When they arrived at the restaurant, Jazmine should have expected it to turn out this way. It was the fanciest and expensive restaurant in the town. She almost cursed to herself for agreeing to Jay’s dinner invitation. Their dinner was served a few minutes after ordering. Jay ordered most of the stuff. Jazmine didn’t bother about it because, for sure, he knew more than her.
Jazmine sat there as Jay began to talk about his life, accomplishments, and family. He came from a wealthy family, of course. Everyone in the company knew how wealthy Bernard’s family was. His father, Gale, was a former state senator and a very successful businessman who owned hotels and resorts. Natalie Bernard, Jay’s mother, was a CEO of a multi-billion corporation. She inherited it from her father after he had passed away. As the only child in the family, she became a billionaire overnight with all the wealth. The association betwee
The next morning, Liam woke up earlier than anyone else. He had an alarm clock in his mind that helped him to wake up on time. Because of his fixed schedule in the pack, Liam was used to waking up early. Now, leading a normal life briefly made him feel utterly useless. Liam never knew a life outside a pack. He didn’t know what to do in all those hours.He just sat there on his bed, thinking about what he should do next. It was just four in the morning. That was his usual waking time. He would go for a patrol at four-thirty in the morning and then every four hours. That would take two hours. When he came back to the pack mansion, breakfast was already served by the pack’s cooks. Liam would do some paperwork in the morning and some training in the afternoon. He would do a last patrolling session of the day at six in the evening. By the time he returned, dinner was served. He slept at eleven in th
Jazmine sat there in the kitchen, staring blankly at the wall. She couldn’t believe that she said it to Liam. When Liam said he wasn’t married and the redheaded woman in his photo was a wife to his friend, Jazmine was elated, somehow. But then, she managed to ruin the rest of the conversation. She mentioned his leader was heartless.Was that why Liam stormed off, leaving her in the park?“Why are you awake this early?” Anita walked into the kitchen and opened a fridge to grab a bottle of water. “Where’s Liam? I didn’t see him in his room.”“Anita…” Jazmine called. “I said something harsh to Liam.”Was it harsh? She didn’t know. She didn’t know anything about Liam’s life in the estate where he grew up. She didn’t know anyone in that estate. His words rang in her ears like audio on a loop. She couldn’t forget the way he said those sentences.&
“Oi!” Anita waved her hands in front of his face.Liam snapped from his deep thoughts as the waiter came to their table with the foods they ordered earlier.“What are you thinking?” His sister asked.“Just some stuff I discussed with Zidane.”“Geez, you never stopped thinking about work.”Liam was mostly in his own world for the whole time. He wasn’t the type to take a long vacation either because he knew how big his role was in the pack.“To think about it, what kind of work do you do?” Jazmine asked.“Workshops,” Liam replied. “I repair mo
The next morning, Liam arrived in Zidane’s pack mansion. Cohen planned to do a meeting with Liam regarding the departure of his parents from the pack. Liam could barely sleep, and he chose not to tell Anita yet. He didn’t want to worry his sister for no reason.“Cohen…” Liam greeted his Alpha.“Sorry to ruin the mood yesterday,” Cohen said to him. “If I keep it a secret, it would ruin more.”“No, it’s good. What did they say?”“Well, they submitted the documents. They said it was time for them to leave the pack.”Liam chuckled as he sat down. “It’s ironic. They didn’t like Anita leaving the pack. Yet, they’re doi
“This is….” Liam paused.Jazmine looked ahead, and a blush crept her cheeks. When Anita suggested they go shopping before the vacation, Jazmine didn’t expect this would happen. Lately, Jazmine was busy getting her work done, so she came home late, but Anita was just there every time she came home. Anita kept saying that Liam had other business to attend to. The entire week passed just like that, and their summer vacation would start in the morning.“Anita, why would you drag us here?” Jazmine asked, shaking her best friend, who kept laughing like a maniac.The store that Anita suggested was a lingerie store.“You need some bathing suits. Don’t tell me you’re going to spend your summer in clothes? Right, Liam?&r
