Chapter Seventy-three Leila's POV My heart thundered beneath my chest. There was a war going on outside because of me and I can't do anything. I stared at the two guards that stood at the doorpost watching my every movement. I felt like a liability with each second passing by. The one closest to the door fell down with a thud and the other one turned to shoot at the intruder but he wasn't fast enough. His head was blown about before he had the chance to cock his gun. " Cassidy?" She placed a finger above her lips and walked towards me. She carefully untied me. " What is going on?" " Look, I'm sorry about everything. I didn't know that it would lead to a full blown war. There's not enough time on our side. I need you to move fast and be as discreet as you can be. I don't have many arms in me. Follow my lead." She said in one breath as she finally loosened the rope on my leg. She brought her hand forward and I placed mine in hers. " Thank you." I whispered. " Thank me after we h
Chapter One Leila's POV My name is Leila Wayne. I am the only daughter of my family. I have an elder brother, Kenny, all he does is to prank and tease me. I hope he finds his mate soon enough and let me be. My father is the beta of our pack. Oops! I forgot the most important thing. I am a werewolf. Most humans are oblivious of our presence. Some only think that we only existed in folktales, but the truth was that, we, werewolves actually exists. It's really funny and annoying to read the books human writers publish about us. They're mostly based on their fantasy only a few of them are good enough to write the truth about us. "Wakey wakey, sleepy head". My idiotic brother blasted my ear as he poured a bucket of dirty water on me. He knew how much I hated dirt on my skin. I wanted my skin to remain perfect but that idiot did not care. "Oh my gosh, Kenny! I wasn't even asleep and you knew it". I screamed angrily at him but all he did was to smile widely at me, showing me his stupid di
Chapter Two Leila's POV I inhaled deeply as I stepped into my class. Time to be serious with my life. I groaned when I saw Mr. Roberts in class. That man is a huge pain in the ass."Miss Wayne, you're late again". Mr Rogers complained. I ignored him and continued my journey to my seat located at the back of the class. There was nothing he could do to me. I was the beta's daughter and he was just a teacher. I could make him loose his job if he tried anything funny."If you come late again to my class, I'm afraid I will have to report you to your father". I mentally rolled my eyes. That was the only thing they all had against me. I turned to him in a mock salute making most of the students laugh. "I'm so sorry Mr Rogers, I promised to be well behaved from now on". I faked an apology. He clearly saw through the act but he nodded at me and continued his lecture. I walked to my seat quietly. "Pack whore". Someone mummured beside me. I turned to look at the owner of the voice. It was Cas
Chapter Three Leila's POV Why don't they all get it? Mum said she had felt the spark in her fingers when she first met dad. That was the first indication that they were made for each other. I am sure I had felt that spark when I first met Damian. Even if I was too young. "Can we do a sleepover? I need to pass Miss Christy's test or I might not graduate with you guys". Lilly whined. "Why can't you study alone? Each time you have a test, we have to do a sleepover for you". Ellie complained rolling her eyes. "It's not my fault that I don't have a photographic brain like you two". Lilly argued. Ellie opened her mouth ready to reply her but I had to step in. I didn't want them to start dragging each other's hair again. Though it was funny to watch them both fight, it was also annoying. Ellie would always end up cutting a part of Lilly's hair with the pair of scissors she always carried, I wonder why. "Fine, we can have a sleepover over at my place. I just have to ask my mother for per
Chapter Four Leila's POV Time flew by. Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. The big birthday celebration we were all waiting for, was only a day away. I made sure we invited many people. It was going to be extravagant. Above all, I was scared of shifting. Kenny told me that it was like your bones bending in an abnormal direction. He said it was the most painful experience. I surely wanted to know what it was like but I didn't want to die during shifting. Kenny told me that there were some people who couldn't bear the sickening pain of shifting and gave up their life in the process. I didn't want to be like that. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was strong enough to be the beta's daughter and the pack's future Luna. "I wonder how my wolf will look like. I hope she is cute as she sounds. I can't wait to finally get to see her". Lilly giggled. Ellie and Lilly had talked a few times with their inner wolf. I haven't heard anything apart from a whisper which I was not
Chapter Five Leila's POV I didn't know how long I had ran or how far I had gone away from the safety of the pack. I stoped to catch my breath. Nothing will ever be the same again. I had lost everything. I was screwed. I felt my eyes wet. I touched my face it was wet with tears. I didn't know how long I had sat down crying but I cried till I was too weak to move any part of my body. Suddenly, I saw a shadow in front of me, before I could make out what it was or who it was, I heard a loud bang that sent a wiring signal to my brain. I raised my hand with so much difficulty to touch the side of my head I felt pain. I saw blood. I couldn't scream even if I wanted to. I saw darkness come faster to me, and with open arms, I welcomed it. There it was, I had met my end. There was nothing to live for again. "Miss, are you okay?". Was the only thing I could make out from the creature that stared at me. Was it a werewolf or a human? Was it both? Before I could make anything out, I fell with a b
