CHAPTER ONE
Rosalie smiled shyly as her eyes darted to Jacqueline. He was by far the most handsome male she had ever seen. His dark hair, which always had a way of looking ruffled, like some female had run her hands through it, was surprisingly looking well combed today and put together, accentuated by the all–white clothes he had worn for the ceremony.
Today was the ceremony of his coronation as Alpha of the pack, and he was dressed for the occasion in white leather pants and a silk white shirt so thin, it molded to his masculine body each time the breeze ruffled it.
Jacqueline caught her eye and smiled, and Rosalie had to look away as a blush crept up her cheeks. They had been best friends since they were kids, and so she should have been used to him by now, but Rosalie found she couldn’t help feeling self-conscious in his presence.
Jacqueline had once saved her from bullies when she was just eight, and he was fourteen, and after that, both of them had become friends – or at least she had considered him her best friend, while he simply saw her as a little friend that needed his protection. He had protected her from all bullies and made sure no harm came to her, but Rosalie couldn’t help feeling miserable. It was his heart she wanted, not his mere protection like she was one of his kid sisters.
She had watched him become a very powerful male, the most handsome in the Werewolf tribe. All the females fought themselves over him, and he was always with one female or another, sleeping with them one day, and then forgetting their names the next day. Rosalie told herself she had something better, she had his friendship, but deep down at the bottom of her heart, she knew she would rather have his arms hold her in a lover’s embrace, have his full firm lips kiss her like she had seen him do with a countless number of females.
Rosalie sighed. It was her luck that the one male she had given her whole heart to would never see her as anything but a friend. He stood there now, giving a speech at his coronation, his golden head shining in the moonlight, and there she was, in the shadows, joining a thousand other females that had fallen in love with him.
Rosalie turned and left the coronation ground. She needed to do something, needed to clear her head of thoughts of Alpha Jacqueline once and for all.
Alpha Jacqueline! Even saying his name silently to herself sent tremors down her spine. There was a new power added to his already masculine form. He was an Alpha now. By Werewolf laws, he was her lord and could command her to do anything. She shivered . . . what if he commanded her to kiss him?
Smiling at her stupidity, Rosalie allowed her wolf to lead her. It took her down to a small river she had once picnicked beside Alpha Jacqueline. Without thinking, she stripped all her clothes and dived into the water. It was still and cool, just what she needed. Rosalie smiled and lifted her face to the moon. “If you can hear me, moon goddess, can you please make me forget Jacqueline? I want to forget everything about him, forget he ever existed.”
“And yet I cannot forget about you.”
Rosalie ’s heart thudded against her chest as she whipped around in the direction of the voice. She knew that voice anywhere, it was the voice of the one male that would always have her heart. It was Alpha Jacqueline.
He stood tall, the wind dancing in his gold hair, a smile playing at his lips. “You left the coronation early, I was looking for you.” He said ever so casually, but when Rosalie followed the direction of his eyes, a hot blush rose on her cheeks. He was staring at her exposed flesh. She brought up her hands and tried to cover herself, but it was no use. She only ended up making herself look more exposed.
Alpha Jacqueline laughed, but his eyes darkened. “Why do you want to forget me, Rosalie ?”
“Because I – I . . .” Rosalie started to say, but she found she could no longer talk. Alpha Jacqueline had started taking off his shirt.
She watched, spellbound as he slowly unbuttoned his shirt without taking his eyes off her, then he opened it, revealing his rock-hard tan chest with a fine sprinkle of hair. Rosalie touched the tip of her tongue to her parched lips as he finally slid the shirt off, and then she found she could no longer keep watching. Embarrassed, she stared at her hands instead.
She did not look up as Alpha Jacqueline took off the remainder of his clothes and got into the water with her. She did not move, standing rock still as he waded to where she was until he pressed a kiss to the hollow of her throat.
She shuddered then, from the force of her attraction to him, and would have fallen if he was not behind her. Her body slammed into his, and she trembled again from the impact.
