~Emerald~Three months later, I have finally unraveled the true colors of Alpha Gideon. Those past months had been so tough for all of us, especially for me. Alpha Gideon and his way of leading all the werewolf world caused so much trouble for everyone. I can't believe he ruined the name that James has been taking good care of since he got the position and in just a blink of an eye, Gideon ruined it. That asshole was a pain in the ass.“Emerald?”I just came out of my cabin when I found Calvin coming my way. My brows were furrowed while looking at him. “What do you want?” I asked in my cold tone. Calvin let out a deep sigh. He put his hands in the pockets of his pants before he responded to me. Before that, he stared at me straight in the eyes, which made my brows furrowed. “I have something to tell you—”I rolled my eyes when Calvin dared to speak again. I already know what he wanted to tell me. “I am not interested. Just go back to Gideon because I have other things to do,” I w
~Emerald~Gideon let go of me when he suddenly heard knocks from the door. He glared at me, eyes fuming with anger.“You're coming with me tonight and if you dare to disobey me again, I promise I will never let you go once more!” Gideon exclaimed. He walked through the door and all I did was to look at him with my teeth gritted. I just felt my blood boiling and the urge to kill him was already in my heart. ‘Patience, Emerald… That man will die in our hands soon,’ Lilian uttered at the back of my head.I took a deep breath, holding the neck that Gideon choked earlier. My eyes started to darken when I remembered that devil face. ‘I don't know until when I can control my patience with that bastard. My life was almost living hell with him every day!’ I blurted, and my wolf just let out a sigh. ‘I know what you feel, but we have no choice. We need enough strength to escape from him!’ Lilian responded, and I just nodded my head. I left his office without trying to look for Gideon. I do
~Emerald~“We met Alpha James when he came here for you, Emerald. He comes here when he learns about what happened to Ava and how Gideon prohibits him from going to the village…”I looked at Emma when she suddenly spoke up. My heart pounded when I suddenly remembered James. I'm still suffering from his death and the pain seems hard to handle.“Alpha James promised us that he would do everything he could to get us out of here. He promised us that he would take us to his pack, but then I just found out that he's already dead…” Ava's voice filled with sadness when she responded to me. I clenched my fists, a deep breath escaped from my throat. “I'm sorry, but he's already dead. I can't even accept his death, but everything has reasons,” I muttered, tears flowing to my eyes again. Even Emma and Anthony also shed tears when they saw me crying. Seems that they could also feel the pain I have been keeping in my heart for how many months already. “Ava was dreaming to meet you because she w
~Emerald~I went back to my cabin without letting Ava accompany me. I'm worried that someone might see her with me. We have to keep from everyone that I met Gideon's sister. We've talked already, and I will see them again. I will definitely work with them to get rid of Gideon.“Where have you been?” I paused from walking when I heard that familiar voice of a man. Thankfully, I was already in front of my cabin and was about to go inside when I heard someone at the back. “What do you want?” I asked, my voice is as cold as ice. I turned at him and saw Calvin, crossing his arms. He looks confused.“Just answer my question, Emerald. Where have you been?” Calvin said, and that made me laugh. “You're not my husband for me to tell you everything about what I did. Just so you know, we're not friends, so better know your place, okay?” Calvin sighed, still looking at me. “I don't know if I can still protect you, Emerald. You have no idea how Gideon wants you, but I did all my best to protec
~Emerald~“My wife is so gorgeous!” These are the words that escaped from Gideon's mouth after I came inside the car, sitting next to him. I rolled my eyes and said, “What gathering are we attending tonight?” Gideon smirked, suddenly playing with my hair with his fingers. I just felt my hands beneath clenching because of him. ‘Calm down, Emerald. Don't allow him to provoke you. It's part of his plan!’ Lilian reminded me. I took a deep breath and followed her advice because I realized that this might be one of Gideon's tactics. He knew I hated him, so he was trying to provoke me to explode. “You will know later,” Gideon responded to me. The car started running, and we focused our attention on the road. I just felt my body freeze, not wanting to move, but Gideon noticed it. “Why are you so scared of me? Have you forgotten the kiss that we shared twice before?” Gideon said. I gritted my teeth silently and chose to keep my mouth shut; however, it made him even more mad. He pulled
~Emerald~I was so disappointed because I haven't found him. My heart was still hoping that he's alive, and he will come back for us. I still can't accept his death even though months have passed already.“Let's go back to the table,” Calvin arrived, holding my hand. I looked at him and I couldn't stop rolling my eyes. “Let me go!” Calvin sighed, and followed me. His eyes were still staring at me as if he's trying to read my reaction. I just hope that he won't notice that I was crying earlier. “You're still hoping to see him, aren't you?” Calvin uttered, which made me gasp. A smile of bitterness formed on my lips as I looked at him and said, “It's no longer needed. James is dead and there's no way he would come back to me.”I walked away and returned to our table. Calvin followed me there. He occupied the empty seat in front of me. “What if Alpha James is alive?” My mouth widened from what Calvin had told me. I could feel my heart pounding so fast, a flash of hope appeared in my
