When Kai woke up the next day, he was more than shocked to see Kathryn lying beside him and still sleeping soundly. He hurriedly sat up and got down from the bed, he stared at himself in shock and then at Kathryn, he couldn't understand what happened since he has no memory of last night."K...Kathryn?" He stuttered, still feeling so confused about all this.That moment, Kathryn yawned then she opened her eyes, when she saw Kai, she smiled brightly."Hey babe." She said as she sat up."What the hell are you doing here!?" Kai questioned in surprise.Kathryn mentally rolled her eyes at him, now he was back to being so cold towards her, but she didn't mind, last night was magical and she won't forget about it so easily, she's going to remember that night for as long as she lives."I asked you a question Kathryn! Why are you in my bed!?" He half yelled."Isn't it obvious Kai? We made love, that's why I'm in your bed." She smirked. She got down from the bed and catwalked to where he stood,
Crystal was finally awake and to say Astrid was thankful was an understatement, she couldn't stop blessing the moon goddess that Crystal has finally woke up. Doctor Tory already carried out the necessary check up on her and she's confirmed that she should be completely healed in a couple of days.Right now, she was the only one in the room with Crystal and Crystal wouldn't stop glaring at her."Why does it have to be you!?" She rudely asked.Astrid furrowed her brows. "What do you mean?" She questioned in confusion."It's torture seeing you and your damn face here!" She snapped. "Why should I be punished by seeing your damn face when I woke up. Those little devils of yours are the reason I'm in this stupid hospital with this damn cast on my leg, aren't you ashamed of showing your damn face to me!'' She cursed silently.Astrid heaved a deep breath, she's just going to take all her insults since the triplets were actually the reason she's here, but she doesn't appreciate her calling her
"Aunt Crystal." Kayden called and she shot him a dangerous glare which made him nervous."Crystal, please." Lucas said and she groaned. "You three go ahead and say what you have to say." He urged."Aunt we're really sorry about what happened, we didn't mean for you to get hurt like this. We're so sorry for pranking you and we promise to not do it again." Kayden said."We're sorry Aunt." Jayden and Braden added.Astrid smiled, right now, she was just so proud of her kids. Yes they were still young and they're just six year olds but at times they do act older than their age."As long as you three keep out of my hair, we should have no issues." Crystal replied with a forced smile."Does that mean you forgive us?" Braden asked.Crystal looked at Lucas first, then at the kids. "Yes, I forgive you three." The triplets ran to her, they couldn't get on top of the bed and give her a hug, so they simply placed their hands on hers."Thank you so much Aunt Crystal." The trio said with a bright s
Kai ran his hand through his hair, judging from Dan's expression, he knew whatever he has to say wasn't business related and right now, he clearly isn't in the mood for little talks."I'm not in a good mood Dan, we can talk later." He said, fixing his gaze on the documents in his hand."Your guilt must be eating you up right now isn't it." Dan stated. Kai raised his head to look at him, wondering what he meant."I saw Kathryn coming out of your room this morning and I don't need a soothsayer to tell me what happened between you two. You said you want nothing to do with her and I get the fact that Astrid is yet to forgive you, but she's the one you want so why would you go ahead and be with Kathryn!? Are you having second thoughts about wanting Astrid back? Are you giving up on her? Is that why you did that?'' He questioned."Do you really think I'm going to give up on Astrid so easily?" "Then why did you do that? I know this is none of my business, I literally have no right to interf
A broad smile was plastered on Crystal's face as the doctor took off her cast, finally, she'll be leaving the hospital, she sure hopes nothing brings her back there.She's been enduring this damn cast for weeks and today she finally gets to take it off. Lucas was the only one present today, ever since the other day, Astrid hasn't come to pay a visit to her and she couldn't be more thankful. Lucas has been the only one coming to check up on her and she's been enjoying ever single moment they spend together without Astrid being here to ruin her mood.Now that she's finally getting out of here, she can teach Astrid and her kids a lesson. This thought alone was enough to make her smile mischievously."All done." Doctor Tori said with a smile. She's more pleased that Crystal will be leaving here today, the lady has been a pain in everybody's ass since she wouldn't stop complaining about being here and wanting to leave, even the nurses don't like coming here due to how rude she was."Thank
Kathryn was in her room having a glass of champagne, finally Dan will be out of her way for good. She poured herself another glass and gulped down the whole content in a go.She checked her wrist watch and when she saw the time, she decides to call the man she had sent to eliminate Dan because it wouldn't take so long to get rid of him.She took her phone from the table and placed a call through to the man, the phone rang for sometime and no one answered it. She tried multiple times and still got no answer, that was when she became worried.She stood up and began pacing her room, still trying to reach the man."Damn it!" She said in frustration. "Did it go well or has he failed?" She muttered. She had asked him not to go after Dan alone, she had asked him to take a few men with him, but once the man saw Dan's picture, he insisted on going alone saying he was more than enough to take care of Dan.If this plan fails then she herself will have his head because she did warn him but he did
Dan was sleeping in his room when he suddenly felt the presence of someone in his room. His eyes flew open and he saw a man who had a mask on holding a dagger above him.Seeing that Dan was awake, the man was about stabbing him with the dagger, but Dan hurriedly grabbed his pillow and blocked the hit. The dagger ended up piercing into the pillow.Dan instantly kicked the man hard, which made him stumble backwards. Dan used the opportunity to get up."Who sent you!?" He asked in rage.The man didn't reply, instead he stood up to attack him.Dan and the masked man engaged in a fierce brawl, fists and feet flying as they each struggled to gain the upper hand. The masked man was swift and agile, but Dan was strong and determined. They moved around the room, knocking over furniture and breaking vases, until finally the masked man tripped and fell to the ground.Dan stood over him, panting and bruised. "Why are you here? Who sent you!?" He demanded again. But the masked man just glared at h
By the next day, the news of what happened to Dan already spread through out the pack like wildfire and this news will eventually get to Kathryn.She was walking down the hallway when she overheard two maids gossiping while doing their chores, she stood behind a wall to listen to their conversation.As they talked about what happened, she was expecting to hear them talk about his death too, but that didn't happen, she was able to find out that he got injected with wolfsbane and is at the pack's hospital, she also overheard them say he managed to kill his attacker and they went on to talk about his bravery.This news didn't sit well with her, she knows this man won't rat her out too because she has something on him, something he's willing to protect with his life.Although he failed to get the job done and that was to kill Dan, but he still managed to inject him with the wolfsbane she had given to him. Now she'll have to go to the hospital to see how he's doing and find out if there's
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