AIDEN
I didn’t understand, I thought they didn’t know alpha Harold. Then how were we going to his pack tomorrow if they didn’t know him? Anger rose from the pit of my stomach when I thought of what that man did to me and my parents.
I turned back and went to the alpha’s office. I needed an explanation. I budged in without knocking this time. He sighed. “How did I know you were going to come back here?” he said leaning back on his chair. “Zion told you, huh?” I advance and stand in front of his desk. “How could you keep his whereabouts from me?” I asked.
I was angry but I could not show it. Not to him, I had too much respect for the man. He took me in and raised me. “Because I didn’t want to lose a son and I didn’t want Zion to lose a brother. My Luna would have killed me if I dared to put your life in danger. Alpha Harold is a monster Aiden.” I paced in front of his desk.
“I know what he did to you is unforgivable, but I ask that you try. If not for yourself then for your people. To keep them safe.” My heart ached. How was I supposed to forget what he did? How was I going to go on without avenging them. My people and my parents. “I know it’s hard Aiden, but I ask that you not bring trouble to our people.”
I looked at the man and nodded. Then I realized that I had chosen my second family and chose to forget about those who gave birth to me. The ones I swore to avenge. My heart ached even more when I thought about it. Life was not fair.
“I promise, I will not bring trouble to our people.” I told him then turned to leave. “Aiden.” He called my name, and I stopped without turning. He came over to me and patted me on the back. “My son, I know it’s not easy and I know it must feel like you are betraying your parents. But I want you to know how proud I am of you for thinking of this family and putting them first. I will never forget this.”
I turned to him, my eyes red and tears blurring my vision. “I am alive today because of you, I will not do anything to put you and this pack’s members for my selfish reasons. It just hurts.” I could not hold my tears anymore. I blinked and they fell.
He took me into his arms and held me tight. “Son, if you get the opportunity to put an end to Harold. Take it. Don’t challenge him though because he will end you.” I was confused by his words that I pulled out of the embrace and looked at him.
“I mean what I say. He is a dangerous man but if an opportunity presents itself for you to kill him at his vulnerable moment. Do it and make sure he is dead. That would rid all of us of a monster that has been terrorising our people for many years. When I say don’t bring trouble to this pack. I only mean don’t openly challenge him because he will end us all.”
A smile broke on my face. “I got you, father. I will do as you say.” He nodded. “Come see your mother before we leave in the morning. We won’t be back for a long time and she might not be alive when we do come back.” Sadness washed over me. I had been thinking about myself and forgot about the woman who has been like a second mother to me.
Who loved me from the day she met me until now. “I will come and see her off. I promise.” He nodded. “I know you will. You and Zion must take good care of this pack and lookout for one another. Never let anyone come between you and always remember that you are brothers.”
I could never forget who Zion was to me. He was the brother I never had, and his pack was my second home. They gave me a home and a position. His parents gave me love and I would never forget that.
“We will father.” He nodded patting me on the back. I turned and left feeling lighter than when I went in. When I got out, Zion was waiting for me. “I heard everything, and I agree with father.” A smile broke on my face. “Are you going to help?” he frowned then a smile broke on his face. “You bet your ass, I will.” We laughed as we descended the stairs.
“Let us go get some training in, tomorrow is a big day for us.” I nodded as we went to the training ground. Tomorrow might be the end of alpha Harold and my parents would be avenged.
