****Lyra was walking out of her class, lost in her own thoughts when she suddenly saw Maximilian walking out of his class. She stopped in her tracks, surprised to see him at that moment. Lyra cleared her throat, as she shut the door to her class and waited for Maximilian to walk up to her. "I was actually coming to see you," she said, her voice barely above a whisper.Max raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Really? Why?""Why not?!" She said as they began walking together towards the main entrance."It's my first day here and alot is already happening!""I heard a pup is missing?! What going on?! Your Alpha and his entourage didn't explain clearly to me !" "Our Alpha!" Maximilian corrected."That's by the way Max, what do you know about the missing pup and how exactly did it happen?!" She asked and he just went silent staring at his feet as they walked."Do you not know anything about it?! Say something!" She urged."The missing pup is actually a pupil of my class, and the one before
Later that evening ...."You should have told me," "You should have trusted me enough to tell me the truth.""I tried to! I really really tried to but stuff were happening here and there and we really couldn't talk, I'm sorry" Lyra whispered."What do we do now?!" Marcus asked."Why is this up for debate, he almost rejected me when we first met, I can actually reject him now and we'll be free to go our separate ways ""Since it's the mate pull making him head over heels for me" "It's not that easy, you can't just reject without a solid reason, it's almost like a court divorce,""The judge won't grant you one unless you have a valid reason to want to be divorced!" Marcus explained and she rolled her eyes."You have to accept it," Marcus whispered as he turned to face Xander, he snapped his head up immediately."What?!" Marcus asked with a small shrug,"That's our best bet, besides you promised Killian to talk to Lyra on his behalf, which automatically meant you'll talk to her about ac
Meanwhile .....Dowgar's pack ...."Did they accept our offer?!" Theodore asked his best friend and soon to be Beta- Rowan who was seated Infront of him."They haven't given a reply yet!" "I heard starlight pack offered them a fifty fifty benefits!""They're quite confused at the moment,""Increase it to Eighty -twenty!" Theodore said and Rowan snapped his head up immediately."You must be joking!, At that rate our pack will go bankrupt, we can't keep up with that!""Obviously we won't!" Theodore whispered sinisterly as he stood up from where he was seated."We obviously won't add that to the agreement, we just need to get them on our side before the night of the full moon!""There, I want to announce my intention of overthrowing starlight pack and making us the head of all Twelve packs around here!" "Why so concerned about Blue crescent pack though""The night of the full moon is in Twelve days and here we are still wasting time waiting for Blue crescent to make a decision!""We ne
"We keep going from frying pan to fire, how do we explain this?!" Sebastian muttered as he paced the hospital's hallway."We still haven't gotten any meaningful bases on the missing pup! Now we have go on an wild goose chase mission on who did this to the Alpha?! Who exactly in this pack has that power!" "Can't you see it?! I'm sure who ever did this did it on purpose!" "They're trying to divert our attention from that Missing Pup!" Jada imputed."Did you happen to see anyone or anything, any hint when you walked in?!" Xander asked turning to Lyra."I have no idea!" She replied, almost yelling her face already red and messed up with tears.Never had she felt the kind of fear she felt today, she still hasn't gotten over it."I didn't look around, Immediately I saw him on the floor I raised an alarm, I didn't wait to look around or anything!" ."That's alright!" Jada whispered as she walked over to Lyra and put her hands around her comfortingly."I'm sure it must have being horrible a
Next day ....Morning 7:00am ....At the school Lyra walked into the school, her head bent as she stared intently at the floor carefully taking her steps one after the other.Her mind was swirling with different thoughts, she hadn't been the same ever since she saw Killian in a pool of his own blood.She has been rather different and disoriented, probably because she has never seen anyone in that horrible state."Lyra!" She paused immediately as she turned towards the direction of the voice."Oh Max!". She said with a small exhale as she walked back to where he stood, she had already walked passed him without even noticing he was standing there or waving out to her."I'm really sorry, I didn't see you there " she said and he nodded slowly."That's alright! I understand " he said as he grabbed her hands and led her to his classroom.The pupils hadn't began to come in so his classroom was empty."How are you feeling this morning?!" He asked as he made her sit on his chair and he stood
Later in the afternoon ..."Thank you so much Miss Lyra for this, we deeply appreciate you!" The Elementary school headmaster said to Lyra and she nodded with a smile."And there's something else I wanted to ask of you," she whispered and he nodded urging her to go on."I'm not sure if it's in my place to ask for this but I'll like to be in charge of the school bus, like be the bus attendant!" Lyra said her voice unsteady unsure if she was pushing the limit already.The headmaster's expression boosted her courage and she continued,"I don't know, I just feel inclined to do more for this pack!" She said."Of course! You're our Luna it's in your place to ask!" He said and she released a light nervous chuckle."But have you discussed this with your brothers or the Alpha before coming up to me?!" She asked."Nope, I didn't, they won't let me do it anyway!""You don't have to make it look like I asked, you just have to appoint me that's all!""And what will happen to the previous bus atten
