Akira's POV
“You killed him!” Elara yells. She jerks off the bed and reaches for her phone.
“Ca-lm down Ela-ra, please, h-e h-e…” I stutter. My entire body trembles in fear as I stare at the horrific sight in front of me.
My husband's body was covered in his blood.
“I will record this and make sure it gets to the werewolf committee you bloody killer!” Elara exclaims with tears rushing down my cheeks.
I crawl away from Kaid's lifeless body. I did not kill him. It was an accident.
I try to wave off every depressing thought in my head. I need to get out of here, Elara is not bluffing. She will inform the Werewolf committee about this and I will be sent back to jail again.
No! I shake my head in disagreement. I refuse to return to that hell hole.
I rise to my feet and hold onto the wall for support.
“What are you doing? Guards!” Elara yells at the top of her voice.
I rush towards her, I pick up the bedside lamp and smash it on her head. Elara slumps to the floor and her eyes shut close.
I lean close to her to listen to her heartbeat.
I sigh in relief, she is still breathing.
I run a hand through my hair in frustration and glare at the window. I need to leave without alerting the guards.
I do not waste any more time. I jump through the window and land perfectly on the floor.
I tuck my hands into my pockets to hide my bloody hands. I slowly walk towards the front gate with a straight face.
I successfully make my way out of the pack house. I pick up my pace and start running.
I run far away from the Red Moon pack house, with no destination in mind.
With a heavy heart and a guilty mind. I flee.
Vincent's POV
I walk towards the large black gate. Numerous guards surround the entrance and it makes me wonder why.
Is Kaid really that special for a lot of guards to surround the pack house? I furrow my brows in confusion as I freeze right in front of the guards.
“Who are you?” One of them speaks up in a stern tone.
I raise my hand at him in mock surrender and mutter in a dry tone. “My name is Vincent and I am the brother to Kaid, the Alpha of the Red Moon pack,” I state.
The moment I mention Kaid's name, the guards cast a suspicious glance at each other. Something weird is going on.
They gather together and whisper something to each other before giving me a response. “Alpha Kaid is not home at the moment. He travelled with his wife for a vacation.”
I hold back the urge to burst into laughter. Kaid and vacations do not relate at all. Kaid is a busy Alpha, he has no time for a dumb vacation with his wife. I know they are lying to me.
Why are they lying though? Did Kaid ask them to lie?
“I am not stupid. Leave the way before I forcefully make you leave.” I sneer with a cold stare.
They do not look afraid of my threat. One of the guards walks closer to me and says through gritted teeth. “Leave now.”
I scoff. I clench my fist tight and swing it on his face. The guard staggers backwards in shock and groans in agony.
The other guards take their stance, ready to fight me. This is not going to be easy but I must see Kaid by all means.
Suddenly, the entrance gate creeps open wide and a familiar face steps out of the pack house and yells “Enough!”
The guards bow their heads at Roman's commanding presence. He is Kaid's right-hand man. I understand why he is treated with so much respect.
“Long time no see Vincent. What are you doing here?” He asks.
I roll my eyes at him and sigh heavily. “Are you going to keep me outside too? I just want to see my brother. How hard is that?” I groan in frustration.
“Wrong timing Vincent,” Roman mutters. He ushers me inside the pack house. I pause to shoot dagger glares at the guards before stepping inside.
The Red Moon pack house has not changed at all. It still looks exactly how it was ten years ago.
“What do you mean by wrong timing? Has Kaid travelled out of town for a vacation with his wife? I thought his wife was in prison.” I say with a small frown on my face.
“Is that what the guards told you?” Roman asks.
I nod my head in agreement. Roman turns to glare at me, he pauses to release a heavy sigh and place his hand on my shoulder.
“You are not going to like the news I am about to drop.” He mumbles.
“I can handle it,” I reply in a bored tone.
“Kaid, your brother is dead.” He blurts out.
My jaw drops and I stagger backwards in shock. Did he just say Kaid is dead? My brother? Dead? How? Why?
I gulp a lump down my throat and release a nervous chuckle. “Nice joke Roman. Where is Kaid?”
“I am serious Vincent. He is dead. Kaid died two days ago.” Roman repeats.
I mutter a cuss under my breath and pray to wake up from this horrible nightmare. I run a hand through my hair.
“How did this happen Roman?” I manage to say, my voice comes out as a mere whisper.
“Two days ago. His wife just got out of prison. She visited the pack house and murdered him.”
What? Kaid's wife murdered him?
Why does Kaid have horrible luck when it comes to meeting people? How could his wife stab him in the back by killing him?
“What did she want? What was her motive? Has she been caught?” I throw questions at Roman. He looks overwhelmed by all of this too.
“We are still in search for her.” Roman states.
I will find her. I will find Kaid's wife and make her pay for killing my brother.