~Emerald~We are on our way back to the pack. Gideon will be staying in the pack to where the gathering was held. He asked Calvin to bring me home, and we grabbed this opportunity to meet his colleagues. I just can't wait to meet them and see if we could fight back against Gideon.“I know they can't wait to meet you, Emerald. Those warriors are loyal to Alpha James, and they still consider him as the Alpha King. They hated Gideon and the way he ruled the pack,” Calvin explained to me, so I nodded my head to him. My eyes were at the window while listening to Calvin. I took out a deep breath, turning my head to him.“Are you not worried that Gideon might find out what you're doing?” I asked, confusion was written on my face. He let out a sigh without glancing at me.“Yes, I am, but this is not me, Emerald. I am not a traitor. If it's really not because of my sister, I would never have followed him. James is my Alpha King and I will only work for him.” I looked at Calvin trying my bes
~Emerald~I look closely to the warriors that Calvin has been recruited to join us in a battle against Gideon. My head tilted above, a smile formed on my lips.“Gideon still has a lot of his men, especially his armies. If we can convince half of them, I know that we have the chance to win the battle, but…” I paused, still looking at them. “We still have to work closely on how we are going to beat Gideon, but I'll work on that.” The warriors stared at each other for a moment before they nodded their heads to agree with me. “Don't worry, Luna Emerald. We will do our best to find more alliances to join our team. If we have many armies, Gideon couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't fight all of us together because we are just one!”I nodded my head towards them. It's really great that I met them. Knowing that I already have an alliance against Gideon, rays of hope appear in my heart. I know that I will get justice for James soon. “I will make sure to use my position to convince the
~Emerald~I felt my forehead arched as I looked into the woman's face. When she mentioned those words to me, her expression softened, worries were evident on her face.“What do you mean?” I murmured, not breaking my eyes away from her.“Yes, you heard it clearly, Luna. We need the Alpha's help. Our pack has been occupied by the enemies, and they imprisoned my Alpha father. I have no one else to call for help until the Alpha King flashes into my mind.”I furrowed my brows while listening to what the woman is telling me right now. Seeing her react like that, I knew for a moment that she's telling the truth. It was true that she came here to ask for help, and to talk to James. If she is really from Gideon's group, I know she already forced me out.“Who did conquer your father's pack?” I asked seriously, and then she let out a deep breath.The woman turned her body away and didn't speak for about a minute.“They said, it's Gideon's followers.”I could feel my heart skip a bit after hearin
~Emerald~After talking, James and I finally decided to go to the interrogation area to see the warriors who just betrayed us. While on our way, I couldn't help but grit my teeth thinking about them. We really couldn't believe that there are still enemies to our pack despite the intensive security that we have here. Seems like Gideon is just so desperate to bring us down.“I think you need to go back inside now, Baby,” James mumbled, right in front of the door of the interrogation center.I couldn't help but to furrow my brows while looking at him.“But why? I needed to see them and I also wanted to hear from them how on earth they betrayed us,” I explained, and he held my hands tightly.“Yes, I know, but I don't want you to worry about this anymore. I know they will not admit where Gideon is even if we killed them. But we are not going to end their lives until they surrender and tell us where the f*ck is Gideon's hideout.” James stated.I let out a sigh and thought about it. I'm also
~Emerald~I let go of hugging James after I heard what he just told me. Shocked was already written on my face when I looked at him.“Wait, what?” I mumbled at him.He smiled, and pinched my nose. I met his gaze and when I looked at him, I could not find any fear from him. This just proved that James doesn't worry about Gideon.“Stop worrying about Gideon. He's not letting anyone kill him because he's waiting for me, Baby. Gideon wanted us to face each other. It all started between the two of us and only the two of us can end this war. Therefore, you need to relax and don't worry that much about his presence,” James explained.I know he just doesn't want me to worry about him and I understand him. James only wanted to keep me safe, so he has to make me believe that everything is alright, but it's actually not.I love him, and I know he will get worried about me if I push to kill Gideon myself. James needed strong support from his loved ones and if he's telling the truth that Gideon wa
