Everyone sat at the dining having dinner, and so far, everything has been going well, but one thing Kai was finding difficult to do was keep his eyes off Astrid. She could literally feel his gaze on her the whole time, but she tried her best to ignore him, despite the fact that it kind of made her a bit uncomfortable and too cautious of herself."Penelope. Ian....in order to show my appreciation for saving Astrid's life, I'll love to know if there's anything at all we can do for you two. Just say the word and it'll be done." Lucas said.Both couples put down their cutlery and used a napkin to wipe their lips before responding to Lucas question."I do appreciate your kind gesture Alpha Lucas, but I'm afraid we have no request." Ian started. "Ever since we lost our pack, the only thing we ever wanted was to have a place to call home and a new pack to belong to, all this...Alpha Kai already provided and gave us even more than we expected, what more could we possibly ask for." He replied
"All done." Astrid sighed as she straighten out Kayden's new shorts."Thank you mommy. I'll head back downstairs now." He replied, all smiles and before she had the chance to say anything else, he ran off. But then he bumped into Kai who was just entering the room."Be careful there little man." Kai chuckled. He crouched down to his level and ruffled his hair playfully. "Uncle Kai!''"I see you've changed now...so we're good right?" He asked. Kayden nodded.Kai looked at him for a little more time before kissing his forehead and letting him run off."Be careful not to fall." Astrid yelled after him.When Kayden left, Kai stood up and faced Astrid."What are you doing here Kai?" She questioned with a frown on her face. "You're not supposed to be here." She added."And what's so wrong about me coming into my kids room?" Kai retorted and Astrid rolled her eyes hard at him, she wasn't even going to tell him not to call them that because it's obvious that he's not going to listen to her.
Before things could get out of control, Astrid suddenly pushed Kai away and before he could react, she ran straight to the kids bathroom and locked herself in."Astrid!" Kai went after her, but it was too late. "Astrid what are you doing? Please come out." He pleaded while knocking on the door.Meanwhile, Astrid couldn't believe what she's just done. Her back was against the door and she slowly went on her knees, she buried her face in her palm and sobbed silently."Astrid what are you doing!? Please come out and let's talk about this, I won't leave if you don't come out and I don't want to be forced to break down this door." Kai threatened."Just get out Kai!" She half yelled. "Please leave, I have nothing to say to you. Don't you understand when someone wants to be alone!? Just leave me already, you've done more than enough!" She cried."You still love me Astrid, I know you still do, so please stop being stubborn and let's talk about this.""There's nothing to talk about!" She snapp
Astrid was still on her bed when a loud knock came, startling and bringing her back to reality.She hurriedly got down from her bed and a huge frown appeared on her face as she wondered who it was that would knock like that."Open the door Astrid." She heard Lucas voice."Lucas." Astrid muttered as she hurriedly went to unlock the door. When she saw the look on Lucas face, she instantly knew something was wrong, her gaze then went to Crystal who stood behind him with an annoying smirk plastered on her lips."What's wrong Lucas?" She questioned softly.Lucas raised the phone he was holding to her face, so she could see for herself.When Astrid saw the video, her eyes widen in shock and her jaw dropped. It was a video of she and Kai!"T...this...how did..." She trailed when she figured it out herself. This was all Crystal, she must have saw what happened and recorded everything."The look on your face says it all that this actually happened between you two." Lucas fumed. "I thought we h
Astrid stood outside Lucas's bedroom, she wants to talk to him about what happened, but now that she's finally here, she's having second thoughts on if she should just let him be or go ahead and talk to him.She inhaled and exhaled deeply and after thinking about what to do, she made up her mind on talking to him.She placed a knock on the door, but got no reply, she knocked again and that was when Lucas asked her to come in. When she walked in, she saw him standing by his window, his back turned to her."Lucas." She called softly. "I'm really sorry about what happened, but believe me I never meant for that to happen."Lucas sharply turned around to face her. "You shouldn't be apologizing to me Astrid, it's your life and you can do whatever you want. I have no right at all to tell you how to live your life, the only thing I'm doing is looking out for you because I don't want you to get hurt, Kai doesn't deserve either you or your forgiveness.""I just don't want you getting hurt again
Astrid already asked a maid to help get the kids ready, while she also get ready herself. She was still in the bathroom taking a shower when Crystal sneaked into her room, she didn't have to search too long for what she came here for. She was actually here for Astrid's phone and she saw it lying on her bed.She rushed to it, being careful not to make a sound, she took the phone and when she turned it on, she hissed in annoyance when she saw it has a password."Damn it!" She cussed silently. She tried some password which she guessed Astrid must have used, but none worked and now she had only two chances left before the phone automatically locks itself and if that happened, Astrid will know someone tried to invade her privacy and she can't let that happen.She knew she had to be quick since it wouldn't take long for Astrid to finally come out and if she sees her, that'll mean trouble. She thought hard about what Astrid could have possibly used as her passcode and she got an idea.Crysta
Astrid was forced to put up with Kai since she didn't want to interrupt the kids when they were having so much fun and ruin this day for them.All this while, Kai wouldn't take his eyes off her. It made her so conscious of herself as well as a bit uncomfortable."When are you going to leave Kai?" She asked, when she couldn't take it anymore. "Your presence isn't needed here and I'm tired of you staring at me like that.""Like how?" Kai asked, feigning ignorance. Astrid turned to glare at him."What do you expect me to do when I'm having a beauty so close to me." He smirked, moving closer to her."Keep your distance Kai!" She warned, moving away a little bit.Kai didn't relent, he kept on moving close to her, while she moved away. Astrid was too focused on getting away from him that she didn't realize she was getting to the edge of the chair. She was about falling off, but Kai was quick to grab her hand, saving her from falling."Let go!" She snapped. Kai chuckled."Are you sure about
"W...what is Lucas doing here?" Astrid muttered to herself. She had only just promised him to not have anything to do with Kai and if he sees her with Kai, he's definitely going to think she lied to him and she wouldn't want that to happen.Her eyes then went to what he was wearing and she frowned, the cloth he was putting on was so awkward and that's because he never dresses in such a shabby way."What's wrong?" Kai asked, coming to stand beside her."It's nothing...just stay away." She snapped, then she walked to where Lucas stood."Lucas." She called, placing her right hand on his arm and he sharply turned around to face her.She could swear that the person she was staring at right now was Lucas, but the way he looked at her, it's as if he's never seen her in his life before."What are you doing here? I thought you said you wanted to take care of something." She said, but he said nothing, he only kept on staring at her with a blank look on his face."Lucas?""You're the one." He sa
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