Chapter 35Ace's POVI sit on my swiveling chair. My face was frosty, my countenance radiating a murderous aura. The men at my feet, shivering and silent. No one dares to speak up. I suddenly stop swiveling and their breath hitches. I can hear every single breath they take and the pounding of their hearts. I turn and face my study desk. My claws tapped the table, every tap caused them to tremble in fear.“So… What you are saying is that the intruders I caught, and brought to the pack suddenly vanished into thin air,” I stared at them as I interrogated them.“Yes beta,” they respond, their voices trembling.“How?” I ask, my claws dragging along the table making a screeching noise.One of the men daps his brows with his shirt and gulps, “We were about to put them in the dungeon. We didn't know that they managed to slip out of their silver chains, and they attacked us unexpectedly and ran away,” he explains nervously.“Mmmmm, are you fools that useless” I mutter calmly, resting my head o
Chapter 36Alexa's POV“Ace?” I called out to him. But he doesn't respond. It's like he's no longer here. He just stares at my face in a daze. I am laying on his chest and his hands are on my waist.“Ace!” I exclaim loudly, which snaps him out of his reverie. He quickly let go of me, and I rolled over to the soft grass beside him.“What were you thinking so intently about?” I ask curiously, laying on my side and using my elbow to prop my head up. He looks shocked like he just got caught doing what he's not supposed to be doing.“Nothing,” he mutters, looking straight ahead.“It didn't look like anything,” I mutter, not believing him.“You are right, I was thinking of something,” he replies with his eyes closed.“What?” I ask curiously.“When you will get up and get back to training,” he simply replies. I stare at him dumbfounded.“What are you still waiting for? Go on,” he urges. I huffed and got back to training, disgruntled. I train unfocused, so I trip and fall on the floor.“Ahhhh
Chapter 37Alpha Kai's POV“What the hell,” I mutter, staring at the door Alexa just walked out from. What the hell happened to me? I behaved completely abnormally today. “Did I catch a fever?” I mumble, touching my head to feel my temperature and justify what just happened.Why did I care whether she bled to death or not? I don't know. All I know is that immediately I saw blood dripping from her hands, and I felt the urge to stop the bleeding before it got out of control.I didn't scream or yell at her like I normally did. It might be because she is still one of my pack members, and I'm responsible for her safety like all other pack members. Yes! That's it. That has to be the reason.It isn't because I have grown to like her. Did my heart change towards her? No way! I will never like a weak woman. I have a strong, beautiful wife that I care for dearly now. Amelie. Nobody else.I still have the desire to make Alexa's life a living hell, and I will definitely fulfill it.****Ace's PO
Chapter 38Ace's POV“Yes?” I ask impatiently, wondering why she's just smiling and not saying anything.“I can call you Ace, right? Since you are my husband's brother, I wouldn't want to call you brother-in-law" Amelie asks, smiling widely.“What do you want?” I asked slightly annoyed, ignoring what she asked.“I figured we haven't really spoken since I arrived, so I came to say hi,” she replies.“Hi,” I reply. “we are done here, right?” I ask trying to leave.“Wait!” she makes me halt in my steps, walking to stand in front of me. “I want to talk to you about something,” she says nervously.“What is it?” I ask upset. The only woman I want to speak to right now is Alexa.“I feel like nobody wants me here,” she mutters sadly.“What?” I ask with a frown.She nods her head sadly, her eyes brimming with unshed tears.“The pack members all treat me like an outsider, they all look at me like I'm a home wrecker, but I'm really not. Even Alexa…,” she pauses and breathes in to calm herself.“A
Chapter 39Alpha Kai's POV“You should calm down,” Amelie says, her head resting on my chest and her fingers gently caressing my arm. We are laying on our tangled sheets after two hours of intense lovemaking. I am still furious over the kind of behavior Ace displayed this afternoon in my office. Amelie came in shortly after, and she does know just how to make me feel better. At this rate, the crescent pack is going to have an heir soon and secure my pack member's future.“How can Ace do that? He has never shown me that level of disrespect before or lost his temper in front of me,” I reply, surprised by his actions but still angry.“It must be Alexa. She must have told Ace everything that happened,” Amelie says after thinking for a while.“Of course, I know it's her, there was nobody else there at that time that could have told him. She even lied that the maids and guards were present,” I answer, repulsed by the kind of lies that came out of her mouth.“She knows Ace has a soft spot fo
Chapter 40Alexa's POVI walk back to my room and sit on my bed, dejected. I was glad that I would finally have a chance to prove myself to the Alpha by handling the internal affairs of the pack, but Amelie just had to swish in and ruin my plans. “Luna, lady Amelie has called an emergency meeting,” Kira said as she hurriedly ran into the room.I frown. “Meeting? What meeting? And why are you telling me this?” “I don't know, she just told me to get you right away,” Kira replies, panting slightly.“Alright, let's go,” I sighed and stood up from my bed. Kira leads the way, and we walk until she stops at a spaced corridor where Amelie is sitting elegantly on a chair with her legs crossed. Different women, including the maids, stood in front of her, whispering quietly.“Look who finally decided to grace us with her presence,” she says sarcastically, immediately she saw me enter. The whispers died down. I ignored her remark and stood in front of her.“Why did you call me here?” I ask, sta
