Tina had finally come down from her hysteric crying and vigorously shaking.To be honest, Brenna had warned her about this terrible vision days ago, yet, Tina did not fully believe in it. She had taken the problem lightly, thinking Brenna only exaggerated it. But then, she had gotten no choice other than to believe it was actually happening.“What should I do then, mom? We can’t just take things slowly like we used to anymore.”The omega seemed lost. Their original plan had missed out on this event. Who would have thought Edsel would be taken down so soon?Tina then added the piece of information she discovered by herself this morning, “And we can’t drug Marcus anymore. He definitely had spent Giselle’s heat with her. The head alpha likely marks her already.”Brenna had not known about this piece of information until then.If so, then there was only one way left.Brenna surged up, holding Tina’s hands in her palms, kissing Tina’s hand before whispering her evil plan.“Then, let’s kill
The news of Edsel’s death did not take long to reach the Bailey’s pack. By that time, Tina and Brenna definitely knew about his death, too.Unlike Giselle had thought, Catherine was strangely calm. The omega said she had prepared for the day. Moreover, what happened between Catherine and Edsel was long gone then. Besides a tad bit of lost feeling, the omega did not feel anything else.But Brenna and Tina were another stories. These two were quiet and collected. Unlike Catherine, who had been shunned for too long that her feelings for Edsel had faded, Brenna and Edsel were a happy couple; at least that was what others thought of them, but still.When Giselle met the two at the funeral, except for the pale expression on their faces, they looked indifferent, hiding their face under the black veils covered their face.“If there is anything trouble you two just tell us,” Marcus said to them in represent for the Bailey’s pack.The two looked at Marcus and then at Giselle. Brenna remained co
Giselle pursed her lips before she went straight into the question. Marcus would have to wake up in no time, and if he did not see her by his side, it would be a hard-to-get-out situation for her.“Did you do it?” Giselle asked straightforwardly.“Do what?” Lukas replied. He sounded careless and somewhat amused.“Don’t act like you’re innocent. You know what I’m talking about, Lukas,” Giselle grunted. She obviously had no time and no mind playing around with him. She was eager to confirm her doubt.The head alpha of the Ashes pack heard the annoyance in her voice. He decided that this was not the time to joke around. Lukas denied it, “It wasn’t me.”He also added, “Although I will take a small responsibility of leading him to his death.”“Why? You already have what you wanted, Lukas. Why do you have to kill him?” Giselle sounded unbelievable.Lukas obviously had no mind to taking the Brownson pack. He stated that he would destroy the pack if Catherine wanted to. And needless to say, C
“Camille is your mom?” Nabeel seemed to be taken aback. In his mind, a million thoughts jumped out of nowhere, invading his clouded mind. But then, as he remembered something, the banished beta pressed on his grab a little bit harder, “How old are you?” His eyes were sharp as the beta seemed like he was about to eat her alive. The she-wolf grimaced, “What’s wrong with you?” Why did he need to know her age? “Tell me!” The banished beta roared, demanding an answer. “Twenty-four! God! Twenty-four!” The she-wolf shouted out loud. Nabeel immediately released her. His eyes widened in disbelief, mumbling a name, “Yona.” This time, it was the she-wolf who took her turn to be stunned, “You know my name?” *** “So, who is she?” Toby asked Nabeel as the two followed the girl named Yona to the run-down area in the town. They were heading to Yona’s house. The neighborhood was located in a suburban area with not so many households. This neighborhood seemed dead to Toby. Yet, he could no
“Where’s Brenna?”Marcus escorted Tina back to her apartment. The head alpha glanced at the empty and messy apartment to find no trace of Brenna.Outside was dangerous. She should have known it better for her to stay in rather than run around in the open.“She’s running errands.” Tina said, sniffing, “It’s great that she didn’t have to suffer from this.”The girl had not yet recovered from the hustle. She flopped on the sofa and buried her face into her dirty palms. Normally, she would despise this as it would irritate her flawless skin. Yet, she did not seem to care now.Tina was devastated.“How long has this been going on?” Marcus came back as he finished checking the whole apartment. No signs of intruders or lurkers. It was safe then.Tina sighed, “Ever since the day Edsel died.”“Why didn’t you tell me about this earlier?” Marcus frowned, “We might not be together anymore, but you’re still my sister-in-law. I will care for you.”Tina discouragedly huffed at Marcus’s words.Oh, ho
