Eva POV The backyard of the pack house was filled with people. Mom and Aunt arranged a small welcome party for Skyler. They invited all our family and friends. Our whole pack kindly accepted her already. And it would become official once she took her position as gamma. "What are you doing here?" Luca asked me as I stood outside. "Triplets are coming. Mom instructed me to welcome them", I said. "Triplets?" he frowned. Displease was clear on his face. "Stay here. Let's welcome them", I nudged his shoulder. "No way", he yelled. "You know... they turned eighteen a few months back", I said with a raised brow. "So?" he knitted his brows. "You are waiting for your mate. There is a chance that one of them might be your mate", I said. "Oh yeah wait.... what if you got three. They were triplets", I said. He gaped and horror filled his expression. "No way", he yelled "I rather prefer to die mate less than be their mate. They are psychopaths." "Think in this way. Getting three mates",
EVA POV "How is this?" Rain asked wearing a green colored dress. April and I shook our heads in no. She went back to try another dress. Tomorrow was the full moon and it was a pack festival for us. The whole pack will gather near our grey lake. We have a long list of shopping. "Eva, see this", April showed the dress. "April's kind", I winked. It's off shoulder sky blue dress with a long slit on the left side. For the past two hours, we were making this store upside down. No issues as long as the store owner was on our side. It's Rain's store. "What about this?" Rain appeared in a red dress this time. April and I exchanged a glance and gave thumbs up. "Don't you find anything yet?" Rain asked. "I'm looking for your new collection", I said with a sly smile. "No. They will be on market after 6 weeks. Don't you dare to think", she warned. April and I gave puppy eyes and pout. "Try this trick before your brothers", she flipped her hair and walked away. "Trust me, you don't apprec
Luca POV Sometimes it's exhausting being the younger boy. From the morning every elder from my family was throwing orders. Evan asked me to help Stella. I was subjected to her hormones. She didn't like the decorations. She was adding constant changes. I had to put up with all her demands. "Luca, I think that violet isn't good", she said. "Stella, calm down", I pulled a chair and made her sit. "I will send you a drink. Stay calm and look at all that again. You will like it. Trust me you made beautiful work", I said. "But...", she was about to say something. "How about a small break? Just go and take a nap. I will take care of the remaining", I said. Even though she was contemplating something, I take her to her room. "You are so sweet", she said. "Any time for my favorite sister", I said. She smiled. I think I should take a break. Rain immediately came to my mind. I didn't see her since the morning. She had five siblings and everyone would be home for today. She might be happi
EVA POV I spent the rest of the afternoon in my room. April and Rain were busy with their own happy families. I hope my family was happy just like before without worrying about me. Jake was in the pack house, so I was in my parent's house. I had this foolish feeling to meet him despite my rational thoughts. I didn't give up on my emotionally messed up wolf. I slept for some time. After that, I had a parlor appointment. The evening came soon. Pack area near lake and pack house lit brightly. Stella, Claire, and Skylar came to my place. It was quite disturbing in the pack house. So they choose to dress up and other makeup here. I didn't buy their reasons. They probably knew about my mate thing. Their stupid mates sent them to look after me. Glad they didn't ask a word about him. My clean room was filled with stuff and people. Makeup artists working on us. Once I finished, I sent my picture to April and Rain. After a few minutes, they sent their pictures. It's time to hit the venue. My
Jake POV When I was in the car I received a call from Ray one of my best tracker. I answered immediately. "Tell me, Ray." "You were right. It's the brothers", he said. I knew it. He gave the information they had. "But we couldn't find those anonymous wolves", he said in a low tone. "Keep trying", I said and cut the call. I assigned my trackers to investigate the wolves who attacked us. From the beginning, I felt that I was missing something. It was not easy for an alpha-less pack to plan an attack on us. Besides non-traceable rouges involved. There was someone who wanted to get rid of us as soon as possible. And only names that came to my mind were the Lance brothers. They helped Maverick. My beta, gamma, and I knew about that and we turned against Maverick. Alfred Lance and Steve Lance were the only people at risk if we were alive. There were a few more loose ends. For now, I had a lead to proceed. I didn't want to drag them out but they messed with me. I should treat them i
Jake POV I stopped before a closed door where I could smell and hear her clearly. I kicked the door open. Eva was on her knees struggling and someone held her by the neck and try to close her mouth. A broken stool and scattering things in the room explained the situation. My wolf growled out with anger. I peeled that bastard away from her. I pinned him to the wall and lifted him off the ground. I bared my canines as my wolf surfaced. He struggled in my hold. "How dare you?" my wolf growled. I throw him out. He collided with the opposite wall of the corridor and fell down. I strode towards him and pulled him up. He was a late teen. I punched him in the face. He bared his canines inviting a fight. Not good for you boy. I was about to give another punch. "Manny", I heard someone from behind. My wolf didn't care. I tightened my hold and gave another punch. "Alpha leave him", Evan asked in a high tone. I growled again showing my canines to Evan. "Jake", I heard Eva and I loosened my gr
Eva POV I went to Evan's office. It's filled with high-ranked warriors and hunters. Evan was throwing orders, Ryan was on a phone call, and Alex was following Evan. Everyone looked at me for a moment in silence and went back to their work. I closed the door behind me and joined them. "I want a team to trace the origin of rouge wolves", Evan said. "Any information from our agents from human territory?" Evan asked. "No, Alpha. Every lead led to a dead end", Alex said. "Assign one more team there", Evan said. "I will go with them", I said. Evan and Alex looked at me expressionlessly. "Go to your room", Evan said in an alpha tone. I obliged. It had been a week since the attack. I woke up four days back. By that time, the pack was in lockdown. All border securities were tightened. Evan shifted into full alpha mode. Pack people were restrained from leaving the pack. I was restrained from leaving the pack house. Manny escaped during the attack and it made my brothers more protective.
