~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 could feel my mouth widened as I looked at James in disbelief.“James…” I mumbled, but he just glanced at me.His head went back to Raven and I had no choice but to look at the Alpha in front of us. Isabella crosses my head. Her innocent-looking face and courage really captured my attention.I was amazed by her because at her young age, she was already knowledgeable about what's happening in her pack. Most of all, in her innocent face, it's impossible that she's lying.A little pup won't lie.“I'm sorry, Alpha James. I should have not—”Raven didn't finish what he's going to say when James cut him off.“I guess you already know me, Raven?” James asked, making the Alpha shocked.I looked at James, my eyes seemed questioning him. Again, he only glanced at me and turned his attention back to Raven.“I-I don't understand what you mean, Alpha James…” Raven uttered, looking so confused about what James wanted to mean.On the other hand, James couldn't stop himself when he let ou
~Emerald~I could feel my heart skip when I heard these words from Isabella. Her words almost cut my heart into pieces. I couldn't imagine that pain she had to feel from what happened to her mom.And if there's anything I can do to ease her, it's an assurance coming from me.“I promise to save your mom, Isabella. Alpha James and I will help her escape,” I muttered, and Isabella smiled between her tears.The way her eyes sparkled after I told her my assurance, my heart almost sank in pain. Isabella reminds me of my son, Jacob. I know he will feel this if he ever loses me and his dad. This event really taught me to keep going.I have a million reasons to keep fighting and one of them is my son. There's no way I would allow him to suffer from the pain of losing his parents.“Thank you so much, Luna Emerald. You don't know what this means to me. I missed my mom so much. She was gone for a month already,” Isabella uttered, making me look at Raven.Raven bent his head down as if he couldn't
~Emerald~“No one from us will die, James. Our son wouldn't lose his parents, and we will make sure of that.”These are the words I assured James. He looked at me straight in the eyes, his lips curled into a smile.James grabbed my hand, pulling me near his lap. I didn't complain as I sat above his legs.“Of course, no one from us will die. If there's someone who should die, it's our enemies and not us,” James uttered in his serious tone.I nodded my head in agreement to what he said.“We should be—”As I was about to respond to him, I just felt James pulling me away. The next thing I know, we are already on the floor. I was stunned in my direction from what happened, my head turned at James.“W-What's wrong?” I asked him.Instead of answering me, James let go of me to check something. I followed my eyes to him, and then I just felt my mouth widened from what I saw.“An arrow?” I asked, while looking at the dark area in front of our room.James grip the arrow tightly, his eyes fixed t
~Emerald~I just felt my mouth widened as I saw James come out from the woods. He was with a man, but they seemed not on good terms, which made me realize that this might be his capture.I tilted my gaze, looking back at Raven whose attention was already at James. The way his jaw clenched, I know Raven tried his best to control his anger as his eyes diverted to the man beside Alpha James.“Do you know that man, Alpha Raven?” I asked him.Raven gritted his teeth, his fists clenched when he heard my question to him.“Yes, I know him, Luna Emerald. I never expected to see him here,” Raven replied.I furrowed my brows, still staring at Raven as I couldn't help but feel confused about what could be in Raven's mind.“Who is he, Raven?” I muttered.Alpha Raven took out a deep breath. He's about to respond to me when James has already reached our direction. My attention is diverted to James when he speaks.“I brought your spy friend, Alpha Raven. It's been a while that he's betraying you,” Ja
~Emerald~“Baby, wake up…”As I heard this voice, I couldn't help but open my eyes. The face of the Alpha King is what I saw the moment I opened my eyes.I blink several times to take away the sleepiness out of my body. James stayed in his position while waiting for me to speak.“Is there something wrong, James?” I asked, staring at him with my furrowed brows.He let out a deep breath before answering me. As I noticed the reaction from his face, I couldn't help but feel nervous. Seems like something is not right.“We are under attack, Emerald,” James blurted, his reaction remaining indifferent.I just felt my mouth widened as I heard these words from him, my heart pounded so fast.“Wait…” I paused, still trying to analyze James' words from earlier. “You mean, we're under attack now!?”James nodded his head and told me to lower my voice. Suddenly, my attention diverted to the veranda when I heard some howling from outside. I looked at James, confusion written all over my face.“Everyon
~Emerald~Alpha Raven suddenly fell on his knees in front of me. He suddenly burst out in tears which stunned me. I wasn't expecting an Alpha to cry like this. Seems like Raven has been dealing with a big problem.“I am really so tired of this battle, Luna Emerald. I lost my mate because of this…” Raven uttered between his tears.I just felt my heart tightened when I heard these words from Raven. Never did I imagine that he lost his mate. He lost his other half and this might be so painful for him. It's too hard to move on, especially for this kind of reason.He never simply lost his mate. She died because of a battle.“I'm sorry to hear these, Raven. I didn't know you have lost a mate, but I know she's already in the hands of the Moon Goddess now,” I responded to him, making sure he felt better.Raven bent his head down, still crying. James had already returned, and now he's confused about what's happening.“What happened to him?” He whispered to me.The first thing I did was hug him
~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