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Chapter 28Lucianna's POVI decided to cook steak and veggies for the side. I want to, no, I need to persuade Jacob about taking me with him to the Prime pack. So bad.A sweet intoxicating scent lingered on my nose that made me inhaled deep to fill my lungs with it.He’s here!I quickly went to the entrance door, almost stumbling on my feet and my action are full of excitement.The door opened before I could open it for him, and so my feet halted before I crash to Jacob's chest.I grinned, my lips trembled as I faked it."Welcome home!"Jacob frowned for a while before sighing and taking off his coat. I saw how a small smile crept into his face.Hmp! He sure find me funny!"I'll take your coat!" I said as I grabbed on his coat and which he let me have. I placed it at the stand and shifter my weight to face him and flashes a sweet smile."I made dinner. It's all set in the kitchen, come!"My hand caught his and pulled him to the kitchen. I thanked the heavens that he let me pull him ea
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Chapter 29Lucianna’s POV“I can’t believe we’ll stay for a week, Jake.”I glanced at Brent who spoke as he shook his head.We’re on our way to the Prime pack riding Jacob’s black rhino truck. Harley drives and Brent sat up front next to him. Jacob and I were seated at the back and I made sure that one fluffy bag is placed between us.Another car was behind us where another two of Jacob’s shifters are. We are six commuters, overall.“Didn’t know you have a problem with that.” Jacob replied with a lazy tone so I decided to butt in before the conversation died down.“Why? How long do you guys used to stay for renewal?”Brent looked at me and then to Jacob before looking at the road again.“Usually two or three days.”“And? Why are we staying for a week now?”Does the two pack has personal troubles they had to fix? I can’t think of anything that may cause us to stay longer than necessary.Oh well, I won’t stay long, that is for sure.Brent laughed and Harley joined him. I frowned and loo
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Chapter 30Lucianna’s POVOur mates went to the Prime pack building to do their thing. Ashira invites me to her room and I figured that Ash must be sleeping with Aiden on another room. Her scent is so faint inside it.“My God! Your mate is so sweet! Scary but sweet.” I sighed dreamily. “I’m envious!”Ashira continued to look at me the same way she does when I’m hiding something. This person is the only one who can read me clear.“I hate that Jacob, Luce. What did he do to you? The last time you called, you’re crying your lungs out!”My mind was quickly reminded of what has happened before and the way I looked so distressed, hopeless.“Just like I said, he cheated on me…”I continued telling my ‘unfortunate’ becoming and Ashira listened attentively. I can see the hate plastering in her expression and from her side comments.Somehow, having someone to talk about what I experienced lightened my chest but also added fuel to the fire upon remembering all of it.“Last time we talked, you sa
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Chapter 31Jacob’s POVLucianna did not bother to look at me even when I softened, giving in to her request. I let her leave without my third-in-command. That was enough to drive me insane, doubt what’s coming , but I managed to stay calm.The three of them, Ashira, Seth and Lucianna was walking towards the forest right now. I can still see them using my enhanced sight, but it won’t be long until I lose her.The sight of her, I mean.Heck, I won’t lose her.I won’t allow it. Never.Fuck, why am I battling with myself?“Is that forest safe?” I asked Aiden who’s standing beside me without bothering to look at him.“Yeah.”“How about that spot of yours?”“It is safe.”“Are you sure there’s no one there?”Aiden took long to answer so I turned to look at him. His brow were arched as he looks at me with a lazy expression.“I’m sure. That’s the place I only share with my mate, brother.”I sighed.Lucianna and I haven’t completed the mating process. I want to, but knowing that she wanted to r
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Chapter 32Lucianna’s POVMy whole body didn’t stop trembling, the thought of losing my friend because of my stubbornness scares me.It’s almost an hour that passed and there’s still no sign of Ashira. I helped looking for her but there’s no sign of her presence. No scent, no tracks, nothing.Jacob didn’t talked to me about it. He was also busy looking for Ashira, just like the rest of us.One thing that kept me shaking was Aiden’s deadly glares at me that I can’t even look at him. I knew he blames me for it, no one might be asking but I know everyone thinks the same.That I am the mastermind of all of it.That I was trying to escape because there’s no reason for us to go at the border.Seth’s jaw kept clenching when he looks my way, and I knew perfectly why. I accepts their silent anger, their silent way of blaming me.No one talks about it, no one blamed me vocally. But that hurts more.And I’m drowning with the feeling.“Ashira was found!”I was quick to stood up, everyone has, too
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Chapter 33Brent’s POV“What are you saying, Jake? Let go of Lucianna?”I must be hearing things.The two of them might have started messy but I know how Jacob got connected with Lucianna. It’s beyond the bond, and he starts to live getting used of her around.And letting her go? What’s gotten into him this time?“I’m thinking…” Jacob paused and I (im)patiently waited for more words.Jacob was looking at the darkness, his expression was unreadable because of the lack of light from where he were facing.I sighed when I heard nothing more.“Jacob, explain it to me, please. What’s with letting her go?”“That’s what I just said.” he hissed and I saw him shook his head a bit, as if he can’t believe his own words.If Jacob is really trying to set Lucianna free, does that mean he will let her out of his hold? Out of his control? Out of his land? Out of his pack? Out of his life? What?Clearing my throat, I decided to start giving answers and stopped questioning him.“Without your mate, you’l