AIDENMorning came sooner than I expected, but then it was understandable as I spent half the night on the training grounds. I could not sleep, I had too much energy and the thought of meeting that man gave me even more energy. I wondered if he was going to see the resemblance in me with the man he mercilessly killed.I woke up and showered then went downstairs. I found Zion sitting in the dining room looking stressed. “We are not even out the door and yet you look this stressed. I don’t think you will make it out there.” He threw me a glare. “Fuck off! You know I am stressed because of you.” I knew that. But I wanted him to stop stressing.“Don’t stress, I will not do anything stupid. I promised father.” He sighed. The omegas came in and served us food. “If am going to do something then I will tell you first, I wont act without talking to you.” I assured him. “Thank you.” After breakfast we got into the cars and left.He wanted to take more warriors, but I told him that we were not g
AIDENThe excitement in her voice and the happiness on her face could not be missed. She had a huge smile on her face and was even jumping up and down not able to contain herself. All the while the only thing I was looking at, was my mother’s jade necklace that dangled in her long neck as she jumped up and down like a silly schoolgirl.“Aiden, go to mate. Hug her, I want to feel her in our warm embrace.” I scoffed when my wolf said that. The girl rushed to me, I didn’t know what she wanted to do but I dodged, and she almost fell. I then glanced at my brother who had a shocked look on his face then I turned and walked out.I felt suffocated in that room, and I could not sit there any second longer. “Aiden?” I hated my wolf at that moment. He wanted me to go to that girl, did he forget whose daughter she was? She was even shamelessly wearing my mother’s necklace; did she know how her father got it?When I got outside, I felt like screaming to the heavens for the Goddess to hear and feel
ZIONI was praying the whole way to the Moon Pack for things to go well. For Aiden not to lose his temper and confront alpha Harold for killing his parents. Never in my wildest dreams did I think he was going to find his mate there and that the mate was going to be alpha Harold’s daughter. I didn’t know what the Moon Goddess was playing at, but I felt she was being cruel.Aiden lost his family in the hands of that man, and she turned around and mated him to his daughter. What kind of fate was that? Did she maybe do that to give Aiden a chance to punish alpha Harold without having to kill him? I saw how much that man cared for his daughter. He was ready to kill when Aiden dodged his daughter’s hug and walked out.I had to calm him down telling him that Aiden was not good with surprises. That he went to cool down and he was going to come back. He ordered me to go get him, I wondered if he was still outside or if he was long gone when I left that office.I wouldn’t have blamed him if he
TINAI had just come back from the garden, and I was going to the kitchen to get myself a snack. But when I got inside the pack house, I picked up a scent. One that was foreign to me. It smelled like the soil after the rain, and it had some woodsy touch to it.Nina, my wolf came to life when we caught it, we forgot about the food and followed the scent all the way to my father’s office. I was shocked that my father would have visitors as no alphas came to our pack. I didn’t know why but my father always told me that they respect him too much to bother him with nonsense.Imagine my surprise when I caught a foreign scent right inside our pack house and was now following it like a dog after a bone. I budged into my father’s office without knocking. I couldn’t contain myself. The scent hit me so hard that I got dizzy for a moment. Our eyes locked and I could not help but admire him.He was tall, broad shoulders, chiselled jaw, long blond hair tied to a man bun. Green alluring eyes and I f
AIDEN“Why is it that I can’t visit my daughter, what are you planning boy?” The disgust I felt for the man was something else, I didn’t want him visiting until the day his daughter becomes a shell of herself. Then I would invite him to come and see the fruits of his labour. “No alpha. It’s like you refuse to hear us. We told you that we will be taking over as leaders of the pack and that our alpha is leaving. Where do you think we will get the time to be organizing dinners?”Seriously though, what was wrong with the man? “Also, I don’t like what you are insinuating about me, if you don’t want me to take your daughter with me then you can just say so and I will leave her behind. I do not have time to be second guessed by a man I don’t know. Your daughter is my mate but if you don’t want her mated to me, then tell her that and we can leave.”I glanced at Zion, and he looked like he was going to pass out. I had no respect for the man, and I was showing it. What pissed me off even more w
AIDENThe fake smile on her face disappeared and she closed the distance between us. Which I found very interesting. She looked me dead in the eye glaring at me and I returned it. We stared at each other for what felt like a minute before she opened her mouth and spoke. “Look here young man, I don’t know what game you are playing but if you hurt my daughter then I will have your head!”I crossed my hands in front and chuckled. “I asked you a question before and I am still waiting for an answer.” She looked confused. “What question was that?” I shook my head. “It looks like you people are not fond of listening. Or at least listening to understand then respond but you are good at listening to respond.”She continued glaring. “Very well, I will repeat myself. The question was if you don’t want me to take your daughter with me. Why don’t you keep her?” she looked offended by what I said, and I didn’t care. They needed to know that I didn’t care about them or their daughter. “Enough now my
