DONOVAN'S POV I take a deep breathe before knocking on the door of Alex's house. As I wait for a response, my eyes wander once again around the environment like it always does ever since I have started coming here. I still cannot believe there are slums like this in Red Wood. All my life, all I have ever known are the high walls of the fortress. The tall buildings and exquisite suites and mansions. I would never have thought in my wildest imagination that places like this exist in Redwood. The door finally creaks open and I immediately compose myseld as grandma Rivera's small frame stands before me. She offers me a welcoming smile and I smile back and greet her."How do you do, grandma Rivera?""Very well, my boy." She replies me, her kind eyes all smiles. "Very well.""That is good to hear." I adjust the cuff sleeves of my shirt and clear my throat before asking again."Uh...is she in?"The gods. Please let it be a yes."Alex? Yeah. Sure."I give a controlled sigh as relief washes
ALEXIS' POVI cannot count how many heads turn to get a glimpse of Donovan and I as we step into the premises and walk past the gathering, arms in arms. Most of of their faces bear surprise and disbelief and some girls stare at my dress, green with envy and hatred. I almost begin to feel the nervousness in my body rise to its peak but Donovan gives me a gentle stroke on the back of my hand with his thumb, gentle and caressing in a way that communicated dont-you-worry, ive-got-you.We sight Donovan's friends sitting on a lounge by the poolside and as soon as their eyes land on us, I can almost feel my feel shaky and my head screams at me to turn back, run away and never return to the party. I mean, what in the world am I even doing here, surrounded by sons and daughters of the higher ranks?"Hey. Sup?" Donovan fist bumps the guys who while shaking Donovan, have their eyes glued to me, unmoving. I can almost see their mouths slightly agape as they stare at me, taking in the sight of my
ALEXIS' POVYou know that feeling when you feel all alone and defenceless and then there is this help...like a saviour from the heavens. Or what those literature nerds would call knights in shininh armour. Now, imagine that saviour or knight or whatever you would like to call him, is in form of a man, hot enough to weaken every girl by the knees. That saviour that makes you feel special even though just a moment ago, you were feeling like the worst piece of crap. That is how I am feeling right now as Donovan joins our small gathering, his dominating aura strong and foreboding. Yet, I am not afraid. Rather, I feel safe and protected under his power and authority."You know, I never thought you'd be one to stoop so low just to get under the skirts of a better." Lori has a wicked smile on her face as she eyes Donovan terribly. "You and I know you don't give a fuck about her. You only want to lay this good for nothing witch."I feel a bit of doubt creep into my heart but I stop it on tim
ALEXIS' POV If this is how heartbreak feels like, then how worse can it get when you have completely let your guards down and you have fallen deeply in love with that person? My whole body feels entirely beaten and weak and it takes so much effort to move my legs. My guts threaten to release the tears that almost choke me and I bring a hand over my trembling lips to stop whatever show to weakness it is about to spill out with the tears. I will not cry. I will not allow them make me cry again.My aching heart threatens to explode under the intensity of my spiralling emotions. I cannot feel myself anymore. I cannot hold this anymore either. I have to get a room and let my emotions out. I reach for another door and give a quick and impatient knock, hoping it would be empty and when I do not get any response from within, I gently push it open to be greeted by the emptiness of the large and exquisite bedroom before me. Quickly, I get in and shut the door behind me before sinking on the
ALEXIS' POV"Who would like a girl that threatens to out-do their girlfriends at everything?"I squint my eyes at him as he talks and repeat the words a million times in my head. Is this supposed to be a joke or what? Or is there something missing in the picture that I am yet to see?Randall begins to get up from his seat. "If that is all, then we should take our leave now and join the others at the party.""Doesn't it bother you that I was crying in your room just a short while ago?" I find myself asking him. Even though I am sure he doesn't give a flying fuck about me, I am sure that one way or the other that he must be bothered about seeing me in the state that I was in a few minutes ago.Randall closes the distance between us and stands before me, his hands trusted deep inside his mean pocket. Now that I am this close to him for the first time since I have gotten to know him, I am impressed with his tall height and masculine body build. Donovan would be merely half an inch taller
ALEXIS' POVMy eyes meet Donovan as Randall and I walk back to the party. He is seated on the lounge with Lori sitting crossed leg beside him and wrapping an arm around his back. My heart tug at the sight. It isn't enough that they took me for a fool and had sex behind my back and now they are trying to show it off in my face? How bad could I have wronged them?My own hand reaches for Randall's on instinct and I wrap my fingers around his. I can feel his own body tense at my sudden hold and I am thankful that he does not try to fight me off. I can see Donovan's gaze locked on our interlocked hands and he sits upright while we walk to the lounge directly in from of him and sit close beside each other. Even Katy looks between Randall and I, speechless and completely blank in the face. I am certain seeing me with Randall is more than shocking."What the fuck are you doing?" Randall whispers and I reply in a whisper too and with barely moving lips."Just play along.""Good thing you guys