Eva POV I sat in the conference room with Evan and Luca waiting for Ariyana Becker, daughter of Alpha Harrison Becker. This was the first time I stepped out of the pack house after that incident. Luca and I were checking documents from the legal department while Evan looking at his mobile and smiling. "This barbie queen should maintain time", Luca muttered. She made us wait for the past 30 minutes. For sake of Harrison Becker, we were tolerating this. I saw Ariyana when were very young. I forgot how she even looks. We heard a knock on the door and a tall slender figure walked in. Ariyana gave us an arrogant smile to us and occupied the chair before Evan. "Ariyana Becker", she forwarded the hand. "Evan Silver", Evan shook her hand. "You look more handsome than last time", she said with a smirk. "Thank you", Evan said adjusting his tie. Luca and I shook her hand politely. She ignored my presence completely. "I thought you would be with your team", I said as she came alone with a
Jake POV "Stella is nesting. She is not letting anyone near the baby. Be careful with her", Evan said. "Is she allowing you?" Eva asked. He shook his head as no. Most of the she-wolves in my pack go to nestling right after delivering the baby. They don't even let their mates around the baby. It's because they all were chosen mates and wolves usually become protective with their pups. I was astonished that Evan and his Luna were soulmates yet she was not letting him in. I could see he was disappointed. Brother and sister duo are walking a step ahead and I was following them silently. We all are in an awkward situation and I'm the reason for that. I'm feeling guilty for that. I hope things will become normal for her with her family. I'm an outsider with a not-so-decent reputation; of course, they would treat me like that. I wasn't offended. I'm worrying about her. Evan opened the door of his room. I was in their pack house before but I'm not familiar with anything. It's
Eva POV I can't believe what I just did. I could see the bright red fresh wound on his neck. I just marked him. I fucking marked him. I loved the taste of his blood. He was sleeping. It's the marking effect. After marking your mate it takes all of your energy to make an unbreakable bond between the souls. Usually male marks his mate first and the female sleeps for hours. In my case, it is reversed. I placed a kiss on his forehead. Even I'm feeling light-headed and drowsy. I put my head on his bare chest and closed my eyes. I opened my eyes and found myself still over him. He was sleeping soundly. I looked outside and it was dark. How long have we slept? I moved aside and lay beside him. I could see my mark on his neck. It's almost healed. It will take two more days to get a defined shape. I'm excited to see how my mark looks. I feel more connected to him. I'm always attracted to him but it's intensified now. I think I can mind-link him too. I tried it but I couldn't. Maybe on
Jake POV "I, Eva Silver from Grey Lake pack rejecting you Alpha Jake Smith as my mate." Something cracked inside me. And those fragments percied every inch of my body. The pain made me vulnerable. Eva was dropped to the ground right before my eyes but I wasn't able to move to hold her. I felt my wolf taking over and I have no strength to control him. I was at my weakest. I don't give a shit even if someone kills me. A scream tore out of me and in a fraction of a minute I was on my four covered in fur. It started raining. My wolf turned back and sprinted into the forest. As my pace was picking up, the rain was turning to a downpour. I submerged completely into the pain. I don't know where my wolf was going. My wolf came to a stop at nowhere. He was panting and taking slow steps forward. "You are an asshole. You tried to separate me from my mate", he said. "We have no choice", I said. "I'm ashamed being your wolf", he grunted. "You are a coward. You don't have the guts to f
Eva POV We had a delicious lunch prepared by Lia though I helped her a bit. While cooking we had a great time. She told me her love story. Damn, it's dreamy. I couldn't believe that large scary man did such sweet things to make this tiny woman happy. After lunch, Jake and Gavin left saying "something important". "Would you like to see some old pictures?" Lia asked. "Yeah", I said awkwardly. I don't know but I feel awkward seeing old photographs. Maybe because I had tons of photographs from my childhood and most of them are embarrassing. My family show them to everyone without asking me. It's very embarrassing and I feel others might be embarrassed if I see their pictures. "There are a lot of little Jake pictures", Lia said in a cheerful tone. I fucking knew that tone which my mom use whenever she was about to show my pictures. Those pictures were embarrassing for sure. "I want to see them", I said with excitement. I'm looking forward to a few extremely embarrassing pictures s