With expert movement, he maneuvered so that he was in front of her. A finger hooked under her chin, lifting her head so that her soft brown eyes could search his dark gray ones, then he pressed his lips to hers.
Rosalie shuddered from the impact as her whole body trembled, but he held her till she was steady enough to focus on the sweetness of his kiss.
His lips teased hers. Firm, yet gentle. Passionate and ruthless, yet in a way slightly unsure, as though he knew what he was taking from her – her innocence, and he was a bit reluctant.
He pulled away from her, but her eyes were still closed. It took a whisper of her name from his lips before she opened them.
Jacqueline stared into the trusting eyes of Rosalie , his little friend who was little no more. “You have never been kissed before.”
It wasn’t a question, but Rosalie nodded.
“Why?” He asked, but his hands cupped her butt, drawing her closer to feel his need, the heat pulsing from his body.
“You know why.” Rosalie challenged, and her eyes told him what her heart knew, what her lips were too afraid to say. She loved him. She loved him like a female loves her fated mate. She loved him more than she had ever loved anyone in her entire life. He was the only male she loved, and she would never love another male except him.
Jacqueline sighed softly and shook his head. “I’m not what you think I am Rosalie . I would only end up hurting you – damaging you.” He turned to leave, but Rosalie blocked his path fiercely, shamelessly. The morning would come tomorrow and she would probably see the foolishness of her actions, but for this night, she was hers.
Jacqueline looked resigned as he drew her once again to himself, but it was with the hot and ardent passion that he kissed her. This time, he did not ask before he took it. This time, his mouth showed her, showed her what it meant to be loved by a male, by a very powerful male. His mouth showed her the love of an Alpha. His kisses got more fierce, bruising her tender lips, yet Rosalie only wished it would go on forever. His tongue stroked hers, thought hers lessons in passion, and marked her as his. And that was what she was. She would forever remain his after that night, no matter what happened next.
She could only breathe a sigh of relief as he carried her out of the water and onto the ground, then her sigh turned to a moan as he pressed his hot and ready masculine body against her.
Jacqueline was an ardent lover, his touches and kisses like that of a male who was trying to memorize something for life. ‘I’m gonna love you like I’m gonna lose you,’ it was at that moment that Rosalie understood the full meaning of that line.
She moaned softly as Jacqueline cupped her flesh in his hand, and then pressed a kiss to it. His tongue, lips, and teeth all worked together to drive her over the edge, and yet when she thought she was about to get over, he managed to bring her back.
“How badly have you wanted this?” He whispered against her ears, biting the tip.
Rosalie shuddered. “All my life – I’ve wanted you so much it hurt, but you’ve always seen me as your little friend.”
“You don’t seem so little now,” he mused, and then before she could speak again, he pressed another kiss to her throat and felt her tremble.
I love you Jacqueline . . . it was at the tip of her tongue to say, but Rosalie held herself back. What if this was mere sex to him, what if he treated her like the rest of the thousands of girls he had slept with in the past? For some unknown reason, tears clouded her eyes. Jacqueline saw them and seemed to know what had brought them. Carefully, gently, he kissed her eyes close, his fingers brushing away the wetness.
“You’re going to make me feel my love-making technique is so bad it made you cry.” He whispered, and Rosalie couldn’t help smiling, showing her cute dimples. He pressed a kiss to one of them.
Slowly, gently, his hands touched her. His fingers were already experts in bringing females to pleasure, till Rosalie begged him to end the slow torture, the painful pleasure by making her his, wholly and completely. He took her then, riding in the full force of his passion, and Rosalie winced at the initial pain, then all she could think of was the awe and pleasure of finally being one with him.
He rolled off her afterward and simply held her cuddled against his body, one arm holding her firmly, while the other pointed out patterns in the stars. “Do you see that?” He asked, pointing, “that’s a boy driving a car.”
