CHAPTER TWENTY SIXLESLEYFrustration gnawed at me with every passing second as I paced restlessly around the Elder's chambers. The sun had long been set, casting a light golden glow over the pack’s headquarters. The urgency of the situation weighed heavily on my shoulders, and the Elders council, seated before me, seemed maddeningly indifferent to the crisis. For what felt like an eternity, I had been trying to negotiate with them, desperate to convince them to let Mira, the fetish woman, begin her work immediately. The stakes were too high for their hesitance. Standing in front of the Elders, I fought to keep my voice calm, but annoyance lingered just beneath the surface. “We should have been informed earlier, in detail, about her role in this before bringing her here,” one of the Elders said, a tall, imposing man with grey hair his stern expression unwavering. “We don’t make such decisions rashly. It’s an act of betrayal, Lesley—you went behind our backs by bringing her here.” I cl
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVENLESLEYThe aftermath left the battlefield quiet, but for the muffled crackling of burning lumber and the cries of the wounded. Eventually, after hours of nonstop fighting, the rogues had fled and vanished into the darkness. However, the cost of their retreat was high for us. The debris of our house was strewn all around me, and blood marked the fields where my troops had fallen. A menacing reminder of the night's destruction, the omegas homes were in ruins. I dabbed at my perspiration and bloody brow, attempting to contain the growing wave of annoyance and rage that was about to overflow. This was a shattering blow to the strength and morale of the pack, not merely a battle lost. For what purpose? Because of the Elders’ stubbornness? Their endless protocol that had our hands held, when we needed help the most? My gaze fell on the captured rogues, as I scanned the scene before me—snarling and growling defeated figures who had been chained and restrained by my warri
CHAPTER ONE MIRA "How do I look?" "Lucky," Sharon's voice reminded me of where I came from. I was standing in front of the mirror. The mirror hung on a single nail in a corner of a dimly lit, sparsely furnished room. The mirror's surface is cloudy and streaked, reflecting a distorted image of the bare, peeling walls and the worn, creaky floorboards. The frame, once ornate, now hung crooked and faded, its gilded edges chipped and worn away. The mirror seemed to lean wearily against the wall, as if it too had given up on the surroundings. My presence in front of the mirror was supposed to brighten up the place. But, the background still looked as pale as ever. Did I just say pale? I asked myself as I racked my head for the best word to describe it. "Poor," Sharon's voice was heard again. It was as though she read my thoughts. That was the word I was searching for. The exact words. Everything in front of the mirror screamed poverty, including myself. "You shouldn't go into
CHAPTER TWO MIRA Once I was outside, goose bumps began to appear all over my skin. It seemed as though the house had been shedding me from cold all along. I felt cold tringles all over my body, and my whole body suddenly began to vibrate from the cold. I looked down at myself. I had come here to get introduced finally as tye alpha's mate, only to get humiliated and rejected. I wanted to run home quickly so I wouldn't freeze under the cold weather, but I realised that my feet began to freeze first. I neither came out with a bag, nor did I even have money to board a cab. I had trekked all the way here, hoping that alpha Lesley would drop me off after the party. I wrapped my arm around my body and began to walk towards the thick, high gate that guarded the mansion. My whole body was shaking terribly, I could not understand what was going on. "Mira," I heard a familiar voice sing my name. I turned around to see Alpha Lesley's younger brother standing there. I wanted to keep wal
CHAPTER THREE MIRA I could feel my body moving. All I saw was the cloudy sky above my head. It seemed like it was falling on me. I suddenly opened my eyes, and all I could see now was darkness. I was still moving. I realised that someone was carrying me when I felt his broad shoulders. I leaned towards him and buried my head on his chest as hot tears began to flow freely down my eyes. I could feel my lips shaking as the tears I had pilled up since thus whole drama started began to flood my eyes. My eyes were hurting from how hot the tears were. Soon, the body stopped moving and dropped me to the floor. I could see now. It was a little bit dark out there, but I could see slightly. I felt completely empty. Of course, my wolf, Shilo, was gone. I still could not believe it. I began to sob again. Jeremy pulled me close and hugged me tightly. He had saved me and carried me out of the hall. "I am so sorry you had to go through all of that in the hands of my brother." I sniffled
CHAPTER FOUR ALPHA LESLEY (Five years later). My claw digged deep into the wooden table in my office. I scratched the table as I walked forward, leaving lines of my four clwas on the table. The screeching sound from the table wasn't pleasant to my ears. I gritted my teeth as much as I could to release the anger I felt in my system. "Alpha Lesley, you have to calm down. " I turned to Ramon angrily. How could he easily say I should calm down? The pack was under attack, and everything was going bizarre, and he expected me to calm down? "They attacked again yesterday," I spoke with rage. "They took our women and men again! They took children!" "We have one of them. Let's make him spill their hideout." I hissed loudly. "We have totured him enough, and he's not speaking. I wonder why Alpha Martin wants us to still keep him alive." Ramon was quiet for a while. He was the pack's only surviving beta over the years. He was closer to me than the rest of my brothers. Jeremy sho
