Ximena“I’ve been waiting for you.” He muttered as he walked up to me, hugging my legs.For a moment I got lost, I wondered what he was talking about and how he knew I’d be here. I also realized that he was from this pack, I hadn’t asked which pack he was from and his family had visited the Shadow pack to strike the deal.“Wh— What are you talking about?” I asked, sniffing and he released my legs, moving to my favorite spot and patted it for me to sit.I was too stunned to say a word so I had to sit. “What are you doing here? How did you know I’d be here?” I stared at him intently and he smiled softly.“I don’t know, I just had a hunch, I told you previously that my instincts are always right.” He replied and I stared at him intently, this has got to be some crazy kid because why the heck would he be hovering around me and call it instincts?There was a strange thing about him, this kid felt like a part of me for odd reasons and the connection was insane even though I tried to ignore
Alvaro I was deep in thought as I remembered my mate— I failed to protect her, she was dead because of my incompetence.Not only her, I’ve been a terrible Alpha for months now, I can barely protect my people and it’s high time I take a bold step, this must end.If I had been more competent then this wouldn’t have happened. My wolf Alejandro was in so much pain, for days all he did was meditate without saying a word for me.It was torture. I remembered the words of my wife, Juan must never be trained by any woman, except my mate— his chances of having a mother just reduced from 50 to 0, all because of my bad governance.Maybe the Gamma is right, I’m not fit to rule, I should step down and let him rule, that way he’d take care of the pack.“Daddy!” Juan’s loud voice snapped me out of my trance and I smiled faintly, welcoming him in my arms.“How are you? Did you have fun outside?” I asked and he nodded. “Let’s take a stroll.” He suggested and I nodded, moving everything aside as I got
Ximena“Common, Ximena, we need to bury father.” Kushim muttered as he sat on the floor beside me. I was staring into the abyss, wondering how mother would cope without her mate, the man she had loved all her life.“It’s fine— We need to be strong for mom. We need to comfort her— Let’s go.” He urged as he stood up and stretched his hand out to me which I accepted with a faint smile.We both headed to the house where people were with Aarav trying to comfort mom who couldn’t stop sobbing.“It’ll be fine mom, we need to perform the rites.” I muttered and she nodded, finding it hard to control her tears.The next day the burial rites began and after fulfilling everything, father’s body was burnt and his ashes were scattered across the river.It was a very painful day and I just wanted it to be over, I wanted it to be some crazy dream I’d be waking up from but it was real as hell and I couldn’t stop sobbing as his ashes disappeared in the water the same way he’s disappearing from our lives
XIMENA“No— You can’t be serious about this— Why should we start from the border when there are other places to protect?” Mark demanded and I noticed that Beta Dhruv couldn’t get his eyes off me.It made me very uncomfortable because I couldn’t stop trying to figure out why he was staring at me. Of course he was shocked when he saw me and he stuttered when we first spoke but it wasn’t enough of an excuse for him to keep staring at me like I was some sort of ghost.“Mark, a faulty border would result in an accessible pack. We need to settle the borders first before thinking about the inside. We place guards on every border, every damned route both secret and public that leads outside of this pack and we instruct guards to keep a record of everyone coming and going out.” I suggested and he shook his head slightly.“I don’t know— That’s not what we do—“ He pointed out, reminding me about the shadow pack and I smiled. “That’s because the pack borders are strong. They’re different from t
AlvaroShock was an understatement for how I felt, I was speechless. “I’ll go after her.” A guard muttered and I raised my hand. “No, let her be.” I replied and Dhruv came to me while Juan was in shock as he stared at me with confusion.“Daddy, what’s going on? Do you know Ena?” He asked naively and I sighed heavily, I tried to still my racing heart, the way it pounded only made the pain I felt more excruciating.“It’s complicated. Dhruv, take Juan away. Daddy needs to settle some things, okay. Don’t worry about what just happened.” He looked like he wanted to protest but as a good boy, he nodded and walked away with Dhruv.“Alpha Alvaro, I’m very sorry for what just transpired. I’m Mark and I will make sure she apologizes for what she just did.” He pleaded and I nodded.“Just go.” I replied and he bowed before leaving. Without anybody in the room, I could face my conflicting emotions.“Mate is alive— She’s not dead— There’s still hope.” Alejandro announced excited
XimenaGetting home, I went straight into mom’s arms, breaking down immediately. “My heart is still in pain— I can’t seem to let go of him.” I cried softly and she patted my back.“With time, you will heal— Just focus on other things but him.” She advised and I nodded, sniffing and trying to stop the tears but they just kept gushing out.“It’s okay to still be in love, the bond is something we can’t describe. Don’t be too hard on yourself.” She whispered and I just kept crying, wishing my heart was immune.“I’ll be in my room.” I replied after a prolonged silence and rushed off before she could stare at me with pity. I wanted someone to comfort me, not pity me.Getting to my room, I fell to my knees weakly, my back pressed against the door as I sobbed uncontrollably, his words echoing in my head as I wished it could just go away.I’m a weakling, he rejected me because I was too weak to help the pack— So what now? If he apologizes, does that mean he wants me back? Would I foolishly put
