~Emerald~“If you are pleased to have Emerald as the newly appointed gamma, you are free to quit your job. I don't need a beta like you!” Damian's hard reaction from earlier suddenly softened after Gideon burst into anger. He let out a heavy sigh, and bowed his head down. “I apologize for overreacting, Alpha Gideon. I will do what you said to me, and I'm sorry again. To you, Emerald…” Damian uttered. “I apologize as well for judging you.”I nodded my head towards Damian. He's just worried about the pack's situation and I understand his reaction. I won't plant a grudge with him just because of that. ‘He's just faking it. He's not sincere with his apologies!’ Lilian interrupted.I shook my head again, and did not mind what Lilian had told me.Damian left the room as fast as he could, so I turned my head at Gideon. He was calming himself by closing his eyes, and when he's fine, he looked at me. “Maybe, Damian is right, Gideon,” I uttered, trying my best not to make him mad.Gideon ju
~Emerald~I couldn't help but look at him straight in the eye. James just asked me if I love Gideon and I don't understand why he has to ask this one. I don't know what it will do to him.“You should not be asking about this one, James. I am not obligated to answer everything you will ask from me. You didn't even realize this one when I was still with you.” I responded to him with my chin tilted. It's just my way to tell him that I am not afraid of him.His question with me will not startle me. Perhaps, he should be the one to be afraid now. I can lie to him anytime I want just to hurt his feelings. James will definitely regret in his entire life if ever I found someone better, if his regrets were real.“I just wanted to know, Emerald. I wanted to make sure that you didn't fall in his trap yet. You will think of me as a dumbass Alpha, and I'm okay with it but I will make sure no one will hurt you. As long as I am still breathing in this world, no one will hurt you anymore,” James utte
~Emerald~I never waited for James to respond to me when I decided to go inside the room. I made sure that it's locked to prevent him from coming in.My heart started pounding again, the moment I entered the room. I touch my heart and rest my body against the door.I can't help but to feel guilty about what I've said to James. There was a part of me which regretted that I said those words, and I don't know why. I don't know why this happened to me. “Are you okay, Emerald?” Lilian asked, her tone looking worried about me. I let out a deep sigh, and then nodded my head in response. My head turned at Jacob who was still asleep. A smile formed on my lips as I walked near his crib. This is the best thing that has happened to my life. I didn't regret that I have a child with James because Jacob is the symbol of my love towards his father before.He was the living proof that I once loved his father. I never felt any regrets of giving myself to James because I have my handsome son. I promis
~Emerald~“Hello!?” I have been searching for the way out of this forest, but it seems like I was already lost. It was already almost an hour of being stuck in this nowhere. No one is living here, and it's just naturally surrounded by trees. “Can you just please rest?” Lilian muttered, trying to calm me down. I messed up my hair, and annoyingly sat on the ground. “How could I rest if we were lost? We couldn't even find the way back to the pack!” I uttered, almost screaming. Lilian took a deep breath, and then she replied, “I know your distress, but if you keep on doing that, it will be difficult for us to find the way!” I shook my head and washed my face using my hands. Staying in this forest is a wrong decision. This place was the home of many wild animals, and we're just lucky because we didn't meet any wild animals yet. I won't know later.“Maybe your instincts could help us,” I responded, but Lilian just let out a sigh. I shook my head and couldn't stop from letting out a de
~Emerald~“I'm sorry, Babe,” Alpha James apologized while his hands were still cupping my face. “I'm sorry if I can't help it.”My hands clenched into fists when I began to fight what I am feeling now. James just literally kissed me. I was stunned by that. No words would come out from my mouth as my mind was still preoccupied with how he crushed his lips with mine. I even felt a sudden disappointment when he stopped kissing me for no reason. This is such an insane imagination. I should not let this feeling overpower my anger towards James. He hurt me badly.I hated him, but at the same time, I wanted him. I want to feel his body against me, and I think this is unstoppable. After a year of hatred with James, he still has a part of me that I couldn't deny. I know I keep telling myself that I should not be feeling this with him, but my heart betrayed me.“Emerald,” James called me, so I lifted my head. “I want you now…”Just before I could even react to it, he took my lips again, not al
~Emerald~I suddenly woke up from being asleep, my forehead covered with sweat. I just had a bad dream. A dream that I don't want to happen again in reality. I took a deep breath and stared at my side. There was a pain in my heart when I saw his face. The man's face in my dream. I gritted my teeth as I rose from lying beside him. James woke up from being asleep, and then he furrowed his brows.“Emerald?” I gritted my teeth because of how he called my name. “Is there something wrong?”I couldn't stop washing my face with my hands as I felt annoyed after I realized the mistake I made. I was supposed not to allow him to touch me. James should not be here beside me. We shouldn't be f*cking, but why? Why did I allow James to fool me again? Why am I being so weak again? ‘Don't say that, Emerald. Nothing's wrong with you. It's just that, you can't deny the fact that your body still wanted him,’ Lilian spoke at the back of my head. I disregarded her words, and focused my eyes back to Jame
