Nathaniel/Scott's POV It's been a few days since I got into action. A few days since I wreaked the havoc that should boldly have my name written on it.Oops, sorry. I meant the name of the man I was currently residing in.At first, when I first occupied the body of the man, I thought that he was nothing but a weakling. However, two days after I took over his body and began to turn some of the Elders and the pack members against his brother, the man began to revolt against me. Why it was so was something I couldn't comprehend.Shouldn't he be overjoyed to see someone caring for him and trying to push up his aim of being the Alpha? But, no, the man wasn't in any way pleased. If anything, he began to find a way to separate himself from me. It got so worst that the pack members had begun to suspect that the man was not himself. Thus, every time they saw me, they always turned and ran off in the opposite direction.I didn't let that discourage me as I felt that he was only trying to find
Evie's POV When the phone rang for the tenth time with no response from Nathaniel yet again, I knew for certain that the man had decided in his heart that he was going to be ignoring me. How was I supposed to let go of something like that? After the man had already raised my hope and I thought that I was almost at the end of my struggle with the way I was dissatisfied with everything that was going on and everyone around me?Not even when I knew that I had done more than placed my hopes on him. I had gone beyond that. I was rude to Father because I felt that the breakthrough I so seek would be mine to get the moment I was able to get in touch with the Nathaniel guy. Only I couldn't find him anywhere. Not at the den where someone first gave me information about him, not at the bar where we first met, and not catching him on the phone either."I'm doomed!" I sobbed. There was no way that Father would forgive me for all the hurtful things I said to him, especially when I was not his bio
Nathaniel/Scott's POV Humans would make you lose your temper. I hissed as I saw my drink and the glass cup all shattered on the floor from when I threw them away after Evie decided that the next best item she could do was frustrate my life until I lost my temper. And lost, I did it. I didn't regret the decision that I made to curb her arrogance at all. Even when I was pretending to be in love with the girl, I had always done nothing but wanted to strangle her and put her in her place. That spoiled brat!I looked around the empty place and decided that I was bored enough already and didn't care to stay alone for my drinking spree anymore. It would be better if I just went to the bar, and mingled with people, while I still looked for some unsuspecting victims to suck their souls off their bodies to strengthen my powers. I went out of the house and made my way down the lonely path that I loved to take just in case I saw any unfortunate person who decided to take the route when I did.I
ALEXAKIS *Hi, this is your favorite P.I. I am currently on a mission. Please drop your message in my voicemail, and I'll solve the mystery once I am available.*I clicked the end call button before I would be redirected to the voicemail box. That was the sixth time I was calling the private investigator to ask him about the daily update that we passed to each other, but I just kept getting redirected to the voicemail each time I called. When I called the first two times and I got the same message, I dropped a message for the man asking him to get in touch as soon as he was free. After an hour of not hearing from the man as I thought that I would, I called again. Since then, it had been the same response over and over again."What the fucking hell is going on?" I muttered under my breath."What is going on where?" I heard Luna Lisa's voice ask from the doorway. I sighed as I saw the woman coming in and I berated myself gently for not realizing that she had even opened the door to the
ALEXAKIS For three days after that, I still couldn't find out anything about the private investigator. No matter how many times I called him, there was never a response. That was when I knew for certain that something awful must have happened to him. I opened my laptop, intending to get another private investigator who would be able to find out exactly what had gone wrong with the man. The first thing I saw was a mailbox floating at the forbidden of my laptop screen. I opened it, thinking that it might be news from the man I was about to start a manhunt for. As I read the content of the mail, my stomach churned. Yes, it was about the man I was looking for, but it was not in the sense that I wanted it to be. The letter was from his wife. I cleared my eyes and read it again to be sure that it was exactly what I thought it was.*Dear business associates of Cam. I hope this mail meets you all in peace and joy. This is Anne, wife to private investigator Cam.I am writing this mail to all
CLAIRE My whole body felt strained from not moving from a spot for over six hours. I should take a break, but I couldn't leave the work I was doing seeing as I was almost at the end of the course. Another hour or so, and I would finally be done with one of my courses. It crossed my mind that once I was free, I should apologize to Alex for the way I was rude toward him the last time we talked.After I bashed him for no reason, I decided that I was not going to see him no matter what, until I was able to create the time for us to talk and spend enough time together. Otherwise, there would be no difference in my apology. It wouldn't make much sense if I apologized to him for not giving him enough time and still ran off the moment he accepted the apology. So, once I was fine and had some free moments, I would tender my apology and suggest that we spend some time together. I just prayed that the apology was not too late considering the fact that the man refused to come to see me since the
