ZIONI sighed relieved when she agreed to come back to me. I almost lost her today and it was all because of Jake fucking poking his nose where it doesn’t belong! I let her leave first and I ran toward the training grounds, I needed to blow off steam. When I got there, I started with the punching bag, hitting it hard.I needed to do something about Jake, I can’t have him going around threatening the woman I love like that. He scared her and she was ready to leave me because of him. “Now I know how you learn to throw a punch like that.” That was my brother. I didn’t know what to say to him or how to justify what I did.If he asked me about it again, I don’t know what I will say to him. “Look man, I was out of line, and I am sorry for what I did.” I wanted to see his reaction to that, but I didn’t have the courage to face him. So, I apologized while I was busy with the punching bag.&ldq
AIDENI went to the door to receive the guests and indeed, Jake was not there. I kept smiling and welcoming people until Zion came and joined me. “Have you heard anything from Jake?” he shook his head in the negative. I sighed and kept smiling until everyone was there. We got inside and started the ceremony.I kept searching the room hoping to find Jake, but he was nowhere to be seen. “Everyone, be on alert and keep your eyes peeled. We are looking for the gamma. Whoever has eyes on him must tell me.” I sent out a mind link to all the warriors. Jake is always busy with things like security in the pack. Taking care of pack business when we are busy with other businesses.He takes care of threats concerning us. Anyone threatening us, Jake is the first to know and takes care of it. He only reports to us when the problem is too big for him to handle alone. Like with alpha Harold. He was the first to know what he was planning
AIDENI spent the whole day interrogating warriors about Jake’s death. They kept coming one after the other, but I didn’t get anything. A whole day wasted, and I got nothing. “What the hell happened to you Jake?” Nobody saw him the whole day yesterday. Those who saw him, last saw him in the morning and didn’t see him again.I was beginning to wonder if my warriors were good liars, or I was bad at interrogation. Either way. I got nothing and I was frustrated. I got up and stretched my limbs, feeling tired and hungry. Zion walked in. “How’s it going?” I sighed leaning against the wall. “I have got nothing, it’s like he was killed by a ghost. The kind that knows how to kill a werewolf.”Zion came and stood by myside. “The last words I said to him were not good. I thought we had time to fix everything. But this life is unpredictable. One minute you are here and the next you are gone.” I could only imagine what he said to him, and I am sure it was about that whoring mate of mine. Damn, she
AIDENThe damn warrior dropped a bomb I wasn’t expecting. I kept quiet for a while not sure what to say to him. “Be careful what you say next warrior, this is the pack alpha you are talking about here and he is my brother.” The warrior looked back once again. He looked uncomfortable.“I know all that beta Aiden; I knew the risks of coming to you with this and I also know that you are a fair man.” He was the first to tell me that, Jake would have said he was buttering me up, so I don’t kill him. But the question remained, why did he think Zion had something to do with Jake’s death?“Then you better tell me now why you would accuse the alpha of this pack of killing his own gamma.” He swallowed hard before looking around then back at me, speaking with a whispering voice even though no one could hear us. “Yesterday morning, I saw gamma Jake dragging your mate to the woods. I was coming from patrol and ran this way to get a change of clothes from the trees.”He paused then look around once
ZIONThe way Aiden was looking at me got me scared. This pack could not afford to have it’s beta distracted, not after it’s gamma was murdered. I needed Aiden to be on his A game. Father was not around to pick up the slack this time. We were it for this pack and I could not have him wallowing in grief and self-pity for not finding the person responsible.“Come on, Aiden. Let’s eat.” I led the way to the dining room, Brook was already sitting and waiting for us. The omegas kept bringing the food in and placing it on the table. Brook stood and went to hug Aiden when she saw him. “Am sorry for what happened to Jake. I have not known him long, but he was good to me. called me Luna way before we even knew when it was going to be made official. I wish I had more time with him. it is true that the Goddess takes the good ones.”I stood there watching them, I didn’t know when they got close to a point that she could just hug Aiden. Was I too ignorant that I didn’t see this coming? “If he ends
AIDENZion was pissing me off to no end. The man was busy ordering me around telling me what to do as if I didn’t know what my duties were. But I wondered if he remembered what his duties were. The man was hell bent on me replacing Jake. Why? Because he knew that he killed him and didn’t want me digging any further?The Zion I knew would never have asked me to put the investigation aside, but this one did. Why? Why give me so many duties that will take me away from the investigation, why even suggest I let someone else investigate. What was he hiding? “Aiden, I get that you are hurt by what happened but brother, things cannot stop moving in this pack because of this, Jake would not want that.”I chuckled mockingly. “So, now you are an expert on what Jake would have wanted? I think Jake would have wanted us to work tirelessly to find who did this, but you are saying it must take a backseat?” I shook my head standing up. “What would father say to that then, dear brother?” he looked like
AIDENI was stunned to silence by what she said. I looked back as if someone could hear my conversation with her. I moved further away from the dining room. “Repeat what you said.” I was doubting my hearing now. I didn’t know if I heard her right or I was hearing things. “Yesterday, she changed in a hurry, and it got me to wonder why. So, I went and checked the shirt she wore. And I found blood on the hem and on the sleeve of her shirt.”She paused but I still didn’t know what to think. What did her having blood on her shirt mean? I hated her but I was not unfair as to accuse her of something. “Then this morning we heard about gamma Jake’s death. She didn’t look shocked when I told her like she already knew.” I felt like someone punched me on the gut.I cut the call with her then walked outside. I needed air, I needed to breathe Getting outside I stumbled like a drunk person until I got behind the packhouse. I bent holding my knees and just focused on breathing. I didn’t know what got
TINAMy mother was worse than I thought, she has really lost her mind. The omega who is taking care of her kept telling me that it was not bad, but it was. She was not the woman I knew anymore. She made no sense when she spoke but sometimes, she would say something that made her look like her old self. Then like it never happened she will go back to saying things that made no sense.What Aiden did to her mentally damaged her. I hated him for that. He could have just killed her instead of turning her into whatever it is she was now. My heart broke when I saw her yesterday, she didn’t even recognise me. Aiden has managed to kill both my parent just like father did to him. but he wanted me to feel more pain by keeping my mother like this.I sighed as I kept feeding her. “Mom, open up. Just a few more spoons and you will be done.” She pouted like a child, and I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry. We were having dinner, and
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