"Hunter—""I want you, Cassandra. You have no idea how much I have been trying to control myself not to touch you—hold you—"I looked into his eyes, and I could see the ache of longing, just like I had been suffering since I left him at Castle Albrecht."I-I’m scared…""You are scared of me?" he asked in a hoarse tone, so sexy that I felt like I was melting underneath him. His body was so warm. So hard and strong, and I felt so vulnerable, so small and soft. I feel like a woman when I’m with him. And I know that if he asked me, I would never have a second thought about giving everything to him, even though I knew it would be a huge risk. Even though we had a deal that I could only give myself to him after I finished college."Not you… I am never scared of you," I answered, almost smiling, and he only raised an eyebrow at me, looking a little insulted. The anger in me just disappeared, and I wanted to chuckle at him, but I decided not to, "I mean, I am scared of what is happening. Abou
"No! Please don’t leave me here! I have to go back to the dorm! HUNTER!"But he was gone.No matter how hard I hit the thick wooden door, there was no point because he wouldn’t let me go out if there was still a threat to my life outside of this room. Maybe before, I would have been glad to be protected because I was not ready to die yet. But after all that happened since I met Alpha Hunter, I changed. I knew I could fight and protect myself. I had basic training in hunting and dueling fights.The terror in me crawled into my skin as the image of a floating body in a pool emerged inside my head. My body shuddered, and cold sweats beaded on my forehead. The thought of dying and the fear coming with it never occurred to me until it reminded me of my mom and how I witnessed when her body was brought back, cold and still, from the battlegrounds between Midnight and Black Haw Pack.It was so hard to breathe as memories flashed one by one. The horror of it caused me to panic as I looked aro
[MONICA’s Point-of-View]I almost dropped the tray that I was holding when a booming voice from the other room baffled me. My heart instantly raced inside my chest, and my senses sharpened. I knew I shouldn’t be eavesdropping. I knew that when he caught me standing here, he would punish me. But my curiosity was more powerful than my fear, so I swallowed a lump in my throat and held the tray so tight just to keep my hands from trembling."I can’t believe that of all people, you chose him. We both know that he is a dangerous man, Hunter."My eyes widened. I couldn’t see who the other people were in Alpha’s study room, but I was sure it was definitely my mate. Beta Weston. I wondered why he was sounding angry. Suspicious. I knew the idea of asking the Alpha about my freedom stressed him out, but it was different. They were not talking about me."I know. But it was also the only way I could monitor him. Monitor both of them while the problem hasn’t been solved yet, Weston. There was somet
[CASSANDRA’s Point-of-View]It’s been a few weeks, and I knew the girls in the dorm were already curious why I didn’t return.I received several emails from Geneva but was too anxious to answer any of them. I had the idea that she was already worried, but I didn’t know what to tell her. I never wanted to lie and pretend on her face that nothing wrong happened. I was taking the man she had always dreamed of being with and the dream of being a Luna.“Miss Clark, you have a visitor. I am not sure if I’ll let her in, so I just asked her to wait outside the door,” Monica asked as she placed a pitcher of water on my table. It was Sunday, and Sir Terrence and I had no schedule, but I was still not allowed to go outside without Alpha Hunter’s permission. So what I did all day was read books and watch random sitcoms.I frowned because I was not expecting any visitors, and no one knew where I was staying, so it was a mystery to me. But I was curious who it was, “Did you ask who they were? ”“It
What happened between me and Geneva made it too hard for me to sleep.Quarter to ten.The sound of the clock rang in my ear. I pulled the blanket up to my shoulders and shut my eyes. The shadows looked as if they were dancing in front of my eyes as the soft wind blew the sheer curtain on the window.My wolf told me I had to go somewhere. To breathe some fresh air. To clear up all the awful things that Geneva told me.I never wanted to hurt her. I never wanted to create any misunderstandings. Now that she knew who I was in Alpha Hunter’s life, there was no way she would ever talk to me again. Or would ever consider seeing me.Since I stayed with Alpha Hunter, it felt as if I had to always choose between him and the people who were important to me. I wanted to be with Hunter, of course. I wanted to be with him even though I knew staying with him could only cause me pain and so many sacrifices.Geneva was important to me too. She was the first person to show me kindness in this cruel cit
“No, No, please! Where are you taking me? ”I felt the vehicle stop. I couldn’t see anything, but my ears were sharp. I could hear the men whispering about their boss and the money they would get. One of them even laughed, and then the engine went off.“Come here!"That same rough voice grabbed me by my arm and dragged me out of the vehicle. I screamed for them to let me go, but they threatened to kill me if I did it again.The place smelled like an old building. There was the smell of fresh dirt and burning gasoline somewhere, and I could hear the soft whistling of the wind through the open windows as they pushed me up the stairs. I couldn’t move well. The concrete floor underneath my foot felt like it was crumbling as I heard the small debris falling down the dilapidated stairs. My heart felt like it was going to explode any minute. I was so scared I might step wrong and fall to the lower ground. A quick death—for me.But the question was…Who hired all these men to abduct me?There
