The nights gave birth to days, and the days became months.Johnny and Stacy had found out the truth and had to come to terms with it— that Alisa was pregnant, Jayden was the father and he had the right to come to see his unborn child at any time he wanted.He had discussed the pregnancy with Doctor Felix King, who had given them the precautions and counselling on what to do. In the coming months, Alisa had gone through a series of injections that he had said were meant to bear the demands of the werewolf cub she carried.In all, it was still kept away from the pack. Jayden's new plans had come to keeping everything a secret and taking mind exercises to hide the information from the Alpha in his mind. He made plans of a secret marriage with Alisa, and secretly having his will in his child's name when it was born. All of this information was privy to the only man he trusted, Doctor King, and the woman who owned his heart.And even though he spent every night with Alisa, sneaking into he
Elliott's return had been nothing short of majestical.He made his return on a night they had stayed listening to William Robin speak as he made plans for the next Lupercalia. William Robin had been atop the rocks, communicating to every mind in the pack when their sharp hearing picked up the light footsteps on the floor, and as they turned, they saw the blazing red eyes as it cut through the darkness, the large wolf that owned them standing in an ever so regal pose."Do you not wait for your Alpha before you make plans?" They all heard his voice in their heads, and the familiar sinking fear they all felt when he was around came once again.He moved towards the rocks, and every wolf in his path made way while going on their knees as this was the return of their true Alpha. He disappeared behind the rocks and soon he was up on top of it, with William Robin giving way for him.He stood and looked down, every wolf on his knees, and he read their minds, checking to see if any bore him il
It dawned on him that he had greatly underrated the power of the pack.But the person who had told him about it was Elliott, whose soul should be more evil than anything else. Was he to believe Elliott, who was evil but could read every mind?Was Elliott trying to get him so confused that he exposed himself to the pack because of his conflicting mind?Elliott seemed to have no reason to want to help him. He did not believe Elliott, but now he could not take any chances.Alisa's life was in danger, and it was all because of a whole chain of misunderstandings.First, Elliott had put his scent around her home to protect her. It now felt as though Elliott had more power than he chose to show, more weapons in his arsenal, more tricks up his sleeve. How could he make a place smell like him without him even being there?Next, he had picked up the scent and believed Elliott was close by, and then played a quick script to save himself and her from a danger that never was. He had broken her hear
"Even I am accountable to the guard while I physically remain here, Jayden," Elliott answered, his words slowly coming to his cousin's ears through the night. "None of them has the power to match mine if each of them fought against me alone, but when they are together, they are an unstoppable force.""So they want to kill Alisa now?" "Yes. And I can not stand in their way, as their duty is the same as mine— to keep the pack secret and safe. They are Betas and can go unnoticed, until they come together and become the guard, a team so powerful that they can incite the pack against me, their Alpha.""Your heart is evil, Elliott, I know. But remember that you loved Alisa at a point in time.""I do not anymore!" Elliott roared with a ferociousness that made Jayden whine and stay silent for a while. "I will watch with joy while they kill her and rip through her flesh as she bleeds and pleads. I will watch her in my human form and let her think about the time she broke me.""Why then did yo
Elliott turned away and left, with Jayden exhausted on the ground.He could feel the world around him crashing down.How would he have known by this time the previous year that he, who took pride in being the youngest Beta would be so in defeat against a younger wolf, who had been one low Omega?How would he have known that he would love a human so much? He had only wanted a kid to replace him once he committed suicide. Now he did not want to die anymore. He was in love with the human and the child of his that she carried in her womb, and now he was on the verge of having it all taken from him. He had lost Avana and her child, and now that he had found one more reason to live, he was still under threat.Was he not the most cursed thing placed on the earth?Sorrow held him close, her arms caressing his broken heart and joy was taken away from him.What was he going to do?His body changed back into its human form and he lay on his back, defeated on the floor, wondering how he had got
Alisa for her part, had never been so confused in her life, a confusion laced with fear. She had every reason to be afraid, as Jayden seemed to be. Anything that could make Jayden as scared as he was— a powerful man who was secretly a werewolf and whom she had never seen so much fear in had to be worth being afraid of.She opened her mouth to speak and the sound that came out was so hoarse and croaky she could barely believe it was hers. She cleared her throat and spoke again with a better result, only this time her voice was shaky. “What is going on, Jayden?” His face was stoic and hardened as though set in concrete as he fixed his eyes on the road in front of them that was covered in darkness, illuminated only by the headlights of their car. He brought the car to a slow halt and exhaling deeply, let his head fall on the steering wheel, his fingers shakingly closed around the steering wheel. A bead of sweat clung to his forehead as though for dear life. Jayden took in another dee
Alisa shut her eyes tight and tried to stifle her scream, but the pain was unbearable as it kicked her to life and made her forget about the terrifying wolf she saw. It lasted only a moment and stopped as quickly as it came.“What happened?” Jayden asked, stopping the car once again. He looked at her with genuine concern in his eyes.She was unsure of what had just happened. Her baby had kicked several times, and for nights on end, she liked to watch her stomach and the little parts as they pushed through her skin. Sometimes it was a little foot, at other times it was a hand, and then its head. That one always amused her, especially when she imagined her child morphing into a wolf form.But the pain was strange, and quick too. She touched her hands to the sides of her protruding belly lightly and shut her eyes, taking in a deep breath, trying to figure out if she would be fine. Her skin felt cold and she felt as though she was sweating, but the pain was gone and she figured she would
Once again, Alisa was falling like in the nightmare that preceded Johnny’s unconsciousness. Once again, a wolf was watching her from above, and it was not the one with the blue eyes that had been watching her as she fell in the first dream. It was the frightening wolf with the blazing red eyes that Jayden had said was Elliott. She fell into the great darkness, falling farther away from the frightening wolf until she saw two blue wolf eyes down below, wolf eyes she knew were Jayden’s. Yes! Jayden had been the wolf in the dream. She had known him before even meeting him. He closed his eyes, turning off the blue lights that they formed and opened them once again, and he suddenly did not look so loving. He looked as though he was going to hurt her. His eyes shut again, and when they opened, they were no longer blue. There was a fire burning inside them and a beeping sound like a bomb she heard from nowhere in particular. The fire in his eyes then became an explosion that threw her bac