~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~“What the—” James didn't continue his words when Christopher interrupted. “Your wife is pregnant, James. You can't say no.” Christopher mumbled, while smirking.I nodded my head to agree with Christopher, my lips pouted just to please James. It's just so weird that I wanted James to climb on that apple tree just to ripe some apples for me.“Fine.” James responded, while letting out a deep and heavy breath. He turned his attention to me and then smiled.“Just for you and our baby, I'm willing to climb it. Wait for me here, okay?” James uttered to me. I just nodded my head, so he turned his body to where the apple tree was located. As he stepped his feet away, I called his name.“I want the bigger ones, James.” I mumbled. He stopped from his attempt to leave just to look back. The corners of his lips lifted, eyes glistened with amusement. I bit my lower lips, while waiting for whatever he was about to say to me.“Why would you look for a bigger one when you already have
~Emerald~“What!?”Christopher and Levi reacted together after I pointed them out. The disbelief reaction from their faces couldn't be explained as they looked at me.Seeing that priceless reaction from their faces made me so excited. I just couldn't explain the reason I wanted these two to eat the unripe apples that James took from its tree.Maybe, my pregnancy has something to do with it. It's weird, but this is what I want.“You heard your Luna? She wanted the two of you to eat those apples, and you have no choice.” James mumbled to them in his serious reaction.When Christopher and Levi heard what James had said, they suddenly swallowed hard. I noticed the distasteful reaction from their faces, making me feel sad.“It seems like Christopher and Levi don't want it, James. Let's not force them to do it…” I muttered in my sad tone.Tears were about to fall from my eyes in sadness. I just don't like the idea of being neglected. It's making me anxious right now.“No, no, Luna Emerald.
~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