{Note: Continuing to that night.}~BREE~“Remove his pants too.” I instructed as the woman Asher hired got on top of Zander, “I hope you got that shot too,” I said to the photographer who was taking pictures of them.Zander was wasted as he was being moved like an object by the woman. The woman knew how to do her job well, as she even further forced his eyes open at times just so he could look like he knew what he was doing.Yes, this was the plan. To trick Zander, I had to pretend I was the one who wanted to see him and trust me. Each time I was making the call, I had to puke first, and after, he just sounded disgusting to me. The funny part is he thought I wanted him; he didn't exactly say it, but I could tell by the disgust in his tone.Thank God it worked, as I was able to lure him here. Asher and Tyler worked on everything, like getting his beer drugged and hiring the woman and photographer.“The photos will be leaked first thing in the morning; trust me, he will not show his fac
~BREE~I couldn't wait to see or hear what Isabella was doing here, so I got out as soon as the car stopped. I didn't even wait for Jerry to open the door for me as I rushed to the door and barged in.I could hear Tyler scolding Jerry for speaking in front of me, but I didn't mind; I was not weak, so if the two played me, I was ready to defend myself.Inside I was shocked to find Isabella on her knees while Asher asked her to stop talking.I took small steps, making out what I was witnessing. Isabella was here begging for forgiveness while Asher seemed uninterested."Oh, there she is,” Asher said as he came to me and took me into his arms. Asher kissed my forehead before he turned to Isabella, who was still on her knees. "I want you to tell her everything,” Asher said, and Isabella hesitated, but when Asher called for guards, she started talking.“I'm sorry I lied to you.” She was looking at me. I looked at Asher, then back at her, as I now understood what was happening. Asher didn't
~BREE~I sniffed the pillow one last time before I got out of bed and walked to the window. I've never felt so relaxed in my life; I've never even dreamt of it.After allowing the sun to penetrate through my skin, I walked to the bathroom and took a shower. The best part about the bath was washing my hair, which was now growing strong. The shampoo had a bit of Asher’s scent, which I've been crazy in love with.Even before getting out of bed, I had to sniff his pillow first because I was too ashamed to sniff him in person; it would make it suspicious too.It took about an hour to be fully ready. I took my time in the shower, as the last days felt like I hadn't bathed properly.I was now fully ready, dressed in an umbrella green dress. Asher said he likes me in dresses. I was used to trousers as I grew up in one; I never had clothes like this, and I wasn't comfortable in dresses, but somehow pleasing Asher made me happy, and yes, if you ask me, I will deny it. I was in denial; I didn't
~BREE~Okay, she was really confused because there was no way I was pregnant; I never slept with anyone. I mean, I was still a virgin, so how could I be?“We just have to confirm it then..." She pulled me by my arm, “announce it to the whole pack and community; God, I cannot wait.” She really sounded excited. “All this while I've been trying to get you two to be intimate only to hear that you guys have already started doing the act, naughty kids.” She kept talking as she didn't allow me to speak.I didn't realize when we descended the stairs, as we were now downstairs in the living room. Cora was set to get me to the door, but I stopped.“We need to see a doctor to confirm. My god, I already know how you're going to announce the pregnancy to the pack. Since you haven't been around, you tell them you were busy because no one knows you once ran away from us. Okay, what's funny?” She asked as I burst into laughter.“I'm not pregnant,” I said after catching my breath, Cora didn't seem to
~BREE~My heart started racing. What did Zander want? Of course, he probably found out I tricked him, but why did he still have the guts to call me? Did it mean the plan backfired? With that thought, I quickly picked up the call and placed it on the loudspeaker; I didn't want to put it on my ear.“How dare you?”“Excuse me?”“You set me up.”“Oh, yes, I did. So how did it turn out?” I said, holding my breath, hearing his voice still stirred fear in me. The last times I spoke to him, Asher and Tyler were with me, so I felt safe.“You don't know what you did, Aubree; I will make you pay—aah!" He sounded like he was drinking because he let out a sound that he always did when taking strong liquor; it was the result of it burning his throat.“Is that the reason you called?” I was now taking in deep breaths far from the phone, as it was on the bed. My body was slightly shivering, but even with my body shivering, my voice still sounded calm."Oh, I see how it is now; you think you're safe? Y
~BREE~“What? Did…did you just say Mr. Conners, do you mean Zander?” She nodded her head, confirming. “Good, tell me more.”“Okay, for example, the Moon Valley company provides the same services as yours, for example, the handling of client accounts.”“Yes, go on.”“So it makes them your competitor.”“Really?” Okay, I knew nothing about this."Yes, Mrs. Clark, so if you want more clients to come to you, then you’ll have to give them a reason why they shouldn’t go to Mr. Connors, so that’s where planting spies come in.”“What?”“You plant someone in the Moon Valley company who can be leaking client information, which would make clients not want to work with the Moon Valley and trust you more.” She explained, and trust me, this was the only interesting part of the whole lesson.“So I can do that?” I asked, an evil smile playing on my lips."Yes, but for that to happen, we need to be skilled and prepared because if they find out, you can be locked up for years in jail.”“Human prison?”“
