~Emerald~I found it difficult to close my eyes that night as my mind was with Gideon and James. They had finally started their search and I don't know what happened to the both of them now. My instruction is clear that they have to be here the next morning with Nikolai's head.I can't stop thinking about who from them could slaughter Nikolai, but I ready myself for that. I don't have a choice. After all, I was the one who made this challenge. I should accept the result.I woke up early the next morning to start my day with a short training. The newbies were now in the field. Natalia was already there. I walked straight in front to talk to her.“Natalia,” I called her name. “Can we talk for a moment?”She nodded her head in response. We look for a perfect place to talk to. I just want to know if she already saw James. I wanted to know how she feels now.“I heard Alpha James is here,” Natalia uttered, her attention in the other direction.I let out a deep sigh before answering. “Yes, a
~Emerald~My heart keeps on pounding so fast while walking to where Gideon is. He was finally back from the search for Nikolai's head, and I was expecting him to bring the head to me. However, my world almost stumbled down knowing that Gideon hadn't found it.“I didn't make it, Emerald,” Gideon said, his voice filled with disappointment. I let out a sigh and held his hands. Gideon doesn't need to feel dismayed about not making it.“Don't worry about it. Nothing will change, even if you didn't find it. Now, this time, we should wait for James. I just hope he couldn't find it as well.” Gideon just looked at me. His eyes were still sad and I know the feeling. I know he was desperate to have the head of Alpha Nikolai, but this is what it is. We couldn't do anything about it. Maybe the rumors from earlier were not real. If Gideon didn't find Nikolai, I believe James does not, but he's still not there. We are still waiting for him to let us know if he had it.I was already nervous while
~Emerald~I leave immediately after saying some threatening words to James. He would never have the chance to come close to me again, I swear!“You are not sure. Alpha James would be staying here, remember?”I rolled my eyes towards Lilian. “Then, I'll make him regret choosing to stay here.”Lilian just shook her head, while I let out a sigh. I went back to the cabin to compose myself. I just needed some strength before going out to face the wolves again and before facing him and to complete my relaxation, I have decided to close my eyes. It was already six in the evening when I woke up. My stomach growls, so I immediately prepare some food to eat before visiting Cassandra's cabin.I was already in the middle of my work when my eyes noticed something from the window. My brows were furrowed when I opened it up, and my eyes widened when I saw his face. The face of the man who ruined my life a year ago, and he's living in that cabin next to me.The cabin of Alpha James was actually near
~Emerald~“If you're the neighbor…” I paused, staring at him deep in his eyes. “I would rather die alone without asking any help from you.”James was surprised to hear these words from me. He did not say anything and I know because he didn't expect it. I know he still can't believe that a weak wolf like me would become like this. ‘Those are savaging words, Emerald!’ I just smirked at Lilian's words. She can't still believe me saying those words towards the Alpha King.“At least, you have an attractive neighbor,” James responded, not bothered about my words from earlier. I gritted my teeth in annoyance. This conversation would end in nothing. I will just hate him more, so I made up my mind to go back to my cabin. However, I was surprised when I noticed Gideon coming into my way. He was wearing his cold and dark aura. I know his eyes were at James, who was behind me.“Did he do something to you, Emerald?” Gideon asked when he reached my direction. I immediately shook my head and st
~Emerald~Two Alphas were already standing in front of my door. They were quarreling outside and just stopped after I opened the door.“Emerald…”Gideon and James looked at each other when they noticed that they called my name together. I massage my forehead seeing them both.“I came in first!” James uttered, almost screaming at Gideon.“No, I arrived first. So, leave!” Gideon yelled, slightly pushing James away.I let out a deep sigh watching the two barking like a dog. They aren't concerned about my presence in front of them. As they kept on fighting, I could feel my blood boiling.‘Two Alphas for one girl…’ Lilian spoke.‘Shut up!’ I responded back through my mind. ‘Interesting,’ Lilian replied. I just shook my head and closed my eyes. This is what I need to do to calm myself. I have realized that my life would no longer be at peace seeing these two together.“You can't push me like that, Gideon. I won Emerald’s challenge. You have no choice because starting today, you will alway
“Emerald, it's Jacob…”My heartbeat raced upon hearing Cassandra's words. I opened the door and saw my son in her arms. Jacob was trembling. I touch his forehead and tears fall from my eyes.“He has a high fever!” I panicked. I brought Jacob inside my cabin and put him on the bed. My heart continued pounding so fast watching my son crying so loud. Cassandra took warm water and a towel. I soaked the towel in the cold water and put it on Jacob's forehead.My hands were shaking in fear that something might happen to my son. I don't know what I should do if Jacob's fever won't slow down.“C-Cassandra, I'm scared…” I cried while doing my best to stop my son from crying.It can also be seen from Cassandra's face that she was also worried. This is the first time that my three-month-old son has experienced this. I couldn't accept it if something worse happened to him.My life would be of no use if my son Jacob would be gone from me. I just couldn't allow it to happen. He's the only thing I'v
