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
ANDERS I hurried back home as usual to meet my baby but I was surprised when the atmosphere seemed off. I did not get the loving welcome I was hoping for, and all I could see was guilt in Zara's eyes.I locked my tent and took her in my arms, "whatever it is, Ruby, don't be so sad. I can't bear to see you this way."She proceeded to tell me everything that happened and I stared at her in shock unable to believe that she had exposed herself after everything I told her."I am so sorry," she cried. "I tried to ignore the screams but I just couldn't. I wasn't able to."I sighed in frustration, "why didn't you try harder, Ruby? That omega is Riley's slave, there's a reason I asked you not to get involved with her affairs."Seeing that Zara was feeling so bad, I calmed down and took her in my arms again, "I am sorry, baby. Are you in any pain?"She shook her head, "I am fine, Anders. I already healed."I got up from the bed, "I never knew Kyle as someone who was capable of rape but how dar
ZARAI knew I should not have fought the lycan, I made a big mistake but why wouldn't Anders let it go? I was worried about him. I didn't know what he would do to the lycan who I knew was already in a lot of pain.If he ended up killing him, there might be consequences. I was not conversant with all their laws but one thing I did know was that I would not be able to forgive myself if Anders came to any harm because of me.After pacing up and down restlessly, I decided to go after Anders and ensure he did not take any action he would regret. It was cute that he was very protective of me but he had forgotten that I was once a warrior.I opened the door of the tent and tried to figure out the direction he went. I was surprised to see him and Riley standing together so many meters away from the tent. I heaved a sigh of relief, at least he wasn't trying to kill that lycan.I noticed that Riley was standing so close to him and wondered what she was up to. She hugged him and noticed I was st
BRANDONI had been waiting at the boundary for a while but there was no sign of Zara. The alpha's daughter had said Zara would be there before sunset but I was yet to see her.Did Zara not take the bait? She wasn't someone who was that easy to manipulate or control so it was possible that things had not gone according to plan. No matter what, the alpha's daughter had promised that Zara would be exposed if she refused to flee so that gave me a little bit of hope.Even without that, I was willing to wait at the boundary until it was morning because we could not afford to let Zara slip off our fingers once again.With each passing moment, I became more anxious. I kept thinking about all the ways I was going to punish Zara. I knew she must have given herself to that lycan and it hurt me so much. I had wanted to be the first to taste Zara. For so many years, I patiently waited for Zara to become ripe and when she did, I still waited for her to come around. I wanted to be the first man to