JasperI was almost giving up. But giving up wasn't an option. Four hours of searching and nothing yet. No sign of Gwen, Josh, or the Ferals. I was tired of searching but my wolf still held on strong. It was almost dawn. Mr. Nate and Lionel had joined us too.They insisted on checking the other side of the woods while I and Leo stuck to this side. The woods were large, it was connected to a large forest that transcended Silverwood Grove, the mystical part of the forest and city. It was a place where no one went for no just cause. Leo walked to me, his eyes flickered and his ear erect. He shifted to his human form. "I feel hot. I need to find the creek."We were familiar with these grounds because of our weekly hunting. We knew there was a creek west of where we were. I followed him. We both put our clothes on. We had gone deeper into the woods now. We found the creek using the sound of the flowing stream. Leo squats to wash his face and pour some water on his body. We had been se
GwenThe last thing I remembered was seeing Babosa leave and Josh standing there. His betrayal still echoed in my mind. The fabric in my mouth muffled my scream. Terror eating me whole as the Spiders clambered over me. After that affliction. I thought I had died. I hadn't known I was alive or had shifted until a voice drew me and pulled me back from the dark place I was looming.That voice was one I could recognize anywhere. Jasper. How did he find me? Before I could think, I had lunged at him, pinning him down. I had no idea how to control my wolf instincts. I screamed in my head. Stop! And thankfully, my wolf did. Leo was so happy. For a moment I had forgotten about Babosa, Josh and all that happened. I couldn't help but embrace Leo, licking his face and fondling him. They had found me. I marveled at how they did. ****After Leo left to get me clothes. Jasper said we needed to go out of the woods. I was dancing in his oversized hoodie and now with no shoes on. I sure looked like
JasperGwen stepped back from the woman who looked a lot like her. Same skin tone, the same facial structure, and long hair. "Get away from me!" she yelled. A yelp escapes the woman's lips. "That's no way to talk to your mother.""You're not my mother!""Stop it, Gwen. She's your mother. She's here to take you with her." Mrs. Esmeralda confirmed. Gwen looked confused. She was on the verge of tears. "How could she be my mother? She abandoned me!""Is that what they told you? That I abandoned you!"The argument had begun to sear up. I, Leo, Lionel, and Mr Nate Blackthorn stood watching how this was unfolding. I can't get my head around how Gwen's real mother is one of these men. She mentioned earlier that Josh gave her up to the ferals because the ferals wanted to get back at her mother. Shortly after, my father walked into the house, and behind him was his Beta. There was something big going on here today. It's obvious. It was killing me that I was being kept in suspense. "Zara!"
GwenToday happens to be the best and saddest day of my life. I discovered I could finally shift and I got to find out who my real mother is and that my life is filled with a lot of secrets. Leo's mother had been Zara's eyes and ears. Zara did it so well that she made someone else from another pack spy on me and then made the woman's son my best friend. How much more manipulative can this get? How many things in my life can I even consider as real? Just like my mate bond with Jasper. I've been living a life of lies. Even Josh's friendship wasn't real. He had a motive for coming to me. It seemed everyone had a reason for being in my life. But does Zara think she can come into my life when she likes? How can she be alive all these years and never come to see me even for once?"You're the Mavericks, huh? Those who gave my daughter to the ferals," Zara said with so much rage. It was impressive that her men went after Josh and his family and found them in time. I wondered how she got h
Gwen"Stop…" my voice trailed off as I tried to catch my breath. I rush towards Leo. "Stop yelling, please. Someone might hear you.""Is that what you care about? That someone might hear me!" He angrily walked to the cabinets, dragged it, and pulled out the paper I had hidden there. He raised it. The written arrangements of how my fake mate bond with Jasper was going to be and the terms and conditions stared at me. I closed my eyes from shame realising Leo had read all of it. "Please, Leo. Stop yelling." "I don't care. Leave me alone!" Leo blurted, stepping away from me and throwing the paper on the floor. "You lied to me.""I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you but—""But you didn't trust me enough to tell me, right."My eyes were warm with tears. "No, don't say that. It's not true." "Of course, you didn't trust me! Ever since you started hanging out with Jasper. I don't understand you anymore. So this was what you two were up to?" "I'm sorry Leo," I whispered. I felt ashamed to even l
JasperZara passed her judgment. She wants Josh and his family killed for their crime. They didn't come back to our colony because they wanted to live here again but because Babosa sent them."Zara, I don't think this is the best way out. You can't condemn them to death." Father advised. "Little Ethan might not even be aware of this. Josh and his parents should be punished but not killed.""You don't want them killed. Is it because Gwen isn't your child? What would you do if you were in my shoes? The Roderick I knew many years ago would make the world burn.""That's not me anymore.""I see." She eyed father. "Knights get hold of them!"Her men had surrounded Josh and his family. "Leave them to us." A loud voice draws everyone's attention. Alpha Howl Nightshade and the other two Alphas had arrived. "This is our territory. We would be glad if you hand them over to us."Zara turned to my father. "You called your friends to stop me, huh?""The pack community will not take it lightly that
