Kaden’s POV:“Alpha?” I cocked my brows, not sure if I heard her right. Did she just say she’s an Alpha?I was taken aback by her murderous glare as she locked eyes with me. I cannot help but let my gaze study her features, down to her very last curve.God, she’s beautiful.“Yes, is there a problem with that?” she hissed, baring her canines at me. If it was anyone else, I would have taken it as a challenge. I cleared my throat, taking a step forward.“No, of course not.” I held my hands up in defense, not daring to look away from her gorgeous eyes, or not daring to.She has the most gorgeous eyes that she’d be mistaken a goddess for.“I have so many questions.” I say, not knowing where to start. I started my day this morning not expecting my long-lost mate whom I’ve searched every nook and cranny of every goddess damn territory to magically appear at my doorstep.“Well clearly, this is not a good time…” she uttered, looking away. I did not take my eyes off her. Her side profile was
Eloise’s POV:The relief I felt after he let me go was immense. I have been driving for twenty minutes straight. No sign of him following my car which makes my anxieties slowly slip away.Finally, I exhaled a deep breath. What stresses me out more was that I had rolled down all the windows, but his scent still remained. Cocoa butter and mint chocolate. Much to my annoyance, it invaded my senses, and I rolled down the windows thinking the wind might just blow it away. Instead, it blew his scent right towards me. I groan.Somehow, I can’t seem to get rid of it.Suddenly., the sound of her voice echoing through me has me snapping out of my thoughts. ‘Adeline?’ I call out to her. I know what I heard. It was her. My wolf. She’s… alive?Five years ago, she disappeared. No matter what I did, she either refused to show or stayed silent. At one point, I thought she was dead.‘Eloise.’ My mouth dropped when she responded.‘Where are we?’ she asked, her voice coming out husky. It was as if she
Eloise’s POV:I made it past the borders. I chuckle to myself, recalling the faces of the three idiots I practically left dumbfounded at the border. Putting my car in reverse, I park it just in front of the pack house. I turn the engine off and step out of the car. Looking up at the pack house, I squeezed my brows together. It was smaller than I remember. However, it looked much better. The exterior was repainted and remodeled to make a more modern design. Some parts were replaced with glass, and others bricks complemented with ivy leaves hanging along the edges. I can even say it looked beautiful. I grew up in this place. I was used to playing and making friends with everyone in this pack house, and I was spoiled rotten especially by my father. I used to play in his office and sit on his big leather chair, and he would always tell me everything will be mine when I turn eighteen. I smiled bitterly.Funny how that turned out.“You! How dare you come back here!” A sultry voice sudde
Kaden’s POV:“I’m on my way, how the fuck did you let this happen?” I snap into the link at him, one of my trusted border men allocated in Heaven Moon Pack. I had just taken my seat back in the office, staring at the memo sent to me by the werewolf council, when the link was forced open. When that happens, usually it would be when someone is alerting me of an emergency. And this is the kind of emergency that I never expected to happen.“A woman…” his shaky voice was getting to my nerves. “Spit it!” I snarl, and he whimpers at the pressure of my voice alone. Bloody idiots.“Sh-she claimed to be an alpha, and we didn’t know…” His voice faded into silence. At this point, my patience is waning.“Just stay at your post. Don’t let anyone enter unless I say so,” I growl and cut off the link.Scanning the werewolf council memo for the last time, I furrow my brows and my jaw clenched. I stare down at the name in print before me.‘Eloise Sage Rivers, Alpha of the Night Warriors Pack, is hereo
Eloise’s POV:I didn’t know what I expected to feel when I waltzed in here with every intention to see my father. Five years passed, and I thought I had moved past everything that happened. How wrong I was.The moment I saw him, it felt as if the walls were caving in on me. Each wall inched closer I couldn’t breathe.“El… you’re back?” he chokes, as if something got lodged in his throat and he could barely speak.Pulling myself together, I looked at him fiercely. I did not look away, even as Kaden stepped aside, folding his arms across his chest and stood observing us. There he stood. He looked just the same, strong and muscular, exuding his power like the Alpha he is. He grew some silver hair, but it did nothing to compromise his masculinity. However I noticed something different. He was thinner than I remember. Then I shrug it off. I probably did not remember well. He still looked the same. I have always looked up at him, growing up. I promised myself someday, I will be just like
Eloise’s POV:My father froze up in an instant. I expected that reaction from him, but I did not expect him to look at me with such sad eyes.“I can’t…” he muttered low His shoulders slumped.I press my lips into a thin line, “It is well within my rights. I am the heir to this pack. You cannot deny me my title and pack forever.” I hissed through gritted teeth.“I am not denying you your rights, Eloise. I’d give it to you in a heartbeat if I could.” He says, and I raise my brow.“Funny you’d say that,” I said, and I can’t help but scoff.He leaned forward on the table, and I was beginning to feel uncomfortable if he kept looking at me like that. Like he wanted to pull me in his fatherly arms and tuck me under his wing. Five years ago, I would give anything just to have that. To feel his warm embrace and listen to him say everything would be okay.That was long gone now.“It’s true. If I was still alpha, I would never have banished you, El. I was angry, yes. But I will never forsake you