When Marcus reached the lake, Toby had been waiting for him.Marcus approached the banished fighter, standing side by side with him. Even though there was not a visible line separating the two, they were well aware of an invisible boundary between them.As the head alpha stopped at an arm apart from Toby, the banished fighter wasted no time in telling Marcus.‘You should talk to your mom.’The head alpha seemed lost, ‘Why?’‘Asking her about the man named Nabeel.’‘Your friend?’Toby’s wolf nodded, letting out a huff. The banished fighter continued, ‘Nabeel holds the key to eliminate Raiz one time and for all.’‘How do you know it?’ Marcus sounded skeptical.Toby then proceeded to tell him what he had heard.Starting from the day he and Nabeel started hunting down the witch that provided the scent-killing meds to Raiz’s rogue pack to the day Nabeel found Camille. Yet, the banished beta excluded the part where Nabeel faced the accusation as The Alpha Killer.Toby would leave that for L
“He what?”Marcus sounded unbelievable.Dorris looked straight in his eyes, repeating her words, “Nabeel killed your father for the sake of his love.”A loud thudding sound resonated in Marcus’s head. It felt like a bomb had just gone off out of nowhere, making him feel dizzy and sick to his gut.“I saw it with my own eyes, Marcus. Imagine how terrible I felt!” Lady Bailey grunted.Marcus tried to calm his racing heartbeat down, “Anyone else there? At the time my father was killed, anyone else there?”Dorris nodded, “Raiz was there also. And he was being attacked by Nabeel, too.”Dorris had to pause for a second. After taking another sip from her fifth glass of wine, she continued with the same distant, yet, hurtful tone of voice, “When I came to your father’s office, Nathan had been down, lifelessly lying on the floor. Raiz, at the corner of the room, held his bleeding hand while Nabeel stood stall. In his hand, a blazing silver knife stood out.”“He was frightened to see me there. A
“Why did Raiz not release them after your father had died? Is there something we don’t know about? If only because Nabeel attacked him so he wouldn’t release Camille, then it’s too hard to understand.”Marcus nodded, humming in reply.“Their little ally definitely had something tricky. Or maybe one of them did not abide by the deal.”“You mean?” Marcus mumbled.“It might be Raiz or Nabeel that broke the deal. It was either Nabeel did not kill your father, or Raiz had done something bad to Camille, which led to Nabeel attacking Raiz.”Marcus laughed a bit, “That’s what I thought! And, for Nabeel has just found Camille, it should mean that the second part is more likely to be the truth.”“You trust Nabeel?” Giselle exclaimed, "What unexpected news!"Nabeel was the biggest suspect being Marcus’s father’s murderer. Yet, the head alpha not only did not angry at him but also did he believe Nabeel was innocent.Marcus sighed and nodded, “I shouldn’t have, right?”Giselle shook her head, “No.
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Derek met Giselle again a week later.The girl was queuing at the coffee shop that Derek was frequent. The two were pretty surprised to see each other there.“You were Derek, from a week ago on the street, right?” Giselle asked him first, with a hint of unsure.Derek beamed at her. He nodded, “Glad you remember me.”“Oh, no. Not that kind of remember,” Giselle shook her head.The manager chuckled, “I know. So, erm- would you mind having a cup of coffee with me?” Derek asked.And surprisingly, after a bit of consideration, Giselle said yes. But it was not rocket science. The girl was curious about Derek and that was all.From what had happened three days earlier, this man seemed to know her and that bothered Giselle. How could she forget if she ever met the guy? He seemed to be a nice guy, Giselle would remember if she had met him before.But then, again, everything about her past was nothing but a blurry mess to her. He might be someone she knew back then. Moving here was such a great
“Giselle-” Marcus said, trembling. He could not believe in his eyes anymore.It was Giselle by flesh and bones! She was not Marcus’s hallucination.She was alive!“Giselle!”The head alpha happily pulled Giselle in his arms, hugging her tightly as if he ever let go, then Giselle would disappear in only a blink of an eye.If that ever happened, Marcus did not know how he could hold himself together anymore.Now that she was here, he would not let her go ever again.His wolf was howling, feeling happy that it could finally bathe in its mate’s comfort scent once again.This was ecstasy.“Wow, easy! Who are you?” Giselle frowned, pushing Marcus away harshly. The girl looked at Marcus with only irritation and confusion.“Giselle-” Marcus found himself dumbfounded. He could not catch on with the situation anymore.Giselle frowned, eyeing Marcus head to toe. The girl then huffed, she sounded so distant, “Do you know me?” Marcus was too stunned to speak. His lips quivered but no words could
A year later.“It’s Toby’s wedding ceremony today, Gigi,” Marcus said, “He’s getting married to your human friend. They both seemed very happy.”Marcus shoved his hands into his pockets, his eyes darting away as he let out a heavy breath.It had been a year then. A year of longing and torment with Marcus.Time had passed but he could never forget the day Giselle fell off the cliff, and how useless Marcus felt over a year ago watching her disappear right in front of his eyes. Though that day had been gone for good, still, Marcus could recall the sadness and such a helpless feeling of a year ago like it had just happened yesterday.Marcus still lived, but he rather d*ead.The head alpha did not seem to be himself anymore but rather an alpha wolf struggling and tormenting himself.He overworked himself to the point of being almost exhausted. He rarely ate or drank anything. His sleeping schedule was a mess, too. He was deprived of sleep. Because every time he closed his eyes, he could no
