CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
************Rose's POV************Brown eyes, black hair that was packed into a rough bun. That were the facial qualities of the lady that stood before me.Could he have replaced me already?So quick!I gulped and tried to calm my trembling hands."How may I help you?" She asked. I shook my head and smiled."Is Leo in?" I asked softly."No and please what would you like to see him for. You can relay your messages to me and I will tell him." She said and yawned a bit."No. That's not really necessary. I will just come back some other day." I said and was about to turn when a car drove straight in front of us.The car's engine switched off and made a sound. The door opened and he stood there with a brown jacket and a black pair of leather trousers with some boots to match.He jammed the door close and carried what seems like bag. He was going through his phone then he finally looked up from his phoCHAPTER TWENTY TWO***********Jeff's POV***********Why can't I feel her wolf?She is my mate. I should feel her. Right?I am so confused right now. Is she wolfless?But she is not human. Gosh, her scent was so soothing and relaxing. Though I am still angry with her for not waiting for me.I am also at offence. My stupid human have slept with countless humans so I cannot blame her. More so my human does not know that he needed to look for his mate as soon as he shifted.But wait, why can't I reach into her mind?At least I should talk to her. ***********Leo's POV***********I don't know why. But I felt kind of happy when Leticia suggested that Rose should wear my clothes. I pushed the door of my room open and she followed me.I walked to my wardrobe and started searching for clothes that will look comfortable on her even though it is quite weird for her to wear my clothes.I brought a dark blue shor
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE************Rose's POV************"So tell me, whose dresses are these?" Leo asked as he went through the bags."Hmm, they are for Rose." Leticia said hesitantly."Oh, really." Leo asked as he picked a crop top and checked it."And is this for her also?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. Leticia yanked the top away from his hands and snorted."I told you to get clothes for someone and you got yours?" He asked."Hey.. Brother.. Erm… I am your sister… Even though she is your girlfriend. At least don't be partial." She stuttered and squeezed her face."Girlfriend?" He asked with a scoff. I looked at him and carried my bags. I passed by the both of them and walked to my room.I pushed the door open and slumped on my bed."Can things get any better?" I thought.Knock! Knock! Knock!"Come in." I said and rolled over my back."Rose." Leticia called out softly. I slowly sat up and
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR**********Leo's POV**********I honked my car at the gate. Someone ran towards it and opened it. I drove straight to the garage. "Is the Alpha in?" I asked him. "Yes, Sir." He replied. I nodded my head and locked the door. I walked to the packhouse. As I was about to knock when I heard some voices. I dropped my hands and listened to what they were saying. "I don't know why you want to make him your Beta?" A feminine voice say. "You can't understand. The very moment I met at the meeting board. I had this urge to bow down to him. Like, submit to him." A masculine voice say. It is obvious that Blake and his mate were talking. "And what do you mean by that?" She asked. "As you know, my family is from a bloodline of Betas. The Alpha of our pack stepped down because he could not birth a child." Blake explained. "So how does that affect you?" She asked. "I don't have this sense of authority as h
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE***********Jeff's POV ***********"I will lead the pack." I declared."What?!" He yelled surprised. I let it a snort."You need an Alpha and here I am or… Do you know want to challenge me?" I asked. Knowing fully well that he stood no chance.Even though I don't practice. I know so much."You know nothing about being a Beta not to talk of Alpha, tell me how will you lead the pack?" His mate blabbed. I looked at her and raised an eyebrow."You had better watch your tongue, woman." I warned. She flinched and took two steps back."And besides, Leo..""I am not Leo." I said and flashed my golden eyes. "You… You…" He stuttered with eyes wide open."Yeah, I am his wolf, Jeff and also nice to meet you." I said and stood up. I extended my hands but he was scared to take it. "So what do you think?" I asked and walked towards the window with hands in my pocket."Step down
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX***********Leo's POV ***********The ray of sunlight pierced through the window and somehow the window could not cover it. I sleepily brought my hands over my eyes to shade it away from the sun.I tossed around on the bed and laid on my right side. Didn't feel comfortable. I turned around to the other side. Didn't feel comfortable either. Guess it's high time I opened my eyes. I slowly opened my eyes and rubbed it, trying to clear my blurry vision. I looked around.Where is this place?Painted in brown walls, cream curtains matching it giving it a unique combination. Paintings of a wolf sitting beside a river and looking at its reflection hung at the right corner of the room. Then I looked on the bed.A Gucci design bedsheets with its pillow case was laid on where I was lying on.I don't remember coming here.I sat up and winced as my right foot touched the cold floor. I dropped the second and s
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN********** Leo's POV**********"Hey, bro, when are you coming home?" Leticia asked as soon as I placed the phone beside my right ear."Soon." I said.So I have been in this office since morning and going through paperwork. All thanks to Jeff, I am now an Alpha of a pack."You are welcome." The dummy said. I scoffed.I never knew it was this fun to have a little voice in your head, whispering things to you."We have lots of things to discuss." He said and I could feel seriousness in his tone."But first, it's evening already. Mate will be worried about us." He said."Are you going to accept her?" I asked as I dropped a file."We. Are we going to accept her?" He said and uttered a snort."Isn't she your mate?" I asked, teasing him."She is our mate." He replied."You know I am tired of your teasing, now let's go home." He said and I could no longer hear him.How does he do that?