[MONICA’s Point-of-View]It hurts.I couldn’t focus my eyes. I was blinded by the white light coming from the ceiling as the nurses rushed me inside the hospital. Every second of it terrified me. A warm feeling oozed down from my head, and my shirt was soaked with blood.Someone held my hand, and I believed it was Beta Weston. I could hear his terrified voice as he called my name again and again. I could only answer with an incomprehensible murmur until the doctors came. Everything happened too fast, and I didn’t even have time to tell Beta Weston that I would be alright. I just tried to reach his hand as the doctors took me away from him. His face was a blur, but I felt that he was scared. He tried to contact me through my mind, but my head was so painful that it was impossible for me to hear his voice through our mind-link.One of the doctors whispered to me, though, “You will be alright, sweetie.”How would I ever feel okay when it was all my fault that Miss Cassy was abducted und
The prison cell was pitch dark until the man entered, and dim lights illuminated the place. The reddish glow from the lightbulbs on the opposite side of the walls gave me a clear view of the old man standing before me.“Flavius Lester!” A low, deep growl escaped from my throat as I uttered the devil’s name. I had already expected that he was the culprit behind this, but I never thought he was willing to sacrifice his pack to go to war against me after what he did.He scowled; his eyes were glinting red. Flavius was my old comrade during the war against my father. We used to agree on many things, and he used to believe in my plans and visions for the Black Haw Pack.He supported me just like Weston supported me through battles against my father’s army of werewolves. But because of my alliance with the Lester Pack and the Midnight Pack, I won the title and led my people into prosperity.“There is no use in trying to escape, Hunter. This cell was specially made to prevent you from shifti
It was a nightmare I refused to believe.How many times did I think that Weston came after my husband’s life, scared that he would betray Hunter again? Was I a monster after I thought about all of those horrible accusations about Weston who just sacrificed himself for his best friend?Monica’s scream shattered my heart into tiny million pieces as I watched my husband stand, his face dark and his eyes crimson red as he jumped to the one with a metal claw and sank his teeth into its shoulders, pulling its limb away from its body. The whole crowd was still silent after witnessing Weston’s death but Flavius’ mental laughter didn’t stop until Hunter let out an ear-splitting howl of anguish as he picked the metal claw and sent it flying straight to where Flavius was sitting.I felt like my throat tightened and dried when I watched how the same weapon that killed Weston pierced through Flavius’ chest and killed the old man in an instant, stopping him from laughing until he fell on his chair
The Lester and Black Haw soldiers were fast when they built a small arena on the cliff using wood and metal platforms. The fighting on the battlefield ceased after Flavius agreed to Hunter’s challenge for a duel to death.And the word Death was like an icicle pike aimed and focused at my heart, ready to stab me if Hunter failed this—I frowned. No. There was no way I would let myself think my husband would die just like that. I would never let that happen. Please, Moon Goddess…don’t ever let that happen.I felt Monica’s hand touch mine, and her fingers were ice-cold against my skin even though the ocean breeze that night wasn’t that cold because so many people wanted to witness the duel. The cliff was crowded from both sides of the pack, but it was clear how intimidating the number of the Black Haw and the Lester Pack was, compared to the population of the Midnight Pack.“There is a change in the rules!” an old man screamed at the top of his lungs and everyone was silenced as the curre
“I hope you are not angry with me Hunter…”“Angry?! You are making me insane, Cassandra! Didn’t I tell you—”I didn’t let him finish his words and kissed him fervently after he led me to his private room in his headquarters. I could feel his emotions all over his head and I needed him to calm down before I explained why Monica and I went to that place.Gently, I pulled from him as soon as his breathing started to slow down and he looked at me with worry but I saw in his eyes that he was also glad I was there, “I’m so sorry, love. I know I promised, but plans changed and Monica has been hysterical since Weston left her in the infirmary without even telling her where he would go. Why he is here, Hunter? Did you ask him to go with you?”Hunter held my hand and stared down my face, “No. I just noticed he was following me in the forest after I left the infirmary. He told me he didn’t feel safe in that place and he needed to be with me in this fight so I let him. I didn’t know he just left
