~Emerald~Time flies so fast that I could not even imagine. I already gave birth to my son, which is Alpha James' child. He's already three months old and all the terrible things that happened to me in the past were worth it after I saw his face.My child gave me hope to continue life. He was the reason I needed to do things that would keep him in this world. As a mother, I will do everything I can to protect him even if I have to risk my life. I will never allow James to see him and now is the time for me to strike back. Alpha Gideon has been with me during my nine months of pregnancy until I gave birth. He helped me move forward, start a life, and forget about the terrible things I experienced before. Alpha Gideon has been so kind-hearted to me, and he welcomed me in his pack even if I came from his enemy pack. It does not matter to him if I was once his step-brother's wife.I am forever grateful to him. It's my time to shine. Alpha Gideon and the rest of the wolves here in this pa
~James~‘F*ck! F*ck!’A loud crash of a glass cup echoed inside my office. My jaw tightened, eyes darkened out of anger. Today marks the year of Emerald's disappearance. A year full of tears, regrets, and realizations.Many things had happened with my life after my wife's disappearance. I couldn't imagine I would miss her. She was supposed to be forgotten because I had already found my mate. I thought I didn't care about her anymore, but I was wrong. I was definitely wrong for underestimating the effect of Emerald's disappearance.My heart was torn into pieces. It is as if something is missing with me for a year now. I can't forget about her. I can't even forget her image, her beautiful smile, her care, and everything she did to me.The guilt had been hunting me from what I did to her. It's been hunting me even when I closed my eyes. This is maybe my bad karma for wasting her.This is my karma for rejecting her love and for letting her disappear without doing anything to stop her. I k
~James~I immediately stood up after I saw my private investigator, the one I hired to look for Emerald. He has finally come back after a month of no contact. I hadn't heard any news from him for a month already and when he mentioned that he knew about Emerald's information, I felt excited.“Tell me.”The investigator moved forward. He locked the door first before he spoke.“We have a problem, Alpha James,” Levi uttered in his sad voice. I furrowed my brows, my hands clenched beneath the table. My eyes didn't break on him. I wanted to know everything he has about my wife.When Emerald disappeared from my life, I realized that I still love her. She was my heart ever wanted, and this is my biggest regret. I regretted that I realized how important she is in my life. The moment I learned where she was, I will never waste time to find her. I have to get her back.‘I hope you're not late, yet,’ Logan mumbled through my head. I just shake him off and wait for Levi's explanation. “Your wife
~Emerald~“Is that what you've got?”I gritted my teeth when these words came out from Selene's mouth. She's the head of the warrior wolves of Alpha Gideon, the one who was entrusted to train the newbies. Alpha Gideon assigned Selene to train me, and she's been so tough with me.I have been doing my best to catch up with her lessons, but I can't understand why she's so tough with me.‘She likes Gideon, remember?’I tilted my head when I heard what Lilian had told me. She reminded me about what we found out before. Selene secretly adores Alpha Gideon. I understand now her reason for treating me like this. ‘I don't care about her feelings for the Alpha. She should separate her personal problems with work!’ I uttered through a mind communication.‘Well, we can't blame her. She's just desperate to hurt you knowing how the Alpha cared for you.’I just shook my head at Lilian's last sentence. My focus went back to Selene, who was grinning already. I fell to the ground, and I did not avoid
~Emerald~I could still hear Selene's screams and cursed at the back from what I did to her. She can't accept the fact that a weak wolf like me will bite her arm. I don't want to do it with her but she pushed me to limits. She attacked me first and I just did what I was supposed to do to protect myself.“I can't believe the reaction from her face when I bit her, Emerald!” Lilian uttered while laughing. I shook my head, my lips curled.“I was even surprised that we did it with her, knowing that she was the head warrior of Gideon's men.” I uttered towards Lilian.She continued laughing, still can't believe what we did. I walked straight to my cabin where Cassandra was. My heart almost melted when I saw my child, Jacob in his crib with Cassandra beside him. Cassandra lifted her head and placed a smile on her lips.“How's the training, Emerald?” Cassandra looked at me while smiling.I forced a smile and walked towards my son's direction. He was sleeping, and I couldn't stop looking at J
~Gideon~“Why do you have to do this to me, Gideon!?”I closed the book that I was reading about dark magic just to look at the woman who just arrived inside my office. My brows were furrowed when I saw Selene, her eyes covered with tears.She was crying like a weak bullsh*t. I rose from sitting to face her, my arms were crossed.“You dared to hurt Emerald, remember?” I asked in my cold tone. Selene messed up her hair out of distressed. I can't stop shaking my head while looking at her. “It's because she was trying to take you from me. You promised me, Gideon, that you will make me your Luna. You told me that you will marry me if I do what you want!” Selene growled.I shook my head in disbelief, not taking my eyes off her. I can't imagine she can still remember the things that I promised to her a year ago. It's supposed to be forgotten because things have changed now. My plans from a year ago had already changed when Emerald came into my life.“I didn't mean it, Selene. None of it
~James~My eyes darkened when I saw someone coming in our direction. My wolf wanted to take over to attack him, but I did my best to control it. This is not the right time for an attack. I came here to talk to Gideon at peace, but if he tried to attack me, then I will not back off. ‘Are you really sure with your plans, James?’ Logan asked at the back of my head. I could feel my lips curled, my eyes in Gideon's direction. He is coming to me with his men beside him. I am glad that his beta follows orders from the Alpha King.‘There is no turning back, Logan. I will take my wife from him and I will not leave, not until I bring her with me.’My wolf had no choice but to let out a sigh. He can't do anything to stop me with my plans. I was the one who can decide, and he has to follow me.“He's coming near us, James.”I turned my head at Levi. He moved closer to me, as well as my other men at the back. I know they are trying to protect me, but there's nothing to fear. Alpha Gideon is a sma
~James~My head tilted towards Gideon. I stared at him straight in the eyes to see if he meant the words he uttered a while ago.My jaw tightened as I continued looking at him. It took me a minute before I was able to understand what he meant.“What did you just say, Gideon?” I asked in my warning tone. Gideon shook his head as if he couldn't believe to see my reaction. I know what he said, but I wanted to know if he was serious about it.“I know you have a sharp mind, James. You know what I mean, and we are talking about Emerald here. The woman you dumped like garbage just because of your fated mate. The woman whose life became terrible because of you. The woman… I took away from the forest to give her shelter, to give her a new hope, and to let her know that somebody still cares for her.”I was stunned. I never expected to hear all of these from Gideon, the demon wolf that everyone knew. If what he said was true that he took Emerald from the forest, there could be a payment for it.