~BREE~I turned his face so he could face me, and I couldn't believe he had tears in his eyes, but he quickly wiped them away and then cleared his throat before he started speaking.“Since she escaped and William found her, she started living like a human, and with William’s help, she succeeded, as after finding out she was pregnant, they started using drugs that would delay my wolf, and with some witches' help, my wolf was bound to stay in there; I’m not supposed to even have it.”“What?” I was shocked. Sure, I heard of bonding, and I understood it was possible, but why?“She didn’t want anything to do with the werewolf world; that's why she bound her wolf and the reason she smells like a human.”“Oh,” I was out of words, and I didn’t want to seem shocked.“Isabella, she was my friend; we met in college-”“School?”“Yes, we went to college together. I once found her struggling to keep her wolf in, and that’s when I discovered they existed. I always had nightmares of a creature, which
~BREE~ I couldn’t believe what I had just heard—did he kill his mate? I mean, it had to be his first because I was his mate too. “She was not one of the good people, but when I found her, we felt the bond. I was about to accept her when she suddenly attacked me, and my men had no choice but to shoot her, and unfortunately silver... could kill her and so-” “I’m so sorry." I didn’t know what to say, but from his voice, I could tell he was hurt. “And when you made my heart beat, I realized you might be my second chance. Glinda told me I would find my second chance, but if I lost her, I would remain mateless, as the goddess only blesses one with two mates, and believe it or not, I still want to experience that feeling of having a mate,” he explained, and it now made sense. “I'm so sorry.” “It's okay, I have you now, and once we awaken your wolf and she confirms the bond, I will try to be the best mate for you.” “What if I'm not—you know, your mate?” I wanted to know what he would do
~ZANDER~I took a swig of my drink with my eyes fixed on the woman, whose name I had forgotten, she was comfortably sleeping; her arms were spread on the bed as she tried to get ahold of the end of the mattress but failed as the mattress was larger."Hmmm...” she moaned as she turned her head so that it could face the other side; she seemed to be enjoying herself. “I love you too, Asher. I will always love you.” She said in a sleepy tone; it was clear she was dreaming, fucking dreaming.‘She must love him so much.’ Ray said, and I agreed with a nod.‘Are you sure she's willing to take him down?’‘I’m not sure, but let's hope she is; let's hope she's not here to make a fool out of us.’ Ray said in a warning tone, and I agreed, if she was here on a mission, then it would really be bad for her because I would not spare her fucking life."Ow, you will leave Aubree for me?" She dreamily said, and the mention of Aubree's name triggered something in me and before I knew it I had thrown the g
~BREE~My head was hurting. I tried so hard to open my eyes but failed as they felt heavy. On the fourth attempt, I succeeded as the bright light shone on them, and I quickly looked away. Why would one keep the curtains open?I struggled to sit up while my hand rubbed my forehead; that's when I noticed a bandage was wrapped around my head.I closed my eyes and tried to remember something—anything, but nothing. The only thing that came to mind was Olivia bowing to me and the feeling of power rushing through my veins.I just prayed I hadn't done anything stupid. Well, the bandage was a good start, as they wouldn't care to bandage my head if I had done something bad.“You're awake.” I heard a familiar voice, which made me look up. It was Olivia, and looking at her, I could tell she was perfectly fine.“Alright, how many fingers am I holding out?” William, who was in his doctor uniform, a white coat over his blue suit, asked. He was holding out three fingers.“Three,” I said after clearin
~BREE~ He was silent for a moment, and it made my heart skip a beat. Why did I leave when it was clear Asher didn't have any intentions of killing me? “If only I hadn't run away, this is all my fault,” I scratched on the bandage around my head at the realization, “he could be alive if—” “Wait, you care that much for him?” Asher cut me as he turned to face me. I looked at him confused; if I didn't know well, I would think he was jealous. “W-what?” “No. Why does it matter whether he's alive or not? He was a nobody.” “You don't know that,” I said and quickly faced away from him. “He saved my life twice; of course, he was somebody to me.” “Did you really care that much for him?” “Did you really have to kill him?” “That didn't answer my question.” “Neither did you.” I was annoyed at how he just killed whenever he felt like it, at least if he cared so much for me as he claimed then he could have spared his life because he saved me. I walked to the bed and sat down. I buried my fac
~BREE~I wanted to think it was in my head, but it wasn't. Olivia was right; if the book opened to my blood, then it meant I was really a witch, but how was that even possible?How could the same Alena, who was a witch, be my mother?I caught my breath and calmed myself, my eyes still on the book, which was still paging itself.I felt Olivia's hand on my back but didn't flinch as I was too shaken; it was like I wasn't myself. Then I watched as the book flew to the table and lay there; it was like it was human because why didn't it land on the floor?“Aubree?” Olivia called my name, and I slowly turned to her, not wanting to look away from the book. “You need to calm down,” she was patting my back. I didn't respond with words but a nod. No matter how difficult it seemed, I still tried very hard to calm myself.“I…I don’t…I don't know…what to… to say.” I struggled to say that at once. Olivia nodded in understanding.“You don't have to say anything,” she said and then moved closer to the