Alvaro“Do you think she’ll come?” Juan asked for the hundredth time as he kept staring at the door while we both stood very close to the podium, welcoming all the visitors.He was frantically staring at the door, his excitement gradually getting replaced with disappointment.He hadn’t asked a thing about what had happened earlier and I was grateful for that. He had a small bouquet of roses in his hands which he kept arranging every passing minute and I made a small prayer to the goddess, pleading for her to make Ximena come to the party, if not for my sake but for that of Juan.The door flung open and behold, an angel stood at the entrance and believe me when I say, I wasn't the only one basking in her beauty and mesmerized by her presence.She was radiating a special kind of beauty that was second to none and peculiarly attractive. Everything about her screamed elegance, grace and sultriness.From where I stood, I could smell her fragrance, it was absolutely divine and I could almos
XimenaI enjoyed the great attention I was getting from everyone, especially Emiliano who had nothing to do but stare at me.I was slowly sipping juice when an old Alpha approached me. I could tell he was an Alpha because of his aura and he sat close to me, proudly upsetting the guys who had been staring at me, of which Alpha Alvaro was among.The look on his face was priceless and it was so satisfying to watch him. “I’m Alpha Gonzalo, I’m sure you must’ve heard of me.” He introduced and whether shock was written on my face, I tried my best to conceal it.Alpha Gonzalo— The famous Alpha who was ruthlessly known for being selfish, a man who was willing to trade his whole family just for his business? The man who had allowed his sister to be killed because he didn’t want to pay any ransom to her abductors even though he had a lot more than what they demanded.A cold shiver trickled down my spine and the juice suddenly turned bland. I wanted something stronger to keep my head high and no
Ximena“Good morning mom.” I muttered softly as she smiled at me, muttering a response. I felt very weak and tired, heading to the kitchen, I stopped when Aarav spoke.“A package came for you.” He muttered and I raised a brow. “Package? Do you mean my car? Grandmother sent it already?” I asked and he shook his head.“No, from the Alpha. It says, "thank you for saving me with a love emoji.” My mood turned sour as I frowned.“Why did you accept this?” I demanded, gasping in shock when I saw two big bags which the goddess knew what they’d contain, probably jewellery and whatever material thing he thinks can buy my forgiveness.“I didn’t— It would be rude to reject the gift of an Alpha, you might be able to do it but I’m not bold enough.” Kushim replied with a faint smile and I scoffed.“Gosh!” I whispered as I went upstairs back, I went to get a change of clothes because there was no way I’d be accepting any gift from him.“What’s wrong?” Aarav yelled after me but I was too infuriated to
Alvaro“What are you doing here? Didn’t you follow the other group?” Ximena demanded the moment she saw me, she didn’t look pleased one bit.We had all decided to go to every border with a group but I decided to follow her.“No, I decided to follow this group.” I replied, trying to sound very convincing.“I’m only trying to do my job, please don’t get in my way.” She muttered before walking away and I exhaled deeply.Looking at the North border, I wasn’t pleased with how everything was and neither was she. Her displeasure was very evident.“The borders are these bad and you’re complaining about being attacked, is this some sort of joke.” She snarled under her breath.Her intelligence knew no bounds and I kept questioning myself if she was still my mate, Ximena or a new person in the same body.“I didn’t know the border was like this. I know the other borders are fine and even if it was faulty, it’d have been reported to me and I’d have done something about it—““The— It was reported t
XimenaI enjoyed the great attention I was getting from everyone, especially Emiliano who had nothing to do but stare at me.I was slowly sipping juice when an old Alpha approached me. I could tell he was an Alpha because of his aura and he sat close to me, proudly upsetting the guys who had been staring at me, of which Alpha Alvaro was among.The look on his face was priceless and it was so satisfying to watch him. “I’m Alpha Gonzalo, I’m sure you must’ve heard of me.” He introduced and whether shock was written on my face, I tried my best to conceal it.Alpha Gonzalo— The famous Alpha who was ruthlessly known for being selfish, a man who was willing to trade his whole family just for his business? The man who had allowed his sister to be killed because he didn’t want to pay any ransom to her abductors even though he had a lot more than what they demanded.A cold shiver trickled down my spine and the juice suddenly turned bland. I wanted something stronger to keep my head high and no
