The call ended abruptly, Carter knew that Caroline was a woman full of determination, strong will, and protectiveness.After the death of his father Caroline bounded herself to him and Alex, she chained her life to her kids and made them her anchor. Her entire life revolved around the two of them. It would have been fine if Caroline was just protective of them. However she wasn’t just protective, she was overprotective to the point of paranoia. He knew that once she sees Thalia his mother will definitely lose her shit. Carter looked down at Thalia, her face was scrunched up and she was squirming restlessly. This was something he had watched her do in her sleep when he went to check on her many times before - alright, he was stalking her in the middle of the night like a creep. “No, don’t..” she mumbled something in her sleep before turning around and rolling towards him, protectivene
Carter folded his arms across his chest, trying hard to prevent himself from losing his temper.The smile on his face remained the same but he could feel his wolf fighting hard to surface.His wolf wasn’t as patient as him, Caroline's disregard of their mate was irking him to the extreme. If he didn’t understand why Caroline was reacting the way she was, he too might have lost his temper with her long ago. And losing his temper would lead to him losing the confrontation.“She is staying where she is.” said Carter firmly, his wolf growled in agreement. He didn’t want to use his authority as an Alpha but Caroline was pushing him to the edge with that ‘All hail the Queen attitude’ of hers.
Good Morning! Here are the chapters.Caroline stared at Thalia her expression filled with disgust was now marred with disbelief.Her cheeks quivered and her chest swelled like a balloon. From her over excessive reaction Thalia could more or less understand that Caroline was highly respected in the pack and if that wasn’t enough the silence that was hanging over the living room was enough to tell her that no one has ever talked back to Caroline in the history of the Jupiter pack.Finally, the stretching silence was broken by a small snicker and everyone turned to look at the culprit. Dan cleared his throat and looked up from his phone’s screen and innocently shrugged. “What? This video is funny. What am I supposed to do?”
Thalia could see the disgruntled expression on Caroline’s face. She didn’t want to end the matter here but Carter didn’t give her a chance.He had used his authority as the Alpha of the pack. Caroline can no longer refuse him. She was no longer his mother who was talking to her son. No -the second she went against his authority she became a subordinate. A member of his pack whom Carter can banish or punish as he wanted.Even if Caroline had objections against his order, there was nothing she could do other than follow Carter to his office.Thalia knew that even though Caroline has let go of her today the woman wouldn’t sit still for long. From her stance it was clear that she was very prote
Carter stared at Caroline who stared a right back, breathing heavily.Suddenly she maneuvered skillfully past his grasp and stormed off but before she could even reach the door of his office the door burst open and Shayne rushed looking frantic.He didn’t even look at Caroline whose nose he nearly smashed with his abrupt move and walked past her.Caroline straightened up staring at Shayne with the similar disappointment with which she was looking at him but Carter didn't pay attention to her enraged expression when he noticed Shayne dashing inside and quickly rushed towards him.A bad feeling rose in his heart whatever he wanted
Carter cursed Thalia was exceptionally fast. He had to move faster than her to stop her from grabbing Caroline’s throat.He pulled her back and locked her against his chest with his arm. Keeping his arm tightly secured around her.He pinned her arms on her side as he growled in her ear to divert her attention back on him instead of Caroline. “Stop Thalia.”She didn’t breathing erratically she kept looking around as if looking for something.An escape or someone who would help her. Carter tightened his hold on her and hummed. “I remember oneSaturday night
“So you still want to keep her?” Carter didn't want to leave Thalia alone. Not when she was thrashing so wildly but there were matters that he had to attend to as the Alpha of the pack.He cannot turn a blind eye to his responsibilities. He had seen the looks of distrust and wariness in their eyes. That wariness will stay in their heart if he didn’t take proper measures against them. He understood that something like this would anyone raise their guards but he didn't want Thalia to be hurt because of them. Those memories were better when kept unlocked he didn't want anyone to trigger them and have them slung out. So he had left Kim beside her after telling Kim to call him if something happened and went to deal with the aftermath of the incidents. However just as he entered Scarlet’s room where the majority of the pack was Caroline launched her verbal attack at him it and with Alex behind her it didn’t make