When I came back to the hospital, I tried to distract my mind by helping the healers with the wounded. The healers were all pleased to have me in the infirmary and they told me my presence gave people hope because I was with them as their Luna but they were also worried because I was supposed to be in one of the bunkers for safety.“I rather help here than do nothing,” I said to the Head Healer, Dr. Heather, of the infirmary building and his face softened as he watched me organize the stacks of medical supplies needed for the badly wounded, “My husband—your Alpha is fighting out there and I just couldn’t sit in one place overthinking about what is happening. I have to do it.”“I understand, your Grace. And we are all happy to have you here with us. You symbolize hope for all the people in this building. That's why many of them believe that Midnight Pack will survive. They all believe in you and the Alpha.”My eyes glittered with tears, happy that the people loved and appreciated Hunte
“Hunter, please I want to go with you to the headquarters. I could be a good use to the healers stationed there.”As the four of us sneaked through the tunnels, It was too hard not to tell my husband that I never wanted to hide behind the thick metal doors of the underground bunkers. I knew his biggest priority for now was to keep me safe but I never wanted to just stay in one place and wait for whatever will happen. I wanted to fight alongside him. I wanted to stay and make sure he would survive this war for our pup…For our baby…He glanced down at me as if he was thinking too hard if he would consider it or not. But knowing him being overprotective, I already had an idea what he would say, “You know that is not an option, Cassandra. I need to make sure you are safe. It will be a huge advantage to Flavius if you get caught—”“I won’t let him,” I cut his words, but of course, I had no idea what I was saying because the adrenaline that pumped hard in my veins made my head a little clo
“Going to the surface would be too dangerous,” Hunter looked at the ceiling of the tunnel as the dripping sound of water echoed together with any soft sounds, including our whispers, so we all decided to stop arguing and think of a better plan on how we all could get out of this retching place that lept on making my stomach sick.Even Monica was not happy staying in the tunnel, but she had no choice. Weston was the number one target of the Lester Alpha, and she had to make sure her mate would not fall into the hands of the enemies.“How many did Flavius send to destroy the city and to hunt my mate?” Monica asked, as despair etched on her face, “I don’t think that old man would stop until Weston appears, and I am scared, Miss Clark. I am scared of what they might do to him!”“He f*cking killed an Alpha’s daughter, Monica. What do you expect? Just let Weston roam in this land without getting revenge for his only daughter and his only heir?” despite the ugly words, Hunter’s voice was cal
I watched how Hunter moved a lightning speed as he rushed towards Quintus who was shocked at his sudden attack the traitor flew down the cliff with his eyes fixed on Hunter, as if taunting my husband about how he killed Treyton in front of us.Then it was followed by a sickening thud as Quintus’ body perforated by the sharp pointed rocks, six hundred meters below where the violent waves of the ocean washed him away.[Hunter your brother—-]Hunter’s shoulders drooped in grief as he looked down the cliff. He stayed there for minutes until he moved and started to walk towards me.[He’s gone, Cassandra. There is no way he would survive that fall. We have to go back.] He uttered in a flat tone and I knew he only behaved like that when he tried to mask that intense grief he felt, just like when Sir Brochan died.[His body is not on the rocks, Hunter! Maybe he managed to survive!] I cried to him but he just gave me one angry look, his eyes crimson red as the MIdnight City burned brightly beh
“You know the last thing I ever wanted is to hurt you, Cassy.”There was agony on Treyton’s face as he looked at me, and then I remembered that little, helpless boy I met in the Albrecht dungeon. The very first time I saw him.Tears rolled down my cheeks. It hurts to see him so confused with himself. I cared so much for Treyton. I understood his pain. I wanted to help him. I really do! But it was so frustrating that I had no idea how to. I had no idea how to make that pain he embraced for so many years go away.“You know I can’t give you what you want, Treyton. I am so sorry that fate was not kind to you but I want you to know that I am happy I met you. You are right,” I sniffed and then chuckled trying to look at the bright side of everything, and that surprised Treyton when he saw the smile on my face, even in the middle of chaos happening in the Midnight pack.Even in the face of death.“You are right that none of us deserve to suffer that kind of pain—inflicted by the people we ex
“Domitian, you have to let me go! We have to make sure Monica is safe! We have to hurry maybe we still have time to capture Weston in Monica’s apartment!”Of course, I had no intention of giving Weston to them but it was the only way I could convince Domitian to release me from the anti-werewolf transformation cuff. If what the soldier said was right, then Weston had a plan to flee with Monica out of this continent, away from Hunter and Flavius. But I was not sure if it was the best for Monica knowing that Weston was not in his best thinking. Could he hurt Monica? The depth of their bond was not completely broken by whatever spell Treyton did to them. Maybe that was proof, enough for me to believe that he could take care of Monica.But Geneva… I can’t believe she was already gone just because of what her father did to her. I felt bad for her because I knew she wasn’t a completely evil she-wolf like her Dad. Yet again, she became another victim of power-hungry people who were willing t