**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
**Alana's POV **“Argh!” I knocked down the fifth soldier in combat. I can't believe that I could defeat them, even with weapons in their hands.“Is that all you've got? Bring me more!” I ordered, looking at the rest of the soldiers. None of them were willing to step forward, and this surprised me a great deal because I had expected them to come at me.“What now? Aren't you going to defeat me? I thought you all said I was only a woman without strength?”“But that's all you are,” the soldier named Taylor said, walking up to me. I don't understand him. Ever since the first day he saw me here at the fields he seemed not to like me. I'm yet to know why he held such prejudice against me.“What's your problem with me, why don't you tell me, Taylor?”“Problem with you? You must be mistaken,” he said with a laugh."I don't have an issue. Maybe you're the one with problems, from the look of things."“I'm the one with problems, huh? So what do you want? If you want to fight with me, then you ca
**Alana's POV ***After much persuasion from Stephan, I found myself in the fields and training the soldiers. This was something, I never thought, was possible. I clearly said no to him but here I am standing in front of the soldiers and training them with the skills I had learned.I looked in the direction of Stephan, who nodded his head at me as a way of telling me that I was doing alright.But then I didn't fail to see Taylor's expression. He seems to be disgusted with my closeness with Stephan, and this is a situation that I can't understand, no matter how hard I try to.Just as I continued training the soldiers, Alpha and his new Luna came to the training fields. This felt awkward because after I heard about what happened with Stephan, I felt like I wouldn't be the treated nicely or even liked by the Alpha and his Luna.“Well, well, well. Who do we have here.” The Alpha said, walking toward me.“For the first time I feel so proud that a lady is leading the team. I know that thing
**Aiden's POV**“Keep searching, do not leave any stone unturned until my Luna and her daughter are both found, do you understand me?!”“Yes Alpha!” The soldiers replied and continued with the search at the border.“Brother, don't you think this is a futile search?”I looked at Jayden who was by my side.“What do you mean?”“The scent of our mate has long dissipated. I'm not, so sure Alana knows how to hide her smell. I mean, it's so perfect that no one would ever know.”“So, what are you saying in essence?”“What I'm trying to say is that she must have had help from someone we don't know. I have a strong feeling that this isn't as simple as it seems. We might actually need to find out more on our own.”“Jayden, we don't have that much time. It's our mate we are talking about, and by the way, I don't think things are as hard as you say. I mean, who do you think would dare to go against us and help her escape. Do you have anyone in mind?”“Uhm, no one comes to mind, honestly.”“Since n
***Jayden's POV***“She actually fled to the wolf pack.”“What?!” The three of us exclaimed in absolute shock. I mean, how was this even possible. This must be the greatest joke ever told.“Rachel, I think you're just saying anything that comes to your mind just to fulfill your once-in-a-lifetime dream to become the Luna of the great Blood Rose Pack!” Aiden spat.“You're right. Maybe that's what I want, but we just did a transaction, and you can't go back on your words now, can you?”“You don't have to worry about anything. As long as I'm alive, they'll be your mate, and you will be the Luna to the Blood Rose pack.” Our father assured Rachel.At first, I was against Aiden taking things too far. But at this point-of-sale, I don't think I should have blamed him for his decisions. It was obvious that our father had finally lost it. I mean, if he hasn't, why would he promise a rogue Luna position?“Dad, hold on, at this point, I can't help but say that you've lost it. Only someone who has