"I see you finally managed to catch a big fish!" I'm not sure but I thought I heard Celine's voice behind me. Nah, it couldn't be Celine. What will she be doing at the pack house at two in the morning? I wonder as I slowly turn around. The happy smile I have on my face from the joy of discovering who my mate is slowly slips away when I see I'm not mistaken. It was indeed the hateful Celine's voice that I heard. She's standing not far from her rickety car. How could I have missed the old thing? I wonder as I walk the few steps that separate us and stand in front of her with arms akimbo. I was so engrossed in the happy world that my mate and I created together that I didn't notice the hunk of metal where it was parked by the side of the road."Who was that? Your boyfriend or have you found your mate? He looked and smelled rich! How did you meet in such a short time?" She enquired rapidly with the trademark stupid smile that was exactly like her son's"Who he is and how we met is none
Thor's POVDammit!" I angrily swear under my breath as I enter the car and close the door. I recline the car seat and lay back with my eyes closed as Eric starts the car and drives away from where we dropped my mate. I'm not happy to leave her behind and the thought that I'll be seeing her the following day is not enough to fill the vacuum space I'm feeling in my heart. Eric says something that I don't quite catch so I open my eyes and look at him"What?" I ask tersely. I can't keep the irritation out of my voice because of my sour mood"Wow!... Is being separated from your mate that awful?..." He repeats what he said before. "You've been growling like you were in pain ever since you left her, you know." He says, his concern for me clearly displayed on his faceI sigh and adjust the chair back to how it was before. I knew I was swearing under my breath but I never realized I was projecting the frustration of parting from my mate to my wolf who hasn't even met his own mate yet."I wa
On arrival, I was informed my dad has been moved to the critical care unit of the hospital. Not because he's in critical condition and needs intensive monitoring but because the unit is located in a secluded wing of the hospital which has never been used since most shifters were rarely ill to the extent of needing intensive care. According to Alpha Nate, apart from the doctor and the maid he promised to help get for my dad, nobody in the Night Howlers pack knows my dad is still alive. Not even Alpha Nate's Beta and his Luna. Henrik is already waiting for us when we drive into the hospital's critical care unit through the back gate. As he leads us to where my dad's new room is located, he keeps us up to date on the things we missed during our few hours of absence. When we arrive in front of my dad's room, he stands guard by the door with Bear and we enter."Thank you, Martha..." My dad says to an old woman that I guess must be the maid Alpha Nate brought.We stand aside and watch as
"Thirty-four years ago, way before we became the Alpha and Beta of the largest pack in North America, Drew and I were both working with the Council. The Tactical and Intelligent Department to be precise. The Council had been getting reports about werewolves mysteriously going missing. Sometimes a whole pack of maybe about fifty to hundred man-wolves, she-wolves, and pups would just disappear out of their settlements into thin air without a trace, living behind their shacks and camps.It doesn't make sense right? A whole community could not just up and leave when there are no threats to their lives and properties right?" He asks and Eric and I both nod in agreement with him"Drew and I were assigned the case and our investigation took us to the mountains of San Francisco where we happened upon a gory scene. A small poor pack consisting of twenty-six wolves including pups was brutally attacked. Owen was the only survivor. He was fifteen years old then. Since he had no surviving family
I'm angry and can't believe what I just heard my dad say. He suspected his Luna had a hand in the death of my mom and Eric's parents and he's this casual about it? He's still lenient with her! This is so fucking unbelievable!'Calm down man, will you!' Eric warns sharply through our mind link. He senses my mood has changed and immediately moves to calm me down before it gets out of hand"What made you suspect your Luna?" He quickly asks my dad while he mind-link with me, so I won't have another opportunity to speak"I don't know how she did it, how she managed to find out about Viveka and me coming back together when we've not even told the closest people to us. We planned on breaking the news of our coming back together to Drew and Liv alongside the announcement of the new baby that we were expecting...""Wait, what?... What baby?... My mom was pregnant when she died?" I rapidly ask in disbelief. How can I be calm as Eric pleaded with me with what he just said? My mom didn't just com
"Huh!?..." I stupidly reply to the bombshell my dad dropped on my lap. To say I'm shocked is an understatement. I'm totally flabbergasted "My mother was an original or did I not hear you properly?" I ask my dad again and he just nods back at me in returnMy mouth is still half open with shock when I look towards Eric for more confirmation. I see he also has the same shocked expression on his face which further confirms to me, even without my dad's words that my ear is working perfectly. "I am an original werewolf!" I say loudly this time, more to myself than for the benefit of my dad and Eric who are in the room with me.Who would have thought that I'm a descendant of one of the original shifter families that I've talked shit about with Eric so many times? I had no clue! How would I have known when none of my family members deemed it fit to tell me! Not my mom when she was alive and not my uncle that I stayed with for fifteen whole years! I saw my mom's birth certificate once and
Eric looks very serious. Even though there's no trace that he was joking with me on his face, I still found what he said hard to believe. How can someone who has had the wrong mindset for years be among the chosen ones?"Are you being serious with me right now, Eric? This is not the time to joke around, my dad is with us. It will be disrespectful if you're joking about such a serious matter." I deliberately emphasized on my dad and the time not to joke since I know the scoundrel does whatever he wants in the presence of his Uncle Knox as he calls my dadHe rolls his eyes at me in exasperation before turning to my dad instead"Uncle Knox, you said the mark to know a chosen one is a red crescent moon located in a private place on their body so it won't be easy for the enemies to notice right?""Yes..." My dad replies with a frown of concentration on his face."''Well, I saw something like that on your right butt cheek when you were in the shower earlier...""My right butt cheek?" I sa
Ash's POVOn the bed after I slammed the door in Celine's face. I find out I'm too excited to sleep. I keep tossing from one end of the bed to the other since my mate's face and the conversations we had kept playing over and over again in my mind.Who would have thought that the Ash that every shifter in Night Howlers pack referred to as a freak, ugly, maid, servant, and many more degrading names will actually have a mate who is important to the Alpha of the Night Howlers pack? He's not just any wolf but the most handsome of them all.I'm so happy I can't contain my happiness. He was right by not telling me his name since I feel like shouting out my feeling for him from on top of the pack house so every shifter will know I've finally found my mate and I've fallen hopelessly in love with him But even though he said nobody knows who he is right then and I shouldn't tell anyone about him, I wonder if I can tell Martha who is like a mother to me. I thought and wondered about it till I fi