~Emerald~Katie is the one who's driving the car and I have no idea where she's taking me, but one thing I know, we are heading away from the pack. We have finally escaped Gideon's pack and I felt relieved because we are not caught.Gideon's men didn't find us escaping. I just don't know what will happen if Gideon finds out about my plans. He's going to freak out if he finds out that we're missing.‘Stop thinking about him for now. You have to be happy because we're finally free!’ Lilian uttered, making me sigh. ‘There's nothing to celebrate, Lilian. We still have to go back in there and make Gideon pay. I have to give James justice and I have to fulfill my promise to the wolves who are a victim of Gideon,’ I responded to Lilian. ‘I know, and it's your chance to increase your allies because we're finally out of his pack. You can still find allies that are willing to help you fight against Gideon!’ I just let out a deep breath. I didn't respond to Lilian as my eyes were focused towa
~Emerald~“You're alive?” Tears fell to my cheeks again as I uttered those words. I could feel my body trembling as my eyes were at James.‘I-I can't believe it. Alpha James is actually alive!’ Lilian uttered in her shaking tone.I bit my bottom lips, trying to stop myself from crying. I'm afraid that if I blink, I wouldn't be able to see James. A part of me still couldn't believe that I would see him again.I thought he's dead because four months had already passed. He never showed up. I don't have a clue to prove that he's alive.“Yes, I'm alive, Emerald,” James responded. I could no longer stop myself. I hugged James again as my sniff continued to escape from my throat. His hands wrapped around my body and I even heard him sniffing.“Y-You have no idea how broke I am when I found out about your death. I really thought you left us. I-I—”James didn't allow me to finish what I'm about to say when he hugged me, and now he's cupping my face, asking me to look at him deep in his eyes.
~Emerald~After the intimate scene between me and James, I fell asleep. It's been a while that I haven't felt comfortable in my sleep. All the doubts and problems in my mind disappeared when he's next to me again.When I woke up, I found out that I was already alone in the room. I immediately stood up from the bed to look for James. I scanned the room, but there's no hint of him.“J-James?” I stuttered, lips quivering when I called his name.My body started trembling when negative thoughts kept banging into my mind. I don't want to overthink but I couldn't stop myself. What if James is gone? What if everything that happens is just a nightmare?‘Emerald, calm down. James might be somewhere!’ Lilian was trying to calm me down, but my tears started streaming down to my cheeks. I can even feel my heart pounded so fast as fears creep in. ‘I'm scared, Lilian. What if—’I didn't finish what I said when the door opened up. My eyes sparkled when I saw James enter it. I ran in his direction,
~Emerald~“Emerald!” As I stepped on the stair, I could hear Cassandra's voice echoing around the house. Her smile widens, eyes flickering in amusement when she sees me. I couldn't stop smiling when I saw her here.“I'm glad that the two of you are safe.” I uttered, walking in Jacob's direction. He was already in the stroller. The tears that I'm trying to keep earlier started welling up from my eyes. I just can't contain the happiness in my heart knowing that my son and my best friend were safe. I was thinking of them yesterday before Katie found me.“I can't believe until now that your husband who is Alpha James is actually alive. All this time, he's here!” Cassandra uttered, her face lightened up with happiness.I bit my bottom lips, turning my head back to James. He's crossing his arms, eyes staring at me.“I also couldn't believe it, Cass. I thought I would not be able to see him anymore. He's dead and that's what we all know all these months, but then we will just find out that
~Emerald~Katie bent her head down when I asked her about the father of her son. I let out a sigh, my eyes were still on her.“I'm sorry, I should have not asked this to you,” I utter in a low voice. Katie just smiled at me.“No, it's okay,” she said to me. “But honestly, I really don't know who the father is.” The way she bit her bottom lips, I know how she controlled herself not to cry. “That's fine, Katie. You don't have to think about it as long as you're doing everything you can for your son. I know the feeling, and you're not alone,” I responded to her. She tilts her head, eyes still filled with tears. Katie forced a smile, sadness still evident from her face.“I hope this will be the start of our new beginning, Emerald. We may have a tough past, and it's all because we misunderstood each other. Trust me, I'm no longer the same as before.” Katie was looking at me straight in the eyes when she said these words. I smiled at her, nodding my head in response. She immediately lea
~Emerald~I looked up and met James' eyes. It is still filled with anger and I know because of Calvin that I mentioned earlier. “I understand what Calvin did to you, but he already asked forgiveness of me. He was the reason that Gideon never touched me. I felt safe when he's around because Calvin was doing his best to keep us safe from your evil step-brother!” I uttered, my tone rises. I just can't stop myself from overreacting upon remembering everything that Gideon did to me. It still infected my mind. “He protected you?” James asked, his brows were furrowed as he looked at me. I nodded my head, a smile flashes to my face. His dark expression softened, James took my hands and held it. I just felt my heart sounded so fast when he kissed the back of it. “I'm sorry if I wasn't there when Gideon is hurting you. I wouldn't let him do that to you and I promised I could kill him!” James hiss, his eyes are dark as the night. I bit my bottom lips, controlling my tears not to fall from
