~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~“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~My heart stopped beating for a moment as I saw her face. I was just surprised that Althea came out from her room, and now she's roaming in here as if she belongs here.“I'm sorry if I had to come with you. I wasn't really familiar with the place,” Althea uttered, her eyes seemed pleading.I tilted my head as I looked at her, carefully observing her from head to toe. She was still covered with bruises but it's started to heal now.“Is there anything you want from me?” I asked in my cold tone.Althea took out a deep breath, as if she's weighing the words she wanted to utter.“I am so sorry if I accidentally discovered your world. It's not really my intention to get lost here. My kidnappers took me away from the city. They brought me into the woods that I wasn't familiar with until they started doing their intentions to me,” Althea explained, making me furrow my brows as I listened to her.I don't know her reason for telling me this. She should explain this to wolves because I
~Emerald~My heart tightened when I saw James' worried expression. I could feel my expression hardened as I looked at him.“I heard what happened to you. Are you alright?” James asked me.He immediately walked into my direction, and Cassandra excused herself out, letting us talk with each other.“What are you doing here? I thought you're busy working,” I mumbled, my tone seemed so cold.Alpha James let out a deep and heavy breath as he took my hand. He kissed the back of my hands, making me bite my lower lips.“Yes, but after I found out what happened to you, I put it aside. You're important to me, Emerald, just so you know. I know we couldn't avoid fighting each other, but my love for you would never have changed,” He uttered in his serious tone.I looked at him, deep into his eyes as he spoke these words. Just the way my heart pounded so fast, I couldn't help but smile deep inside.It's true. We may fight, but our love for each other never disappeared.‘Finally, you realized that,’
~Emerald~James couldn't believe what he just heard from the pack doctor. My heart stopped beating for a moment as I heard those words as well. It seems like those words seemed hard to believe.“C-Can you clarify this to us again?” I mutter, still unsure from what I heard.As I looked at James, disbelief written from his face. I know he couldn't believe what the pack doctor had mentioned to us.“As I was saying earlier, you're pregnant, Luna Emerald. You are carrying your second child with Alpha James and this is the reason you felt dizzy from earlier…”I was stunned in my direction when the pack doctor clarified this to us. At this moment, I clearly understand it already. The information she uttered was clear to me.“W-Wait, my wife is pregnant with my s-second child?” James uttered again.I bit my lower lips as I felt the tense from his tone. Hearing James speak like this made me nervous.“Yes, Alpha James. I was telling the truth and soon, I will do another check-up to her to deter
~Emerald~“No, let me handle everything, Emerald. I will take good care of them and you…”James paused for a moment as he stared at me deep into my eyes before speaking up again and as I waited for his response, I could feel my heart pounding so fast.“All you need to do is just stay here and take good care of yourself. You're carrying our child now. I don't want you to worry about anything,” James muttered, his eyes sparkling with happiness.“B-But, what about Gideon? We're not done dealing—”I wasn't able to finish my sentence again when James cut me off from talking.“Did I tell you not to worry about our enemies?” He asked, while his brows furrowed.I let out a sigh, nodding my head in agreement.“Yes, you told me that, but…”Just before I could continue my words, we were suddenly disturbed by voices from the door. As I turned my head there, the people so close to us had arrived.Cassandra immediately ran into my direction, her eyes glistened with happiness as she held my hands.“
~Emerald~After we got the information from the pack doctor, James tells everyone to exit the room because he wanted me to rest. I told him that everything will be alright, but he never listened. He wanted me to rest, and now I'm here all day in the room. And since I don't want to argue with him, I follow.It was still the first day that I learned I'm pregnant with our second child when I began to feel the symptoms of being pregnant. My head felt dizzy every time I stood up from the bed, and I felt like I wanted to vomit.‘If I were you, better stay in the room. The doctor said you have to rest…’ Lilian suggested, but I immediately shook my head.I have decided to get up from my bed to go out. It's already four in the afternoon and I wanted to see my son. He's with Cassandra right now.‘I can't stay here all day long, Lilian. I need some fresh air,’ I muttered. As Lilian heard these words from me, she let out a sigh. She knows I won't listen to her. It would be a waste of time if she
~Emerald~My eyes darkened as what Althea had uttered. I couldn't help but grit my teeth hearing her answer to the question, while the others gasped in surprise. “What the hell are you saying, Althea!?” James asked in his disbelief reaction. I remained standing in my same position, while my eyes were with Althea. She doesn't even show any emotions but not until we heard a loud laugh. It echoes in the living room, making all of us puzzled about what was happening. “I was just joking. I'm sorry, I can't help it. You know, I was once a joker in our world and my mission is to make everyone happy with my jokes!” Althea blurted, while laughing. My teeth gritted as I heard her say this. I was already on the point of smashing her face. She didn't know what could possibly happen to her if she never said anything.“That's not even a good joke, Althea!” James mumbled, his voice threatening her.Althea notices that she's the only one who laughed at her joke, so she stops. “Did I? I'm sorry.