Alvaro“Do you think she’ll come?” Juan asked for the hundredth time as he kept staring at the door while we both stood very close to the podium, welcoming all the visitors.He was frantically staring at the door, his excitement gradually getting replaced with disappointment.He hadn’t asked a thing about what had happened earlier and I was grateful for that. He had a small bouquet of roses in his hands which he kept arranging every passing minute and I made a small prayer to the goddess, pleading for her to make Ximena come to the party, if not for my sake but for that of Juan.The door flung open and behold, an angel stood at the entrance and believe me when I say, I wasn't the only one basking in her beauty and mesmerized by her presence.She was radiating a special kind of beauty that was second to none and peculiarly attractive. Everything about her screamed elegance, grace and sultriness.From where I stood, I could smell her fragrance, it was absolutely divine and I could almos
XimenaGetting home, I went straight into mom’s arms, breaking down immediately. “My heart is still in pain— I can’t seem to let go of him.” I cried softly and she patted my back.“With time, you will heal— Just focus on other things but him.” She advised and I nodded, sniffing and trying to stop the tears but they just kept gushing out.“It’s okay to still be in love, the bond is something we can’t describe. Don’t be too hard on yourself.” She whispered and I just kept crying, wishing my heart was immune.“I’ll be in my room.” I replied after a prolonged silence and rushed off before she could stare at me with pity. I wanted someone to comfort me, not pity me.Getting to my room, I fell to my knees weakly, my back pressed against the door as I sobbed uncontrollably, his words echoing in my head as I wished it could just go away.I’m a weakling, he rejected me because I was too weak to help the pack— So what now? If he apologizes, does that mean he wants me back? Would I foolishly put
AlvaroShock was an understatement for how I felt, I was speechless. “I’ll go after her.” A guard muttered and I raised my hand. “No, let her be.” I replied and Dhruv came to me while Juan was in shock as he stared at me with confusion.“Daddy, what’s going on? Do you know Ena?” He asked naively and I sighed heavily, I tried to still my racing heart, the way it pounded only made the pain I felt more excruciating.“It’s complicated. Dhruv, take Juan away. Daddy needs to settle some things, okay. Don’t worry about what just happened.” He looked like he wanted to protest but as a good boy, he nodded and walked away with Dhruv.“Alpha Alvaro, I’m very sorry for what just transpired. I’m Mark and I will make sure she apologizes for what she just did.” He pleaded and I nodded.“Just go.” I replied and he bowed before leaving. Without anybody in the room, I could face my conflicting emotions.“Mate is alive— She’s not dead— There’s still hope.” Alejandro announced excited
XIMENA“No— You can’t be serious about this— Why should we start from the border when there are other places to protect?” Mark demanded and I noticed that Beta Dhruv couldn’t get his eyes off me.It made me very uncomfortable because I couldn’t stop trying to figure out why he was staring at me. Of course he was shocked when he saw me and he stuttered when we first spoke but it wasn’t enough of an excuse for him to keep staring at me like I was some sort of ghost.“Mark, a faulty border would result in an accessible pack. We need to settle the borders first before thinking about the inside. We place guards on every border, every damned route both secret and public that leads outside of this pack and we instruct guards to keep a record of everyone coming and going out.” I suggested and he shook his head slightly.“I don’t know— That’s not what we do—“ He pointed out, reminding me about the shadow pack and I smiled. “That’s because the pack borders are strong. They’re different from t
Ximena“Common, Ximena, we need to bury father.” Kushim muttered as he sat on the floor beside me. I was staring into the abyss, wondering how mother would cope without her mate, the man she had loved all her life.“It’s fine— We need to be strong for mom. We need to comfort her— Let’s go.” He urged as he stood up and stretched his hand out to me which I accepted with a faint smile.We both headed to the house where people were with Aarav trying to comfort mom who couldn’t stop sobbing.“It’ll be fine mom, we need to perform the rites.” I muttered and she nodded, finding it hard to control her tears.The next day the burial rites began and after fulfilling everything, father’s body was burnt and his ashes were scattered across the river.It was a very painful day and I just wanted it to be over, I wanted it to be some crazy dream I’d be waking up from but it was real as hell and I couldn’t stop sobbing as his ashes disappeared in the water the same way he’s disappearing from our lives
Alvaro I was deep in thought as I remembered my mate— I failed to protect her, she was dead because of my incompetence.Not only her, I’ve been a terrible Alpha for months now, I can barely protect my people and it’s high time I take a bold step, this must end.If I had been more competent then this wouldn’t have happened. My wolf Alejandro was in so much pain, for days all he did was meditate without saying a word for me.It was torture. I remembered the words of my wife, Juan must never be trained by any woman, except my mate— his chances of having a mother just reduced from 50 to 0, all because of my bad governance.Maybe the Gamma is right, I’m not fit to rule, I should step down and let him rule, that way he’d take care of the pack.“Daddy!” Juan’s loud voice snapped me out of my trance and I smiled faintly, welcoming him in my arms.“How are you? Did you have fun outside?” I asked and he nodded. “Let’s take a stroll.” He suggested and I nodded, moving everything aside as I got