~Emerald~Ares failed to stop me from showing off myself to Gideon. I am finally in front of them now and Gideon turned his head at me. His eyes widened and he stepped back.“Emerald,” he mumbled to my name.I couldn't help but smirk upon meeting his gaze.“It's been a long time since we last saw each other, Gideon. I thought you were dead.” I muttered to him, but he just smirked.The warriors who betrayed us moved beside Gideon. Shocks were written to their faces now as they saw us here.“A person like me will never die easily. I have nine lives just like cats.” Gideon responded between his smirk.I shook my head, my gun still pointing at him. Ares was already next to me. He's carefully watching our enemies, preparing himself if ever they did a sudden attack.“You're alone, Emerald? Where's your asshole husband? I was expecting him to always be with you, but…” Gideon paused, his eyes turned at Ares. “You were with someone else.”I tilted my head, my lips still curled into a smirk as
~Emerald~“I'm fine, Cass. I just have something important to do.”After saying these words at Cassandra, I turned away. Cassandra called me but I never looked back. I just wanted to keep a distance from James. He needed space, and I've understood that he doesn't want to talk to me as of now.I don't have any idea where my legs are taking me now. My mind was too preoccupied that I never noticed I was already in the dark area of the pack.I just realized it late.“What the hell?” I murmured, upon realizing that.I was about to step my feet away when my eyes suddenly captured something. My brows furrowed as I focused my attention on them and then my teeth clenched.I know something is not right with them. They were talking about something and I stepped forward to listen to what they are talking now.“We have to move faster now. The King is waiting for us. We need to bring Luna to him before the attack happens.”These wolves who are talking in the dark area of the pack were familiar to m
~Emerald~I get my husband, but this is not the moment for us to fight each other. We only have a very short time to deal with Gideon. It's better if we focus all of our attention to find him.“James, calmed down. I already told you about it. It's not Ares' intention. He doesn't know about it at all, so please—listen to me,” I begged.James turned his head at me, his eyes still covered with darkness. I could feel my heart skip a bit while staring at him. James may be tough, but he still has a heart.I know he will listen to me and after a minute of holding Ares, James loosened his grip until he released him. A deep sigh escaped out of my throat, knowing that he listened.“You're grateful that my wife still defended you, Ares. Just so you know, I don't care whoever you are if you did something to my wife,” James murmured at Ares.I bit my lower lips, holding his hand.“That's enough, James. Ares has nothing to do with my outburst. It was my choice. We were just talking earlier when I b
~Emerald~I'm not weak, nor will I get affected by any of my predictions. It was just a mere prediction that can still be changed.But the question is…Is there really a way to change that? Am I powerful enough to prevent whatever I've seen to happen in the near future? Can I still stop the destiny of the Alpha King?And right now, I really don't know. I feel so weak every time I think of James' destiny. His destiny to die in the hands of Gideon and knowing that he's still alive now made me so worried.As I was thinking about that moment where I first predicted James' destiny, my body started trembling in fear. I don't want that to happen. I will not give up the father of my son and the same man who made my heart pound.They say destiny can't be changed, but I'll make history. I will rewrite James' destiny and I will do everything I could to prevent him from dying. Gideon will not succeed. We have to kill him before the prediction comes into reality.And with that thought, I feel calm
~Emerald~When Ares heard those words from me, he just sighed. He even looked at me as if he wanted to read my expression.“Today is the regular visit of those wolves living here, Luna Emerald. Would you like to join me?”I furrowed my brows upon hearing these words from him and narrowed my eyes, hoping to see James. However, I couldn't find him anywhere. But I am certain that he's busy as well with his responsibility, especially now that they have to start looking for Gideon's whereabouts.I have nothing else to do but wait for James and also, I have a responsibility to this pack. I'm their Luna, and it's part of my job to check what the members are doing here.“That would be great, Ares. I am willing to help you.” I responded at Ares.He just chuckled and told me to follow him. Ares brought two of his warriors through our visitations towards the members. I was behind, silently observing the surroundings.The pack members knew me, and it's not hard for them to recognize me. I just fe
~Emerald~“You're right, Knox. I'm truly grateful for having her beside me. She's the woman I have been dreaming about.”I could feel my face blushed when James never hesitated to say these words to me and in front of Alpha Knox. He doesn't care about those who can hear it because what's important to him is to let me know that he never thinks about our location as long as he can say heartfelt words for me.I'm just truly grateful for having him as my husband, and I'm hoping that we will stay bolder until we succeed in erasing Gideon from here.“You should take good care of your wife, Alpha James. She has a lot of potential and after what she showed here, I'm certain that she will be the target of the enemies. They knew that she is so useful to you and to the whole pack,” Alpha Knox uttered, making me look at him.His words felt meaningful. I just can't stop feeling nervous about it.“Of course, Knox. I have my eyes towards my wife and I know our enemies will get interested in her, esp