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT***********Leo's POV***********I turned off the car and stepped out. I locked the doors and ensured they were properly locked.I walked towards my house. Now that I could talk to my wolf. I feel somewhat connected to him more.I knocked on the door."Who's there?" I heard Rose's voice call out in question. I don't know why but I felt my heart skipped a beat.She opened the door and I came in contact with a rare pair of amber eyes.She looked at me and pulled the door open. She paved way for me to enter. I passed by her and sat down on the couch. "And where is Leticia?" I asked as I unbuckled my shoes lace."She.. Her boyfriend came over to pick her." She said. I nodded my head."When do you plan to leave?" I asked her."Huh?" She asked and I chuckled quietly."Just joking." I said. Don't know why I said that. I shook my head and chuckled. I yawned and walked tiredly yo my room
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE**********Leo's POV **********"What is your name?" I asked her as I patted her on her fur. "Give me control. Stupid." Jeff said impatiently. "No." I disagreed. Then I noticed Rose was beginning to shake on her knees and in a blink of an eye, she fell on the bed and blacked out. "She needs rest. Shifting at such age takes a great toll on people." Jeff said silently. I nodded my head in agreement as I covered her wolf with the blankets. I stood up and went to sit on the couch. **MORNING** I heard someone barked out. I groaned and slowly squinted my eyes open only to see Rose still in her wolf form and looking at me like I had just descended from heaven. I smiled a little and stood up. I walked towards her. It was so early in the morning and the sun was just beginning to rise. "Good morning." I cooed. She barked at me. "Tell her to change back to her human form." Jeff said. "Shift back to your hu
**A Month Later**"So tell me why I should follow you to the Alpha king's birthday?" Leticia asked for umpteenth time as she saw across the table with Leo."Because I said you are going with me." He said with his hands on my laps. She rolled her eyes and shrugged."You're going?" He asked."Not like I have a choice." She groaned and I chuckled low-key.Ever since we caught the scoundrel, everything was at peace. I even went to see my parents, well foster parents. They asked for my forgiveness and I just forgave them. Don't want them to be sulking up to me. After that, we also and when I say 'we', I meant Leo and I. We went to see Levi. He had also become the Alpha of his pack and he said that he searched for me all over the place when I went missing and apologized for his inconsistence. I introduced Leo to him as my mate and everything went fine. So tomorrow was the Alpha king's birthday and we were all invited. Well, mostly the Alphas and Lunas.
************Rose's POV************So right now, we are in front of the entire pack who has been unable to shift. It was early in the morning. Samantha was still tied down with that spell bound rope."A lot of you think your Luna was the one who caused you to be unable to shift. Well, guess what. It was one of you." My mother yelled."I know you all must be thinking of who I am. I am your Luna's mother and I will not stand and watch you all paint her bad when she is not." She said and they looked at her with awe."Well, I guess you all must know that this lady here is a witch and the one who assisted the person to stop you all from shifting." She continued. My mother kicked her to start talking."The one who came to me for help was none other than Jacksonville." She said."He told me about the fact that he was not satisfied with the new Alpha and that he was the one who supposed to be in the position that he was and we came to an agreement."
