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Chapter 13: Hidden In A Book With A Red Moon
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Her Unwelcome Mate Chapter 14: The Red Moon Summit
Ran didn't expect Caph to notice the subtle change in her demeanour, much less pinpoint the exact cause of her anxiety.Werewolves could sense a person's emotions more easily than humans but they often ignored such sensations and considered them a distraction from the important stuff.Having the ability to see something didn't necessarily mean you would pay attention to it.But Caph noticed and did not brush aside her frantic overturning of her father's study as something meaningless.He also noticed that she missed a prime opportunity to make sarcastic remarks about him.'It's my first time going,' she answered gruffly. 'I wasn't Beta yet four years ago.''You'll be fine,' Caph said, resting one hand on her shoulder.Ran glanced up at him to check if he meant it.He did.His blue eyes were glowing with pride.'These past two weeks, I've been learning about what your pack has accomplished here in Punggol. Every member of your pack I spoke to thinks highly of you. You have done a lot fo
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Dingo was once a member of the Eridanus pack.And when Ran was ten, she declared that she would marry him.After the rogue attack, Dingo vanished. He was an orphan. His mother died at childbirth and his father had long been banished from the pack, so the previous Alpha raised Dingo alongside Ran.He had been the one everybody thought would become the next Alpha.Ran also liked him very much.They were inseparable—until the attack.The pack mourned him just like they mourned her parents.Yet here he was, alive and well, in the arms of another woman.Ran frowned. Surely she was mistaken. Maybe she was still asleep.She had not seen Dingo for ten years. How could she be sure the man before her was her childhood sweetheart?He might be some other werewolf named Dingo.But the woman clearly called Ran his first love.And his chocolate brown eyes were the same as the ones in her memory.Uh well...in the memory she boxed up, locked three times and threw into the furthest depths of her brain t
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The ballroom was sparsely decorated. Aesthetics was wasted on werewolves after all.Chandeliers lit up every inch of the large space and there was a buffet running through the middle of the hall. Unlike the tables at Septrion County's Full Moon Gathering, these tables were firm and tall although they stood on slender metal legs. They were draped with white satin cloth and laden with dishes in neat silver compartments.It was extravagant.But that was to be expected. Every pack contributed to the Summit funds after all.It was the one day every four years that werewolves celebrated the flourishing of their kind after all.'Close your mouth,' Caph whispered.Ran clenched her teeth and scowled at him. 'It's already closed! Close your own.'He grinned at her.He said that to get her to relax.She took a deep breath. Caph held up the gift bags in his other hand. 'Where do we start?'Ran recalled her father's notes and Acamar's instructions.First, they greeted the Alphas from their own coun
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'God cursed the most perverted and bloodthirsty city of man and handed them over to their feral desires.' This was how the first werewolves came to be. They were banished from human civilisation and made slaves to violence and deception.But once every four years, God gave them a chance to learn humanity. When the moon was stained red with his blood, they lost the urge to fight and made peace with one another.Slowly but surely, the Red Moon Truce was how the feral werewolves recovered their humanity and they were able to shift back into human form at will. It was also how they built this orderly and domesticated pack system for themselves.What Ran tried to do—holding Dingo down by the collar on the floor of the ballroom, one hand raised to strike— threatened to undo a millennium's worth of effort spent unravelling the curse.The hand she had lifted to slap Dingo never struck his face. Rage roared in her ears but her hand hovered in midair, held back by an invisible force. The clamour
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Ran stared at the mark Caph made on the back of her hand. It had already begun to fade.'It didn't hurt, right?' he asked.His blue eyes were glowing, his lips smiling at her. She was mesmerised by the sound of his breathing.When she didn't answer, he straightened up and took a step back, looking very pleased with himself. 'You didn't do anything wrong tonight. So don't worry.'Her ears turned red again.He wasn't doing this because he liked her! He was just distracting her from what happened.How could she of all people mistake his playboy habits for actual feelings?She berated herself with a low growl.Caph turned when he heard it. 'Hungry? I'll get something for you to eat.'She didn't correct him.He returned to the ballroom to get plates of food for her and to report to Acamar. Just as he had predicted, the werewolves had been baffled by what happened and had decided to pretend the incident never happened. Most of them crowded around tall cocktail tables, eating food from the bu
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Acamar raised himself to his full height, his black eyes glowing with dominance. 'Our Beta has spoken,' he declared. 'Leave and do not return.'Dingo took a one step back, then another, his gaze fixed on the current Alpha of Eridanus. The Alpha who had taken his place as soon as he left and rebuilt his old pack into the powerhouse it was today.He regretted his betrayal.He regretted leaving Ran and becoming Alpha of Leo when he saw her again at the Summit.She had grown up well.She was hot.That was the reason he came after her. He wanted to make amends, rebuild ties with his old pack and possibly elevate the status of Leo by becoming close allies with Eridanus.But Ran saw through him in a flash. She humiliated him in front of her pack—retribution for what he had done yesterday. There was no emotion in her black eyes when she called him a traitor. The traces of fury, of betrayal in her eyes at the Summit had vanished.If he could not pander to Ran's emotions, then convincing Acamar
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When Caph was first sent to college in Septrion County, he hated it.He wanted to go back to The Citadel in Polemon County where he knew everyone and could get them to do all the annoying chores for him.Now that he was home, sitting around the antique dining table with his parents and three older brothers in the ancient castle that had been passed down about a hundred generations, he wanted to go back to Punggol.To Eridanus.To where Ran was.Where Acamar treated him like a son—ironically.Where Ran would scowl and nag at him because he was late for their evening studies. Again.But he was here in Cassiopeia with his blood family, and he didn't belong anymore.It was dinner time but his oldest brother, the Beta, was discussing disputed Cassiopeia territory with his father and second brother, the pack Delta. His mother, Jelsie, argued with Cam, who was only two years older than he, about whether farmed vegetables was better for purebred wolves than store-bought human-grown vegetables.
