Unable to breathe, Lucian clutched his chest while on the floor. The veins on his neck grew larger as if they were about to explode. His face turned red, his heart beating rapidly. While Emily screamed for help, his gaze locked onto her, and he felt excruciating pain enveloping his body.It was Argus.The powerful beast within him swore to all the demons that he'd make him pay if he ever touched Emily again. The obsession of the beast had reached its extreme, and he'd do anything, even if it meant the destruction of his host, Lucian.At first, Lucian was confused by his beast's actions. But as the days passed, Argus frequently hurt him, treating him as his greatest nemesis whenever Lucian showed the slightest affection towards Emily. Argus didn't like it; the beast wanted Emily for himself alone.Argus yearned to take over Lucian's body, but Lucian never allowed it. For him, Argus' spirit should only remain within him. No Lycan beast had ever dared to take over its host's body in the
Lucian lowered his face, intending to plant a soft kiss on Emily’s head, when Argus made him feel a pain inside his chest again, causing him to suddenly push her. Emily’s eyes widened at what he did, casting him a confused, hurt look."Don’t get too close," he grunted, clutching his chest.“Are you having trouble breathing again?” Emily stepped closer, her concern turning to slight panic when she heard him whimper. “Tyler told me you said you were fine, but I doubt you are. Are you sick? You can tell me.”He knew Emily had the right to know about his situation. After all, she was his wife, but a part of him hesitated. With Argus’ state of mind, Lucian wanted to be vigilant. He had no idea what the beast inside him was plotting. All he knew was that Argus would try to take over his body by the next full moon.And so he couldn’t tell her. A single mistake would only make matters worse.And what if Emily got hurt in the process?Lucian shook his head, avoiding Emily’s gaze. “I’m fine. I
The classroom was filled with loud, terrified gasps from the students as their attention shifted entirely to Emily. She stared down at the young boy on the floor, her aura undergoing a rapid transformation as the power of her Alpha wolf surged through her.The boy's jaw dropped, his gaze fixed on her, first humiliated and then gradually replaced by frustration. "Who are you, bitch?"No one liked to be labeled as a "bitch." That word had been one of her past traumas, something she had heard almost every day from the cruel Alpha who had abused her. A low growl escaped her as she removed her hoodie, struggling to control her thinning patience.“You should never address your Luna as a bitch.” Her voice was as cold as an iceberg, sending shivers of terror through all the students in the classroom.The mouths of these Lycan teenagers fell open as they recognized her. Emily's gaze swept around the room, ensuring that she made eye contact with each of them while her fists clenched.“This beha
The intensity of the awkward tension between them became palpable as soon as they were alone. Emily trailed behind Lucian, their steps echoing in the dimly lit street outside the pub. The streetlights were casting an eerie glow on the surroundings, yet all she could perceive was the dangerous aura emanating from her husband's presence. Despite his ruthlessness and perilous nature, she couldn't deny that deep within her gut, there still existed a longing for him – a feeling she couldn't dismiss no matter how hard she tried.Emily couldn't feign ignorance about the emotions surging within her every time he cast that gaze, the one that unmistakably conveyed she must know her place, and that their relationship meant nothing more than what she desired it to be.She knew how cruel he was. She should have shielded herself from developing feelings for the ruthless Lycan because, in the end, he had only brought her pain. But it seemed she might be a masochist, for no matter how many times he p
#80 The following day, Lucian was having a glass of whiskey in his office, contemplating whether he would speak with Emily or just let what happened yesterday between them. He didn’t mean to act like a heartless asshole in front of her. It was Argus who was influencing him to do so. Irritation filled his chest, knowing he was under Argus’ mercy. He needed to find a way to stop Argus from owning his body. He breathed heavily at that thought. How could he stop Argus? He didn’t have any idea. His situation was strange, which was why he was also getting paranoid. He couldn’t allow his beast to take over his body. Emily’s face flashed in his mind. His chest tightened at the thought that the only thing he could do right now was to hurt her and stay away from her. Lucian knew to himself he didn’t want that. He wasn’t a fool to realize that Emily had become unique to him, and it frustrated him that he couldn’t even look at her in the eyes as Argus would hurt him internally. He downed his
Emily knew she had to dig deep and keep pushing, even after overhearing that chat between Lucian and Laura. She swallowed hard, feeling like she had a boulder in her throat, but she realized the only way to shake off the pain was to move forward.But seriously, how? She wondered painfully.Her heart felt like it was about to explode as she stepped out of the White House and made her way to the garden. The fresh air hit her face, drying up those tear-stained cheeks. She took a big gulp of air and got herself together, knowing she still had to deal with Scarlett.A few minutes later, Emily heard footsteps approaching. She hastily wiped her tears with the back of her hands and spun around, only to find Scarlett smirking at her."What do you want to talk about?" Emily asked, doing her best to keep her emotions in check.Scarlett crossed her arms under her boobs, giving them an extra boost in prominence. Emily took a quick once-over of her, unable to deny that Scarlett had a seriously head
