LUCY'S POV“That’s a bad idea,” I blurted, flicking my gaze toward my father to see if he was in support of this crazy idea. Right now, it didn’t even seem like he was the one in charge of the family anymore. He leaned against the car, arms and legs crossed while watching my mother and I argue. With that, I knew he wasn’t going to be of much help. “I can’t introduce you to Morgan,”“And why’s that?” She returned. “Because I told him you’re dead!” I shot the words out. Her eyes flicked with shock, but she hid it instantly with a subtle smile. The alike extended to the edge of her lips, and despite how hard she tried to keep it on, it faded.“Dead? Really? Why would you do that?”“You’re the ones who became rogues. Imagine introducing that part of my life after all you two have done. Do you think I have come this far with this?” I asked. I left her to think about it while I walked to meet my father in the car. “Dead?” He repeated. I rolled my eyes, already exhausted from explaining
JASMINES POVAll through the journey back to the pack, Rican and I sat silently, with my gaze fixed outside the window on the trees and bushes that swayed behind us as we drove through the wind.The journey seemed further than when we came, and my eyes began to twirl in weakness. I needed rest. The last time I had a good rest…was days ago. “Check through your window,” Rican called my attention. I sat up slowly, turning to him to know why he asked me to. “There’s a car that should pull up any minute from now,” he said.My eyes drifted to the side mirror, waiting patiently for what he’d said. After a few minutes of waiting, I sighed in exhaustion and fell back to my seat. “There’s no car. Are you expecting someone?”Right after my question, just as my eyes were about to leave the side mirror, I saw a red car take the turn that led directly into the path that we were on. My body instinctively left the chair again, closing in on the mirror and I squinted for a better view. “A red ca
“Oh Christ!”I turned away as my heart thundered in my rib cage.What have I just witnessed?“Luce?” I called the name of my best friend who I just walked in on kissing the boy of my dreams.Caine Creek, the hottest boy in school, my crush and the Alpha's son.He just had his tongue down the throat of my best friend and his hand under her mini skirt."Jasmine" she called my name and I could clearly hear the annoyance in her voice, I had just cut short her smooching with Caine.“Oh, I didn’t know you would be here” my voice came out weakly and tears threatened to fall from my eyes.I was hurt.Why?Because I told Lucy how much I like Caine the day before. She had pushed me and I confessed my feelings to her, after that she offered to help me get him.But here she was almost eating his face up."I'll see you later, bye baby" I heard her saying to Caine as my back was still turned to them.Baby?? Since when?I heard some rustling and Lucy was soon at my side, grabbing me by the arm hars
I tugged on my short skirt as I walked into the hallway, ready for class and looking for Lucy.I was too busy crying, I didn't text her back after last night.Hopefully I don't get to hear her gushing about thier date or see hickeys he had given her all over her neck today.“The ugly duckling arrives” I heard the voice of my usual bullies as I walked towards my locker, it was too late to turn back now.I let my head drop so I would not look at their faces and be reminded of my nightmares.“What is with that green blouse?It's so ugly my eyes are becoming sore” Tatiana, the annoying girlfriend of Spencer said about my blouse and he kissed her cheek before laughing.They were surrounded by other boys and girls, littering the hallway before class.“Give me my twenty bucks Jerry, I told you her hair would still be tangled today. You didn’t expect her to change overnight did you?” Imani said to one of the boys and the rest laughed before he dug out his wallet and placed the dollar note in h
I heard a loud whistle and I looked around from where the sound come.I knew it meant danger, I had heard that sound in school many times.My eyes darted round in fear."Hey ogre!!" I heard a loud voice from behind the abandoned house in beside me.Spencer McHaton."Medium rare!!!" Another gruff voice called out as my heart beat loudly in fear."Leave me alone!" I cried out in fear as I hurried away from the lonely road I always took home.As my feet took me hurriedly away, I was not looking at my front until I bumped into a wall, hitting my chest and I fell to the floor, scraping my hands in the process."Where are you running to Princess?"When I opened my eyes, shaking away the thundering headache that was suddenly in my head, I came face to face with the wall had stumbled into.Harper, Spencer's fraternal crazy twin."I don't want any problem please, leave me alone please. I just want to go home" I cried as I saw my bleeding arms."Are you calling me a troublemaker?" Harper asked
Few blocks from my house, I cleaned my tears and tried to hide the red angry bruises on my arms.When I got home, the door was unlocked as usual but some of the things were missing in the living room, like the Tv and the tables."Mum?!" I called out for my mother but there was no reply."Mum?!"I walked up the stairs to her room to look for her and get an explanation to what was going on in our house.And my father was no where to be found.Not that it mattered because he was rarely at home but it's been two months since I last saw him.As the Beta of the pack , he was always busy but at night when I saw other fathers get home, I always wondered why mine never came back or even bothered calling.When I got into my mother's room, the sight was worse than what I had met in the living room.All her things were packed and her stuffs were labeled in different boxes on the floor."Mum, why is the... What's going on? Why are you packing? Are you giving your things out?" My questions came in
“Hello Mrs Elena, is Lucy home?” I asked Lucy's Aunty who I had met gardening right outside their house.I had come to tell my best friend that I was leaving.Ever since that incident in school, Lucy had refused to talk to me and I was not surprised when she did not come to look for me even when I had not showed up to school in days.So here I was trying to mend broken fences before I left and once again I was met with her absence.“No honey, she went out with that naughty boy again. After messing my sheets up, they leave my house in a mess. Once that stubborn girl comes home she’ll clean this house spotless like a maid. She just gets me mad all the time” Elena said furiously, digging away at the soil.The naughty boy in question: Caine Creek.But I could care less about him now, he no longer mattered to me."Do you know where she went to?" I asked her, helping her with her water can for her garden.“Thank you sweetie. Well, Lucy wouldn't tell me where they were headed but I heard the
