Ava couldn't believe what was happening. She couldn't believe that Lucas was dead. He was winning at first, but Fillip had somehow defeated him, pushing his dead body off the cliff, and now, she will never see him again.She fell to the ground crying as one of the rogue soldiers gripped her hand roughly, dragging her to where Vulcan and Fillip were standing."Here she is, Alpha," he said to Fillip.Fillip turned an angry gaze to the soldier holding Ava roughly. Using his claws, he slit his throat, pushing his choking body away.He then turned to an angry Ava and smiled. "You look as beautiful as I remember," he said and made to touch her face.Ava spat and jumped on him, scratching him in every place she could lay her hands on."You killer, murderer, scum......." she said.Filip threw Ava to the ground with great force, hurting her arm. He bent beside her and raised her head."Where are the evacuees of the clan?" he asked her.She smiled and spat on his face again, and he struck her o
Nani held the hand at her throat and whispered, "Please don't hurt me. I am Nani Roselyn, Caretaker of Dawn Pack.""Prove it, show me something to prove it, or are you an imposter?"Nani quickly searched for her Dawn pack's seal she kept somewhere in her bag, hoping he'd release her neck, for he was choking her seriously."Here it is."The hand loosened on her throat, and she turned to see a man standing before her."I am sorry, Nani. My name is Eli. Forgive the circumstances we met. I have to be weary to fish out any spies for Vulcan.""It's nice to meet you, Eli; why would you think I am a spy?""Vulcan is after us after we escaped from his tyranny. We didn't want to be rogues and join him in his dirty work, so we escaped and formed a pack since we had nowhere to go.""Oh, so there's more of you.""Yes. We are called the Freedom Fighters for now, but maybe we will soon change it; it's the best name we could come up with," Eli chuckled, explaining. "We are refugees from the other pac
In the next few days, while still in the freedom fighters' pack, Nani had a regular routine. Every day she woke up at six with two pack guards to pick up herbs for the pack and Lucas. Then she comes back and eats her morning meal; she also helps in an emergency if she is needed.After gathering the herbs, Nani turns them into incense, so Lucas can inhale.She takes a book with the herbs, incense and food and then goes to Lucas in the healing pool.She lights the incense for Lucas before reading the book to him. She once treated a patient who was almost in the afterlife; the patient said he only came back because he heard his wife talking to him and sobbing. So he followed the direction of the voice and came back.Nani believes that Lucas will do the same for Ava and their pack members because only Lucas De' Clan, the protector of the realms, knows how to save them.She breaks out in sobs almost every day, telling him how much they needed him and how much they missed him. Nani begs him
Ava has been crying non-stop since Lucas died; her eyes were in danger of being permanently red. She has refused to be consoled, singing and scribbling many tributes to Lucas on the wall of her prison. She wrote so much that everywhere was full of her writings.A few days after Lucas's death, they removed her from the prison she shared with the Dawn soldiers and put her in a more secure prison. They kept bringing in lots of food for her, but she barely ate. It was trouble for whoever brought the food because Fillip, for some reason that only he knew, had ordered them to be sure she ate.A guard who brought her food one day slapped her after she refused to touch the food.She had engaged him in a fight before other guards separated them. The next day, she didn't see the guard, but it was rumoured that Fillip killed him for touching her.Ava didn't care for his games; she despised him for killing her husband. Despite everything, he never came down by himself to her prison.Ava hoped t
The chair turned around; it was Fillip, just as Ava had suspected.She looked for something to defend herself because she knew he had something up his sleeves, something evil planned out, but there was nothing in sight. He had predicted that she might try to kill him.He didn't call those women to wait on her or dress her up for nothing. He was up to something; only time would tell what it was.Filip looked at her while licking his lips like a hungry pig; his gaze lingered on her breast and exposed thighs.His leering disgusted her; she gave him the biggest scowl she could muster."Sit down, Ava," he said, pointing at a chair in front of him."I feel good standing where I am," she replied stubbornly.He rolled his eyes and said, "Sit down immediately, or I will have one of the Dawn Pack members in prison killed."Ava weighed her options; she didn't want him to kill someone because she refused to sit down, so she sat.He smiled at her, then grabbed a bottle of wine and poured it into t
Ava followed the men outside with the knife she stabbed Fillip with. She had stylishly picked it up again, then hid it in her body.The one Fillip called Hakim pushed her forward."Walk faster, w*nch," Hakim cursed, and the others burst into laughter.She ignored the fools. Time was ticking, and she was trying to make a run for it before she was taken back into that cell."She has such a lovely backside; no wonder Fillip chose her," one of the guards taunted."I heard she was Lucas De' Clan's mate, so she must know a thing or two about pleasing and pledging men in power," another taunted.She turned around immediately and then slapped him on the cheek.Ava could tolerate their jeering, but she won't ever let them disrespect Lucas. Besides, Fillip favoured her, so they couldn't harm her.The guard held the place she slapped him; he raised his hand to retaliate, but Hakim held his hand tight."Lord Fillip will kill you, Kish; leave the witch be."Kish looked at her for a while before he
