Luke's POVI was mad. I hissed as I stormed out of father's chambers. This was the fourth time in a week that he would get me mad. Why couldn't he stop worrying about Caleb and asking me about him? He wasn't my responsibility and why did I need to care about him?I had far many other things to worry about. Caleb was a weirdo. He didn't like staying for too long within the pack. He was an adventurer and would be back when he wanted to. When he was tired of traveling all around the fields. Father knew that and yet wouldn't stop asking me about him. I swore that one of these days, that boy would get himself in trouble and I would be happy to scorn dad for giving him that much freedom to begin with.I was going to snap if father called me to ask Caleb again."My lord," a guard called from behind me."What?" I snapped at him as I stopped in my tracks, wishing that it was father I was snapping at.The guard swallowed, seeming to think over his reason for calling me."What?" I snapped again
Kevin's POV"Are you done packing?" Zeke asked in what felt like the millionth time.I couldn't count how many times I had heard that question today. He had been hovering around the room, doing nothing except frustrating me and getting in the way.I sighed instead of responding to him and felt Ella's hand on my wrist just as I was about to give him a piece of my mind and tell him to leave our room, the room I shared with Ella.At first I understood him but I no longer wanted to do that again. Ella could continue to understand her father but I wanted him out of my room this instant. What was there in packing that we hadn't been able to do for the past two hours? All and no thanks to Zeke.I didn't have up to ten outfits and it wasn't like Ella came with a wardrobe of outfits either. The only reason we haven't been able to do anything was because Zeke was being an annoying pest. I wasn't sorry to use that word for someone who was about to be my father-in-law. That was how much my patien
Kevin's POVLuke's eyes sparked and lit up the moment he saw me walk in. His brother was already beside him but he was pretending not to see him. From what my men signalled to me, he had been pretending not to see anyone until he saw me.His lips curled at the sides in a taunt when he saw me and they turned into a scowl few minutes later. I guessed that must be when he saw Ella beside me. This moment reminded me of when I met him trying to take what was mine and we had become enemies because of that.From the way his jaws hardened and his eyes narrowed into slits at the sight of Ella beside me, I knew he still wanted her but I was going to let him kill me before I let him have her.I suspected that whatever he came here for just became harder. Jealousy was one of the greatest bitches that I knew.I sighed as I sat down on a chair opposite him in Zeke's living room and tried not to react as my men flanked me on all sides as Luke's soldiers did."Why are you here?" I asked, breaking the
Ella's POVThis was like a dream to me; a dream I wasn't expecting. To be more exact, this was like a nightmarish dream. I had been thinking of going back to the land of the blue river pack but not like this. Not like a captive. Not like a traitor. Not like someone going with others as a pack of traitors instead of the entrance I had dreamed of in my head.I had thought so many times of coming back here to see mad granny and not my friends and this wasn't how I envisioned it. I had dreamed of getting a big entrance and welcomed by everyone. I hoped that those who knew me and we're familiar with me wouldn't be around when I get to town.I hoped but I didn't doubt that was going to be the case. I knew the schedule of the blue river wolves by memory and what they did at every moment.If we didn't get to town in the next one hour, it was possible that everyone would see us as we enter. It wasn't everyday that the soldiers of the pack walk the streets of the town so everyone would be curio
Luke's POVI was mad. I blew out a breath, feeling my chest relax as air came out of my throat and wished it was fire instead.How could Caleb do that to me? How could he disrespect me that much in the presence of the soldiers? This was my mission. I had been the one in charge of this mission and it was my call to make as regards anything that had to do with it. How could he foil my mission like that? How could he dare to overturn my orders right in my presence?Caleb had never been interested in politics. He had never been interested in making orders or giving the soldiers interested. He had never dared to defy my orders or put me in my place. That he did this instead of focusing on his love for adventure could only mean one thing: the rogue was right. He was planning against him and trying to take the position that belonged to me. I wondered how I was going to prove this to father since he was so much determined to deny his involvement in a coup.I was starting to regret killing the
Ella's POVI still couldn't believe that I was here at the blue river land even though it was up to thirty minutes that we were here. I couldn't believe that we would be thrown into the dungeon like we were prisoners. Had Luke meant to deal with us that much? I wondered if it was what the rogue had told him alone that made him turn out this way but there was something else attached to it. I didn't know what to think of anymore.I sighed as I pressed my back against the hard wall of the cave, feeling sweats run down my back. It was hot in here and I was miserable. I didn't understand why I wasn't thrown in the same cave with the other wolves of my pack. I felt more miserable being in here all alone. I felt like I would be driving crazy soon anytime if I had to stay here for longer with the thoughts that were running through my head. I needed a distraction.I wondered if that was Luke's revenge for finding me with the guy he had fought with. It wasn't good to hold on to grudges. I wishe
