~ FIGHTING THE COMMON ENEMY ~EMILLE'S POV I knew he could read minds and every little details so I tried not to move. Guess who can block someone from trying to read their thoughts? That's me. He's not the only one with powers extraordinary. Besides, they're not that impressive if he's using shady means anyways. What makes him feel good about that? I couldn't alert him as it's going to make my finishing look bad. While he was busy laughing at Bryan, I already healed from his poison a long time ago. I just wanted to wait for the right opportunity before doing anything. He's not even impressive to be honest.I know his secret. He has a natural talent of reading and controlling people. That's how he was able to use their inner desires to control them under the guise of trying to help them. "Do you still not know what I want?" Sean asked Bryan. "My pack? Are you even worthy?" Bryan fired at him. He scoffed, "What do you think? I want to play a game with you today. I wonder who's mo
~ BECOMING THE LUNA ~EMILLE'S POV It was such a tiring event, having to fight that guy altogether and save everyone. Though we couldn't save our father, we took it as his sacrifice for everything to get better. At least everything returned to its place, and my uncle will be getting his judgment for being involved in this.I haven't seen Bryan for exactly a month now. We've only been talking on the phone because we both have busy schedules. I've got a lot to do because I am going to be the new leader of our Pack. I needed some time to adjust, and he was too busy with his businesses, which he has been neglecting since he met me.He had been traveling around, and I missed him a lot. We had a lot of misunderstandings since the incident, but it doesn't stop us from growing together. So much has happened, yet so little has been fixed. It will take a long time to repair all the things that were damaged.We were finally able to lay my father to rest a month ago, and I will be concerned with
~ FINALLY MARRIED ~EMILLE'S POV (A FEW MONTHS LATER)"Are you eating a cake right now when it's supposed to be your wedding day?" Selene asked when she caught me eating cake in my dressing room. I couldn't stop my cravings so I sneakily tried to eat them before anyone else would come in. But she has been watching me for over a day that I can't eat whatever I want. I didn't know getting prepared for a wedding would be so tiring—to the extent that I can't act recklessly or taste whatever I want because I have to be elegant on my wedding day, which is also my coronation day as the Luna of the Diamond Pack."I made sure it didn't get on my dress. I can't stop my cravings. I mean, who else am I supposed to blame for this?" I replied, trying to get myself out of it.She frowned. "You can't keep blaming the baby every time you do this. I think you like sweets more than the baby.""I didn't really like eating sweet things until I got pregnant, so I have no one else to blame but the baby a
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
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
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
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
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 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