~ FALLEN INTO A TRAP ~BRYAN'S POVI know I shouldn't have appeared when she went to see her ex-boyfriend, but I couldn't help myself. I kept thinking of all the things that might happen if I wasn't there. I know she was a bit disappointed that I kept showing up, but I can't help it at all.She's mine, and she's supposed to remember that. I don't like seeing her with other men. My jealousy has risen so much that I can't deny what I feel for her anymore. However, I should also remember that she might hate me if she found out why I approached her in the first place.How am I supposed to tell her that I was going to use her for my own benefit? At least she told me everything she wanted to do. I wish I had told her from the start and been truthful. Thinking about it again, she might not have accepted me, knowing the kind of person she is.Billy, my beta, walked into my study with Chase. They both looked concerned, and I wondered why. I wanted to ask them first, but I suddenly remembered t
~ A WEIRD SITUATION ~EMILLE'S POV The words I said to him must have affected him so much, seeing how he stopped and couldn't say anything. I know my brother so well, and I could read through him. I can't believe Kane would actually be so happy to see his father dead just because of some leadership position.Is our father not worth more than that? They immediately pinned everything on me and are trying to get me out of the way. Of course, with me out of the way, my other brother, Winner, isn't a strong contender for Kane."You little... Let me tell you this. I'm going to make sure you pay for everything you did. You're not getting out of here or having someone to clean up after your mess again. I promise you that!" He threatened me, yet I wasn't really interested in the threats.I looked at Bryan, who rushed all the way to see me. He must have been worried about me. I'm glad he believes me. At least someone does. No one else believes I didn't do it, and they all think I did it out of
~ COMPLICATED ~EMILLE'S POV I was left all alone in the dungeon, which was stinky. There was a regular prison where they could have put me, but this was a hell reserved for people who committed big crimes. Of course, my beloved brother would suggest they put me here to avoid being partial.In reality, he just wanted me to suffer. I couldn't sleep all night while thinking of what to do and mourning my father. It was difficult for me to move on from this. How could I move on from the fact that my father died and I was framed for it?However, I needed to be strong if I wanted to catch the real culprit. They used a strange method to get me, and I'm going to get them the same way. I suspect everyone in my family, including my favorite brother, Winner. You never know where betrayal might come from.The soil opened when it was daytime again, and the guards walked in and dragged me out of the cell. I was still chained like a hardened criminal, in case I wanted to run away."Are they going t
~ A LONG AWAITED WAR ~BRYAN'S POV I'm not going to let them treat her like that. I couldn't sleep the whole night while thinking of what I could do to get her out of there. They all seemed like they were happy to see her in that position, and no one was even willing to conduct an investigation.Tell me why her brothers are all acting like they don't know their sister would never do something like that. It only seems to me like they were all trying to get rid of her, no matter what, or they wanted to use this as leverage against her just to get her to be with that jerk.I'm not going to tolerate them trying to take what's mine. Right from the beginning, he said she was his mate, but was she really his mate? Why do I feel like everything was all planned from the beginning and that guy was just after her abilities?I'm very sure he knows something I don't, and that's the only reason he's trying to get someone as troublesome as her to be his Luna. Why else would he be cheating on her an
~ CLEARING HER NAME AND NEW CULPRIT ~EMILLE'S POV I was too weak to do anything. I couldn't say anything to Bryan either. I just went straight to my room after we arrived. I wanted to mourn my father. He deserved at least that much from me.Even if he was mean to me most of the time, he still was my father who took care of me. I lived like a princess and did whatever I wanted. He gave me so much freedom, even when he could have stopped me. I can't begin to explain how much I wished I had listened to him.It's all my fault. Maybe if I had accepted his wishes and did whatever he wanted, he wouldn't have ended up that way. I don't know who else, aside from the guards and my family, would have had such an opportunity to come close to him like that.Only someone close enough could do that to him. My father was a very strong man, and it wouldn't have been easy to finish him off while also planning to frame me for it.I haven't cried this much in a long time. Even though I cried last night
~ CLOSE BETRAYAL ~EMILLE'S POV It's such a relief to know that my brothers went back after I begged them for more time. Things would have gotten worse for the two packs. I'm glad they decided to believe in me and give me time to find who did it. I'm not exactly happy that they gave me a chance since they didn't believe me at all. They probably are waiting for my humiliation in the next three days. I'll have to do whatever I can to make sure that doesn't happen. I don't know where I'm going to start from yet. I keep thinking about it, but there's no cameras in my father's room that could have captured the moment. It seemed like more and more trouble was just happening to me left and right. "Are you still thinking about it?" Bryan asked me, I quickly turned to look at him and he was sitting on my bed. I was reminded that I didn't thank him for helping me yet since I got back. Showing my appreciation might be the only thing I can do since I am practically useless now. "Why are you
