"So, how was your first day at the company?" Dan asked the moment Kai got into the car."What can I say? With Lucas around, the day is always bound to be terrible, I just feel his help to Astrid isn't genuine.""You'll have to take things slow Kai, nothing you say to Astrid will make her hate him." Dan cautioned and Kai sighed deeply."I'm not trying to get her to hate him, I just want her to be careful of him, he keeps calling himself her would be husband and my blood boils each time he says that." Dan chuckled. "That's just you being jealous, Astrid has been with him for seven years now, what could he possibly do to her? I don't think he'll hurt her or do anything bad to her." Dan shrugged."I'm still going to keep my eyes on him, I do not trust him one bit." Kai replied. "Found what I asked you to?" He asked and Dan nodded."Yes, the triplets school isn't far off, but are you sure about this, Astrid won't appreciate you doing this and you can't upset her anymore than you already h
Dan looked at the triplets, then at Kai, his eyes kept on darting between the triplets and Kai, now he was able to see clearly what Kai was talking about. Truly, the triplets share a striking resemblance to Kai, but his features were a bit sharper in one of them."This is Kayden, the first of the triplets," The teacher pointed to the one on a red sweater. "Jayden, the second,'' She pointed to the one on a black sweater. "And finally, Braden, the last one," She pointed to the one on a blue sweater."I'll leave you with them for a moment, but I'll be back soon to get them, so they can go back to class." She said and Dan thanked her, then she left.Kai slowly walked towards them, then he crouched down to their level. "How are you?" He questioned with a huge smile on his face."You're the man from before." Kayden replied.Kai chuckled softly. "You still remember me?" He asked and the trio nodded."Can I get a hug from you three?" He asked.The triplets looked at each other, as if contempl
"Sorry I'm late." Astrid apologized as she joined the others at the dining table."You don't have to apologize Astrid, you're just in time." Crystal smiled.Astrid looked at her in surprise wondering why she was suddenly being so nice to her, but knowing nothing good can come out of a relationship with Crystal, she simply ignored her and took a sit beside the triplets.The maids began serving dinner and all through, Crystal kept her eyes on the blonde maid.The blonde was so nervous about what she's been asked to do, but each time she looks at Crystal, the look she gave her made her shudder and it was enough to drive her nervousness away, she was well awear of what Crystal would do to her if she were to ruin this and to save herself, she has no other option than to stick to the plan.Dinner was served and the maids left.It hasn't been too long since they started eating that Astrid began feeling dizzy, the cutlery she was holding dropped from her hand, attracting the attention of Luca
Crystal was just returning from where she had gone to dispose the body of the maid when she ran into the triplets."Aunt Crystal." Kayden called and she mentally groaned."What! What do you little devils want now? Can't you just go do something 6 year olds should be doing and stay out of my hair!" She snapped."Where's our mommy and daddy?" Kayden asked.Hearing the word daddy made Crystal flare up. "That man is not your father! Lucas isn't your father, Stop calling him daddy, your father is someone else and he's just as foolish as your mother!" She cursed.Braden who was the most fragile one among the triplets began to cry when she said that.Kayden and Jayden both held his hands as a way of comforting him. "You made Braden cry, our daddy is our daddy, not someone else!" Kayden replied fiercely.Crystal eyed him with disgust, among the triplets, Kayden was the one she doesn't like the most, the little guy was more fearless and courageous than his brother's and that's something she ha
"What are you going to do Kayden?" Jayden asked since his brother was hell bent on getting back at Crystal for hurting Braden."Something to teach her a lesson and then she won't think of hurting us again." Kayden replied fiercely."What if we get into trouble and she finds out we did it? I don't want my eyes to be plucked out, nor do I want to get a spanking." Braden said fearfully.Kayden shook his head, then he wrapped his arm around his brother. "She won't do that to you and besides, I won't let that happen, if we ever get caught, I'll take the blame for everything. I won't let you two get into trouble and I also can't let aunt Crystal go for what she did, she's never been nice to us and she always insults us and mommy too, so I have to do something about it." He said and Jayden nodded in agreement."You're right, and you don't have to take the blame, we'll never let you get hurt while trying to protect us." Jayden replied and Kayden smiled.Unlike Braden who was fragile, Jayden a
Crystal's screams attracted the attention of some maids and they rushed to her room to inquire what was wrong.When they got in, they were surprised to see Crystal kneeling on floor and crying her eyes out."Ma'am Crystal, what's wrong?" One asked as they ran to her."My eyes, my face, it burns, it hurts so badly, help me!" She screamed. "It burns, it burns!" She kept on screaming.The maids looked at each other as they contemplated on what to do."What did you apply on your face ma'am?" One asked."Quit the stupid question and help me out here! I only applied my face cream of course." She snapped."Face cream." The maid muttered and then she stood up and went to the dressing table, she picked up the face cream which was still left open and she inspects it.She frowned when she noticed some red tiny particles in it, she couldn't tell for sure what it was, but based on how Crystal was complaining about her eyes burning her, she figured it must be pepper.The maid rushed back to Crystal
Crystal was sleeping peacefully in her room when the sound of someone banging her door forced her to wake up."Who the hell is that!?" She angrily said as she got down from the bed and went to open the door.She was so ready to deal with the person, but wasn't expecting to see Lucas there."Lucas?" She called and when she noticed the anger on his face, she could tell the reason he was here."Why would you say such things to the kids?" He questioned, the anger evident in his voice.Crystal folded her hands across her chest. "I didn't do anything, I only told them the truth and I think I did everyone a favor by doing that. You're not their father Lucas so you should..."Lucas instantly cut her off with a slap.Crystal gasps in shock and she looked at Lucas in shock, this is literally the first time he'll ever raise his hand to her and it's all because of the triplets."I don't want this to ever repeat itself Crystal, never say such things to the kids, they've known me as their father ev
Lucas woke to the sound of an urgent knock on his door, he groaned as he forced himself to get out of bed and go answer whoever it was.When he opened the door, he saw it was a guard."Sorry to bother you Alpha, but the maid has been found." "Where is she?" He smirked wickedly."I'm afraid she wasn't found alive Alpha, we found her body in the woods.""What! How's that possible?" Lucas yelled in anger."Based on the bottle we found in her hand, it's confirmed that she must have poisoned herself." "Damn it!" Lucas muttered in annoyance. "Fine then, you may leave." He said, the guard bowed then he left."I should have been the one who ended her life, damn woman!" He cursed.***Astrid's eyes slowly fluttered open and then she slowly sat up, she was surprised to see herself in an unfamiliar room and this made her panic."Where the hell am I?" She asked no one in particular as she tried to remember what happened, but her head was just blank and she has no memories of what took place bef
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