EVA POV The day which I prayed that should never come. This day is the last day of us together. I was trying very hard to not think about the coming day but my mind kept wandering about how I was going to take it. Jake wanted to make this last day memorable. We came back to our country. Jake will be taking me to a place which is going to be a surprise. "Jake, why do I feel that we are in wolf territory?" I asked. Jake was driving the car and I sat silently in the passenger seat. "We are", he said. I had this crazy urge to ask him where we were going but I restrained myself. "Be patient for some more time", he said. "I'm patient. I didn't say a word", I argued. "I could figure out what was running in your mind", Jake said in a sing-song tone. "Whatever. You better drive faster", I muttered looking away. It is still dark outside as there was one more hour before dawn. "On it Princess", he chuckled and pressed the accelerator. Our car came to a stop and two large side-stripped wo
JAKE POV"Are you tired, Princess?" I asked Eva. She sat on the bed and was massaging her shoulders. "Yeah, my back hurts. It's a terrible drive", she said stretching her body."Lay on your stomach. I will give you a massage", I said."No, I know what you mean", she glared. "I meant a real massage. Dirty brat", I said with a smirk. "You are dirty", she grunted. Her cheeks turned pink. She cleared her throat and stood up."I'm gonna take a bath", she said. "Can I join? You sound like inviting me", I said. She squinted her eyes. "This pole..", she pointed at the pole beside her "..is the border. You shouldn't come to this side" she warned and left to the bathroom. We were in the middle of the sand. After breakfast, we started our dessert safari. The resort organized it for the tourists. By evening we reached to camp area. We are going to spend this night here in the camp.There is a small pond or we can call it an oasis. Around the pond, tents were arranged. They are larger than us
EVA POV I couldn't sleep the rest of the night. Many thoughts about that desert demon were running in my mind along with that I could hear his voice the whole night. Even Jake couldn't sleep. He wrapped his hand around me tightly, not too tight to suffocate me but tight enough to not let me out. This place wasn't as simple as it looks. It had many secrets. Within 16 hours, I met a Yilan which I didn't know existed in real and I almost met a desert demon which I didn't even know before. We got fresh up quickly and left for breakfast as I was very hungry and I was eager to meet Volkan for a talk. I met Volkan on the way. "We need to talk", I stated standing before him. He was in the dining area looking after the arrangements. Jake got a call from his men and left. "Good Morning", Volkan greeted with his usual happy smile. I gave him a sharp look. "Fine. I'm sorry about the night. I shouldn't hurt you. I'm not sorry for your mate", he said. "Tell me about that demon", I asked with
Eva POV "What is a Yilan?" I asked. "Is he your mate?" he asked. I nodded. "Why are you here?" he asked. "I asked a question", I said. He smiled. "I will answer it. First I need to know why you both are here?" he asked. "Vacation", I said. He took a deep breath. "You are not lying", he said. "Yilan means serpent in the local language", he said. "Serpent?" I asked not believing his words. "Are you for real?" I asked. "Yes", he said. "You can change your form into a snake?" I said more like a question. "Yes", he confirmed. "I thought shape-shifting serpents were a myth", I said. "All myths are once called Legends", he said. "I can't believe it", I said. "Go to that girl and say you are a werewolf", he said pointing to a random dancing girl. I gave him a confused look. "She will say that she can't believe you", he said. He made a point. For most of the humans, we were myths too. "How many more Yilans here?" I asked. "No one. We are not pack creatures like you. We live
Eva POV "You don't have to worry about it", Jake said coldly. Either he didn't want me to know that or he didn't want me get into that."Fine", I said. I held his hand and took him with me. He followed me quietly. I took him to the bathroom and made him stand under the shower. Water ran down his body. Blood stains spread all over his shirt. He might not be ready to put down his guard. "You might get used to that stench but I couldn't stand it any longer", I unbuttoned his shirt and took it off.He cupped my face and looked at me for a moment. He placed a kiss on my forehead. He hugged me tightly. I let him take his time."Jake, you can tell me everything", I said holding him. "I met Codrin. Codrin Vlad", he said. "Vlad. Is that one of the strongest vampire covens?" I asked to confirm. He nodded. "Why did you meet him?" I asked."It's transalvaynia region. Their territory. Vlads and North Mountain were enemies for decades. Around 100 years back, Shasha one of the north mountain wom