Akira's POV I rub my shoulders and shudder at the cool breeze that sweeps my hair back and forth.The hairs on my skin rise in fear and the loud howling of wolves causes me to grit my teeth.I shut my eyes for a brief moment and blink back the tears that threaten to fall from my eyes. Now is not the time to cry, I have been doing that for the past three days and all it has done is weaken me physically and mentally.Kaid is dead. I killed Kaid. I deserve to die, why am I trying to survive when I took the life of an innocent? Yes, he did cheat on me but I could have controlled my anger. Why did I not do that? I could have walked out of the house the moment I saw Elara and Kaid on the bed.If only I had ignored them, none of that would have happened. Kaid would still be alive.I pull my hair and break down into sobs.My entire body feels weak, I am thirsty and my stomach hurts from hunger. I have not had anything healthy to eat for the past three days. After running away from the Red
Akira's POV Vincent successfully saves me from getting captured by Elara and the guards from the Red Moon pack.He takes me to his home, a small bungalow on the outskirts of town. The place is comfy.He offers me food and allows me to clean up. Vincent gives me a new set of clothes. Although I can tell that the clothes belong to him because of how large they look on me.I feel refreshed but Elara's words still replay in my head. The one about Kaid's soul rest in peace.“How do you feel?” Vincent's deep voice startles me from my thoughts and jolts me back to reality. I look up to gaze at him and watch him settle down on the couch beside me.I fiddle with my palms and scoot away from him. “Who are you and why are you helping me?” My voice is rough and it comes out as a mere whisper, although it is loud enough for Vincent to hear.“Why are you bothered about that? I am helping you and that is all that matters. You should be grateful for that.” Vincent says nonchalantly.I sneak a glance
Akira's POVI could barely catch a glimpse of sleep, these days I can not lay for an hour without imaging Kaid's presence in the room. It is like his spirit has not rested yet and it keeps tormenting me. Maybe Kaid's spirit wants me to confess my evil deeds and turn myself in.The door suddenly opens wide, Vincent barges in with a poker face. I furrow my brows in confusion at him while he stands awkwardly at the door."Sorry about that. I just wanted to check if you were awake." Vincent says rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. An awkward silence falls between the both of us, he looks like he wants to say something but is thinking of the right words."Good morning." I pause to rise to my feet. "Have you had breakfast?" My tone is low yet clear enough for Vincent to hear."Breakfast, right." He says, with a nervous chuckle. He is acting a bit weird this morning and I find it rather suspicious. Ever since he saved me, he has done nothing but try to force answers about Kaid's death fr
Vincent's POV"That is because the Moon Goddess would never ask me to protect a killer." I say. It took me quite a lot of confidence to say this. Akiralooks extremely shocked by what I just said and to be honest, I am surprised by my own self too.Why should I trust her? All evidence points at her, everyone says she is the killer because she was the last person to see my brother. Why then should I trust her? I think it is because of the revelation I received from the Moon Goddess last night.Everyone else might lie about Akira being the killer but the Moon Goddess would never do that. She knows all and sees all, I guess I do not trust Akira but I trust the Moon Goddess instead and i believe she would lead me on the right path to go about all of this.Akira looks like she is about to say something but a loud bang on the door startles the both of us. I furrow my brows in confusion and avert my gaze to the door. Who could that be? I never receiveguests."Who is that?" Akira whispers, a f
Vincent's POV "Wait!" I yell at Roman even before he can order his boys to move into my house. Roman raises a brow at me and gestures me to go ahead."You have a right to speak Vincent? What is the problem? Have anything to confess?" Roman throws questions at me. Why does he suddenly suspect me? Is it just because of the trailing footsteps that leads to my house or is there something more than that? Maybe Kaid might have told him something about me in the past to warrant such suspicion.Anyways, I really hope I have been able to buy Akira enough time to secretly leave my house. The both of us would be in serious trouble if we get caught by Roman."I just want to tell you that I am not forgetting this disrespect and you owe me an apology if you do not find her in my house." I say with a stern look. Roman chuckles at me and nods his head."I agree but if I do find her, you do not owe me an apology. You owe your dead brother one instead." Roman says, he orders the boys to barge into my
Akira's POV After an hour of hiding in a wrecked shack besides the river. Idecide to return back to Vincent's house but before doing that I make sure the coast is clear. The van from earlier is no longer parked there. I release a heavy sigh of relief as I reach the frontdoor.I deliver a small knock on the door and I hear Vincent rushing to open the door for me. The door eventually opens wide and Vincent hastily gestures me inside."That was close." He mutters to himself."What was Roman doing here? What did he say? Are they still conducting some kind of investigation?" I throw questions at Vincent. He sighs and gestures me to sit on the couch. I obey him and settle down on soft foam with Vincent besides me."So tell me? What did Roman say?" I ask with wide eyes. "Calm down Akira. He thinks you did it because Kaid was unable to save you from jail time. I heard about the crime you committed and how you went to prison for it." Vincent says. Crime I committed? I did my best to hold mys
