“I lost sight of you last night.”Maddie said as soon as she saw me at the Omega House’s backyard. I turned to her and she immediately waved a hand and smiled at me, her light blonde, curly hair moving along with the wind. She held my arm as soon as she came near my spot. I was sweeping the ground out of dried leaves.“I just got busy,” I said and continued sweeping. “Samuel told you that, didn’t he?”Maddie nodded. “He did.” She suddenly frowned.“I think I saw that kid somewhere, I just couldn’t remember where.”I stood up straight and wiped the sweat on my forehead. It was already noon and lunch had just finished in the assembly where the meetings will be held later with the leaders. Some were still coming, who were not able to attend last night’s event.“Samuel?” I asked, a little distracted from her words. My mind was still present in the conversation I had with Miranda.Her words reminded me of what Sebastian told me when we were in the mansion. They basically said the same
“Sabrina Ringwood?” He confirmed, looking at my face intently as my heart quickened in pace.“N-Nathan?” I whispered in shock and a mixture of emotions.He nodded excitedly. His familiar charming smile that brightens up his entire face plastered all over the place.“It’s me, Sabbie!” He suddenly exclaimed and engulfed me in a hug.I didn’t move as surprise hit me. My eyes were still wide as my hands froze in the air.“Y-you’re really Nathan?” I asked, dumbstrucked of his presence.The last time I saw him, I was still 14. He was shorter than me, thinner and had glasses. He was my neighbor, a son of a Beta that died young and had grown with his grandmother and mother. We had a lot in common. One, being children of single parents; two, the love for arts and books; three, the love for fighting and training with the warriors in the pack even when we were too young to join them.I had a couple more friends, but he was the closest one I had. He fought for me, as I fought for him when it was
“So, how’s life been?”Nathan immediately asked as soon as we both settled down on our table for dinner.Their meeting that lasted almost 5 hours had just finished, and saying that he was famished, he invited me inside the dining hall, which was only specifically for the visitors of Vamos for the leaders’ meeting.I looked around the place, kind of wary of the other big presence and Alphas that were around, dining. And well, I was still in uniform as one of the night’s servers.“Are you not allowed to dine with me here? We can find another place if you’re uncomfortable.” I immediately shook my head when he noticed my wariness. “No, it’s okay,” I settled on my seat and focused on his suit-clad figure. “I guess I just feel kind of awkward since I’m in uniform and am still supposed to be serving instead of eating and chatting.”He smiled and leaned his elbows on the table.“Nah. You have to have dinner too. And your head said it’s alright to eat anywhere, right? As long as another ser
A few days have passed and the last day for the leaders’ meeting has come. For the last few days, I had been enjoying it because of Nathan’s presence. He told me all sorts of stories from our home pack, the Eden pack, and gave me information about everyone that I knew. How our other friend Sandra was also pregnant, with her boyfriend who turned out to also be her mate from our neighboring pack. He also told me how Nancy found her mate and how they were having twins in less than three months now. And I also asked him what they did to our house, now that there was no one living in it. Thankfully, he told me they kept it as is, always believing that they’d soon find me. And what I’m most grateful for, is they took care of my father after what happened. They turned his body into ashes and put his urn inside our house. Nathan also informed me about the investigations they did about the kidnapping. That it was a surprise attack, knowing our Alpha was not in the pack at that time, a
“What are you doing here?”I asked, shocked at his presence.I looked around the place, making sure no one was awake as he stayed here.“Sabrina,” my attention snapped back to him when he almost growled my name out. “Do you have a relationship with him?” He gritted out.“Did you really just come here to ask that?”“Answer my question,” he once again gritted out, sounding like he was just holding himself in.Seeing the way he clenched his fists as his hazel eyes continued darkening at the emergence of his wolf’s eyes, anger also started burning inside me.“And what is it to you?” I snapped. “You and I both know that wouldn’t matter because of the state of… whatever we have with each other.”“Matebond,” he growled out. “We have a matebond, Sabrina.”“And?” I asked, meeting his angry eyes. “Does it really matter?“Yes, it does. You have a mate,” he retorted, his anger still very much evident in his tone.“Really?” I stared at him in disbelief. “You’re really the one saying that when you
I looked up, staring at his face now that we were close enough. And despite the darkness in the room, I could see brightly how this seem to torture him. I swallowed and looked down on our now joined hands, feeling tingles from his calloused palms rubbing against my softer skin. I closed my eyes briefly and inhaled a sharp breath. “It’s because you’re holding yourself back,” I said silently. I looked back up at him, seeing how he was already looking. “Why? Why are you holding back?” I swallowed, my emotions starting to bubble. “You said you’re not supposed to have me. Is it because you already have someone betrothed to you? Is it because of your duties as king?” My chest tightened at all the possible reasons why he couldn’t seem to just come to me openly. “I-I’m also tired of fighting, Titus. There are so many things that are confusing me.” I closed my eyes briefly, trying to regain my control as I let my mind take over my anger and emotions. “But over the past days, I le