“Responding to provocation? Saying that would be equivalent to brushing off the matter too lightly.“ Caroline sniffed. “I don’t know what kind of sob story did she tell you to manipulate her into believing her. But mark my words there will come a day when you will rue protecting her. Your father surely did. I told him that the woman was just trying to manipulate him but he didn’t believe me and see what happened? He believed her and almost lost everything that he had including you, Alex and I.. even our position in the pack was endangered because of her. You are willing to make excuses for her but I can assure you that this is just the beginning. Today she hurt Scarlet until the poor girl passed out. She did a lot of damage to Scarlet you might not have a particular fondness for Scarlet but she was once with you when no one else was. There should be no doubt that the position of the Luna should be given to her instead of that girl.&ldq
A loud echo of bullet shot echoed in the clearing as Carter pulled Thalia away but it turned out that his actions were useless because even though Cruz seemed to have aimed for Thalia the bullet didn’t hit her but instead hit him. “ No! Carter!” Thalia shrieked as she held Carter’s body that went limp against hers, as she looked at the painfully twisted face of her mate, Thalia was able to feel the echo of her mate’s pain through their mating bond and that was how she found out that the bullet wasn’t just an ordinary bullet it was specially made for putting down shifters with just one shot. Silver bullet dipped in wolfsbane and moulded with together with the holy water, her stomach churned as she felt the acidic sensation Carter was feeling while shaking her head as she cupped his face and crouched down with his head in her lap. “ No, No … No... No.. she tried to use her blood on his wound but it was of no use, she couldn’t heal him no matter how much blood she poured into the wound.
Thalia waited for Cruz to turn around, once she was sure that he was engrossed with her mother’s corpse and the stupid pentagram thingy, she flicked the pocket knife in her hand. Her gut was burning like someone has doused sulphuric acid on her skin and lit her up on fire, it was a pain like she has never felt before and because Cruz has stabbed her with a silver knife her healing was painfully slow and she was sure that she was going to pass out. He hasn’t just stabbed her for collecting her blood, he has left her to die…blood soaked her hoodie and dripped onto the concrete floor below her. As she moved her hand trying her best to slice the belt off her body, she could feel her wound throbbing with every move until it started to hurt with every breath that she took. Tears filled her eyes but she didn’t stop, it was hurtful but she knew that it will liberate her somehow. One strap down. Two straps down. Once her hand was free, she pulled the straps of the metal table that was tyi
With a great leap, Carter felt his wolf lunge against his surface as he growled, “ Renard!” Before springing and shifting mid-air as he rushed towards the wolves behind whom Renard was hiding. Every bite and slash of his was filled with anger and vigour, he didn’t care about the blood that was matting his fur or the corpses he was leaving behind, his eyes were on the prize and that prize was none other than Renard’s head. While he rushed towards Renard, the latter’s wolves tried their best to slow him down, they bit and clawed greatly affecting his movements but Carter was like an impending doom that was coming after Renard, nothing stopped him. He didn’t care about the bite on his neck, the claw mark on his hank and nor did he care about the blood that was dripping down his muzzle, all he cared about was reaching Thalia as soon as he could. Pain and blood loss was slowing him down but Carter couldn’t care about that, not when his mate was in danger. Especially, not when this f*cker
Carter groaned as he banged his fists on the steering wheel of the car he was driving. He tried to stop the ringing and pounding of blood in his ears but then again no wolf would take any obstruction including the one he was facing when he was in a hurry to get to his mate, he could feel the slow churn in his stomach, the pain pounding in his veins like little hammers drumming down on his head, stomach and every freakin pore of his body and here he was staring at Renard and his wolf as they surrounded him and his pack mates. Jake peered out of the windshield as he counted the wolves that were standing outside. “ One, two, three…damn that f*cker brought at least fifteen wolves to take us on, maybe he wants to bury us in an early grave.” “ Like he will get a chance to do that,” grunted Shayne from behind while looking out of the window as well. “ Fifteen, I think I can take them, we have been in a worse situation before haven’t we?”“ We have been,” rasped Dan as he rubbed the back of
