"What am I missing?" Nick asked. "Our alpha and your best friend is an asshole," Scarlett blurted out. "Babe. He is our alpha," Nick exclaimed while shaking his head. "Still a dick," Scarlett rolled her eyes. "Babe, you are going too far..." "Oh, so you choose him over me," She asked with a quirked brow. "Scarlett, what are you doing?" I asked. "Relax..." She took her attention back to her mate, who was looking at her with wide eyes, and he sighed, "Of course not. No one is above you for me but that doesn't mean I don't respect him. And I don't think you should disrespect him as well. You are the gamma female, baby." "I know... But-" I pinched her arm and she groaned, "Fine. I am sorry. But he is very arrogant sometimes. Even with his mate. "Tell me what he told you about Hazel," She asked and crossed her arms in front of her chest. Well, he is his best friend. I am sure his best friend would have told him how he dumped his mate's ass after mating with
~Hazel's POV~ I sprayed some scent suppressant on myself and sighed, I would need a lot of it since I would start training from today. I will sweat, and with sweat, there is a high chance that its effect will come off. But... How am I going to have so much scent suppressant? My baby is getting stronger with each day passing, so there is a high chance that his scent will also become stronger... And with me getting myself into learning fighting skills, I am sure it will wear off soon. How long Scarlett would be able to arrange it for me? And from where? Heck, I didn't even ask her where she got this suppressant. God... How careless am I being? I am agreeing to things that can expose my pregnancy and putting Scarlett in a zone where she has to lie to her mate and God knows how many people to gather scent suppressant for me. My phone started to ring and I went back into the room. I saw it was Scarlett and picked it up, "Come on, where are you, Haze? We are waiting for you."
~Hazel's POV~ "I thought you said WE are waiting for you," I said to Scarlett, who was standing carelessly against a tree. She jumped at my sudden voice and placed her hand on her chest while taking some deep breaths, "You cannot sneak up on me like that." I quirked my brow at her, "Where is Nick?" "Whoa, what happened to you? Why are you so... pissed off?" She asked. "Victoria happened and then Liam happened! I was..." I looked around me to confirm if anyone was near us or not and stood beside Scarlett, "I hate it! I hate that bitch! She always tries to claim her right on him when she and we both know that she can't! Why she just doesn't back off? And the audacity... I fucking wanted to rip her tongue when she called me a bitch and liar." "I get why she was calling you a bitch but liar? Why?" She asked. "You know that Smantha issue and... Wait... She said Liam took a stand against four people from his pack. Who are the other three?" I only told them about Samantha. I
~Hazel's POV~ I turned on the shower after setting the hot temperature and stood under it. Though I did not have a rough training today, all I did was cardio, still, my muscles could use the hot water to calm my nerves. Everything was going fine until I asked Nick about Victoria. I thought she was a bitch but it turned out she can get freaky when it comes to Liam. I can't believe that she tried to attempt suicide when Liam denied her proposal. How could she? She knows that her mate is out somewhere but still, she chooses to run after a man who does not belong to her. Everyone knows it... Everyone knows that they are not mates but still... I know people think that Liam and I are lying about being mates but that's not true. We are mates. Even though he doesn't accept this, still, we are fated mates. I don't care what people think of me because I know I am not lying or trying to live a life that is not meant for me. Accept it or not, I was meant to live in the packhou
~Hazel's POV~ "Are you sure about that?" Scarlett asked me once again. "Yes, I am. I heard all with my two big ears," I said while pacing in the room. My eyes went back to the door and I once again went to check it. Thank God, it's locked. But I don't know for how long. Liam is the alpha of the pack. He owns this packhouse... He can walk into any room whenever he wants. It's just a matter of time till he opens the door with a spare key. Since Liam was in the bathroom, I couldn't talk to Scarlett in that room so we chose another room on the same floor to talk. I am glad it was opened but now... I am just scared. Scared that he might walk through that door and snatch my only hope and source of happiness at any moment. "Haze, I don't think it's a good idea to leave now. He is here... He can track you and once he finds you, none of us know what he will do to you," Scarlett said. "Then what do you want me to do? Sit here and wait for him to snatch my baby?" I asked while
~Hazel's POV~ "Well, our last dinner together was quite a show. Too bad, Liam. You missed it," Hudson laughed while I rolled my eyes. Just like any other daily soap, he wants drama all day. Liam shook his head while taking a bite of bacon and smiled, "We might get to see something else if anyone else would want to pick up where Samantha left off." "It's not a joke," I sighed and took my attention back to my plate. I do not have an appetite... I didn't want to eat, heck, I didn't want to be in the dining room with these people, but still, once again, I was back doing what I didn't want to. "By the way, Scarlett isn't here tonight. Doesn't she want to be her best friend's saviour for tonight's dinner?" Hudson said, and the moment these words came out of his mouth, my blood started to boil. What the heck does he think of himself? My eyes went to Nick who was as angry as me. I was about to say something, but Liam cleared his throat and said, "Watch your words around her, H