CHAPTER FIVE MIRA My phone beeped with a notification while sitting on my couch and enjoying a glass of wine. I leaned forward and picked up the phone, which was lying on the table. "A place has been secured for yourself and your daughter. My limousine would be coming to pick you up soon." The message read. I scoffed, already knowing who the message was from. So he really didn't remember me. And he was still as selfish and wicked as he used to be then. He never changed even one bit. At the thought of that, sharp pain swept through my entire body, making my face turn white. But this time around, it was not out of agony like anyone would think. It was out of anger and the burning urge for revenge. I was holding tightly onto the side of the couch in exasperated breath when my five year old daughter walked up to me. "Mum, I think I've got something in my eyes." The innocent velvety voice floated into my ears. I turned my eyes to look at the lad in front of me, h
CHAPTER SIXMIRAMy heart sank when Jeremy offered that I become his Luna. I was wolfless, so the mate stuff was not real."I... I can't," I told him plainly. "I already have..." I paused. I didn't want to reveal too much to them yet. The only reason I came here was to wipe the entire pack. I had no business whatsoever with being anyone mate or whatever. "Jeremy. I can not accept the mate bond. I am wolfless, and I feel nothing." Jeremy smirked as he got even closer. I could hear my heart pounding more terribly this time. I tried to control the pace I was breathing since it was giving out too much, but I could not. I was out of control of that. "You and I know very well that you're trying to lie to me. But it wouldn't work. You can lie to me but not yourself. Yes, you lost your wolf, but then..." "Jeremy!" I cut in sharply before he would finish what he had to say. He leaned away from me and sighed deeply. I also exhaled deeply, thinking that he was finally letting me go. He fac
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVENLESLEYThe aftermath left the battlefield quiet, but for the muffled crackling of burning lumber and the cries of the wounded. Eventually, after hours of nonstop fighting, the rogues had fled and vanished into the darkness. However, the cost of their retreat was high for us. The debris of our house was strewn all around me, and blood marked the fields where my troops had fallen. A menacing reminder of the night's destruction, the omegas homes were in ruins. I dabbed at my perspiration and bloody brow, attempting to contain the growing wave of annoyance and rage that was about to overflow. This was a shattering blow to the strength and morale of the pack, not merely a battle lost. For what purpose? Because of the Elders’ stubbornness? Their endless protocol that had our hands held, when we needed help the most? My gaze fell on the captured rogues, as I scanned the scene before me—snarling and growling defeated figures who had been chained and restrained by my warri
CHAPTER TWENTY SIXLESLEYFrustration gnawed at me with every passing second as I paced restlessly around the Elder's chambers. The sun had long been set, casting a light golden glow over the pack’s headquarters. The urgency of the situation weighed heavily on my shoulders, and the Elders council, seated before me, seemed maddeningly indifferent to the crisis. For what felt like an eternity, I had been trying to negotiate with them, desperate to convince them to let Mira, the fetish woman, begin her work immediately. The stakes were too high for their hesitance. Standing in front of the Elders, I fought to keep my voice calm, but annoyance lingered just beneath the surface. “We should have been informed earlier, in detail, about her role in this before bringing her here,” one of the Elders said, a tall, imposing man with grey hair his stern expression unwavering. “We don’t make such decisions rashly. It’s an act of betrayal, Lesley—you went behind our backs by bringing her here.” I cl
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVEJEREMYI noticed the tension that immediately filled the room as soon as Celia walked in and I couldn’t stop the smile that spread across my face. Especially when I turned to face Mira and noted the expression on her face, it was one of extreme jealousy. The expression graduated into a deep scowl as soon as Celia walked towards my direction and threw her arm around my neck, pressing her body into mine. “Excuse me, I think I should leave now.” Mira said amidst hitched voice as she lifted herself off the bed. I had no idea why I derived pleasure from how uncomfortable she looked as she walked out of the room. My eyes were glued to her as she walked away from the room, as she stopped at the door and as she pulled open the door handle and walked out of the room. My eyes still stayed glued to the door, somehow hoping that I could get even the slightest glimpse of her again. I practically felt like a child who was desperately waiting for a treat that was about to walk ri
