Astrid and the maid were seated on a chair in the kid's ward, the triplets were fast asleep and thankfully their stomach pain stopped already, she was only waiting for them to wake up so they can leave.Astrid looked to her side to see the maid dozing off already and she smiled, she had asked her to leave the moment she returned to the hospital, but the lady refused to move an inch and insisted on staying with the kids.She was about tapping her and maybe try to convince her to leave since she didn't know when the kids will wake up, but that was when her phone rang. The maid got startled and woke up in freight.Astrid winced, then she apologized to her, she hurriedly fetched her phone from her pocket to see that it was Lucas who was calling and she instantly picked the call."Hey." She said softly."Astrid, I've just returned home but I can't find you and the kids anywhere." Astrid could literally note the worry in his voice. "There's nothing for you to worry about Lucas, we're fine.
Kai has been carried to his car and Beta Drake will be the one driving them to his pack, the people had wanted to call an ambulance, but Lucas didn't let that happen otherwise the whole truth about their existence will be out, causing a huge problem.Astrid was about getting in the car when Lucas held her hand."I don't think you should go with them Astrid, Beta Drake will be able to handle it alone, it's not safe for you right now.""I don't care about that Lucas." She replied in tears. "He literally just saved my life, I'm going with them, I'll be fine."Lucas saw that nothing he says will change her mind, so he finally agreed to let her go. "I'll stay back and take care of things here, I'll also see if they were able to get the attacker, but be careful Astrid, if they failed to get the gunman, then he's still out there.""I'll be fine." Astrid replied, then she hurriedly got into the back seat where Kai laid unconscious. She placed his head on her lap and after they were set, Beta
Crystal's car pulled up in front of a really old looking house and the minute she stepped out of her car, she scrunched her nose in disgust."I can't believe I have to visit this slump!" She spat.She stared at a particular building and she sighed before making her way to the house, she didn't even bother to knock, she simply opened the door and went in.When she got in, she was welcomed with the sight of a shirtless man tending to the wound on his arm.When the man turned to see her, he smiled nervously, he knows why she's here and he also knows she's going to be pissed when he gives her the news."What happened to you?" She asked with a frown on her face."Oh, got this while getting away from the guards, it's nothing serious, the bullet just grazed my arm." He replied, then he finished bandaging his arm."So? Is the job done?" She asked and he fell silent."You did get the job done right!?" Her voice sounded so pissed this time.The man sighed deeply. "Someone got in the way." "Wha
Dan released Astrid's arm from Kathryn's grip."W....What are you doing here? You were unconscious." She stuttered, still in shock.If Dan is still alive, then this only means one thing. Her plan has failed again and the idiot she sent to kill him is either dead or thrown into the dungeon already, but one thing is for sure, he didn't rat her out."I was unconscious and now I'm awake." He replied."Dan, what happened to you?" Astrid asked worriedly and Kathryn rolled her eyes at her."Rather than asking what happened to him, shouldn't you just leave here instead." Kathryn snapped."The one who should leave is you and I wasn't talking to you in this first place!" Astrid fired."Is this what's important right now? I heard Kai is in the operating room and is literally fighting for his life right now, but you two are still arguing with each other." Dan said in annoyance. "Astrid won't be going anywhere Kathryn, she has every right to be here." He stated."No she doesn't!" Kathryn rudely re
Astrid and Doctor May were both seated in her office. Doctor May couldn't stop staring at her in awe, it's been ages since she saw her last and seeing her again, looking so well, she's so pleased."It's been so long Luna, so so long." She smiled."I know that Doctor May, it's been so long and I don't think it's okay to address me as Luna." She chuckled softly."Why not? You're still my Luna, no matter what."Astrid smiled. "Doctor May, I...""I won't hear it Luna, you'll always be my Luna, that's just the truth." Astrid raised her hands up in surrender. "Okay, you can have it your way." She laughed."The last time I saw you, you were...." She trailed."Pregnant." Astrid completed. "The goddess blessed with three adorable little boys," She said proudly.Doctor's May's eyes went wide in shock. "Triplets!?" She gasp."Yes Doctor May, three boys and they're six year old now." She replied with a smile."Oh Luna, I'm so happy, you have no idea how happy I am right now, I thank this goddess
When Astrid got home, she saw Lucas standing right outside the palace and she was really surprised."Have you been waiting here for me?" She asked when she got to where he stood."Of course, I can't stop worrying after what happened.""But I was with Beta Drake, what could possibly happen?" She teased."This isn't a joke Astrid, it doesn't matter if you were with Beta Drake or not, an attempt was made on your life today, we need to be very careful, whoever tried to kill you is still out there."Astrid sighed deeply. "He hasn't been caught yet?" She asked."The men who chased after him said he got away so quickly, it's definitely not an ordinary human but a werewolf and they had only managed to shoot him, but he still got away.""So what do we do now?""Maybe you can stay home for a few days, until things die down a bit and we can keep a better eye on you here, since they didn't catch it, no one knows if he's going to try this again." He replied. "Do you have any suspect in mind?"Astr
Astrid roughly yanked Crystal's head from the bathtub.Crystal's eyes were wide with terror, her hair plastered to her face. She gasped for air, coughing and sputtering as she tried to catch her breath.Astrid held her gaze, her own eyes cold and unforgiving. "You thought you could get away with this? You thought you could hurt me and there would be no consequences?"Astrid's hand was like a vice around Crystal's hair, and she forced her head back under the water. She held her there for what felt like an eternity, until Crystal's body began to go limp. Just as she was about to let go, she felt a surge of anger, and yanked Crystal's head back out of the water."How do you like it now that your life is on the line huh? How does this feel? We're literally just getting started!'' She smirked.Crystal tried to speak, but all that came out was a gurgle. Astrid's eyes narrowed. "I can't hear you." She said. "What was that?" She smiled coldly as she forced Crystal's head back under the water
Kathryn was also just arriving at the hospital when she saw Astrid getting out of her car and she knew she had to chase her away at this moment because if she goes in, then Dan won't let her do anything.She hurriedly walked towards Astrid who about going in and grabbed her wrist, then dragged her outside."What the hell are you doing!?" Astrid half yelled as she jerked her hand away."I should be asking you that. What do you think you're doing?" Kathryn asked, folding her hand across her chest."I'm quite sure that you're not blind, I'm going to see Kai and it has nothing to do with you, so just get out of my way." She made to leave but Kathryn held her arm and pushed her back again."You will do no such thing Astrid!" She warned. "I'm tired of your nonsense, I can see it quite clearly that you're trying to get back with Kai and I won't let that happen. He doesn't need you, the one he needs is his Luna and that person is me, so do us all a favor and get the hell out of my pack!'' She
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