Antoine's POV The footsteps were coming close. I could hear the heavy thud of the person's boots as they approached the door. "Maybe one of the soldiers, I thought. Then all of a sudden, the footsteps stopped. There was total silence. I tried to smell the scent of the person who was at the door, as I had a sharp sense of smell. But surprisingly, I couldn't get the person's scent, not even a faint smell. It was as if the person didn't have a scent at all. Now, that's strange. Is it an alien or a human? I wondered. Stacie on the other hand felt the presence of the person behind the door. My scent was too familiar, stealing her breath away. It was someone she knew. Someone, she wasn't prepared to see right now. It was definitely----- wait did she just smell the scent? "Girl! Seems we're leveling up!" Ariel shouted excitedly in her head. Bang! Bang! Bang! The person knocked on the door with a kind of force that could only belong to one person. Then it dawned on me, The person at
Stacie's POV Oh my goodness! Daniel said he was going to lock the door, and then see if I'll be able to open it. The next thing that came running through my mind after he finished saying that was that 'What if he closes the door and I'm not able to open it? what would he do then? Would he think I'm a criminal or something? Or would he just kill me? Fear gripped me at the thought of that. Looking at Damien's face, he doesn't look like someone that would need to take permission from Antoine before killing someone he suspects to be a criminal. And by then, not even the formidable alpha would be able to save me. The funniest part is I can't even remember how exactly I got the door to open the other time. I know it was about the energy that is emitted from my body, but the problem is how did I manage to release the energy, or better still, what did I do to release it? I racked my brain but still couldn't come up with anything. Damien dragged the chains up, from the floor in order t
Stacie's POV Damien swung his fist at me, targeting my jaw. "Rule number one, always be alert and ready for an attack" Unprepared, I recoiled from his punch to my jaw with a wince. How could he be so swift and fast that I hadn't even noticed his movement? I thought, momentarily copying his style as I made a move to retaliate. I lurched a step forward and then threw a punch at Damien's face. The blow felt too dull. And I knew it immediately after I had launched it. "Too slow" Damien noted as he ducked under my punch. He grabbed my arm and twisted it. "Rule number two, never underestimate or look down on your opponent. They could strike when you least expect it" I struggled, squeezed, and wriggled free from his grip. I punched again. He ducked. I kicked. He blocked my kick with one hand and threw a fist at me with the other hand. I bent backward, making Damien's fist slap into my shoulders. Wincing in pain, I staggered backward and fell to the ground with a loud thud. "That
Stacie's POV I felt a very sharp pain in my chest and I cringed. The pain exploded in my head with blinding whiteness. It made me dizzy. It made me reel. It was like needles that had been dipped in alcohol had been jabbed through my chest like my heart had been replaced with ice and electricity wired straight into my spine. I felt a spasm of sharp pain in my lower body. Every part of my body started aching. I couldn't take it anymore. I fell to the ground, gritted my teeth, and then bit into my lips to stop myself from losing consciousness. I tasted blood on my lips. It was painful, though nothing compared to the ache all over my body. It was as if the bones in my leg seemed to snap and shift from their position. The worst part was that I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even move. I just sat down on the floor, enduring all the pain. "What was happening to me" I wondered, trying to communicate with my wolf to know whether she had any idea of what was going on in my body system.
