CHAPTER 63. SCAREDRYDERI couldn't say a word, I didn't move either. My feet seemed to have stuck at a spot, all I could do was stare at them.The thumping of my heart against the walls of my chest could be heard from a thousand miles. I was perplexed down to my marrows. Weak and perplexed. Earlier today, I had a lot of imagination about this night. I pictured it to be fun, like a date night for Hara and I. We have random discussions over sweet wines, have a slow dance on the dancefloor, get to introduce her to my acquaintances, and then close off the night by locking ourselves in her bedroom and having a nice, enchanting fuck.I never saw this twist coming. I never imagined Roland to show up here and for Hara to wind up in his arms a few seconds after he showed up.I was itchy to go yank Hara away from his arms, but I didn't wanna create a scene. We had a handful of spectators, and it made me wanna be cautious of my next move. Evelyn had just created such a mess a while ago, I don
CHAPTER 64. GLOOMY NIGHTRYDERI yanked down her dress to her waist and her boobs sprang free. I groped them both at once, sucking and nibbling her erect nipples.“Ryder..uh…mhmm…“ She moaned, as her fingers raked through my hair. She was squirming against the wall, basking in the pleasure of how hard I was sucking her boobs.My tongue licked her from her cleavage, up to her neck, and then to her lips. The kiss was demanding, bruising, ravenous.I raked every inch of her mouth, sucking her up, giving her no room to breathe.My hand cupped her mound through her dress, rubbing it hard and her squirming increased. I wasn't sure if she was squirming out of pleasure, or if she wanted to break free from me. But I didn't let her go, I rubbed her mound faster, feeling her wetness through the fabric.Her firm hands on my taut chest gave me a forceful push that broke the kiss."I can't…breathe…" She gasped, fighting to catch her breath. I was so busy kissing her that I didn't give her space to
CHAPTER 65. AT HER MERCYRYDERI woke up at dawn and found myself lying on the cold floor of my balcony. I reeked of alcohol, and my head hurts from the crying and how much drink I had.I could easily take the pains away with my powers, but I didn't do it. I let the pains be, as they made me feel alive in an odd way. I got into the bathroom and had a quick shower. Darius showed up and picked out my outfit, I didn't say a word to him. We just did our thing in awkward silence.We headed to the meeting hall and went over a few things about the estate project, just the two of us. Tiffany showed up later with a list of potential human investors for the project. We spent hours giving each of them a call and going over the details of the project with them. It was until noon that we got done with it. “Finally, we're done with this. I'm fucking exhausted,“ Darius groaned, stretching out his limbs. It was just the three of us, the other warlords were still in the pack house.“Yeah, me too,”
CHAPTER 66. HARA“Who?!“ Hailey gasped, spilling her drink all over the place. Her loud gasp attracted stares to us from the customers in the coffee shop we were in. I clamped my hand over her mouth, shushing her, but she slapped off my hand.“Keep it down, Hailey, please,” I pleaded with her, wiping off the wetness of the drink she'd spilled from my hand with my handkerchief. She also wiped off the drops of the drink that spilled on the table.What a mess she made.We decided to hang out in a coffee shop that opened up recently, and we were having chilled, non-alcoholic drinks as I told her everything that happened last night at the Silver Pack party.I only mentioned Roland's name right now and she gasped like crazy, disrupting the peace of the coffee shop.“Wait, are you being serious right now?“ Hailey asked in confusion. I nodded to her, but she sighed, “I don't understand this. I mean, how did Roland find you? How did he know you were gonna be at the party last night? This whol
CHAPTER 67.HARA.I'm lost in staring at Roland as he approached us. His all-black attire made him look breathtaking and much of a hunk. I couldn't help but think that he looked more hotter and handsome than he used to. The shirt he wore hugged his body tightly, showing off the intimidating bulge of his muscles. He didn't have a ripped body like this back when we were still together. It seems like he has been hitting the gym frequently for a while. My throat has gone completely dried from staring and I continuously gulped to get it a bit wet. His whiff passed through my nostrils, striking up a few of my intimate memories with him. Memories of us, entangled in sheets and having the best time of our lives. Why did these memories have to surface now that he was not so far away from me? They're only making it harder for me to ignore him.“That's Roland, right?” Hailey asked in bewilderment and I nodded in confirmation. She scoffed, “What's he doing here? Is he stalking you now? How sham
CHAPTER 68. HIS STENCHRYDERTime seemed to slow down and the gust of wind brushing past us froze. My senses heightened as I took another deep breath just to be sure it wasn't my mind playing a fast one on me.I stiffened as the unfamiliar, foul scent emitted from her again. I'm not some celestial werewolf who can tag every scent to its owner, but this one was easy to do. Probably because I just recently met the owner of the scent again. It was Roland's scent, more like a stench, dammit!The jerk had a daunting, foul stench that's more peculiar to wild dogs and rogues than to purebloods. I still find it a bloody mystery that the jerk had more of a stench than a scent.I would have blamed it on my perceiving ability but I've never been wrong about a scent and I'm not about to start now.”Are you alright?“ She asked again, cupping my face with her hands.I blinked back my tears and fought to hold in my emotions. I never knew I could shed tears until Hara came along, and now, crying seem