CLAIRE Should I accept to go out with this man, or should I simply just ask him to bring back the Elders to the council as Luna Lisa asked me to? Well, maybe I could please the two parties without making one of them feel down about trusting me. I should accept Alex's invitation for dinner. While we were at it, I would use the opportunity to raise the issue that the Luna was worried about and ask the man to rectify his errors.So, I nodded my head to affirm to him that I was ready to accept his offer of going out for dinner together. I saw the smile on his face widening, and I was happy that I didn't turn him down. I decided to use the opportunity that he was happy to ask for forgiveness from him for treating him rudely that day in the garden, so I moved inside and closed the door behind me."I haven't apologized to you properly for what I did the last time we took a walk together," I said to him. "I am sorry I yelled at you like that, especially in the presence of people who were you
CLAIRE The moment I stepped into the restaurant where Alex wanted us to have dinner, I was transported into a world of luxury and elegance. The decor was stylish and sophisticated, with plush furnishings and tasteful accents. Soft lighting and relaxing background music created a serene ambiance that would be perfect for a romantic evening out or a celebratory meal with friends and family. What about the warm, inviting atmosphere? The attention given to the elegant lighting fixture would leave anyone who stepped foot into the restaurant for the first time with their mouth hanging open in awe of how much was thrown into making it perfect.As I stepped in, I couldn't help but wonder what it was that Alex wanted us to talk about that he thought nothing of the simple restaurants that we were used to, but chose this expensive one instead. My eyes darted around again, and I couldn't help but smile as I saw the perfect arrangements of the table. Three staff members came to us the moment we w
Epilogue. Claire's POV A full year had passed since Alex proposed to me, and I gladly accepted to be his woman. Today, we were taking the final step and getting married.My hand went to my neck where the mating mark was. After I accepted his proposal, he carried me to our room and gave me the mark after a hot, intense sex session. He had wanted the wedding to be carried out two weeks after his proposal, but I told him I wanted to wait. I wanted the pack to accept me as a human. To gain that approval, I learned how to fight with swords and how to shoot arrows, to show them that even if I was a human, I would always be there to fight by their sides if the need ever came. Then, I went ahead to start my own restaurant at the pack.At first, I barely got any customer as they were all weary of me. But little by little, people began to troop in. Now, I had two other branches out in the human world. This helped to show the people that if we ever had the need for cash - which was very unlik
Claire's POV A week passed after the ordeal we had in defeating the man who tried to claim the lives of so many people. I sighed, praying to the God in heaven that Scott's soul would find relief wherever he was now. He deserved that much for all the trouble he went through in his life."What are you doing, Claire? Wheel me well." Luna Lisa complained, drawing me back to the present."Sorry," I apologized. I moved the wheelchair a little bit faster than the pace I was keeping before. We were on our way out of the mansion to get some fresh air in the garden. Luna Lisa had to use the wheelchair as her legs were still healing. The doctor had, however, assured us that she would be fine and it was taking long to heal because it was a demon's bite."Claire." I heard someone call my name and I turned back, only to see Evie standing behind me, her suitcase already packed and with her."Are you going to somewhere?" I asked her. After the incident, we had gotten somehow closer as we had to comf
ALEXAKIS As soon as Kieran told me through the mind-link that my mate and her sister were safely back in the pack, I felt relief wash over me. I turned to look at Scott, her ex-boyfriend, all the anger in my heart targeted at him.He had endangered the life of the woman I loved, and I was going to make sure that he paid for it. No matter what anyone said about it, I was going to make sure that he paid heavily for his action.It was with that anger that I gave him an uppercut on his chin. While he bent over at the shock, I gave him a jab at his side, making sure I went all in to ensure I broke almost all his rib bones, if not all."You..." The man growled at me. He stood upright and gave me an evil smile. I knew he was up to something and that helped me stay alert. He began to morph into something hideous in front of me. Within seconds, there was no longer a man where Scott should have been. Instead, there was a tall dark beast, with two horns on his forehead, red eyes glowing brightl