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Nusha played with a stray thread on Caph's sleeve. 'That's not possible.'She was still smiling, her bright yellow eyes staring at him.He was about to protest and tell her the history of their ancestors and their bonded mates, how they only married the ones they were bonded to, so there should be no reason why he couldn't—'I don't mean bonded mates are not possible, Caph.'He smirked at her, waiting for her dramatic silence to end. 'Then?'She looked away, her long brown lashes fluttering like butterfly wings.Nusha had wavy brown hair that bounced lightly when she moved. Paired with bright yellow eyes and a perpetually cheerful expression, she had a fairy-like appearance.She continued twisting the stray thread on his sleeve.'I've been thinking about it while i was in Middleton. Why you can't find your bonded mate.'Her eyes focused on him again. Her cheerful expression was replaced with a bashful one and the yellow in her eyes seemed to darken in intensity.'I think it's me.'Caph
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Cass knocked on the door of Ran's bedroom even though the door was not closed.'What is it?' Ran asked tiredly without turning around.Since dawn, she had been forced to wash her face three times, sit in a bathtub full of milk and have her leg hair ripped off her skin because apparently all brides do that.She managed to avoid everyone for the past three days and locked herself up in her room, refusing to eat or get some sun. Cursa tried suggesting she should do her Beta rounds one last time, accept everyone's congratulations, and smooth things over with the pack after that disastrous and confusing gathering.Ran had told her to piss off quite unpolitely.She heard Acamar march up to her room once, ready to barge in and order her out but he had been accosted by Cass who said that her hunger strike had a plus side—that usually brides went on a diet before their wedding but Ran's had been announced too late for her to do that.Her uncle grumbled about her not needing a diet anyway but so
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Ran burst into the Eridanus manor just as her family was eating dinner.Nugo almost choked on his mouthful of grilled sausage when she threw the dining room door open and let it crash into the wall. Acamar frowned disapprovingly at her.'You're three days too early,' Cass remarked, pulling out a chair for her.Ran refused to sit down.She turned to the Regent and declared, 'Gather the pack. If you won't do it, I will.'He stared at her, cheese sauce dripping onto the table.He put down his fork and grunted.He didn't ask any questions.He didn't demand to know why she came back earlier than expected, why she returned without Caph.He strode to the porch of the manor and let out an ear-splitting, commanding howl that reverberated for miles.He returned to the dining table and dunked his sausage into more cheese sauce.Ran was surprised.Cass just grinned stupidly at her.A shiver trickled down her spine.As Cursa began clearing the table, werewolves began to arrive. Nugo positioned hims
Her Unwelcome Mate Chapter 48: Plans Change
When Ran returned to Caph's room, he had fallen asleep on top of the blanket. She sat next to him and watched him breathe. His red-brown hair was still damp and messy around his face, his lips slightly parted.Ran leaned close to him, parting her own lips.He opened his eyes.'You'll fall sick if you sleep with wet hair,' she whispered.The blue in his eyes were like swirling galaxies, swallowing her whole.He reached out his hand and played with a strand of her hair.'What did my father say?'She shook her head. 'Nothing good.'Caph continued to examine her veiled expression. She met his gaze without flinching.Finally, he sat up and wrapped his arms around her waist.'I know about what my father did to your parents.' He looked away. 'I followed you to New City and overheard your conversation with the ex-Eridanus werewolf.'Ran carefully tilted his head back so the blue galaxies enveloped her again. 'And Nusha followed you?'He looked away again.She cupped his face and forced him to
Her Unwelcome Mate Chapter 47: What's The Use Of Family?