~Emerald~I know something is just not right. My heart was telling me that I should follow my instincts. There's something wrong with Gideon's statement. Knowing that I have lost my memories about the past made me wonder.‘I should investigate this.’ I mumbled at the back of my head.My head suddenly turned at Gideon. He was still holding my hand as we kept on walking through the field, where other wolves were waiting for us. My heart pounded so fast, and I felt something unusual had happened.“Gideon,” I called his name, making him turn his head at me.“What's wrong?” He asked with his furrowed brows.I tilted my head as I kept looking at him. Staring at Gideon made me feel something very unusual. My heart was telling me that we can't trust him. It's telling me that Gideon is not my husband, and he's lying to me.It was him who made me lose my memories and not the attacker that he's telling me about. I don't know, but my instincts right now are just too strong.At this moment, I shou
~Emerald~I was looking at myself in the mirror while my mind wandered somewhere else. I just finished myself preparing for the presentation that Gideon wanted to do with me in front of the people.“Emerald,” I turned around when I heard that familiar voice.My brows furrowed when I saw Allison behind my back. And then, I just felt a strange reaction deep within when I saw her face. It's anger that I couldn't explain.“What are you doing here?” I responded to her, and she looked stunned upon seeing my reaction.“G-Gideon told me to get you. He's waiting outside,” Allison responded to me in her stammering tone.A smirk formed on my lips and crossed my arms. I looked at her, especially deep within her eyes. I wanted to read her expression.“Where's Beatrice? I thought she's going to accompany me outside,” I muttered, seriously.Allison let out a deep and heavy breath. She tried to maintain her composure, avoiding herself from flinching with my pierce look.“Beatrice was outside already.
~Emerald~“We've been married for three years?”Confusion covered my eyes as I looked into the face of a man in front of me. He's Gideon, and it's just so weird that I can only remember his face. There's no other faces in my head aside from Gideon and I felt this was so strange.Like, what just really happened to me? Why can't I remember anything, even the last thing I did last night?“Yes, we've been married for three years already. I know you have so many questions in your head and it's because you just had a surgery last night. Someone attacked you, and you have a severe wound to your head. To save you from dying, I have to let you have surgery.” Gideon explained to me.I couldn't help but furrow my brows while looking at him. There were still a lot of questions in my mind, but I can't speak it out. My head will ache if I push myself from thinking about it.“Is that so?” I mumbled, still not leaving my eyes from him.Gideon smiled at me. He walked closer to my bed and when he reach
~Emerald~I am losing hope now. I know no one will come to save me here because Gideon made sure that nobody can locate me. The connection that I have with James was no longer there. I couldn't talk to my wolf and I don't know why. I don't know how they manage to take everything from me but I know one thing for sure.They wanted to make sure that this time, I will be caught up. I have no more escape from what's destined to happen to me. If something happened, I could only promise one thing. I will make sure that I will find a way to escape from here.Gideon will not be able to control me for the rest of my life. I have to think of my son and those who trusted me.“Are you ready for your change, Emerald?”I lifted my head when I heard Gideon speak again. My teeth gritted as I met his gaze. He's just too evil, and I wanted to smash his face until he lost his breath right now.“Do whatever you want to do from me, Gideon, but here's what I can promise to you…” I uttered, taking a quick pa