Akira's POV I hastily let go off Vincent's wrist and stagger backward in shock at what just happened. Why did I feel that kind of connection and energy around him? To begin with, who is Vincent? Do I have to tell him my secrets before he tells me who he really is? "What is wrong? Are you okay? You look like you just saw a ghost." Vincent stares at me with a look of concern plastered on his face. Wait, the Moon Goddess sent Vincent to protect me? He wants to prove my innocence even if it costs him to get into trouble? Then, I suddenly feel this connection?I place two and two together before saying "Mate." My voice is lowbut my wolf howls loudly."You figured." Vincent points out with a small shrug. Oh so the Moon Goddess had already revealed it to him that he is my mate. Why did he keep it from me then? Did he plan to reject me? Why is all of this even happening? Having a new mate when my husband just died."How is that possible? Kaid was my mate. How can I suddenly have a new mate
Akira's POV I turn around to gaze at my sister, Elara. The first thing I do is to hastily adjust the hoodie covering my face. Tears well up in my eyes and I clench fist in anger at the sight of Elara. I suddenly feel angry at her. My sister's betrayal is something i can not still comprehend, how could she go behind my back to cheat with my husband, worse of it all is that she felt no remorse and wants to still tag me as the bad guy."I asked a question." Elara fires at me. She rushes towards me and tries to pull my hoodie off but I hastily dodge her. "Stay away." I feign a deep voice.Elara furrows her brows in confusion. "Akira? Is that you?" She asks in a soft tone. Vincent's warning suddenly replays in my head. I gulp a lump down my throat and stagger backward in shock how didshe know it was me?"Akira? Is that really you?" Elara repeats. She takes a step closer and this time I do not move backward. I want to confront her. I want to ask her why she did all of that to me. How could
Vincent's POV Do I deserve to be happy? After everything I have done? After everything I have been through?"Vincent, are you okay?" Akira's soft voice jolts me out of my thoughts and back to reality. I shoot dagger glares at her and push her far away from me. "Stay away." I sneer as I feel tears prick from the corner of my eyes.I hear Akira sigh in frustration but I ignore her and take multiple steps towards Roman. "You are a bastard and a liar! I know everything! I know you had a hand in Kaid's death! I do not know if it is because of the jealousy you always felt towards him or if it was because of your unrequited love towards Akira?" I blurt out. I actually regret saying my last statement because I know that the last thing I should be doing is involving her into any of this. I hear her scoff at me and before I can say anything, Akira runs away from me. "Unrequited love? Did that bitch tell you that I ever had feelings her? I do not know what has gotten into you Vincent or why y
Vincent's POV I felt anger course through my veins as I watched Roman yell at Akira. I clenched my fist tight and gritted my teeth in anger as I noticed how Akira's face fell, her hands were shaky and as a matter of fact, her whole body trembled. I felt pity for her. She was already going through so much and now Roman was making it worse by making her feel severely guilty."Stop." I heard Akira beg in a shaky tone. I sighed heavily, as Roman continued to yell at Akira, I could slowly watch her break into pieces. She took a few steps backward and accidentally bumped into me.Akira's face softens, I hear her mutter something like. "I am not alone." I sigh heavily and push her behind me. I stand in front of Roman with a huge frown on my face. "Stop bullying her Roman. At least have some dignity. She is already feeling enough guilt. You are making things worse." I snap at him.Roman eyes me with disdain. He scoffs and shakes his head at the both of us. "So what are you guys now? A couple
Akira's POV Vincent shrugs lightly and waves it off but the suspicious look I give him causes him to throw his hands in the air and flash the phone screen in my face. It is a call from an unknown number. "Why are you not picking it?" I ask, furrowing my brows at him in confusion, mixed with slight suspicion at the way his face becomes slightly pale by my question."It is an unknown number Akira, I do not know who is calling." Vincent retorts. I roll my eyes at him. That should be more reason why he should pick the call. It could be Elara or Roman. Unless, Vincent might know who it is but is trying to cover it up in front of me. I eye him suspiciously and snap at him "How else are you going to know who is calling if you do not answer the call.""Come on Akira. More like those are a lot of reasons why I should not answer the call. It could be a prank call." Vincent trails off. I scoff and choke out a bitter laughter. Is he kidding me right now? Prank call? Who would want to prank him w