Chapter 41Alpha Kai's POVI sit at my desk reminiscing about what Amelie had said about Alexa and she was completely right. Ace is beginning to get too attached to her, and she's using that privilege to sow discord between us, but I won't let that happen.I signed the files for the internal pack affairs position in Amelie's name. This would mean that she will be in charge of all the expenses the pack incurs, and she will also have unlimited access to the pack's wealth. The Luna of a pack is supposed to take care of such things, but I don't think Alexa has half the brains or the capability to take care of such matters. She was a slave anyway, she would not even understand what these documents mean or how much it means to the entire pack.Amelie, on the other hand, is the daughter of a beta of a prominent pack. That's why I married her because I trust her capabilities fully. I let the ink dry and rolled up the scroll. I kept it neatly beside me.“Kai,” I hear Amelie's voice call out.S
Chapter 42Alexa's POVI pull the bathrobe closer to my drenched and cold body. The guards let me walk between them and directed me toward the dungeon. I walk silently in my heavy and drenched clothes. My clothes are not the only things that feel heavy, even my heart is heavy, filled with grief.“Luna,” the guards called out to me. I look up at them, and they gesture for me to enter the dungeon, where they just opened the doors. I quietly entered without making a fuss, they locked the door securely and took the key along with them. I took a look around the dungeon since I will be staying there for a while. It had a foul odor and blood stained the walls, I didn't want to think about what must have happened to the people who had been there. I am all alone in my cell, but I could hear some moans, and groans of pain, and discomfort coming from other cells. This cell is a lot cleaner than I expected. They might have given me the least polluted one because of my status.The cell I shared w
EpilogueOnce there was a prosperous and flourishing pack led by two brothers. Brothers were so powerful that they were feared and envied by many. Envy, jealousy, and betrayal got in between these two brothers that they both died, leaving this once thriving and envied pack in nothing but utter darkness.Alexa watches with cold and determined eyes as Ace's blood slowly drains out of his body and he breathed his last. She falls on the bed, mentally exhausted as she stares at her bloody and trembling hands. She takes a look at his limp and unmoving body. The amount of damage he had done to her and the sins he had committed against her in the name of love was just too much. She felt like a shackled slave whenever she was with him. His love was obsessive and toxic, Draining her of every ounce of strength she once had. She had no peace of mind, whenever she slept, she would keep getting haunted by the faces of everyone he had killed because of her.She fought as best as she could to get a
Chapter 126Ace's POVAlexa's painful screams echoed across the corridor. I paced around, running my hands through my hair out of frustration. Alexa has been in labor for the past one hour. I had brought the best midwives from different packs hoping that would help her deliver faster and easier, but her cries and screams told me otherwise.A midwife runs out of the room with her hands covered in blood. I started to panic out of fear.“Alpha, we need more hot water and towels,” she said hurriedly. I quickly turn around to the maids behind me.“You heard what she said, get it right away!” I bark at them and they scurry away. The midwife tries to go back in, but I step in front of her.“What is going on? Is she okay?” I asked worriedly.“We can't say for now Alpha, the matter is complicated, but we will try our best to make sure the mother and child are okay,” she said.“Ahhhhhhhh!” Alexa screams out in pain again. “Let me in. I want to see her,” I said to her. She shakes her head.“I'm
Chapter 125Alexa's POVEight months laterI sit close to the window, staring into space as I gently rub my now obvious baby bump. My life passed by like a blur, so much time has passed, yet I feel like I'm still stuck in the same place. This is my life now, a life full of misery and pain.I wipe the tears that are falling down my cheeks with my hands as I sniffle. I can't remember the last time I smiled or laughed. To me, laughing is a luxury I just can't afford anymore. And it's not just me, everyone in the pack house moves around like living corpses. The pack house is now nothing but a shadow of its former self. We are all just pushing and fighting our way forward. There's something missing- a huge gap in everyone's heart that I'm not sure can be filled any longer. His name is still on the lips of everyone, but nobody dared to say it out loud for fear of what might happen to them.When I walk in the corridor, nobody dared to look at me or talk to me anymore for fear of incurring Ac
