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
Crystal was just coming down the stairs when she saw Lucas carrying Astrid, and to say she was pissed was an understatement, her blood literally boiled with anger and jealousy when she saw them.Another thing that made her even more furious was the fact that her plan didn't even last long, she had expected Astrid to act insane for quite a while, but no, Lucas had to come up with some kind of solution and ruin her whole plan. She had to pay the witch a huge amount of money to get the hallucinating potion and she clearly didn't spend so much money only for her plan to get ruined in just a single day.She felt the strong urge to run down there and drag Astrid off Lucas, but she had to control herself since Lucas is literally on Astrid side and doing that will only bring trouble for her, which is something she cannot risk."I'll have to come up with a plan to get rid of this woman and fast." She muttered before going back to her room in anger.Meanwhile, Lucas already helped Astrid get co
SHADOW CLAW PACK...Kai has been craving so badly for Astrid and in order to at least feel her presence a little, he decides to visit her room. He stood at the center of the bedroom, staring at the whole place, ever since she left, he never allowed anyone to come into this room, this room has been kept locked ever since she left.Although the room was so dusty, he doesn't seem to mind at all and this was the moment he was starting to appreciate not letting anyone in here because her scent still lingers around the room even though it was very faint.He walked to her closet and took out one of her dresses and began sniffing it, he badly misses her presence and her touch."Astrid." He muttered as he took in her scent on the dress.He began going through her stuffs in the closet until his eyes caught something just beneath one of the dresses.Kai raised the dress up and took out a white envelope, curious to know what was in it, he immediately opened it up and saw two papers neatly folded.
Astrid sat in her room going through some work files, she should be resting by now, but the workaholic in her just can't stay idle.A knock on the door interrupted her. "Come in," She said, not taking her eyes off the papers in her hand.A maid came in and informed her about someone waiting for her."A man?" Astrid questioned with a frown and the maid nodded."Alright, thank you, I'll be there soon." She replied with smile, the maid bowed a little and then she left."Who could that be?" She muttered, she then kept the files aside and got down from the bed, then she left her room.As she walked down the stairs, seeing who it was made her froze, the person who had come looking for her was none other than Kai."What the hell!" She muttered in annoyance, then she hasten her pace.Luckily, Lucas wasn't home, other wise this wouldn't turn out well at all."What the hell are you doing here Kai!? Haven't I made it clear to you that you should stay the hell away from me! What do you want this
"What's wrong Braden? What did Kayden say?" Astrid asked, but Braden kept quiet."Kayden what did you say to your brother just now?" She asked sternly."Mommy I...." Kayden was saying when Kai interrupted him."I think that's enough now Astrid." He said softly and Astrid looked at him is disbelief."Excuse me? Don't just get me started now Kai, have you been secretly going to see my kids!?" She asked in anger. "They're my kids too Astrid." Kai replied."You three to your room now." She ordered, not taking her eyes off Kai."But mommy we—" Kayden was saying when she cut him off."Not now Kayden, take your brothers upstairs." She replied.The kids waved at Kai before running upstairs."Do I need to get some kind of a restriction on you? What's your problem Kai, I don't want you near my kids, is that too hard to understand!" She yelled."I don't see anything wrong in wanting to meet them, they're my kids too." "I see what you're trying to do here Kai, I can clearly see the games you're
"Hey boys, what are you three up to?" Crystal smiled.The triplets left what they were doing to look at her, each having a frown on their face.Crystal mentally rolled her eyes when she saw the look on their faces. "What's wrong? You boys ain't happy to see your dearest aunt?" She asked, but the boys said nothing.Crystal sighed, then she went to kneel in front of them. "You three won't talk to me, I mean I'm no longer mad about what you three did to me and I also want to apologize since I was wrong on my part, you only asked me about your mom's whereabout, I shouldn't have gotten mad and said what I said." "I'm sorry, will you three forgive me, I'm still your aunt you know and I love you all even though I fail to show it, but I promise to be nicer to you boys from now onwards." She smiled. "Will you forgive me?"The boys shared a look among themselves, as if contemplating on what to do, but she sounded so genuine and convincing that they ended up falling for her lies."Yes aunt Crys
Crystal was about driving into Kai's palace when she spotted Lucas's car."Lucas? What is he doing here? He isn't supposed to be here." She muttered. "This has just ruined my plan now!" She hissed as she angrily hit the steering."I guess we'll be having this meeting some other time." She then hurriedly drove away so as to avoid being seen by Lucas.Meanwhile, Lucas was majestically seated on one of the chairs in Kai's living room as he waited for him.His patience was slowly running out, but Luckily Kai arrived at that moment and seeing Lucas only made him frown in anger."What are you doing here Lucas?" He asked, his anger was evident in his voice."Nice home you've got here." Lucas replied, staring at the whole place while nodding in approval of what he was seeing."Quit the talk and tell me the reason you've come here." Kai replied."Oh come on, if you can come into my pack like you own the place, forgetting we were not supposed to cross into each other's territory, then why can't
"Astrid!" Lucas called the moment he came into her office."Lucas, thank goodness you're here." Astrid said in tears, then she stood up and went to meet him."Kathryn, Kathryn is the one doing this and I have no idea why, I haven't seen her in seven years so why would she do something like this." She cried."Just calm down okay, we'll figure this out, I'm here and I'll try to set things right." Lucas assured, but she shook her head instead."No Lucas, because of this we're beginning to loose our business deals, most of our clients have been calling to terminate their contract with us, this is really affecting our business." Lucas balled his fist in rage. "I promise I won't spare Kai and that darn woman for this!" He raged."What are we going to do Lucas, you're running into a huge loss because of me, I'm so sorry Lucas, I'm so sorry." She sobbed.Lucas pulled her to himself and hugged her tightly. "This is not your fault Astrid, you didn't cause any of this so there's no need for you
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