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CHAPTER 25.

Penulis: Thecesca
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-16 04:37:05

Levi and I walked back to his car and drove off, except this time it was different. He put on music and we sang along, stealing glances at one another and actually laughing when we botched up the lyrics.

The windows were down, and the breeze tangled in my hair as we drove, trees zipping past in green blurs. Levi had the radio tuned to some throwback rock station, and we were both off-key but unapologetically loud.

“Don’t stop…believin’!” he shouted, air-drumming on the steering wheel.

“Hold on to that feeeelin’!” I belted, out of breath from laughing.

It was like we were friends again, or whatever the fuck you’d call it.

Our voices overlapped the actual music, we were lost in our own company. In this moment, we were just two teenagers on a road trip to fish out a herb, not the alpha’s son and the half human girl.

I looked out the window and finally noticed the road.

The trees didn’t look familiar anymore, the landscape was different. The road curved in ways I didn’t remember. And then
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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 26.

    It was just the two of us, against them. An Alpha’s son with anger issues and a beta’s daughter who knew nothing about being a wolf.The odds were not in our favor.It was getting dark, the situation getting worse. I pressed my back against the rook, barely breathing as I kept my eyes on Levi. His face was still pale, damp with sweat, and a clenched jaw.“They’re waiting for us to open out,” he whispered, nostrils flaring. “There’s two of them.”I stiffened. “Can’t we wait them out? You’re still weak, we can’t afford—"He sniffed again, his lips curling. “I can take them. But not both at once. I’ll need your help.”My heart stopped in my chest. “What do you need me to do?”He turned toward me, his eyes darkening. “Keep one of them distracted. Just long enough for me to take out the other. Don’t try to fight them…just keep moving. Can you do that?”I nodded, even though my hands were shaking. “Yeah. I’ll try.”“But first,” he muttered, voice grim, “I need to heal faster. The wolfsbane

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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 27.

    By the time we reached the pack house, the moon was already high and the horizon shrouded in darkness. We parked a little further from the main driveway, and I followed Levi to sneak through the shadows like we were a couple of fugitives. My body was sore, my head still heavy from everything that had happened in the forest. But I was still able to walk.“Let me carry you,” Levi whispered when I winced after misstepping on a loose stone.“I’m fine,” I said, straightening. “If you carry me, we’ll be slower. Someone might see us, and then we’ll have to answer a bunch of questions.”He muttered something under his breath but didn’t argue, just slowed his pace so I could keep up. We entered through the side door, the one closest to the woods, avoiding any lights or chatter coming from the living room. Once we were safely in the hallway, he glanced over his shoulder, his hair still damp with blood and sweat, eyes flickering across my face.“I’ll walk you to your room,” he said.I nodded, eve

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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 28.

    I woke up earlier than usual to coordinate my outfit. Yes, I was going to be in a uniform like everyone else, but I wanted to look better than I usually did.I wanted everyone to be in awe. I wanted to be worthy of being by Levi’s side.Sunlight was already streaming through the window, the heat from it warming my skin. My body ached less, thanks to Levi's paste, and my mind...well, my mind was filled with a ton of emotions.A fake relationship.It sounded so simple when Levi said it last night. But laying in bed, staring at the ceiling, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. My heartbeat picked up just remembering the way his hands felt on my skin, the way he looked at me like I was something more than just a girl struggling to fit into a world I’d only known for a couple of weeks.He looked at me like I truly belonged, like I was entitled to being Luna, just like the rest of the other female wolves in the park.I hated how badly I wanted it to be real.But it wasn’t. It couldn’t be.We

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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 29.

    “I need to have you now,” his words came in hollowed breaths.I sighed, turning to lay on my right side. This was not really happening, it was all in my head. At least that was what I was telling myself.“I want you,” he said again, wrapping his arms around my waist.He breathed me in, placing his face into my neck and pulling me closer. He licked behind my ears, moaning softly. His hands slid under my shirt, to my bare breast, and stayed there. He pulled me again, like he somehow wanted me inside his skin.Like being this close was not enough. He wanted more, and so did I.“Do you want me?” he whispered into my ears, and I felt a shock between my legs.The heat from his lips sending jolts of electricity through my body. I wanted to fight the desire, the mysterious pull that existed between me and this stranger. But it was no use, I had to have him.I needed him as much as he needed me.My lips parted. “Yes.”“What do you want?” He asked, his voice sultry and low.“I want you to take

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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 30.