~Hazel's POV~I switched off my phone and threw it back into a handbag that I stuffed with some clothes earlier. I need to do this... I have to leave before my mate becomes my death. I heard knocks on the door, and my heart started to beat so fast that I could hear my own heartbeats without any issues. It was Liam... He came back into the room way sooner than I thought he would. I quickly hid the bag in the closet, wiped my tears, and went to open the door after taking a long deep breath to calm my wrecked nerves. "It took you long to open the door," Liam said as he walked inside the room. "I was in the bathroom," I said and walked to the bed after closing the door. I grabbed a pillow from the bed but Liam snatched it from my hand and said, "We need to talk." "About?" I asked while trying to remain calm. "About the effect I have on you," He smirked. He walked towards me slowly but I didn't back off this time. I am not afraid of him. The only thing that scares me is
~Axel's POV~ Since my alpha was leaving the pack for two days, I thought my day would pass by without any worries about him but I guess I was wrong. There has been a nagging feeling in my heart that doesn't seem to disappear even for a second. I don't know what it is about or why I am feeling this way, but there is something that has been constantly telling me that I am in for a surprise. I am sure I don't want to be but still, here I am. I want to be wrong... I want my instincts to be wrong but these beta instincts suck sometimes. And I hate when they turn out to be true. "Still onto contemplating things that might not be true?" Nick asked as he placed the pile of books in front of me. "Debate is still on..." I sighed. He sat in front of me and sighed, "You need to loosen up a bit, okay? I know you are the beta of this pack and in charge in Liam's absence but sometimes you let all things occupy your head way too much. Tell me when was the last time when you lived for
~Liam's POV~"I should take notes of this..." I whispered. "Wait till you see more," She giggled. "I thought it was a movable almirah..." She shook her head, "It isn't. It looks like one from the outside but it's not. The center part won't budge from its place as you already saw it's a door to this small room." The room was very small, enough only for a person to stand in, so Hazel walked into the room and turned to her right, where a giant locker was placed. She placed her thumb on its scanner and took glasses from the stand. The glasses seemed to get some... Wait... Are they scanning her eyes? "Your eyes are getting scanned?" I asked in awe. "Yup," She chuckled. What the heck? "I thought I had the best protection in my packhouse," I said, a little disappointed with the lack of such high protection in my packhouse. "Yeah, that's why Zoey was able to steal so many things," She smirked. "Hey, that's a personal attack," I said and slapped her butt which made her jump
~Liam's POV~ I knew coming back to the place that gave Hazel the worst memories of life wouldn't be easy. A Tsunami of emotions hit Hazel so bad last time we came here that I promised not to let her step into this house again, but here we are, once again, in front of the house that holds only the traumas of my mate. I tightened my grip around my mate's shoulder who was gazing at the house with a heavy heart and sighed, "I remember I promised you that you wouldn't be here again and I would get the whole house painted and repaired but I was so busy with other things that I couldn't look after it. I'm sorry." Just like the last time, her heart was racing and anxiousness was evident to feel within her without even trying. She was trying her best to control her emotions but since we were bonded, it was easy for me to see and feel every breath filled with pain that she was taking in. "Don't be. At least you asked people to cover up the walls. I'm grateful for that," She smiled at m
~Hazel's POV~ "Hazel, sweetheart, wake up! Wake up, baby!" I jolted up from the bed and caught my breath... What the heck was that? My hand instantly went to my belly, and I took a sigh of relief; my baby was with me... That... That was a dream... No... Nightmare. "Sweetheart, are you okay? Another nightmare?" Hearing Liam's voice made me snap out of the pain and grief that I was still feeling, and I cupped his cheeks while scanning his body over and over again. "I'm glad you are okay..." I cried and hugged him tightly. I have been having nightmares for days, but this was the worst one out of all. "Sssh, it was just a nightmare..." He caressed my hair and kissed my head. "I-I saw you and our baby... Dying... In front of my eyes," I whispered and hugged him tightly. I don't want even a bit of it to come true. Fuck this dream, I can't even see these two getting a scratch. Earlier, it was only a man, a woman, and a baby that I used to see in my nightmares, b
