~Emerald~My mouth agape upon what I heard from James. I wasn't expecting him to focus on work instead of celebrating his father's birthday.“Is that really your reason, or you're just avoiding the event?” I asked him, my arms crossed.James closed his eyes in front of me and I know he did this to calm his nerves.“Fine, it's one of the reasons, but I am telling the truth. I wanted to tell you about this, but not in this place,” James blurted.I keep my brows furrowed out of confusion towards James. He's acting strange.“Why do we need a new place, if you could tell me here, James? Nobody's around, and it's just the two of us,” I mumbled, but he furrowed his brows as well.James took my hand and having no choice, I accepted it. I should not complain because I know that James is aware of what he's doing.“I would love to tell you this here, but I can't. We have to be extra careful with our words. This is an important piece of information that my spy knows about, Emerald,” James explain
~Emerald~James was holding my hand as we walked the way back to the venue. As we entered it, everyone noticed us. The wolves began to bow their heads in respect to their Alpha King and even until now, I was still amazed by how they showed their respect to James.“You are not leaving my side, okay?” James whispered, and he continued, “I am not going to allow Harold to have a chance to talk to you. You should also distance yourself from him.”I was stunned in my direction when I suddenly remembered Harold. The information that James had told me earlier suddenly flashes back into my head.‘Don't tell me you're thinking Harold and the masked wolf are the same, Emerald…’ Lilian blurted.‘What if Harold is the masked wolf? What if… he's what we are looking for?’ I responded to her.Lilian shook her head before she responded to me.‘It's only your what ifs, Emerald. Remember, he was your husband's friend and I think he has no reason for betraying James,’ Lilian asserted, making me let out a
~Emerald~I immediately stood up from sitting when I heard him speak. My heart started pounding so fast while staring at James. His reaction doesn't look good right now, and I need to explain it to him.“Let's talk out of here, James,” I mumbled, but he just glared at me. His eyes turned at Harold as if he wanted to approach him.“That idiot really wanted to poison your mind. I should teach him—”I grabbed his arm just before he could leave to approach Harold. I don't want James to fight with him, not on his dad's special day. He has to know what really happened.“Alpha Harold has nothing to do about it, James. It was my will to see him using my vision. I did that because I want to know who he really is and what his intentions were for coming here,” I explained to him in a whisper way.I made sure that no one could hear it because I didn't want Harold to know that I did try on looking at him using my vision.“You forced yourself to make a vision about him?” He asked, and this time he
~Emerald~I still couldn't believe until now that Harold saved my life from that bullet. It's the person whom I doubted…“I really appreciated it, James. If it happens again, I will save her,” Harold responded to James.I bit my bottom lips as I looked at Harold and the wound to his arm. This bullet might be painful but the way he endured it as if it's nothing to him made me feel amazed.Alpha Harold is not a bad person at all. His willingness to save someone's life made me wake up from my doubts. He won't sacrifice his life for me because I actually meant nothing to him. However, he still blocked the bullet from hitting me.“I-I don't know what would happen to me if Harold didn't catch the bullet, James. M-Maybe, I'm dead now,” I stuttered as I said these words to him.James pulled me closer to him to give me a tight hug. A tear started streaming down from my eyes in nervousness.“Hush now, Emerald. I won't let that happen to you. Let's thank Harold for saving your life,” he mumbled
~Emerald~Silence suddenly covered the area after James let out some threatening words. No one speaks but not for very long.The wolf that almost took my life breaks the silence in this area by bursting out into laughter.“Do you think you can scare me with your words, Alpha King?”I looked at James to find out his reaction from what the arrogant wolf had said. He's so arrogant by just how he speaks to the Alpha King.“Shut up, or you will taste your words!” Levi exclaimed, almost wanting to punch him. However, the wolf doesn't even care at Levi's warning. His eyes were still at James and the way he looked at the Alpha King, it filled with anger.“You should tell your boss if I were you. This might help you escape here alive,” I mumbled, finally deciding to speak up.The wolf turned his attention to me and the corners of his lips lifted, forming into a smirk.“Escaped? Do you really think I can still escape here?” He uttered, losing hopes already. “Death is the only way for me to esca
~Emerald~Alpha Harold was listening to me as I mentioned those words from him. He even looked at me for a moment before he decided to respond.“You made him change?” He asked, and I smiled.“Maybe that's the right term. We have really gone through a lot and our love story is just like everyone else's. We fight, but still, we choose to let love bring us back,” I responded confidently.When Harold heard this, he nodded his head and smiled.“I would say, Alpha James is a lucky Alpha for capturing your heart. You know, a woman like you was also one of my dreams. Beautiful, smart, kind-hearted, and she's really a Luna material,” Harold blurted, which shocked me.I wasn't expecting that these words would come out from his mouth. Harold is really direct to the point. He never hesitated the words that came out from his mouth and I truly admire him for that.“No, I was lucky to have James in my life. He made me feel how great love is. He gave colors to my life that I never felt before,” I mut
~Emerald~When James heard my question to him, he let go of hugging me. He didn't answer me but instead, he stared at Levi.“You can go back to the venue now, Levi. Just watched him closely,” James said towards Levi.The beta immediately left us, and he returned to the celebration. On the other hand, James moved his head back to me. He looked at me for a moment before speaking up.“I have an speculation that Harold and the Masked Wolf might be one,” he uttered in his low voice, just to make sure that no one would hear it.My eyes widened in disbelief as these words escaped from his mouth. I could even feel the pounding of my heart after James told me the possibility that Harold and the Masked Wolf might be the same.“B-But, how? Alpha Harold is your friend, James?” I muttered.A deep and heavy sigh escaped from his mouth upon what I had said. He didn't leave his eyes on me which I also did because I want to find out if James is not lying to me.“That was still my speculation, Emerald.
~Emerald~“W-What do you mean, Alpha Harold?”I don't understand myself right now. Seeing Alpha Harold in this kind of area made me nervous. There's something wrong and it was totally different from what I felt earlier.He laughed, “Why do you look so scared? I am not going to eat you alive!”I swallowed hard while looking at the Alpha. His innocent looking face suddenly became dangerous right now. I could even see how his eyes glistened with anger.But, what made him mad?‘I think you need to leave now, Emerald. I could feel something wrong with him and it was way different from earlier!’ Lilian muttered to me.I tried to listen to my wolf. My mind was telling me that I should go out of this area by running away, but something's preventing me from leaving. I don't understand what it was.“I-I am not scared, Alpha Harold. I was just surprised to see you here. What brought you here, by the way?” I asked, while I pretended to be unaffected by what he's showing me now.“I did follow you
~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