Camila massaged her cheek, blinking rapidly. The slap she was given threw her backwards, and if not for Beta Stevens, she could have fallen down."What did you just say?" She was asked. She wanted to say it once again, but Beta Steven squeezed her hands, and after getting his message, she changed the subject to, "I said I didn't send anyone to kill your baby. I'll suggest you track the goon's number because it's only him who can tell you whether it's me who sent him or someone else.""Are you trying to say that I am lying? Are you calling your Alpha a liar?" he growled."I didn't say any of that; all I said was that I haven't done anything you are accusing me of. Why would I kill the baby anyway? He hasn't done anything to me. I may look like a bad person to you, but trust me, I have never had such thoughts in my mind." She said.Because she was bleeding badly from the place where she had injured herself when she was first pushed to the ground, Elder Peter advised that it would be bet
Camila bit her lower lip, preventing herself from screaming. She raised her head and looked at the woman standing in front of her, looking down at her with a smirk on her face. The moment Alina pushed the knitting needle into her thigh, she felt like screaming, but the moment it hit her bone, the pain faded away. Although it didn't hurt at that time, she knew that soon it would, given the cold conditions at the servant's quarters."How does it feel?" Alina smirked at her. "Huh? How does it feel?" She smirked again, but Alina ignored her. She had suffered a lot on her hands, and she was not going to let that happen again. When Camila stood from the spot she was sitting on, glaring harshly at Alina, Alina smirked, thinking that she had won and that Camila would now try to avenge her. Even when she walked furiously towards her, her eyes glowing with anger, she blocked her with her hands akimbo. Alina stood stunned when Camila limped past her but didn't say anything."What was that?" She
"Elder Peter's!" Alpha Killan growled as a warning, but he ignored him."I was coming in to ask Camila if it's true the doctor has passed away, but then I saw Luna Alina walking in. With the smirk on her face, I knew she was up to something. Why would she follow Camila in here when you had made it clear that no one would be coming in to see her? At the door, I witnessed everything. Do you know for how long I have been standing behind that pillar, trying to tell myself that I haven't seen that but am just dreaming? Who can do that to a fellow human? Snatch a needle from their hands and push it into their skin until it disappears. What could you have done if it was Camila who had done it to her? You could be fuming by now, threatening to throw her at the starving wolves den, but now that it's Alina who has done it, you don't want to hear it. What kind of hypocrisy is this?" Elder Peter's spat"Let's talk about the fall. When Alina wasn't satisfied with the fact that Camila did nothing t
A strong wind howled, causing the frail body it had surrounded to tremble. The wolves, which had been growling deeply into that dark, thick forest, growled even louder, their soft paws creating small holes on the soily ground as they rushed towards the faint scent of different preys carried to their nostrils by the wind. Their dark appearances hidden within the darkness made their hunting easy because they pounced on their prey much easier.A few cunning preys tried to escape them, but because of the wolves larger bodies and flexibility, they got them much easier. The poor prey didn't even get much time to fight for their lives because one pounce made them lose their breath forever. A frail figure lying beneath a tree with a white sheet covering its body groaned when a voice called out at it. Sneezing, the figure groaned at the voice as if it were stopping it from reaching something. In its dreams, a beautiful woman who introduced herself as her mother was giving it her hands and aski
Camila opened her eyes and saw the best thing she had ever expected in her life. She had given up on having a wolf and had accepted that she was a freak and a weak human who was nothing but a punching bag for the werewolves. She giggled, released an excited whimpher, and scanned her eyes around, looking at herself. The soft black fur covering her was blown by the wind, releasing her scent all over the forest as if making her dominance clear. On inhaling the new scent, the rogue wolves didn't dare run to her and attack her like they did with the new wolves, but bowed their heads and ran to hide in their caves. The scent was enough to scare them away because it made breathing difficult. The wolf, hearing Camila's excited giggles on its head, ran around like a puppy, making Camila lose herself in the moment and forget all her pain."Time for a run." Camila's voice pushed the wolf to do as she wanted. She had grown up seeing other wolves go for a run and everything they would do, so she w
The four guards who had thrown Elder Peter's and Beta Steven's into the pit of fire were the last to turn and see what the members of the pack were screaming at. Alpha Killan growled, warning the members to take a shield, while the guards charged towards the leaping wolf, but it was too late. The wolf's loud, pained roar shaken the earth, making the guards tremble who were about to charge towards it. Taking that to its advantage, the wolf pounced on the four men who had thrown Peter's and Steven's at the pit fire, and with mighty force, it used its limbs to knock them down and dragged them one by one, using their legs, and made sure that they also burned alongside Peter's and Steven's. When everyone came back to their senses, watching with horror what had just happened, the wolf had taken a run, leaped over the fence, and disappeared into the thick forest."She is the one." The hunter's weak voice was heard during that thick silence, and before Alpha Killan could ask whom the wolf was