AIDENShe shook her head in denial. “No, my father wouldn’t do that. He is not capable of that.” I chuckled mockingly. “Is that so? Let me tell you how he….” Zion cut me short. “Aiden, no! this is not the time for you to do this. Not now brother.” I clicked my tongue and sat back properly on my seat. It didn’t matter if I told her or not.What I said was enough to give her something to think about. “No, let him say what he wants to say, tell me how you think my father murdered your mother and took this necklace from her. Because I will have you know that I have had this necklace since I was eight! There is no way it’s from your mother!”I fumed in anger when she said that and bailed my hands into fists. “I suggest you keep your mouth shut because you don’t know what you are talking about. I don’t know if you are naïve or what but what my brother is saying is the truth and if I were you, I wouldn’t anger him right now.” Zion warned her.I was holding on by a threat, the girl was drivin
TINAI could not believe that he choked me like that, he almost killed me, and he scared the living daylights out of me. I just couldn’t let it go, could i? but how was I supposed to let it go when he was accusing my father of such horrible things. The man has been nothing but good to all of us in the pack. He was a good leader and was well respected.How could he expect me to believe that he took his very necklace off a dead woman’s body. Not just any dead woman but my mate’s mother and after killing her. No, I refused to believe it, my father would never do something like that. But then again, why was he so angry at me?The man did not act affectionate with me since the moment we met. There was no love in his eyes, nothing. He didn’t even want to touch me or asked my name for that matter. But he took me with him, maybe a part of him wanted to be with me but his anger got in the way. When he asked if I wanted to go back, I thought about it and It sounded like a good idea.Back home n
ZIONWe stood there glaring at each other then she turned and walked away. I released a breath I didn’t know I was holding. “You are letting her go, just like that? wow!” I didn’t know when Brook got there or how much she heard. But when I turned to look at her and explain. She was already closing the door to her car.I got into mine then sped to the gate and blocked her way. I couldn’t let her go without explaining myself. I have already disappointed her enough and I couldn’t afford to disappoint her again. She hasn’t even officially told me about her pregnancy yet and I didn’t want to miss the chance to be there for her.She got out of the car looking pissed, I regretted making her angry, but I was not about to let her go without explaining to her what happened. I needed her to hear me out and understand. I didn’t want her to have the wrong idea about that woman and I. If I let her leave right now, then that was exactly what was going to happened.“Move out of my way Zion.” She was
ZIONI have been working like a dog the past week. I asked to be released from the hospital because I couldn’t do some of the things while laying on the hospital bed. I needed to go to the Blood Moon pack so the builders could come and assess the situation before sending be quotes for everything.When I got to the Blood Moon pack, or shall I say, what used to be my home. My heart broke. The damage was greater than I anticipated. I thought only a few houses, the packhouse and hospital burnt. But I was wrong, the fire had no mercy, it destroyed almost everything. My home was now nothing, but ruins and I did that.Sitting there waiting for those people I tried to think of a reason why I was so blinded and stupid. Aiden was never blind when it came to her, he saw her for who she really was and kept his distance. I, on the other hand, thought he was being cruel, and I felt sorry for her.I don’t know when I started developing feelings for her and wanting to protect her. I got injured and a
ZIONIt broke my heart that my brother didn’t even come into my ward to see me. I know I have wronged him, in so many ways and I regretted everything I did to him. I wanted to apologize to him, I wanted to tell him that I was wrong. But I guess he was so angry that he didn’t even want to talk to me. it hurt.Not more than my mate cringing and standing at a distant from me as if I was a monster. I wanted to talk to her too. To tell her that I heard what she said, I wanted to confirm that she was pregnant, but she too didn’t come into my ward after the doctor removed the tubes.My heart broke, I have been a fool who thought he was in love and look where that got me. I almost died protecting her and where was she now? Thinking about it made me angry, not at anyone but myself. I let this happen to me all in the name of love.The door opened and I opened my eyes thinking it was Brook. Only to find the doctor. “I am sorry to wake you alpha, I am only here to check on you.” I just nodded and