~Emerald~“I don't know what you're talking about.”I moved my face away, trying to avoid her gaze, but Cassandra just chuckled as if she disagreed with what I said to her.“I'm your friend, Emerald. I know when you're lying. You couldn't hide it from me, so answer me. Is Ava the reason you're here?” I let out a deep breath, slowly nodding my head in response to her. “I didn't intentionally do this, I just can't avoid it, you know…”Cassandra patted my shoulder, drifting my attention to her.“I totally understood your situation. It's normal that you feel jealous about them because of love. You just loved James. This is not about being crazy because your jealousy means something.” I nodded my head, a smile tugging on my lips after hearing what Cassandra had told me. This time, we focus our attention back to Jacob. My son needs more of my time now. I'm overjoyed because finally, I can spend more time taking good care of him that I failed most of the time in Gideon's pack, since I'm wo
~Emerald~“Why would I get mad with you?”James couldn't control himself anymore as he chuckled, responding to me. I raised one of my brows, arms crossed while staring at him.“We've been separated for almost four months, but I still know you that much. I know when you're mad and you're not. You can't hide anything from me, Emerald,” James uttered in his calmed tone.I rolled my eyes to him, my heart pounding so fast. I don't know, but every time I see him smile, my anger fades away. This only proves that I really loved this man so much.James walked in my direction. He slides his arms on my waist, wrapping it around as he pulls me closer to him.“That look you're giving to Ava earlier, I know you're thinking that I'm into her,” He said, my brows furrowed while staring at him.I shook my head, the corners of my lips curled.“What kind of look do you see from me, huh?” I uttered, but James just grinned. He looked at me straight in the eyes and all I did was to look away. I couldn't sta
~Emerald~“Prepare everyone, we are about to enter the secret passage through their pack.”As Allison muttered these to us, I just felt the tight hold of James to my mind. He even looked at me, his eyes were telling me something.“Don't let your guard down. I'm here beside you.” James reminded me.I nodded my head to him, which made him feel relieved. At this moment, I took out my gun from my coat. I have to prepare this just in case we meet an enemy on our way to the secret passage.Allison still led us the way. She kept on walking, and we just followed her from the back. After almost twenty minutes of walking, I can already see the houses not far from us. The houses that look different from the poor saviors who suffered from what the attack of Killian's pack before.The lives of the wolves here are different from the saviors. They have a nice house, while the saviors don't. They have more food and water than the saviors.And thinking about the privileged they have here to compare to
~Emerald~When the night arrived, all of us prepared for the attack that we were about to do at Killian's pack. My heart started pounding not because I'm afraid of them, but because I can't wait to see them. I could no longer wait to see my uncle, Alpha Killian, the one who did attack us long ago.After talking to uncle Tobias earlier, Allison brought me to the other wolves. She started introducing me to them as well as James. I remember some of them and I really felt grateful that I met them again.I feel so empty for how many years and now, everything will change. My life will never be the same as everything came back to me. I have gotten the information I need, and I just hope that there is new information which will surprise me again.“Are you ready?”I raised my head when I heard James. He was already standing in front of the door, his hands were inside his pant's pocket.A smile formed on my lips, nodding my head in response.“I'm ready to attack, James. Once we finish dealing w
~Emerald~It feels so weird that I suddenly hesitated to something I can't explain. Alpha Killian killed my parents. He caused horrible events in my life as well to those wolves who survived. They suffered because of him. I suffered from the attack he did and death is the only way for us to achieve the justice we wanted to have. I should not hesitate in killing him. I should not feel empathy for him. This is what I need to bear in mind before meeting him. I have to prepare myself before seeing Alpha Killian because I know what could be the consequences of it. There would be one group that would rise on top, and it should be the Crescent Moon Pack. James and I will beat them down altogether.“Allison will be guiding you the way through Killian's pack because she knows the way there. She has been spying on the pack for a long time now for us to gather information about them, Alpha King,” Uncle Tobias uttered, which made me turn my head at Allison.She smiled at me and said, “I am the