~Emerald~I could feel my fists clenched beneath while looking at Gideon and James. The fight between them had already started. I was thinking of a way to stop the fight, but my body does not cooperate. I was supposed to prevent them because one of them might lose, but it's hard. Gideon's attacks were successful towards James, which also prevented me from stopping the fight because I wanted to see him suffer. I wanted to see him being smashed by his enemies.However, the table turns. Gideon failed to dodge James' attacks. It was James who is blowing an attack towards Gideon now and the fight is not good. I could see blood all over Gideon's face. I witnessed how many times Gideon almost fell down because of the unstoppable attacks that James was giving him.They didn't use their wolf abilities because they only used their ordinary and normal fighting skills. The last Alpha who remains standing will be the winner and the Alpha who falls down will be the loser. I don't want Gideon to l
~James~I watched Emerald leaving us. A deep sigh just escaped from my throat thinking that my wife is mad with me.This is Gideon's fault. ‘Why are you blaming your step-brother now?’I furrowed my brows because of what my wolf had uttered. ‘If he didn't trigger me, I wouldn't do this. I won't teach him a lesson and maybe, I wouldn't make her mad,’ I responded, but Logan just shook his head.‘Nah, stop blaming Gideon. This is also your decision to fight Gideon without even thinking about the consequences. Our plan is to win her heart again, not to make her mad.’I let out a deep breath because of Logan. My jaw tightened when my eyes fixated on Gideon, who was still in front of me.‘If you don't shut up, I swear I will take your voice. You couldn't communicate with me again!’Logan didn't respond back, but I know he was only controlling himself not to laugh. He won't take my words seriously because he's aware that I couldn't do that. “The pack will be at peace if you don't come her
~Emerald~My head suddenly ached when I pushed myself to remember it. I don't understand anything about my reason for pushing myself to remember Alpha Casper. The more I stared at him, it felt like I could recognize him.“What's wrong, Luna Emerald?” Casper asked, making me stunned.I turned my head at James, and he looked bothered by what I acted. I gulped a little, while shaking my head.“Nothing's wrong, Alpha Casper. I just felt dizzy after my vision showed me something earlier,” I responded, and he nodded his head.Even though he has already gotten a response to me, it doesn't prevent him from looking at me. James suddenly wrapped his hand around my waist and because of that, I diverted my attention back to him.“Are you alright?” He asked, almost whispering.I let out a deep and heavy breath before responding to him.“I'm fine, don't worry.” I responded, and he nodded his head.At this point, James faces them back. He asked them to rest for a moment and will resume the conversat
~James~I turned back my head at Alpha Sebastian, and now he's busy playing with Jacob. The smile on his face as he held his grandson made me feel a wave of happiness. Never did I imagine that he would still meet his grandson. Alpha Sebastian survived his kidnappers, and now he's back to us.“Emerald.”I was back to my senses when I heard James' voice. He was already at the back, looking at me in his furrowed brows.“J-James…” I stuttered when I remembered what his father told me earlier.After I realized everything that Alpha Sebastian had told me, I confirmed that he really has a sickness. I have this feeling that he's enduring something deep inside and this worries me.I don't know how to tell James. Alpha Sebastian asked me earlier that I should not tell his son about it, but my conscience can't.“I saw you talking to dad. What did he say?” He asked me.I gasped as these words escaped from his mouth. I took a glance at Alpha Sebastian, and he's still busy playing with Jacob.A dee
~Emerald~It seemed like my breath froze as I looked at Alpha Sebastian. His eyes seem difficult to read and with that, I realized, James is like his dad. I wouldn't be surprised where he has gotten his personality.“I-It was my honor to meet you, Alpha Sebastian. I am so happy that you are finally reunited with James. You have no idea how he wanted to see you.” I responded, my voice almost cracked.I got nervous with his presence. I've never had the chance to speak to him before, and I was worried that he might not like me knowing that he heard numerous things about me.“I couldn't imagine the pain he went through all these years without me. I made a horrible mistake of trusting somebody, which causes more trouble, Emerald,” Alpha Sebastian uttered, making me stunned.These are not the words I have expected to hear from him. I thought he's going to say mean things to me, but then I was surprised. Alpha Sebastian started talking to me about what he did.‘This is a good sign that his f
