"W...what is Lucas doing here?" Astrid muttered to herself. She had only just promised him to not have anything to do with Kai and if he sees her with Kai, he's definitely going to think she lied to him and she wouldn't want that to happen.Her eyes then went to what he was wearing and she frowned, the cloth he was putting on was so awkward and that's because he never dresses in such a shabby way."What's wrong?" Kai asked, coming to stand beside her."It's nothing...just stay away." She snapped, then she walked to where Lucas stood."Lucas." She called, placing her right hand on his arm and he sharply turned around to face her.She could swear that the person she was staring at right now was Lucas, but the way he looked at her, it's as if he's never seen her in his life before."What are you doing here? I thought you said you wanted to take care of something." She said, but he said nothing, he only kept on staring at her with a blank look on his face."Lucas?""You're the one." He sa
Astrid was just returning home with the kids. The moment she stepped out of the car, she did a little stretch and could literally hear her bones crack as she did that.Kai and the kids had forced her to ride the ferry wheel with them, something she's never done before. If it hadn't been for the kids constant pleading and Kai teasing her about not being tough enough, she would never have gone on that thing.She remembered screaming her lungs out in fear and gripping Kai the whole time they were on the ferry wheel and when it was finally over, she threw up the minute she got down and they all ended up laughing and teasing her.She had wanted to come home that very moment, but the kids weren't done yet, they had literally ran off with Kai and Dan to try other rides, but she refused to do anything else apart from sitting and watching them play.Even though she would rather die than admit this out loud, it wasn't so bad having Kai and Dan there today. Deep down, she did enjoy having them t
Lucas still had Crystal pinned against the wall and the shower still running. She tilted her head, giving him access to her neck and he wasted no time in attacking her neck with kisses and sucking on it, leaving visible love marks.He nipped gently at her jawline and then went to work on her collarbone where she shivered a little as her body responded positively to his attention. Lucas pulled back so that only their lips touched and then he trailed kisses down her throat and kissed each of her breasts one by one. His mouth worked its magic with the curves of her flesh. She gasped quietly when he reached her nipples.Lucas took his sweet time kissing his way down her body until he came across her legs and stopped. He lifted his face to look at her, studying the expression on her face. Her eyes were bright with passion and lust and he knew he wasn't going to be able to hold off much longer."Do you want me to do this right here?" He asked her huskily, his hand moving down towards her se
Lucas hurriedly grabbed their clothes which was still lying on the floor and threw them all on the bed, then he used the sheets to cover them. He took some time to check if everything was okay and there was not a single sign of Crystal's stuff anywhere, when he was satisfied with the look of things, he went to answer the door.When he opened the door, Astrid was just about to leave, but she sharply turned around when she heard the door open."Lucas I..." She trailed when she saw he was barely wearing any clothes. "I'm sorry." She apologized before turning around.Lucas couldn't help but chuckle at her shyness."I didn't mean to bother you, I didn't know you were taking a bath...I'll just come back when you're done." She said, her back still turned to him."There's no need for that Astrid, you can say what you want to say and you don't have to turn around." He teased.Astrid rolled her eyes at him. "You're not wearing anything." She stated."But I'm having a towel on." He replied."Tha
Lucas was in his office when a knock sounded on the door."Come in." He muttered, his face still buried in his palms. Ever since the news of Kieran's return, he hasn't been able to focus on anything at all, all he keeps on thinking about was why his brother has suddenly return and what he must be planning."You sent for me Alpha." Beta Drake said, jolting him out of his thought and bringing him back to reality.When he raised his head to look at him, Beta Drake was surprised to see the look of worry on his face. He's never seen Lucas this troubled about anything before."Is anything the matter Alpha? You don't look so well." He stated, his concern evident in his voice."Kieran." Lucas managed to say."What?" Beta Drake squinted his eyes."Kieran is back." He repeated and Beta Drake's eyes widen in shock."How's that possible? I thought he was told to never return and why after all these years?" "That's what I keep asking myself, why did he return after all these years?" Lucas sighed.