The next day, Liam strolled around the building, looking for something suspicious. He got in contact with the Ghost team that was watching Anita since day one. Liam went to the gym that he frequented in the past few days and spotted a few guys working out. He walked into the locker room and encountered the member of the Ghost team, Ian.“I’ve acquired the information you wanted,” Ian said, handing a brown envelope to Liam. “One month ago, there was an increase in murder cases in the town. Although the victims seemed random, the killer shared similarity.”Liam opened the envelope and looked through the file and photos inside. Then, his hand stopped at one photo. A picture of a man shifted into a grey wolf. Liam recognized the man because he was once part of Cohen’s pack. He was banished from the pack after he was found g
# Jazmine’s memoriesWhen she was a little girl, Jazmine never understood why her mother, Helen, sent her to her uncle, Richard, who lived five states away from their home. Richard Diaz, a successful businessman who often went abroad for business trips, suddenly became a legal guardian to a four-year-old girl. His bachelor life ended right when she showed up on his front door with her mother. Richard was never a good cook or good cleaner, but he did everything he could for Jazmine, the four-year-old girl who never saw him once in her life. His life was once filled with wild parties, beautiful women, powerful allies, and work suddenly became a life full of tea parties, bedtime stories, groceries shopping, and princess’ dress shopping. Everything changed instantly.He did everything he could to give her the best life and everything s
Liam’s hands clenched on the steering wheel after those words left Anita’s mouth. He never expected Jazmine to be in a certain predicament where she was constantly monitored and protected by others. For five years, Liam thought he would be the one to cause inconvenience in her life, and little did he know, he wasn’t part of that. He realized his mistakes. He shouldn’t have left Jazmine at that time.“I don’t know the full story because she never mentioned all the details to me,” Anita added as she pulled out a blanket and covered Jazmine with it. “What I know is her uncle passed away when she was seventeen. Jazmine didn’t tell me the details, but it seemed her uncle’s death wasn’t natural. The cops would come to see her from time to time when she was in school until her first year in college. I even thought about hiring a private investigato
# Jazmine's memory"Are you sure this is what you wanted?" Mira asked her.They visited Stefano together despite the latter being busy handling his Council and the berserk werewolves that slowly made their recovery. Still, they would never be able to live a normal life like before."Liam is all I ever wanted, and you know that," Jazmine replied. "One day, old age will consume him, and I'll have to live on without him. I don't want that.""You know there's a price to pay," Stefano said. "You have to lose your power in return for giving up your immortality. It means you will give up for Godly traits to be a normal mortal being.""I can live without having any power," Jaz
"I'm immortal, Liam," Jazmine blurted the words right out just after Liam finished his shower in the morning.She had been gathering the courage to talk to him about it. But every time she wanted to talk about it, she couldn't say a word. She wanted to grow closer to Liam, loving him the way he loved her. But the miscommunication slowly caused a rift between them.Liam stood there, repeatedly blinking while trying to dry his dripping wet hair. The rift in the relationship wasn't that visible for everyone else to see, but it was visible for both of them."How are you taking it? That I'm immortal?" Jazmine asked, looking at him.They slept on the same bed. They grew accustomed to each other's presence, but the relationship had yet to move to the next b
A week later,"Have some rest, Anita." Jazmine pulled the duvet to cover her up.It had been a week since the court hearing. Anita was discharged from the hospital and recuperated in the pack mansion. Jazmine knew that inside, Anita was grateful for the decision of the courthouse despite it still wasn't the happiest news she had received. But, Mira fought for her just as much as Luna fought for a fair justice system.# TrialJahan collected all the documents from the seven Councilors, and he was looking through them one by one—make sure everything was in order."3 Councilors are in favor of the punishment," he revealed, putting the three documents to his right. "3 Councilors are not in fav
Anita demanded the Enforcer drove her to the Council when she heard that the battle was won, and Rowan surrendered himself to the Council to answer his crimes. She knew that even though the Council was under a new system, there was still a high chance that she would never see him again, especially he was involved in the conspiracy to eradicate all supernatural species. Anita knew Mira was the deciding voter for Rowan's punishment. She was hoping that Mira would show a little bit of mercy."Rowan!" Anita shouted his name as soon as she arrived there at the same time as him.Rowan was handcuffed and escorted by Brandon into the building when she got there. They won the battle, but another one was about to happen—the battle for her mate. Anita was going to fight for Rowan if she had to. He was still her mate.Rowan kept his head low and murmured something to the Gamma. Brandon glanced at Anita for a second before he escorted Rowan into the building, and the g