Gamma Harris sat on the floor on a big pillow with a file open in front of him. He was just done arranging the furniture in the room; he got rid of the previous beta's clothes and belongings and arranged the room to his taste. The large bed below the window overlooked another busy city below him. He put a table just beside the bed with a lamp on top of it. There was a television screen on the walls at the feet of his bed, a refrigerator just beside the door, and a hanger a few inches beside it. He had served as the pack's gamma for almost six years now, and he was excited about his new position even though he knew he didn't get it in a proper way. It was all thanks to Alina, who had managed to accuse Beta Steven, who was now dead, and make him the next person in line for that position. Thinking of Alina, Harris shakes his head, wondering how stupid she is.He was the guy who, years ago, was fated to be Alina's mate by the moon gods, but because Alina was determined to get married to A
"Come back, Harris; we need to cover ourselves before going under the CCTV cameras." After that, we will walk through the back door to the library, meet one other person, and..."Shut up!" Harris stopped her. "If you need my help, we will go per my plan, so you better tell that person that your plan is cancelled." He pointed a finger at her."But…""No buts." He warned, "And for your information, it's only me who will wear a mask, not you. You want your foolish husband to think that we were robbed, right? So, I am the covered goon. I caught you outside in the middle of the night, taking some air. I kidnapped you and brought you to the bank, and since everyone knows that after Camila, it's your thumb that can open that lock, I threatened you with your life. No, that's not it. A Luna is supposed to lay down her life for the sake of others, and that's not you." Harris stopped, holding his cheek in his thoughts. After a while, he jumped and said, "I got it. I threatened to make a call to
Alpha Cameroon, his beta, and all the other alphas present in the world arrived at Killan's palace as instructed by his grandfather. Many people were confused to see Putin in the alpha's chair instead of Killan, but Putin assured them that Killan was still in charge of the pack and that he was out of the country reflecting on his mistakes. Of course, he didn't hide anything from them. He told them what he had done, and that was why he had to intervene; otherwise, the pack would have sunk completely. He urged that they forget their rivalry and at least come together for once to fight the Lycan out there, who had already formed his own pack and would soon attack them. He also made them know that although his grandson Killan wasn't there, he would soon arrive with help because out there he didn't just go to reflect on what he had done but to find ways in which they would either get rid of the Lycan or come into peaceful terms with him. It wasn't a secret, but they also knew that whatever
"Honey, are you okay?" Karina asked worriedly as she helped her daughter get away from the messy place.Yeah, mom, I just... the dish slipped," she lied, looking at the mess created. Bending down, she collected the scattered shards and disposed of them in the trash can. She then mopped up the porridge and started making another dish."I know what your sister has done has shocked you, but don't worry, we will figure something out, okay, honey?" Her mom squeezed her hand.Yes, mom, we will figure something out." She flashed a fake smile that looked real and turned her attention to the boiling water in the sufuria."Your mom told me what happened. Are you hurt anywhere?" Lakisha was asked by her father the moment she walked into his office with the bowl of steaming porridge.No, dad, although the bowl broke. So, dad, do you have any idea of how we will figure everything out?" She asked when she settled down on the chair."I don't know, sweetheart, but I am trying to take some loans. It's
After being told what had happened at home, Lakisha packed her bags to go back. The only reason she fled home was because she had read the file her twin sister had hidden from the others. She knew how she was, and if she had chosen to stay at home, Larrisa would have thought that it was her who told their father about her secret."Mother and dad have known about that file," Larrisa said as she hugged her sister the moment she walked through the door. "I don't know what to do. I thought with Ash, not here, they would never come to know about all of this, but Alpha Putin... Jeez, what should I do, sister?" She asked while breaking the hug."The only thing you can do is reflect on your mistakes. You should at least accept whatever punishment you'll be given, but I did warn you, sister. Camila was already out of our lives, so why would you still go after her? In fact, you are lucky that Alpha Putin didn't take any recuperations against your actions because, trust me, things would have bee
