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
Beta Drake was about leaving the house when a car drove into the palace, he had to stop to see who it was. When he saw Kai and his Beta stepping out of the car, a huge frown appeared on his face, if there's something else Lucas warned him about, it's keeping Kai away from Astrid."Alpha Kai." He called when they got to where he stood. "To what do we owe this visit?" His annoyance was clearly visible in his voice, he wasn't making any attempt to hide his displeasure on seeing Kai there."I'm not here for you Beta Drake." Kai replied, keeping a straight face."I don't mean to be rude, but you do realize you're crossing the boundary Alpha Kai, both pack agreed to not tresspass into each other's territory, but you're breaking that rule again." He reminded. "If you'll please—""I'm not leaving, I'm here for Astrid and I'm not leaving until I see her." Kai cut him off before he could even finish.Beta Drake heaved a deep breath, trying to keep calm. "I'm afraid that's not possible Alpha Kai
"Are you crazy!" Astrid half yelled as she opened her door really wide.Kai couldn't help but smile seeing how worried she was about him, although the pain was gone, just as quick as it came, but he still pretended to be in pain."A...are you okay?" Astrid asked worriedly, gently taking his hand and blowing on it. "You must be so crazy to have done that." She scolded."Do you expect me to have simply let you close the door?" Kai asked, and she glared at him.He winced in pain, bringing her attention to his hand once more."I'll put some cream on it." She said, then she brought him inside her room and made him sit on the bed before going to look for the first aid box.As she searched for it, Kai simply sat still, admiring her beauty. It took a little while for her to find it, when she finally did, she sighed in relief, then she hurriedly went back to Kai. She sat beside him, brought out the cream from the box, then she gently took his hand and began applying the cream on it.She felt
The triplets were seated in their classroom, almost all the kids has gone home except for three other girls who happens to be triplets too, but they weren't identical like the boys, and they were in the same class with the boys.Since their teacher wasn't present at that time, the boys busied themselves by playing with the toys in the class, just to while away time until their mother comes to pick them up.The triplets sisters were seated not too far off from where the triplets were playing, although the boys weren't paying much attention to them, their gaze was fixed on the boys. The sisters whispered something to themselves, something which had them giggling a little.Suddenly, the eldest amongst them stood up and walked to where the boys were playing, her name was Jasmine. Kayden who was busy and focused with what he was playing with wasn't awear of the little girl standing behind him until she tapped his shoulder, and he slowly turned to face her.He looked at her inquisitively,
Astrid was just coming out of her bathroom when she heard a knock on her door."Coming." She yelled, while knotting her robe tightly.She went to open the door and saw a maid standing outside. On seeing her, the maid bowed, while offering her greetings."A lady is here to see you Ma'am." She said, Astrid frowned."A lady? What lady?""Her name is Kathryn." The maid replied, causing Astrid's jaw to drop in shock."W...what? Are you sure about what you're saying?" She asked in surprise."I'm certain Ma'am, she says it's urgent, so I think you should come soon." Astrid was quiet for sometime as she tried wrapping her head around things, among all people, the last person she expects to come looking for her is Kathryn, she couldn't understand what Kathryn wants. Deep down, she can feel her coming here means trouble because that's all she ever brings to her, she would have ordered for her to be thrown out, but her curiosity got the best of her and she wants to hear what the bitch wants to
Kathryn suddenly snatched the paper from Astrid, startling her greatly."Shouldn't you congratulate me." She said with a smile on her lips.Astrid was still in shock at what she's just saw, she couldn't even speak to Kathryn. Once again, Kai has shown her that he cannot be trusted because how can he claim to love her and chase her around, yet he's still with Kathryn! And now she's even pregnant for him, she couldn't even describe the kind of pain she was feeling at the moment, she felt so foolish for even thinking that he's changed for real, whereas he was only using her and making a fool out of her.The reaction Kathryn was getting from Astrid was giving her so much joy, the pain she's seeing on her face is exactly how she pictured everything to be."I don't think I'll be getting that congratulations from you." She sighed sadly. "Anyways, I want to make one thing clear to you now Astrid, you're in the way of I and Kai's relationship and I'll like for you to stop and stay the hell awa
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