Rosalie giggled. “No, it’s not silly. It’s a sheep eating some grass.” She had never been able to see the shapes in the stars as others saw them. To her, the many stars were just a mass of dots up in the sky, so she made up her shapes.
Jacqueline smiled knowingly. “And that’s a female up in the sky, the most beautiful female I have ever seen,” but he was looking at her.
“Again a lie – that’s an Alpha, the newest Alpha in all Werewolf tribe, and the most handsome too.” She did not even pretend she had seen the shape in the sky. She just focused instead on looking into his fathomless gray eyes
Jacqueline was silent for a while, then he raised her hand and placed a kiss on the inside of her wrist. His eyes seemed distant. “Some day you’d make a male lucky by becoming his mate.”
Rosalie forced a smile as her eyes moistened. “yeah.” Her voice was barely a whisper.
Alpha Jacqueline was so attentive to her as he brought her clothes, and even helped her put them on. Her body still felt tingly from her first time making love, hot passionate love at that. Her body felt satiated, and yet her heart felt torn, like she was at the brink of heartbreak, for while.
Jacqueline had been such a passionate lover, he had not told her he loved her. None of them had exchanged mating vows that bonded one to the person’s partner, and Rosalie ’s heart trembled at the thought that Alpha Jacqueline would soon hold another female in his arms as he held her. Those lips of his would kiss another, his eyes would look into another’s. Rosalie trembled at the thought of the hard truth, that she belonged to him, but the Alpha did not belong to her.
CHAPTER TWORosalie woke up the next morning with memories of the previous day still in her head. Her lips curved in a smile and she lifted a finger to trace its soft contours as she thought of the Alpha’s lips pressed against them the previous night. She smiled, her mind replaying her passionate moment with Jacqueline.She was going to win his heart, she decided. At least he felt something for her, he had made love to her, hadn’t he? Rosalie was willing to bet that being with her was not the same for him as being with other girls. Humming a tune to herself, she swung her legs off the bed, ready to face the new day.“Glad to see you smiling today Rosalie .” Clara, one of the oldest maids in the house said as she threw open the curtains.Rosalie giggled. “And why shouldn’t I be smiling today, especially after last night –”“Last night!” The older woman’s eyes scanned Rosalie , and then a knowing look came over them. “Did you last night?”Rosalie nodded.Clara let out a sigh of relief.
CHAPTER THREEAlpha Jacqueline walked into his home, tired from another long day. The pack was suffering, he could feel their pain almost as if it pierced his flesh. The raku was a sickness none of the healers could cure, and yet it sprang up from nowhere and was threatening to destroy his entire pack.And his father! Jacqueline drew in a breath and tried not to think of his father, of how the raku was ravaging the old male, destroying his only family before his very eyes, and yet he could do nothing! He, the most powerful male in the pack, the Alpha! And yet he was helpless against this sickness.The thought of his helplessness annoyed him and drove him to become crueler, more hardened, the thought of Ophelia too.A cold smile curved on his lips as he thought of Ophelia, the female who had been his mate. She had ended up being a conniving whore who had been having an affair with his rival, another Alpha while plotting his downfall. He had even found out that the little male, Daniel w
CHAPTER FOURRosalie turned over as the alarm rang. It was 6;30 am, time to get up and prepare for the day ahead. She stretched, then yawned. Her body had not fully woken up yet.Forcing herself awake, she brushed her teeth hurriedly and began preparing food for her little triplets. Her lips curved in a smile. They were her joy, her all.It had been six years since she ran away from her pack since she last saw their father, the Alpha. For six years, she had struggled to make it in the human world, taking one day at a time, and she had even done well for herself. She had studied, went to college, and got a degree as a medical doctor, and now, she had just recently gotten employed by one of the best hospitals in the country.Her smile grew wider as she twirled around singing her favorite song from when she was little.“Is it morning yet Mommy?” Ricardo, the eldest of her triplets asked, his eyes still clouded with sleep. He went over to his mother and pressed himself against her in the