    The sun had fully risen by the time I nailed a clean hit to Levi’s side, knocking him slightly off balance. Not enough to win any awards, but enough to earn a lifted brow of acknowledgment from him.“Better,” he said, nodding once.Sweat clung to my back, and my arms felt like spaghetti. But despite the aching muscles and the early hour, I felt alive. Strong. And not just because I’d finally managed to land a decent blow on the guy who’d been smirking through most of our session.“You’re just saying that to keep me from being focused.”He leaned closer, his voice extremely low, “If I wanted to distract you, trust me, I’d use better tactics.”I waved his words away, but heat bloomed in my cheeks. “You’re so annoying.”“And yet here you are,” he shot back with a grin.A loud cough snapped both our heads around.Three younger pack members had stopped along the trail bordering the field—two guys and a girl. They were clearly watching us, whispering. Like we were a math equation they just

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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 31.

    I couldn’t stop hearing the Alpha’s voice.“If you are Levi’s mate, fake or not…it isn’t going to be easy from now on. And if you’re not…then goddess help you when his real mate finds out.”The words spun around my head like a spell I couldn’t break, looping again and again as I sat cross-legged on my bed, staring at the wall like it had answers. It didn’t.Nothing did.I hadn't told Levi. I didn’t plan to. What good would it do? It would just complicate the lie we were both trying so hard to sell, like two people pretending they could walk across a frozen lake without falling through.My fingers twisted in the hem of my skirt. My heart hadn't stopped pounding since the meeting with the Alpha. The gravity of it all weighed heavily on me, like there was about to be a shift in this magical world.If only I could identify it.Once again, I was clueless. Even more that I was now in this mess. Was Ruby right? Was I just ignorant? Should I have thought well and hard before accepting to play

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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 32.

    “Astra, wake up!”Lola’s voice pierced my dreams with a whisper sharp enough to slice through an elephant’s skin."Check on him," she repeated.My eyes blinked open to a haze of pale lamp light. The clock on my nightstand read 5:02 AM. Still dark enough for the pack house to still be bathed in silence, but early enough that even the birds hadn’t dared to sing yet.My body protested as I sat up. Every inch of me ached from yesterday’s trainings, but Lola didn’t speak unless it mattered. Especially not at dawn when I was supposed to be sleeping.I took off my night t-shirt and threw on a tank top, slipped into yoga shorts and sneakers, and tiptoed out of my room. The pack house was cloaked in stillness, long halls bathed in a soft golden glow from the hanging lamps that never turned off. The scent of cedarwood and old leather followed me as I made my way to the end of the hall.To Levi’s room.My hand had barely lifted to knock when the door flew open.Levi stood in the doorway, shirt s

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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 33.

    With the help of Levi, I cleaned up and got changed. He gave me his leather jacket—that seemed to swallow me whole—to cover up my stained shirt.We were in the boys locker room alone, the air surprisingly clear. Levi dried my hair and combed it out, cleaning the spot on my shoe where the milk had dripped onto, while I sulked in anger. He wasn’t mad at me, but I could tell he was disappointed.“I told you to ignore her,” he said, dabbing on my skirt to get the milk stain away. “Why don’t you ever listen to me?”I bit my lips, watching him carefully. “I know, I’m sorry. She just knows how to push my buttons.”He sighed. “Maybe our next training should be on how to ignore comments that make no sense.”I looked down at him. “Did it though?”He paused. “What are you asking me?”“What is this mark thing she mentioned?”He sighed again. “I had a feeling someone would bring that up eventually, I just didn’t think it would be this soon.” He stared at me for a long time, but I could tell he was

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  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 38.