GwenHis growl frightened me and I had to immediately step away from him. For a moment, I thought he was about to pounce on me. He was fast to pull me towards him and shut the door close. I wanted to tell him how I was feeling, that we need to stop this now before it gets out of hand. I had no idea how we were going to do that.I just wanted to suggest it to him but before I could, he had suspected what I wanted to say and he snapped. His hands grabbed my arms holding me in place. "Listen to me real good," he blurted. "You'll never bring something like that up again. You hear me! Four months is Four months. That's the agreement you signed."I trembled under his gaze. Jasper was being aggressive. "But…I mean it's not safe for us to continue like this." "And who said it isn't safe?" he asked. "You're only devastated because your best friend found us out. Why are you bothered about it being safe or not safe to continue? Didn't you say you trust him enough to keep shut?""I do trust him
Jasper "Please, Jasper." She looked up at me. "When we go down there, don't mention to them that I've shifted yet.""Why?" I asked. "I want my head cleared first," she said. There's so much I need to think of right now. I was looking forward to surprising my parents with the news. But with the Silverblade knights here and what happened with Leo— "She shook her head vigorously, implying she didn't want to tell anyone yet. "Okay if that's what you want," I said. We were cool now and she had relaxed too. I also wasn't upset anymore. "Hurry along. I'll wait here."Even if ending our agreement was easy, I wasn't going to make it easy for her to opt-out. Thank the stars it was as complicated as this. We were going to take it to the end. My pride was tied to this and another reason I wouldn't like to admit openly was because my wolf was beginning to like Gwen around. Gwen washed her face as I had instructed her to. She looked so much better. Zara was about to wipe out Josh and his famil
Jasper One month had passed since the miraculous events at the Coit Tower. The werewolf community had been shaken by the revelation of our fated bond and whispers of our extraordinary connection echoed throughout the packs.Gwen and I didn't need the Lunar Convergence anymore. The moonstone gave us what we wished; each other. "Hi, beautiful." I shut the door behind me. Gwen raised her head. She sat on her chair writing. "How's my mate doing?" I asked, staring into her gorgeous eyes. "My hands hurt from all the writing. I need to submit this report tomorrow." "Is it a lot?" I asked, trying to take a peek. "Out of ten, I've only done four." "Oops!" I exclaimed. She does have a lot to cover. Gwen tugged my arm. "Did you hear what happened to Reginald?" I was surprised to hear the question, wondering what must have happened. So I asked. "What happened?" "Leo called me fifteen minutes ago. He said a friend at Reginald's colony told him that Reginald was taken to the punishment camp
Gwen Life isn't fair. It has never been fair to me since the day I was born. It's never given me what I wanted. The few things it gave me, it gave me late; when others have long had theirs. I could still hear Jaspers scream in my head. Seeing him struggle to breathe, with blood coming out of his mouth and nose was terrifying. I could do nothing when he ingested the thornleaf. I watched in horror as he breathed his last. My cry echoed through the Sanctum. I wanted to take his place or better still die with him. But one of us needs to take the moonstone back home. The pack community was waiting for us to return on the third day.It was evening by the time we arrived at the Coit Tower. A large crowd had gathered, waiting for us. It seemed everyone wanted to see what would happen to those two who foolishly went against the mating laws. Probably they all wanted to find out if we would return with the moonstone or not.Jasper's body was dropped to the ground. The muttering from the crowd
Jasper "You're not a bad person. You've grown to become my favorite person." I confessed to Gwen. "I don't care about Selena. If anything, I'm glad you never told me about it because I would never have gotten to know you, and that would be a great loss. I was mean to you. I'm so sorry that my pride came before everything else."I let out a deep breath. "But why would you have a crush on someone as bad and irresponsible as I am?"Gwen lowered her head. " Simple. The heart wants what it wants. Trust me I've tried to hate you but I couldn't. I accepted that and from crushing on you, I moved to falling in love with you during the time I spent with you. I know you don't love me but what matters is that I do."I reached out to hold her hands and cup her cheek. "I was stupid not to notice. I feel jealous when guys talk to you. I wanted you just for myself," I whispered passionately. "At first, I thought I wanted you just for four months, but I realized I wanted you forever. My wolf is only p