Claire's POV After waiting for what felt like an eternity, even thinking that the man I was waiting for would no longer come, I was shocked when I saw him finally make an appearance. The tears that stopped flowing before came again, afresh. My heart wrenched within me, and I struggled to breathe well. Why? Why would he come here? Why did he risk his life like that?Our eyes met, and the man smiled at me. I shook my head at him as he started walking to where I was. When he got to me, he sighed."I am here now." He consoled me. It was clear that he thought I was crying because I was happy I saw him. I shook my head at him to show him that he was wrong about his insinuation. Still, he didn't get what I was trying to say."Alex, you need to run!" I finally let out amid my tears. I looked left and right to see if Scott and his men had gotten a whiff about Alex's appearance and were now on their way in here. When I didn't see them rushed in, I sighed, a little bit relieved about that. "L
Claire's POV "Scott, I am begging you," I pleaded again. I didn't care how pathetic my voice was. All I knew was that there was no way I was going to let the man kill Alex just because of a mistake that my father made."Why do you think–" his phone rang, cutting him off. "Really? Good." He said. Then, he cut off the phone. The kind of look he gave me made me cold all of a sudden."What is it?" I asked, feeling scared already."Guess who is coming over soon?" His voice held the malicious excitement he felt. "Alex! He is going to come here soon, and I will have so much fun killing him." He let out.My eyes widened in shock, and my breath became hitched."Do you want to know how he is going to die soon?"I shook my head to stop him. He ignored me and continued anyway."I plan to corner him and hit him when he least expected it." He said with a small evil laughter."You..." My voice trailed off as I realized that the man was gone already, leaving me alone."All of you, leave the building
Claire's POV It felt like forever since I got trapped in this basement where the light was never in and made it hard to tell when it was either night or day. The horror of not knowing how long it had been since I was in this hellhole made my heartbeat pound even faster. There was also the awareness that I no longer have a father to reach out to. Even though the bridge between us was rough, my heart sank now that I was aware that it had been burned forever. What made it worse? Knowing that the man and I were not on good terms before he died. How was I supposed to live on now knowing that my father hated me?I wanted to get angry with Evie over the death of my only family and how she played a part in it, but she lost Becky also, and I knew how much hurt she was going through for that. Besides, she was my family also no matter how hard we fought with each other."Claire, we need to escape." She said to me frantically again. I shook my head at her since the bandage was still covering m
Claire's POV Scott!" There was no doubt in my heart that I was relieved to see a familiar face even if it was that of the jerk who cheated on me with my sister.After I left the car and went in, I was surprised to see the door open. I thought it was so because they - Father, Becky, and Evie - were all home. I stepped inside, but it was empty. I went to Father's study but he was not there. After I searched all the places that I could, I swallowed my nervousness and went to Becky's room to see if she was there, but then she was not in the room either. A quick visit to Evie's room revealed the same ordeal.The house felt bizarre at that point, and I had a bad feeling flushed over me. I ran out of the house to see if I would see them, but nothing of such happened. I was about to move to the woodshed to see if they were there taking care of the games they hunted the night before when I saw Scott standing in front of me."Scott!" I called again. Even though the man and I never exchanged wo
ALEXAKIS I wasn't sure what exactly was making my heart feel like it had been shattered into two. Was it how Claire left me after I thought that she was going to stop and think about the love between us? Or was it because the house now seemed empty without her?I wanted her close to me - that was a fact. If I hadn't stepped into the position of the Alpha already, I would have damned every other thing and asked her to leave with me to a faraway place where we would be happy together, without anyone judging us.But I was already one, and she felt out of place.I knew it was necessary for her to take the break as she truly needed it, but I was against her going over to her parent's house. Still, that was the only safe place I knew would work for now. That didn't make my worry lessen any bit, though.Apart from her family treating her like trash, I was worried that Nathaniel might make a move for her now that she was no longer under my protection."We are here, Alpha."I looked up and sa
Claire's POV After contemplating my decision for a while, I finally came to a conclusion. It would be better for me to leave Alex and the pack, even if it was only for a while. Maybe when I would return, the animosity these people had toward me would be gone."Alex, can I have a word with you?" I asked. We were seated in the living room. He was busy with some files while I had my laptop in front of me, but I couldn't concentrate on anything I was learning on the screen. The man looked up from his work and gave me a gentle smile."I'm all ears, love." He said, the smile still plastered across his face."I want to leave," I let out quickly. I was afraid that if I hesitated, I would never be able to say it to him. I winced as he dropped the files in his hand on the floor and rushed over to where I was, holding my hands."Why? What is it?" He asked in a very gentle tone. "I just... I need a break," I told him."I know. I've been feeling the way you keep pulling away from me recently. I