"Luna Emily, aren’t you going in?” asked the familiar voice of Lia. Emily shivered and glanced at Lia, who looked at her innocently. Blinking, she turned her attention to the main gate of the academy in front of her. That’s when she realized she had been standing there for what it felt like forever. “Classes are about to start. Let me walk with you, Luna,” added Lia, who waited for her reply. Sucking in a deep breath, Emily could only shake her head slowly. After everything she had heard that morning in the White House—from Lucian’s mouth and Scarlett’s revealing her pregnancy—Emily couldn’t find the will to go to the academy and pretend to be a strong, responsible Luna when deep inside, every bit of her heart was crushing into pieces. One thing was for sure… she would never get used to the pain of loving the Lycan King, who couldn’t return her feelings even just an inch of it. Emily sobbed at the hard truth. The lump in her throat made her gasp and sob, which made Lia worry. “L
Emily didn’t know where the car was heading to. When she told Lia she didn’t want to come home and wanted to go far away from the Lycan King, the she-wolf genuinely understood and helped her, driving for hours on the road. They had lunch inside the car when they had a stopover. The humid air indicated they had driven very far, but she still wanted to get away. She couldn’t stop apologizing to Lia for dragging her into her mess, but Lia assured her it wasn’t much of a problem. The sun had already set when they finally reached what seemed to be an outskirt of the town. Exiting the car, she took a calming breath and scanned the area. She could only see the woods; some looked like farms, cows, goats, and a few abandoned houses. “I’m sorry, Luna. This is the farthest we can go,” Lia said, getting out of the car and looking around. “Oh there!” Emily followed where Lia’s finger was pointing and saw an old Inn a few steps away from them, hiding inside a bunch of pine trees. She frowned,
Six months later, Life was like a never-ending rollercoaster of surprises. Some days, it could be incredibly wonderful, while on other occasions, it felt like a series of unfortunate events. There were also those moments when it was filled with tension and fear. But its beauty remains for as long as you believe you can get through all this series of unexpected emotions. That’s what Emily had learned in the lesson life had given her. From being a slave to a pack she thought her only family to becoming the Luna of the pack, she thought were monsters but turned out to be the best family she could ever have. While there were painful situations that happened as she went along in this life, Emily would admit that these phases she had to go through helped her to become the best she-wolf she could ever imagine. With a Lycan King by her side and a kind daughter who values helping others using the gift she received from the Moon Goddess, and now that they were expecting a new family member
Five hours later, Emily was already carrying Nia in her arms. They finally arrived in the Lycan Blood Pack territory and her daughter shivered at the sight of the land before them. “Mommy, I don’t like this place,” Nia said, trembling. “Where’s Daddy? Is he here?”Emily kissed Nia’s cheek trying to console her. “Daddy’s here. She needs you, Nia.” She took one of her tiny hands and kissed its knuckles. “Remember that day you showed me how you are able to bring the dead bird back to life?” Nia nodded her head, focusing on what Emily, her mother, had to say. Emily swallowed hard and carefully glanced at Nia. “Can you do the same thing to your Daddy…? B-Bring him back to life?” Her little girl’s eyes began to water. Nia was smart enough to realize what Emily meant by that. Her lips curved downward, and her chin trembled. “Daddy is dead, Mommy?” Nia’s voice cracked. Unable to control her emotions, Emily cried and nodded her head. “Y-Yes… Daddy is dead.”“No, Mommy,” Nia broke into te
Emily wailed in despair, her body trembling. She felt as if Lucian's death had become her death also… she sobbed as she hugged Lucian's dead body, kissing his forehead. "No… no, please, Lucian…" she cried. "Please don't do this to me. W-We need you… We haven't done so much together…" In the middle of her grievance, Alpha Cain ran inside the basement and came to a halt as soon as he saw her crying her heart out due to Lucian's passing. "Emily…" his voice sounded shocked. Sobbing, Emily turned her head to Alpha Cain, her heart consumed by fury. "Y-You…" "We need to get out of here," Alpha Cain said as he tried to compose himself. "Lucian's dead. We have to get out of here, otherwise, the other Alphas will kill you!" Emily growled angrily. She put Lucian down and immediately attacked Alpha Cain, using her Alpha power to push him with all force, which made him fly into the wall. The wall began to crack until it broke down. She didn't stop right there as she shifted to her wolf form
No longer caring about hurting and killing werewolf warriors from the enemy's side, Emily advanced mercilessly. Having Atlas and Laura backing her up was helpful, as the two fought other Alphas who tried to block her way. It didn't take long hours before she finally could see the towering mansion of the Silver Crest, which she guessed was where Scarlett was hiding. Emily sniffed in the air, smelling the familiar disgusting scent of her nemesis, Scarlett. The smell itself made all her emotions surge inside her. Her eyes were bloodshot as she looked up at the mansion. A growl escaped her throat before she made her way to the mansion's entrance. Without hesitation, she pushed the double doors open and scanned the first floor. It was dark, cold, and empty. "I believe you were looking for me," said the familiar voice that ignited her fury. "Long time no see." Emily looked up and found Scarlett staring down at her from the second floor, leaning against the railings while eating an apple.