Jasper I wanted to say many things to Gwen but I didn't know where to begin from. If I knew things were going to turn out this bad, I wouldn't have brought about this idea. I'm still shocked that a life will be given for the moonstone. It sounds like a joke. It's hard to take in. I leaned my back to the wall thinking of all my actions that led me to this point and I knew it was my pride. I wasn't patient enough to wait for the next Lunar Convergence. I wanted to control everything in my life. I'm used to winning all the time and not having things go my way makes me want to force it to. I watch Gwen as she quietly stays in her corner. She can't avoid me forever. At one point before midnight, one of us has to step forward. The most horrible way one of us would die is by not telling the other goodbye. I don't want to lie to myself. I regret starting this but I do not regret meeting her and knowing her better. She taught me someone can be good to you and accept nothing in return. I
Gwen I must say, I never expected this place to look like this. The people here live like one big family. There aren't more than two hundred people here, men, women, and kids., I am not so sure though.It's amazing how they could live in the middle of this forest away from the outside world. How do they live? No phones, no cars, no TV, no schools, no malls—you name it. They don't even wear clothes like ours; they have long fabrics with strings tied around their waist. Long, beautiful hair is one of the features they all have. Just like my mother showed me in the picture, my father also had long hair. It must be a law here to grow out the hair.My supposed aunt, Sonya Silverwood, is the Alpha of the Silverwood Grove; a position that belonged to my father, and in his absence it could only go to the next in line—Her. It's the first time I've seen a female Alpha. "Why did you allow me in? You were supposed to send me away," I said. Sonya grinned. "Your mother told you that, right?""
Jasper On foot, going to the Silverwood Grove takes a day and a half at most. Three wolf warriors, all guys, were asked to go with us. But they're not to interfere in our quest in any way. They would be lurking around somewhere observing all we did. This was to ensure they report back to the pack community everything that happens to ensure transparency. We walked in silence. Gwen didn't want to speak to me. I noticed she didn't want to get close to me either. As we walked, she stayed several inches away from me. She must be terrified. I could see it in her eyes back at the punishment camp. There's so much I do not know about Gwen. I thought I did. Zara revealed she's Silverwood. If we weren't seized and in such a predicament but happened to just be friends, that would've been great news. But it wasn't such great news with the quest at hand. Her father is a great figure. It's common knowledge that anyone who bears the last name Silverwood is a guardian of the grove and also a keepe
Gwen He wants to take the fall.To see him go down alone without accepting that I was also in the wrong would mean I was wicked and selfish. Yeah, I'm angry at him. I screamed cruel words at him. I told him I hated him. But could I ever? I don't think my heart could hate Jasper so easily. I've tried to in the past when he used to be my bully. People may say he manipulated me, he outsmarted me, or whatever they want. But I allowed him to. I encouraged it because I love him. My crush on him turned into stronger feelings, which later turned into love. Just as I gradually fell in love with him, perhaps I'll gradually fall out of love with him. My moments with Jasper were mostly adventurous. Everything wasn't entirely bad. I'm not ungrateful. Staying close to the guy I have wet dreams about was one of my desires; I wanted to be so close to him, to know what he smelled like and felt like. And I did get close and got to do a lot of things with him. My parents would never understand that
Jasper "Alpha Roderick, Your son, Jasper has to be taken in." Sid marched through the front door with a couple of his men. "A report came to us with enough evidence that he and Gwen committed a crime, a violation of social norms within our community. They are said to be fake mates."Father and Mother exchanged glances and turned to look at me, their eyes narrowed in disbelief. My father asked, "Jasper what's going on here? Do you know anything about what they are talking about?" "It's true... I forged a fake mate bond with Gwen.." Mother gasped. "What have you done?""I'm sorry, "I whispered. "I…I"Before I could say another word, my father slapped me across my face. "Take him away," he ordered, disappointment written all over his face. Mother nearly collapsed, but father was quick to hold her."Sid and his men dragged me away and put me into the back of a black van. It was so dark when the door to the van closed. I could feel the presence of other people in here from the body he
Gwen I had a bath and came down for dinner. Zara was home with us. Mother invited her for dinner. I've been down because of the fight I had with Jasper and didn't have an appetite for food. I had to come down to enjoy the moment with my family. Jasper isn't worth locking myself in my room and crying a long time for. At school today I stayed in the classroom throughout because I didn't want to see him. I don't think I can heal from this fast. How can someone I love manipulate me like this? Reginald is a devil but I don't care because he's not the one I love and care about. Jasper was the one who had my heart but he showed me how foolish I am. "Sweetheart, why are you playing with your food?" Zara asked. "Are you okay?"I forced a smile. "I'm fine.""No, she's not. Don't believe her," Mother said. "She's been like this since she fought with Jasper. We don't know what their fight is about.""Huh, mates' fight." Zara smiled cutely and winked. "It happens. You'll feel awful about you