CHAPTER TWENTY FOURMIRAThe clank sound made by the plate after Mia dropped it reverberated through the room and coarsed through my veins, sending a surge of anger all over me and causing my body to tremble. I gulped down hard, tightening my fists in an attempt to calm my anger. I had no idea why stepping into this place and encountering her father once again had somehow managed to bring back all the memories I had been trying to bury, thereby adding a degree to the anger I felt for my daughter. However, I had made myself a promise earlier to stop taking out my anger on my daughter—the anger caused by the sins of her father. I swallowed hard once again as her big eyes stared back me, pleading. She didn’t need to plead. I scoffed and looked away. It had been difficult for me to be able to get my mind off what I saw last night, the image of Sharon and I had made up my mind to find her. Only that, there was only one way that I would be able to do that. And I needed to take the bull by t
CHAPTER TWENNTY THREEMIRAI stood by the window thinking about the recent happenings in the pack. I knew I needed to do something about a whole lot of things. Things were not going as planned, and it bothered me so much. I was still thinking about the pack and their refusal to let me start planning my revenge. The elders were torn in my flesh. I wished I could get the DNA sooner, I would deal mercilessly with them. I was still thinking when I noticed someone familiar walking out of one of Lesley's chambers. I looked closely, narrowing my eyes to be able to take a clearer look at who it was. My heart sank deep into my stomach when I realised who it was. It was Sharon. My best friend who took me in when I had no family. She did everything she could to replace my loss and fill in the gap. I looked closely at the picture of the woman standing right in front of Lesley's door as she walked out of the house, heading towards the exit of the palace. I wanted to be sure, and truly, it was Shar
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO LESLEY I sat in the sparsely litted room. My hands spread wide open across the couch. My friends Jimmy and Mike were there, too. We had been together for years, and whenever we got together like this, it was only to cause mayhem or something worse. We usually forgot all out pains, and this was the part where I'd completely forget that I had issues going on in the pack. "Whenever it was Mike's turn to pick a dare for either of us, he usually went extreme with it," Jimmy teased Mike. I laughed out. I tried to control the way I laughed. The lady kneeling in front of me had my cock in her hand. The pleasure I felt there was another level, but I tried not to pay too much attention to it. He hands caressed my cock freely sending g shivers down my spine. She leaned in and dipped it down into her throat while I rolled my eyes and bit my lips. My friends also had women kneeling in front of them, and doing something to their cocks. One would not understand the pressure down th
CHAPTER TWENTY ONEMIRA "I love you Mira, with every part of me. " Jeremy's words replayed in my head as his image enveloped my thoughts. I could feel the race of my heart beeping faster than I could imagine. The sun ray shined upon my face as I realized I was dreaming all along, yet the thoughts of Jeremy was as real as though he was with me, I couldn't get over the thoughts of how he thrusted in and out of me the day we had sex. I knew I would fall more for Jeremy if I continued to see him. I was avnel to convince myself that avoiding Jeremy was the best option. Whenever I saw Jeremy walking towards me, I quickly did a turn. I avoided the kitchen and dinning because of him. I didn't want to fall deeper in love with Jeremy because it would only make things worse. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on any other thing aside from Jeremy. I inhaled deeply as I shut my eyes letting the thoughts continue to drown me. He made me feel the real woman I am, how more could I get over the feeling
CHAPTER TWENTYJEREMY "Take her bags inside," I ordered the guards. They packed up Celia's bags and began walking inside with them. Celia turned to me and hugged me tightly. I spoke to her dad the previous night before they arrived in the morning. They were going on a trip and wanted me to take care of their daughter until their return. The alpha and his wife left their pack under the care of their beta, and now they were keeping their daughter under my care. "You have to watch over her until I am back. Do not let her out of your sight." "Mom?" Celia stressed. "I am no longer a child." I smiled. If only she had heard everything her dad had said to me the previous night about keeping her safe and all. She would not complain about this tiny statement her mom had just made. After her parents left, I led her into the house. Celia and I had a lot of catching up to do. I organised the maids to prepare a room for her. I picked the closest room to my room so that I would be able to watch afte
CHAPTER NINETEENAPLHA LESLEY I was finally in the meeting room with Jeremy and the rest of the pack elders. We were deliberating on Mira's issue. I didn't know why I was suddenly tense and restless. "I do not know why you have so much faith in that woman. Would she be able to save our pack? Come on?" "I thought we talked about this before?" Jeremy interrupted. His eyes were glued on me as he asked the question. I had made a mistake. I lied to Jeremy that I had already talked to the elders about it, and they agreed that Mira should come into the pack and save everyone. I only talked to a few elders. They had doubts, but they agreed to give her a trial. "What makes you think that an ordinary woman like her would be able to save this pack?" An elder argued. "We have tried different mediums. We have consulted different healers, and they were only able to tell us fortune without giving solutions." "Some even gave us fake portions to take. Instead of making our warriors stronger during the