, and it infuriated me even more.I stared at the injury on the back of my hand. I was fortunate that I still had a little of the antidote left. Going all the way to the waterfalls to get it would have taken more than a week. I would not have been able to make the journey alone in my weak state and neither would I have been able to take the warriors with me because that would have left our pack without defense.The last time I went there, Zara had accompanied me. We had fought off a few lycans on our way and when we eventually arrived, the werewolves guarding the plant only let us go with two leaves because the plant only grew inside that particular cave and produced very few leaves.Different werewolf packs sen
RILEYI sat in my room thinking about what to do. After putting in so much effort to make Anders mine, how could that Ruby come out from nowhere and take him from me? Mate my foot! I could not accept this, no I could not give up on Anders.I had invested so much time on Anders and borne all his insults quietly. Everyone in our pack showed me respect and no one talked to me as rudely as he did but I put up with it because I believed he was eventually going to make me his luna and now Ruby?The first idea I had was to use my father, the alpha. His authority was the highest and as such if he wanted, he could forbid Anders and Ruby from being together. He had a soft spot for me and I knew that emotional blackmail was the best so I began to cry and went to meet him."What happened to you?" He asked when he saw me crying.I cried even more, "father, you know better than anyone else how much I love Anders, how can you let him be with that poor lycan? I feel like taking my life. I want Anders
ANDERSI knew Riley was a snake but I did not expect her to bite so soon. The plan of sending the omega to spy on us was proof that we needed to be more cautious than ever. Now wasn't the time for Zara to be sympathetic toward anyone. She should be focused on protecting our secret.I stared at her as I said, "I couldn't care less about anyone else, Ruby and you shouldn't either. If anyone knows that you're the alpha's daughter, once they somehow get more information about you, they can connect the dots.Anyone could have heard what you said so henceforth, never say anything about yourself in public unless you know it's a lie. That is the best way to protect ourselves."Zara sighed, "I'm so sorry, Anders. I guess I lost it when I saw how Riley was treating that omega. I just can't close my eyes and watch injustice happen right in front of me. I always did something about it when I had the power but I seem to have forgotten that things are different now."I placed my hands on her should
ANDERSThe days passed by swiftly and soon I found myself poised to leave for the boundary in the morning. I stared at Zara feeling conflicted. Our days together had been the sweetest of my life but now I had to resume my duties.I could see the sadness in her eyes despite how much she tried to hide it. I held her close and kissed her forehead, "I have to be at the boundary, Ruby, it's my job.""I understand, better than anyone else," she replied with a smile. "I just wish I could go with you but I know it's not possible.""I will be back by noon," I promised, "not a second longer."She nodded in approval, "you can go, my love. Remember what I said; hide properly, don't show your face at the boundary, and make sure the werewolves don't figure out who is on the lycans' side of the boundary. We can't trust them, especially Brandon."I thanked her for the warm reminders and kissed her goodbye before making my way to the boundary. Just as Zara had advised, I stayed hidden in the bush with
ZARAI spent the morning at home, not that I had anywhere else to go. Without Anders by my side, it was harder than I thought.I wasn't used to being idle but I was grateful to have a roof over my head with a partner who loved me with every precious breath he took.I needed to keep busy. If I kept being idle, it was going to affect me in ways I did not want. After thinking about what to do, I finally decided on cooking. Although Anders had rejected the idea, it was the only thing I could do without attracting attention or suspicion. The only problem was my ignorance in that aspect. I didn't know the first thing about cooking. I had stumbled on my step mum cooking a few times so I decided to sit and try to recall what exactly I had seen her doing.I did recall a few things and it made me excited, however, my excitement died down when it occurred to me that if I wanted to cook, I needed to do a lot of shopping. Anders bought the food we ate every day so we did not have a pot or anything
BRANDONI had thought long and hard and came to the conclusion that if Zara wasn't hiding at the neutral grounds then she was hiding at the lycans' pack. It could be that there was a safe place in his pack that only he knew about. He was a warrior afterall and was bound to know his way around his pack. I decided to ask other foolish warriors in his pack. I didn't think anything would come out of it but I was desperate and that was the only option I could think of.So the lycans' name was Anders? It was just as horrible as he was. I was surprised though to learn of his position but that only increased my suspicion. He was next in line to be the alpha which meant he could be hiding her until he became the alpha and then he would bring her out of hiding and make her his luna. That may have been why Zara threw everything away and went to him, in the end she was still going to get one of the highest positions in the pack but who was this Ruby?The werewolves claimed she was a lycan from t
ANDERSZara was worried that what happened at the boundary was a trap by Brandon and would bring consequences but I allayed her fears. If Brandon did not get the chance to see her, how could he ever figure out that she was here with me? When I finally put her mind to rest, she told me once more about her desire to cook for me but I laughed, "just wait here, my love and I'll go get lunch for us."She frowned at me but I shook her cheekbones until she began to laugh."Don't feel sad," I said to her, "I know it's not easy for you to be alone at home but once my seven hours are up each day, I will run back to you. Like now, I had to run with the speed of lightning just so I could come and see your beautiful face."My words seemed to make her happy as she began to smile from ear to ear. I went out and got a plate of food, which we ate together. After that, I returned the plate and quickly came back to be by her side.There was silence between us as she sat on the bed and hugged her knees.
ZARAI slowly began to back up. I did not want to fight, it was too risky so I tried to reason with him, "it hasn't come to this. I don't want to fight, I just want you to leave the omega alone.You are a warrior and Anders is your leader. He is also the next alpha of this pack so think of the implication of what you are doing. Fighting me is fighting Anders."My words did not seem to have an effect on him."You asked for this," he growled right before he charged at me.I had no choice but to defend myself. I tried not to show my skills though and that gave him the opportunity to bite my arm as he jumped. I punched his neck and he fell on his back. I looked at my arm and noticed I was bleeding.He howled briefly in pain before going for my leg. He bit my left leg and I pulled it away as I yelped in pain. Seeing that he had torn off a piece of my flesh, I lost it and kicked him so hard, sending him flying a few meters away from us and landing painfully on the ground.He remained on the