**Ryan**“What did you say?” I asked Elder Anthony, daring him to repeat his words. How dare he accuse Evie like that? Elder Anthony, rather than realize the fury in my eyes, visibly grew excited as he nodded at me.“It could only be her! She is the only one with the motivation! Think about it! Who will have a grudge against the entire pack than a Luna who was scorned by all? She was forced to leave the pack, and she lost her husband to his mate. She will definitely be pissed and have all the reasons to hate us!” Elder Anthony declared proudly.“You are right. It is clear the intruders knew the exact location of the barn. That is possible only if a member of the pack sold them that information and who else would do it than a vengeful woman who lost her power and man both?” Elder Timothy added his own ideas.“Exactly! And the timing! Such a thing has never happened before this and right after she leaves the pack, someone knows the location of the barn! Isn’t it clear that she was the
**Ryan**Slowly, we all turned to see Freya who was standing there, her face full of determination. To be honest, I had even forgotten she was there. Seeing her confidence, I felt a mix of agitation and indignation. Even though my first instinct was to ignore her, I couldn’t just leave the matter when she had made such a declaration, can I?“You can help?” I asked, my brows raised in curiosity. Freya gazed at me before nodding confidently. “How?” I asked, and she smiled. “I know you don’t think much of me, Ryan. You think of me as a nuisance who caused Evelyn to leave you. Even though I only wanted to help you find her, circumstances led you to marrying me. And you think I deliberately trapped you even though I never had any such intentions,” she said, and I nearly rolled my eyes.“What does this have to do with the situation we are facing now?” I asked, not interested in her declaration of innocence. Freya shook her head before sighing.“You may have forgotten, but I am not just
**Evelyn**It has been a week since the day I left the pack with Lucian. For a day, I had been riddled with anxiety and guilt at leaving the pack in such a perilous state. I knew that Lucian was right, and I had no connections with the pack anymore. That I had no reason to worry anymore about them. But it was hard to get rid of the feelings I harbored in my mind in just a day. Afterall, I had been their Luna for years and caring for them had been ingrained in my blood. I couldn’t just stop caring because they chose someone better than me as their Luna. And hence, I couldn’t help but worry about the fate of the pack after the attack, hoping that they were all fine.The next day, Lucian brought news that everyone in the pack was safe and there were no casualties in the attack. Even though I was relieved at the news, when I heard how the enemy had destroyed the pack’s barn, I was worried once again. Without supplies to aid them in the winter, how were they going to survive? But I decided
**Evelyn**I turned to see Caleb standing there, staring at me with wide eyes, and I frowned. “I shouldn’t go there?” I asked, pointing towards the inconspicuous looking herbs and he nodded furiously.“Why?”“Uh… Brother Lucian has prohibited us from going to that area!” He said, his voice sounding nervous and I frowned, looking back at the herbs. Even after a second glance, they looked nothing special. Huh?“Why aren’t you allowed to go there? Is there anything special about those herbs?” I asked curiously.Caleb looked conflicted as if pondering something and then he straightened up.“The herbs there… They have harmful effects. Some of those are even toxic to touch and should be handled with gloves only. That’s why we should never go to that area,” he said and I stared at him in shock. Toxic to touch? Wasn’t that too dangerous for a place with kids? I know he said they were prohibited to go there, but we were talking about kids here! Who didn’t know that they loved to explore and r
**Ryan**“Alpha, didn’t you promise that the Luna will be back soon? Why isn’t she back yet?”Under the accusing stare of the little guy in front of me, I felt like a criminal.“She will come, Mike,” I said, and I didn’t know if I was trying to convince him or myself. My mind flashed to the moment I saw the brown-haired woman in the marriage. She looked nothing like my Evie, but my mind told that it was my Evie. And she saw me marrying Freya. Even if it wasn’t her, the news must have spread that I had married Freya. Evie would certainly have heard of it by now. She would hate me by now, wouldn’t she? After all, I had married another woman even after promising her that I will never even glance at any woman other than her. Whatever my reasons may be, there was no excuse for my actions. She will never come back to me now. I had lost my Evie forever. I was startled out of my thoughts when the little one spoke. “But Momma said we have a new Luna and the old one is gone forever. That I sh
**Evelyn**“Luna, it's so boring here! Can we go to the park and play? Please Luna! We miss playing with you!” I looked at the little boy smiling up at me, his big brown eyes full of innocence and hope. If only I could feel half as hopeful as him... Too bad. I was not as naïve as a four-year-old.Shaking off the unpleasant thought, I smiled at him even though it never reached my eyes. How could I explain to a child that we were in the midst of a war and our peaceful days were all but a memory? “I would really love that too, but not today, Mike. We can go to the park some other day,” I said before pausing, trying to think how I could explain to him that going out was not safe anymore. But I didn’t want to be the one to taint his innocence. Not when his parents had tried their best to shield him from the horror that was happening around him.“Why not now?” He pouted, his eyes drooping dramatically. “We are a little busy now, kiddo. Otherwise, will I ever say no to my favorite little b
**Evelyn**I stood there watching the warrior carrying the woman, my heart thundering inside my chest. I couldn’t help but run my gaze over the woman. With each step she got closer to me, a strange fear gripped my heart. With hair as black as night and pale unblemished skin to go with it, I would have recognised her if I had seen her even once before in my life. And I most certainly haven’t. So who was this stranger, and why was Ryan bringing her here?I tried to reason to myself that I was just shaken by seeing the deaths and injuries from the war. Not to mention the hostility the pack members had shown me a while ago. But still, those thoughts didn’t help me get over the uneasy feeling I had after seeing the girl. Taking in a shaky breath, I fisted my hands to hide the slight tremble in my fingers as I kept watching the woman, unable to peel my eyes away from her. Curly black lashes fanned her cheeks while her thin pink lips were turning down into a frown. With her small button nose
**Evelyn**Mate… her voice echoed in my head as utter chaos ensued in the pack. “Mate?!” Elder Anthony shrieked gleefully, looking between the girl and Ryan, before turning to me with a gloating look. But I just stood there numbly, seeing everything but not registering anything. As if I was a stranger watching it all happen to someone else. Amidst the cacophony of voices of the elders and the pack members that gathered there by now, the girl walked towards Ryan as if in a daze. Suddenly, the haze in my mind cleared up and my senses turned sharp. She was walking towards my man! Fated mate or whatever, Ryan was mine now and mine forever! I rushed towards him and stood in front before she reached him. The girl tilted her head in a questioning look as she stared at me, annoyance flashing in her eyes at the hindrance. As she stood there studying me, I did the same. I didn’t realize it before since she was lying down, but now that she was standing up, she was on the shorter side. Maybe abo