~Emerald~“Oh, James! I have been looking for you since afternoon!” I gritted my teeth after I saw Katie running into her husband's direction. My hands clenched into fists upon seeing her. I just followed her with a stare. Seems like I made a mistake looking at her. I just saw them kissing each other. ‘F*ck that woman!’ Lilian screamed. ‘See? He's still an idiot. We shouldn't trust him.’ This is my response to my wolf who shut her mouth now. Just for the last time, I shook my head and met Gideon on the way whose face was already dark. He just lessened his dark reaction when he saw me. “Are you just alright?” Gideon asked, and he began to check my body. I just laughed at him, trying to hide the nervousness from my body. “You have no idea how you made me worry. We just found out that you're missing and James as well.”I bit my bottom lips towards Gideon. I just hope that he wouldn't think that something happened to me and James. He would never know about it. I don't want him to thi
~Emerald~“Don't provoke me, Emerald. I know what my capabilities are. You have to learn to accept it. Seems like you are still in love with your ex-husband.”These words from Katie made my jaw tightened. I want to crash her mouth and throw her out of this pack, but still, I can't do that. This is not the perfect place to teach that woman a lesson.“I am not provoking you. I am just stating the facts here. You are just the second option, and look at you now. Your husband was trying to get rid of you, yet you still followed him here,” I muttered, making myself as calm as possible. Katie burst out laughing as if she finds my words so funny. I raised an eyebrow while waiting about what James would do to her.“You will not make a scene here, Katie. Don't you dare try my patience on you!” James looked so devastated now. I could feel from his voice how much control he just did because of his annoying wife.“Just deal with your wife, James. She's not allowed here in the first place,” Gideo
~Emerald~“Prepare everyone, we are about to enter the secret passage through their pack.”As Allison muttered these to us, I just felt the tight hold of James to my mind. He even looked at me, his eyes were telling me something.“Don't let your guard down. I'm here beside you.” James reminded me.I nodded my head to him, which made him feel relieved. At this moment, I took out my gun from my coat. I have to prepare this just in case we meet an enemy on our way to the secret passage.Allison still led us the way. She kept on walking, and we just followed her from the back. After almost twenty minutes of walking, I can already see the houses not far from us. The houses that look different from the poor saviors who suffered from what the attack of Killian's pack before.The lives of the wolves here are different from the saviors. They have a nice house, while the saviors don't. They have more food and water than the saviors.And thinking about the privileged they have here to compare to
~Emerald~When the night arrived, all of us prepared for the attack that we were about to do at Killian's pack. My heart started pounding not because I'm afraid of them, but because I can't wait to see them. I could no longer wait to see my uncle, Alpha Killian, the one who did attack us long ago.After talking to uncle Tobias earlier, Allison brought me to the other wolves. She started introducing me to them as well as James. I remember some of them and I really felt grateful that I met them again.I feel so empty for how many years and now, everything will change. My life will never be the same as everything came back to me. I have gotten the information I need, and I just hope that there is new information which will surprise me again.“Are you ready?”I raised my head when I heard James. He was already standing in front of the door, his hands were inside his pant's pocket.A smile formed on my lips, nodding my head in response.“I'm ready to attack, James. Once we finish dealing w
~Emerald~It feels so weird that I suddenly hesitated to something I can't explain. Alpha Killian killed my parents. He caused horrible events in my life as well to those wolves who survived. They suffered because of him. I suffered from the attack he did and death is the only way for us to achieve the justice we wanted to have. I should not hesitate in killing him. I should not feel empathy for him. This is what I need to bear in mind before meeting him. I have to prepare myself before seeing Alpha Killian because I know what could be the consequences of it. There would be one group that would rise on top, and it should be the Crescent Moon Pack. James and I will beat them down altogether.“Allison will be guiding you the way through Killian's pack because she knows the way there. She has been spying on the pack for a long time now for us to gather information about them, Alpha King,” Uncle Tobias uttered, which made me turn my head at Allison.She smiled at me and said, “I am the
