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
ELEANORI screamed my heart and lungs and everything pulsating inside. After hearing the words of Marcus, how could I halt the trail of my tears down my cheeks? My shoulders bucked while my face got fucked by the pain that came with these revelations. Horror and rain overwhelmed my eyes, forcing me to jab my fists onto the ground as if that would help clear my vision. A man stooped down and fettered his arms around my neck. His scent was alien but his face wasn't. If anything, it was the only thing that reminded me of something. I held Marcus, gripped his arms and bursted like a child in his chest. He caressed my back and nuzzled my hair, quiet and gentle with his touch. I poured my eyes out, cried and cried and cried as if those tears were bottled for a million years and I was only beginning to open them. I sobbed and pulled away from him. He smiled at me and wiped the tear on my face, "My darling Ellie, don't you shed a single tear in front of me. Remember, you only have me and I o
ELIJAH“Any news?” A voice cracked, and I whip my head to see Vera stop, looking straight at me. Her brows knitted tightly to one another. Vera had been pacing back and forth inside the office room, thinking deeply with her jaw clenched for the past twenty minutes or so.We had sent every tracker we have left. Still, they all came back empty-handed. No one could even sense their scent. It was as if they just…disappeared.I see her eyes glistening with unshed tears as she bit her lip, leaning forward and staring at me with a look of hope and anticipation in her red, puffy eyes.I shook my head. She tensed, tearing her gaze from me.Closing my eyes, I sighed as frustration began to consume me. My claws scratched on the edge of the table. I growled, turning it over abruptly sending the papers flying everywhere in the room. Vera screamed, reaching for my arm but I shrugged her hand off. Instantly regretting it when I saw the startled look on her small face.I hung my head, banged my foreh
ALEXANDERTEN YEARS AGO... "Dad? Dad wake up! Please, Dad!" I tried shaking his nightshade black wolf, running my fingers through his fur that was covered in blood in a bid to feel if he was still breathing. If my Dad was still alive. His skin was ice cold. I noticed he wasn't even breathing anymore as I frantically circled around him to check. Tears ran down my cheeks instantly when the gray, lifeless color of his eyes confirmed that Dad was already dead. My knees gave up on me and my ass landed on the ground. I could feel my heart being stabbed a million times over as I stared at my Dad's wolf. He was huge, bigger than all the wolves in our pack. Stronger than any other wolf I've ever known. Despite that, he died. He died protecting the pack. Most of all, he died protecting me when an enemy wolf suddenly attacked me jumping out from the bushes. The gray wolf bared his fangs at me and almost got close enough to rip my head clean off. But Dad stopped him while he was still battling t