~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 lifted my head, eyes were still on her.“Don't say that. Nobody will die here and not even you. Just remember that your son needs you, and we have to keep fighting for them,” I uttered in my serious tone.Katie nodded her head as tears kept falling from her eyes. She was still looking at me.“I don't know, Emerald. My life was already fucked up since then. I have done so many terrible things and continuous lies from working towards Gideon. My victims would definitely go after me aside from him!”As she mentioned these words, I felt the fear within her heart. Katie did a terrible thing with me in the past but I can’t stand seeing her in this kind of situation. I have to do something to help her.‘Emerald, you're putting your life in danger as well!’ Lilian spoke, but I didn’t mind her.Helping Katie to cope with this is my top priority. She's a wolf who needs help and as a Luna, I should help those who need my service.“You're not leaving tonight without us knowing the enem
~Emerald~“You're overreacting, Emerald.”I was stunned when James mentioned these words to me with his cold expression. His words seemed to be piercing my heart. I just can't believe it and knowing that these words are coming from him, I felt disappointed.“You're accusing me of overreacting?” I mimic, my voice is as cold as the snow.James shut his eyes, trying to calm himself down. I can feel the frustration from his face just by how he looked at me.“Look, I'm sorry. I didn't intend to say that to you,” James uttered in a soft voice.I shook my head, stepping my feet backward as I prepared myself to leave.“If you're thinking of me as overreacting, then you just misinterpreted me. This is absolutely useless, James. Let's take a break for a moment. We wouldn't agree to each other thinking that neither of us were on good terms,” I muttered at James.He wanted to say something to me, when I turned my back away before he could even utter. Just the moment I turned my back away, I took
~Emerald~I continued walking my feet without looking back to James. He tried reaching me, but then Levi came, asking him for a word. I was relieved from Levi's sudden interruption, giving me time to think.At this moment, I decided to look for Cassandra and found her outside the mansion. She raised her head, worries evident on her face.“What happened?” Cassandra said, making me let out a deep breath.“I came to her room and it's true. My husband was there, and I caught them hugging. However, James and Althea explained to me that it was just a friendly hug…” I explained it to my best friend.Cassandra put Jacob back to his stroller, and then she looked at me deep into my eyes. I know what she would tell me.“A friendly hug?” She uttered, nodding her head as if something was already in her mind. “Are you sure that was just a friendly hug?”I gasped, hearing these words from Cassandra. I understand her point. She was just protecting me, but then I suddenly realized something.A deep an
~Emerald~“She knows the girl?”Levi nodded his head in response to me. I took out a deep breath, forcing a smile. Levi shouldn't think that I was affected by what I found out. And one more thing, I have nothing to be scared of.“Yes, Luna Emerald. Alpha James and Althea told us about it,” Levi replied. I smiled at Levi, nodding my head in response.“Great, thank you for telling me. I have to see them now because I wanted to check the girl's situation as well.” I turned away after saying this to Levi. He wasn't given the chance to speak as I left immediately before he could even say a word.My heart pounded so fast, thinking about her. I wondered how she and James even met.‘Maybe, they met in the human world. Knowing James before, he had travels that the pack didn't know,’ Lilian interrupted, making me pause in my tracks. I suddenly felt my legs trembling, my fists clenching when realization hit me after Lilian said those words to me.‘What if…’ I paused, struggling to even contin
~Emerald~I was stunned by Cassandra's question to me. My heart even started pounding, disbelief written to my face as I looked at her. Knowing my best friend, I know she's just worried about me, but I have trust in my husband.“I know your worries, Cass, but believe me it won't. James loved his son and he promised he would spend the rest of his life with me. I swear, he won't allow any girl to flirt with him,” I assured her.Cassandra took out a deep breath, a smile curved on her lips.“I'm sorry if I said these words to you. I just don't want something bad to happen to you. I don't want to see you getting hurt again, Emerald,” Cassandra uttered in her worried face.Seeing her reaction like that made me feel grateful in a way that I have such a friend who always thinks about me. The friendship that Cassandra and I had would always be forever.“I know, but don't worry about me. I can handle this one. My husband already knew what would happen to him if he dared to hurt us,” I mumbled,
