~Emerald~A sigh of relief escaped from my throat as Matthew agreed easily. I'm happy that our mission of being here is not bloody. We don't have to use violence just to convince them.“It might be easy to you but your mission is not an ordinary wolf. He's great at escaping and once you find their location, you have to tell me about it as soon as possible because we will attack them before they could even move into a new place.” James mumbled at Matthew and the smile on his face disappeared.He looked at James, his expression looking confused.“What's the name of your step-brother, Alpha James?” Matthew asked, and James glared at him for a moment.“His name is Gideon.”Matthew stood up from his chair when James mentioned Gideon's name. I couldn't help but look at Matthew with my eyes glistened with confusion.Seeing the reaction from Matthew's face, this tells me that he really knows who Gideon is.“That f*cking asshole is your step-brother, Alpha James?” Matthew asked, and James nodd
~Emerald~“That was true, but despite their numbers, only one person captured the Alpha's heart, and it was Luna Emerald.”I couldn't help but smirk a little when Matthew uttered these words to Althea. The woman smiled, but behind it hides what she truly felt. She may be good at hiding feelings, but not with me.I won't be given a vision ability for nothing.“Yes, I agree with that. Long live to James and Emerald.” Althea replied.Matthew was about to speak again when James decided to interrupt.“Let's focus on eating because time is running. We have to go back to the pack before morning,” James uttered, and we all nodded our heads in response.At this point, we focus ourselves on eating the foods until we're done. We are now preparing to leave and Matthew accompanies us to the border.“You can count me, Alpha James. I will start the mission as soon as possible.” Matthew uttered, assuring James that he will fulfill his promise to him.James nodded his head in agreement and this time,
~Emerald~After an hour of walking, we finally reached our cars, and we immediately left the forest as soon as possible. James, Althea, and I were just silent the whole ride until we finally reached the pack.I was confused with Althea because she never speaks, an opposite to what she is before. However, I just didn't mind her as we focused our attention on the pack.“Let's go to the room. You have to change before facing the others. I also have a surprise for you,” James whispered at me, making me furrow my brows.“A surprise for me?” I asked, feeling confused about what he meant while my heart started pounding so fast in excitement.The corner of James's lips suddenly lifted, forming a sly smile as he looked at me. Seeing that reaction, I know my husband has something in his mind that I can't help but get excited about.This Alpha loves surprises, and whatever that is, I believed my life wouldn't be at risk. He's doing his best to keep me and our baby safe at all costs.“You will kn
~Emerald~I was still in James' arms and had no plans of letting him go. We are not a perfect couple, but I never failed to see his efforts for me. My children are grateful to have him as their father because despite the busy schedule, he never failed to show us how much he loved us.There was no one like him. Everything that every woman was looking towards a man is already at James. This is the reason that women are trying to flirt with him despite being aware that he's already married to me.“Thank you so much for this James. You know how much I love you and words would never be enough to tell you how much I loved this.” I uttered, and James hugged me tightly.“Seeing you happy is already enough for me. I would never get tired of doing this with you until we grow old because I know how much you appreciate things even if it's small or not.” James uttered to me.I nodded, biting my lower lips. This is my way to prevent my tears from falling again. I have been crying since earlier and
~Emerald~My eyes darkened now upon thinking about Althea's purpose of being here. At this time, I took my gun and pointed it on her head. Everyone gasped from what I did, but nobody stopped me.“All this time, you're dreaming of taking my husband from me, don't you?” I mumbled, and Althea raised her head.Her eyes filled with tears as she stood up from sitting on the ground. The next thing I know, she pulled her gun out and pointed it with me as well.“I take nothing from you, Emerald. James was once mine, and I was first with you. Just so you know, he keeps visiting me to the bar that I was working before just to f*cked with me even before he realized that he loved you. James told me everything that's happening in his life and the way he hated you before!” Althea uttered, making me stunned.I looked at James, his eyes pleading me not to listen to her. This information that Althea had told me might be painful on my side, but I have to remember that this happened before we got back to
~Emerald~“If your heart was telling you to kill, just do it now, Althea. You have the chance to end my life now, and I will not fight back.”These words escaped from my lips while looking at Althea. Tears started streaming from her face as she looked at me. She was even gritting her teeth, confused from what I was doing.“Take your gun, Emerald, and fight me!” Althea screamed, still doing her best to fight over herself now.I know she was fighting with herself about killing me or not as she began to doubt now.James would definitely scold me for what I am doing, but I have to do what is right. I have to correct what usually happens and with Althea, I still believe in her. I know this is not what she wanted to happen and this was the reason I put my gun down.I do believe that she couldn't kill me because this is not what her heart desired to do with.“No, I won't do that anymore, Althea because I believed that a calm conversation between us is what we need to do,” I replied, and Alth
~Emerald~“Emerald, it's fine. Just give me to them. Let's just wait for that person who can erase my memories here.”A deep and heavy breath escaped from my mouth when I heard what Althea had uttered. I was so happy with her because she willingly accepted her fate. She never did anything to decline this, and she really proved that she has changed now.“You will have your freedom soon, Althea. We just have to find someone who can alter your memories with us, and you can go back to your world again,” I muttered, and Althea smiled at me.She turned her head at Cassandra and Katie's direction. Althea smiled at them before she left with the warriors. At this point, we watched Althea being taken by the warriors to put her in the dungeon.As she disappeared from our sight, I turned my head to James. His reaction remained indifferent, and I know this has something to do from what happened earlier.“Did you know that what you did earlier is risky?” James asserted, and I bit my lower lips.I j
~Emerald~Those words that Cassandra had uttered did a strike into my heart. I could feel my heart stop beating for a moment, while my tears kept streaming down my eyes several times.“You're kidding me, right?” I mumbled, still can't believe what just Cassandra had told me.However, Cassandra never laughed. She looked at me, her eyes filled with sadness. That was when I started sobbing when I realized that she's not joking at all.I felt so numb. I couldn't move my body as I felt like I was getting stuck on the bed. This information she told me seems like a sharp knife, slowly cutting my whole body.“I'm sorry, Emerald. This is what the doctor had said. You have a severe bleeding, which became the reason for you to lose your child. She did her best to help you not to lose it, but she failed. The pack doctor explained to us even before you bleed, you already had a problem with your uterus. The baby's hold in your womb is just so weak.” Cassandra explained.Every word she let out was l
~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