"I'll give you a moment to clear out your locker alone. The classes are going on now, so you have enough time to get what you want and leave without any drama" The school principal, Miss Johnson, said to me after my mother told her on the phone that I was leaving school.By now I'm guessing half of the parents in the pack would've heard about the drama between my parents.I told her to plead with Miss Johnson to make my move as stealthy as possible, because I knew how much mockery I was going to get if the other students knew I was leaving."I heard about what was going on between you and the other students," she said behind me as we walked to my locker. "You lost so much weight," she added after I didn't say anything.She knew about it.The whole school knew about my bullying but no one did anything about it, they rather enjoyed it."I'm sorry I couldn't do anything about it, and I'm sorry about your parents" she said."I heard your father found his mate. Do you know her?" She asked
JASMINES POVAll through the journey back to the pack, Rican and I sat silently, with my gaze fixed outside the window on the trees and bushes that swayed behind us as we drove through the wind.The journey seemed further than when we came, and my eyes began to twirl in weakness. I needed rest. The last time I had a good rest…was days ago. “Check through your window,” Rican called my attention. I sat up slowly, turning to him to know why he asked me to. “There’s a car that should pull up any minute from now,” he said.My eyes drifted to the side mirror, waiting patiently for what he’d said. After a few minutes of waiting, I sighed in exhaustion and fell back to my seat. “There’s no car. Are you expecting someone?”Right after my question, just as my eyes were about to leave the side mirror, I saw a red car take the turn that led directly into the path that we were on. My body instinctively left the chair again, closing in on the mirror and I squinted for a better view. “A red ca
LUCY'S POV“That’s a bad idea,” I blurted, flicking my gaze toward my father to see if he was in support of this crazy idea. Right now, it didn’t even seem like he was the one in charge of the family anymore. He leaned against the car, arms and legs crossed while watching my mother and I argue. With that, I knew he wasn’t going to be of much help. “I can’t introduce you to Morgan,”“And why’s that?” She returned. “Because I told him you’re dead!” I shot the words out. Her eyes flicked with shock, but she hid it instantly with a subtle smile. The alike extended to the edge of her lips, and despite how hard she tried to keep it on, it faded.“Dead? Really? Why would you do that?”“You’re the ones who became rogues. Imagine introducing that part of my life after all you two have done. Do you think I have come this far with this?” I asked. I left her to think about it while I walked to meet my father in the car. “Dead?” He repeated. I rolled my eyes, already exhausted from explaining
LUCY'S POVThe car drove into the hospital, and the entrance door burst open. Nurses raced out, a stretcher rolling behind them as they approached the car. Before the car came to a halt, Alpha Morgan jumped out of the car, racing towards them and assisting them with the stretcher.My heart raced as I watched them pull his body out of the car. He was close to dead, and I feared I must have hit him harder than I was supposed to.What if he wakes up and speaks the truth? As I descended the car, my eyes scanned the perimeter, looking for any signs of Bryan. He was supposed to be present…I called him minutes ago.“Take the tail,” Alpha Morgan alerted me. The burrs were being slow, and he was losing his patience with every second that passed with his child on that stretcher. I took the tail of the stretcher from the nurse who was shaded aside, pushing with every strength in me. We burst through the front door, racing through the crowd that was gathered at the reception.A doctor burst out
JASMINES POVMy father ignored my complaints and shifted into a fighting stance. “We start with the basics. Show me what you’ve got.”It was day two of waiting for a response from Rican’s friend, Astrid. With every hour that passed, I felt Caine was falling more into danger, and for the first time, I decided to go by the rules. The sun was still rising, and the morning dew still hovered around when my father called me out of bed this morning. A training session with him, he demanded. I was too grumpy to accept, but he found a way to get me out of my bed, and now I was standing in the open field behind the house. My body was already warm from stretching, but I could feel my muscles tingling at the thought of taking on my father. “That’s enough time to rest,” my dad tossed a second stick at me. “It’s early dad. Who trains with such a cold?”“A girl who has a lot to lose,” He answered, a subtle reminder of my situation. Where was the lie?I took it with a nod, brushing off the sa
LUCY'S POVMarry? So soon?I tried to hide the expression of excitement that mixed with the shock of the news. Caine was sitting quietly, his eyes fixed on me without moving. I opened my mouth to speak, but they felt heavy, forcing themselves back into a thin line. “Caine wants this to happen soon. But without the knowledge of a lot of people,” “Oh…a secret wedding then?” I asked, stealing another glance at him. It was quite unfortunate to say that not everyone in the room was happy about the news. Lilian, Caine’s stepmother sat across Morgan, her husband, and her jaw was clenched into a frown. Despite how many times she tried to hide the anger seething through her with a smile, it failed. “But our friends…” I extended my hand and took Caine’s hand. They were cold, a contrast to how hot I was feeling at the moment. “We’ve been with them forever. They’ve looked forward to this day,”“We’ll arrange for that. In the meantime, tell your Aunty…”“She won’t make it,” I cut Morgan short.