When Crystal arrived home, the first person she went in search of was Astrid and she met her standing right in front of the swimming pool and just staring blankly into space.Astrid was so deep in thought that she didn't even realize Crystal walking towards her. When she got to where Astrid stood, she roughly shoved her with her shoulder and Astrid screamed as she fell into the pool."H...help me!" She screamed as she struggled to swim.Crystal rolled her eyes at her, she has no idea that Astrid was afraid of water and doesn't know how to swim, so when she saw Astrid struggling and calling out for help, she literally thought she was just faking it."Oh please." Crystal scoffed. "Why don't you just help yourself instead of acting as if you can't swim. You're not going to get me with this act of yours." Soon, Astrid stopped struggling and she was slowly sinking to the bottom of the pool.Luckily, Beta Drake happens to be passing by and when he saw Crystal watching Astrid drown, he rush
"What is this?" Astrid asked, still staring at the picture in Crystal's hand.Crystal smirked. "I'm sure you're not blind Astrid, and you know too well what this is. It's a lovey dovey picture of the same man you swore to have nothing to do with anymore, but look at you two." She laughed. "You still let the same man you hate hug you from behind and there's plenty more where this came from. I wonder what Lucas is going to say when he sees this photo of you and your lover. You managed to get out of it the last time, but what about now and how long are you going to keep on lying to him!?"The way Crystal talked, it's more like she had the whole thing planned out already and now Astrid was starting to think how Kai suddenly knew about her location and came to meet her there. She then remembered the weird feeling she had the day she was going to take the kids out, she had a feeling that someone was in her room but didn't bother to think too much about it.It all became clear to her, it's n
Kieran walked out of the changing room and his Beta, Dave nodded in satisfaction. He stared at the picture in his hand and stared at Kieran once more."You look just like him." He said. Kieran scoffed."And that's something I'm not proud of. Having that person as my twin brother isn't something to brag about." Kieran replied, his voice laced with so much hate and bitterness.No matter how long it's been, he's never been able to get over what Lucas has done to him. His own twin brother literally ruined his life and took away everything from him, he's spent years working hard to regain most of the things he's lost as well as planning his revenge against his twin brother and now that he's back, he's surely not going to let Lucas live in peace. Just as he had taken everything from him, he'll also do the same thing to him.Once upon a time, he had nothing but love for his twin and is more than willing to do anything, even sacrifice his own life for Lucas, but then, Lucas only proved to be
A few days has passed and things seems to be more stable, Astrid was now living her best life in the shadow claw pack with her mate and kids. She already introduced Kai to the triplets and told them that he was their real father, not Lucas. Obviously, the kids had a lot of questions to ask, she and Kai did their best in explaining to their understanding, although the kids would never fully get the story until they are all grown up, but they loved Kai so much already and accepted him with open arms. Crystal and Kieran had also come to pay them a visit. The kids reaction on seeing Kieran was priceless, they mistook him for Lucas and everyone couldn't resist laughing that day, but then they made them understand that Kieran wasn't Lucas, but his identical twin brother, they also used them as an example, since they were also identical, and that cleared up their confusion. Currently, Astrid was in bed sleeping, but her sleep got interrupted when she perceived the aroma of the food Kai had
Astrid had just arrived at the location Kathryn sent to her, she got down from the car and looked around, but there was no sight of Kathryn or her kids anywhere. She was about calling her with the same phone from earlier when she finally saw her.Astrid didn't wait for Kathryn to get to her, she ran to her instead."Where are my kids Kathryn?'' She asked.Kathryn rolled her eyes at her. "First thing first, did you come alone?" She asked while looking around."Of course I did." Astrid replied with a straight face."Good, now come with me." Kathryn ordered."Where are my kids!?" Astrid impatiently asked."If you want to see them then you'll come with me." Kathryn replied with gritted teeth, already feeling extremely pissed.Astrid didn't say anything else after that, she quietly went with Kathryn. Kathryn took her to where the kids were."Mommy!!" The triplets screamed on seeing her.Astrid immediately ran to them and hugged them tightly. "Oh goodness, thank the goddess you three are al
Everyone is already back at the pack and Kai and Dan are back to their human form and now putting on clothes. Astrid wanted to see the triplets immediately before doing anything else, so the trio went upstairs to the room they had kept the triplets and a maid to watch over them.When they got to the room, the sight that met them was something they never expected.The maid they had left in charge of the triplets was lying dead on the floor, drowning in a pool of her own blood and the triplets were nowhere to be found."K...Kai." Astrid stuttered, staring at the dead maid in shock.There was a note lying beside the maid and she hurriedly went to pick it up, she opened it up and it was note written to her, telling her that the triplets were going to die if she didn't leave Kai alone.Astrid covered her mouth as hot tears streamed down her cheeks, she could clearly recognize the owner of that writing.Kai and Dan rushed to her side, he took the paper from her and when he read it, his face