~BREE~It's been exactly an hour since I returned from Olivia's house; I've been counting.Seeing that crow shook my whole being, and I even canceled the training with Nicholazz. I lied to Jerry to tell him I was not that well but also asked him not to tell Asher as I knew he was busy.My heart was racing, and I was pacing around in the bedroom, still processing what had just happened earlier. God, I knew being a werewolf came with magic and weird stuff like transforming into an animal, and I knew some creatures could speak to crows and ravens, creatures who could do more than what werewolves could do. I just never knew I was one of them.“I'm a weirdo,” I said as I stopped pacing. “Asher will never accept me; I'm a...witch—as if that's not bad enough, Hacate decided to add to my burden,” I complained.Olivia didn't know about the crow as it became invincible when she returned, and surprisingly, the book closed on its own, so when she got back it was just normal, like nothing had happ
~ZANDER~I still couldn't believe I was doing this—that I was getting on my knees to apologize to Aubree like it still felt like a nightmare, but who was to blame? No one but me; if only I could be smarter, this wouldn't be all happening.That night, after losing consciousness, I woke up to Ruby. At first, I almost asked what she was doing there, but when I saw a naked figure next to me, I jumped, as at first I thought she had caught me with Isabella, only to realize I was in a hotel and that the naked woman was not Isabella.I figured that Aubree had set me up. I tried to explain to Ruby, but she didn't listen as she drove away. I didn't know what to do, but I knew I was in deep shit. I rushed back to the hotel room, ready to punish the woman who had ruined my life, when I found the room empty.I quickly dressed and walked out. In my car, I called Kaden and asked him to find the woman I slept with.“What woman? Aubree?” He asked, and I didn't answer him as I couldn't make out her fa
~BREE~I couldn't believe Jocelyn was capable of doing this that I even made excuses for her being used; god, what was I going to do because this battle was between me and her, and I knew it was not going to end for as long as one of us was alive?‘The book.’ Rain suggested, and she was right; I felt like the car was moving at a slow pace as we were still far from Asher's pack. We hadn't left the palace yet, so with that in mind, I forced the driver to stop the car.Of course, he refused, and Cora and Raven asked me to calm down. That's why I had to use magic; it's the only thing they listened to.Using magic, I stopped the car, and chanted a spell for them to freeze for five minutes or so—I wasn't really paying at ten, then I got out and asked Rain to take over before sprinting back to Asher's pack.I needed the book, and I couldn't waste a second being in that slow car as Isabella’s life literally depended on me.There was a time I escorted Zander to hunt since his pack was cursed,
~BREE~“So you're alive? This act of you being Jessica is all—” “All part of my plan.” She cut me off. “Surprised, sister?” She knitted her brows as if she didn't expect me to be shocked. I shook my head and looked behind her; I could see from here Zander looking in my direction, although he was still speaking with Levi.“So…” I cleared my voice, “You are using the alpha king?”“I know Zander and you are working together trying to expose me...” She laughed before continuing, “What I had feared is now happening; that's why I had to make this move.”“Now what? You're going to frame me again?” I asked, as it was clear she faked her death and framed me, “You knew Zander would turn me into what he turned me into; that's why you played that dirty trick, right?”“Yes,” she admitted, “and it worked. It was going well until that handsome alpha came along, but news flash, you can keep Zander.”“Excuse me?”“Now I want Asher, and you know I always get what I want, right?” She said, and I hated
~BREE~No, this was a joke because how was Jocelyn here? My eyes searched for Zander, who looked just as shocked.“Isn't that your sister?” Tyler whispered, and I nodded my head two times as I looked back at Jocelyn, who was now smiling. “I should inform the alpha,” Tyler said, and I just nodded as I couldn't bring myself to speak.As Tyler left, Zander quickly rushed to me.“What's happening?” he asked, but I didn't know what was happening either.“I know most of you are shocked to see this woman in front of you,” Levi announced, and yes, everyone was shocked, not just because she was Jocelyn but because King Levi was not one to have a woman; he was just like Asher, so perhaps he had changed, but even if he did, why Jocelyn? And how?“Not only because you've never seen me with a woman, and I know I've been stubborn to choose a mate since I never found my fated mate, but I called for this celebration to introduce my found mate.”“Mate? Isn't she Luna Jocelyn?”“Yes, the Moon Valley’s