Grandfather Putin started by looking over who had released the pack's secrets to their enemies, because according to the pack's statistics, that was when Killan started sinking. All their enemies were using his secrets against them, and there was nothing they could do. He reopened the investigation because, even though Alina was put behind bars, the file still read that it was Camila who had done that.It was in that process that he was led back to the Alpha Cameroon mansion, where he paid a visit. Alpha Cameroon was shocked to see Grandfather Putin in his mansion because he had never interacted with him. The only person he had been interacting with was his grandson, Alpha Kilan, even though they had been enemies from the beginning. Grandfather Putin bumped into his son at the main gate when going to the garage to take his car.Father, are you going back?" His son asked him."I am heading to Alpha Cameroon's mansion." He simply responded to his question while motioning for his driver
"Little one?" Apha Killan called in shock when he walked into the dungeon. It was minutes later, when he was done bickering with General Kian and had sent him out of his room, that they noticed that Kamilina was not in their presence.General Kian guessed that she must have gone to her to unpack, but he came back saying she wasn't there. There was no place Kamilina could go apart from her brother's room, Kian's room, the kitchen, and her own room, so when they found her in none of those places, they panicked. Alpha Kilan's mind jumped to the Lycan out there; they were yet to trap him, so he rushed out, calling her name, panicking, thinking the Lycan had abducted his sister. What would he tell her parents if that were to happen, given that they were still angry with him over what had happened?Although they never showed it, he knew deep down that they wanted to stay mad at him for being the cause of his grandfather's death. It was because of his blindness to Alina's fake love that he h
Kamilina helped Kian pack their bags. Their three days at Kian's village turned out to be the best of her life. She met new people and learned to ride a horse, even though not perfectly. She was glad for it anyway. Through the learning, Kian had been gentle and patient with her. He had also taken good care of her, as he had promised her brother. She had lacked nothing, and she didn't know how she would thank him. She also met the grandmother that meant the world to Kian, and she had promised to come back as soon as she could and spend some time with her. They helped her open a few shops because she kept on complaining to Kian that she was bored of staying at home with nothing to do.Kian always sent everything to her and her grandchildren so that she would lack nothing. He had also made sure that she had workers who would help her with household chores. "Done?" Kamilina turned to face Kian, who was tying his shoelaces."Done," he signaled by raising his thumb to her with a broad smile
"I haven't done anything wrong, have I?" Ash asked while walking into the kitchen. "Mila, I am talking to you for goodness sake! Have I done something wrong?" He asked again when she gave him a cold shoulder."No, you haven't done anything wrong. I am just mad at myself. I take time telling people who I consider friends all about my problems; I confess my fear to them; I tell them about my hopes; I hope that they will tell me about themselves as well, but when it comes to their things," she quoted midair with both index fingers, "they are none of my business." She chuckled, filled her plate with food, and walked to the dining table.After Ash understood all that was about, he sighed and then responded in a low voice, Maybe they don't want to talk about it because it still hurts.""Yeah, right. Because recounting all what I had gone through in Alpha Kilan's hands didn't hurt but entertained me, I must have rolled all over the living room with laughter because damn, my problems never hu
By the time Ash and Camila had gone back home, dusk had already caught up with them. They had burned the entire Grey clan and thus couldn't succeed in bringing any of them to their side. They walked hand in hand, letting the silence around them occupy their minds, or maybe none of them was aware of the silence at all because of the numerous thoughts that had been flooding through their minds, making them sigh every now and then.Ash still couldn't believe what had happened, and even though Camila had explained everything to him and told him about being her guardian angel, he had yet to accept all that. All his life, and that was until a few seconds ago, he had been nothing but a werewolf. He was a partial witch because of his mother, but that didn't have anything to do with him being some prophesied mythical creature.Just like the Lycans, guardians were also believed to be myths. It had always been said that if any Lycans were to be found, they were to be killed as soon as possible b
Camila and Ash walked closer to a group of wolves lying beside a river. They figured out they must have been from the same clan because of their gray colors. By living in the mountains for so long, Camila came to learn that the rogue wolves gathered themselves according to their fur colors and built their own clans. They had a different way of choosing their leader because they didn't go after someone who had much wisdom compared to the others, but they went as per their strengths. After gathering each other, the rogue wolves would shift into their human forms and engage in fights. The one who would defeat all the others would be crowned the same day as their leader."This is the gray clan." Camila whispered to Ash, who was walking beside her. "They are the strongest rogues in this forest, and they own all the water sources. For other rogues to come for a swim or to quench their thirst, they have to seek the gray leader's permission first." She explained."And who is the leader?" He a