Astrid/ Veronica's POVI ran as fast as I could. As I opened the door, the face of Beta Ivan was the first thing I saw. His serious face quickly shifted to a worried one as he looked at me intently."What happened?" he asked in a worried voice.I sobbed as I stared at his ocean blue eyes. I really didn't know why he was so kind toward me. It made me confused sometimes. These mixed signals choke me sometimes.I didn't want to assume, but his actions were quite weird and suspicious.I wiped away my tears, but still, I failed to stop myself from crying.He was about to approach me but stopped when we heard the voice of Alpha Vincent inside his chamber."Beta Ivan..." he called.I didn't want the Alpha to see me in this kind of state. I didn't want him to see me as pitiful. I was genuinely glad that he was already fine. But seeing him with another woman literally broke my heart.Without further ado, I ran away. Beta Ivan attempted to follow me, but he stopped himself when the Alpha calle
Vincent’s POV“Beta Ivan, kindly schedule me an appointment with one of our pack doctors,” I said seriously as I signed the papers. I could feel him taking a step forward in my direction, and I heard his heavy breathing. With that, I took my eyes off the papers and looked at him.“What is it?” I asked and raised a right eyebrow. I saw the concern drawn on his face.“What is happening, Alpha? Why do you want an appointment with our pack doctor?” he asked, and I could see he was concerned about my situation.I looked at him intently as I rested my back on my chair. There was an idea running inside my head. I wanted to shrug it off, but I couldn’t help thinking about it. I put my right hand under my chin as I examined him.“Ivan…” I called and breathed deeply.“Yes, Alpha Vincent?” he responded right away as if he was eager to know what was happening to me. He even moved closer in my direction.I looked at him from head to toe before getting back to his face. His face showed confusion du
Vincent’s POVRight away, Beta Ivan set an appointment with our pack doctor for me. And now, we were here in the pack doctor’s office. I was sitting on the chair facing the pack doctor. He put his hands on the table and intertwined them.“What makes you here, Alpha Vincent? Do you feel anything wrong after your wounds healed?” he asked and looked at me intently.I heaved a sigh and massaged my temple. Thinking about what was happening to me between my inner wolf made me feel stressed.“Yeah… I just noticed that I can’t communicate with Jacob, and I don’t know why. Also, when my Beta and I were wandering inside the forest, rogues attacked us. That time, I was struggling to shift because Jacob was missing,” I said and ran my fingers through my hair.The doctor became silent after hearing my explanation. He stared at me first before he stood up. He walked away and headed to his mini library inside his office and searched for a book that no one knew what it was. He ran his fingers in ever
“B-But Alpha…”I was surprised to see Beta Ivan was the one who reacted to my plan instead of Gamma Steven.I looked at him intently and waited for what he wanted to say.“We know that…some of the families of our Blackwood Pack people are rogues and living in the forest. Those rogues were one of the Blackwood Pack before that had you kicked out due to the crimes and didn’t follow your command,” Beta Ivan explained and cleared his throat.At what I heard, I sighed.Of course, I knew about that because I was the one who did it. I was the one who kicked them out of my pack because of disobeying me. Then, they chose to live in the nearby forest with other rogues. Unfortunately, that forest was the place where I was attacked so sorry, not sorry.“So?” I asked in an uninterested tone.He took a deep breath as he looked at Gamma Steven; as if he was expecting a reaction from the latter, but Steven didn’t react to what he said. When he saw there was no hope from Steven, he gazed back in my di
Astrid’s/Veronica’s POVI was busy cleaning the public restroom of the packhouse, but I stopped when I heard screams and cries outside.My heart pounded hard due to nervousness, and I quickly got out of the restroom. And there, I saw people running. I could see far away in my distance, there is a bright orange-yellow light and dark smoke in the forest.“Veronica!!!”My attention shifted to someone who called my name then I saw Clara, quickly running to approach my direction.“Clara, what is happening?” I couldn’t help but ask as I looked at the people running, heading to the forest.“I don’t know either. Let’s see,” she said and held my right wrist. She started dragging me away from the restroom.Then, I suddenly remembered my task. I was not done cleaning the restroom yet, and I don’t want to get punished for not doing it on time. Plus, I was trying so hard to not see the Alpha face to face. I didn’t want to see him yet. I don’t know how to react after I saw him making out with a she
Astrid’s/Veronica’s POVI gulped hard as I nodded my head. I left my chamber together with Beta Ivan. As we walked to the pathway, I flinched when Beta Ivan held my cold right hand. I quickly shifted my gaze to him and stared at his ocean-deep blue eyes.I felt I hold my breath at the moment a gentle smile plastered on his lips as he looked at me dearly.I could feel both of my cheeks heated because of the sight.What is that for?I couldn't help but ask in the back of my head.“B-Beta Ivan…” I said breathlessly and didn’t know how to react to his sudden action.“Don’t bother too much, and don’t be nervous, Veronica. You did the right thing. No need to be scared,” he said in a gentle voice as he freed my right hand.At what he said, I blinked my eyes a couple of times and looked back to the pathway.Maybe he was referring to what happened earlier in the forest, about yelling and commanding the Alpha to kill the fire. Maybe, Beta Ivan did this to give me the courage to face Alpha Vince
Astrid’s / Veronica’s POV“Are you okay?” Beta Ivan asked when he saw my discomfort after I left the Alpha’s office.He quickly followed me as I walked along the pathway.“Y-Yeah… It is just…” I gulped when I remembered what happened between Vincent and me.He just burst out earlier for the reason that I don’t know, and admit it or not, I was hella terrified. That was the first time I saw the Alpha’s golden eye turn into black, and that was pretty scary. It made my knees tremble in an instant.He was really furious at that moment. No joke.“Veronica…” Beta Ivan called my name softly and held my right arm.I was startled at what he did that brought me back to the present. I blinked my eyes a couple of times and looked at his face. I saw he was curious about what happened inside.“Did the Alpha hurt you?” he asked.Why did the way he asked that question seem like if ever I say yes he will go to the Alpha’s office and beat up Vincent?I stared intently at his face, and I saw how serious
“Why so hot? Calm down, little wolf,” Gamma Steven said and smirked. He moved away from leaning against the door and approached our direction.“Are you already done eating?” Suddenly, Beta Ivan asked without breaking eye contact with Gamma Steven.I looked at my almost finished plate. I looked back at Beta Ivan and nodded my head.“Yes. Already finished,” I answered and gulped.I looked back at Gamma Steven.“If that’s so, go back to your chamber and take a rest. Let me deal with this guy alone,” Beta Ivan said and shifted his gaze at me.He smiled as if he was comforting me that everything is alright.A small smile crept on my lips as I nodded my head. And then, I walked, heading to the door. Gamma Steven looked at me intently with a grin plastered on his face.I don’t know what he was thinking right now, but I didn’t like the way he looked at me.When I already left the kitchen, that was the moment I sighed in relief.“God…” I murmured and hurriedly went to my chamber to rest, leavi