"Umm, this is Marcus Flain. One of the best soldiers I have ever seen. I hired him a few days ago," he said, pointing at him.Marcus moved forward while smiling and extended his hand for me to shake, but Hayden grabbed the hand."Nice to meet you, Marcus," Hayden said, taking the hand before I could even reach it."We have already met before Alpha, Alpha Finn introduced us," he said, trying to pull the hand, but Hayden held it."Use your senses, Marcus," he said, dropping his hand. "Where did you get him from? What happened to your soldiers that you need another person from another pack to come guard you?""I did not find him. He is a rogue, so it's good that he works his stay out and not just stay in my.pack eating my food, and he is one of the best fighters I know, so don't let his baby face deceive you."Marcus smiled, then looked at me and said, "It is nice to meet you, Luna.""You too; I hope the journey was pleasant," I said, but I did not smile back because something inside of
I hissed and then tried to drag my hand away, but Hayden pulled it back and whispered,"What is the problem?"I looked away, so he told Cecelia, "I will see you later. My mate needs something."She looked around like she had not seen me standing there. "Hi, Alex. I did not see you there. You look beautiful.""Thank you, Excuse me," I said, and I pried my hand away successfully. I then started to walk away, but then I felt him following me, and he pulled me back."Where are we going?" He asked me."None of your business; feel free to go back to snuggling with your former lover," I said, looking away."What do you mean? She was telling me about...""She was rubbing her body against yours to provoke me. She was not telling you anything.""No, she was trying to tell me about the meeting that we had.""Alpha Hayden, your party is lovely," a voice said, interrupting us.I turned, and a tall young man who was almost as tall as Hayden and had a sweet smile was standing in front of us, while
Hayden pov"Alpha Hayden, it's time for your speech with your Luna," Josiah, my father's brother, said.Father had long refused to be part of most events unless it was necessary, so his brother had assumed his duty for a long time."Come on, everyone is bored of those boring speeches. Who cares if he gives another one of them? The only thing I would be interested in would be the chasing of maidens game," Finn said, nudging me.I rolled my eyes, then faced Josiah, who was standing akimbo in front of me."You know that it is tradition, right? Your father will have my head if we don't do this right."Before I could tell him that I was going to do it and he should not mind Finn's loud mouth, Ann appeared and started pulling at Josiah's hand."Can I borrow Josiah for five minutes?" He asked me."We are discussing something important, Ann; let's talk later.""Now!" She said that and gave him a look."Excuse me, Hayden, please be ready with Alex; I will be back."Ann hi
Hayden pov"Hayden, wait," Lucien said, pulling me back into the room."What do you mean confront her? Were you, not the one who said that you cannot expose her yet until you have caught everyone involved in this?" He whisper-yelled."I am well aware of everything I said, Lucien, but that was all before Alex went missing. My mate and my child are in danger. I felt a sharp pain in my heart a few minutes ago.""Then they have not left the pack yet if you felt her a few minutes ago. Look, Hayden, grabbing Ann now and threatening her won't get her to talk because you have nothing over her now, something tells me that she has already made peace with dying with the things she has been doing, and she has been so smart to keep her son off it. If you threaten her with Peter, he has not been caught doing anything, so you will get nothing but...""Quit the long sermon and go straight to the point; I don't have all day, Lucien.""You have cameras on almost every part
Alex povI felt someone calling my name in my head. I tried to ignore it, but it got so loud, so I pushed out and opened my eyes, even though it felt heavy.But then the room was so bright, so I closed my eyes and blinked a few times, trying to get my eyes used to the light before I opened it again."How are you feeling?" A voice I recognized to be my mate's asked me."Worn out, tired, drowsy, take your pick. Where are we?"He pointed at the machines and said, "At the hospital, isn't that obvious?""Again? What happened this time?""You don't remember anything from the ceremony?""What ceremony? I do not..." I stopped talking because I started recollecting everything, from Hayden making me angry to entering that enclosed space, and someone placed something on my nose and then knocked me out.My hand went to my bump, and it was still there. "My baby did anything...""The baby is fine; the moon goddess was merciful. Though they said that they would still ru
Ann povI was pacing around the house, waiting for Josiah and the nurse we sent to look around to give me some news. "Okay, I am fed up; I am tired of waiting; maybe I can go look around too," Cecelia said.I looked up and rolled my eyes. I did not have time to deal with imbeciles now. "For the last time, you are not going there. I mean, what will you say that you came there to do?"She shrugged. "I will pretend that I went there to seduce Hayden while I tell them that I came to know how Alex was doing. And like every cliche story, Alix will flair up and Hayden will send me away, then I will go around the hospital and look around to see if someone will drop a hint of what is happening."I nodded, because for once she was making sense: "Give it a few minutes; let me see if Currie or Josiah will call me back."She nodded. "Fine, twenty more minutes, then I will go clean up quickly and go to the hospital and maybe even talk to Josh; I saw him watchin
Cecelia pov"What is keeping her?" I said and sat down, keeping my bag.I was waiting for Ann to show up. She called me as soon as I got home and told me not to go because there was a problem. She then called me this morning and said that Hayden was in, so I should dress up but wait for her. I wanted to ask her why I should do that, but she cut the call before I could talk. I had been waiting for her for over two hours since I dressed up, but she was not yet here.My mom called me when I got home last night. She said that she just missed me, but I knew that she was calling me to find out if I had found my mate, and shamefully, I told her that I had not found my mate when we did not know what to say to each other anymore and we're just breathing in each other's ear.I would not have been worried about all this if that stupid person had not come into Hayden's life or stayed dead like she should have.Someone knocked, and I went to the door. It was Ann, so I opened
My back was pushed against a hard object; no, wait, it was a body. A hard-ripped body that could only belong to a man because I could feel the muscles peeping from the cloth.I started to wiggle and tried to push him off, but the asshole hold was tight and he was trying to hold me in place, but then I also noticed that the asshole shaft was poking against my ass. He must have a kink in assaulting innocent women, but I was not one of them then, so I kneed him in the shaft, then pushed away to hit him on the head with my bag. But then it was:"Josh, what the fuck is that?" I shouted with my bag still up in the air, ready to slam."Sorry, I was trying to get you to talk to me; you were rushing off, and I wanted to talk to you privately.""Really, and you could not do that without pushing my ass on your dick?" I said it as a matter of fact, and he started scratching his head."Sorry, I did not mean to do that; I was so angry, so I did not think before grabbing you."I rolled my eyes. "Fin