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Chapter 34Lucianna’s POVMy eyes widened with Ashira’s revelation.She’s a what?!A stealer?!I never met a stealer, heck, I don’t even know that kind really exist!Every wolf is destined only for one. I keep saying that to myself, and I never forget that part. A stealer, on the other hand can produce an offspring, a pup, even from someone who is not their mate.That’s… complicated, I guess.I watched my friend as she slouched and her eyes loomed, sadness coiling around her.“...I’m scared.” Ashira closed her eyes and I know how hard she tries not to get in tears. “I’m scared that I’ll lose him because of what I am, Luce.”Aiden’s history, the death of his parents, all of those are because of a certain stealer as Ashira said.I understand Ashira’s fears. Her situation is still complicated in my head but I understand her worries.Sighing, I pulled her for an embrace and hoped that should comfort her somehow.“Ash, past is past fro a reason. You can’t let it taunt your present and mess
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Chapter 35Lucianna’s POVI spent the night crying inside Jacob’s arms until I passed out. Confusion is how I can define the feelings I have right now.It’s… how can I say this…There’s a part of me that was relieved that I can finally escape him. But I’m not sure where the sadness inside me were coming from.It’s as if, only half of me wants to go and that I only had the chance to realize it now that he’s setting me free.Did I liked the chase? Did it disappoint me that he won’t look after me? Or was it the mate bond’s feelings? Was it mine?What is the root of the pain in my chest?I’m aching, all over.I’m not sure if its because of him or myself. Too much question was circling in my head that I don’t know which part should I focus on.Waking up, I sniffed the most intoxicating scent of the man laying beside me. Is he already awake? I’m afraid to move… what? Why? Am I scared that he will go away once he’s awoke?Damn it.“Good morning.”I almost jumped out of bed when he whispered.
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Lucianna’s POV“Why proceed with it, then?” Aiden asked, wincing a bit from the heaviness of his words. I just told them about the Shadow eye and the curse of it because of a mishap that the first born didn’t inherit the gift.“Aiden! You can't tell a mother to get rid of her pup.” Ashira answered, agitated on my behalf. Aiden looked at me with apologizing gaze but the way his jaw clenched tells me his vote is just the same as Roscoe’s.“I actually tried to.” the sigh that came out of my lips was cold as memories came rushing.“Ohmy! Luce!” my friend's eyes were wide from shock, covering her mouth and tears forming on her eyes.My smile has shame lingering on it. This is a new emotion on my part. I always thought that I haven't done anything wrong when I decided to went with Roscoe on that cave. Maybe its because this is the first time I talked about it with a person of a same gender. Plus, Ash is a mother now so she can relate more than I could imagine how horrible what I did. I su
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Lucianna’s POVRoscoe came and as soon as he get off his car, we exchanged a look that lasts for almost a minute. There was a lot in our eye language and it’s more like him saying ‘I told you so,’ and mine were ‘We’re in this situation so fucking try and talk with your mate’s body’. I saw his shoulder sagged as he sighed but headed to where Fhoxia was as if he read my mind.I really hope Roscoe can get something, anything, from Fhoxia. He does before, he still felt the bond between him and his mate’s body that the messenger borrowed. So I hoped, keep on hoping, there’s nothing I could do anyway.“He’s been there for how long?” Harley asked behind me.Time has reached a spot on top of my list that I prioritized to forget, so I just shrugged Harley’s question. Now watching Roscoe has made me feel dreaded in the guts so I decided to head inside and sit on the couch. Harley lingered longer by the porch, watching my brother-in-law like a hawk.I don’t know if I feel excited or anxious with
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Lucianna’s POV“She’s creepy.” Harley commented as we drank coffee out at the porch. “How long has she been here?”“One week now.” I sighed. “I keep on asking her why she’s here but she won’t talk. Roscoe won’t be here until later this evening but he told me over the phone that Fhoxia didn’t reached out to him either.”“It means this messenger has no message to deliver? So, what, just being nosy?”I scoffed. “Bite me, I don’t know either.”“And Roscoe will be here? Jacob finally permitted his return?”Jacob gave a temporary ban for Roscoe after what happened in the cave. My mate hated the idea that his brother kept on deciding things for him.“Yeah, he only agreed this morning. He didn’t want to, I just convinced him since Roscoe might be the one Fhoxia could talk to or something.”“And that is why?”I sighed and nudged my mug at the messenger’s direction . “That body was borrowed from a dead woman. The dead woman was Roscoe’s mate.” Harley’s jaw dropped and before he could pry more,