~ CAUGHT ~EMILLE'S POV I couldn't say a word back to Bryan as he asked me the question. The only thing I could look at was my brother, who was celebrating inside my father's room for getting obstacles out of his way. By "obstacles," was he talking about me and my father?I refused to believe this was possible. There's no way he's actually the one who did this to our father. Even if he wanted to be the pack leader so badly, there is no way he would have tried to kill our father just to get that title."It can't possibly be him. He's just probably celebrating because I am not here," I whispered back to Bryan."It doesn't look that way to me. Are we going to continue hiding here, or will you confront him and make him tell the truth?" he questioned me.I shook my head, "We can't just act rashly like that. We need to wait for the right time. Besides, he just got here; what if we could get some more information from him?"We both turned back to look at my brother. He wasn't celebrating an
~ BIG LIES ~EMILLE'S POV "EMILLE!" I heard Winner shout on my way outside. I turned to look at him, he looked completely pissed which was what I wanted to achieve. Um going to strain them out and make them understand what betrayal feels like. "What do you want? As you can see, I'm very busy because I need to interrogate the suspect," I told him rudely."There's no need to be rude to me. Don't you think you're going too far? This is your brother we're talking about here. Do you think he can actually do something like that?""What about me? Do you think I'd actually do something like that?" I asked him, expecting him to say something that could actually change my mind, but he kept quiet.Why am I still expecting anything from them? They didn't treat me like their sister when I got accused of something I didn't even do. Now he wants me to believe someone else couldn't do that?"See? You can't even answer the question because that's how you feel about me. I'm the only one who can do s
RAFAEL'S POV I wasn’t going to let her go.Not yet.She was still looking at me like I was some joke, like she wasn’t in any real danger. That stubborn fire in her eyes refused to dim, and it irritated me more than I wanted to admit.I had given her a choice—keep my secret, and I’d keep hers. Simple. But simple wasn’t enough for her, was it?She shifted slightly, her gaze flickering toward the door like she was already planning an escape.I sighed. “You’re still thinking about running, aren’t you?”Nora snorted. “Wouldn’t you?”I smirked. “Oh, I would. If I thought I had a chance.”Her jaw tightened at that, but she said nothing.I took a step closer, lowering my voice just enough to make her listen. “See, that’s the problem, little wolf. I don’t trust you.”Her brows furrowed. “Good. I don’t trust you either.”I chuckled. “Of course you don’t. But unlike you, I have something to lose.”Her eyes narrowed. “And I don’t?”I tilted my head, watching her carefully. “Do you?”For a brief
Rafael’s POVI hadn’t planned to say it.The words just slipped out.“I want you.”It wasn’t supposed to leave my mouth, but the moment I saw her face—those sharp eyes, that stubborn chin, those damn lips that had the audacity to smirk at me—I lost control for a second. A single second, but it was enough.Her expression shifted, her brows shooting up in surprise before she let out a small, incredulous laugh. “What?”I clenched my jaw, irritation bubbling inside me. I wasn’t supposed to react like this. I wasn’t supposed to be stunned by her. I was the Lycan Prince. People feared me. Respected me. And yet, she was looking at me like I was some confused boy tripping over his own words.Annoying.I took a step closer, watching as her smirk grew wider instead of shrinking in fear. Most people would have cowered by now. Most people would have dropped their heads and trembled under my presence. But her?She tilted her chin up, daring me.I should have ignored it. I should have let it go. Bu
NORA'S POVI should have listened.That was the thought running through my head as I sat on the cold floor of Rafael’s closet, staring up at him. His smirk made my skin crawl, his eyes dark with amusement—and something else.Anger.But before I could fully grasp how much trouble I was in, my mind took me back to earlier today.FLASHBACK "Anora, get back here!"Whenever my mom used my full name, I knew I was doomed.I stood in the middle of the living room, my arms crossed, trying not to look like I cared. My mother, Luna Emille, paced back and forth, her heels clicking against the marble floor.My father, Alpha Bryan, sat on the couch with his arms folded, watching me with that silent, disapproving stare that somehow made me feel worse than my mother’s yelling."I told you," my mother seethed. "I warned you to stay away from Rafael!""Mom, I didn’t—""Don’t lie to me!" She snapped, turning sharply to face me. Her dark eyes burned with frustration. "Not only did you disobey us, but yo
