As Elaine raised her head, her eyes fell on Ashlyn's gloomy and stoic face. This made her feel inexplicably nervous and afraid. Seeing how she was being taken to somewhere unknown by Ashlyn, Elaine couldn't help but be suspicious.She knew that it wasn't right for her to beat these doubts. After all, Ashlyn had always protected her. However, she couldn't forget the hostility shown by Ashlyn towards her.However, regardless of how she felt, she couldn't go against Ashlyn, especially not when those fierce and commanding eyes fell on her, letting her know that it will be best for her to obediently follow her or else the consequences would be worse.Elaine was always used to being scared of Ashlyn.Once being led out of the pack's territory, she extended her hand to grab on to Ashlyn's shirt and tightly gripped.When Ashlyn spared her a glance, she couldn't help but bring up her concerns."Where are we going? I don't have a good feeling about this, Ashlyn." Her soft tone sounded pleading
Elaine's frightened, watery eyes fell on her, and her body trembled. Elaine shook her head at Ashlyn, silently begging her to not give her away.But Ashlyn's gaze swept over her heartlessly and coldly.In order to not allow Ashlyn make any extra movements, she was surrounded by werewolves from all four sides. Ashlyn's sharp eyes monitored her environment."Sure," Ashlyn voiced out, "keep your side of the deal.""Of course," James replied, smiling. "I don't have any other use of your friend after all."At that moment, Leah gained her consciousness and opened her eyes slowly. The scene in front of her was a blur. She found Ashlyn standing before her along with Elaine. The atmosphere was tense. She also seemed to be held by someone.She tried to recall the memories before she went unconscious, and fear took root in her chest as she raised her head to look at James. Then, her helpless eyes fell on Ashlyn.Ashlyn noticed her friend who was awake and gave her a reassuring look, indicating t
Samuel who transformed into his human form walked over to Leah. His eyes showed his apprehension and disbelief. Sweat gathered on his forehead as he struggled to get the words out."I will take you to get medical help. Nothing will happen," Samuel voiced out. He reached out to pick up Leah from Ashlyn's hand.Leah weakly placed her hand on Samuel's cheek. Her breath was getting weaker with each passing second, and she found it hard to keep herself conscious."You, I hope you find your mate, a-and b-be happy with her, hmm?" she stuttered out."What nonsense?"The next instant Leah closed her eyes, fully losing her consciousness. Ashlyn immediately changed back to her human form and held her friend's hand. Her body trembled."T-The pack. T-Take her to the pack immediately."Ashlyn had watched countless deaths over the years, and at this point, she did become immune to dead bodies no matter who they were. But now that it was her friend in this near-death state, she was barely able to hol
After Leah's death, Ashlyn became much more solemn and colder. She invested all her time in investigation and training, barely leaving any second for eating or resting. Samuel started to show more involvement.Both of them had the common goal of revenge.After this incident, she bore suspicion towards all the pack members and had all them checked up. Not only that, she monitored the actions of everyone, and no one was allowed to do anything out of orders.Although Elijah supported her as much as he could, he saw that Ashlyn would easily collapse if this went on. No matter how strong she was, there was only a certain amount of stress that her body would be able to handle.He could see that Ashlyn blamed herself greatly, and this was one of the ways she punished herself. Also, letting herself be occupied with work prevented her mind from being consumed with thoughts.He tried to console her, but Elijah could clearly feel the invisible wall she placed between both of them. She distanced
The atmosphere in the office was tense and thick. Ashlyn and Elijah were seated on the couch. Elijah's hand grabbed on to Ashlyn's, rubbing her fingers. Creases appeared between both of Sebastian's brows, showing how he was deeply contemplating on the matter.As for Rose, she patted on the back of her mate's hand while her concerned eyes stayed on her mate, trying to provide him with some sort of comfort.Sebastian then spoke up, "Both Azure Lake Pack and Crystal Pack wouldn't sit still, and they are probably going to do something drastic, especially with Ashlyn's recent relentless and ruthless act of pulling out the weeds. However, it is worrisome how they have been unusually quiet recently."Ashlyn pursed her lips into a thin line. Every time the northern packs remained silent, the following steps they took turned out to be gruesome, and it was as though no matter how much they prepared, they still remained helpless."We need someone to infiltrate into their pack, learn the informat
According to the plans made, Samuel secretly departed from the pack. Before leaving, he had been clearly explained what exactly he should do and how he should respond in case he got caught. He was taught some routes he could escape through in the extreme case.And at the end, Ashlyn added that although his help was important, if he thought that the other party caught on to him or was at least suspicious of him, he should retreat. He shouldn't foolishly out his life at risk.To this, the man patted her head and responded, "Take a deep breath and relax, Ashlyn. I will be all fine. If you keep on acting all that concerned, I will mistake your feelings for me and think that you have a crush on me or something. I know I am charming, but you have to be loyal to Elijah, alright?"His joking words instantly got Ashlyn to grab his hand and twist it as she removed it from the top of her head and glared at him.After that, she had subtle nervousness in her eyes as she looked back at her mate. Th
If Ashlyn had any doubts previously, today clearly proved to her how her trying to cook was merely a recipe for disaster.Not only did she char the beef and burn the butter, but the meat was stuck to the bottom of the pan. And when she tried to get it to set loose, it seemed that she used too much strength, and it flew off, landing on the floor of the living room.Ashlyn's eyes widened at that, and she rushed towards the beef. She picked it up with bare hands and almost threw it off again due to how hot it was. She slapped the beef on the kitchen counter.She wondered whether it would be fine to consume after she washed it. However, thinking that would be too much, she tossed it off to the trash can.With barely any time on her hand, she started to cook another piece of beef. She turned on the fire high, so that it will be done fast. So that it didn't get stuck to the pan again, she added extra vegetable oil and butter.Leaving that aside, Ashlyn stared at her mashed potato. Although
"What do you reckon we should do next?" The room was thick with tension that emanated from the high-ranking adult male werewolves in the room. Two of them were the Alphas of their respective packs— Azure Lake and Crystal. The rest of them present held a lot of prominence as well.There was fierce expression visible on the face of the Alpha of Azure Lake's face. A scar ran down his face, and it was a sign of shame for him since usually werewolves in high ranking position didn't have wound marks on their body due to their fast healing abilities. Along with these marks were old stories and deep grudges.Crystal Pack's Alpha appeared to be at more at ease compared to him. There was a bracelet in his hand, and he played with the beads. There was relaxation written in his eyes, and his mood seemed to be out of place compared to the rest.The other werewolves weren't able to hide their palpable fear. They knew how coldhearted and monstrous these two Alphas can be, and on a whim, they could