~ASHER~I just partly opened up to Aubree and it felt great. I even confessed to liking her—I knew I loved her, but I couldn't tell her that. I might scare her away. She was about to respond when my stupid phone started ringing. I ignored it, but she insisted I pick it up as it might be important.I hesitated but picked, and that's when Tyler gave me the news. I couldn't believe that bastard would risk his life like that.It was an emergency, and it couldn't wait, so I apologetically told Aubree, who wasn't against it, I didn't want to leave her, but I knew if I didn't go, she would be the one to suffer the consequences, so I left after asking mom to take good care of her.“Alpha?” Tyler was already waiting for me outside. I gave him a nod and got in the backseat car, and Tyler joined me shortly after.“So, you say he's launched an attack?” I asked, and Tyler confirmed with a nod.“But Jerry and our men are blocking his way; there's no way he will leave his pack without a fight, and w
~ASHER~I was about to give the order when I heard Tylan's voice. I haven't heard from him in two days now.‘What do you mean?’ I asked as I found what he was suggesting to be nonsense.‘Think about it; the Bloodmoons are as strong as us; if we start this, they might end up hurting our mate.’ He explained, and I hesitated, ‘Remember that if we lose her, we will live forever without a mate, and what's life without a partner?’ Tylan reasoned, and he was right: I would lose everything, but not my mate. Sure, it was not confirmed yet as she had no wolf, but even if she wasn't my mate, I wouldn't risk her life.I shook myself out of my state and turned to Tyler, who had a wicked smile on his face. “I will speak to him.”“What?! I mean…” He cleared his throat, realizing that he was sounding disrespectful at first. “We won't get a chance like this.”“We won't fail, Alpha; we've taken down men stronger than this,” Jerry said, sounding desperate.“I know, but still, I won't risk my wife's life
~ZANDER~‘Maybe we could do something now.’ I heard Ray suggest.‘What are you saying?’‘Maybe it's not late; maybe we could fix things.’ Ray suggested, and an idea popped into my head with that; I cleared my voice before heading down, which caught Aubree's attention as she turned to me.“Hi, I wasn't expecting you, but I am happy you're here.”“I couldn't sleep; I want to know what Kaden told you.” She said somehow it hurt me that she wasn't here to see me; I don't know why, but I masked the pain and then cleared my voice again before turning to Stephen.“We have an urgent meeting. Let everyone get ready in five minutes, starting from the eldest to the youngest, pregnant or sick, including babies. I want them all in the pack's meeting point.” I instructed him, and I could tell he was confused, but he didn't dare question as he nodded, bowed, and then excused himself.I turned to Aubree, who shook her head in confusion.“You still work for me and…” She looked down at her wristwatch, t
~ZANDER~After Dad confirmed Aubree’s parents were alive and the possibility of them being responsible for the pack's recent attacks, I ordered Stephen to give them food for their valuable information but still left them there.I promised to free them only when they got an idea of where Aubree’s parents could be.I was now pacing in my room; I still couldn't believe that Alpha Thiago could be Aubree’s uncle, that Aubree’s parents were alive.It was going to be difficult to try and find them since Thiago believed that his brother was dead.I kept pacing, hoping one or two things could come up, but nothing; my parents were my only hope, even when they didn't show signs of knowing; I just had to hope on them.‘What about Allison? What if she took our company because she found out what Dad did to her mate's brother?’ Ray suggested, but that was impossible.‘Allison said she took it to show us that she was more than just a woman, so no, I don't think it's the case.’ I answered and lazily r
~ZANDER~Stephan took my order seriously as next Kaden started screaming while Stephan used a saw to cut his hand.“Oooh!” He just cried and screamed in pain without giving in. After they cut the hand, I asked that they dip it in acid, but before that, I walked to Kaden and gave him the last chance to speak, but he still refused and even called me weak, so with no mercy they dipped the stump of his arm in acid while I watched him scream.It was frustrating as even that didn't get him to give in.“Take his toenails and continue tomorrow,” I said, then left him screaming in pain while Stephen and the five guards removed his toenails.When I reached my bedroom, I walked straight to the shower and washed my body; it was already evening.I didn't take long in the shower, and after I was done, I walked to my bed, got my phone, and called the guards responsible for Aubree's safety.“Yes, Alpha Asher is also around, and there haven't been any suspicious movements.”“Good. Remember, if anythi