“I was told you won’t be able to come with us, but here you are.”“Yeah,” I just said as I walked towards Nathan who was waiting for me beside his car.“What happened? What changed?”I put my bags behind the truck and faced him. “There was just… a little problem. But we’ve dealt with it.”Nathan narrowed his eyes at me, sensing how I wasn’t telling the entire truth. I looked away from him and walked towards the door. I saw some other trainees already inside as they waited for the others to come.“Beta Sebastian personally told me you’d be coming.” Nathan followed behind me. I sat on the empty side of the truck and faced him, still standing outside of the car. “Was it important? Is this something I should be concerned about? Why would the second-in-command relay the message to me personally? He said it was an abrupt decision from the king.”I sighed heavily, remembering how things turned out last night.If we didn’t need to breathe, that kiss would have never ended. And that would h
“Sabrina!”My eyes widened at the woman I saw outside the truck.“Nancy!” I exclaimed and jumped out of the vehicle.“Rina!” Nancy’s arms wrapped around me the moment we neared each other.I put my arms around her, feeling so happy and excited and other mixture of emotions that were making me choke up.“You’re back,” I heard her mumble beside my ear as she caressed my back and hugged me tighter.“Yes, I’m back,” I said and inhaled her very familiar scent.Nancy, despite our only 4 year age gap, has always been like a mother figure to me. My mother died when I was just 7, so I barely remember anything from her except for her face and the way she sings and kisses my father. So, growing up, Nancy and their grandmother Naia, were the women who basically mothered me.And I am so glad I finally saw them again.“I m-missed you so much.”“Nancy…” I cooed when I heard her voice crack. “I missed you, too.”I pulled away from the hug and watched the tears falling down her face.“Y-You’re so bea
“Make sure you’re right about this…” Nate exhaled loudly and mumbled, “the king is gonna kill me.” I sighed and nodded. “I’m sorry.” I looked at the empty entrance way of the dungeon. “And thank you for allowing me to be here. I swear I won’t be long.”Nate just nodded. Since I told him I wanted to see Lana and told him my reason, something changed in his demeanor and in his eyes. There was a bit of hope and something I couldn’t quite decipher that flashed through them but immediately went away. “I’ll look for you in the mansion after 15 minutes. If you’re not there, I’ll come back here and get you out.” I nodded. I know he’s just being careful.”Okay.” Nate once again nodded at me before he urged me to go. I turned my back on him and started walking inside the cold dungeon. The last time I was here, I was terrified. I saw probably the worst state any wolf could be in. Samuel. The last news I heard about him was he was taken to a facility to get checked. I don’t know his whereabout
“What are you thinking?”My hand that was immobile on his toned stomach flinched when he suddenly broke the peaceful silence around us. Titus looked down on me as I laid on his arm. He looked magnificent as his dark eyes reflected the sliver of sunlight that went through the glass window. It was still afternoon and the bright sun had finally braved its way through the thick clouds that had been darkening the skies of Vamos these past few days.“Hmm,” I exhaled a breath and looked down on his bare chest. My hand traced its toned skin. He caught my hand and intertwined our fingers. “Tell me,” he urged, knowing I was holding something back. The buzzing in my head never stopped since my headaches came. I realized that this also happened to me inside the laboratory just when I was starting to hear some other wolves. My head was still hurting a little, but I know now they were effects of hearing somebody else’s wolf.And I feel like there is a certain connection to that to what has been
”She was mad that all their plans were not followed. They said that Lady Lana dropped everything she had before she was betrothed to the king, even leaving her mate, but then you suddenly came into the picture… and that was the reason why she decided to betray the king… all of us.”I just listened silently at Maddie as she explained to me why Lana was arrested after seeing her the day I was abducted. I just continued staring at the large clearing of the pack before I faced Maddie who looked quite a bit down as she narrated to me what happened during the arrest.”Do you believe it?” Her light green eyes went to me. “Do you believe that she is the traitor?”Hesitation immediately flashed in those kind, green eyes before they looked down again. “I… I am in no position to disagree with the king and the Council’s judgment.”I stared at my best friend as she basically did not answer my question. “Tell me the truth, Maddie. Do you believe the accusations against Lana Wintour?” I asked agai