Chapter SixLeila's POVWaking up was a longer process than usual. I felt as if I had been hit brutally on my head. Wait that's what happened to me. With great difficulty, I watched the area I was in. It didn't have the familiarity of the pack I grew up in. I was knocked out in the forest, that only means two things. Either I was captured by a werewolf hunter or kidnapped by a rogue. I didn't know which was worse and I wasn't ready to know. With the realization of my current situation, I sat up abruptly from where I had laid since goddess knows when. I made to tip toe out of the room when a voice stopped me."You shouldn't move an inch yet you just woke up". That was when I turned to see the old woman seated at the other end of the bed, drinking goddess knows what. She must be a witch. I was sure no one was in the room when I woke up. That was worse than being captured by a werewolf who had gone wild or a useless werewolf hunter. She could turn me into her puppet with just a raise of h
Chapter seven Leila's POV His voice vibrated with so much authority, I almost went down on my knees. He was the Lycan King whose anonymous name spelts doom. I was truly going to die in the hands of the brutal Lycan King. The one who had wrecked many lives without any regret. His eyes wandererd to where I was. His eyes squinted a bit as he watched me like a predator ready to feast on my soul.A las I had met my end in the most brutal way. He was going to eat me up alive. His nose flared up in anger. Before I knew it, two of his people, had carried me and dumped me right in front of him. The pain I felt in my butt from the mighty fall was nothing compared to the pain I would be feeling few moments from now. I could feel his power radiating from this close distance. I almost melted when he spoke again."It is my duty to kill without mercy those who intrude especially at this time of the year and those who harbor the intruders". He said as he unsheathed his sword. His eyes bore no emotio
Chapter Seventy-three Leila's POV My heart thundered beneath my chest. There was a war going on outside because of me and I can't do anything. I stared at the two guards that stood at the doorpost watching my every movement. I felt like a liability with each second passing by. The one closest to the door fell down with a thud and the other one turned to shoot at the intruder but he wasn't fast enough. His head was blown about before he had the chance to cock his gun. " Cassidy?" She placed a finger above her lips and walked towards me. She carefully untied me. " What is going on?" " Look, I'm sorry about everything. I didn't know that it would lead to a full blown war. There's not enough time on our side. I need you to move fast and be as discreet as you can be. I don't have many arms in me. Follow my lead." She said in one breath as she finally loosened the rope on my leg. She brought her hand forward and I placed mine in hers. " Thank you." I whispered. " Thank me after we h
Chapter Seventy-twoLeila's POV I was getting weaker everyday. I don't know what they were feeding me but my body was rejecting it. The room I was kept in was filled with the stench smell of dried vomit. At this rate, I didn't know if I was breathing in oxygen or not. My hands rubbed my stomach subconsciously. An act I was getting addicted to. There were times were I would feel as though something was moving in my stomach and it scared me. The door opened. It was probably Lorenzo or his crazy lover. I was too tired to lift my head up. " You should prepare yourself. It's almost time." Someone said and my heart skipped a beat. They have been preparing for this day for the past four weeks. I didn't realize that it was going to be today. When Lorenzo had told me that Xavier had agreed to step down to have me back, his eyes twitching in delight. I felt my heart squeeze. I knew what they were planning. They were going to make him surrender and kill me in his front. Every da
Chapter Seventy-oneXavier's POV " The fight is getting bloodier." " I didn't expect less. It is not a childish fight. You should know that. " I replied not lifting my head from the pile of papers set before me. Lorenzo hasn't asked for anything and finding out his location was tougher than it seems. " You should stop the attack on the Embermoon pack." She said and I raised my head to look at the old hag. " You don't have a say on this matter, old hag. Go be useful with your voodoo and all that shit somewhere else." She sniffed. " Fighting would lead you nowhere." " They sent a message and I replied. I don't see how that is my fault." " You could end the fight if you want." I shook my head at her. " If I want. They have opened healing wounds and have added salt to them. My warriors are bloodthirsty and are ready to vent their anger and revenge for what happened twenty years ago. I don't plan on stopping them." " You should think of your mate. She wouldn't be happy to know that
Chapter SeventyLeila's POV I stared at her figure. I couldn't believe that she would do this to me. Wasn't she the one who had saved me? Was it all a lie? I find it hard to believe that the person who had taken me in without a question and had almost ended up dead for my sake would be part of this madness. Was this all planned out from the beginning? Was she planted in Xavier's pack to bring him down? But if that were the case, Xavier would have smelt her out. Then I recalled that she was a witch. Maybe she was using some kind of protection spell to hide her true decisive nature. I watched her as she rubbed the arm of Lorenzo in a sensual manner and it irritated me. I noticed something, they both were looking younger than their age. Something was going on here. She turned to me. I felt Cassidy shiver and I took note of that. She nodded at Cassidy then when she looked at me, she smiled in a kind of way that would have your heart drop to the pit of your stomach. " Viviana.