CHAPTER 69. WRONG TIMINGHARAAdmitting that I met Roland today wasn't an easy task for me. I spent all afternoon bracing myself up for this moment, but it didn't change a thing. I'm still scared as hell, about what Ryder's reaction might be. I know he's not gonna hurt me, but I can't say the same for Roland. I can't guarantee what Ryder might do to him.Ryder dropped his spoon on the table and it made a noisy, clattering sound that made me flinch. His eyes darkened and held a deadly, glacial scowl. I had no reason to be frightened because I know he won't hurt me, but I was. Anyone would be, especially because of the dark shade his eyes just took.He leaned back on his seat, with his arms crossed on his chest.“You went to meet him?“ He asked in a hoarse whisper. It was more of a statement than a question, and I knew it was his jealousy speaking. It didn't make me feel any bit at ease though.“No, I didn't go to meet him. We ran into him…““Where?” He asked sternly, cutting me off an
CHAPTER 70. THE TALKHARAHis words reverberated In my head and got me instantly sick-pale. Hearing him mention my dead child did nothing but strike up the pain that I locked away in the basement of my heart.Tears rolled down my eyes and my heart sank into an ocean of bitterness. I sniffed back my tears but they rolled down even more. My fingers clutched the straps of my bag in my fight to keep my tears in check, but it was too damn hard. They wouldn't stop rolling down, I was weak against them as I couldn't hold them in.“Including our child, Hara?“ Roland asked in a pensive tone, coming closer to me. He stopped a few inches away from me, he was too close our warm breaths caressed each other.I couldn't keep my rage in check anymore. My emotions were overwhelming and I'll probably explode soon if I don't vent it out.I didn't expect my outburst to be this massive, but in the next second, I went ballistic, flinging my bag across his face and it slammed his eyes shut.“How dare you?!
CHAPTER 81. A MAFIA?RYDER“What the crap, man? What's gotten into you?!” Darius spat, shoveling to his feet.“Don't you even think of playing dumb with me. The jig is up. I just spoke with Jason, you damned bastard!““I don't know what you're talking about, dude. What did that miserable rogue say to you to get you all worked up?!””You're the miserable one!” I barked, railing free from the guys and delivering another punch to Darius. They held me back immediately, pinning my hands to the back, “Fucking let me go!”“Ryder, get a hold of yourself. What's come over you?” Fred cautioned, pulling me back, it wasn't easy to keep me caged. They were using up all their energy on it.”What is this?“ Giveon asked confusedly, glancing from me to Darius, “Dude, what's Ryder talking about?” Giveon asked him, but he still wouldn't admit it.”I got no clue, I think Ryder just lost his mind,““The hell I did! You had Hara kidnapped, and then you went ahead to inject rogue blood into Jason. And until
CHAPTER 80. SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYERYDER”How is he, Doc? Is Jason gonna be alright?” I asked one of the doctors who have had him under survey ever since he was confined here. We were standing at the entrance of the room, an attempt to stay far away from Jason's earshot.”I'm afraid not, Your Highness,” The Doctor sighed dejectedly. There wasn't an ounce of hope in his tone. Got me scared.”But, he got out of his coma, right? And he's talking now. Isn't that a good sign?” I badly wanted to be told that Jason was gonna be alright. That's all I wanted to hear, but it doesn't seem like I'm gonna be hearing that from the doctor.”This is the last stage for him before he completely loses everything to the rogue blood in him,“”What? Wait, I don't understand–””Your Highness, Jason's case is complicated. I mean, he's the first pure blood with rogue blood in his bloodstream. And even though we're not sure how extreme his case is, we do know that he's gonna have the basic traits of a rogue,“
CHAPTER 79. NO MORE SECRETSRYDER48 hours passed and I was released from confinement. There was no solid evidence to attach me to the crimes and Tiffany took care of providing me with an alibi. So they had to let me go.On my way home, I was restless. The war was yesterday, but according to Tiffany, the war didn't happen. She wasn't sure why, but all she knew was that Red Moon Pack's warriors didn't show up. Something wasn't right and I was itchy to find out what it was. But more than that, I was in a hurry to get back home to Hara and my unborn child.“How's Hara doing?” I asked Tiff, she was right beside me in the car. Her gaze lifted from the phone she held, and she was hesitant in giving me a reply.”Uh, she's fine,“ Her reply was not convincing at all. It got me edgy.“Tiff, is something wrong? You seem agitated, and you've been avoiding my gaze. What's wrong?”“Nothing, Ryder. And please, don't ask me any more questions. I don't have an answer to them,” She whined, forcing her
