~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~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