CHAPTER FIVE.Alpha Jacqueline was recklessly in his chamber. He just received words that his father was at it again, his seizures rose a little bit more than before.Alpha Jacqueline couldn't go to see the old alpha because he was scared of how much worse he could have turned.He could have gone to see his father but was scared of breaking down and lashing out at the healers who were doing close to nothing. Though even without checking, he could guess his father's presence changes.The old alpha, who was strong and handsome before, had turned frail, with weak skin wrinkled and eyes escaping into his head. He was in great pain, and there was no sight of Carl, neither was there Rosalie.Alpha Jacqueline tried to connect with Carl through his mind and finally, he was able to reach him after a lot of trial, "Where are you?" His voice was a mix of worries and coldness."We're almost in the castle, my alpha." Carl's response was very calm."Get here immediately." Alpha Jacqueline commanded
CHAPTER SIX.ROSALIE'S POV.I was shocked to see Jacqueline falling on his feet before me just for me to perform my wonder on his father, but that didn't erase the fact that he treated me like I was a scumbag, whereas, he was the only scumbag in the room.The pain I was feeling around my neck eased, and I got up to my feet, "I'll check what's wrong with the old alpha, but mind you, I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing it for the old man who was very good to me when I was with the pack."Jacqueline got up to his feet, "I don't care about any reason behind your help, just heal him."I glared at him and almost changed my mind, but the old alpha did nothing wrong to me. I couldn't let him die because of the sin of this heir. It was not done that way, so I had to help him.I moved to the bed where the old alpha was lying and saw he was still gasping for breath. I quickly grabbed both his lips, pulled them apart and helped him to breathe by transferring some air into his lungs with my mout
CHAPTER SEVEN.JACQUELINE POV.What is wrong with me? I just kept misbehaving over and all over again in front of Rosalie which I know shouldn't be so. I was giving her a lot of attitude which I wasn't supposed to give to a normal person.I was an alpha, and I knew how to behave in front of both my foes and friends. I knew how to cage my emotions and confuse my enemies.I knew when to draw out my claws and when to keep on a smile. I knew when to talk and when to keep quiet. I knew who was an enemy and who a friend should be.But, why am I losing every single sense I had just because Rosalie is here? Why can't I bolt up all my anger like I always do? Why? What's wrong with me? And as if I was not miserable enough, Jack, my wolf still refused to say a word to me.He was first quiet the day Rosalie stepped her foot out of the pack house when I chose Ophelia over Rosalie, but he learned to accept Ophelia, seeing she was our mate.But when we were betrayed, he wanted Rosalie back to the ca
CHAPTER EIGHT.ROSALIE'S POV."Someone should find me the guards I sent into the woods," I shouted randomly, with my heart clenching in pain as I increased the pressure of my weight on Alpha Cosmos's chest.I was trying everything in my power to revive him, and he was refusing to be revived. Something was wrong with the concoction I made, and I was confused because I used normal ingredients and mixtures.I had gone to the woods to grab more herbs, but upon returning, I was met with a commotion where everyone was prowling, and the words on their lips were that my patients had been poisoned.Judging by their suspicious eyes on me, I knew they were all pointing their fingers at me, whereas I was as astonished as they were."Anyone?!" I repeated, but just like the first question, no one answered me.The healers and the guards with some maids were all standing around in the room, glaring at me, and not moving. That was when I realised that no one went to the woods, and tears weighed up in
CHAPTER NINE.ROSALIE'S POV.I've never imagined myself blurting out a word about my pups in front of Jacqueline before, and to think that I spoke of them being his, not for once.I began to shiver from within and my legs wobbled. I was expecting him to say the next word so that I wouldn't snitch much more than I already had as I formed out what to respond to him with.Like the goddess was by my side, Jacqueline busted into a hilarious laugh, he held his stomach and laughed, then he spoke up, "Who do you think I am? A dumbass?" He laughed more.My astonished eyes went to Carl and saw he was just staring at his alpha with no expression on his face, though I knew he would be wondering about what was wrong with Jacqueline.I faced Jacqueline again, "I don't know what you're talking about." My voice was barely above a whisper."You are just like all those bitches out there who birth a pup who is not mine, and try to force their fatherhood on me. Though I see they're better, you're worse t