Akira's POV I slowly flutter my eyes open and they come in contact with a very peaceful version of Vincent. His eyes are shut close and i can help but admire how beautiful he looks when sleeping. His eyelashes are soft and long. I fight back the urge to caress his face. I gulp a lump down my throat as I clutch the bedsheets tight. What have I done though? Did I just have sex with my late husband's brother? I feel guilt wash over me and I release a sigh of frustration. My feelings are confusing me by the day. The more I draw closer to Vincent, the more I feel excited by his presence. I know I am doing the wrong thing, i know I should stop but I keep doing that.Is Kaid seeing us? How disappointed is he in me? I killed him and now I am having sex with his brother? I am such a horrible person!"Good morning." A familiar deep voice jolts me out of my thoughts and back to reality. I snap my eyes open and they come in contact with a beautiful pair of grey eyes. My heart races extremely fa
Akira's POV I cross my legs on the plush couch and a frown grows on my face as my eyes settle on the wall clock. Vincent has been gone for surprisingly a very long time. It has been approximately six hours since he left, is he not going to return back home? Maybe I was too harsh on him? He is only doing all of this in my favour. I think I might have gone too extra by searching through his stuffs. I should just trust him the same way he trusts him. Screw all of this Akira!Should I just apologize to him when he returns home? That is if he even returns back home or should I make him so pancakes? He loves those. I facepalm and wave off such thoughts. Why am I acting like Vincent is my husband? I would not even call us friend, we are just two people sharing the same goal.Suddenly, a loud bang on the door startles me, interrupting my thoughts. I hastily scurry towards the direction of the door. I peep through the door hole and i see it is Vincent, he looks tired. I breathe a heavy sigh
Vincent's POV Judgement time. My heart races extremely fast as I watch the Alphas lean closer to each other and make whispering noises, while contemplating on what judgement to pass on. I pause to sneak a glance at Elara and she has the same nervous look as I do.I sigh heavily and run a hand through my hair as I gaze at her. She notices my gaze and rolls her eyes at me. Weirdly, the Alphas are taking too long to drop their judgement. Their conversation almost escapates into an argument.Alpha Thomas eventually clears his throat and turns to I and Elara. Apparently, Alpha Thomas is the spokesman of the Werewolf committe. "Alright then. I and the Alphas have come to a conclusion. I hope you both take our opinion very well and work on it." He snaps at us.I nod my head in agreement and so does Elara. This time Alpha Robert is the one to speak. "The truth is that, this young man here dropped a very crucial point when he said Akira may not be the killer. It is always nice to keep an open
Vincent's POV I sigh.heavily, unsure of what I am bracing myself for. I step into the large compound full of right security. Several wolves hang around, their claws and fangs out, ready to devour any intruder.One or the guards point to a small door on the left. I push the door open and step into the small room. Three thrones are arranged vertically, the three most powerful Alphas sit comfortably on the throne. They are the werewolf committe, the ones behind the welfare of the town."We have already attended to you. What more do you want?" The Alpha in the middle throne, the one who I recognize to be Alpha Thomas speaks in an impatient tone. His eyes are darted towards Elara's direction."Alpha Thomas, I am here with him." She pauses to point at me."He is here to plea for Akira's inno...."I interrupt Elara with a loud cough. "Allow me do the talking." I snap at her. She scoffs in response but surprisingly keeps quiet and allows me to do the talking."Greetings to you great Alphas of
Vincent's POV I place my hand on my waist as I impatiently wait for the guard to return. I have been standing outside for a long while and the guard has not returned with a response from the werewolf committe. What is taking so long?As if the Moon goddess hears my prayers, I hear creaking noise of the gate open which causes to me raise my head up and gaze the culprit. I expect it to be the guard but to my uttermost surprise, it is Elara. She has a frown on her face but once she notices my presence, a mischievous smirk settles on her face as she slowly approaches me.What is she doing here though? I furrow my brows in confusion as she halts in her steps right in front me. I do not get what Elara has planned in her mind but I know for sure that she is up to no good."Well well well, we meet again, Kaid's brother.." Elara pauses to suck in her teeth and eye me suspiciously. "To be honest you do not look so well like the last time. Anything bothering you?" She raises a brow at me, her t
Vincent's POV"What are you talking about?" Akira asks. Her face changes into one of confusion. Honestly, I do not know what I am talking about as well. Is it really possible to prove Akira not guilty? I would have to gather enough evidence to prove to the werewolf committe that she can wander the streets freely.I mutter a cuss under my breath and mentally scold myself for making such a huge promise. To grant her freedom? Vincent, you are fucking stupid. I rub my forehead and sigh heavily. My eyes settle back on Akira's confused face."What did you just say? I asked you a question." She raises her voice at me. Anyways, there is no going back on my word. I promised to grant her freedom and i will do whatever it takes to make that possible."I know how you badly want to leave this place. You hate it here with me. That is why you turned down the mate bo...." Akira does not let me finish my sentence, she scoffs loudly and curses under her breath."You have got to be kidding me. How does