IsabellaIt was custom and a rule to see the Alpha when entering a new pack. It was disrespectful otherwise.This may have still been my pack at heart, but I had been gone for more that a year and was more or less a rogue now. It was only right that I did the same.Smoothing down the lines of the dress, I looked at myself for one last time.I wore a dress in my favourite shade of starry blue, it was one of the ones Sierra had picked out for me. The reminder was like air before I collected myself, moving out of my room with Treasure in tow.My parents saw when I stepped down. I saw the tears in my mother's eyes.“My darling. You've changed.” She gasped out.I nodded, smiling at both of them. Together, they led me toward the guards.“We are coming with you.” My father said to my surprise. My mother nodded to show her support to his words also. I looked at her in surprise and relief that I wasn't going to face them alone.The guards nodded and led me out.The path to the Alpha's house c
Isabella.Things were never going to be the same in my pack.It was a bone deep fear I had back then, the thought of being set apart even more than I already was. First with my oddly colored hair and been set apart from the attractive girls in the pack. Them knowing what had happened to me, looking at me with disgust I believed was going to kill me.I was living it now, and I was still alive.Ever since the announcement, stares and murmurs followed me. They never showed it, always falling quiet whenever I was in their vicinity, but it was enough to know I wasn't welcomed in the pack.I knew that with hope and time, the talks would die down. Hopefully they would push it away when I no longer leave, but it was tiring to wait.A whole week had passed since my return, and I had already tired of it.I sighed, pacing around my room with a book in my hand. Despite my will not to, my mind inevitably went to mile's away, to the pack, and to Leo.I missed the easy acceptance I got from them. E
Isabella.Metres away from the picnic area, we had been fighting for a while.Sweat beaded above my eyebrow, but my focus was still strong as I dodged another one of his kicks. I grabbed his leg within my reach using it as an avenue to trip him up.He fell to the ground with a grunt and I followed along, exhaustion finally catching up to me.“Wow.” He said, panting on the ground. “I thought you'd be easier but you just got stronger. How did that happen?”My mind crossed to the image of Leo and Sierra. I forced away the memory along with the feeling it gave before shrugging. “It's a secret.” I jibed back at him.He stood up, dusting himself off and I couldn't help but tease.“The Alpha isn't supposed to look so messy, you know.”“Well, it's a good thing I'm not the Alpha yet.” He grinned, opting to sit back down on the grassy lands.Sighing, I looked up to the sky.“I missed this,” I said out loud. “I didn't think that I'll miss this, it barely crossed my mind in the city. Yet now tha
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Isabella.I couldn't fathom who I saw for a moment. If I wasn't so stunned, I would have pinched myself, fully believing that it was an illusion.But I knew it wasn't. I couldn't have imagined this.I looked up carefully at him. The slightly tanned skin, the muscular body he was known for, his dark mahogany hair which I used to admire.It was Darius in the flesh, but he looked…Different.“Are you going to keep me standing here all day?” He quirked his eyebrow in what could have been a playful manner. Before I would have inwardly swooned at this gesture, yet now I felt something more like unease curl up in me. Even his smiles didn't seem the same.I thought of Connor's words as I stepped back, letting him in. He walked in like normal, looking around.I forced myself to relax. Connor definitely didn't lie, but so far Darius was acting relatively normal. He gave a whistle. “Would you look at that? This place is exactly as I remembered.”Those words alone told me everything. Darius and
Isabella. It took a few seconds to process what he said.“What… the hell are you talking about?” I said as I looked up at him in disbelief.Becoming his mate? I had never thought of that for a long time. It had been more than a year since I was rejected, and seeing him, all ounces of my past infatuation was gone, leaving only the platonic friendship I had with him, the same one I felt with Connor.And now, after saying all those horrible things, violating and disrespecting me, he had the audacity to offer himself up for me to mate with him.There were no words I could have said to capture the absolute incredulous feeling I had. I half expected him to be joking, to take it back with a laugh, but he didn't. Instead, he looked at me, that same look remaining on his face.“Of course.” He smirked. “We are fated mates after all, brought together by… what was that? The moon goddess? It's only natural that we mate.” He said.After the rejection, I recovered from the severed bond painfully.