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A month has passed. A cough coming from our bedroom made me jumped from my deep thoughts. I was having my coffee in the kitchen and Jacob was at our bedroom. Laying down on our bed even when the sun has shone for an hour and a half.Not because he feel lazy to go to the Hall like he used to, but because he has become weak. His eyes had sunken with dark circles under it, there’s hollow in his cheeks, his skin has become dull and dry and no matter how much I put lipbalm in his lips, it keeps on cracking. His body was not as strong as he was. And everyday he get worse.I can barely look at him in this state but the only time I wasn’t by his side were morning like this. I drink my coffee alone then I’d cry my heart out without making a sound and spend the rest of my day beside him again. This is the time I used to outlet my sadness, fear and every other emotion I couldn’t show in front of him.There was still no news about another way. There’s still no another way and I lose the hope on
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I was asked to lay down on a stone table. The coldness touched the bare skin of my back and arms, making my eyes shut hard.“No need to be scared,” the enchantress said, standing on my side while rummaging into a box of small bottles. A potion, maybe?Harley and Roscoe are on the other side of the cave, or the enchantress’s home, as she calls it. There’s no way they would hear our conversation.“Will it hurt?” I asked in a low, trembling voice.The enchantress looked straight into my eyes and there was something in the way she look at me. She was saying something, her eyes were saying something. She doubted my resolve in continuing with this procedure, I know that was what she think.“It will sting.” she smiles but arched a brow, as if testing if I will back down.But I closed my eyes and relaxed.“You’re not scared.” she stated, not asked. It was as if a question in her head was answered.I sighed, long and painful. “No.”“I want to know why,” she demanded with a tone that she wouldn
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Lucianna’s POVI cut off the portal I shared with Jacob, feeling the severed connection like a heavy weight lifting from my chest—and yet, a gnawing pit settled in my stomach. It was better this way. He didn’t need to know where I was going, especially for what I was about to do. The decision had been far from easy, but once I made up my mind, there was no turning back. I wouldn’t allow myself to back down.“Calm down, gamma,” Roscoe’s chuckle was low, rough, and filled the silence like an unwanted echo. “You look so pale, I’d wonder if your blood left your veins.” His voice trailed off, almost as if he were talking to himself—though in a car full of werewolves, he knew better. I sighed, a breath that didn’t even begin to ease the tension coiled tightly within me.“Cut it out, Roscoe,” I muttered, my voice steady though my mind was racing. I could feel Harley next to me, practically vibrating with barely suppressed irritation. “Just drive.”The sleek growl of the engine hummed beneath
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Jacob hadn’t returned home since last night and I haven’t slept a blink. Thinking over and over again about my decision, I cried all night and prayed, continuously apologizing to the unborn child in my womb.“You called for me?”It was Harley. Of course I called for him, I needed someone by my side right now and since Jacob was against this idea, I had to call for someone who wouldn’t turn down my heeding.“Yes.” I wiped my face and stood up. I probably looked like a mess right now but I couldn’t care anymore. “I also called for, uh, Roscoe. Expect his presence in a bit, I’ll just get something from my room.”Harley’s POVEverything was a mess around the pack. I heard Jacob was scolding his staff and throwing things everywhere. Brent told me, of course. He’d been snooping about what was happening with Jake and Luce that may had caused Jacob’s nonstop tantrums over the Hall.Of course I said nothing. I promised Lucianna I wouldn’t tell a soul about Jacob losing his control of his wolf
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Jacob’s POVI once again looked at the corpse, it was shredded into pieces. It’s skull was crushed, bones torned apart and cracked. There was blood everywhere, from the ground up to the trees. The body was divided into four pieces and the head was retrieved up the branch of a tree.“Please forgive me, Alpha Jacob.” said Jordan. One of the council, head of trackers that also conduct the investigation. “I failed to distinguish the entity of the corpse, Alpha.” he bowed and the rest of his team bowed as well.There was no question to why they failed. The core of the corpse was gone, making it hard to distinguish it. Without the core--its heart-- a werewolf wouldn’t shift back to human. No one would know if it was a werewolf or a forest wolf.But I knew.The moment I arrived, the air whispered to my ears. The smell of death lingered in my nose. And the howl of a werewolf called my Alpha wolf.The corpse was a shape-shifter like us. Definitely a rogue because there was no distinguished pac
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The door open and shut but I did not bother to look who it was. I can smell Harley, anyway. He just got back from the crime scene. I bit my fingernails from the nervousness I feel inside.What did he find out? Is it a shifter? A regular wolf? Damn it!I did not bother looking at Harley when I felt his presence in the living room. Pretending that I was watching the TV, I stopped biting my nails and inhaled slowly.“How’s everything out there?” I asked in a normal voice.Harley exhaled loud. “Just a wolf. Badly torn apart though.” he slumped himself down the couch. “How’s the talk with the brother?”I shrugged. “Just the usual.”“Yeah, like I know the usual, right?” he said sarcastically.I looked at him and squinted my eyes. Why was he so grumpy? “Someone twisted your panties or something?”Harley shook his head and looked away. It looked like he was thinking about something and wanted to say it out loud but also thinking if he should.“Don’t tell me you will act like that all day? Bec
