~Hazel's POV~We waited a while for the guys to arrive, and once they were near, we all gazed at each other with smirks on our faces. They can't see or sense us, but we can. "Hi, baby..." Scarlett said loudly, but her voice didn't reach Nick's ears, and he just kept walking beside Derek. With his alpha taking the lead and walking between the gamma and beta of his pack, Derek looked like he would faint any moment.Well, it's not his fault to feel this way. The trio of Liam, Axel, and Nick is dangerous and amazingly powerful. Their walk, their aura, and their personalities... It's just on a whole other level when these three are together. "Where are you, sweetheart?" Liam asked in the mind link, moving his head everywhere around him. "In front of you," I said in the most sweetest voice. "I love that voice... Stop messing with me and just tell me where you are..." He replied, a little annoyed. "In front of you, alpha..." His eyes widened as he heard a seductive voice with honey dr
~Liam's POV~ I already had tones of doubts in my head, which were still ain't clear, and now this... Alpha Hudson? Why the fuck Hudson would do this? He will never do such a thing against me! He is my cousin! "I told you it could be him! He always tried to be an authority when he knew he wasn't!" Axel growled, his eyes getting and aura increasing every single second. I wanted to ask Lexi more about this but she fainted after taking Hudson's name. I don't think Hudson would do this... Why would he? "What if someone is trying to frame him just like Derek and Axel?" I asked, still not believing my beta. Nick placed his hands on my shoulder and looked me straight in the eyes, "Liam, I know it's difficult for you as you consider him as your family but think about it. Who else would benefit from all of this more than Hudson? If you lose yourself, go mad, or die, then, of course, it's Hudson who will try to take control of the pack. Try? He will freaking take over the pack th
~Liam's POV~ Though it was the end of December, still the sun was shining bright above our heads. I was already suppressing my rage but with the warmth of the sun, my body felt more hot which soon started to turn into rage. I hate every single moment of not getting answers... I glared at Derek, commanding him through my glares to wake his ass up from the ground before teens from our pack start jogging through the forest. Though no one would be able to see or sense us, I still don't want them to come anywhere near us. Not when Lexi is unconscious. I don't know how long her magic will last. "But Hudson is up to something... The fire that I saw in his eyes last night was never there before. I don't know him for long, but he seemed different than all those other days that I have seen him," Nora said. And he was lurking in the shadows last night... He wasn't supposed to eavesdrop on my beta and Gamma female's conversation. And he fucking challenged Axel for a duel as well. What
~Hazel's POV~ I knew the confrontation day would soon come into our lives, but I never thought it would be with one of the family members. Liam already had a few people to call his family, and now, after this, he won't be considering anyone as his family. I could already feel how upset he was after hearing it was Hudson. He was so puzzled that his rage was laced with dejection and saying things that he would never say to any other alpha in the same matter. I never wanted it to be his family... It would have been a lot easier if it was Victoria. But how can I decide who should be this? It was who it was... He did what he wanted and now Liam will do what he wants... Lexi was so out of energy that she still wasn't awake and we had to leave her with Nora and Scarlett in the magic circle while Nick was still keeping an eye on the pack members who were on the training grounds. Liam wanted to leave Axel behind with them, considering his anger toward Hudson, but he was so adamant tha
~Hazel's POV~ Shock, denial, disagreement, and a bit of anger were evident in Charlotte and Ethan's eyes. They weren't prepared to hear that their playboy son could be like that. A monster... I don't know about others but to me... Whoever did this was a monster. "No, no, no, there must be some confusion. Hudson would never do this. You are his cousin!" Charlotte yelled. "Okay, I will right away apologize to him if he proved it wasn't him..." Liam plainly said. "How the heck I am supposed to prove that? All of you have already teamed up against me!" Hudson yelled, raging more of Liam's anger. "We can talk calmly..." I said while trying to ease up the atmosphere. I don't want all the alpha-blood people standing in the room to go mad. That will be too much to deal with my crazy pregnancy hormones. "Calmly? You are accusing my son of something that he never did," Charlotte said while shaking her head. I'm in the process of becoming a mother, I can feel what she must be fe