~Emerald~“I don't want to say this, Alpha James, but we helped your father because we wanted you to help us back…”I couldn't help but sneered as these words escaped from Alpha Casper. My impression of them started to disappear when he began to admit their real purpose of helping Alpha Sebastian.“What help do you want from us, Alpha Casper?” James asked, his brows furrowed while looking at him.“We found out that you're dealing with Gideon. He killed our parents when we were still young.” Casper replied.I stood up straight when I heard Casper's response. The annoyance in my heart disappeared when I heard his side and my heart tightened upon finding out that Gideon's name was mentioned again.That Alpha was truly a pain in the ass. So many wolves wanted him dead, but nobody could kill him instead of James.“They already told me about what happened to their parents, James. Gideon killed them, and they wanted to help us beat him.” Alpha Sebastian interrupted.James nodded his head. Hi
~Emerald~‘Let's go back, Emerald. It's too dangerous for you to follow James!’Lilian was doing her best to convinced to go back to where others were. We are already running in the woods hoping to find James. I don't know where he ran. James' reflexes were far too fast.Therefore, I decided to stop breathing. I was chasing my breath, my hands were both on my knees.“Where are you, James?” I mumbled, while narrowing my eyes around the area.The trees in this area were so tall that the moon was not enough to light the way. It was so dark and there was no hint of somebody roaming around.But a minute later, I was stunned in my direction when I heard a voice from the back.“They're gone.”I was about to attack him when he immediately stopped my hand before it landed on him. My brows furrowed when I saw James.“James?” I muttered, while looking at him carefully.I just wanted to make sure that it was James and not a shape-shifter. The way his brows furrowed while looking at me, and the co
~Emerald~After changing our clothes, James and I decided to leave. We checked the situation of the pack and confirmed that we are already safe from the shape-shifters. I also have the chance to talk to Cassandra about taking good care of James as we are about to leave to attack the place of the shape-shifters.At this moment, we are only waiting for any information about Christopher, and then he finally arrived after an hour. Katie immediately approached him, making me smile.This woman has fallen deeply to Christopher. I could still remember her anger at Christopher before.“What are you smiling at?”I was stunned when I heard James speak at the back. When I turned around, I saw him furrowing his brows.“Nothing.” I replied curtly, and it made him chuckle.He took my hands and pressed it while looking at me straight in my eyes. As he does that, I also can't avoid looking at him.“And now that we know the hideout of the shape-shifters, we are going to get rid of them. I just want you
~Emerald~As I stood up from the couch, James did the same thing. He stopped me by holding my hand, taking out a deep and heavy sigh.“I wasn't hiding anything from you, Emerald. I just have to hide it because we're still in the field. The plan will be destroyed. Levi just told me about it. They planned it when they were still hostages of the shape-shifters.” James explained to me, his facial expression looks convincing.I let out a sigh and now calmed down. These explanations from him were already enough for me to believe him. It was Levi and Christopher's plan after all.“I just don't want you to hide anything from me, James. I need to know everything you planned.” I muttered, and he smiled.“I promised I will give you everything.”I smiled at James, and he grabbed my waist. He's about to kiss me when someone interrupts our moment.“Alpha James, we have visitors.” Levi said, which made me look at him confused.“Visitors?” I mumbled, and Levi turned his attention to me.“It was the h
~Emerald~“I will kill you, Asshole!”I climbed to his direction and never hesitated to attack the shape-shifter, which is Stella's son. His mother did horrible things to us. She used a spell on James and I lost my child because of how she controlled my husband's mind to hurt me.My heart was covered with anger and as I attacked him, I felt very satisfied. I wanted to kill him right now and right here, but James stopped me. He never allowed me to finish his life because he was still useful to our plan of saving Christopher. The Moon Goddess knew how much I wanted to end his life, but I still consider James' request. We still have to save Christopher and if we killed this idiot, we can't rescue him anymore.“Baby, you have to calm down. Don't let your emotions overpower you. I know how you wanted to kill him and that's what I felt now, but I have to control myself. I would be satisfied if we could kill them all at once. Don't you want that?” As James whispered these words to me, I ca
~Emerald~As James uttered these words to me, I can't help but to narrow my eyes to the surroundings. I was trying to find out whom he meant.“I-I thought we already killed all the shape-shifters,” I mumbled in my low tone. James turned his head at me and sighs.“Nah, we didn't. There were still some shape-shifters, but we will make sure to end them as soon as possible. I was so mad at them. They are the reason for your miscarriage and I will make sure to burn them in hell!” James blurted in his cold tone. Every word he let out, I could feel his rage at them. I know he's so mad at what happened to him. A shape-shifter did use a spell on him knowing that he's an Alpha King, and he won't allow that he couldn't punish them.“What should we do now?” I asked, making sure that no one would hear us.James stared at me, and then the left corner of his lips lifted. I gulped from what he did, while my heart pounded so fast.“I will handle them.” He replied curtly.I furrowed my brows and aske