Emily was stunned by the sight of the colossal convoy of trucks that stood in formation outside the arena. Atlas Kane motioned for her to inspect the trucks, and she complied without hesitation. She’d never seen so many weapons in her entire life. There were guns and rifles brimming with lethal silver bullets, and there were barrels containing syringes that had ominous wolfsbane liquid. She then turned her gaze towards the formidable gathering of hundreds of warriors behind the array of trucks, standing steadfastly and waiting for instructions from their Alpha. She spun to face Atlas Kane in awe. Emily never knew her new boss from the human town would be this helpful in times of a great war. “Well, I hope I brought enough.” Atlas Kane shrugged, sounding very arrogant as usual, only by now, Emily didn’t feel irritated with how he talked. She was, in fact, thankful as the weapons and warriors would absolutely help them in the counterattack. She looked at Tyler and Laura, whose eyes
Emily looked up at the night sky and took a sigh. She was sitting on the stairs of the arena's double doors for almost an hour, guarding the entire place from possible attacks from their enemies. Her mind was filled with worry. The pack was in horrible shape; the smoke and fires not far away from her indicated that the situation could be worsened more, and she had no idea to what extent this war would go further. She stared up blankly at the silver moon in the sky, hoping it would give her much strength to carry on with helping the remaining pack members and save Lucian. Wherever Nia's father was at the moment, may the Moon Goddess help him survive no matter what; he needed to stay alive for them. 'Scarlett is the root cause of all this mess. She has to pay for everything that she ruined, Em,' said Cassia through the mind link, seething with anger as the wolf snarled with its eyes glowing. 'If something happens to Nia's father, I swear I won't let it slide.'"We won't let it slide,"
Emily was enraged. Her eyes were bloodshot, and all she thought about was killing the alpha who she was seated on when Laura screamed to stop her. "Emily, no! We still need him to track Lucian!" said Laura. Her chest went up and down, her hand stopped in the air, and deep within, she wanted to go on. But hearing Laura's words, her mind was again filled with chaos. Before Alpha Ray could land a punch on her, she hit him on the neck as hard as she could, targeting his nerves to immobilize him. Three Lycan warriors came to her when she stood up. "Luna!" They all bowed their heads as a form of respect. "Take him. Please do everything you can so he won't escape. We still need him," she ordered. The Lycan warriors were quick to follow Emily's command. Her gaze followed them as they left, and then she glanced in Laura's direction. Her face immediately softened as she looked at her sister-in-law, and in one swift move, she ran towards her and embraced her. "Emily, you're back," Lau
Panic increased in Emily's chest, her mind utterly haywire. Her heart pounded so loud that she couldn’t breathe. After learning the bad news from Alpha Atlas Kane, she sprinted out of his office, not minding these human employees who might have seen her use her heightened speed. It only took a minute for her to be able to go home, and she instantly went to Lia, who was in the living room together with the kids, Elle and Nia. "Mommy, did you teleport?" Nia asked out of curiosity and rubbed her eyes before looking at Emily again. "Mommy, you teleported!" "No, Nia. Your Mom sprinted as fast as the wind," Elle corrected. "How did she do that?" "Emily, what happened?" Lia rose from her seat and went to Emily. Her whole body shook as if she was still trying to process the news she heard from Alpha Atlas. She looked at Lia with utmost fear and worry, and all she did was hold Lia's arm when she felt her knees weakened due to her welled-up emotions. She gasped for air as the negativ
"I suggest you relax, Em," Lia suggested with a smile. They were in the living room, watching the television, but Emily could not pay attention. She kept looking at her phone, waiting for Lucian's text message or call. It had been a week since he left for some pack affairs, and Emily hadn't heard from him since then. He sent him a few text messages, but those even went on read at all. "It's just weird for him to not check his phone for that long," Emily reasoned. "Do you think there's a problem in the pack right now? I can't help but worry.""It's impossible. Your husband's pack is the strongest, and he and Tyler can surely handle problems in the pack," Lia assured her, passing the popcorn on her. Emily smiled a bit, but the worry remained in her chest, or maybe she just really missed him. She didn't know. The feelings she had for Lucian went deeper and stronger, and her mind seemed only to know nothing but scream Lucian's name. It was cringed, but that's how she described it. "Le