~Emerald~Uncle Tobias did nothing but just cried on his bed. Allison did her best to comfort her father while I was in the corner, gritting my teeth. I just can't believe that my father's brother will do this to my parents. It's been a while since I have never seen him. If I saw him, I would never allow him to escape.He will pay for what he did to my parents and to all the innocent wolves who died during the attack. “What's the name of that f*cking Alpha?” James mumbled, making uncle Tobias turn his head towards the direction of the Alpha.He's not aware who James is, and I know he's wondering right now based on how he looked at James.“You look familiar to me. I know I have seen you once…” Uncle Tobias uttered, his eyes fixed on James.He was trying to remember the face of James. I don't know where they met, but it won't be shocking to me. Uncle Tobias was once a beta and definitely, they have seen each other before.“Dad, he's the Alpha King. The man with Emerald was her husband
~Emerald~Allison opened the door of the small cabin. My heart continued pounding as I waited for uncle Tobias to appear in front of us.“This is dad's cabin, Emerald. He preferred to stay alone and it's his request. We have a separate house, but I always came here to send his food.” Allison explained, making me nod my head.James' hand was on my waist. He's making sure that he's next to me and I didn't complain at all. I just let him do whatever he wanted.The moment Allison pushed the door, my eyes never blinked. I just don't want to skip the chance to see the face of uncle Tobias, the beta I used to talk to when I was still young.But, I never imagined our reunion to be like this. It will be different, but my respect for him will never change.“Emerald, meet my father.”Allison moved away from the door, allowing us to see the man on the bed. My eyes fixed on the thin man, lying on the bed. He's awake and looks surprised upon looking at me.I bit my lower lips, trying to keep my tea
~Emerald~Allison looks surprised from what she heard. Her gaze fixed at James, her eyes filled with different questions. I know this information shocked her.“W-Wait, you are the Alpha King?” Allison asked, her tone not sounding convinced as of the moment. “Is this true, Emerald?”I smiled from her question, making Allison even more confused as she looked at me. I know they have never seen the face of the Alpha King before because of the fact that they are hiding for a long time now. They just heard some speculations about him and now, they will be able to meet him.“I apologize for not telling you about the man beside me, Allison. Yes, he's Alpha James, the Alpha King of the entire wolves.” I muttered, making Allison gasp.Her eyes went back to James, and she started looking at him, as if she wanted to make sure that she can recognize the face of the Alpha King.After a minute of staring at James, I was surprised by what Allison did. She bent her head and spoke.“It is an honor for
~Emerald~“Where's the others, Allison?”As I recovered from crying, I immediately asked Allison about the other survivors. Allison lifted her gaze and she looked at me straight in the eyes.“After we escaped the pack, we decided to move to a place that is hard for the enemies to find out. Only the survivors knew the way out of the pack. We lived there for many years, Emerald.” Allison replied, making me nod my head.I turned my head at James and he furrowed his brows.“I want to go with Allison, James. I need to meet the other pack members of my parents who survived.” I muttered, and James nodded his head.He called one of our warriors and told them to find a spot where we could hide our cars. After that, we decided to follow Allison to their spot. It's far from the abandoned pack of my parents and this took us an hour.James was on my side as we passed the secluded woods.“They will be happy if they find out that you are alive, Emerald, especially my father. He's been thinking of yo
~Emerald~I took out my gun from my coat and pointed it towards the woman in front of me. James even prepared himself in case the woman did something to us.“And who are you?” I asked back at her.A woman standing in front of me. She looks young, and I can guess that we are the same age. I furrowed my brows as I looked at her, thinking where I met her.She's familiar to me. Her face doesn't look new in my eyes and I can prove that I really know this woman.“I should be the first one to ask this question to the both of you,” she uttered, her teeth slightly gritted. “What are you doing here?”As the woman spoke, I tried to remember her face. I'm certain about what I felt about it.“This place is already abandoned. No one lived here anymore. What brought you to this place?” James muttered, finally decided to speak up.The woman turned her head at James, her brows furrowed as she looked at him from head to toe. I was just observing the woman as I hoped I could recognize her face.I have t
~Emerald~“Are you ready to explore the abandoned pack?”I turned my head at James when he spoke behind me. We are already on our way to the said abandoned pack where my parents owned before. It was abandoned for many years and no one lived there anymore.As he mentioned that place, I suddenly felt my heart pounding so fast. I can't help but feel nervous. This will be the first time that I will see the pack again after so many years. I couldn't imagine what it looked like after everything that happened.“I don't know what I should feel, James. After so many years of not knowing what happened before, this would be the first time again that I will step on that land. I know everything will be different now.” I blurted, and he pressed my hands.“I know, but I'm here. Everything will be fine.”As James blurted these words to me, I smiled at him. He kissed the back of my hands and when he did that, all the doubts I felt just disappeared.Having him in my lowest moments really helped me to c