~Emerald~The next morning, I woke up early knowing that I was already alone in bed. I looked around, and then I heard the water dropping inside the bathroom.Alpha James is taking a bath, so I decided to get up and wear my clothes back. I bit my lower lips when I suddenly remembered what just happened last night. Fortunately, no one passes in the hallway.“Good morning. How was the sleep of my wife?”I turned my head at the bathroom's door when James spoke. My eyes diverted into his six-pack abs, and I couldn't help but to bite my lower lips. He just finished taking a bath.“You take a bath alone. Why didn't you tell me?” I asked, my face looked disappointed.James let out a soft chuckle. He walked in my direction and sat above the bed.“I didn't wake you up because you're sleeping so peacefully. Of course, I want you to have a good sleep because I know how tiring what we did earlier,” he explained, making my face blush.“But, you should—”Just before I could finish my sentence, some
~Emerald~“Is something wrong?”This is what I asked the both of them, which made them look back on me.“We just can't believe that someone so close to Alpha James would betray him all this time. Alpha Harold even pretended that he's a kind-hearted Alpha, but it's really not,” Katie uttered.A deep breath escaped out of my throat after listening to what Katie had uttered.“That's reality in our world. We really don't know who our allies are. It's not safe to trust someone outside the pack in our direction,” Cassandra muttered.I nodded my head to agree with her. Cassandra has a point.“We still trust them, but we have to watch them closely. We need to make sure that they are trustworthy for the sake of everyone living in this pack. However, we should not worry because James will make sure that the incident last time will never happen again. We're thankful that we captured Harold earlier, and he hasn't started his dark plans for this pack.”My friends nodded their heads from what I hav
~Emerald~James never stopped making my heart pound so fast. If he wants to say something to me, he doesn't care where we are.“Stop fooling me, James. We are still in the celebration and a lot of eyes are watching us,” I mumbled in a whisper to him.He let out a soft chuckle after hearing what I had said. James pressed my waist while we continued walking. The other wolves are still talking about us, but I never pay attention to it anymore.I focused my attention on those faces in the middle, where we were heading. They are not familiar to me, and I am so sure that I haven't been here before.“Whatever happens, you are not going to leave me, okay?” James whispered.I suddenly felt my heart pounding because I noticed his tone suddenly became suspicious.“Is something wrong, James?” I asked him.James let out a deep and heavy sigh before he responded to me.“I felt something different,” he uttered in his low voice.My heart skipped beating as I heard these words from him. I narrowed my
~Emerald~“What is it?”James was furrowing his brows when he asked this to Alpha Raven. I was only observing them and waiting for Raven to answer James.“I know that I owe you something for saving my life before, and it's my time to return the favor to you, Alpha James. My warrior informed me that the Alpha of this pack prepared a trap for you. You have to leave here now,” Alpha Raven uttered in his low voice.James tilted his head, his jaw clenched when he heard those words from Alpha Raven. He even narrowed his eyes, making me follow his stare.“Are you telling the truth, Alpha Raven?” James clarified to the Alpha, and he nodded his head in response.“I have no reason to lie with you, Alpha. You saved my life and as payment for your kindness, I need to tell you about it. The truth is, there's so much information I wanted to tell, but this is not the right place. We can talk about this one if you let me bring you to our pack,” Raven offered to James.James glared at Raven for a mome
~Emerald~My heart doesn't want to stop from pounding so fast. As I looked at James, I saw him tilting his gaze, his expression remained the same.“Do you know what you're talking about, Alpha Dexter?” James asked in his cold tone.Alpha Dexter let out a laugh after he heard those words from Alpha James. After he did that, numerous warriors had arrived in the venue, surrounding all of us.I narrowed my eyes in the surroundings and my grip on my gun tightened as something crossed my mind.“James, we're doomed! His warriors have arrived, and they are numerous more than us!” I mumbled at James, but he just looked at me blankly.James has no emotions being shown to them and I can't help but shake my head with that reaction from him. I know he has something in mind but still not telling what it is.‘Just trust him. James won't allow all of you to die here,’ Lilian uttered in her calmed tone.Hearing those words from her, it made me realize that maybe I had noticed James' plans. She knows t
~Emerald~After I said those words, I lowered my gun and shot Alpha Dexter on his left leg. He kneeled, groaning in pain as the bullet pierced his leg.“F*ck!” He screamed, holding the part of his leg where the bullet pierced.A smirk played on my lips seeing him suffer in pain.“How do you feel with that one bullet? Was it painful, or do you want another one?” I muttered.Alpha Dexter gritted his teeth, his sweat covering his forehead as he tried to endure the pain of my gunshot to him.“Y-You shoot m-me?” Dexter stammered, and I smirked while pointing my gun in his head.“Yes, I did, and I will follow your other leg!” I responded.Dexter was triggered from what I have said, so he screamed.“Idiots, what are you still doing? Kill them!” Dexter commanded his warriors. After saying that, his warriors did their best to escape from the hands of Raven and James' warriors.They ran into my direction, but before they could reach me, I started shooting them again. James already arrived, endi
~Emerald~James looked at me for a moment, his expression remained unreadable. After a minute, he let out a deep breath.“Okay, let's stop over at the Shadow Moon Pack,” he muttered to me.A smile formed on my lips upon hearing his answer. I am glad that James didn't react. My gut was telling me that Alpha Raven is trustworthy.It feels different from what I felt towards Harold. Well, my vision helped me to confirm it.“Trust me, Alpha Raven seems kind-hearted. He's different from Harold,” I whispered to him.James shook his head, but his expression is calmed now.“Yes, I know that, but we still have to make sure if it's not an act. Remember what happened to Harold. I don't want that to happen again where your life is almost at risk because of him,” James mumbled.I bit the bottom of my lips, my head nodded in response. I understand that James might be doubting him, and it's difficult to get his trust, but I know he listened. He observed silently and without telling it, James can tell
~Emerald~My eyes laid onto the children of this pack as they ran into our car. James and I looked at each other because of them.“What's going on?” I whispered.James went out of the car first to open the door for me. As I stepped outside the car, I was suddenly stunned when these little pups met us with a hug. Since we're tall compared to them, they are hugging us to our legs.“The Alpha King is here!”“We finally meet the Alpha King!”“I am so happy that he's here with us!”These words came out from the mouth of the little wolves that made my heart almost melt. Seeing the smile on their faces as they finally saw the Alpha King is truly heartwarming.“His wife is beautiful!”I chuckled as I heard one of them utter these words. They were still hugging us until Alpha Raven came, stopping them.“Okay, pups. Our Alpha and Luna need to breathe,” Raven said.The little wolves immediately let go of us, but they are not leaving their eyes on us. I can still see from their eyes the excitemen
~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