EPILOGUE.A month later.....Everything in the pack house had been normal, and for the past weeks, the other enemies of Jacqueline's pack had gone into extinction since the phoenix king and Scott were conquered. They feared Jacqueline and stayed clear away from his property.Michael had been visited and rewarded by Jacqueline, and he did well by apologising to him for stealing back his wife from Michael. They were friends til they met again.The pups had been sat down and made to understand who they were and they had been coping with the help of the parents and new uncle, Carl. Carl had become their first choice after their parentsAlso, Rosalie had been marked and coronated. She was already the pack's Luna, and that was all that...__________It was a cool evening in the pack house, and everywhere was filled with life. Jacqueline was sitting on his throne, exuding his Alphaship aura. Beside him, sat Rosalie gracefully on her Luna’s throne, her presence radiating strength and love.Sh
CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO.AUTHOR'S POV.In the wolf's world...The battle with the Phoenix king was over. The Phoenix King and his army lay slain, their flames extinguished, their threat vanquished, and they lay rotten on the floor and were vanishing into thin air. Jacqueline returned to the pack house in victory, leaving Carl and the guards in the territory to clear everywhere.His body was aching, and his mind was acting up. That was why he left the territory to the castle to see Rosalie. He didn't know what he was feeling until he saw the guards he had appointed to watch over Rosalie. Their nervous expressions immediately set him on edge.He narrowed his eyes at them. "What happened? Where is Rosalie?" His voice was sharp, demanding immediate answers.One of the guards swallowed hard before speaking. "She ran off to the human world, Alpha. She… she found out her pups were in danger. She left without waiting for further words."Jacqueline’s heart stopped for a moment before it picked ba
CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE.AUTHOR'S POV.In the human world...It was the weekend, and Michael, Rosalie's boyfriend, had woken up in the morning and had decided to take the children, Ricardo, Raymond, and Rowland, to the park for some fun. "Who will love to crush the weekend in the park?" He questioned the children cheerfully, and he had everything planned out.He had booked their tickets to enter, write down some fun places to visit, some new games to try, and another ticket for karaoke that would take place in the park at night.He had the day fully packaged with fun."Me!""Me!""Me!" The three children answered him joyfully, jumping gracefully returning his enthusiasm."Then, let's get our butts down there. There's one which just opened by the downtown, we should get there quickly if I step on the acceleration." He joked."Yay! I can't wait!" They chorused and hopped happily.The boys were at their happiest peak, and when Michael was leading them to where his car was parked, they were h
CHAPTER EIGHTY.ROSALIE'S POV.Briana's words made me halt. I frowned, searching her face for any hidden meaning but found nothing but her mock, "What are you talking about?" I demanded.Briana’s smile widened. "Oh, come now, Rosalie. Don’t tell me you don’t feel it. Something… out of place. Something… wrong. Simple."My heart skipped a beat, but I kept my expression neutral. I didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of knowing she had rattled me. I let her words sink in, trying to decipher their meaning. I glanced around the hallway, searching for anything out of the ordinary. But everything seemed normal. The guards were in position, the prisoners were secured, and the pack house was as it should be. Everywhere was as it was.I sighed, 'She must be bluffing.'"You’re wasting your breath," I said, my tone cold. "Whatever game you’re playing, it won’t work."Briana’s eyes gleamed with a wicked twisting brightness. "Aren’t your children in the human world? Or… don’t tell me you don’
CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE.ROSALIE'S POV.I was in Jacqueline's room, waiting. The walls of his chamber which had always been so comforting to me, now felt like they were closing in on me. My thoughts were a rollercoaster, rolling all around and running to him. 'Is he safe? Is the pack holding its ground? Should I be panicking? Should I check it out?'A lot just kept running in, and every scenario my mind conjured up only made the intestines in my stomach tighten.I tried to sit, to calm myself down at least, and I did, but the moment I sat down and stopped moving, my chest felt like it was being trampled under the weight of my worry.I jolted back up.''He’s out there, facing… who knows what," I muttered to myself, running my fingers through my hair. Rose began to growl at me. *Stay calm. Sit down, I'm trying to rest.*But how could I? How could I sit here, useless, when Jacqueline is out there and might need me?*Just calm down, he will be here in a bit.*Most times, Rose behaved like
CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT.AUTHOR'S POV.Jacqueline and Carl resumed their walk.Carl's mind ran back to the mysterious messenger, and his mind began to race at his words. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Jacqueline? Why would someone capable of causing such chaos on the pack just deliver a message and leave?" Carl mused aloud.Jacqueline’s expression was unreadable, his thoughts carefully guarded. He was just thinking about it too. "It’s not just the message. It’s the power they wield. That sound… it wasn’t meant to warn. It was meant to cripple us. Whoever they are, they wanted us vulnerable or better still, destroyed."Before Carl could respond, Jacqueline stiffened, his senses sharpening as a new presence came into his awareness. "Sh!" He cautioned Carl and listened til he got what he was looking for. "They’re here."A low growl rumbled in his chest as he turned to Carl. "Who?" Carl asked him, his voice dropping to a whisper.Jacqueline didn’t answer immediately. His heightene
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN.AUTHOR'S POV.The night air carried the faint scent of blood and despair, which flew all around the pack as Jacqueline and Carl walked the path leading to the pack’s territory where all the problems were generated. Where they were ready to catch the intruder red-handed.The tension between them was heightened, it was like a heavy weight that seemed to cling to their skin. Instead of shifting to get to their destination in a go, they had decided to walk some distance just to see what the damage had done to the pack.Jacqueline’s eyes were not fixed on a particular spot, it kept on moving from one person to the other in a bid to take in everything without missing out. Every step he took was calculated, he was cautious not to step on any growling individual, for the pack members had spread out on the floor, growling in pain that even when they scented their alpha passing by, they couldn't acknowledge him. Carl followed Jacqueline closely with jaw tight and fists
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX.AUTHOR'S POV.The sharp, painful sound had torn through the pack's territory, and everyone, the aged and pups, all felt it. It was unlike anything the wolves had ever experienced. It was shrill and piercing, a noise that seemed to bang directly into their skulls and pierced into their ears. It was an unspoken and unexpected pain for them all.For the lower-ranked wolves, especially the Omegas, it was another story entirely for them. All of them clutched their ears in agony, and when their eardrums couldn't hold it all in, it bled. "Ah!""Arg!""Argh!""Alpha!"Different cries of pain echoed across the pack as the weaker members collapsed on the ground, bleeding through their ears. Even some of the mid-ranked wolves struggled to stay upright, their faces pale as they fought to withstand the pain.They all forgot about the moon goddess at that moment, and cried to Jacqueline, "Alpha, help us!"Jacqueline, who was on his way to the throne room when the incident hap
CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE.ROSALIE'S POV.The taste of his lips lingered on mine. It was deeply salty from his tears, and bitter from his pain. I pulled closer to him to kiss him even harder, pouring every ounce of my regret, my love, my apology into that kiss. But he didn't return the kiss, and just when I thought he would respond, Jacqueline pulled back.His lips parted from mine with a finality that left my heart beating loudly in its ribcage. He stepped away, his eyes filled with emotions which I could read into and also feel. Anger, betrayal, sorrow and a pain which I knew was deeper than the ocean.Above all those, I could see his love for me somewhere at the deep of his heart, just by a small corner there. I felt it so little but I was glad it was something."Jacqueline…" I whispered, my voice trembling as I tried to reach closer to him.He held up a hand, stopping me in my tracks, he said no word. Just his eyes on me.His silence was louder than any yell, echoing than any accusati