~ZANDER~‘It's normal to feel that way; she's our mate.’ Ray said while I shook my head, still sniffing the seat where she earlier sat.‘I don't get it; I rejected her. Why do I still feel this way?’‘Because our bond will take more than a simple rejection to break it, now we are getting late; we need to figure out what Kaden and Jocelyn are up to.’ Ray insisted, and he was right. I don't know what Jocelyn was planning, but I knew it was not good, so I had to stop it before it affected my mate, I mean before it affected Aubree.I sat back in my seat and started the car since I stopped in the middle of nowhere just to sniff Aubree's scent.It didn't take long to get back at my pack; Stephen had already locked Kaden up, and they were just waiting for me, so after parking the car, I walked in and went straight to the torture room, where I once locked Aubree.Inside I was met with Stephen, who was sitting on a wooden chair with five guards surrounding them. Stephen stood up as soon as he
~BREE~I was in shock; I mean, how did that even make sense, beta betraying alpha? I've never heard of that, so it might be a mistake, or maybe my magic was failing me.“Alright, now we know for sure why Kaden has been weird.” I heard Zander say, which was still sounding so wrong to me, “Have one of the staff spy on them, and when Kaden leaves, you lock him up, and we'll take it from there.” Zander instructed before ending the call and turning to me.“Kaden betrayed you?” I wanted him to confirm it as this was too weird.“Looks like it, but we are not sure yet. For what we know, Jocelyn might threaten him or something,” he said, and I nodded my head. “Alright, do you want me to drop you off? I have some things to take care of.”“Yes, sure, and thank you,” I said as I didn't want to bother Jerry, and Antonio was the last person on my mind. Zander started the car, and before I knew it, we were on the road driving out of town.I was lost in my thoughts, still trying to wrap my head aroun
~BREE~I didn't want to overthink it, so I asked.“I honestly don't know, but trust me, I will figure it out. I will set you free like you want,” he said, and I nodded and cleared my throat before I asked about Isabella.“I know something is going on between you two.”“Yes… it was… Honestly, I don't know how to say it.” God, it's like he was shy of me; I mean, I was just a slave, a useless omega a few months ago, so this still felt unreal.“So you admit?”“It happened twice, but I promise that was it; I've avoided her since.”“Okay, so what was your plan?”“No plan. I mean, all I can tell you is to be careful with her; don't trust her.”“Why?”“It's a long story, but…” He stopped and apologized before he picked up his ringing phone. “Are you sure?” He knitted his brows, which made me wonder what was happening. “Alright, stay there.” And with that, he ended the call and looked at me.“Is everything okay?” I asked.“Yes, umm, Stephan just saw Jocelyn enter one of the nearby hotels.”“W-
~BREE~Zander didn't say anything for a moment as if rethinking.“This is not funny. Who's after me?” I asked.“Okay, calm down.” He said, “I was just wondering, but there's nothing to worry about; I won't let anything happen to you.” He said, confusing me because the Zander I knew never cared about me.“What do you mean?”“You will not understand.”“Yes, if you don't tell me. What’s going on, Zander?”“Okay, I... I just thought Jocelyn might try and attack you, and I just wanted to make sure you were okay.” He scratched his head.“I can protect myself, and besides, my mate is very powerful,” I said before clearing my voice and asking him to start as he wanted to go first.“I want to start by apologizing. For what I did, I am genuinely sorry. If there was something you wanted me to do, even cutting my fingers, I would do it. I was a fool and deserve any punishment you deem worthy.” I don't know why I allowed him to finish, but there's something about speaking from the heart. Yes, his
~BREE~I knew it would happen; I had just forgotten, as the past few days I've been slowly practicing the magic, how it worked, and all the tricks. That's how I learned how to lift and safely lend objects with magic, so I knew how to stop it, so I did, which even stunned Glinda more.“Oh my god!” She hit her head as if trying to concentrate; she was in so much shock.I didn’t have words to defend myself; instead, I ran my hands through my hair.“You... you're powerful?” It sounded like a question, “And I think you know what you are? Are you… a witch? Yes…” She came in front of me and eyed me as if trying to read me. “You are?” she said, but luckily a knock was heard on the door, which made me turn to it and ask the person to come in.“Mrs. Clark, Mr. Conners is here.” It was my PA.“Oh yes, send him in.”“We... we are not done?”“Sorry, my meeting with Zander is very important.”“Are you kidding me? This is what's most important now: with such power usually comes enemies, your life…”
~BREE~The times I've encountered Glinda, there was no day she looked this nervous, so it got me wondering if something serious had happened.“Please sit,” I said as my PA closed the door, giving us privacy.“I prefer to stand. It’s serious.” She answered, and I nodded, then asked her to speak.“You said it’s about the last time. Did you discover something else? I mean, I thought you gave up working for Asher after I asked you to leave last time, but for you to come here must mean it’s serious.”“It is, but before that, I made something for you,” she said and then reached into her backpack. I watched closely as she brought out a bracelet; it looked like the one Asher had on, except this one had a purple crystal. “It’s customized for you.” She said, handing it to me.“Oh, thank… thank you.”“With it, you can be close to your mate, even mate with no pain; it holds the waves.” She added, and I smiled as I worked it on my wrist. “There’s something I wanted to ask you… it’s regarding your