~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~After I walked out from James’ mansion, I decided to stroll the area, hoping to make myself busy so that I could forget about James and Ava for a moment. Lilian didn’t speak to me because she knew that I needed time to think.The stroll that I did took me about an hour and when I returned to the mansion, I was surprised to see a lot of James’ men scattered everywhere.‘What’s going on here?’ Lilian asked. I was furrowing my brows as well, especially when I noticed the reaction from their faces.“Luna Emerald is here!” One of James’ warriors shouted, making everyone turn their heads at me.I kept on walking until I finally reached them. All of James’ warriors approach me as if they want to check me.“Leave.” James came and he asked his men to leave us alone.I looked at him, confusion clouding to my face. “What’s happening here?”He shook his head and walked over until he reached me. James checked my body as if he wanted to make sure that I was alright.“Where have you been?”
~Emerald~I was supposed to shine tonight. This is my chance to prove that I can do what men can do, but it never happened.James has finally returned. He used his ability again to kill the hybrids without struggling, while I remained standing. All I did was watch him as he finished our enemies, those who kidnapped us, until Ellie was the only one who was left with us.James is just too powerful for the hybrids to kill them. They never think about the consequences of their actions.“Emerald…”The first thing that James did is to rush in my direction. He pulled my body, giving me a tight hug. I just bit my lower lips, as I tried to control the annoyance I felt towards James.“You made me worried. I thought something bad happened to you, but I'm glad that Alpha Maximo and Joyce cooperated with us to find Ellie. Thankfully, we came on time before something worse could happen to you.” James muttered, his reaction filled with worries.I can't help but pout on my lips upon hearing it. James
~Emerald~I was stunned when Emily cried in front of me. My heart shattered hearing her sobs as I can feel that she's carrying so much struggle in life and knowing that we've been kidnapped by Ellie. That woman is a total bitch. I will make her regret messing with me.“Emily, what happened?” I asked, my tone filled with worries.Emily bit her lower lips as she raised her head to look at me. Her eyes filled with her tears and fear is also evident from it. I know she's afraid of our situation right now, but I have to remind her that she has nothing to be scared of.I will find a way to escape here. Ellie will not succeed in her plans. She will really regret it later.“I-I heard what Ellie had told you earlier. We didn't know that she was a hybrid. We never knew that the pack we allowed to enter our territory was actually the reason behind my parents' death. Hybrids killed our parents, Luna Emerald!” Ellie explained to me.I was stunned upon learning it. I have never expected that the hy
~Emerald~“Luna is finally awake!”The moment I opened my eyes, these words were the first thing I heard. My head is still painful, making me grimaced in pain. I made sure that the pain in my head would lessen before I opened my eyes again.At first, my eyes were still blurry, but after a second, it started to clear. I started to panic when I suddenly realized the people in front of me.I even moved, but I can't move my hands because they were tied with a metallic leash. Beside me, I saw Emily, who was still unconscious.“F*ck! Where are we!?” I screamed in front of the wolves.They suddenly laughed as if they found my statement funny.“You don't feel this place, Luna Emerald?”One of them asked, making me raise my brows.“How would I know if you used a chemical on me to take my consciousness?” I blurted, and then laughed again.These wolves in front of me don't look familiar. I am certain that this is the first time I have seen them and the place they take us, I have no idea where th
~Emerald~“Stay away from her! She's a threat to you!”My mouth widened from what I saw. This is the old woman who just said so many things to me last night. The woman who mentioned the prophecy. I really don't know what she wanted to point out.“What the hell are you talking about?” James exclaimed, blocking the woman from hitting me with her stick.I can't believe she's being too aggressive now compared to last night. She wanted to hit me and fortunately, James is with me. He protected me from the old woman.“Alpha King, I want you to be careful with her. She brought misfortune with you. That woman will be your greatest destruction and if you don't leave her, the worst things are coming into your life!” She uttered, making me stunned.I just felt my body start to tremble as her words started to sink in to me. All the bad words that she mentioned were for me. The aggressive old woman was referring to me, and this is annoying. I don't know how on earth she made a story about me.She w
~Emerald~Ellie ran in front of Alpha James. She suddenly wrapped her hands around her neck and was about to kiss my husband when James stopped her.I suddenly felt my blood boil from what I witnessed towards Ellie. She changed abruptly. I saw how mad she was at James, but when she heard her father called my husband the Alpha King, everything changed from her.“Do you want me to deal with her, Luna Emerald? She's being flirtatious!” Emily reacted beside me.I looked at her, and shook my head in response.“No, need. I trusted my husband. He will deal with her and let's just watch how he will embarrass Ellie.” I muttered to her, even though my inner self was telling me to attack Ellie.“I-I didn't realize it earlier, Alpha King. I'm sorry if it takes time for me to recognize that you're the real Alpha King. Please, forgive us. We haven't recognized you because we never had the chance to see your face,” Ellie explained to James.At this point, I just crossed my arms, my eyes were on her.
