~Emerald~“What does he want to tell you about?” I bit my bottom lips from Lilian's question to me. I just shrugged my shoulders and watched Gideon leaving my direction. This time, I decided to enter the house and found Cassandra in her worried face.“Where have you been, Em? I found out that you're missing!” Cassandra shrieked, so I let out a deep breath before telling her what happened.“I got lost in the forest, but don't worry because I'm safe now,” I clarified, and she nodded her head, but still, her eyes were on me.“Did James save you?” I was stunned for a moment. It just came to me that James really saved me from the danger I got in earlier. Despite everything that happened to us in the past, I still can't forget the moment when he came to rescue me if I need his help. I wouldn't even dare to ask for help from him, but James was really there in everything. I have no idea how he did that, but what's important for me is that I'm back with my son. Nothing happened to me. ‘But
~Emerald~James' words really made me stunned. I couldn't even believe that I'd heard this from him.‘Well, expect the unexpected,’ Lilian spoke at the back of my head.I can't help but to bite my bottom lips as I tried myself not to overreact. James will not find out the reaction on my face that would make him think I was affected by him.“That's enough, James. I can treat my wound by myself,” I uttered in my cold tone. Alpha James continued what he was doing to my wound. He kept cleaning it until the bleeding stopped. I watched him do that, and my heart couldn't stop from beating. This is the first time in a year of anguish that my heart beat so fast. It pounded again because of James and I don't know why. I don't know why my heart will beat again for him after my greatest heartache from him. He betrayed me, he rejected me, and he threw me away from the pack. Why would my heart beat for him again?“I should keep my eyes on you next time,” James uttered to me. I stared at him, my
~Emerald~“Cassandra is not around this morning, so I made you this. I hope you will eat before you go to work.”I can't stop myself from furrowing my brows after I heard James' words. He was looking at me straight in the eyes as he spoke those words as if he were telling me how sincere he was.I shook my head, while the corner of my lips lifted. This seems surreal to me. I couldn't believe James was preparing breakfast for me. He never did this before with me.“What are you doing, James?” I asked, making him sigh.“It's because I wanted to. I wanted to serve you the way you did to me before and also because of one reason,” he paused, making me shake my head. “I love you, and I regretted abandoning you before, so I wanted to make you feel the thing I failed to do with you before.”I was speechless. I couldn't find the words to say in response to James. This whole thing is not yet clear to me. I can't explain myself right now. It seems that I want to smile, but I did all my best not to
~Emerald~ I raised my chin while staring him deep in his eyes. My blood began to boil as I looked at him. James reminds me of all the terrible things I experienced in the past. It's difficult to move on, especially when the reason behind your pain is actually in front of you now.“I was right with my perception about you, James. You really—”“I only wanted to gain your trust,” he replied just before I could finish my sentence. “That's what I wanted for everything I did now, Emerald.”Seems that my legs trembled as I listened to his words. I was expecting a negative thought about James, but then he would say that to me. He has actually a different thought and this made me speechless. I was about to open my mouth when I heard knocks from the door. I ended my breakfast by drinking a glass of water and walked towards the door. My head turned at James, and then I looked at him. He understood what I meant, so he walked inside the room with Jacob in his arms. This time, I decided to face
~Emerald~Damian smirked after he heard my words. The way he looked at me, it's as if he had no belief that I could beat him. “It's good that you recognize me as the beta, and the name itself would describe who I am in this pack,” Damian muttered, and then he continued. “I will not be called as the beta if I am just a nobody, powerless, and useless. I'll make sure you will regret attacking me.”I just tilted my head when I heard these words from his mouth. My heart started pounding so fast because I know I don't have the ability yet to fight him. I have no strength to face the beta of this pack. But, I am not weak. I will show him that I can also fight, and as the gamma of this pack, the wolves should see me as courageous, strong, and determined. ‘Nothing to worry about because I've got your back, Emerald,’ Lilian uttered at the back of my head.‘We will do our best to fight him, Lilian. Let's show him who we are.’Lilian nodded her head. She did not reply because I know she's prep
~Emerald~I took a deep breath as I stared at James and Gideon, who were patiently waiting for me to accept their hands. They even looked at each other, eyes were blazing in anger.“What the hell are you doing?” Gideon asked toward James in his gritted teeth. James shook his head and he replied, “I also wanted to help Emerald. Do you have a problem with that?” “Yes, I did. You should not be here. I came first to rescue her, and then you just arrived getting the spotlight from me!” Gideon responded at James, almost screaming. “Spotlight?” James asked in his confused reaction. I couldn't help but close my eyes as I felt the war between these two Alphas. Their moods change like lightning, and I have to deal with it before this leads them into fighting.“Enough of this nonsense fight!” I screamed, making them turn their heads at me.The hard reaction from the faces of Alpha Gideon and Alpha James softened as they saw my angry face. I know one of them doesn't want me mad.“Emerald…”Th
~Emerald~After the incident earlier, I went back to my cabin as Gideon had told me. Lilian didn't talk to me and this is related to what I have said earlier.“Fine, I apologize if I became rude earlier,” I uttered in my low voice and stopped right in front of the door.Lilian let out a sigh, and she spoke, “You know, I've always understood you, Emerald. I also apologize if you think I'm being so annoying, but you can't stop me worrying about you. My instincts were strong. I have to be honest with you. Gideon is not for you, and don't take this seriously, to the point that you will think of me as being biased. This is what I feel towards him even if James is not here!” I can't stop shaking my head, my lips twisted in disbelief. “I know your purpose in doing this, Lilian, but can't you be happy for me?” I uttered, my voice filled with dismay. “I was expecting you to be on my side, supporting me in every decision I will make because you're my wolf. You are part of my life, and we are
~Emerald~I remained speechless after what I heard from James. Just before someone could see us, I took his hand off my waist, and then I faced him.“You should stop doing this, James. I don't know if I can give you a chance. There is no assurance, so I would suggest you stop this,” I uttered, staring at him deep into his eyes. James just smiled. He took my hands and when he did that, I could feel my body reacting. Seems that, there were bolts of electricity from his hand, and I was electrified by James' hand.My heart pounded, as I stared at him. I waited for whatever James would tell me about.“You can't teach my heart to stop, Emerald. There is no way you can teach this to stop from beating because my heart was screaming your name. It only beats you,” James uttered between his husky voice. I bit my bottom lips, and then spoke, “You have no chance with me, James. I don't know if I can allow you to enter my heart again. You just left a big scar in my heart, and it's difficult to he
~James~“We found them, James.”I stood up from my seat when these words echoed inside the room. My heart pounded so fast as I looked at Levi.“Where are they, Levi?” I asked, making him let out a sigh.“Our spy is willing to cooperate with us. As of now, I need to prepare our men to go there, James. We have to save Emerald as soon as possible.” Levi responded.I nodded my head while my hands clenched in anger when I remembered Gideon's face. I just can't wait to see him. He took my wife and I swear I will make him pay for what he did to us.They will pay for putting my wife in danger. This time, I will make sure that my wife will come back to us, safely.“Prepare everything, Levi. We will go there and save Emerald whatever happens. We can't allow her to be with the enemies. They will use her against us!” I declared, making him nod his head.“I will make sure to do my best to rescue her, James, not because of you. This is Cassandra's request. She has been crying since last night with
~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