When Astrid and the kids arrived home, she left them in charge of a maid while she go speak to Lucas.She got to his office at home and placed a knock on his door, immediately she was ushered in. When she went in, she met Beta Drake having a conversation with him, but on seeing her, Lucas rounded everything up quickly.Beta Drake stood up, said his greetings to her before leaving her with Lucas.Astrid sighed before going to take a sit in front of Lucas."How are the kids?" He asked."They're fine, a maid is tending to them." She replied with a small smile.She then noticed how stressed out he look and a small frown appeared on her forehead. "Are you okay? You don't look so good." She stated worriedly.Lucas shook his head, then he forced a smile. "I'm fine, there's nothing to worry about." He assured."You're sure?" Astrid questioned, still staring at him in concern.Lucas chuckled softly, he loves how much she cares about him. "I'm fine Astrid, I promise.""Better, but if there's an
When Crystal had called Kieran Lucas, he was surprised because that only means she knows his brother.He tried going close to her, but she only moved back in shock.He had just called her mate and she knew he was her mate, but the fact that he has a striking resemblance to Lucas is something that's confusing her, and all her life she had thought she was never blessed with a mate, but now this! And her mate happens to be someone who looks like Lucas!She should be happy about finding her mate, but rather she was confused and doesn't even understand anything that's happening right now.Kieran tried going close to her again, but she only moved back again, and seeing how scared she was broke his heart.Meanwhile, Beta Dave could only watch them, still seated in the car, he didn't want to come out and ruin the moment."W...who are you?'' She questioned in shock."I'm your mate.'' Kieran stated.Crystal sighed deeply, trying to calm her beating heart. "You...you look like Lucas. Why do you
Crystal was quietly seated on one of the chair in the living room, she nervously toyed with her fingers at she stared at the whole place in awe. Kieran had gone to get her a drink even though she had told him that she was fine.She's never been this nervous in her life, not even with Lucas, maybe it's because Kieran is her mate, she just can't understand why she's so on the edge when he's around her, she feels too many emotions at a time.Kieran finally arrived, he was holding two cans of coke. "I'm sorry this is all I could get, haven't had the time to go shopping yet." He smiled, then he stretched the coke to her."It's alright, I don't mind at all." Crystal politely replied as she collected the can from him.She wasn't expecting him to sit beside her and when he did, she flinched and her heart beat increased. Her heart was pounding so hard in her chest that she was afraid he could hear the sound of her heart racing.When Kieran noticed how nervous she looked, he chuckled softly. H
"It wasn't always like this." Kieran sighed. "What do you mean?" Crystal asked, giving him her full attention."Me hating my brother this much, it wasn't always like this. In fact, I loved my brother to the extent that I was always more than willing to sacrifice myself for him." He scoffed. "How foolish!" He spat, his voice laced with so much anger and bitterness.Crystal gave his hand a gentle squeeze and he smiled at her before he continued."While growing up, I and my brother were so close, we literally do everything together, we were inseparable, but everything was soon to change when we came of age and it was finally time for someone to take over the pack, and being the oldest by only one minute, it was my responsibility to take over and lead as the next Alpha, plus our parents were getting too old already and our father was more than willing to hand over since he's been preparing us for that responsibility our whole life.""A day came and our father called I and Lucas to inform
It's been two days since Lucas left, and this past two days, Astrid has been doing all sorts of things to keep herself busy and she's always feeling so bored. When the kids are home, she always have fun playing with them, but when they go to school, she's back to being all alone, she has no friends whom she could call and visit, plus Lucas already made sure she's not allowed to visit the company.She was currently in her room trying to read a book. As much as she tries to focus on what she was reading, she just couldn't. She angrily closed the book and groaned in frustration.Apart from all the workers, she's the only one at home, she hasn't even seen Beta Drake through out today and as for Crystal, she hasn't set her eyes on her for the past two days, she didn't know if she should be worried or not because it's unlike Crystal to leave the house for this long. She doesn't even have her number, it doesn't matter if she hates her and always fights with her, she wouldn't wish for anythin
Astrid paced around her room, still deep in thought, she's finding it really difficult to get what Crystal said out of her head, and because she couldn't stop thinking about it, she's tried calling Crystal, but her number was still unreachable.Her phone suddenly rang in her hand, startling her a bit, she tried to calm down as she checked the caller's id and saw it was Kai who was calling.She wanted to ignore it, but there's also a huge part of her that wants to hear what he has to and she ended up taking the call."Hello." She said softly."Hey...how are you?""I'm okay.""The kids?""Still at school.'' She replied, and Kai fell silent for a while.Astrid furrowed her brow when he didn't say anything else, she even thought the call has been disconnected until she checked and saw he was still on."Kai? Are you there?" "I'm here." He replied, and she let out a small sigh of relief."Why aren't you saying anything? Or are you done talking?""No no, it's just...." He trailed off."Just
When they arrived at the kids school, Astrid asked them to wait outside while she go get the kids, and before Kai had had the chance to say anything, she came out of the car and hurriedly went inside.A few moments later, she returned with the kids and when they saw Kai and Dan waiting outside, their face lit up and they ran to hug them. Kai picked up Braden and Kayden, while Dan carried Jayden.When Kai asked the kids about their day, they instantly began telling them of everything they did today and all that happened. At this point, it's like Astrid has suddenly became invisible, the kids didn't even pay any attention to her, all their attention was now on Kai and Dan, one needs no soothsayer to tell how much they love each other, it's just as clear as daylight.She waited a while before walking to them, she cleared her throat loudly to make them notice her, and that worked since they gave her their attention."Since I'm now visible to you all, can we go home now." She said with an
Crystal was seated in front of her dressing table, getting ready for her date with Kieran, these past few days with him has been nothing but magical, he's treating her so well that she couldn't help but fall helplessly in love with him. A part of her wanted to tell him to forgive his brother, but each time she remembers all he's been through, she wouldn't even want to say anything because Lucas does deserve to be punished for all he's done.She was still in thought when her phone rang, jolting her out of her thoughts. She sighed deeply before grabbing her phone which was beside her on the dressing table.She frowned when she saw it was an unknown number, she wanted to ignore it, but her curiosity got the best of her and she ended up taking the call."Hello.""Thank the goddess!" She heard a man's voice. "Boss it's me, remember me?" The man asked, his excitement visible in his voice.Crystal furrowed her brow as she tried to recall who it was, the voice did sound familiar, but she stil
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