Ella's POVThe silence was dreadful. I could feel it choking me and clogging my throat. I knew it would come to this but I didn't know what to say still. It wasn't my place to talk. It wasn't my secret to say. What was I going to say?Was I going to say that Zeke had given us the permission? Then I was going to make dad a traitor. I didn't even know if he wanted to come out in the open yet about his relationship with my mother. What if he lost his position in the pack because they found out that he had fallen in love with a woman from the enemy pack and had a child with him?What if they despised him? What if they hated him?I swallowed, finding the words hard to talk about. It wasn't my secret to spill. It wasn't my truth to talk about. I wished there was another way to answer Oscar Nelson but there wasn't.I paused. I could say that we had found the house by chance and decided to stay there so we wouldn't have to fight the rogue close to our territory. I could say that we had held d
Ella's POV"Do you know the implications of what you just said?" Oscar Nelson asked, pinning dad with a hard gaze.Dad nodded. "I just confessed to being in love with a wolf from the blood pack and having a child with her."Oscar Nelson sighed. "Is that why you have chosen to wander around all this while to be with your mate?"Dad shook his head. "No, I left my mate years ago. I didn't know I had a daughter until recently. I didn't want to lose her when I found her. You can understand why I extended my home to them when they were in trouble even though I knew it might get me in trouble.""What is your story?" Oscar Nelson asked Caleb.He bowed to his dad. "I was the one who told Elder Zeke about the resemblance of a girl I know to him and we were traveling together to find her when we ran into the wolves. He offered them his house when he found out that the rogues wanted to kill them.""Why would the rogues want to kill you?" Oscar Nelson asked Kevin."We had a fight five years ago an
Maya's POVI looked back at the door with panic as I packed my stuff into a bag. I had to leave here soon if I wanted to stay alive. Those sly girls. I shouldn't have trusted them. They had gone to the palace to check out my story and ended up telling the palace guards what I had told them and now, those ones were at the door threatening to break it down if I didn't open up and follow them to the palace at the order of the alpha's father."Open this door, Maya. We know you are in there." The head guard roared.I shook my head, forcing myself to remain calm through the hysteria I felt. I wouldn't be tricked. They couldn't have known I was in here. I had seen them from afar before they got to the door and rushed to my bedroom to pack my stuff. I had been moving silently through the bedroom as I packed my stuff and dumped them into a travel bag. There was no way they could have heard me even with their supernatural hearing."Maya, by the order of the alpha, we demand that you open this d
Melody's POV"How did you find me?" I asked once we were back to safety."I got to where we were to meet but didn't find you. I was looking for you with Neo and Nick when I heard you scream and knew something was wrong. I called dad and we traced your scent." Nathan said.I shook my head. Everything he said was confusing. He couldn't have heard me when I was far away. How could he have traced my scent when he didn't have a dog with him?""You brought a dog?" I asked."A dog?" Nick asked, looking confused."You said you traced my scent. Didn't you do that with a dog?"The boys looked at one another and laughed. "I thought you just heard dad say we were werewolves."My eyes rounded with surprise. I wondered how many surprises I was going to have to deal with today. "He wasn't kidding. I thought he was only trying to scare the witch.""My dad doesn't make empty threats."I sucked in a breath. "You are really werewolves? Can you prove it?"The boys looked unsettled. "I don't think that is
Melody's POV"Why didn't you use the drug I gave you?" She asked.I frowned, wondering what she was talking about. "Which drug?"She snorted. "The drug I gave the other day when you complained of headaches.""I told you I used it.""You lied to me that day and I knew it. If you had used the drug, you would have been dead in the next five minutes after using it."I went pale. "I'm glad I didn't use it.""You left me no choice but to do this. I was trying to make your death painless but I guess you love pain." She smiled."Why do you want to kill me?" I didn't understand her. How could a little girl like her think of killing me?"Why do you hate sweets?""It's bad for me.""Good." She cackled. "I want to kill you because you are bad for me. You can't be allowed to grow up. You would ruin my plans.""How can you know what would happen to me in the future?""Because I know." She smirked and right before my eyes, started changing until she became a grown woman with gnarled fingers and an u
