Years Ago:Author’s POV:He rushed through the crowd to reach school on time. Punctuality was becoming nearly impossible, almost every day now.As a Beta, soon to be Royal, the pack had high expectations for him. Zeon Holt, an orphan, didn’t stand a chance of becoming the Royal Beta until he learned to fight and had already defeated the other betas. At this moment, he considered himself more deserving, but nobody knew what would happen when little Atticus became the Alpha King and selected somebody else.That didn’t bother Zeon at all. He was only 16, and there were barely a few things on his mind except completing his education with a good score. He reached the school and stopped near the main gate to catch his breath when he heard a voice from beside him that stole his attention.Somebody was sniffling away their tears very softly, as if they were trying to be sneaky. Zeon straightened his back and turned to the side to see a girl squatting down and collecting her books from the gro
Years Ago:Author’s POV:"What's going on with you? Why are you so angry?" Millie, Maleeka’s best friend, had been talking to her for the last few minutes, sensing that something was amiss with her friend."He found a mate," Maleeka muttered under her breath, making sure only Millie could hear it."What? Zeon?" Millie was shocked because she knew how much Maleeka loved him."It's that new girl," even thinking about it made Maleeka close her eyes and clench her jaw angrily."Oh, no! That's such a downgrade for him," Millie commented, sympathizing with Maleeka, but also aware that Maleeka was not one to accept defeat easily."We have to do anything we can to make sure that girl is out of his life," Maleeka declared, her determination shining through. Losing was not in Maleeka's vocabulary."But you guys are not even mates," Millie pointed out, reminding Maleeka of a crucial fact she seemed to overlook."So? Is a stupid mate bond going to decide if I can have him or not?" Maleeka almost
Author’s POV:It wasn't easy for Eva to hide the mate bond and her feelings for Zeon, especially with Maleeka, the mean girl, clinging to him all the time."Sure! Who else is coming?" Zeon didn’t want to be alone with Maleeka at home. He felt it would be unfair to Eva that he was spending time with his girl best friend alone."Millie and others," Maleeka stated, and Zeon nodded his head.Later that evening, everybody gathered at Maleeka’s huge mansion, where they usually partied and had fun since she was the richest among them. They had everything--food, games, and luxuries, though no alcohol.Zeon had walked out of the gathering, feeling like he couldn't stop thinking about Eva. His mind was elsewhere, and even Maleeka noticed it. He never looked so bored among them. Usually, he loved the attention and luxuries Maleeka would provide, but something had changed in him now.He kept staring at his selfie with Eva from their first date night. There was a smile on his lips while staring at
Author’s POV:Years Ago:"Happy birthday," Maleeka gently kissed Zeon’s cheek, and he didn’t pull away from her either. There was this weird hesitation in his heart regarding losing it all if he upset Maleeka.Zeon celebrated his birthday with Maleeka that night. She had thrown him a massive party at her mansion. He had never felt so important in his entire life before. It almost felt like a dream to him, a dream he didn’t want to wake up from, but then his phone rang, and he had to walk away from Maleeka because it was his mate calling.He lowered his face in guilt, persuading himself that it wasn’t his fault. He has to do whatever he can, just like other people, to get what he wants."Hey," Eva instantly spoke up when he picked up the call."Happy birthday," she wished him in a sad tone. Zeon ignoring her had given her a hint that he didn’t want to be with her.Since she was not rich enough, like Maleeka, to get him something desirable, she had decided to gift him what he would like
Author's POV:Years Ago:Eva had stopped focusing on Zeon, even when her wolf craved to be near him. It was as if she had accepted the reality that they were two different people with two different lifestyle choices. He wanted luxury and popularity, and she craved love and loyalty.She had learned to avoid him and his friends, especially Maleeka. Now that she wasn’t wandering around or looking at Zeon, Maleeka didn’t bother her too much. Maleeka had been super happy hanging out with Zeon all the time.Zeon, however, had started to feel a little low. Every time he saw Eva hanging around with her new friends, he would feel jealous. However, he was so good at masking his feelings that Maleeka never caught him stealing glances at Eva.One day, when Maleeka didn’t attend school, Zeon decided to speak to Eva. She had just said goodbye to her friends and walked out of the school when Zeon parked his car in her way and shocked her."What is this, Zeon?" she yelled at him, watching him get out
Author’s POV:Years Ago:"I know, it was so much fun," Eva was sitting in the backyard with Jacque and Bonnie. Bonnie was Jacque’s girlfriend and mate. Eva found them attractive together, and they were also very considerate of Eva’s feelings. They never left her alone and always included her in anything fun they were doing.Even Eva thought they needed to stop worrying about her and spend some quality time alone. Just the two of them."I loved your bed and the whole cloud setting on the ceiling," Eva was complimenting Jacque after they redid his room together.Zeon was standing a little farther from them, hearing everything. He didn’t know who Bonnie was. All he knew was that Jacque was probably hitting on Eva, and Eva had been at his home."Babe!" Maleeka rushed out after Zeon, looking for him after he ditched her in the cafeteria with her friends, "Why did you le---," she paused when her eyes followed his stare. He was not shying away from showing the jealous look on his face when w