~Hazel's POV~ ***My heart was my guide and my eyes in this dark room. I didn't know where I was going or where I was in the first place... All I knew was that my heart was guiding me somewhere safe. I called for Liam every single second and steps that I took in the moon goddess knew which direction with racing heartbeats. I hate being alone... I have been alone all my life and I hated every single second of it. I don't want to be alone again... I have a mate and friends now; I want to be with them as long as I can, not in the darkness that I used to live in for most of my life. "Liam!" I called Liam, Scarlett, and others, but there was no one to hear my voice. Sweat formed on my head while tears started to pool in my eyes... It feels like I am living my worst nightmare. No one is around me... And this time, not only my loved ones but NO ONE. Not even a single person. With chaos in my heart and mind, I kept walking forward and soon smiled in joy as I finally found light
~Liam's POV~ "Is it done?" I asked Lexi, who had just gotten out of the dungeon with Nick. She nodded her head, "Don't take her out of her cell otherwise, the magic will lose its charm. Stay within the boundaries that I have created in front of her cell." "Thank you," I nodded my head and walked into the dungeon. Ethan and Charlotte were the first ones to get into my sight as I entered the dungeon. While seeing Ethan standing with a face full of arrogance in front of me, made me want to growl, my aunt's puffy face with dry eyes told me to stay put. She has been trying her best to change her arrogant son's mind but she doesn't know his mind stopped functioning in the right direction ages ago. Not wanting to initiate any conversation, I cleared the way for them to leave and moved down into the dungeon. It's hard for both of them to see their son like this but it will only keep becoming difficult if they don't accept today's truth. I walked straight in front of Zoey's c
~Liam's POV~ Nick walked into my office with sleepy eyes and a yawn coming out of his mouth which made Axel and I scoff at him. "We are hanging over a cliff but you seem to be dancing over the top," Axel scoffed. "Yeah, I was... Last night," He chuckled. "Great, now, we should work if we want to stay on top every night," I said while rolling my eyes. "Aye, aye, captain," He saluted and sat on the couch. He opened his laptop while I shared the records of my pack members with him. Forwarding my laptop to Axel, I sighed, "This is the data of the past twenty years, split up in two. List out all the names of people who have been around all the while and died the same year as Hazel's parents and mine, obviously the ones old enough to betray their alpha and Luna. And make a special note of people who were around when Lexi's mother and Adams joined the pack." While I read the letters and try to find something related to Hazle's wolf, I want them to dig into our pack's histor
~Liam's POV~ "So you are still not able to change her mind?" Axel asked as he threw a punch at me. I growled and blocked his punch, "It feels like I'm talking to a wall at times..." "It won't be easy," He groaned while pushing me back and threw a punch again at me but I ducked his attack and kicked his leg. I locked his neck between my arms and growled, "I don't want to wait." I freaking don't want to wait anymore... It's been three days since I am trying to change Hazel's mind about her wolf but she just doesn't want to listen. I am certain that whoever betrayed Dad and partnered with rouges is still breathing fresh air into my pack every single day... I want to rip that person's heart out from his body... That person snatched our parents... I want to burn him every single day till his soul begs me to put an end to his misery... Axel tapped on my elbow and I quickly let go of him, "I didn't realize I was holding on tight." "You do realize that you have to talk it out t
~Hazel's POV~ In the past few moments, I got to know so many things about my parents and our past, and every time I felt agitated on the verge, Liam was calming me down but this time... He was the one losing his cool. His palms were turned into fists and his fists were so tight that I could see his knuckles turning yellow while the nerves on his arms seemed as if they would pop out any moment. He was doing his best in maintaining a straight face with no emotions on his face but I could feel how raged he was from the inside. He wanted to rip people's hearts out... He wanted to go on a killing spree... "Nobody told me that rogues had anything to do with their accident," Liam said, trying his best not to growl while I kept caressing his neck to keep him calm. Mr Haywood looked down at his lap and sighed heavily, "I know you might think we did wrong to you, but trust me, it was for the best." He gazed at Liam and smiled, "Charlotte and Nathaniel were each other's support i
~Hazel's POV~My head was already spinning with so many things unfolding in front of my eyes that I couldn't seem to handle them anymore. But... I know I have to go on if I want to know the whole truth. "But the pack would have helped them? Why do they have to go on their own?" Liam asked Mr Haywood. "Ivy received a threat note in the same handwriting as the letter that Peter received, stating that they would be coming for both the Silver wolf and were-witch. We four believed that it was our fight, not the whole pack. Doesn't matter what the year was, we all were welcomed in this pack by your ancestors. We respected that and wanted to keep their people safe, it wasn't their fight. They weren't supposed to lose their kids or parents because of our kids so we chose to fight on our own. Also... Alpha Nathaniel doubted that someone from the inside was giving information to outsiders as Julia shifted only once into her wolf but in the depths of the forest. No one could get that deep