Melody's POVThe school trip was boring, more than I thought it would be. It wasn't that I had great hopes for it but I hated how I was disappointed.This wasn't it. The teachers should have just given us a free day and told us to stay at home if they didn't want to teach today rather than bringing us to a place as dry as this.The other kids were playing a game to pass the time but I wasn't interested in it. The game was boring to me as well. I stayed off from them so they wouldn't drag me into their boring game against my wish."Why are you here alone?" Nathan asked as he walked towards me.He was alone and I wondered where his brothers were."I was bored. This place is dry." I replied. "I want to go home."He chuckled. "I know. Me too. I can't believe I was looking forward so much to this.""I wasn't." I confessed.He nodded. "Too bad that we can't go home until the teachers say we can.""Why don't we play a game together?" I asked, gearing with excitement as the idea popped into m
Nathan's POVEve was back immediately the teacher left. "Aren't you excited about the trip? There is so much we can get done."I snorted. So much like what? The girl was too strange for my liking. I had been focused on the dangers of the school trip and didn't remember that Eve was here until she popped her unwanted face again.She turned to Melody, ignoring my snort. "How does your head feel now? Have you taken the drug?" She asked."Yes, my head feels better now. Thank you.""You used the drug?" Eve asked, confirming she had heard right."Yes." Melody lied. The drug was on the ground, under her shoe."I didn't see you take it.""Were you watching her?" I frowned."I was worried about her." Eve replied."I took it immediately you turned your back and walked back to your seat. I slipped it into my mouth then."Eve stared at Melody for a long time, looking as if she didn't believe her. Eventually, she nodded to herself and walked back to her seat without a word.I frowned. "You should
Maya's POVI was brimming with excitement and anxiety that both emotions bothered on hyperactivity. I felt like a child again. I felt like I was finally living after all these days of feeling dead and numb.Who could have believed that it was Kevin and Ella who made me go numb and dead inside and it was also because of them that I would feel alive again?I was excited. This was my chance to get back at Kevin for breaking my heart and Ella for stealing the position that belonged to me.I loved karma. I couldn't believe it was finally working for me after all these years and deciding to fight on my behalf. They shouldn't have messed with me. In Kevin's next life, I hoped he would think twice before hurting another female.The only person I felt for in this revenge scheme of mine was Liam but I didn't care much about him as much as I cared about what I was to do. He was going to be affected as he was always by Kevin's side and also going to be heartbroken as he was an annoyingly loyal be
Neo's POVMelody had to be kidding me. How could she have brought another person into our circle? This wasn't the time to get friendly with strangers. She didn't even know this girl for up to a day and she was already being friends with her and having her eat with us. I couldn't believe her guts. She was unbelievable.For all I knew, this girl was not an ordinary girl. I forced myself to calm down, reminding myself that she didn't know of the dangers that lay ahead of her. She didn't know that she had to be careful and was being her usual bubbly self. It wasn't her fault that I had begun to suspect everyone and everyone that crossed my path. It wasn't her fault at all.I looked at Eve and wondered if she was oblivious to how my brothers and I felt about her or was just trying to be stubborn. She would have known since that we weren't open to her being here with our scowls and I thought that she would have excused herself.Wouldn't it be better for her to leave and eat alone than eat h
Melody's POV"Can we eat lunch together?" She suddenly asked, just before we got to class."I... I uh..." I didn't know what to say. I didn't know how to tell her that I already made plans for lunch so it wouldn't seem like I was trying to reject her."I am not trying to do anything." She began.I frowned, wondering what she meant by that. I never said she was trying to do anything.She continued. "The thing is, I have a lot of friends at the school where I transferred from and I'm not used to eating alone. You seem kind and moreover, you were the first person to smile at me here and that was why I thought that we could be friends. I only asked if we could eat lunch together because I already see you as a friend."I sighed. She was extremely chatty but I preferred that to her crying. I understood what she was trying to say and found myself nodding in agreement before thinking it through. I knew how much it sucked to eat alone in a large gathering of people. It was awkward feeling to f
Melody's POVThe boys had adapted to being my friends again and I was relieved that I didn't have to worry about them suffocating me with their overprotectiveness."Where should we hang out during break time?" I asked them as we saw one another in the morning and moved towards the school entrance."Take care of yourself, kids." Uncle Liam said and waved as he turned and walked away from us."Should we hang out in the garden?" Neo suggested. "I love the smell of flowers.""Me too." I agreed, smiling at them. "I also love flowers." I also loved being in the garden with the boys. They knew so much about flowers that I always learn something new from them. I wondered where they had learned about flowers from.The bell rang to signify the start of the classes and I watched as our homeroom teacher walked in, with a new student by her side.The girl seemed shy and I felt my heart move towards her. I remembered how nervous I had been on my first day here as well, wondering what my new classma