Antoine's POV I was in my room reading a magazine, when someone burst in without even knocking. It was my beta, Damien. He had this worried expression on his face so I prepared myself for bad news. "There's a problem!" He finally said. "What!?" I shouted. My wolf jumped in me when he heard Damien say my mate was the problem. I quickly shifted to my wolf form, running down the woods. Then, I saw the wolf, looking as white as snow, and I knew it was her, my mate. He fur was looking short over her body and longer at the neck. It was really smooth and shiny. I growled, probably with lust. Then suddenly, she came charging at me with all full speed. I noticed her movement was wild. She looked pained as if she was fighting hard to keep her wolf under control. She stood in front of me, and uttered something. "I'm" she tried to say with great difficulty. "I'm". Then she collapsed. "Was she dead?" I couldn't help but wonder in fear as I quickly shifted to my human form. I reached he
Stacie's POV I woke up with a bad ache all over my body. "Shit!" I said, my throat sore from the effort of that single word. "Why am I even feeling all this pain? Did I perhaps fight in my sleep or something? Or did I do something stressful before I slept?" I asked all these questions out loud to no one in particular, as I was alone in the room. I searched through my brain without success remembering what I did yesterday. I couldn't even remember how I slept off. I looked around and noticed that I wasn't in my room. The room looked unfamiliar. "Where am I again now?" I wondered. Then the door opened, and a young, beautiful lady entered the room. She had a smile on her face. "Finally, you're awake!" She said, still smiling. "Now, what does she mean by "finally"? Have I been sleeping for so long to warrant that kind of "finally" from her? I looked around and saw a clock on the wall, only to check the time and what I saw made me gasp in shock. "Jesus fucking Christ!" I muttere
Antoine’s POV I woke up alone on top of my bed, dressed in Damien's clothes. It was almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and I had no idea how I had even slept off. Last night had been so dramatic. I had gone to see Damien in his room to question him about how he knew Stacie and how he came across her wolfing out. I had a feeling that she was probably the one with him in the armor room the other time. I had gone there and challenged him about it. But Damien still denied the allegations and made up a story to give me, which he knew was a lie. I had challenged Damien to a friendly duel just to calm my wolf down, but instead, it aggravated my wolf. I involuntarily turned while fighting with Damien, sucking out my energy. Elda had been so ferocious, just because I didn't give him want he wanted, Sex. I probably fainted from fighting with my wolf. I am even surprised I am in his room now. Probably, Damien brought me here on his back. But that must have been after changing my clothes whic
Antoine's POV I knew I was hurting her, but I couldn't care less. She had to know her place. She had to respect the formidable Alpha Antoine. "Hurting her wouldn't make her respect you, she'll only fear you, which is very bad," Elda said. I tightened my grip on Stacie's neck, and when I did, he howled in pain. He must have felt the pain of his mate. I also felt it too, though faint. This was why I hated this mate stuff. If your mate was feeling pain, then you would have to share in the pain too. I felt water drop on my skin and looked up at Stacie. She was crying silently. She looked so fragile in my hand, so weak and vulnerable. I felt pity for her for the second time in my life again. However, as much as I felt pity for her, I was also enjoying the look of fear in her eyes. I wasn't a sadist but strangely I felt pain and pleasure from hurting my mate. She squeezed her eyes close and I knew she couldn't take it anymore. I released my hold on her neck, and she landed on the fl
ANTOINE'S POV"Sophia and Ethan are dead? Are you sure of that?". I asked Nolan. He nodded his head. "yes. From now on, we don't have to worry about them. They won't be bothering you anymore. Now we just have to focus on you and Stacie. You know that she's pregnant right now and she can't be agitated for any reason at all" Nolan told me. I nodded my head. "Yes. But now is not the time to relax. We need to completely get rid of Daniel before I can be rest assured that it's completely over. Beta Daniel will definitely not let it go since I have killed his son. He will want to get revenge on me but I have to beat him at his game and make sure that he's dead before I can enjoy myself with Stacie " I said to Nolan. "Do you know who you are going to make the Alpha if Daniel is dead? It's not like we can leave the pack unattended right? We need to place someone there so that the pack won't be thrown into chaos " Nolan told me. I nodded my head because I know that he is right. We need to
DANIEL'S POVI paced up and down in the throne room. Ethan has been gone for a few days and I haven't heard anything from him yet. I was really worried about him. I know that he won't be able to defeat Alpha Antoine. All that I wanted was for my son to come back here in one piece. That is the only thing that I need from him. One of the guards walked inside and bowed in front of me. I waved my hands. I don't need him to bow to me. All that I need is for them to find my son and bring him back to me. That is the only thing that I want right now. "What is going on? Did you find out anything about Ethan?. Do you know where he could be right now?" I immediately started to question him. "We have no news from Ethan just yet but someone told us that the Alpha had already completed his mating ceremony a few days ago. Stacie is now the Luna of the pack" the guard told me. My heart sank to my chest when I heard this. The plan was for Ethan to kill them at the ceremony. The fact that the cere