Isabella.Darius stared at me for seconds, before taking a step back.I held my position, ready to strike as he moved backwards, nearing the door.He fully turned back, opening the door to leave before stopping in place.As he turned to me, all the features I had once admired had morphed into a sneer. He didn't look like the Darius I remembered, but more like a monster.“You'll regret this.” He said.I remained silent, raising my chin as a dare.Thankfully after that, he left the house, shutting the door behind him loudly. The noise was enough to wake Treasure up, bringing a loud cry to the room.I breathed heavily, still reeling from what had happened. My legs were jelly underneath me, one wind away from falling. Treasure's cries were what brought me out of my reverie. I turned, focusing on Treasure who wriggled on the couch, nearing the corner as he cried. Immediately I took action, taking him in my arms and soothing him with small shushes.“It's okay, mama's here.” I whispered con
Isabella.That was where the letter stopped, an inky dot beared the bottom corner to signify its end.I was left confused, feeling a sense of incompleteness. I put the letter back into its envelope when I felt the slight thickness of the envelope.There was one more paper.I opened it with haste, removing the envelope to see a piece of paper folded in a small square. It was made inconspicuous, as though he wanted it to be hidden.‘Isabella,I'm so sorry for lengthening this letter. If you wish to skip the words I'm about to say, then you could go to the back page. It has everything you need to know.’I stopped reading for a moment, contemplating looking at the back page, which looked mostly empty. I chose not to, continuing the letter.‘I had asked you whether you would listen if I showed you my depths. If the truths which I write on the page will be read. I'm not sure if you are going to read this, or if it is going to be ignored. Nevertheless, I will still write.The day of your bir
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Isabella.Treasure played freely amongst other children. The happiness in his eyes made me smile from the window I watched him in.He had taken to them very well, free to reveal his claws at any time, compared to before.After what felt like minutes of watching, I settled back down onto the couch, filled with stacked books I was hoing to remove for the day.I settled into the dark couch where even before I left, it gave comfort. Now I needed that more than ever.It felt like before, yet everything was so different. Now Sierra came occasionally, no longer a resident of the pack yet still belonging to it. She had all the grace of a Luna. It was something I had known for a long time, yet pleased to see nonetheless - nevermind that I still beat her whenever it came to sparring.The biggest difference, however, was me.I had once come here as a guest, hiding myself away from the pack and not wanting to get attached. Now I was here as Leo's mate and the first and new Luna of the rogue pack.
Leo.I looked at Isabella who bore a stricken look. The disbelief in her was the same one I faced.This was the first time I had physically seen the person right in front of me, and as I looked at him, an open scar on his face with his hair in disarray and his eyes crazed, I knew what my answer would be.Turning to Isabella, I conveyed all I needed to, squeezing her hand lightly. She seemed to understand as she nodded. I let her go, walking toward the man who looked more pathetic as his hopeful eyes looked up at me.“I have no need to fight you, Darius, because there's nothing to fight with you about."I saw his expression morph into a frown and anger light up in his eyes in response, but I wasn't done.“Isabella is not a bargaining chip, nor an object to fight over or own. I doubt that you will understand that as you are now, but it's the truth. Scum like you deserve a terrible fate, and though I'm glad that Isabella is by my side now, I wished she didn't have to face someone like yo
Isabella.A chill went through me at the news. Looking at the rest of them filled with shock and plenty of questions, there was nothing we could do but wonder.How did they figure it out already? Was this part of their plan from the start? I saw a mix of emotions, none of them positive on everyone's face. It was only a light squeeze that made me turn to him.Leo's startlingly blue eyes couldn't cool down my tension, but it eased it a bit.And for a moment, knowing everything else, I only let one thought reverberate through my mind.Everything will be alright.…..Throughout the next few days, we had mobilized everybody possible.They had announced to the pack and the council of elders everything that had taken place, never leaving a single detail out. The pack was in an uproar, yet in a discussion of our allies, they felt mixed emotions.I looked around at the people around me. People who had once judged me in favor of the person who was now the biggest threat to the pack.When I sp