"I want accept the mate bond!""I'm gonna accept the mate bond!""You do?!""Are you beiserious right now?!" "Never been more serious!" She replied."What are you doing here anyway?!" She asked and he slowly raised his brows at her."Are you no longer going to Eleanor's parent's house?! Are you giving up because of whatever Hazel said to you?!""Yeah right! Ofcourse not!" She replied as she clutched her bag tightly and slung it over her shoulders."Let's go!""Lyra! Calm down the exit is this way!" Maximilian said pointing the other way and she nodded firmly before turning again and heading for the exit."Are you nervous?!" Maximilian asked as they got into his car."Oh Nonsense!" She replied immediately as she did her seat belt."She's not enough to make me nervous!" She said and he nodded slowly."If you say so!" He whispered as he did his seat belt also, turned on the ignition, stepped on the accelerator and zoomed off.As they drove down the road, Lyra couldn't help but feel a kn
"Hear what?!" "Heart beat!""Really?!""Heartbeat?!""So asides tracking stale scents you hear heartbeats too?!""Come on now! You're probably just overthinking!""Only vampires have the ability to hear heartbeats of someone that is far away!!""This is not my imagination Max, please listen to me, I can hear it!!" She said."And since when did you start hearing people's heartbeats?!""I don't know?!" "Now?!" She replied her voice clearly evident of uncertainty."At this point one would think that this is a skit!" He said."I'm not joking Max, let's follow it quickly" she said pulling him along."Fine!"The heartbeat Lyra was hearing led them to a small deserted hut."Now this is scary!" Maximilian muttered but Lyra was too engrossed in her zeal to bring back Eleanor that she didn't notice the scary details of where they're in or the comments Maximilian just made.As they walked into the hut, Lyra put on the flashlight of her phone and carefully looked around searching the nook and c
Squid Arena...Night of the full moon...It was the night of the full moon and all important personalities from the neighboring packs were present in the Squid Arena, ready to witness the fight for the throne between two powerful Alphas. Alpha Killian of Starlight Pack and Alpha Theodore of Dowgar's pack. It was indeed going to be a tough battle, anyone seated there could easily sense the tension in the atmosphere.The full moon shone brightly on the Arena, as it flocked with people from different packs.Killian stood some distance away from the ring, with Lyra, Sebastian, Jada and Xander around him.His eyes stopped on Xander and they stared at each other for a while before he looked away. After he talked to Sebastian, they had decided to not confront him as Lyra had asked, and tonight was the night they were going to get him in the act, he had tried giving him a drink which contained a substance that was supposed to weaken him and make Theodore win instead but he didn't take it, eve
Same dayThe laptop made a beeping sound and Lyra immediately dropped the phone on the table as she ran her hands on the keyboard. Her fingers were shaking as she hoped and prayed it wasn't who she thought it was. He'd never do that to them.The flashdrive contained only one audio. She took a deep breath before playing the audio.---"When you killed Marcus did you consider it an act of maturity!""You know how important Marcus was in all of these, how dare you take his life that like that!" "What would you have me do?!""He saw my face, that was going to be doom for me and my job here isn't done yet!""Fuck! You should have left that to me!""Do you have an idea how many plans you've disrupted just by that singular stupid act?!""You shouldn't have touched his life!""Well I did, move on!""I should move on?!" "Are you crazy!! Do you know the implications of what you've just done?!""You don't seem to know the gravity of what you've done!" "It's the fact that you're not even remor
The next day...Lyra stirred slowly in her sleep and her eyes fluttered open. She sat upright as she took in her environment. She was in her room, a glass of water and a tablet of aspirin sat on the side table.She groaned as she felt a throbbing pain in her head. She felt a sneeze coming and she raised her elbow, sneezing into it. She quickly reached out for the medicine, tossed one into her mouth and gulped it down with the glass of water. She sniffed as she placed it on the table again. Bless whoever had thought to bring her that. Now the question was who brought her home? She had remembered being in the forest last night, crying her eyes out when the rain began falling and she finally blacked out. So how the hell was she in her house again?She made to stand up but her feet wobbled and she sat back on her bed. She was feeling so weak and tired in every part of her muscles and she could feel her body burning up already. How long had she stayed in the rain yesterday? She should hav
