**Alana's POV ***As soon as I said the words, the wolf which had been hiding immediately jumped out of the woods.I moved backwards and stood on high alert, ready for battle.But strangely, this wolf didn't attack me as any enemy wolf would do. Rather, he walked around me. I could tell that he was cautious, but at the same time, it doesn't look like he was going to attack me.This made me even more curious. I don't remember seeing such a wolf before. I walked around as well, looking at it.Though he's in his wolf form, I wasn't scared of it."Well aren't you going to attack me? I remember that's what others would have done. Just then, he paused and slowly moved back.What was he trying to do now? I watched him suspiciously, and suddenly, I noticed it was shifting back into its human form. I stood dead on my tracks, watching it transform until he fully became human.He turned around to face me as I was terribly desperate to see who it was.To my greatest shock, it was none other than
***Alana's POV**It's been two weeks since I've had direct communication with Stephan. He tells me whatever plans there is, and I'm so grateful that he doesn't keep me out of the plans.Tomorrow, the Blood Rose Pack will be attacked, and it still baffles me that the almighty Alpha Wade does not know about this. I mean, was he supposed to know? The only thing he's been focused upon on these while was my mom. All he ever did was torture the life out of her. I truly hate him to pieces.Knowing Alpha Wade had left the pack, I decided to go to my mom's room the moment the maid opened the doors. Alpha Wade seemed to be quite busy these few days for reasons I can't tell, but I think this is a good opportunity for me and I can't miss the opportunity which is being presented.I walked slightly into my mom's room, just so I wouldn't alert anyone and then I walked in.“Alana, it's you!” My mom said in excitement. Looking at her now, she looks even more terrible than I had last seen her and this
**Alana's POV **“I'm so sorry Alana, but I can't do that. You can ask me for anything except this.“Aiden, please don't say no. I've not seen my mom for a while now. You have no idea just how bad I feel about not seeing her.”“I'm sorry things had to happen this way. But you know I don't have a right over her room except my dad. He alone has access to her room. If he finds out that I let you in, you won't be spared and neither will I. Worst of it all, he could stop us from ever getting close to you.”There's no way I'm letting this go. This was the only opportunity I've got to take my mom out of here.“Aiden…” I pleaded with puppy eyes while walking closer to him.“No one will know if you let me in. I just want to see her, that's all. And asides that, if you do this for me, I will reward you whichever way you want,” I said the words while leaning into his ears.He grabbed a hold of my waist and pulled me closer to himself.“Alana, why are you doing this to me? You know for a fact tha
**Caden's POV**“Mom, don't you want to leave here? I can make a way out for us. All I ask is that you agree to come with me.”I froze when I heard what Alana had said.“Alana you should know by now that Alpha Wade will never let us off, regardless of what we do. Please do not make the situation even more complicated than it already is.“Mom! You're letting your fears get the best of you. Why don't you believe me when I say that it's best if we leave here.”I couldn't just stay put and eavesdrop on this conversation anymore, and so I pushed the door open and barged in. When they saw me, I could see fear in their eyes.“Alana, did I just hear you right? Do you truly want to leave? Why? What exactly is the reason you want to leave? Tell me!” I demanded.“Don't ask me these questions, Caden. You of all people should know why I want to leave!”I can't believe this. Seeing Alana's expression, I could tell that she never changed her mind about us. And here I thought she was beginning to see
**Stephan's POV **“Stephan, must you go?”I looked at Taylor and nodded my head."I have to. This is my official duty, and I also need to save someone. I know she is probably waiting for me to come to her rescue. I know she must need me to be there and for that reason, I can't abandon her.“You are not abandoning her, but then you make me feel like you care so much about her.”“Let's not go over this anymore, please. I'll be back."“Of course. It's just that I do not wish to lose you to anyone, that's all.”“You won't Taylor, I'm here for you.”With that said, I marched into the woods with some soldiers.We are headed to the territory of the Blood Rose Pack to see what we can find about our enemy.Just as I approached the border, I noticed there was unrest in the woods, and that was accompanied by the sound of growls. Immediately I turned around and signaled my men to be on their tracks. I wonder if the chaos has something to do with Alana's escape.After staying in hiding for a few
**Stephan's POV **“My father had always believed that I was weak, and so he never liked me. He preferred my sister to me, but in reality, she's far worse than I am. But let's not talk about that. The thing is, the whole essence of sending me to the Blood Rose Pack was to test If I was strong enough to lead his pack.”“So, this means you were never loved by your dad.”“You're right. You see, after his mate died, he decided to be promiscuous and ended up getting an omega pregnant. We all know how weak an omega is, don't we?”“So then, he must have thought you were weak since you have an omega blood?”“You're right. It's not just him who thinks this way, the entire pack elders feel the same way. Moreover, my sister believes I'm in a competition with her, and so she doesn't hesitate to paint me bad just so the Alpha would think she's the best candidate. But then, the goddess was on my side, and so she sent a witch to my side.”“Wow…now I understand what happened that day. So, it was the
**Alana's POV **“Miss Alana, your mother's illness is caused due to her separation from her mate. She had been bonded with him, and you must know that bonded mates cannot be separated. To worsen it, her mate seemed to be suffering from a particular disease and he must be having an episode as we speak. And this is the reason your mother is this way.”“That bastard!” I yelled in anger.Even though we had left his pack for good, he still doesn't want to let us have peace.How could he mark my mom when she's already marked by my dad? I will never forgive this!Immediately, I turned towards the doctor desperately and held him by the hand.“Tell me, doctor, is there no way to stop this illness on the side of my mom? I mean she can't be like this.”“I would have been able to help you if only she hadn't been marked, but she has been marked and the only way to stop this was if there's a rejection from both parties.”“If that's the case, let's make do with that," Stephan stated.“You don't und
**THE BLOOD ROSE PACK**Just as I headed to the pack house, I saw Jayden and Aiden both standing in my way.“What's the meaning of this?” I asked, looking at each one of them.“Dad, welcome, we actually came here because we wanted to talk to you about the forthcoming anniversary of our pack.”Aiden stated.“What has the anniversary got to do with you two standing in my way?”“Well, that's because this is the only time we've got to talk to you,” Jayden replied.“What the hell are you talking about?”“Jayden's right dad. This is the only time we get to speak with you because we know for a fact that the moment you get to the pack, you'll only go to your mate!”“What? Don't tell me you still hold a grudge against my Luna. Don't you forget she's the mother of your mate.”“You don't like our mate so why should we care about yours?” Jayden muttered.“I see you both are hell-bent on making me mad. Out of my way this instant!”“Dad, can we at least talk about this before you go?”“Does it seem