CHAPTER 78. A SIGNHARAI walked past the lobby of the hotel and headed for Roland's suite. It's been tense at the palace since Ryder was arrested. The warlords wouldn't even let me come out, I had to lie that I was going to see Hailey. Still, they weren't at ease with me leaving. I wouldn't be surprised if they were tailing me right now.I just needed to speak with Roland. I'm all shades confused, but I had to be sure he had no hand in this crisis Ryder was facing. I know Ryder too well, there's no way he killed those humans. Someone was setting him up, I just need to be sure that it wasn't Roland.I got to his suite and was gonna knock but I heard his ecstatic voice talking to someone and I had the urge to eavesdrop. “Yeah, everything's going according to plan. With Ryder locked up, my pack warriors have a good chance of defeating Ryder's four warlords…“He waited for the other person in the line to say something and then he chuckled and continued.“I know the four warlords are str
CHAPTER 77. OUR CHILD?RYDERThe blaring siren sounds awakened me from my slumber. I had a throbbing headache, coupled with the fact that I found it hard to shrug off the dizziness. I'd sedated myself to sleep and I wish I didn't. Now waking up was hard, and my nerves are weak. I tried again and it was futile.I had to implore my wolf side and only then could I shake off the remaining effects of the sedatives. I was fully awake now, and yeah, the blaring siren sounds were real and fucking close.I hopped down from the bed and hurried outside, dressed in my sweatpants and a loose shirt. The hallway was a mess.“What's going on?!“ I asked no one in particular, as I brushed past running bodies.“I think the humans are trying to start a fight!“ A random voice replied. Everyone was in panic and it got me more anxious to hurry outside and see what the hell was going on.I froze in my tracks when I got outside and saw a long line of policemen in my front yard. Also, they had guns and we're
CHAPTER 76. A WAR TO KEEP HERRYDER“What?!” I was already hurrying inside and they came behind me. “They sent over the warning at midnight, a few hours after you left the nightclub,” Jay explained, "And in the letter, it stated that they were giving us two days to let Hara return to them, or we go to war,”“That's absurd. Red Moon Pack doesn't stand a chance against us. They might have good warriors but they're just on the same level as our trainees. Waging a war against us is suicide,” I was gloating, I was being downright disdaining and arrogant right now. But that's the only reaction I could come up with. In all honesty, I'm a bit anxious about this news. I knew it would come to this someday, the very moment I set eyes on Hara in my pack, I knew this day would come. And when her mate showed up, I knew it would come faster. And here it is, the bloody day I get to choose between Hara and the safety of my pack. After last night and how blunt she was about her feelings, the Ideal r
CHAPTER 75. SO EASY TO BETRAY MERYDERTime went still. Our breathing slowed. Distant chattering faded into thin air. My heart banged hard against my chest. I tucked my sweaty hands into my pockets. I could feel the low whimper of my wolf as he slid to the back of my mind. Hara's outburst just spiraled me and everything else around us off balance.”Wh-What did you just say?“ I asked in a weak stutter. But dear Goddess, I heard her loud and clear. I just wished she would be a little bit considerate of my bleeding heart and not repeat what she just said. But she did, she repeated it, more firmly this time.“What if I wanna leave, Ryder?“ She asked, “What if I'm suffocating here and I want nothing more but to be free from you?”“You really wanna leave?” Tears intercepted the free flow of my words, and they made their way down my cheeks. But she didn't seem to care.”Maybe,“”Was that why you defended him back there? To show me just how much you still love him?””I just didn't want you t
CHAPTER 74. I'll RATHER BLEED THAN LET YOU GOHARASeeing him standing there plunged me into a depth of panic and despair. Tears stung in my eyes and made their way down. He was yet to say a word, but his eyes were doing all the talking. He was blasting me with his eyes, telling me to go straight to hell. His eyes held a dose of rage I'd never seen before, and a greater shade of bitterness. He was hurting, more than I thought he would. My endless tears wouldn't let me talk, and even if they weren't in my way, I still wouldn't talk. What could I possibly say to fix this? Nothing, nothing I say right now would quench the fire of rage in his eyes. All I have to do is brace myself up for it.”Grab your stuff!” He ordered me glacially, quavering from anger. His clenched fist was hungry to ruin someone's face.I flinched at how thunderous his voice was. I ran back into the bedroom to get my bag and the bundle of my messed-up clothes. When I got back into the lounge, it was a bloody disaste
CHAPTER 73. IT HURTSRYDER“And that's a wrap,“ Tiffany declared exuberantly as the Frenchmen signed their part, sealing up this deal.I was ecstatic, but the fuck, I had to pull myself together. This deal was worth trillions and just what I needed to kick off my estate project. I haven't felt this fulfilled in a while, the feeling was surreal.The three Frenchmen stood to their feet and we shook hands with them.“I look forward to working with you,” One of them said in a heavy French accent. It's kinda insensitive that I didn't even grab their first names. Tiffany took care of all that. She took care of everything, to be honest. All I did was attend this meeting and sign the papers.”Me too. Have a safe trip tomorrow,” I beamed, stuffing back my hands into the pockets of my pants.“Again, I love your tux. The designs are fabulous,“ The youngest of them commented, breaking off in between sentences. English wasn't his first language and he seemed to be having greater difficulty with it