~BREE~It has been a week. Last time at the restaurant, after seeing Allison with Jocelyn, I made sure Zander didn't see her, as I remembered how he got when he found out Kaden betrayed him. Until I was sure Allison met my sister to plot against Zander, I couldn't tell him.I mean, it could be that Jocelyn called and blackmailed her, and I know Allison took the company from Zander, but he was still her brother; she couldn't betray him this way, but it didn't mean I wasn't going to dig into it. I just couldn't let Zander find out; that's why I distracted him, and Allison seemed to have noticed as she left with Jocelyn after pointing at me.Tonight was the palace ball, banquet, or whatever they were holding. I wasn't good at these things and didn't even bother to learn.I was getting ready, with Raven's help as she tightened the dress.“Do I really need to wear this?” I asked Raven for like the tenth time, and she gave me the same bla bla bla response about how Asher strictly asked that
~BREE~I didn't want to lie to Zander, but I couldn't tell him the truth either. He was waiting for a response, still looking at me when something fell from the shelves. Of course, it didn't catch his attention at first until a few more items fell as he rushed there and tried to fix it since it was only the two of us—Kaden was too weak to even lift a finger.Things didn't stop as the small drawers opened themselves, causing chaos, which confused Zander.“What the fuck is going on?” he asked, aggressively closing the shelves.“I'll go get help,” I said, and without waiting for his response, rushed out. Yep, it was me; I used my magic to open those drawers and throw things off the shelf.Reaching out, I found Stephen, and looking at him brought back memories of him torturing me, how he always shocked me with electricity, how he was the worst of all my torturers, but I wasn't the same Aubree that he used to torture; if anything, I had grown a thick skin, so swallowing my saliva, I approa
~BREE~I was walking toward the exit gate, guards all now looking at me. I had the courage, as Rain asked me to leave it to her. I was shocked when they all bowed to me, showing respect.I didn't even need to speak as they opened the gate and I walked out, shocked.Zander said he had parked his car a little distance from the gate as he didn't want to raise suspicions, so I had to walk like twenty meters from the gate.I couldn't spot his car. I mean, this was the woods, and it was not easy to see even five meters from where you were, as the road wasn't straight.‘How did you do that?’ I asked Rain.‘I swear I didn't do anything; it just happened.’ She answered, and I shook my head as I didn't understand what had just happened. When I thought Rain was responsible for it, I was still shocked, but now that she had admitted to having had nothing to do with it, shock would be an understatement.Finally, I could see Zander's car and, of course, Zander, as he was seated on the trunk since he
~BREE~I closed my eyes but at the same time was alert because I couldn't risk him coming at me while I was unprepared. I mean, not like Asher would be such a coward, but I had to be safe.I waited for a long time with no sign of Asher, so I opened my eyes and looked back as I sensed him.“I will be in my office,” he said as he took a pillow and duvet. I didn't respond. Instead, I silently watched him walk toward the door; he didn't even turn as he opened it and left.I let out the breath I was holding before I fell on the bed. I didn't have the energy to wear my pajamas anymore, this was scary, for a moment I thought I was going to fight with Asher, well I was glad there was no fight.I got comfortable on the bed and made a mental note to wake up later to put on my sleeping clothes, as I was just in a towel. Well, I wish I hadn't wasted my time making that note, as when I opened my eyes, I realized it was early morning.I got up and headed straight for the window; someone had opened
~BREE~“I can smell him on your body. I'm only going to ask this one last time. Did you fuck my brother?!” His tone told me he was very angry, and I knew Asher well; I knew the beast in him, so I knew what he was capable of, and I knew what could happen to me if I let out a single word that wouldn't sit right with him, so I had no choice but to act.I didn't trust it would work but still tried.I started coughing, pretending to be suffocating. Well, this was Asher, and I knew it was going to take more than just coughing.“You choose death over that bastard?” He sounded shocked.‘We can just tell him it's his jacket.’ I heard Rain suggest, but I ignored her, telling Asher that would make him question why I still went to his pack after he warned that they might be plotting against me.He might think I didn't trust him when I did… with my life.Asher's grip tightened, and I couldn't take it anymore; he didn't seem to be himself as the cigarette fell from his hands. I knew a beast always
~BREE~The shadow was nearing, and Zander asked that he take over since I was the one by the wheel. I didn't know what it was but feared he would think I was creepy if it was what I was thinking, so without arguing, we exchanged seats.I expected him to turn, but instead, he stepped on the pedal and drove straight into the shadowy-looking creature. I expected the creature to stay on the road, but it seemed to be scared as it moved from the road.We were now past it but could see it coming after us.Zander didn't stop; he kept driving, and it surprised me as much as you might be now, as I wasn't scared or anything while Zander seemed a little scared. I mean, maybe the fact that I knew the creature might be from the book, and since I could control anything from the book relaxed me.The fast ride went on, and although I wasn't scared, my heart was racing due to the fast speed.We seemed to have lost the shadow; Rain was sure.“Are you okay?” Zander finally slowed down, and I took deep br