Thalia saw his madness, that crazy glint in his eyes as he fervently drew the pentagram on the floor with her blood that he has collected, an angry flush crept on her face as she glared at him. “ You can stop with that bullshit of yours you see? Disrespecting my mother, causing her life to become a mess because of you and then digging her body out of the grave, none of these actions says that you loved her. You are the reason, she is dead, all right? You rejected her, when she wanted you to claim her, you didn’t do it and yet you didn’t let her go. You framed her for being crazy and a kidnapper who went mad because you refused her, till the end you painted a totally different picture, all because you wanted to hide the hideous things that you have done, so what are you doing all this for?”Cruz’s head snapped up, as he straightened up and twirled the knife in his hands, eyes hard as he predatorily moved towards her. “ You don’t understand, I never wanted her to die you see? I wouldn’
“Did you find her?” asked Carter as he rushed out of his lodge that was at the centre of the pack and rushed to meet with Shayne who shook his head. “ I have checked the kitchen, the pantry, even the small shack where she used to stay, I can’t find her.” “ This is ridiculous, where did he take her?” said Carter as he tugged on the locks of his hair with his hands. “ No one saw him leave the territory, his car is parked in the garage so how can he take her away in such a short period of time?” An hour ago, he did not send Brandon to call for Kim, there was no way he was going to send Brandon to call for Kim leaving Thalia alone with him when he was still suspicious of Brandon, so when Kim came back and told him that it was Brandon who sent her to see him, Carter knew that something was wrong with Thalia at once and he rushed to the lodge to see what was going on but there was nothing as if she wasn’t even there at the first place.“ I can’t find Brandon,” Jake whom Carter sent to see
Thalia’s wolf arched her back as she prepared herself to lunge at Cruz but Thalia knew that it was going to be of no use, so she hurriedly said, “ You killed your brother right? You sacrificed him for my mother?” In her memories, she remembered a brown wolf lunging at her mother to protect Carter when her mother tried to claw Carter’s heart out, if that wolf wasn’t Cruz then surely it was —— Brandon.Cruz jutted his chin out Ashe nodded, “ That’s right, should have kept his nose out of my business. He said he loved Lydia but he crushed her throat right in front of me, he was even going to go after your father and end his misery so that he will not suffer much from the loss of his mate but I got there first, I took care of your father first and then took care of my dear brother, I left him half alive and left another wolf with his face clawed so badly that no one would be able to recognise him. Everyone thought that the body belonged to me and I died while taking care of your father, a
Have you ever tried to stuff your brain until you can no longer stuff anything in it? Well, that was what Thalia was going through right now, she didn’t know whether Cruz was saying the truth or not but she felt her brain sort of freeze as she shuffled back and said, “ This is a joke right? This has to be a joke.” “ You can deny it all you want, sweetie but you know it in your heart that it's the truth,” Cruz smirked as he kicked back on his chair. “ You remember it all but you just don’t want to accept it, I know I get that feeling too… I felt the same way when I found out that my mate mated with a f*cking submissive, she could have done so much better than that gutless submissive wolf but she just had to do something to piss me off.” “ Or maybe she genuinely liked him,” said Thalia before she took another look at the basement, she knew that Cruz would not just capture her for no reason, there must be something more to this, now Thalia hoped that Carter would be able to sense her
Thalia’s eyes snapped open as she took in the surroundings around her. The place wherever she was, it was just sad —— the windows were boarded up and there were also panes of wood that were hanging off the doors and if that wasn’t enough, crude insults were sprayed all over the walls. She didn’t have to think about where she was anymore, with just another glimpse of the surrounding she knew where she was —- she was home. The one where everything went downhill. And she wasn’t in the living room, no she was in that one place she hated with all her core, it was the basement. The exact same one where Carter was locked up by her mother, she sucked in a breath and somehow pushed herself to sit up straight, her feet weren’t chained but they were bounded by something, when she looked down, she realised that it was shifter resistant ropes. She muttered a curse inwardly but her curse stuck in her head mid-way as her gaze fell on something much more hideous that was sitting in the corner. Ori