When Dingo's warriors burst out of the adjacent hotel rooms, shifting into their wolf forms, the logical thing for Ran to do was shift into a wolf as well and defend herself. Instead, Ran hauled a winded Dingo to his feet and shifted only one arm, holding a bared claw to his artery.'One move and your Alpha dies,' she said.They stopped instantly, skidding to a halt in front of her, helpless because of who she held hostage.'Bow,' she commanded.The wolves lowered their heads reluctantly.Dingo groaned in her arms.Nusha pulled herself into a sitting position, spitting blood from her mouth.'You can't threaten me with his life,' she rasped, staggering towards her. 'Kill him if you like. We were just using each other to get rid of you.'Just as she was about to shift into her wolf, Ran dropped Dingo and plunged her hand into Nusha's chest, digging past the bones to rip out her heart.Her fairy-like face lost its colour, her yellow eyes dimming like a latern that had been blown out.Now
Her Unwelcome Mate Chapter 46: I'm The Superior Of The Guy You're Pretending To Be
'I'll cooperate,' Ran repeated to a dumbfounded Dingo.She frowned at him when he didn't respond. She jangled her bonds. The silver burned her wrists, making her wince.'Hello? Dingo? Are you there? I said I'll cooperate, so tell me about Caph.'A sinister smile stretched across his handsome face. 'Ah, I've hit the sweet spot, haven't I? I was right,' he mused to himself. 'You don't really like Caph after all.'Ran shrugged. 'Like you said, I'll do anything to achieve my goal. If Caph is behind my parents' death, then I will kill him myself.' The look she gave Dingo made his hackles rise. She meant it.He smiled again. 'Good. We have a deal then.'Slipping on a pair of gloves, he unlocked the silver handcuffs and began to undo the many knots tying Ran down to the arms and legs of the chair.She watched him warily. 'How much do you know about what Cassiopeia has done?'He glanced up at her and went back to work on the knots. 'I'm not telling you anything until you pledge to become my mi
Her Unwelcome Mate Chapter 45: Heads and Tails
In his wolf form, Caph followed Nusha's scent to the bus stop. After she left the castle the previous night, she took the last bus out of The Citadel. It wasn't difficult to guess where she was headed.Caph chose to run straight to New City instead of shifting back and taking the bus.There was no time to lose.Nusha had too much of a head start.She could be anywhere in the large metropolitan city.'Think!' he commanded himself as he shifted back, ignoring the humans staring at his drenched appearance. Ran had met her ex-pack member at Starbucks before she caught Nusha kissing him. She probably went back there—or at least headed in that direction.It was the only place in New City that she knew about after all.Maybe there were traces of her scent left.Even better if they overlapped with Nusha's.Once he reached the bus stop where Nusha cornered him, her scent was indistinguishable. There were too many people passing by.As he passed the tall metal tower that marked the exact centre
Her Unwelcome Mate Chapter 44: Achieving One's Goal Without Hard Work
When Ran opened her eyes; every part of her body had gone numb. Her hands were chained behind her back with silver handcuffs. When she moved, the silver burned her skin. The rest of her was tied down to a chair—a surprisingly comfy one.Her head throbbed.This was a weird situation to be in.Her captor reclined on the large bed that took up much of the hotel room. He held a remote control in one hand, his eyes fixed on the large TV screen behind her. Heavy curtains decorated one wall and soft yellow light glowed from hidden crevices in the ceiling and furniture.They were in a hotel room.As Ran surveyed her surroundings, Dingo turned to look at her.'We're still in New City,' he told her. 'For now.'She shot him a death glare. He smirked and shuffled to the edge of the bed.Ran tried to wrench her leg from its bonds to kick him. The rope didn't even budge.He clucked disapprovingly, then said to himself, 'Well I suppose you don't like me very much anymore.' Dingo turned her chair arou
Her Unwelcome Mate Chapter 43: Bored Games
Nusha had guessed right: Caph didn't go after Ran because he knew Nusha would follow him. He wanted to avoid a confrontation between them.And as much as possible, Caph wanted Ran to have nothing to do with Nusha.For all he knew, Nusha might have known about the attack on Eridanus.If she was privy to his father's schemes, it would be detrimental to Ran if Nusha knew she met up with an ex-member of her pack and now knew everything.It had taken all his willpower to resist going after Ran.She had seen something unsightly. He wanted to explain.She was pissed. He wanted to watch her get jealous.She wanted him to go after her. He wanted to go to her.Her wolf was calling for him.But he couldn't answer her cry.He had to make sure Nusha was preoccupied for the rest of the day.Thinking about what he overheard from Ran's conversation with Fang was something he'd have to do another day.The bus lurched and Nusha threw herself at him for the umpteenth time. He gently pried her fingers fro
Her Unwelcome Mate Chapter 42: Who's The Lucky Guy?
Caph stepped backwards. 'Not now, Nusha. I'm busy.'She stepped up to him firmly. 'I dropped out of Middleton University.'He stuffed his hands into his jean pockets and let out a sigh. 'I guessed that much. You're here in the middle of the semester after all.'Middleton University was a prestigious one, difficult for humans to get into—even worse for werewolves.'What did your parents say?' he asked. Nusha shook her head and stepped forward again, snaking her arms around his neck. 'That doesn't matter, Caph. I'm telling you that I'm home for good. I quit school so that I can be by your side.' She hugged him tight and whispered, 'Will Ran do that for you?'Caph unravelled her arms and put them back by her side. 'She doesn't have to. You don't have to either.'Nusha interlaced her fingers with his, her yellow eyes running across his skin sensuously. 'I know I don't. But I did it because that's how much I want you. I will wait for you, Caph.' She tilted her head. 'I will always be be he