ALEXIS' POV"Did you just finish fucking Randall in his bedroom?" The whole gathering abruptly goes silent at the question thrown at me and even I can feel my entire system shut off. What kind of question is she asking me? Does she honestly think I was having sex with Randall all the while I've been away? How could she point accusing fingers at me when she is the one whose hands are soiled?"Uh..." my eyes scan their faces and lands on Donovan's expectant face. He looks vulnerable now as if my reply would either break or make him."No, we weren't having sex." I gulp and finally answer. I can see the tension in Donovan's rigid body lessen as she sighs and look downcast. Would it really have affected him if I had said yes to the question? My aim was to hurt him. Why am I not doing just that, then?"Huh?" Lori raises her gaze at me, eyeing me with so much disdain. "Guess you are pretty much a pathetic virgin or better still, gay, after all. Randall is extremely irresistible. I am sure y
ALEXIS' POV "Come on, Alex. Tell me what happened at the party last night." Aurora continues to nudge me as we walked into the hallway and towards our locker. Today, Aurora's father had driven the both of us to school and ever since we were in the car, Aurora wouldn't stop bothering me to give her the details of what happened last night at the party. It isn't that I don't want to share those details with her. Rather, I don't want to as little as revisit the events of what happened that night."Dude. I already told you." I stop by my locker to open it and she does the same to her own locker which is directly next to mine. "It was great." I tell her."Did you kiss him?" She changes her tone to a sultry one and bit her lip too.No, Aurora. I kisses his best friend."No." I simply reply and faced my locker again."Why? I am sure it was pretty intense last night. Did he even try to kiss you? Smooch you?"I sigh and turn my head to reply her again but I freeze to my spot as the tall mascul
VERA'S POVFor years, I have kept watch over him. I have nurtured him and treated him. Even though he didn't stir, I did not give up yet. This is not his end. He is not destined to die this way.It has been six years now and I have kept his body from decaying. No one knows he is in my possession either and I do not intend to disclose to anyone that I have him with me…yet. Today, after I return from the castle where the Alpha and Luna's daughter; Abbey, just celebrated her one year birthday, I head straight to my cavern to be greeted by the greatest surprise of my life.He is standing by the mouth of the cavern, looking lost and forlorn. He stares at me as I take a step closer to him and he moves a few steps away again when he sees that I have gotten closer to him."Who…are you and what am I doing here?" He asks, staring suspiciously at me. "Can you remember your name?" I ignore his question and ask him mine instead. At first, he looks dazed by my question and keeps looking at me as
ALEXIS' POVFIVE YEARS LATERI sit in the garden, watching from a distance as Randall plays with the butterflies, jumping and throwing himself to the grass excitedly. His pure white furs gleam beautifully under the sunlight. As I watch him play, I rub a hand softly over the large bulge on my belly. I am in my third trimester of pregnancy and I am more than eager to see the second product of me and Donovan's love. With my eyes still on my son playing in the field, I get a flashback of Randall and I smile at his memory. The loyal friend who had lost his life trying to protect his best friend. Trying to protect the girl he loved and who never reciprocated his affection. Sometimes, I hate that life was unfair to him and he had gotten what he did not deserve. Other times like now, I imagine him enjoying eternal bliss in paradise like he deserves. At least, he never has to experience the chaos of this world ever again. Donovan and I had chosen to name our son after him to honor him and pre
ALEXIS' POV"With the power vested on us by the mercy of the gods, we hereby declare and crown Donovan Alken and Alexis Micah as Alpha and Luna of Redwood pack and lycan rulers of Wolfville."Donovan takes my hand gently as we bow together and the crowns are finally placed on our heads. The crowd goes crazy, whistling and applauding and we straighten our frame again. There is a big smile on my face as I watch everyone celebrate the coronation of Donovan and I. Donovan gently brings me closer to his body and plants a small kiss on my lips. The crowd goes wild again and I laugh and blush at the same time. I wrap my arms around him in a hug, trying my best not to shed tears of joy. If anyone had told me this day would be mine again, I would have called them a liar. But I guess the gods always have their own plans. One of which is my fate to become Donovan's Luna and rule beside him forever. "Congratulations, my queen." Luna Genevieve walks up to me, a broad congratulatory smile on her