The next morning, the door of the prison was opened. Ava didn't raise her head. She thought that the bastard Fillip was back again; her body was still aching from the scuffle yesterday.Strangely, the visitor began to laugh. It sounded like a woman's voice.Ava knew that voice so well; it belonged to Lucas's past mistress Vivian, one of them who had tried to kill her when she first arrived in the Dawn pack."Tsk tsk, how the mighty have fallen. Open the door and leave us.""Yes, Mistress." The guard opened Ava's prison door and left them to discuss."How are you here? Lucas exiled you."Vivian laughed again, "Of course he did; you bewitched him. You thought you would be the De'Clan's slut forever after casting Ria and me out. You thought wrong; here you are in the cell of the pack. You thought you could have it all to yourself. I mean, you still have the prison, so that is something."Ava rolled her eyes; she couldn't believe that the murderer was trying to put the blame on her."I di
Nani had spent weeks in the freedom fighters' pack. She and the other healers have tried everything they know to save Lucas, but it isn't working. She had tried every herb she knew that had healing powers.It seemed like she was losing him daily. His breathing wasn't as good as it used to be. When she squeezed his hand before, she could swear he squeezed back a few times. But he has not done that for a long time.The other healers told her that there was nothing they could do for him and that she would only watch to see if he died or survived, but his chances of survival were minimal. Nani couldn't watch him die. If he died, then all hope was lost.Lucas was the protector of the realms, too strong to die like that. If she gives up on him, no one can free the Dawn pack from Fillip's hand.A few days ago, there was screaming in the pack. Nani was inside the hut that harboured the healing pool where Lucas was kept."Spies, go into your houses!"In the past few days, there have been many
Ava opened her eyes and looked around; Lucas was sitting beside the bed, his legs stretched out in front of him, and he was eating an apple and doing some paperwork beside the bed."What are you doing?" She asked, then moved closer to where he sat."Just checking the documents that Kiron submitted. Is anything the problem?""Well, actually, there is a problem," Ava said and pouted."What is it, precious?" He said, looking worried.Ava hid a pleased smile; she sure knows how to his attention."The problem is that this is supposed to be a vacation; you shouldn't be working on our vacation; you promised to relax here."Lucas chuckled, "You were sleeping, so I decided to get a little work done since I wasn't sleepy. Is there anything you want us to do?"She looked at him coyly, then he chuckled, "I know that look; you are a vixen, precious.""No, I am your vixen, the one you created."He dropped his book. She walked over to him, then sat on his lap, straddling him. She circled her arms ar
Kiron stepped down from his truck and then headed towards his house. It was already dark; today had been a long day; moving back and forth from Dawn pack to Moonlight pack wasn't easy.Alpha Lucas had made him an ambassador after they won the pack back from Fillip and Vulcan. He was in charge of helping Moonlight pack, now a colony of Dawn pack. Sometimes it was big work because Eli was way over his head, but he tried his best to be a fair and truthful Alpha.This job was more tasking than when he was just a Gamma to Lucas, It meant less time for him and Keisha to fool around, but she never complained.Sometimes, He only comes home for a few days or returns so late with no desire to do anything but sleep.He hardly delegated his duty when he was just a Gamma, so he found it hard to delegate now. He always likes to supervise everything himself, so he can ensure it's been run effectively.Speaking of Keisha, she was his wife now. She still helped in the nursery, but it wasn't a job; she
Keisha looked into the mirror to make sure her face mask washed off very well. She was still waiting for the makeup artist.Today was her wedding day; Kiron had talked to Lucas, and he had agreed to let them have their wedding a day before the moon festival.But then it was two weeks until the moon festival, so time wasn't on their side, but Kiron had insisted that they still do it on that day.Thanks to Luna, Ava, and Kiara, because they were like her fairy godmothers, they helped her plan everything in such a short time.She could still remember the morning she announced her engagement to Luna, Ava, and Kiara.Ava had hugged her and said, "Wow, I am so happy for you."While Kiara looked excitedly at the ring, she said, "Took him a damn long time, but he still did it before we kicked his ass."They had all laughed, then asked about the wedding plans and shared parts of them among themselves.Kiara's gown was modernized for her. Kiron had some people come take her measurements. The ne