Eloise’s POV:Walking out of the pack house, I hurry to my car when that cursed smell hits me again. I groan, just as his voice floats in the air over me.“Where are you going?” he calls out.Instead of thinking for a reply, I ignore him and rush to open my door with my damn key. Only as I rummaged through my bag, I couldn’t find it.I hissed my annoyance, looking for the damn thing. It’s so small, but big enough to become a problem if I don’t find it soon enough. Where the hell is it?I could feel him closing the distance between us, and once again Adeline wakes from her slumber with just a whiff of his masculine scent.I groan inwardly. Had I been with women for so long that the scent of testosterones around me is making my head pound to the point of insanity?I’m going insane, no doubt about that. Meeting my father while having to deal with my prick of a mate at the same time is driving me crazed in no less than thirty minutes. I haven’t even spent an hour in there and now all I wa
Kaden’s POV:‘What in the actual fuck were you thinking?’ My wolf snaps at me, his anger vibrating through my chest as he growls, which he had been doing for the past fifteen minutes.‘Shut up, I know what I’m doing.’Rictus scoffs. ‘Yeah? Like how you’ve handled the scandal before rejecting her? Bull to the fucking shit. You don’t know what the fuck you’re doing, Kaden!’I snarl. Five years he’d gone radio silent on me. And now he won’t stop nagging me every damn second.‘Fucking pipe down, will you? Eloise will never let us see the pups without a good reason.’‘And you think trading a title for her pups is good enough reason to make her bring them?’‘I am not asking for a trade. I was simply asking her to bring our pups before I can give her the title. I was already planning on signing it off to her, but then I saw this!’I look down at the picture of two identical-looking boys and a girl. Although they all look pretty much alike, there was no doubt in my mind they were mine. If I r
Eloise's POV:"Beta Colton," the brown wolf tilted his head in submission as soon as he shifted into his human form.The gray wolf whose eyes had been filled with lust lowered his head as he turned to face a fuming Colton stomping over towards us. His nostrils flared and fists clenched into balls by his sides."What do you think you're doing?" He questioned the gray wolf as he stopped before him.The wolf's fur stood abruptly in fright, its body trembled despite his large size."W-We thought they were trespassers, Sir," he stuttered, I heard only because we shared a mindlink.Beta Colton growled, allowing some of his livid aura onto the scared wolf."I will deal with you later." He growled lowly before he turned his gaze back to me."Luna?"I turned my back to him, showing him Abbie's weakened body that hugged my back.The moment his eyes landed on her, his eyes widened and he rushed over, shoving the two wolves aggressively aside in the process."What happened to her?" He spat in the
Eloise’s POV:Home. I had to go home.If it’s true… then I’ll have to see it for myself.My wolf’s paws landed on the ground after I shifted, my back elongating as fur sprouted all over my skin, my full face morphing to Adeline’s true form.I didn’t need to tell her what to do. She knew my thoughts as much as I knew hers. And back there, we had the exact same thought.This couldn’t be just a coincidence. I told myself, feeling Adeline’s silent nod in agreement.Adeline kicked her legs, paws thudding against leaves and branches scattered along the ground. Our clothes tucked between her sharp canines. We made sure we wouldn’t end up naked when we arrive home.“We’re getting close. Hang tight.” Adeline said, making me tuck into myself closer knowing full well the meaning behind those words.She was going to run at full speed. Adeline may not be the largest wolf out there, but she sure run fast.Over time, our strength improved, too.And I hoped that would be enough to face what lurked be
Eloise’s POV:His jaw ticked, and I saw his hands clench into fists at his sides. He should have expected this. He knew. He was going to take them away the moment we are found, and I would have lost the only thing that was keeping me alive, away from the brink of insanity I would have fallen deeply into a long time ago.I glared up at him, not backing down.He won’t take my kids away from me, I assured myself as my chest was beginning to rise and fall in rapid motion. They’re safe. Out and away from this wretched city where all the devils reside.The only thing keeping me from giving in to my anxiety was the fact that they are safe.Thick, heavy silence fell in the air between us. It was almost suffocating.“I want to meet them,” he said after a moment, voice low but demanding. I could feel his aura circling me as if he was prepared to shove me with it.My teeth gritted as I glared up at him.“No.” I said fiercely in a dismissive tone.My decision was final.He is not going to take th
Eloise’s POV:I pursed my lips thinly, meeting his glare but when I saw the sheer determination and even pain in his eyes, I eventually gave in.I sighed, “Kaeron, Kai, and Kiara,”He raised a brow.“All started with K?”I smirked, “Don’t get me wrong, I just had them all prepared,”Kaden pulled his lips into frown, going silent for a few moments before he let out a sigh of his own.“Can I at least see a picture?”His question knocked me off of my breath. It can’t be helped. Adeline muttered. She’s like the conscience whispering to me every time I had to make a choice. I groan.What if he sees them, and he wants to take them away? I shudder at the thought as I stare up at the man who I saw as nothing more than the sperm donor of my pups. I let him ruin my life once. I won’t let him do it again when he takes them away from me.He wouldn’t. Not under my f*cking watch. Adeline hissed. Her determination is brewing quietly like a storm in the distance, I could feel it. Adeline is much mor
Eloise’s POV:I couldn’t even begin to visualize what my wolf thrust into my headspace.I never saw it. Not even after the one time he knocked me up. I was drunk!My legs shook dramatically, threatening to give out from under me. I must admit, the only thing holding me in place was Kaden, pressing me up against the lockers.His large, calloused hand went back to clench my thigh. His touch wasn’t rough but firm, and enough to send electrifying sparks all over my body while continuing to rub circles around my sensitive cl*t.I was panting, breathless. The only sound that could be heard in the locker room was my pants as well as his rugged breaths, husky and so damn attractive.My arousal still tinged the air and I scrunched up my nose. The scent remained and I feared it would stay here up until a week. Wolves’ senses are incredibly strong, but not without a downside. All the males will probably be smelling my arousal for a period and they can even tell who the scent came from.So what?