“Can you please tell us, what happened when you were conscious in that lab, Miss Ringwood?” One Councilor wasted no time and asked. I looked at all of them, seeing how serious everyone was. I have always felt kind of intimidated by this group of men and women, but there was something more somber and sinister in their presence today. The kidnapping and the discovery of what those rogues were up to really changed it for them.”When I…” I paused, feeling my heart in my throat. I don’t even know what I’m so nervous about.”When I became conscious, I was able to speak to one of the leading rogues inside that lab,” I said.”What’s his name? Do we know him?” I shook my head as an answer to another one of the Council people’s questions. “I didn’t get his name. But he was tagged as the leader inside that laboratory. Though, I heard him say they had a master. And I personally recognized him from years ago.” I added, wanting to be very transparent and honest about this. It’s the only way I kno
As soon as we stepped outside the Andreyev mansion, I immediately felt how different the atmosphere was. Vamos has always had this somewhat filled atmosphere around. Hundreds of years of history has already etched itself in this very land, and it housed the greatest lycan kings in history so I understand. Its atmosphere could sometimes be light, most of the time, it could be quite heavy. But this heavy was different. I looked around the wide clearing and saw many Warriors walking around. All in complete uniform and armed. Most were on lines and some were speaking as if meeting for some important mission one last time before they went out and did it. The scarce normal packmates of Vamos were merely passing by and getting back inside their homes. No one was there to walk around leisurely like how most usually do. Everyone was busy. But it wasn’t the typically busy grounds of Vamos. It was buzzing with tension. With an eager force to attack. With men in uniforms occupying the grounds
“I’ll be back before the sun gets down.””Okay,”He leaned in to give me a kiss. But what I thought was going to be a peck became a deep smooch as Titus pulled my neck towards him. I held on to his shirt as he devoured me. And I couldn’t complain as I loved everything he’s been doing to me. “Don’t go out without me, Sebastian or Nathan, okay?”“Okay,” I nodded, knowing he’d need my assurance that I will be safe. I don’t want to defy him with that again. It has been our issue, and something grave has already happened to me. It’s the least I could do to help him and to be safe. “I love you. I’ll see you later.” He once again gave me another kiss before he started walking out of the room. I watched him in his usual black pants and black long-sleeves. He said he was going to have numerous meetings today for all the investigations they’ve been doing after getting some evidence in the rogue lab they got me from.“I love you, too,” I said and waved back at him before he closed the door to
“W-why…” was all I could say as I gaped. Maddie just looked down, sensing how confused and worried I got. I closed my mouth and turned to the window once again. Titus was no longer there. Sebastian was left and he was commanding the now divided troops into who-knows-where. “You’ve basically been in a coma for the last month, Rina. And according to Sir Ben, it was least likely you could recover. We could barely feel you. When the king heard that, the troop mission to annihilate every rogue in our lands intensified. King Titus could no longer be stopped, even when it was already hurting some civilians.”My figure just froze there. Not knowing what to feel about it.The last conversation I had with Titus, he opened up about his worst fears and experiences. He had finally opened up to me and I also did to him. So, I know this must have been very hard for him. I couldn’t imagine what must be going on inside his head as he thought he was going to lose me. It was his worst fear. It was e
“… wait. She will recover. She’s strong.”I stirred, hearing voices around me.”She has too many rogue venom in her. I’m just afraid…”The voice sounded so troubled. Like they were crying. But I couldn’t recognize who’s voice it was.“You did well, Maddie. You were just in time. It’s not your fault.”Sobs echoed around the room as the girl started crying. I couldn’t move myself nor do anything. That went on for how many more minutes until the voices faded away. It’s either they went away, or I just started drifting away again.Sounds came back to my senses when I heard a loud beeping sound. It wasn’t exactly irritating to the ears, but I was bothered by what it was. I started opening my eyes.Bright light immediately greeted my vision. I was looking at a cream ceiling—my vision was still quite blurry. I blinked, adjusting to the light.I slowly looked over my shoulder, following the beeping sound that had me woken up. It was a machine that monitored my breathing and heart rate. I imme
My vision became hazy as exhaustion got to me. Sweat dripped on my forehead. I took huge breaths. I watched everyone outside—seeing Maddie getting taken away by the doctor beside her out of the bed as a fight broke inside. A constant ringing blared on my ears. I could see the people outside fighting with another group. I could make out how messy everything has become. But I couldn’t hear them—I couldn’t hear anything besides the sharp ringing in my ears and the compliant whimpers from other wolves inside my head. What’s happening? ”M-Maddie...¦” I mumbled as I saw her getting hauled up by the doctor who had been constantly beside her. After taking out the last needle in her body, he immediately ran out and took her away. Away from me. Where I couldn’t see what they’d do to her. ”M-Maddie...¦” My voice broke as tears fell hard on my cheeks. Whatever remaining strength was left in me was given to the act of just watching everything unfold. The doctors inside the lab, includ