"Where are we going?" Keisha asked Kiron again.They had been left in charge of the pack, but then Beta Cian and Kiara returned in the night, so Kiron had some free time on his hands.Since he was named Ambassador, he had mostly been so busy with his duties that he was always transporting goods to Moonlight Pack. Though Keisha was happy about his promotion, she missed him greatly whenever he was away.He had given her a beautiful gown today and then told her to dress up. She wanted to know where they were going, but he wasn't coming forward with information."It's a surprise. Now get dressed around six in the evening and meet me in the fields," he said, then left.She had washed her face and then headed to the nursery. She no longer worked in the nursery but helped there as she wasn't just ordinary Keisha anymore; she was the Gamma's partner now.When she arrived, the children ran towards her, many of them fighting to be in her arms.She led them back to class, greeting all the nurser
After a while, buffets and buffets of food were brought out.Yara served them their choices, but Kiara wasn't yet back from the bathroom."Hey, which bathroom did my mate go into?""The one at the back of the store is the building beside the hall.""Okay, thanks."Cian excused himself and left the hall.Alpha Daryl stood up and went to the podium."Thank you all for coming to make today all fun. I have the name of everyone here that has a mate in this box, including the Alphas."People began to murmur."Shhh, if I pick your name, you will come out and sing for your beautiful mate that the moon goddess gave you. Now let me shake the box."He shook the box so hard that some names wanted to fall off. He dipped his hand and then brought one out.He opened it, was shocked for a moment, and then smiled."Alpha Lucas De'Clan, the podium is yours."Everyone began to clap while Ava nudged Lucas, who sat with an emotionless look on his face.He looked at Ava's face for a while, then stood up. H
After checking on Ramsey, they saw he was fine with Nani, who fed him special meals. Ava begged Nani to watch him, then set out with Lucas.They walked to the pack's forest and then dropped everything they came with. Before leaving, they packed a blanket, dried meats, water, and fruits. Lucas carried most of the heavy stuff, while Ava just carried the fruit basket.They dropped the items beside a tall, old tree."Did you know the Dawn pack would have been built here instead of up there?""No, why would it have been here?""I wanted to do that, but Cian and the others convinced me not to cut down the trees and build more houses here."Ava nodded. "Look, there's a house over there, but it's depleted.""I know; that is where I used to live; there's plenty you don't know about me.""There's plenty you don't know, too," Ava challenged back."Of course, life is precious, yet we still live so happily. Come, let's go see Erasmus and Layla."Ava undressed, crouched on all fours, and shifted in
Lucas woke up and kissed his wife and his little boy. The previous night, Ava had tried to put Ramsey to bed in his room, but he started to cry."Mom, No!"He kept crying until Ava returned with him; he had slept with them on their bed. He keeps complaining that he sees Fillip in his dreams, and they have to find a way to make him stop seeing Fillip. Nani has already begun to work on a potion.Ava woke up, too, then slowly tiptoed over to Lucas, who was dressing up because Ramsey was still sleeping."Are you leaving already?""Nope, I will be back for breakfast. I just wanted to check on a few things for Madeline's funeral service."Ava nodded, "Then get going, so you will be back for breakfast; remember, we are waiting for you.""Okay, precious."Lucas walked towards his office and then spotted Levi Stone, the one he had temporarily put in charge of the soldiers and the one organizing Madeline's funeral.He was giving orders to two soldiers carrying the flowers to be careful. Lucas s
Under normal circumstances, Lucas De'Clan would have killed the guard and then killed Fillip too, but this time, Ramsey was involved in it. He kicked the guard's leg and then held him by the neck."Daddy, come take me," Ramsey cried out."I will, handsome; now I will be a big boy for Daddy, okay?""Okay."Lucas directed at Filip. "Let Ramsey go, or I will kill this guard."Fillip chuckled, "Does it seems like I care? Kill him if you want to. There are ten more guards here.""I can kill them all, Fillip; you, of all people, should know that.""You can, but you won't. Now let him go, or I will kill your son."Lucas pushed the soldier away and then raised his hand in surrender. "I know it's me you want; now, let Madeline and Ramsey go."Fillip smiled and said, "No, here's Madeline." He pushed her towards Fillip."Who says you would behave if you had Ramsey? You would turn to Erasmus and kill us all."Lucas caught Madeline and untied her hand, asking, "Are you okay?"She nodded, "Save Ram
"I can't believe that asshole would dare kidnap my son!" Lucas growled, slamming his hand on the table."Calm down, Alpha Lucas. Let's find a solution," Eli said."We will, but when I get my hands on Fillip, I will tear him apart limb by limb, and I will give him a prolonged and painful death. For fuck's sake, how can he kidnap a little kid because of his selfish interests.""I say we sneak in tonight as we did before, get Ramsey, then that asshole," Kiron suggested."No, we already did that once; besides, he knows that Nani may have reached the Dawn Pack by now. He would probably expect us to try to sneak in, so it's a bad idea," Cian advised, and then Kiron cursed."So what do we do then?" Eli asked."Maybe I should go alone as he suggested; that way, I will get my son.""Hell no, Alpha. Fillip won't give you Ramsey. We all know he is a corny asshole. He will only kill you, then Ramsey too," Cian said."I am not afraid of dying; I just wish I could get my son. Besides, you will be a