ETHAN'S POVDo you think that you'll get away with it again?" He asked me. "What are you going to do to me?"."What do you think? Of course, I'll kill you!" I was so scared that I wanted to throw up. I don't want to die. I don't want to die just yet. I want to live. At that moment, I saw my life flash past my eyes. I had a good life before I met Stacie. Even if I did not like what my father did to me, at least I was safe. There was no threat to my life. But ever since I met Stacie, it's as if things went downhill for me. All that I want is to stay alive right now. I regret a lot of things. I should not have kidnapped her. I should not have taken her against her will and brought her to my pack. I should not have come back here just because I found out that she lied to me and I want to kill her. I should not have done all of those things. I suddenly glared at Stacie. It was as if I lost all of the love that I felt for her immediately. The only thing that I could feel for her was
Ethan's POVI need to show her what it means to mess with me! "I am not the one who's going to die Stacie. You are the one who's going to die! What do you think I came here for? Do you think that I will still be so blindly in love with you that I won't be able to tell you that you're a horrible person who deserves to die?" I asked her.She laughed in my face. "You want to kill me? Ethan, you really think that you can kill me?" She asked me in a mocking manner. Where did she get all of this confidence from? What the heck is going on with her? I decided not to waste words with her. I am done talking to her. I took out the dagger I hid in my body and rushed to stab her with it. I was just inches away from her body when I felt as if there was an invincible power pushing me away from her. No matter how hard I tried, I could not move...I was stuck there. "What....what is going on?" I caught sight of the smug smile that Stacie had on her face. "I told you. You can't touch me!" She sai
ETHAN'S POV"What do you mean by that? Aren't you happy to see me?" I asked her with a smile on my face. "I said what are you doing here and how did you even get in here without anyone seeing you?" Stacie asked me..she was looking at me as if I am her worst enemy in the whole wide world. She wasn't like this before I took her away from me. At least then she was still nice to me. When did it all change? When did I become someone that she can't even stand? "The same way I took you away from here without anyone finding out. Back then, they didn't care about you so I took you away easily. Now, they still don't care about you and I am going to do whatever it is that I want with you! Why are you like this Stacie? If only you had come with me... if only you had stayed put then this won't have been happening right now! You know that I love you and that I am willing to do anything and everything for you! So why did you betray me?! Why did you throw away all of my feelings?! I was willing to
ETHAN'S POVI haven't heard of the Alpha going against the elders of the pack like this before. Do you think it's okay for me to come with you?" The bartender gave me a weary look. I know that he doesn't trust me completely. After all, he doesn't know me and he doesn't know who I am so it's understandable that he doesn't trust me at all. But I am going to convince him to take me into the palace with him. "Come on. I really haven't seen something like this in my life before. An Alpha going against all of his elders just to make the she-wolf that he likes his Luna? It must be fascinating!" I said to him. The bartender nodded his head. "Yes. You are right. It's fascinating. That is why all of us are going to see it. " He told me. "So please let me tag along with you. Don't worry. I'll be sure not to get you in trouble. As soon as I take a look at her face, I'll leave the palace. Do this for me okay?" I asked him He still seemed a bit hesitant. I suddenly had an idea. I took out some
ETHAN'S POV I was sitting in a bar. I had spent the entire day, walking through the pack and trying to figure out a way to enter the palace without getting caught by the Alpha. The security measures in the palace have increased since the last time that I was here. But I already expected this. After all, I did kidnap Stacie and take her away under everyone's noses. It's clear that the Alpha is going to want to protect her even more. I'd be suspicious if the palace wasn't guarded. I would think that they are setting up a trap for me. But as it is, there's no way they can know that I am here. I did a good job disguising myself when I came here after all. I was still lost in the thoughts of how I am going to torture Alpha Antoine and Stacie when the bartender walked over to me. "Hello, Sir. I am really sorry but you'll have to leave. We are closing up now " he said to me. I turned to glare at him it's not even twelve yet so why the heck are there closing up so soon? "What
SOPHIA'S POV The next morning, I immediately got dressed and left the palace. Alpha Daniel did not even ask me where I was going when I left. I think that he was all too happy to see me go. As he said, I am one of the reasons why his son decided to put his life in danger and go back to Alpha Antoine's pack just to get revenge. I know that I had indeed manipulated him into doing back because I want him to take revenge on Stacie for me but he won't have done it if he didn't want revenge too. He wanted to get back at her for the so-called humiliation that she gave to him so even if I didn't say anything, he still would have done something. Anyway, it no longer has anything to do with me. If he can really kill Stacie, that will be best for me because it will mean that although I didn't get the Alpha, she can't get him either. But if he doesn't manage to kill her then, he'd be the one to die and I seriously don't care at all. It's none of my business. All that I care about i
CIARA'S POV I was really worried when Sophia ended the call and told me that she was going to think about it. I thought that she had figured out that I had sold her off to the Alpha and that she was not going to show up. Sophia has always been very smart anyway so it won't be extremely hard for her to figure it out. In fact, the only thing I am counting on now is the friendship that we have with each other. If she really sees me as a friend then she won't suspect me so easily right? I was still worried about this when my phone rang again. I picked it up and saw that it was Sophia. I answered it immediately. "Fine. Ciara. Let's leave. where do you want to meet me? You are right. I need to get out of this place. And you need to get out too or else the Alpha is going to come for you sooner or later" Sophia said. I was so happy that she bought my explanation. Everything is going as planned soon, I'd be far away from this pack. As for Sophia....well, I guess that she'd be de