ALEXIS' POVMy eyes flicker open as I awake and my eyes observe my surroundings as soon as my eyes are properly opened. The room is large and looks familiar with the physician's ward at Redwood castle. I do not get up and instead, I remain in my lying position on the bed. I do not even think about where I am or how I got here. My mind is completely blank save for the image of a dead Donovan replaying over and over again in my head. I feel dead and emotionless without Donovan by my side. If life was a fairytale story and I had one wish, I would wish that life gives us a second chance and my mate be brought back to me alive. The door gently creaks open and a pair of footsteps walk into the room. I lift my eyes uninteresting to catch a glimpse of whoever is walking in and my entire being pauses as Donovan's face smiles back me. He is dressed in his regalia and he has a small tray of tea and herbs in his grips. His messy hair is styled in a different style, slightly wavy and breathtakin
ALEXIS' POVThe war stops and everyone pauses as they see me walk out of the castle, carrying Donovan and Randall's body on my back. The white mares of my wolf form are smeared with their blood but I did not care. There is nothing I care about anymore. I get on my knees and drop their bodies gently beside me on the ground before shifting back to my human form. The men remain in stiled silence at the sight before them. "Brother! Brother!" Rachel screams in horror and hurries to her brother's body, flinging herself to the ground beside him. She takes his lifeless body into her arm and shakes him vigorously in a lame attempt to wake him up."Randall! Randall, please wake up!" She begins to cry now. I only watch her do so. I cannot cry anymore. I cannot feel anymore. I am too broken, too dead inside to show any emotions anymore. In fact, I feel so empty and dead inside that I could pass on for a walking dead. I died the very moment Donovan died too. "What did they do to you?! What hav
ALEXIS' POVVera is one person who keeps coming up with a lot of surprises everyday. Her air of mystique and creepy personality and the fact that she is hundreds of years old in such a youthful body. Not to forget that she is the one whom the gods had allegedly revealed the prophecy of the white wolf to. And now, it amazes me to find out that she is a healer wolf too. How much cooler can a person be?"For how long have you been pregnant?" She asks me as she tends to my almost fading wound. The crazy pain I had felt on my shoulder is no longer there. Only a tad little bit of the pain is left, all thanks to Vera. Even the wound is barely even there anymore. "Almost a month now." I answer her, refusing to meet with her piercing creepy blue eyes."Were you a maiden when the Alpha marked you?"Her question causes me to get a little uncomfortable and I shift a little. "Yes." I answer regardless. "Then, the child must be his." She says in a quieter tone, more to herself than to me. "I am
DONOVAN'S POVEverywhere is in chaos as the war goes on. Everyone is shifting from man to wolf form and back to human form again. There is bloodshed everywhere. This is what Alpha Crane wants and it is exactly what he is getting. While I fight with my armies against the Corals, I keep my eyes down for the Alpha and his betrayal children but I do not sight any of them. Seeing the way some of the guards are preventing us from venturing into the castle, I conclude that the family of the Alpha are hiding inside the castle.Those fucking cowards. "Aim for the castle!" I howl to my army and they howl back in response. The war continues and as we fight and struggle to find our way into the interiors of the castle my thoughts keep drifting back to Alexis and my heart boils even more in rage at the fact that Alpha Crane had tried to kill her right before my eyes. I will make sure he pays for hurting her. Now, I shift back to my human form and pick a sword from the ground, running behind my
DONOVAN'S POV"Do you think it's wiser to go in now and attack when they are unguarded or would you rather we keep waiting till they're alerted?" Vera asks. She is standing behind me, as tall and elegant as always and with a sword held in her hand. I glance at our troop. Our armies of wolves are gathered beside us, waiting eagerly for my command to attack. Looking back at Vera again, I wonder for the hundredth time why she had agreed to come with me to this rebellious quest, knowing fully well that I could die and my father would kill her for letting that happen. She notices my stare and looks at me with a raised brow."I have mentioned this many times since yesterday but I am going to go ahead and mention this again. I am not doing this for your mate, dear Alpha. I know that you are hard headed and would go ahead to get her yourself anyway. I wouldn't sit back and let you kill yourself. The least I can do is protect your stubborn ass."A small smile subconsciously plays on my lips
ALEXIS' POVI am drowning deep into the water, holding my hands out for someone to help me. Anyone. I sink deeper and deeper and just as my eyes are beginning to shut close, he reaches for my hand and starts to pull me away again. I look into my savior's eyes and his gaze holds mine.Donovan.………My eyes slowly flutter open as I regain consciousness. I am lying on the bare floors of my room and my head aches badly as I try to raise my head from the ground. A flashback of last night rushes through my head and I panic at the thought of Randall being caught trying to help me. Where is he? What if they have done something to him? My panic skyrockets but I console myself again and I remind myself that Randall is the Alpha's son. He wouldn't be so malicious and cruel enough to kill his own son. It is myself that I should be worried about. I doubt that I would be able to get out of this situation alive this time around. I decide to take the risk and try to escape one last time. I might get