I stared at the injured beta and started to feel anxious. I stepped forward subconsciously. Thankfully, Arthur grabbed me by the arm. "Chloe, what are you doing?" He whispered before pulling me back.I stepped back dumbly, but my heart was very nervous.The entire banquet hall was filled with discussions. Alan immediately walked towards my father who remained composed despite the situation."I apologize, everyone. We have a bit of a situation, but it will be handled accordingly," my father calmly said. "This kind of thing didn't happen before. But it's just a small matter. I will go and resolve it before returning to join you here," he added before leaving the banquet hall. Alan was following behind him.In the main seat, Vanessa and Lisa looked worried but tried to keep their polite smiles in front of everyone. I looked at Blake. He was still sitting there, looking calm and composed, as if he predicted that something like this would happen.'Could this be caused by Blake?' I thought
I looked up and squinted as the sun brightly shone in the sky. It was a good day, and the Red Moon Pack was bustling."I'm so excited! The inauguration ceremony is about to start!""Me too! I can't wait until Vanessa becomes our new alpha!"The members of the pack gossiped as I passed by. Everyone was in a great mood as they happily awaited the start of the inauguration ceremony. I tried to tune them out, but when I heard my name, I could not help but listen intently."Our pack's future is very bright! Thank goodness our Alpha didn't choose Chloe, that useless daughter, to be our next alpha," I heard the maid who was carrying some cleaning supplies said. Beside her was another maid who was carrying a big bucket."You're right! The Alpha is thinking for the sake of our future," the other maid replied. "Anyway... do you have news on what happened to Chloe? We didn't hear anything about her ever since she left the pack," she added, sounding curious."Why are you even asking? There's a hi
My father looked at Blake with meaningful eyes. The entire hall fell into deafening silence. All of us were looking at Blake, some of the members of the other packs looked convinced and were nodding their heads in agreement. Some of the members of the Red Moon Pack had ghastly and fearful faces, while the others, like Alan, were looking at Blake with rage."You...! What did you just say? How dare you openly threaten us!" Alan yelled as he started to step forward Blake, ready to start a fight. My father grabbed his arm before he could take a step."Stop," father ordered with an authoritative voice. Alan's eyes widened with surprise. He could not believe my father just stopped him."But Alpha--" He started to protest but my father raised a hand and cut him off. Alan's face turned from white to red. He pressed his lips together and glared at Blake instead.Seeing that Alan stood down, my father turned to Blake before saying, "I will find the murderer within three days." Only a few minu
Alan pushed the door open. Right away, the image of Vanessa clinging to Blake greeted us. Vanessa was standing so close to Blake. She was pressing her chest area to him and her hand was on top of his chest. Her shirt was almost half open, with her collar down and the top parts of her breasts seductively exposed. In direct contrast to her appearance, Blake on the other hand looked calm and at ease. He was just standing there without care, it was as if everything that was going-on did not involve him. He did not even look at Vanessa. Blake obviously did not care about Vanessa. But seeing her so close to him, I still felt a little jealous. On the other hand, Alan, who was standing two feet away from me, was vivid. He clenched his fists and his shoulders were trembling from anger. Vanessa looked at Alan with wide eyes. She quickly moved away from Blake and hurriedly fixed her shirt. Then, she started to approach Alan. “Alan... baby... It’s not what you think. I can explain...” She be
When I were back inside our assigned room, I hugged my legs and buried my face on my knees. Inside my heart, a feeling of turmoil was starting. "Father... he knew I was still alive?" I muttered to myself. A few hours have passed, yet I still could not forget the things that he said. "Now that I am out of the picture, did he already discover that Vanessa no longer needed my blood as a cure?" "Or did he perhaps recognize me? Is that the reason why he told Blake that he thinks I'm still alive?" My mind and my heart filled with confusion. "No, that's impossible," I shook my head as I shoot down my own idea. "I'm sure that father didn't recognize me. Otherwise, there is no way he would ask Blake to protect me.""After all..." I continued as I felt my heart sinking. "Father doesn't really love me... He was so cruel to me before..." "Maybe... father is still looking for me because he thinks my blood is necessary for Vanessa's health... That's the only reason why he would look for me..."
I was filled with shock and disbelief.Every symptom that was exhibited by my father’s trembling body was all too familiar with me.This poison was developed by me when I was young, however, I never have openly disclosed it to anyone in the pack and only my father and a select few elders knew about it.When this poison was released, everyone thought that there was no antidote to this poison and eventually it was banned.‘This can’t be possible!’ My heart skipped a beat because I knew that this poison had long disappeared.How did it suddenly appear here? And to think that the very poison I have developed was used against my father, I could not help but tremble.My eyes turned red as I was about to bend closer to check my father’s condition. I knew how the poison works and if it is not detoxified, he will surely, slowly die.As I attempted to bend down and check his condition, my father’s eyes met my gaze and I froze momentarily.“Cho-“ My father opened his mouth before he was interru
Everyone looked at Blake in surprise after hearing his declaration.Except Alan. He glanced at my direction with a strange expression. My heart tightened upon meeting his gaze. I quickly moved my glance away and avoided meeting his eyes.As for the rest of the people, they were quite hesitant and doubtful about Blake’s declaration, after all they just heard that the poison came from me as ‘Chloe’ and that there is no way that they could obtain the antidote. Blake, like the king that he has always been, was not bothered by their suspicions and just indifferent said, “My trusted aid and doctor is before you, Arthur. He is the most talented doctor in the Silver Pack. You can rest assured that he would be able to produce an antidote and cure Alpha Dean.” “Me?” Arthur, who was just minding his own business and being entertained with all the farce that was going on, stiffened. He stared and me and Blake with wide eyes, totally caught off-guard that his name was suddenly being sold off.
Since the blood needed to be freshly administered, I had to bring the bowl to my father for him to consume immediately. After taking it for three days, the poison in his body would be completely neutralized. And so I quickly went back to my father’s room, holding the bowl of antidote in my hand. But Standing at the door, my heart was frantic, and my hands trembled unconsciously. I try to hold back my nervousnessI raised my hand and knocked at it, waiting for him to respond and allow me inside. “Come in…” His voice rang from behind the door and so I quickly entered and saw that he was accompanied by Lisa. She saw something in my hand and stepped forward with an enthusiastic expression. Her hand stretched out wanting to take the antidote herself to administer to father. “Lisa, go and check the situation with Vanessa. Help her in every way in my stead. We only have two days to prepare for her inauguration after all.” Fortunately, my father said before Lisa's hand reached the bowl