************Rose's POV************"So after putting such a bold and dramatic front before Leo, you are here sulking?" My mother asked me as she placed the cup of water before me. I grunted and sipped a little."Mom, you don't understand. Ever since I came back, I don't understand a thing at all. Where I was taken to? What they did to me? How I was handled? I know nothing at all. And now the pack is struck with some stupid disease or what should it be called?" I said with a look of sadness."Whosever might have taken you cleared your memory and I will love you to relax so that I make a portion and try to remember some spells to track the witch." She said and went into the room. Well, they now stay in the cave, not actually a cave, but it was built like one. And the environment is serene enough and it is quite conducive especially for them since they wanted to be away from other people."Rose," Leo's voice said in my head, making me jerk."Leo?" I
***********Leo's POV***********"Alpha, Alpha!!!" A voice yelled in my head. I jerked up instantly. And why do I get the feeling that this day is replaying again?"We have a complaint." The voice said again."And what is it this time?" I groaned and facepalmed."The pack members are finding it hard to shift." The voice said and I looked up straight in shock."What do you mean by that?" I asked him."I also don't know. Your attention is needed as bad as the situation is." He said before I blocked him. As I stood up to wear the pair of baggy joggers, Rose groaned next to me as she tossed to other side of the bed. I exhaled and tucked her properly under the bed sheet. She held me by my hand and a faint smile tugged at my lips as I removed her hands gently. As I walked towards the door and was about to open the door, her voice stopped me."Where to?" She asked and I paused. I turned towards her."Some urgent issues I need t
***********Leo's POV***********"Alpha, Alpha!!" The head of the pack patrols yelled at me with urgency through the mind link thereby interrupting the sleep Blake had forced me to have. I jerked up instantly and looked around for any threat."What?!" I groaned as I rubbed my eyes."We have found the Luna," The head of the pack patrols said and Leo looked up immediately. Jeff moved uncomfortably as he heard this."What did you say?" He asked again to be sure of what he asked."We have found the Luna but she is unconscious. We know you will be angry if you see us with her so it'll be better if you come to the southern part of the pack." He said and before he could finish. I already slipped out of the room and pack house. I ran in an inhumane speed as I sped through the thick bushes. I sniffed around as I drew near them. I then got to where they were. They stood surrounding her. Surrounding my lost mate. I growled so loud that they paved way
***********Rose's POV***********"You are a fool, don't you see what this lady is trying to do with you?" The feminine voice from earlier on ask in total exasperation. I slowly opened my eyes to see them standing chest to chest as they glared daggers at each other."You were ordering me?" He asked."I was not. I was only reminding you of the reason you kidnapped her and stop being close to her. She is trying to get to your head and as the stupid and gullible wolf that you are, you believed her and came to confront me. For someone who will love to overthrow their Alpha, you are quite a dummy." She said and he growled."Hey, don't growl on me when I am just stating the fact. The portion will be available tomorrow. Then we will return her in the next two days." The feminine voice said and sat down. I breathed out and they seemed to have notice because their heads turned to look at me. Jackson walked towards me with a smirk."You tried." He said wi
************Rose's POV************Murmurings. Some people were murmuring words to each other. My eyebrows furrowed at the fact that I was finding it hard to open my eyes. Why are my eyes closed?I squeezed my eyes shut and tried opening them. But it felt like they were forced to be closed. I tried moving my hands but it was tied down. I groaned out in pain. Whosoever must have tied my hands is crazy. It was too tight for my liking that I had to give up. I hissed out angrily and laid back.They must have noticed me because I heard boots clicking the floor as they walked towards me."You are awake finally," The masculine voice said. "Oops, your eyes is tied." The masculine voice said and remove the blind fold that was on my face. I squinted my eyes open. The place was quite dark and it lacked light but then crouching before me is a man I have never met."Who are you?" I asked and his lips pulled into a smirk."Who I am does
"So you guys decided to leave tomorrow?" Layla asked."Yes," Nora answered."I said I am not interested in ruling the coven. I don't want to be burdened. After all, I have my husband and my daughter. I don't want to be locked here." She said with a grimace.Layla walked towards her with a sincere smile."My mother should have been the one to take the throne instead of Athena. But she mysteriously died that night, so why are you trying to make me feel bad about taking the position?" Layla asked with scrutiny.Nora whose gaze was passive, her lips slowly curved into a smile and she laughed out."For your information, I remember how you got here. How you were forced to be queen. No, how you pretended to be queen. How you instigated the Alpha king against witches. Ohh, yeah, I know my mother was the one who did that ugly thing but you added more to it, right?" Nora said with a smile."Just keep ruling in peace. Everyone's got a dirty linen under
"Long time no see," Layla said and Nora rolled her eyes."The only time you ought to see me you were busy with your husband so tell me who ought to say that," she asked."And besides I am shocked that you are now the keeper of the coven, the Laura I knew was always running, no not running. Was always hiding and avoiding duties like plagues. Guess you had no option." Nora said."I would not have accepted the responsibility if you and your sister was sensible not to fall for the wolves and not to add giving birth to an abomination." She said with full spite.Nora smirked."What difference does your daughter serve too? I mean, your daughter is just like Simone." She said and no one could understand the war that these two was fighting. Laura broke the eye contact they were having and looked away."You should leave as soon as possible," Laura said and turned away."I never planned on staying in the bondage you call a coven," Nora said with a shrug