[RANDALF’s Point-of-View]There was no escape for me.Charlie knew. The Alpha King knew that Holly was his daughter. The daughter that he had been looking for decades after the war. The desperation in me wanted me to go to the Alpha King and explain everything to him. That it was never my intention to hide the truth from him. That I didn’t know Holly was his daughter. But what if he finds out I was lying? That I already knew it even before I decided to keep the child to make him suffer? What will happen to me, my pack, and my poor Irina?!My eyes sharpened, adjusting themselves through the dark as I followed the sentinel while we descend the cold, wet stairs down the dungeon where the council of the Blackwood held my daughter prisoner. I had no choice. I had to make a deal with one of them and pay a huge amount of money just to get to the Blackwood territory to see my daughter again. To help her escape and smuggle her out of this place.It was Holly’s fault and her cursed husband! Tha
“What do you mean she escaped?!”I didn’t know what to feel while watching my husband pacing left and right inside our room, angry and disappointed about the report that his Beta had just told him one morning after our wedding. We were supposed to go out of the country for honeymoon but with everything that happened, including the Alpha King claiming me as his daughter, Evander and I decided to just stay and work on the matter. He and the Alpha King were planning to make a celebration to formally announce and address me as the Princess of the Snakewood Pack and the Luna of the Blackwood Pack.Two powerful packs. And there I was, still anxious to see if I really deserved all of it.“You mean Irina?” I asked my husband with a worried face and I couldn’t help the fear building in my chest. Evander never told me where they held her prisoner but I believed that if the crime she committed was punishable by death, then my mate would make sure Irina would never come out of that prison alive.
“How are you feeling?”“I’m okay.” I breathed as I rushed towards my waiting husband when I came to the dining hall. “Just feeling a little sick when I got out of bed but I am feeling better now.”Evander gave me a helpless look as he pulled a chair near him for me to sit on. Kian and Shei watched Evan with a smile on their faces. I had a feeling Evan had already told them that we were expecting. There was a glimmer in Shei’s eyes, knowing she would be an aunt soon.My diligent maid servants helped me prepare for breakfast. As the Luna of my husband’s pack, I was expected to always look my best, even on ordinary days. Evander have already told me about it. He told me it was okay for him if I was not comfortable with that kind of formality. I could wear whatever I wanted. It was me who insisted that I could make the extra effort. As his Luna, I wanted to do my best to give glory to my husband.And knowing I was pregnant with his child, Evander was being extra protective with me. It was
The meeting area was different from the kind of place I thought in my head.The council meeting room had enough space for thirty people. The walls of the room were painted with gray and the ceiling was black. Dim lights illuminated the place, bright enough for us to see each other. Gloomy and dark. A perfect atmosphere to talk about peace and war. There was one long old wooden table in the middle of the room and the elders were already settled on their seats, patiently waiting for their newlywed Alpha.Every face I saw among the council members was unfriendly. Unhappy. And whatever it was that made them look unsatisfied with my husband’s ruling in the Blackwood Pack, I knew that it was not because my mate was not good at his job. But because he didn’t listen to their advice not to choose me as the Luna of their pack.The distaste was clear to some of them. Some scanned me from head to foot with their mouths curved downward and with judging eyes, still not knowing that the woman who
“You look pale…” Sheiyan’s gaze made me a little uncomfortable as she sat beside me, eyes studying my face, “Tell me you already went to the doctor, Holly!”I couldn’t look straight in her eyes as I bit my lower lip with guilt before I spoke, “Evan and I have been busy lately and it must have slipped in our mind. But I am doing fine, Shei. I just need to get a little rest before I go to a gathering where mothers in the pack expect me to attend.”Her brows deepened, “Gathering? You are already assigned to do tasks when you are pregnant?!”I got a little worried when I saw anger in She’s eyes as she groaned, cursing her brother, “Ugh! I want to kick his *ss right now! Doesn’t he know it could be dangerous for you to work when you’re already—”‘Hey, Shei! It’s fine,” I smiled at her, grabbed both of her shoulders and forced her to look at me. "Your brother didn’t like the idea as well but I have to do something. I need to do something to help him. I can’t just sit around and wait for him
Evander panted as he lay on my side.I blinked my eyes. Once, twice, while staring at the white ceiling with a wide smile on my face. Our breath was shallow and fast, and our bodies were coated with sweat as he pulled me closer to him. We cuddled in the middle of his king-sized bed. In the middle of darkness—the four corners of the room were the only witnesses to how amazing Evander was when he claimed me—not once but three times that night.He was panting when I lifted my chin to gaze into his sultry green eyes. I was still high from the bliss we just shared and moaned on his chest as I buried my face against him. I felt his lips kiss the top of my head and his fingers started playing on my hair, caressing them gently down my back.“You are amazing,” he whispered to me hoarsely. His fingers traced circles on my back, “So soft and gorgeous…”I gazed at his face and smiled at him. “I just went to visit the orphanage, Evan. We were just away from each other for ten hours.” then I chuckl
[ALPHA EVANDER’S Point of View]“Evan!”I was startled when Kian’s voice echoed in my ear.My brows deepened into a frown, “I’m sorry I was spacing out. What is it again?”Kian sighed and then dragged his fingers through his sleek blonde hair. “You are not in the mood to talk about anything. I get it. But you have to focus now.”“Yeah. I just…” I shook my head and dragged my hands down my face as I exhaled heavily. “Maybe I just need a little rest from it.”I couldn’t focus. It was Monday, the usual day when I had to deal with lots of paperwork piled on my office desk, with Kian telling me what those papers were all about. Normally, they were just requests or complaints from the people living on my turf, while some were about funding that needed my signature to be released. Kian knew I hated paperwork more than anything and that was why he had to muster all the patience he had to get my attention to every issue and detail.“Is it about that rumor?” Kian asked with worry. He put the fo
[ALPHA EVANDER’s Point of View]Three days. It took three days for me to have the courage to tell Charlie about my plans and he was beaming from ear to ear after I told him he could keep Holly for two weeks.Kian hated that Holly had to leave the pack, despite the fact that the idea came from him. No matter how it would hurt me, what he said made sense. Holly would be safe in his father’s turf while I hunted the Ambroses down. I would never have a peaceful night or sleep while those two could roam freely from place to place. I would never wait for them to have a chance to get into my pack manor and hurt my pup and my mate.Goddess, forgive me. I would rip the world apart if Irina ever touched my wife!“Evander!” Holly met me in the main hall with worried eyes. Two huge sentinels were behind her, guarding her, making sure there was no threat around their Luna within a thirty-meter radius.As I approached her, I planted a kiss on her lips, my body stiff and my face tensed. “What’s going