LUCY'S POVI was the last to leave Adrian’s room after my mother. My father returned earlier with a small that contained the blood of the last seeker whom they held hostage. All thanks to that last piece, Adrian was stable again—temporarily.I shut the door after I walked out, letting my head fall on the frame. Exhaustion boned through my system, and I could hear the desperate cries for help. It’s been two days since the suspension of Jasmine and her father from the pack, yet Bryan’s plans seemed to be on a go-slow operation, making it seem like Jasmine was the factor that pushed us into doing more than we could. A heavy sigh left my mouth as I pulled away from the door, heading for my room. My headache, my muscles pulsated, and my eyes felt heavy like they had gathered blood from the last two days. I managed to get myself to my room and collapsed on the bed. “You need it,” my wolf stirred in my head. “Just so you can think clearly,” “This is not the time,” I drawled, stirring
JASMINES POVMy pulse pounded in my ears as my father’s gaze locked onto me. His expression was unreadable, but I knew what was coming. I barely had time to react before I heard the unmistakable sound of heavy footsteps behind me.Too late.A firm hand closed around my wrist. My body tensed, and before I could twist away, I was yanked backward. I barely stifled a gasp as my back collided with a solid chest.“Going somewhere, sweetheart?” Rican’s low, mocking voice sent a chill down my spine.Shit.“You’re clearly up to something young,” he said, pulling me out of my hiding. My body fidgeted as I walked before my parents, my hands trembling to keep hold of the laptop. “Hand it over,” my dad requested. “What’s going on?” My mother asked. Me and my father stared silently at each other, quietly debating if we were going to let the cat out of the bag. “I am the reason why both of you have a roof over your head,” “Don’t. Start.” My mother cut Rican short. She sighed, walking in between
JASMINES POVMy breath hitched as I stared at the screen. Bryan…Caine’s brother? How is it possible?I pulled the system closer, finally getting a hint at what was displayed before me. The hospital records of Caine and Bryan. Even from the screen, a similarity I had never noticed gleaned before my face. I ran my hands down the screen, forcing my brain to do the maths. “How? How is that even possible?”“The hospital,” my dad said, closing the tab and opening a fresh one. Documents popped up, and my eyes read them as they scrolled upward. To my surprise, I was able to keep up with the quick scrolling. “Wait…stop,” I stopped the mouse, zooming in with the keypad. “Is that Caine’s mother’s name?” “Raven Creek. Yes. She was Morgan’s first love. They had such a beautiful love story. But my question is…why would Raven keep Bryan’s identity a secret? Why hide him from the rest of the pack?”My dad's question was valid, unfortunately, I was the wrong person to direct it to. Whatever happe
JASMINE POVEver since I told my father about seeing Bryan in the car, his entire interest and job as my stay-at-home dad has been to investigate Bryan. After getting suspended from the pack, Rican took us in. We found shelter under his roof, and he was graceful enough to let my father stay with us despite the cold thin-lined malice that existed between them. It was day three of my constant panic and restless pacing about the living room, waiting for my father's return from the same pack where we were suspected. My mother had warned him, twice. I’d warned him, more than three days in the past three days. And Rican too had shown his concern by offering a piece of advice, an act I believe he only did because my mental health would be at stake if anything happened to my father. The heavy pattering of rain came with a strong flush of wind, breezing across the room. My attention was drawn to the window which I left open. I hurried too close to it, clinging to the jacket that was drap