Starlight PackLater that night...Lyra trudged tiredly into the house, her feet ached from walking around the town, her cheeks stained with tears. Immediately she pulled the door open and walked in, the cold evening air wafted the sensuous aroma of her favorite food into her nostrils and she sighed.On a normal day she'd be eager to go into the kitchen and devour the food, but today, things were different. She didn't even have the appetite to eat anything. Either ways, she dragged her feet into the kitchen to take a peek at who was cooking and get herself a glass of water."Lyra" she heard Xavier call her name once she stepped foot in. Hazel, turned in at that moment and smiled at her."Hey, " Hazel greeted and she just forced a smile at her."Want some?" Hazel pointed towards the food she was cooking."No thanks" she replied and that moment Xavier walked in."Where have you been all day?"She walked closer to him, standing only a few feet away."Did you or did you not know the real
Killian watched in frustration and Lyra stared back at him in something that resembled anger, hate and disappointment and that was all it took to bring everything in him crashing down.She turned back and walked out, slamming the door harder then necessary. "Great work dude, congratulations on getting our mate angry" Gerald snarled from inside."Just shut up Gerald" he snarled equally and when his wolf made to reply , he shut him out completely.He wasn't about to listen to Gerald blame him for all that happened, even if he knew quite well it was his fault.He sighed as he reached for the door, and walked out.However was he going to get to talk to Lyra? How the hell was he going to convince her? Was she even going to listen?!He remembered how angry she had gotten, when Eliza had pretended to be her, but now things were different, her mother died for him, he had no sensible explanation to give for that. Just as he made his way out of the house, Sebastian walked up to him."Killian"
Earlier....Lyra had finished breakfast thirty minutes ago, showered, changed into a comfortable dress and decided to talk a walk around the pack house, since Killian wasn't back from the meeting, somehow she found herself in the Dungeon.Moving past the bars where some rogues and offenders were kept, she stopped in front of the cell where Eliza was kept when she was still alive ."Luna" the guards bowed as soon as she stopped in front of the gate.She gave a small smile ."The keys?"She noticed their hesitation so she quickly added."It's fine, I already talked to Killian, and he's fine with it"The guard looked at his colleague in hesitation, but nodded anyways and opened the door of the small cell.She stared around the room and realization suddenly hit her. She had remembered placing tiny surveillance cameras at strategic positions in the packhouse, including her house and the school, just for security reasons and she had placed one of it right in Eliza's cell.She quickly reache
Killian walked into the bedroom, holding a tray with a plate of pancakes and a steaming cup of tea on it . He carefully set the tray on the side table and crouched on the floor.A small smile formed on his face as he stared at Lyra's sleeping figure. His hands left his sides as his fingers traced her cheeks.How was he even going to bring himself to tell her, that he was the main reason she couldn't have a happy life with her parents, that he was the reason behind her mother's death. Lyra was going to hate him for that, and he hated it, because he wouldn't be able to live without her. He needed to tell her before she finds out from someone else, but how was he going to bring himself to do that? Suddenly Lyra's eyes fluttered open and she groaned lowly, as she stirred in the bed. Killian shifted backwards as he watched her sit upright on the bed, resting on the bedhead."How long have you been sitting there, staring at me?" She asked softly, a small smile on her face."Not quite long"
Same DayEmpty. The house was empty and looked like a normal human house. There was nothing special. Maybe coming in herewas a bad idea, but still there had to be something, the police had ransacked his house, yes, but there could still be something there.The loud sound from her phone, pierced through the silent house causing her to abruptly stop her search. She fished out the phone from her pocket, her eyes widening once she saw the name flashing on the screen.Killian. She had been engrossed in her search she forgot they had plans.She quickly swiped across the screen, answering the call."Hey babe, where'd you go?""I went for a walk, I'd be in the pack house soon""Alright, stay safe"She clicked on the hang up button and the call ended. She shoved it back into her pocket and turned around to leave. Just as she did, her eyes caught a small black object peeking out from a flower vase on the center table. She walked briskly to it and reached for the vase, retrieving the object. A
Back at the service Apartment"How did this happen?!" Killian asked immediately he walked into the house."I have no idea also, I just got called by the police today to be informed about his death," "What killed him?!" Lyra asked."They said food poisoning" Xander replied and they both gasped."Food poisoning?!" They called together "How did his food get poisoned!" Killian asked."Didn't you guys say it's safe in there,""Are you sure this people aren't trying to pull a fast one on us ?!" Killian asked in a whisper."I don't think so, I saw his corpse,""I suspect something fishy also, but I don't think it's from the police end, they're as transparent as ever!""They are carrying out an investigation on it and they promise to contact us soon," Xander explained."I already dropped contact details,""We should go back to the pack now," he added."This doesn't seem right!" Lyra protested."I know, but what can we do, nothing!" Xander replied and they nodded slowly."You guys should pac