~Third Person's POV~(A little long chapter) The utter silence in the Silver Moon clan, with every single member of the pack surrounded by the training grounds, showed how killing the situation was. The tension in their nerves over what was about to come next flowed in the whole pack, making the atmosphere of their pack grounds uneasy for everyone. The two alphas of their pack were about to lock horns with each other... Ethan and Charlotte tried their best to change their son's mind about all this and leave the pack with them to the city, but Hudson was far away from the thought and in the state of acquiring the pack by taking Liam down. At first, he wanted to get rid of Liam for his whole life but now, he wants him to suffer and live a life filled with anguish, pain, anger, and disappointment. All of this can only be possible if he makes Liam submit and then makes him go rogue with his mate and friends. But he knows making him submit was not possible... Liam is a proud Alp
~Third Perosn's POV~ The poison word echoed in Hazel's head and she kept looking at Lexi dumbfounded. She knew Hudson would do anything to win but poison was never on her mind. He caught all of them off guard. 'Was this the reason why Hudson was confident about winning?' Hazel thought "How do you know?" She asked Lexi while keeping her eyes glued on her mate "I don't have time to explain but if he clawed alpha, the poison will start working way too fast. We need to do something now," Lexi whispered. Though Hudson was determined to defeat Liam without resorting to poison, hoping to force his submission, he knew it wouldn't be an easy task. Realizing this, he decided to coat his claws with the toxic substance. The only thing required to activate the magical poison was for him to drag his claws through the mud, a simple task given that they were fighting in an open field. "We need to do something now!" Hazel said, panicked and worried. "Do not interrupt the fight. L
~Hazel's POV~ "He will be fine, Haze..." Despite everyone's best efforts to put my mind at ease, I was not able to take a rest. They say he will be fine but I feel otherwise. And I hate the way I feel. The last time I felt this, I learned that Hudson used poison to win the duel, and now... No... I don't want to think about the worst to happen to my mate. This wasn't supposed to happen... "This wasn't supposed to happen... She said it would work!" I said while shaking my head. We were still waiting outside the room in which Liam was being checked but neither the doctor nor Lexi came to me and told me what the heck was wrong with my mate or what went wrong. I don't know what to do! "Where is she?" I asked Scarlett who was sitting beside me. "She will be here any moment. She said that he might have attacked him before the poison could wear off his claws." His neck was scratched badly along with some tiny scratches on his legs. But when did Hudson go that deep into h
~Liam's POV~ "She wanted to be left alone..." He plainly said. "She was just a kid... Not even a teen," I emphasized. "Still, it was her choice," He replied with a shrug. I nodded my head, "Living alone was her choice, and I understand you all respected that. But what about her basic needs? What about food and clothes?" "Your parents did as much as they could She didn't want anyone's help. She wanted to be left alone and look after herself and all of us respected that. You can even ask her," He confidently answered. I sighed, "Fine... That means she was fine and living the way she wanted till my parents died and she turned eighteen. But what after that? You knew what she was going through and, most importantly, why she was going through all of that. Why did you never shoo away any of her bullies or report the mistreatment to me? You knew her and her history better than anyone else in the pack." I could see guilt crossing his face and was able to hear his heart skipping a b
~Liam's POV~ I dropped Hazel at Lexi's place, intending to have a word with her father, but it turned out he was already waiting for me at the packhouse. As much as I wanted to be with Hazel and learn more about the pendant, I let her and Lexi take the lead in this and left to move on to other tasks. Every gift Hazel received from her Mom and Dad holds a special memory, and every time she looked at them reminded her of the good moments that she spent with them just for a few years. I very well know the nostalgia of going through old memories, so I know how hard they hit, and with Hazel being in her last trimester of such a beautiful period, the pain and feeling were heightened ten times. Leaving her behind wasn't easy until Lexi gave her herbal tea, which helped her calm her thoughts and anxiousness and allowed me to look after other things that I had in my hands. We have so much to do... The welcome party of our baby and announcement of Nora and Scarlett taking the l
~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