ELEANORI grit my teeth as I bit back the tears. The pain and frustration. It's happening again. Just like what I've been through in my old pack. My heart is pounding, and all I hear is the crowd whispering, spatting hateful words against me and my blood wolf. My heart throbs, and I whimpered. Tears stung my eyes but I blinked them back hard. I am not going to cry. Not now. Not ever. Not when I just accepted myself for who I really am. I took some steps backwards but Alexander's loud, thunderous growl brought silence to the entire hall in just a second.I could feel his aura leaking from his body. His dominance spread throughout the hall, making everyone freeze. Their mouths were suddenly zipped shut as they stood upstraight, hands on the sides with their heads lowered in submission. Slowly, Alex shifted back to his human form. No one said a word even as he stood naked in front of the whole crowd, trembling in fear knowing they have unintentionally awakened their alpha's wrath. His
DANEERA"FIND HIM! CLOSE THE GATES!" The halls resounded with Alexander's command, causing the floor to quiver under my feet as if the peace surrounding the earth's core had just been shattered. Maybe it was the thumping fear that held my neck tight, but I could feel my limbs fail me. I stood still as Alexander's eyes coldly pierced me, making me sweat and pause my breath. "No one will leave this room until I say so." I heard him inhale sharply and when my eyes darted around the place, I noticed the people's faces tense up. He looks around and sees no movement. His brow cocked, jaw locked, and within a second, the whole pack house vibrated with a groundbreaking growl!"What are you fucking staring at?! FIND HIM!" Alexander roars angrily, "MOVE!"No answer was necessary. Neither was there space for any complaint. People crowded, and all of a sudden, people mounted, disappearing from my sight as they streamed outside the pack house. I wanted to follow but my legs decided otherwise, maki
ALEXANDERMy brother..I slash the wind with the breath I inhaled as I walked out of the pack house. Believe it or not, my body was more than capable of reacting to the information of my brother being abducted. My limbs felt like they had just been pummeled, unwilling to move or even pulsate. My eyes shut themselves close for a second. And although I had just basked in my mate's presence, my ribs still ached a sorrowful beating. Adrian, I grit. Adri-fucking-an. Adrian. If anything happened to him, I would--I stop in the middle of the woods. My hands reached for the trunk beside me as I find rest in silently leaning against the unaware and unmoving tree. I sniff and instantly notices an omega's scent wandering aimlessly. I sniff again. There was a familiar odor ambling in the air. A smell so familiar my nose itches. I look at the ground and notice prints all over it. Someone must have rammed their fists into it. I narrow my eyes and with closer inspection, I realize something else. Th
ELEANOR"Are you sure this is a good idea?" My mate tugs my hand and pulls me back as I was about to spring the doors open. I glance at him and reassures him with a smile."What choice do we have?" I ask, "If we get the council to help us, it'll be easier for us to find your brother and my father." I try to turn again towards the doors but he yanks my hand again and holds me closer.He gazes at me with concern, "Our packs are already working together, aren't they? Isn't that enough?""Listen, do you want to find your brother or not?" That question seemed to throw him off, making him grit in silence. He nods and I caress his cheek, "We got this. We'll just barge in and ask them kindly for their help." He almost took me in for a kiss again but I immediately threw myself around and walked towards the door.After that event in the woods, I can't allow myself to be swayed by him again. I can't allow myself to be controlled by such lascivious desires because then, I'll hate myself. Hate myse
ALEXANDERThere's no sign of my brother anywhere. It had been three days. Three whole days since he was taken and my men haven't found anything useful. Even when following the path to the hills outside our territory, nobody was able to get me answers. I rubbed my temples in distress, sighed and forced myself to sit up.The woman beside me was sleeping soundly, her arched back seemed like a sculpture to me. I breathed and found her scent covering even the smallest corners of my room. It was like my own personal haven. I could have made love to her again but I rose from the bed and made my way into the bathroom.There's no way I could distract myself from searching my brother with sex. It's a good way to unload but this time I wasn't feeling it. Not even the cool water that streamed through my body calmed me. I was getting irritated with my helplessness, so I got out of the shower and before I could think again, I had already changed into my clothes. I gazed at Eleanor for a few seconds
ALEXANDER"Do you see anything?" A honey-like voice crept behind me as my gorgeous mate carefully sailed the ground while we hid behind a tree and looked ahead of us. The mountains offered everything verdant, except my brother's presence. I turned to the woman and eyed her face."What?" She asked, her brow arching.I pushed back the urge to chuckle. With our situation, laughing should be the last thing I ought to be doing. Instead, I exhaled and leaned against the tree, my head popping as I scrutinized the place. Northwest, the letter said, in between my mate's pack and the next. The neutral space between was similar to an abandoned lot, an empty land that was servant to none."I don't see any cave here." I stepped away from the tree and advanced to the field lying peacefully before me. There was no scent lingering other than the lush greenery. A hand tugged the hem of my shirt to make me stop in my tracks. I turned my head to the person and asked, "Something wrong?""Are you kidding
ALEXANDERFamiliar.That's the right word for it. Familiar. The scent of my brother lingering around my nose. The sight of my mate's eyes melting for my presence. The repulsed and jealous look in Victor's face as he stabbed me silently in his mind. These were all too familiar for me not to recognize.But the man covering my mate's mouth while holding a dagger to her neck was a different matter. The cloaked man standing between my brother and Eleanor's father was someone I have never met before. The twisted look on Adrian's face as he clutched the chain was something I have never witnessed in the past. And more than anything, the pack of rogue wolves that gathered around us with their fangs whet for the sanguine was anything but familiar.Ambush. This was an ambush. A trap I walked straight into despite knowing the danger that was waiting for me and Eleanor all in the name of finding the person that stood nonchalantly in front of me. It would be worth it, I said. He's my brother. I'd d
ELEANORAdrian hauled the chain on my mate's neck and a splitting crack echoed in the air! Alexander's head suspended from his shoulders, and although I could not feel his pain, I knew he was suffering an agonizing hell. More than the torture, to discover that your own brother had betrayed you, no pain must compare to how Alex was feeling right now.The blade that kissed my neck pressed harder, causing me to clamp my eyes and breathe carefully. I bit the man's hand earlier, so he dared not place his hand on my mouth again. I looked around. Thirty, no. There were more than thirty shifted wolves bolstered for mauling. I gnashed my fangs as my eyes dropped to my mate. His face was a mess. His neck was bleeding nonstop, covering his whole chest with the dark hue of betrayal. I gritted, "How could you do this to him?! He's your brother!"Adrian turned to me. His head propped to the side as his eyes forgot pieces of emotion, leaving only the cold and psychotic look in his face, "So, what?" H