    The music thumped like a living heartbeat, loud enough to drown out any rational thoughts as Levi and I stepped into the brightly lit living room. Colorful lights blinked across the ceiling, casting silhouettes of the Moondew pack's teens grinding and laughing.We were in Damien’s house. It was neat, organized, and stacked with beer and snacks. You could just tell this wasn’t his first rodeo, and with all the parents now living at the pack house, it was easier access without consequences.But I wasn’t thinking about the party—I was thinking about how this time, everything had changed. Or was about to change. Levi was about to be set up, or pushed into an arranged marriage. And worse, it was going to be with someone who didn’t really know him. Someone who had no idea how to calm him when he got in one of his moods.She wasn’t right for him. So who was? Me?Levi’s hand found the small of my back, making me shiver slightly. I peeked up at him as we weaved through the crowd. He looked cal

  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 37.

    It was finally Friday. Every hall I passed, every corner, teenagers were whispering about Damien’s party. Almost everyone in Moondew academy was attending, it was the highlight of the weekend.“Thank goddess Damien decided to step up, we haven’t had a proper party since we all started living under the same roof.”I heard a group of girls lamenting a few blocks away from my locker.Apparently, it was unheard of. Students here partied just as much as we did back home, if not more.The rest of the day went on the same, that by the end of my final class, I felt like I’d been present at a million Moondew high school parties.Students hurried out of school grounds, most girls mentioning how they had nothing to wear and how they had to get ready. The halls were in chaos, busier than usual. More hectic and crowded.I was walking to the parking lot to meet up with Levi when Valerie caught up to me, holding a huge textbook in her hand.“Astra…” she was out of breath with beads of sweat forming

  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 36.

    I leaned against the passenger side of Levi’s black jeep, the early evening breeze sweeping my bangs across my face. The parking lot was half-empty now, students strolling along the pavement, but my eyes remained fixed on the front doors of Moondew Academy.I bit my lip, replaying our argument on the training field for what had to be the hundredth time. I hated how easily Levi could make me feel ignorant—like I didn’t know what I was doing, like I was still that girl from Hartville fumbling her way into a world I barely understood. But at the same time, I hated how my last words had cut him.I’d seen it in his eyes. My accusation that he was too overprotective. It had stung, especially when all he’s ever done is save me.He wasn’t angry. He was hurt.The doors finally swung open, and my gaze rose. Levi stepped out, moving casually. His hair was wet, but not dripping, and it seemed to have formed a different wave all on its own. He carried himself so well, so effortlessly that everyone

  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 35.

    The cool night breeze brushed against my skin as Levi walked me up to my room, but I was more focused on the way our fingers almost touched with every step we took. The party was over, the memory of laughter and music still playing in my mind as vivid as ever.I wasn’t ready to let it go. Not yet."Did you have fun?" he asked, his voice low, almost sleepy.I smiled, nodding. "Yeah…I actually did."His lips twitched like he was trying not to smile too wide. "Good. Then you’ll be happy to know there’s no early morning training tomorrow."Relief flooded me. “Bless you,” I murmured, and he chuckled.“We deserve a break after tonight.”"You’re the best fake boyfriend I’ve ever had," I grinned.He reached out and tugged a loose curl behind my ear. “Sleep tight, half breed.”He walked away backward, still watching me until he turned the corner. I slipped inside and leaned against the door for a second, smiling like an idiot. I couldn’t help it. Tonight had been the most peace I’d felt in a w

  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 34.

    It felt like the ground had tilted beneath me. My breath hitched, and my heartbeat banged in my ears. No. No, this couldn’t be happening. It couldn’t really be him.The moment Levi’s eyes landed on Damien, something in him snapped."Get in the car!" he said, gritting his teeth.I blinked at him. "What?""Astra," he growled. "Now!!"There was no room for argument in his tone, so I obeyed, slipping into the passenger seat just as he slammed the driver’s door shut. The engine roared to life, and he took off with a speed that sent my stomach lurching.The tension in the car was thick and the look on his face scared the hell out of me, but I couldn’t just sit there. "Levi, please, talk to me. What are you doing?""We’re going to see my father," he said without looking at me."Levi, no. Please, let’s just...breathe. Maybe it’s not what it looks like.""You saw him, Astra. You know exactly what it looks like.""I don’t want any more trouble. Maybe we should just leave it alone, maybe he won’t

  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 33.