~Emerald~“You cheated!”I suddenly turned my head at Joyce when she shouted those words. My mouth widened at her in disbelief.“Watch your words, Joyce! You are talking to the Alpha King!” Casper reminded her, but she shook her head.She was gritting her teeth as she looked at us, anger filled her eyes. Ellie, on the other hand, was looking at me dangerously.That kind of look, I know there's something playing in her mind and I need to prepare that. I can already sense that they will do something very unlikely. I know these wolves won't accept defeat and my instincts earlier are right.“We can't accept this, Casper! That man cheated my father. He's not the Alpha King. He can't be the Alpha King!” Joyce continued shouting.James didn't say anything to her. He just remained standing while looking at her, but I can already feel what's in his heart. James wanted to kill her, but we can't do that. There's no way you can hurt someone without valid reason.“I keep saying it since earlier th
~Emerald~My eyes were still on Casper's visitors. I don't want to move my attention away because I want to see what could be their reactions when they found out that James is really the Alpha King. They don't believe Casper's words.I know this is difficult to believe because they haven't met the Alpha King yet, and I understand that, but I won't tolerate what Ellie had uttered from earlier.“Don't worry, Casper. We know what we are doing, and we're popular for doing deals, don't we?” Alpha Maximo responded to Casper.James let out a soft chuckle and I know because he can't believe in them. He never expected to find out that nobody did recognize him, and now I was thinking about how Casper's visitors will find out about us.“How will you confirm it?”They turned their attention to James when he finally decided to intervene. I just took a glance at James because I focused my eyes back at Ellie.I was guessing about what they will do to confirm that the wolf in front of them is actuall
~Emerald~I can feel piercing eyes on me, but I didn't mind them. My attention was with Ellie to know her reaction.After I asked that question to Ellie, she started smirking. It even took her a minute before she responded.“Well, I just have one plan towards the Alpha King. I will just offer myself to him and I know he will not say no to it. I have a nice body and all the male wolves in our pack have been dreaming to touch it,” Ellie muttered in confidence.When I heard what she said, I could feel my teeth gritted, while my hands clenched in annoyance. She looked overconfident when she uttered those words at me.This woman has no idea that she was talking to the wife of the Alpha King.“Did you know that the Alpha King has a wife?” I mumbled, and because of what I had said, James pinched my arm.I just glared at him and he sighed. He's trying to stop me from fighting Ellie, but I won't back out. I will just teach this woman a lesson to be cautious on everything she wants to say.“Oh
~Emerald~James doesn't have a choice but to agree to Casper after I confirm. He agreed to stroll the pack that his father stayed with before we went back to our pack.After talking to Alpha Casper, James and I returned to our room. We lay on the bed and James told me to sleep. He never leaves my side until I fall asleep. James' presence really helped me to relax. I have forgotten everything that happened that day.The next morning, James woke me up. We took our shower together and left the room to start the day within Casper's pack.James was holding my hand as we walked the way out of Casper's mansion. The moment I stepped my feet outside the door, I found myself amazed from what I saw.“This pack looks wonderful as well, James,” I mumbled to him.“Tsk. Our pack still looks better and more powerful.” He responded.I just shook my head and didn't mind what he said. We just continued walking until we found Emily and Alpha Casper coming into our direction. Emily is smiling already, whi