~Emerald~I can still feel my eyes darkened as I keep staring at Allison's face. Her betrayal with me is unforgivable. I just can't imagine that my best friend would do this to me. If I escape from here, I swear she's the first one that I will punish.“The fact will not change that no one can ever beat James. He will save me here just so you know!” I blurted, making Allison let out a sigh.She just looked at me and when she's about to open her lips, someone suddenly speaks.“How would your man save you here, Emerald?”I just felt my blood boil upon seeing his face. Gideon has finally come and behind him were new faces that I've never met before. Their aura looks so dark, and I wouldn't be surprised with that.I am not surprised as well that he's here. Gideon is willing to do everything he could just to make us down.“I just can't believe the desperation you had, Gideon. You are willing to use those wolves who are connected to us just to get me. I can't believe you have to use force ju
~Emerald~The moment I opened my eyes, I found myself in a secured room. I tried floundering, hoping to escape from the leash that was tied to me. However, I just found myself exhausted after several tries.They made sure that the leash on me won't be easy to remove and that I can't escape from here. I couldn't help but grit my teeth thinking about what just happened. Allison, the childhood friend I trusted, suddenly betrayed me. I never expected that she could do this to me. She's just too good to pretend and I have trusted her. I trusted her because she's a friend. I thought she's real to me. This incident taught me so many life lessons that I should not trust someone that easily.And if there's a mistake that I've regretted now, it's about letting Allison fool me. I will not forgive her for what she did, and I know uncle Tobias won't let her daughter be lost. Allison is a kindhearted woman, and it's really shocking that she will betray me for a higher reward.“Emerald.” I suddenl
~James~“I really don't like how your wife acted, Alpha James!”Nora followed me inside the office. She can't accept that Emerald would do that to her.“Shut up, Nora! Just so you know, you are just one of my warriors and if it's not because of your father, you should not be here!”My blood is still boiling at Nora. She messed up with my wife and if it's not because of her father, I will throw her out. They are thankful that I need them now to strengthen the safety of the pack but if not, they will never be able to step in this pack.“Why don't you tell your wife that I am your ex-girlfriend? She didn't know, right?”I suddenly turned my head at Nora because of what she just said. My teeth gritted, eyes darkened.“Why would I do that? We're done before my wife came into the picture. I broke up with you and I don't need to tell my wife that you are my ex-girlfriend. You're just insane!”I shook my head upon saying these words to Nora. She even gritted her teeth after hearing my respons
~Emerald~After Allison and I talked about our plans, I went back to the room just to get my gun. No one noticed us as we left the mansion, and now we're on our way to the new hideout of Gideon.I just hope that Gideon was still there. We need to find him as soon as possible and I will not waste time. If I couldn't kill Gideon with the gun, then I will use my wolf form. This time, I will make sure to give my best. There is no way I will allow that asshole to escape once again.“Are we close to the hideout, Allison?” I asked her.Allison was leading the way because she knew where to find Gideon. She just turned around and looked at me for a second.“Don't worry, Emerald. We are already closed. Just prepare yourself in case we meet the enemies on our way,” Allison reminded me and I nodded my head to her.I didn't ask anything from her because I trusted Allison. She won't betray me after the help I did towards their pack. Allison knew what's right and what's wrong. She will never do some
~Emerald~“That's enough!”I could feel my heart suddenly stop beating for a moment when I heard that voice. My nerves were shaking as I slowly turned my head from the back.And then my eyes met with James. His hard expression made me gulp as I worried about his expression.“Alpha James…” Nora mumbled, moving away from me.James never looked at her. His attention was focused on me. Seeing that expression from him, I know what's in his mind.“What's this, Emerald?” He asked in his cold tone.I let out a deep breath, calming myself as I met his gaze. James will definitely scold me for messing up with his newly hired warrior. I already knew that and there's no need for him to say it aloud with me.“I know you're going to scold me from what I did, but you know me so well, James. I will never do that without deep reason. You can think whatever you want, and I'm tired of defending myself. I know you will take her side because she was our visitor, so go ahead. I'm leaving.”I turned my head