When Tim and Ben got to the lighthouse, they got no sight of Marcus at all.Raiz’s lackeys’ bodies lay on the ground, no longer intact. Then there was also Raiz, who lay dead behind Marcus’s back. His cause of death might be a b*loody hole in front of his chest, or it could be because of the silver knife piercing through his forehead. Either way, Raiz was dead.But Marcus? They did not know about his whereabouts.The head alpha had been impatience, so he came here by himself first. And for what had happened, Tim and Ben could say Marcus handled the situation well. Yet, where was he then?Did anything unfortunate happen to him?The two looked at each other, frowning.Unexpectedly, they heard Marcus yelling, “Giselle!”The two flinched, rushing to where their head alpha’s calling rang up. And they saw him.There he was, diving under, frantically searching and calling Giselle’s name. But there was no sight of her.“Marcus!”“Alpha!”The two called out for their head alpha, but they got n
Without any hesitation, and not even a blink of an eye, Raiz’s blade c*ut through Giselle’s throat like it was nothing.Not only Marcus was too stunned to react, but only Giselle.The cut was quick. So quick that Giselle did not even feel the sharp edge of the knife slashing through. Only when the damage had been done, as the stingy feeling rushed in with the burning sensation that flooded her neurons, did Giselle realize what Raiz had done.Giselle looked down and widened her eyes in disbelief as she saw b*lood quickly staining her front dress.Her wolf immediately got into action, spreading its healing ability to keep Giselle from dying.The Stephern’s omega was lucky because it was not a cut caused by a silver knife. Otherwise, she would be dead by now.“Stop right where you are!” Raiz raised his voice, and he caught Giselle’s attention.And then, Giselle heard a raging roar. The roar was so scary that it even terrified Giselle’s inner wolf.Looking up, the Stephern’s omega saw Mar
“Aren’t you happy now that your beloved uncle calls, Marcus?” Raiz said smudgily.“Where’s she?” Marcus got straight to the point.“My oh my, aren’t you worried about her?” Raiz chuckled, “And here I thought you two are separated. How silly am I! I almost got played by your little one, nephew.”Marcus stayed silent for a quick second before replying, “Let Tina go!”His words hit hard.“Pardon?” Raiz raised an eyebrow as he glanced at Giselle.The Stephern’s omega quickly turned away, avoiding his gaze. Tightening her fists, Giselle bit on her lips hard enough that she tasted blood.Even though she had a guest that Marcus would call Tina’s name out in the very first place, Giselle still felt somewhat hurt.However, she must endure this feeling.As she said, Marcus and Giselle were histories. Apparently, Marcus would think of Tina right away. Also, it was kind of humiliating for Raiz that he had chosen the wrong one.Marcus probably had not heard about Giselle’s missing yet. Be that as
"What do you mean Giselle is gone?" Marcus sounded disbelief.How could she be gone?But f*uck it, he had no mind to think about it anymore.He had to get to the hospital first!.The special department was in a hastiness.Securities and guards were seen at every corner of the hospital and its parking lot, desperately searching for the Stephern’s omega, who had gone missing. Every little detail counted. Therefore, they were doing their best searching for her.Marcus barged into Giselle’s ward, where Fynn had already been there. The doctor leaned on the window pane that Giselle kept opened and facing the door. He looked troubled.The head alpha looked around the whole room, frantic.“She has been gone when I came here,” Fynn sighed, “We have no idea where is she. We have been searching throughout the hospital but could not seem to find her anywhere.”“Did she go out alone?” Marcus nervously asked, “Have you checked the surveillance footage yet?”Much as he wanted to jump right to his f
"Let me go!"Marcus was startled awake to find he was no longer in Giselle's dreadfully cold and cramped hospital room. He was at his house now, asleep on the couch since God knows when.The head alpha sighed, and slumped back against his couch.Resting his hand on his forehead, Marcus stared at the ceiling, remembering what had happened this afternoon.Giselle had told Marcus to let her go. She still did not have any particular feelings, however, Marcus could hear a little bit of inner pleading in her voice.Marcus knew it would be best if he let Giselle leave the mess that was him. But at the same time, he could not. Just as he thought about letting Giselle leave, Marcus could not bear it.He was too blind beforehand. He let his anger cloud his mind and made a terrible mistake.***“Let go of me!”Brenna and Tina shouted out loud. The two were kidnapped and brought to the forest within the Ashes pack territory.In such a place, no one could interrupt Lukas took out his anger on them