For years, she lived as if she was a human. No matter how hard she tried, she could never be a human again. She was a human once, but now, she was no longer a human.She was the result of an experiment, something that was hard for her to swallow.Jazmine stood there in the back of her mind, surrounded by darkness. The loud voices had left her, and now, everything was in complete silence. There was nothing else left for her here. She didn't know what happened out there. Everything became blurry for her. The memories she had about her family and Uncle Richard had become a distant past and unreachable. She couldn't remember much about them anymore, as if someone deliberately erased those memories one by one."Jazmine...Jazmine...." Someone called from somewhere.Jazmine spun around and saw a beautiful woman dressed in white standing before her. Her hair was as white as snow and her eyes as blue as the sky. Her smile was dazzling, and her skin was glowing wit
# Mira's memory"The big boss is in there," Mira said, pointing to the tallest building in the realm.Sylas looked at her as if she had some loose screws in her head but remembering that Mira was the type of person who didn't shy away from dangers made Sylas rethink the plan once more."You're planning to kill the big boss?" Sylas asked.Mira didn't answer him. The entire plan had changed the moment Mira took the lead. She killed the Outer Angels along the way without feeling remorse about it. Nothing in the world could clean the blood that coated her hands since the day she decided to become Mira Red, the well-known redheaded huntress.This time she wasn't fighting for herself. She was fighting for Liam's happiness. Liam had sacrificed everything for her and Cohen. Mira thought it was about time she repaid Liam for that. She didn't care if she had to make a deal with an Outer being, but for as long as they got Jazmine back to Liam, that was all th
The doom shattered, but it wasn't quick enough to stop Jazmine from touching the Sword of the Doombringer. Abbadon's sneer laughter echoed throughout the realm, stopping everyone on their track. Jazmine was holding the sword with her head hung low with her body trembling as she laughed wickedly.There was no hint of the real Jazmine anymore. The laughter sounded like thousands of voices combined, and it sent shivers down everyone's spine. Abbadon looked pleased even though the outcome wasn't what she had anticipated, but it was better than nothing.Combined with Mira's dark manifestation, Jazmine's soul became corrupted, and she fell into the darkness. With the sword of the Doombringer's influence, Jazmine strayed further from the Path of Light."Mira," Cohen called as he stood next to his mate while the Alpha's heirs stood behind them."Luna, what's going on?" Liam asked.At first, it was the battle against the Knights of Death. Now, it was a batt
Jazmine grabbed the chain from the ground right before Abbadon swung the Sword of the Doombringer to her. The chain wrapped around the sword, and Jazmine dodged it just in time. As her skin continued to make contact with the chain, a voice inside her head laughed at her as if something had possessed her.Jazmine pulled away, staggering. The laughter grew stronger inside her mind. Something dark was lurking at the back of her mind causing her to be unable to think straight. Once in a while, the scene before her eyes kept shifting to a darker scene. Jazmine fell to the ground with her hands clenching. What was happening to her mind? Why did she keep seeing the destruction of the world? Why did she keep feeling the blood coated her hands as if she killed those people with her own hands?"Luna," Liam called as if he recognized what was happening to his mate. He looked to his side and noticed Mira was looking at Jazmine with intense eyes.The werewolves and their all
# Cohen's memory"Demon wolves," Stefano revealed to them the nature of their pups in Mira's bulging tummy. "All three of them are going to be born as demon wolves."Worries plastered on Cohen's face when the words sunk into his mind. This wasn't the first time he heard that his pups would be demon wolves when they were born. He had suspected it long ago, and also, Clavier hinted him the same thing. Hearing this suspicious had just added more worries in the Alpha. Not only because Clavier told him his pups would be stronger than Mira, but he also mentioned that the pups would be harder to control."This is very a rare case," the High Lord continued, "I've seen many births of hybrids during my time. They were either born as one of the parents' origin. Take an example of a hybrid of v