~Emerald~“Help me! Help!”I grip the handle of the car's door as I hear a woman's scream outside. James immediately rushed out from the car to find her. I did follow him and in the middle of the road, there's a wounded woman coming over to us.My mouth widened when I felt something from her.“A human girl,” I mumbled, my eyes directly focused on her.In the distance, a group of men were coming. They were all smirking as they followed the wounded human girl, making me grit my teeth as I realized who they could be.“Christopher, take the girl in your car!” James commanded his cousin, and he listened immediately.At this point, James moved closer to me as we waited for the group of men coming into our direction.My brows furrowed, focusing my eyes on these human beings who got lost in our area. I don't know if they had an idea that this place was filled with wolves.“Where do you think you're taking her?”A man in the middle suddenly asked us this question. I tilted my head, as I notice
~Emerald~The way he grabbed my waist and took my lips before I could react, gave me so many emotions that I couldn't control. My cheeks turned red, my legs started trembling.I know there were wolves already looking at us, but as James started moving his lips, I already lost the will to decline. I just found myself, wrapping my hands around his neck.The kiss lasted for a minute, and both of us gasped for air as we let go of each other's mouth. James gave me a peck on my lips and when I realized what we did, I couldn't find the courage to face the wolves.However, we were suddenly interrupted when Christopher arrived. Behind him is a woman I wasn't familiar with.“I found her and the other prisoner of this pack. I have already allowed them to escape, while she's coming back with us,” Christopher explained, making me look at the woman.My brows furrowed as I saw familiarity from her. Her face looks familiar to me. It seems like I have already seen it to another person.‘That's Isabell
~Emerald~I swallowed hard, seeing these wolves surrounding me now. My heart pounded so fast, as I held my gun tightly.The wolves slowly stepped their feet near my direction, preparing themselves to attack me.‘Where the hell they come from!?’ Lilian exclaimed at the back of my head.I grit my teeth, eyes started to darken as I looked at them. If they dare to attack me now, I will make sure to kill them undoubtedly. My gun will kill all of them and if I lose my bullets, Lilian will kill them.‘I got your back, Emerald. Just watch your moves. They are numerous and James is not here. He's also busy with the other enemies!’ Lilian reminded me, making me nod my head in response.‘We can do it alone because we are not weak, Lilian. I will make sure to end them on my own, I swear!’ I muttered to her, and Lilian nodded her head in response.At this point, I put all of my focus to the enemies in front of me. They started hissing as if they wanted to eat me alive and the next thing that happe
~Emerald~A sound of a gun suddenly echoed in the area where we were all standing. I smelled the ash of a bullet, coming out from my gun, while the corners of my lips lifted.Yes, I was behind the sound of a gunshot. It came from me. I was the one who shot Beta Steven, but only towards his left arm.“F*ck!” Beta Steven screamed in pain, his left arm covered with blood.The warriors behind him were about to come after me, but James stepped forward, glaring at them.“Don't you dare step your f*cking feet near my wife or else, I will kill you at once!” James warned them.I bit my lower lips as I realized what I just did, but I have no regrets. The poor mate of Alpha Raven is what crosses my head.As James threatened those warriors, they returned to their area. Beta Steven started scolding them as if he really wanted the warriors to attack us. However, it never happened according to what he likes.“Is that all? You will just allow these enemies to step into our land and threaten us to our
~Emerald~“This is their pack, Alpha James.”I tilted my head when I heard Raven's voice as he spoke. James took my hand, making me turn my head to him.“We're finally here, so I want you to stay by my side. We didn't know what's waiting for us there,” James whispered to me.A smile formed on my lips as I noticed the worries from his reaction. James has been like this every time that we're facing a battle and I understand him for that. He's just worried about losing me.“Hey, stop worrying. Your gun would also be a great help for me later on. I will definitely use this, but it will be better if I let my wolf kill the enemies. She missed fighting,” I blurted to James.He couldn't help but shake his head while looking at me, but deep inside I know James trusted me. After all, I don't fear anything now because I know he's there for me. James will never allow something to happen to me and I won't allow something to happen to him as well.“Just be careful. Don't make me meddle in your figh