When they arrived at the wild crest pack, it wasn't easy getting inside the palace since the guards wouldn't let them in, so they had to fight their way in, leading to so much death and bloodshed.When they've successful won over the guards and went inside, they searched everywhere for Astrid and Lucas, but they were nowhere to be found in the palace."Damn it!" Kai screamed in rage."Calm down Kai, we'll find her, that's for sure." Dan comforted."There's no time to waste, I should have known that damn man would switch locations." Kai spat."What do we do next?" Crystal asked.They all had blood stains on their clothes and face."I know Astrid scent so well, I can find her by tracking down her scent." Kai replied, then he ran outside while the others trailed behind him.They all dashed into the woods, following Kai's lead.Meanwhile, Lucas had successfully gotten Astrid to shift into her wolf form, she was a huge and lovely wolf with golden fur and silver streaks on her fur.He had a
Lucas went to grab a chair that was in the room, then he carried it to where Astrid was seated on the floor, he kept the chair in front of her before taking a seat."So, you want to know why I haven't gotten rid of you all these while and kept you close to me for many years?" "What the hell are you talking about!?" Astrid seethed, breathing heavily.Lucas chuckled softly. "You really have no idea of what you truly are and the kind of power you hold." He replied, causing a huge frown to appear on Astrid's face."Let me tell you about what you really are....''"I never knew you were a lucky wolf until the day you had your first shift and I saw the color of your fur, a wolf like you is truly rare Astrid and if words gets out about you, many people will come for you and it's not going to be for good." He started. "Have you ever wondered why your wolf's coat is golden and has silver streak?" He asked, but Astrid said nothing because she's never really thought about why her wolf's color wa
The next day, Astrid decides to confront Lucas, so when he returned from work, she went straight to his office at home to see him, but before going to Lucas, she had reached out to Crystal and informed her about everything, and against Crystal's warnings, Astrid still decides to go see Lucas. When she got to his office, she knocked on his door."Who's there?" Lucas questioned from inside."It's me Astrid, I need to speak to you." "I have nothing to say to you, so leave!""Well I have something to say and I'm coming in." She fiercely replied and without saying anything else, she opened the door and walked in.Lucas raised his head from the documents on his table, from the look on his face, one could tell he was annoyed."What do you want Astrid?" "What's with you Lucas? I don't understand you these days and it clearly looks to me like there's more than just me exacting revenge on Kai so tell me what it is?" Astrid questioned daringly.At first, Lucas had no expression on his face, bu
After that day and after having that conversation with Lucas, Astrid began noticing a lot of changes in him, even after a few days has passed, he became so cold towards her and yelled at for any slight mistakes. He hardly pays any attention to the triplets and they didn't fail to notice the change since he now scolds them a lot and this was something he never does before. Everything just changed and turned for the worse.Each time she tries to leave, even if it was to go get some groceries, Lucas would never agree to let her leave the house and even if he was going to let her go, she isn't allowed to leave the house alone and he'll make sure she goes with a guard or two and sometimes it's Beta Drake who goes with her, it's more like she's now a prisoner in the palace and her every move is being monitored.Everything was just so weird and she couldn't even understand anything that's happening, he's even stopped the triplets from going to school and when she confronted him about it, he
The triplets ran to hug Astrid, still holding some of the gifts Lucas bought for them, after excitedly telling their mother about the many gifts Lucas brought with him, they then went to hug Kai.Astrid looked at Lucas and from the look on his face, she could tell he was so upset to see her with Kai.Lucas didn't even bother saying anything because if he were to talk, then he's going to seriously loose it and he wouldn't want the triplets to see that side of him, so he simply went upstairs to his room, silently boiling with rage.Astrid sighed deeply, she's going to need to speak to him. She turned to Kai and saw him playing with the triplets who were so excited about their new toys, the beautiful sight before her brought so much joy to her heart and she couldn't even resist smiling as she watched them with so much love and admiration in her eyes. Soon, she's going to have to tell the kids about Kai being their real father, she can't continue keeping the truth from them, she couldn't
The guards escorted Kathryn out of the pack, while Dan took the Doctor away, everyone left, leaving just Astrid and Kai.Kai looked at Astrid, she only met his eyes for a second before looking away, it's so obvious that she must be feeling so bad right now and Kai wanted to use that to his advantage.He felt the strong urge to talk to her but he managed to control himself, he didn't say a single word to her but turned around to leave.When Astrid noticed he wanted to leave, she ran to stand in front of him and grabbed his hand."Kai wait!'' She said. Kai paused, then he turned his back to her, not wanting to look at her face."I...I'm so sorry for doubting you and saying those mean words to you, I know you're probably upset with me right now and maybe even hate me but—"Kai sharply turned around and placed his index finger on her lips to keep her from speaking."Upset, not really, but hate, how can you even say that? How can you even think for one second that I will hate you Astrid? T