Eloise's POV:CL? Who the hell is CL? My wolf growled, racking my brain for any clues behind the initials.I stared at the note blankly for a few seconds.Shaking my head, I stripped off my bra and leggings, and rummaged for fresh clothes with the note still in my hand before the sound of the door unlocking had me straighten as I thrust the note into my locker.Kaden Kyson walked in with a dark look looming over his face, his eyes scanning the room before falling on me and my near-naked body. His dark eyes took in my undressed state, and I grit my teeth as I shoot glares at him.I had no choice but to wrap my arm around nipples, preventing Kaden to notice how they became hard in less than a minute when he stepped into the locker room. I shifted in my barefeet.He likes what he sees… Adeline giggled at the back of my mind, making me shush her and roll my eyes.“If you haven’t heard, training is over.” I declared, shooting daggers at him.He clenched his jaw as he walked over to me, ign
Eloise’s POV:No.No, no, no, no.I’m not going to ask for his help.Why not? My wolf grumbled.He’s our only chance.I shook my head.There is another way. You know what Dad said. If he finds out Mom turned into a vampire because I told him about this, he’ll kill her. Hell, maybe he’ll even conspire with the other alphas to kill us all, for protecting a vampire.I could feel Adeline’s hesitance, but thankfully she didn’t add anything more to it and retreated back into the depth of my subconscious.I groan, willing my heart to stop thundering like crazy in my chest.Anyone, anyone but him. Kaden Kyson is known for his mercilessness and power unmatched by anyone. Surely, he would not spare a turned vampire. Not even if she’s the mother of his mate.I tossed and turned all night, unable to forget everything that transpired from the black and blue bruises I saw on Dad’s arms and the mysterious guys who sauntered into the house like it’s their own.My father didn’t look like he was about
Eloise’s POV:“Run! Don’t stop, don’t look back, run!”Dad’s voice boomed in my head just as I clamped my eyes shut, anticipating the closet doors to be yanked open when I felt cold breeze rustle through my hair instead.When I open my eyes, I blink. Once, twice, until I finally came to a conclusion that what I am seeing is real.I stood frozen at the forest just outside of my father’s house, my heart thumping harder than I remember as it threatened to explode in my chest.Panting, I look around and back at the house as questions filled the back of my mind.What the h*ll just happened there?And how did I even get out of the house before I could bat an eye?I don’t understand…It seems we were teleported here. Adeline finally spoke, however the words she just said was the last thing on my mind.Teleported? You’re not making any sense… I say to Adeline, who immediately fell silent.When it takes a while for her to respond, I turned my gaze back to the house and squint at the largest wi
Eloise's POV:The man practically tried to kill you, El. Adeline hissed, but at this point, I’m not so sure anymore. I’m not sure because when I look into his eyes, all I see is the pain he’s hiding inside.There’s something more that he isn’t telling me. I can feel it. He’s hiding something, but I am yet to figure out what.He pulls down his sleeves, tucking it away and off of my sight as if thinking it would disgust me. But it don’t.“What can I do?” I choke, staring blankly at his covered sleeve.Then, determination surged through me as I glanced at the basement door where my Mum is locked. A weak thumping sound can be heard behind the door as if she was asking to be let out.Dad glances in the same direction, when something dawned over me.“I can help,” I whisper, staring off into the locked door of the basement.All my life, I never thought Mum would end up at such a place. Forced into a cage in our own basement… I shudder, feeling my heart tighten in my chest. So much so, I coul