~Emerald~Uncle Tobias did nothing but just cried on his bed. Allison did her best to comfort her father while I was in the corner, gritting my teeth. I just can't believe that my father's brother will do this to my parents. It's been a while since I have never seen him. If I saw him, I would never allow him to escape.He will pay for what he did to my parents and to all the innocent wolves who died during the attack. “What's the name of that f*cking Alpha?” James mumbled, making uncle Tobias turn his head towards the direction of the Alpha.He's not aware who James is, and I know he's wondering right now based on how he looked at James.“You look familiar to me. I know I have seen you once…” Uncle Tobias uttered, his eyes fixed on James.He was trying to remember the face of James. I don't know where they met, but it won't be shocking to me. Uncle Tobias was once a beta and definitely, they have seen each other before.“Dad, he's the Alpha King. The man with Emerald was her husband
~Emerald~Allison opened the door of the small cabin. My heart continued pounding as I waited for uncle Tobias to appear in front of us.“This is dad's cabin, Emerald. He preferred to stay alone and it's his request. We have a separate house, but I always came here to send his food.” Allison explained, making me nod my head.James' hand was on my waist. He's making sure that he's next to me and I didn't complain at all. I just let him do whatever he wanted.The moment Allison pushed the door, my eyes never blinked. I just don't want to skip the chance to see the face of uncle Tobias, the beta I used to talk to when I was still young.But, I never imagined our reunion to be like this. It will be different, but my respect for him will never change.“Emerald, meet my father.”Allison moved away from the door, allowing us to see the man on the bed. My eyes fixed on the thin man, lying on the bed. He's awake and looks surprised upon looking at me.I bit my lower lips, trying to keep my tea
~Emerald~Allison looks surprised from what she heard. Her gaze fixed at James, her eyes filled with different questions. I know this information shocked her.“W-Wait, you are the Alpha King?” Allison asked, her tone not sounding convinced as of the moment. “Is this true, Emerald?”I smiled from her question, making Allison even more confused as she looked at me. I know they have never seen the face of the Alpha King before because of the fact that they are hiding for a long time now. They just heard some speculations about him and now, they will be able to meet him.“I apologize for not telling you about the man beside me, Allison. Yes, he's Alpha James, the Alpha King of the entire wolves.” I muttered, making Allison gasp.Her eyes went back to James, and she started looking at him, as if she wanted to make sure that she can recognize the face of the Alpha King.After a minute of staring at James, I was surprised by what Allison did. She bent her head and spoke.“It is an honor for
~Emerald~“Where's the others, Allison?”As I recovered from crying, I immediately asked Allison about the other survivors. Allison lifted her gaze and she looked at me straight in the eyes.“After we escaped the pack, we decided to move to a place that is hard for the enemies to find out. Only the survivors knew the way out of the pack. We lived there for many years, Emerald.” Allison replied, making me nod my head.I turned my head at James and he furrowed his brows.“I want to go with Allison, James. I need to meet the other pack members of my parents who survived.” I muttered, and James nodded his head.He called one of our warriors and told them to find a spot where we could hide our cars. After that, we decided to follow Allison to their spot. It's far from the abandoned pack of my parents and this took us an hour.James was on my side as we passed the secluded woods.“They will be happy if they find out that you are alive, Emerald, especially my father. He's been thinking of yo
~Emerald~I took out my gun from my coat and pointed it towards the woman in front of me. James even prepared himself in case the woman did something to us.“And who are you?” I asked back at her.A woman standing in front of me. She looks young, and I can guess that we are the same age. I furrowed my brows as I looked at her, thinking where I met her.She's familiar to me. Her face doesn't look new in my eyes and I can prove that I really know this woman.“I should be the first one to ask this question to the both of you,” she uttered, her teeth slightly gritted. “What are you doing here?”As the woman spoke, I tried to remember her face. I'm certain about what I felt about it.“This place is already abandoned. No one lived here anymore. What brought you to this place?” James muttered, finally decided to speak up.The woman turned her head at James, her brows furrowed as she looked at him from head to toe. I was just observing the woman as I hoped I could recognize her face.I have t
~Emerald~“Are you ready to explore the abandoned pack?”I turned my head at James when he spoke behind me. We are already on our way to the said abandoned pack where my parents owned before. It was abandoned for many years and no one lived there anymore.As he mentioned that place, I suddenly felt my heart pounding so fast. I can't help but feel nervous. This will be the first time that I will see the pack again after so many years. I couldn't imagine what it looked like after everything that happened.“I don't know what I should feel, James. After so many years of not knowing what happened before, this would be the first time again that I will step on that land. I know everything will be different now.” I blurted, and he pressed my hands.“I know, but I'm here. Everything will be fine.”As James blurted these words to me, I smiled at him. He kissed the back of my hands and when he did that, all the doubts I felt just disappeared.Having him in my lowest moments really helped me to c