“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.
“Be true to yourself, Nabeel. You want to be back with the pack!”“So what?” Nabeel growled, “So what if I want to be back? You’re asking me to betray Camille once again! I can’t do that!”“If the council knows there is a living human out there who knows about their secret, they would kill her! Pup, you’re asking me to risk Camille’s life once again! I have done so many bad things to her already. I won’t do that ever again!”More than twenty years of separating had made Nabeel afraid of losing the love of his life again.What about him wanting to be back to the pack? What about his innocence when Camille’s life was at risk?The pack was not that worthy!Not to mention, he was not a member of the pack anymore. He had no obligation to rat Raiz out by using his partner and his daughter!“You’re too late, Nabeel!” Toby hissed.“Pardon?” The banished beta squinted his eyes at the beaten-up fighter on the floor.“You’re too late! Raiz has woken up. He has informed the council about your da
“He used Camille to force you to kill my father?” Marcus asked.The banished beta heavily nodded, “Camille was pregnant at the time.”Marcus gasped. He was taken aback by the sudden piece of information.Camille was pregnant at the time. It was understandable if Nabeel had chosen her over Nathan.“He had her hostage. He kept her somewhere I didn’t know. I tried to find her. I tried to rescue her. I even used my power to misuse the trackers for my personal need. However, I still couldn’t find Camille. My power has its limit. I couldn’t send out many of our trackers, or else the council would know about Camille,” Nabeel said with the utmost sorrow, “Even more, Raiz, who was constantly bugging me with his killing plan, did not help at all.”The banished beta had to stop for a second to take a deep breath in.“That was when I came to your parents, asking for them to approve my marriage to Camille. If so, I could tell them that my fiancee had been kidnapped, then they could have sent more
Nabeel confirmed, “Yes. That was when Dorris barged into the room and caught us.”“Why don’t you say anything?’ Marcus asked.The banished beta sighed, “I can’t. Raiz still had Camille and my child under his control. If I went against him again, he definitely would kill them. How could I let my partner and my child die like that? I had betrayed them once, Marcus. I couldn’t do that again.”“But there were more to this, right?” Marcus squinted his eyes at the banished beta, seeing the old man's hesitation.The head alpha pressed, “I know you have more to this. Because if it was simple as it should be, Camille should be by your side by now, not separating for more than twenty years like this. Even your daughter, Yona, hates you. So, why? Nabeel, why? Why don’t you look for them? Raiz must have released them the day you were banished, right? Your duty was done, then why?”“Because Camille had escaped!” Nabeel growled, “My Camille had found her way to escape from Raiz! But the bastard did
“Long time no see, Raiz.”Nabeel stepped into the bastard’s ward, greeting him in the utmost mockery tone ever.Raiz pushed himself to sit up straight, staring right into the banished beta’s shadow. Although he was hiding in the dark side of Raiz’s room, the devilish Raiz could still envision Nabeel’s appearance. Yet, he could not be so sure. It had been more than twenty years now.Did the banished beta change at all?Or was he still the gullible and easy-to-drive by love beta of more than twenty years ago?Raiz was curious, along with a little bit of scary.Raiz was in no good shape to fight anymore.“Long time no see,” Raiz calmly said, “Though I’m not really happy to see you here,” as saying, he secretly reached his hand down, searching for the emergency call button.“The feeling is mutual, Raiz,” Nabeel stood still. The banished beta did not bother to bug an inch.“How could you get in here?” Raiz was struggling, yet he tried to stay as discreet as possible.Just as he only finish
Camille opened the door to find Nabeel standing there, looking as urgent as possible. The banished beta appeared like he really needed help.Camille got a bit anxious to see him like that.Because for sure, even though she was mad at him for ditching her, they really had not had the chance to clear things out between them.“Why are you here?” Camille frowned.“I need your help!” Nabeel said.The human woman blinked, disheartened. What could Nabeel ask for her help for other than to help him go back to his pack? It always was his pack that caused the problem between them.Twenty-four years ago, Nabeel ditched her because of his pack.Twenty-four years later, he found her only to persuade her for the sake of his pack!Why could Nabeel not understand? Once Camille showed up at his pack, it would be the end for her and Yona!Camille knew too well about the werewolf. They would not let a human who knew their secrets live. Let alone a hybrid!Seeing Camille’s confusion and the irritating ex
The whole council room fell into dead silence as Yona and Camille finished telling their story.Everyone in the meeting room had the same straight-faced with a hint of bewilderment in their expression. Although they had heard Raiz confess himself at the hospital, hearing his whole guilt again was not a pleasant experience. And they truly thought to themselves that no matter how many times they had heard this story all over again, they would forever be in such flustered.However, not only Raiz’s rebellion plan got them all speechless, but also the appearance of the hybrid named Yona.Hybrid of a werewolf and a human!The creature that could only find in the history book of the werewolf was then alive and lively right in front of their eyes.Not to mention. She also joined the rebellion pack of Raiz!Marcus cleared his throat, beginning, “We have discussed and came to a conclusion that if you,” he looked at Yona, “tell us about the rogue pack’s whereabout, we will let you and your mom l
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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