    With the help of Levi, I cleaned up and got changed. He gave me his leather jacket—that seemed to swallow me whole—to cover up my stained shirt.We were in the boys locker room alone, the air surprisingly clear. Levi dried my hair and combed it out, cleaning the spot on my shoe where the milk had dripped onto, while I sulked in anger. He wasn’t mad at me, but I could tell he was disappointed.“I told you to ignore her,” he said, dabbing on my skirt to get the milk stain away. “Why don’t you ever listen to me?”I bit my lips, watching him carefully. “I know, I’m sorry. She just knows how to push my buttons.”He sighed. “Maybe our next training should be on how to ignore comments that make no sense.”I looked down at him. “Did it though?”He paused. “What are you asking me?”“What is this mark thing she mentioned?”He sighed again. “I had a feeling someone would bring that up eventually, I just didn’t think it would be this soon.” He stared at me for a long time, but I could tell he was

  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 32.

    “Astra, wake up!”Lola’s voice pierced my dreams with a whisper sharp enough to slice through an elephant’s skin."Check on him," she repeated.My eyes blinked open to a haze of pale lamp light. The clock on my nightstand read 5:02 AM. Still dark enough for the pack house to still be bathed in silence, but early enough that even the birds hadn’t dared to sing yet.My body protested as I sat up. Every inch of me ached from yesterday’s trainings, but Lola didn’t speak unless it mattered. Especially not at dawn when I was supposed to be sleeping.I took off my night t-shirt and threw on a tank top, slipped into yoga shorts and sneakers, and tiptoed out of my room. The pack house was cloaked in stillness, long halls bathed in a soft golden glow from the hanging lamps that never turned off. The scent of cedarwood and old leather followed me as I made my way to the end of the hall.To Levi’s room.My hand had barely lifted to knock when the door flew open.Levi stood in the doorway, shirt s

  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 31.

    I couldn’t stop hearing the Alpha’s voice.“If you are Levi’s mate, fake or not…it isn’t going to be easy from now on. And if you’re not…then goddess help you when his real mate finds out.”The words spun around my head like a spell I couldn’t break, looping again and again as I sat cross-legged on my bed, staring at the wall like it had answers. It didn’t.Nothing did.I hadn't told Levi. I didn’t plan to. What good would it do? It would just complicate the lie we were both trying so hard to sell, like two people pretending they could walk across a frozen lake without falling through.My fingers twisted in the hem of my skirt. My heart hadn't stopped pounding since the meeting with the Alpha. The gravity of it all weighed heavily on me, like there was about to be a shift in this magical world.If only I could identify it.Once again, I was clueless. Even more that I was now in this mess. Was Ruby right? Was I just ignorant? Should I have thought well and hard before accepting to play

  • Mating The Half She-Wolf   CHAPTER 30.

    The sun had fully risen by the time I nailed a clean hit to Levi’s side, knocking him slightly off balance. Not enough to win any awards, but enough to earn a lifted brow of acknowledgment from him.“Better,” he said, nodding once.Sweat clung to my back, and my arms felt like spaghetti. But despite the aching muscles and the early hour, I felt alive. Strong. And not just because I’d finally managed to land a decent blow on the guy who’d been smirking through most of our session.“You’re just saying that to keep me from being focused.”He leaned closer, his voice extremely low, “If I wanted to distract you, trust me, I’d use better tactics.”I waved his words away, but heat bloomed in my cheeks. “You’re so annoying.”“And yet here you are,” he shot back with a grin.A loud cough snapped both our heads around.Three younger pack members had stopped along the trail bordering the field—two guys and a girl. They were clearly watching us, whispering. Like we were a math equation they just

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