Chapter 124Two years later,Ace's POVTerror, dread, and fearThat is all I could see in the faces and actions of the pack members I met on the corridor. They all bow their heads, shivering from fright, as I walk down the corridor. The sound of my heels clicking on the floor as I walk is the only sound that can be heard. My expression is cold, hard, and stoic as I walk. They didn't dare raise their faces to meet mine.It's been two years since I helped Alexa take back her pack from her uncle, yet she hasn't spoken much to me since then. I thought that would make her happy and clear up all these misunderstandings between us, but it turned out to be the exact opposite.She's now a shadow of her former self. She doesn't speak or eat much anymore. She just stays in our chambers and cries all day. I tried everything to make her happy. I bought her a gift, and I took her out. I did everything, but she still does not look happy.But it's fine. As long as she's with me, we will be fine togeth
Chapter 123Alexa's POVStaring back at the house that has given me so many memories. I don't know what to feel or how to react. Memories edged deep within me that I will never be able to forget. Greywood pack house. The place where I was born and raised. A place filled with love, laughter, pain, misery and the worst of all- betrayal. "Shall we?" Ace asks trying to take my hand. I grab my dress instead and walk away from him towards the house. He follows behind me with his guards. We all walk in and waited in the living room. My hands gently touch the sofa and the walls. I hardly recognize this place, it looks totally different from how it used to be. Uncle Gaius had totally changed the whole place."Alpha Ace," I hear the voice of the man that his betrayal is deeply rooted within me. The start of my miseries and misfortunes."And who might this young lady be?" he asks. My back is turned towards him so he could not see my face."Nice renovation uncle," I said turning towards him. His
Chapter 122Ace's POVIt is dark in my office, and that is what I want—darkness. I revel in it. I find it soothing. It held nothing, just silence and the occasional swirling of my glass. Closing my eyes, I lean back into my chair with a sigh.Immediately, the face of my love flashes before my eyes, and a smile tugs at my lips."Alexa, my sweet Lexa," I mumble, feeling so happy. I won, and she is officially mine now in every sense. Her body, her soul, and her heart Everything belongs to me now.I never thought I could love someone to this extent and get married someday. I always thought I would live my life with one purpose: pleasure. But then Alexa came along and turned my world and everything I believed in upside down. I feel complete whenever I'm around her.I don't feel remorse, guilt, or empathy for any reason. I don't regret any single thing I've done or how I did it to get where I am today. I and Alexa are going to live together forever as a family, and anyone who tries to get i
Chapter 121Alexa's POV“I will never be your Luna, no matter what you do to me. I am a free person and I have the right to make my own decisions. I will never accept this!” I shriek expecting him to yell or scream at me but to my horror, he bursts into a fit of laughter. I gazed at him skeptically, wondering if he didn't hear me very well.“My sweet sweet Lexa,” he smiles, cupping my chin. “You became mine, the second I laid my eyes on you. You don't know how elated I felt when I saw you for the first time standing in the garden as the wind whipped your hair around. My fingers twitched to run my hands through your hair,” he asserts, touching my hair. I swat his hand away.“Do not touch me or else…,” I threaten, my eyes blazing with fury.“I fucking love the fire burning like embers in your hazel eyes right now,” he smirks, coming within close proximity to me. Before I could move, he pulls me closer to him and whispers in my ear, “I can't wait for every part of you to become mine comp
Chapter 120Alexa's POV“You know me very well, Ace, and I will never side with you,” the Chief replies angrily.Ace lets out a bone-chilling, creepy laugh. “I knew you would say that, and you are far too useful to end up dead. I won't kill you, but by the time I'm done with you, you will pray for death instead,” he threatens.“What is that supposed to mean?” the Chief asks incredulously.“Carol and Leon. Maybe I should go play with them a bit. What do you think?” he asks, tilting his head thoughtfully. The Chief's face fell.“You are going to use my family as leverage just to make sure I agree to your demands?” he mutters in disbelief.“You left me no other choice. Either you accept to continue being the Chief and your family lives, or you reject, your family dies, and you will continue being Chief,” he shrugs nonchalantly.“You are a psychopath!” he utters with disdain.“I hear that often. So, what is it going to be? Answer me quickly. I don't have all day,” he said impatiently. I
Chapter 119Alexa's POV“A…alpha who?” I stutter nervously.“Alpha Ace,” she repeats.“How? Since when?” I croak out, confused. The last time I remembered, I was on the battlefield. How did I get here and when did Ace become the new Alpha?She stares at my confused state, pitifully.“He was crowned a week ago, while you were unconscious,” she said.I gulped and forced myself to ask the question I'd been dreading the answer to since I woke up. “W…hat about Alpha Kai?” I ask, holding my breath in anticipation. Please tell me that he is alive, and I was just having a bad dream.She sighs. “Alpha Kai died on the battlefield. He has been buried,” she replies. I grip my dress tightly, letting out a shaky breath that I've been holding. My throat clogs and throbs painfully as reality dawns on me. My eyes brim with tears. “He's dead. He's really gone forever,” I mumble as I burst into tears. I can literally see my life crashing before me like a pack of cards. I placed my head on my thighs and