Isabella.Together we left for the Alpha's quarters, only to see my parents.Surprise filled me as they also stood up.“What are you two doing here?” My mother demanded, eyeing both of us.“Please," Isabella pleaded.I stayed as she explained every word that she heard in the forest, and I could see every single one of their faces turned grave.“Isabella, are you sure that that was everything you heard?"I wanted to nod, but held back. There was still one thing I was holding back.“When they spoke, Lucy said that he needed her. Not just because of the rogues, but…”I knew that this was sure to hurt, no matter how much I steeled myself to say it was Leo's light squeeze that made me shut my eyes and finally let go.“Because she knew the truth behind his father's death."A shattering sound.“Melissa!”I whipped my head in surprise as I saw that Darius's mother was suddenly laying on the floor unconscious. The implications of my words were clear to everyone.I could only keep still, watch
Leo.The moment she had frozen, I already sensed something was wrong.Two people, whom from the look on her face, she recognized were speaking.Closing my eyes, I heightened my senses to hear what they were saying.The first voice was a rough one that undoubtedly belonged to a man whilst the other was a woman.“You said that it'll work, but they haven't made any moves since.” Said the male one.“I mobilized all these rogues and I promised them domination. Do you think that it was easy?”Rogues? The mention of them.“Or better yet, do you think calming them down was? After they'd lost two people to your damned pack, you should be lucky that they haven't turned on you."“Shut the hell up.” The male voice spat out.“You can't get rid of me. Not when I'm the only one who knows the real secret behind your father's death. Not while you need me to appease the rogues while you mess up and no nothing. Not while I look like your dear–” The woman spat out.“–Shut up!” The words were so loud I wa
Isabella.The next morning was far from normal. The only way it could have been described was cold.Neither of my parents were speaking to me, not even as I prepared breakfast earlier in the morning as an appeasement. They avoided my gaze as much as they could, never speaking a word.It hurt, the silent waves of disappointment that ebbed out of them. I braced through it however.Even little Treasure had noticed it.“Where's daddy?” He whispered to me. I noticed that my parents had stopped eating, either hearing or rightly assuming Treasure words.I attempted to smile at him. “He's not here, but we can visit him if you'd like,” I spoke invitingly.Before Treasure could say a word, I heard my mother's voice for the first time that morning.“Treasure dear, why don't you follow us to the pack gardens? There are plenty of beautiful animals there.”I stiffened at her passive aggressive nature. Yet when I looked at Treasure's imploring eyes which silently asked me for what to do, I gave a sl
Leo.The pain Isabella bore on her face made me want to hold her, yet those doubts and fears I thought I had rid myself of stopped me short, leaving me helpless and hollow.The night was silent and cold. Peaceful. It was a complete contrast to the violence that had occurred in what should have been less than 20 minutes ago.The pain from the hands that choked me still ached every time I swallowed, yet I kept silent.I almost flinched when I felt the brush of a hand, only to relax as there was only one person who could do that. I let her wrap her hand around mine, sighing at the guilty pleasure of her touch.When I turned to look at her again, all the warmth I gained drained away.Her eyes glistened with tears even as she stared stonily at the distance. She was devastated. From her parents' reaction to the way it all came crashing down.I vaguely realized that she was trying to do that. Comfort me. In turn, I held her closer, hoping that she gained a bit of warmth as well.When Connor
Isabella.My blood ran cold, yet I kept a smile as I turned to Treasure.“Treasure, I think it's time you went to bed," I said.He looked at me for a moment before nodding.“Okay, mommy. Goodnight.” He turned to Leo and oblivious to the tension in the air, told Leo. “Goodnight, daddy.” I heard the slight suck of breath from one of my parents, but I focused solely on my son, nudging him forward.“Go on then," I said, as he yawned before moving up the stairs.I watched him carefully until I was sure that he was out of sight and earshot. The sound of his guest room door shutting made me let out a breath of relief.I shouldn't have let my guard down.It happened instantly. One minute, we were all sitting on the table and in a flash, a person pinned Leo to the wall.“Dad!” I called out, panic filling me as I stood up, speeding across the room.My father was on his full feet, his hands wrapped around Leo's neck. Goddess! He was choking him!Leo remained still. Whether he was still in shock