Astrid's eyes slowly opened, she winced when she got a bad headache, after recalling what happened, she tried getting up and that was when she realized her hands and legs has been tied, even her mouth has been sealed with a tape.She struggled to free herself, but she was still feeling a bit weak and dizzy."Oh no, I must be too late already. Crystal would have gotten married to Lucas in my place." She panicked."We can't be so sure about that Astrid, let's get out of here fast!'' Her wolf said."I'm trying, but that bitch tied me up so tight!" She mentally groaned."Let me." Sage replied and then she took control.She sat up and pulled her hands apart with all her strength, in just a few seconds, the rope broke and her hands were free. Sage then gave the control back to Astrid.She hurriedly pulled the tape off her mouth and then freed her legs. When Astrid stood up, she staggered and almost fell, but she managed to maintain her balance. She shook her head, trying to clear off her di
Astrid paced around her room, thinking hard about what to do. Luckily, she managed to come up with a lie about Crystal's disappearance from the wedding and since the whole thing already got ruined, the wedding couldn't take place.A part of her keeps on telling her that Kai is behind this, after all, he did say he wouldn't let her get married to Lucas, so maybe he was the one who took Crystal. She felt like going there but she knew Crystal will be safe and Kai will definitely send her back when he realizes the mistake.This was a serious matter, but she couldn't help but laugh since the whole did sound funny to her.She went back to bed and the minute her head hit the pillow, she fell asleep.***Crystal was just waking up, she slowly sat up and frowned when she found herself in an unfamiliar room. She tried to recall what happened, but the last thing she remembers was the hall getting covered in smoke and she being taking away, she tried fighting the person off and even screaming for
"Who are you?" Crystal asked as she roughly pulled her hand from Kathryn's hold."That doesn't matter. The question is why were you at the alter instead of Astrid?" She asked. Crystal rolled her eyes at her."Why does everyone keeps asking me that? It's none of y'all business, so just mind your own business woman." She rudely replied."Oh please, I'm just curious cause it seems we both share the same goal in some kind of way. You know I can literally tell the reason you were at that alter instead of Astrid, you clearly look like a woman who's fighting to get what she wants and what you want is Lucas isn't it." She smirked. When Kathryn saw the surprise look on Crystal's face, she chuckled. "Don't be so shocked, I would have done the same if I were you. I want Kai for myself and I'm willing to do anything to keep him, even if it means getting blood on my hands." "And as for you, I can tell you feel the same way."Crystal smiled. "You're smart, but not too smart I must say." She repli
Astrid was just coming out of the kids room and she saw Crystal trying to sneak her way in."Look who's back." She said. Crystal froze."Damn it!" Crystal cursed under her breath, then she sharply turned around to face her."I'm not in the mood to talk to you right now so just let me be." Crystal rudely said."Not this time Crystal, we both have some scores to settle." Astrid replied. She walked towards Crystal and roughly grabbed her hand, then she pulled her into the nearest room and shut the door behind her."What the hell are you doing!?" Crystal fumed as she jerked her hand away."Don't think I've forgotten about what you did Crystal and don't think I'm simply going to let you off the hook.'' Astrid said. Crystal scoffed."So what are you going to do? Fight me or perhaps try to kill me, look here Astrid, if it's a fight you want then bring it on. I'm not a weakling like you and you have no idea how much I'm going to enjoy beating you up so bad.""You're just like a tiny little an
"Wow." The kids muttered as they stepped into the room."Did you have a fight with aunt Crystal mommy?" Kayden asked, still looking at the mess they made."Err...you three shouldn't be here, let's head back to you room.''"You're bleeding mommy." Jayden stated.Astrid wiped the blood off her forehead, but not only her forehead was injured, she's been hurt in multiple places too and it was visible."It's nothing, I'll clean this up, let's go back to your room.'' She said, silently hoping they'll listen to her. The kids has been experiencing a lot lately and they've seen things she wouldn't ever want them to see."Did aunt do that to you?'' Braden asked and Astrid sighed deeply.She went to them and crouched down to their level. "Boys, this is something you shouldn't be bothered about and I'm sorry once again for not being careful, I don't want you guys to keep on seeing things like this. Whatever's happening between I and Crystal is our problem and hopefully, we'll be able to resolve i
Kai and Dan stood staring at the lifeless body of the guard who laid on the hospital bed.Doctor May did try her best to save him but it's too late already. The rogues who attacked them had laced their arrows with wolfsbane and had also used silver bullets, the poison already spread through his system and there was no way they could save him."We've never had issues with the rogues before so why would they attack our people?" Dan asked.Kai's face was red with rage, his fist tightly balled. "I have no idea, but I'm not about to let this damn rogues go free. It's not about the goods they hijacked, it's about killing my people. We've maintained peace with them for so long and now they've crossed their boundary!" He seethed.Dan could literally feel the anger rolling off him in waves. "What do you suggest we do?'' He asked, although he could already guess the answer to that question."Gather a few men, we ride at dawn and also make sure he's given a befitting burial." He ordered before l
"What are you going to do now Kai?" Dan asked.They were back at the palace now. Kai was kind enough to have let the rogues off with a warning and they had promised to never get in his way again."Lucas keeps trespassing and it's getting out of hand now, if we don't do something about this, he'll keep on doing more things and thinks he can always get away with it.''"Astrid and my kids are there Dan, this isn't just about me, if it hadn't been for Astrid and the kids then I'll waste no time in attacking his pack but I need to thread carefully now. I'm still trying to get her back, I don't want my actions to harm her or the kids, remember what happened the last time? Kayden got hurt because of me and I still can't get over that.""I understand you completely Kai, but we still have to do something about this, you can talk to Astrid too.''"And you think she's going to listen? She didn't even believe me when I told her what he did to my were house. I don't know if I should tell her about
Crystal groaned as her eyes slowly opened, she sat up and did a little stretch, her whole body was fully healed now from all the beating she took from Astrid.Each time she remembers what happened, she couldn't help but to curse at Astrid and after a good rest, she now has an idea on what to do to her. Astrid must have had so much fun while hitting her like that, but she's certainly going to get back at her.Seeing her still alive after what she's done only infuriated her the more, this time, she couldn't care less what happens anymore, but she certainly wants Astrid dead now and she's going to make sure that happens."Bitch!" She silently cursed.She sharply got down from the bed and the moment she did, she screamed out in pain.She tried taking another step but she ended up stepping on more toys, which only resulted to her screaming even louder than before. She fell back on the bed, her eyes glistening with tears, when she looked down and saw the toys, she instantly knew who was beh
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