NORA'S POVI messed up.I really, really messed up.The moment the words slipped out of my mouth, I knew I had just dug my own grave."No, I don't! How am I supposed to know someone kissed you and ran away?"I wanted to slap myself right there and then. What kind of idiot blurts that out? Rafael had just been questioning me, and I should have acted confused, uninterested, maybe even disgusted. Instead, I basically confirmed his suspicions.I could see it in his eyes—sharp, calculating. The moment I spoke, he knew. He didn't have proof yet, but I had just given him something to hold on to."I don't think I've ever told anyone that the girl I'm looking for kissed me and ran away. How do you know that?" He questioned me. I shook my head, "I think you heard wrong your highness. How am I supposed to know if someone kissed you? I just suggested it!""You seem awfully defensive, princess," he said, stepping closer. "Why do I get the feeling that you know exactly what I'm talking about?"I s
RAFAEL’S POVShe didn’t answer immediately. For a moment, she just stared at me as if she had seen a ghost. But then, just as quickly, she scowled. "Move," she muttered, trying to step past me.I blocked her path."You bumped into me and didn’t even bother to apologize," I said lazily, tilting my head as I observed her.She rolled her eyes. "I don’t apologize to people who stand in my way."Feisty.I liked that."Do you know who I am?" I questioned her. She scoffed, "Am I supposed to know?"I don't need anyone to tell me from her reaction that she knows who I am but she's just pretending not to. Is she doing this to get me mad or what? Most of the girls have seen are always mesmerized by my beauty and everything else, but this one is just different from everyone. She won't even give me an opportunity to talk to her, she's exactly like her mother. Even though I don't have to ability to use my werewolf senses, I know she smells really nice. I was about to say something else when I no
RAFAEL'S POVWhere the hell is she?My fists clenched as I stormed through the streets, my mind burning with anger. That damn girl. That infuriating, rebellious girl. I had never met anyone like her in my entire life.She didn’t just humiliate me—she had the audacity to kiss me. Multiple times. Without my consent.I still felt the ghost of her lips on mine, not in a way that made me feel anything good, but in a way that made me want to strangle something.Me. The Lycan Prince. The one everyone feared. And she? A nobody.Yet she had dared to toy with me, slipping through my fingers like smoke every time I tried to catch her. When I finally got close enough, my claws ripped through her clothes by accident, and that’s when I saw it—her white wolf tattoo on her thigh.A symbol of purity and power.But before I could even process it, she had hit me so hard that I nearly lost balance. And then, just like that, she was gone.No one had ever dared to strike me before. No one had ever looked m
Nora's POV"Get her! Don't let her get away!"I kept laughing as I ran around with them trying to catch me, but I knew it was going to be impossible because I brought them to a place where I knew all the exits and shortcuts. It was going to be hard for them to catch me. I'm not someone that can easily be caught just because they want to.I kept turning them around and making them move in circles for more than an hour before I finally decided to leave the place. I was tired of running around. It was like an exercise for me, and I was used to being chased after doing something that I'm not supposed to do. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop anyway.Those bastards were the ones who tried to bully me in the first place, and I only did what I had to do to defend myself. Everyone thinks what I do is extreme, but they are the ones who start everything. I don't just go around looking for trouble—unless they start it. And when they do, I don't take it easy at all. I go all in and do whatev
BRYAN'S POV"Did you just say the notorious Lycan prince is in our territory?" I asked again to be sure I heard correctly."And he's looking for my daughter?" Emille added.Winner nodded. "It's true. Though people don't know he's looking for your daughter, from the description, I already know it was Nora who offended him in the first place."The Lycan family is the only one around, and they are very powerful rulers who have a lot of packs under them and a large territory. They are slightly bigger than ours. They have a lot of warriors and also very powerful weapons that could make them win any war.If I were to say the truth, they have grown over the last few years, and they are well-respected by everyone, including us. No one tries to look for their trouble in order not to provoke them. I've also had a good relationship and cooperation with them, as we are the second-biggest pack.We give them the leadership of the entire werewolf community as the largest pack. Important decisions co
EMILLE'S POV ~ YEARS LATER ~"Where the hell is Nora hiding? That disobedient and rebellious child! I'm going to deal with her today!" I shouted around, looking for my last child, who is also my only daughter.I'm holding a large whip that I'm going to use to teach her a lesson today. This is my first time doing this. The house has always been pampering her, and now she doesn't know her place. I'm going to make sure she doesn't cause trouble for anyone anymore!I don't know why she's so rebellious and troublesome. She doesn't listen to me. She already has more than enough situations to put her in a gentle place, but she is always so troublesome. I know I always encourage her to stand up for herself, but this is way too much."Mom, you can't find her anywhere. She's not at home right now. She's probably out again causing trouble," my eldest son, Nathan, said, coming with his brother, Jaden, who is my second child."That's because everyone pampers her, and she has become a spoiled brat