BROOKI have been by his side for over a week now. Talking to him and telling him about my pregnancy and how I didn’t want him to die. I was losing hope of him ever waking up and it hurt to think about my child not meeting him. He has done so many hurtful things to me, but my child deserved to know him.He is a good man who followed his heart. How can I blame him for that? it hurt, yes, but how can I fault him when he was doing what I would have done myself if I was in his shoes? I understood that but it didn’t mean I was not hurt.I was and deeply. He is my mate, and he was supposed to love me and only me. forsaking all others and focusing on me alone. That is the point of having a mate, but mine didn’t. he fell in love with his brother’s mate. What was that? it brought shame to me and made me feel like I am not enough.That thought alone scared me. I was talking to him about going to my father’s pack for a while, that I needed a break when his eyelashes flattered, and he opened his
AIDENHe looked at me with so much hatred, if he had his way, I would be dead by now. But he knew that he didn’t stand a chance, not alone at least. He glared at me intensely and I looked at him with a smirk on my face. He was nothing to me and I am going to show him and his buddies not to mess with this alpha.He saw I was not budging, and my warriors were about to disappear. “Wait! Call them back, I will call everyone and tell them to come here like you want.” I smiled, good boy. “You can call them, but I will not stop them from bringing your sister. Let’s just say she is my insurance policy in case you decide to double cross me.”The hatred in his eyes was too much, I am sure he was wishing I was dead. “Don’t lay a finger on her, even after you kill me. Promise me that.” I laughed. The boy still thinks he has a say on what I do and don’t do. He doesn’t tell me what to do in my own pack.“You are in no position to ask me for anything. But, if you behave, I will think about it. She i
AIDENThere is nothing I hate more than being looked down upon. I am not weak like my father was and people looking down on me and underestimating me just drives me insane. That woman had the audacity to send someone into my pack because she thought I was not going to be here.Why does it matter if I am here or not? My pack should not be a place where anyone can just come into. The mention of Moon pack should strike fear into people’s hearts. They should think twice about coming here for any reason. But she dared send someone here and he agreed because of the amount of money he was paid?That is a joke, I am a joke. No amount of money should influence anyone to dare try anything in this pack, but it did with that man, that means they don’t fear me enough. “Where is that man?” I sent a mind link to my warriors now feeling more pissed than before. Thinking about it now, it made me angry.“He is still here, alpha. But we are sending him out now.”“Don’t send him out, bring him to me.” he
AIDENA week has passed since the incident. Brook looked like the shadow of herself. She literally lived in the hospital, showing and eating there. She didn’t want to leave Zion’s side. My search for that vile, evil woman continues. My warriors promised that they have left word on the streets about her mother, but she still had not shown.I was busy running the biggest pack in the region and I didn’t have time for anything else. I last saw Zion three days ago. I didn’t have time; I was too busy trying to rebuild the Blood Moon pack and run the Moon Pack at the same time. It was too much. I woke up in the early hours of the morning and slept late at night.“Alpha, we caught someone at the border, we are bringing him there.” A mind link came through from one of my warriors. “Take him to the dungeons and tell me when you get there.” I wondered who could that person be and what the hell was he doing trespassing in Moon Pack lands.My mind went to that woman, could she have heard what I di
AIDENShe lifted her head high and looked me in the eyes. I squinted my eyes hoping to the goddess she has the sense not to repeat what she said. But I was fooling myself because she opened her mouth and spoke. “They have done it to us, they made fools of us and had an affair right under our noses. Why can’t we do the same? But unlike them, we don’t have to hide it.”I looked at the woman trying to see if I could ever do something like that, but nothing happened. I was not attracted to her in anyway. Maybe because I was not Zion, and I didn’t want what was not mine.“Listen here and listen well. Just because my brother could open his zipper for my mate, doesn’t mean I should do the same. We are not the same and I could never do something like that with you. so, don’t you ever mention something like this to me again.” I was harsh and my words cold.I didn’t want for her to respond
AIDENI watched as the doctors wheeled my brother away and I could not help but feel helpless. I blamed myself as well for what happened to him. If I had just given him my blessing to be with that woman. Maybe none of this would have happened. He would have been safe and happy. But I had to be stubborn about everything.“Why didn’t you stop it?” asked Brook who was walking beside me, making sure that I was going to the hospital to get checked out. I didn’t know why she wanted to do that when she knew that I would be healed by now. Even though I would be left with nasty scars from the fire.“What are you talking about?” I felt sorry for her, it must feel really bad being mated to a man whose heart belonged to another. Let alone being pregnant for him and finding out that he was grieving the loss of his first child.I admired her strength and courage. If I was the one going through what she was going through, I don’t think I would have been able to help. I would have gone crazy and watc