Chapter Sixty-nineXavier's POV I could feel it. She was in pain. I needed to find her quickly. Liam watched my movements with curiosity in his eyes. " I take it that you know where she is." He voiced and I shrugged. His eyes widened. " Your uncle?" " Who else would have taken her?" " He is using her to get to you." " Yes. That's the only way he could successfully get to me without facing me. How ridiculous." " You know where he is." He wasn't asking, he was stating a fact and I nodded. He cursed under his breath. " So why don't we attack him and rescue her already. Why are we sitting down here doing nothing when she is in a lot of pain. Who knows what that crazy uncle of yours is doing to her." " Patience Liam. It isn't time yet. He knows that I know that he is the one who took her. We can't attack now because it will be futile." " But we can try." " It will be a suicide mission for the rest of you. He has a witch by his side." " We al
Chapter Sixty-eightLeila's POV I woke up coughing so hard that I felt that as though I would cough out my lungs. My hands were tied together with my legs so it was hard for me to move. I stared at the room I was currently imprisoned in. It was nothing like the room I had been since I was brought here. The lights were on and it was a lot bigger than the other room. There was a big bed and a bedside table. A cup of coffee and a plate of untouched biscuit was on the table. This was someone else's room. And the big question was, who the person was. I hoped it doesn't belong to Cassidy because I don't think I am ready to face her yet but the dressing table proved otherwise unles there was another female. I should have escaped when I had the chance but stupid me decided to go on a rescue mission. Cassidy's betrayal still stings. I was wrong to have thought that she had changed. Just because I change doesn't mean that everyone else also did. As I think of it, I realized that I was easily s
Chapter Sixty-sevenThey sat in silence as they all waited for the Alpha to speak. The silence was threatening. Everyone was up in their head thinking of what possible reason it could be to warrant the sudden meeting. Mr. Roberts wished the Alpha would be over with the meeting. He wished that he could be excused from the meeting but he was the beta. It would be considered treason if he tried to. He also had to warn the Alpha of the devices of the Lycan king. Finally, the Alpha cleared his throat, slicing the deafening silence and everyone turned their attention to him. " I received heartbreaking news today but I would like us all to hear from the horse's mouth before we conclude on anything." It was obvious that he was trying to contain his temper. Everyone wondered what it was that would keep him on the edge. A warrior was ushered into the room and everyone turned to the hazard looking man, accessing him. He looked like someone who was thoroughly beaten. He was one of the g
Chapter Sixty-sixLeila's POV I was forced awake when someone jammed my shoulders with some kind of metal. Hot tears filled my eyes but I blinked them away refusing to show the man how hurt I was. I was glad that it was a dream. He slid another plate towards me and I looked beside me to see that the other plate was gone. " Eat." I rolled my eyes. Was that the oy thing they could say? " I'm not going to eat until you tell me where my friend is and who the hell sent you to kidnap me!" I yelled at him but he didn't flinch. Instead, he turned around and walked out of the room leaving me alone. My stomach growled in protest and I stared at the meal which was just a few feet away but I turned away from it. It could be poison. I force myself to stay awake and I watch as another masked man comes into the room. He takes away the other plate and slides the new one to me. I tried to talk to him but just like the others, he ignores me completely and leaves the room. The door opens again and I
Chapter Sixty-fiveMoonstone pack. " Keep trying, maybe she will eventually pick it up." Lara said even though she knew the answer would be silence. " She sent me a message earlier and I'm just seeing it now." Kenny said and Lara rushed to his side and grabbed the phone from him. Her daughter was safe, she hadn't run away, she only needed to be away from them for a moment. She burst into tears as she held the phone to her chest crying in relief. Her mate placed his hand on top of her shoulders but she pulled them off and glared at him. " This is all your fault Robert, if only you were a little calm about everything, she wouldn't have felt the need to stay away. You chased her away." She spat angrily. " What would you have had me do? He is our arch enemy Lara." " And her mate!" She retorted. Kenny felt uncomfortable. It was the first time his parents were openly arguing in front of him and it was uncomfortable as hell, especially with the fact that they were also ar