Author's POV:Years Ago:"What did you say?" Zeon expressed, shocked when hearing her concern.Did she really think he was capable of killing her? Did she really think of him as an animal enough to kill someone?It surprised and unsettled him at the same time."Are you going to do something bad to me?" she proceeded to ask him while tears ran down her cheeks.That moment was the moment of realization for him.He never intended to hurt her. He was just making sure she didn’t leave until he told her what he felt."No! No! EVA NO!" He yelled in desperation, "Before even laying a finger on you, I’d end my life," he rested his hands on the tree and brought his face closer to hers."I didn’t bring you here to hurt you. I brought you here to let you know how much I’m hurting," As his tone softened and his eyes were filled with mist, she realized he was suffering and had used the wrong way to express his emotions."I’m sorry that I did that. I shouldn’t have stolen the chance of making a deci
Author's POVYears Ago:Zeon’s confession of love to Eva has left everyone in shock. Prior to this day, everybody assumed Zeon was going to accept Maleeka, but it all changed. Zeon didn’t hesitate to send back everything Maleeka had bought him in order to keep him to herself. He had cut ties with Maleeka entirely and had Eva move in. He was back in his old home, but because Eva was happy there, he didn’t feel any difference. In fact, he liked it more that way.One day, when Eva had fallen asleep, Maleeka kept blowing up his number. It had been months since Zeon and Eva had moved in together. He had been taking care of her in school to make sure nobody bullied her. He knew the instant he left her alone, Maleeka would approach her to say something."Talk to her; give her closure," Eva finally raised her face and told Zeon to speak to Maleeka."I have many times. She is not ready to understand anything," Zeon got up from behind Eva as he unwrapped his arms from around her and picked up t
Cynthia Dion:It’s been two years since that unfortunate event happened.Maleeka couldn’t accept that she could no longer force Zeon to be with her.Atticus finally cleaned Eva’s grave, cleared her name, and even buried Zeon next to her. We also renamed the specific block in school to be Eva.I do think that day when I was cleaning in that block, it was Eva’s disturbed soul still wandering around.Maleeka was in the mental asylum, showing no signs of improvement. Atticus made it very clear that even if Maleeka gets better, she will be severely punished.However, things have changed in our relationship as well.We were not only two, in fact, we have welcomed a cute baby girl into our lives after a few months of that whole sad incident.We named her Flora."Flora! Stop running around," I rolled my eyes at her as she ran into Niles, Rosalie, and Enzo’s son.We have gathered around my father’s pack that I’ve recovered to celebrate my pregnancy news with my people."So, how did it go?" Att
Cynthia’s POV:As he finished telling us why he did all that, our faces changed colors. My eyes were teary, and the counsellors looked guilty, too.Maleeka had been breaking down after her dirty criminal history was displayed to everyone.I didn’t even know what to say anymore. The story of Eva and the horrible life she had because of the mean and selfish people around her was so bad.The fact that my mother didn’t even help her out and let the poor victim take a fall broke my heart.I know she was thinking she was doing it for me and Flora, but to push someone else’s daughter into such a shitty situation just for the sake of your daughters is not an excuse.Not to mention, I wonder if what Flora and I went through our entire lives was our mother’s karma, and maybe Eva’s broken heart cries are shadowing our happiness."Zeon!" Since Atticus couldn’t even say a word, I whispered in tears, "I understand your pain and Eva’s suffering, but hurting others wouldn’t bring her back. You can le
Author’s POV:Years Ago:It’s been a month since Eva passed away on the school grounds, and Zeon killed those rogues. Rowdy was the only one that survived, but he went into a coma after that night.Zeon had no clue what to do because it seemed like everybody was more focused on the ones that got killed than on Eva."She was innocent," he yelled at the counselors, who shook their heads at him."We will call our first witness here, who will explain to us how Eva had been clawing at the other boys and meeting them in the library." The elder of the counselor spoke as he pointed at the door. All eyes turned to the door, waiting for this so-called character witness.Zeon didn’t have a very good feeling about it. It seemed like something bad was about to happen. Why did they even need to have an investigation?A she-wolf got gang raped and killed. Why were they investigating her? It was beyond his mind, and he was just plain hurt and lost. There was nobody on his side. He was suffering and w
Author’s POV:Years Ago:After that day, Zeon and Jacque were escorted out and even got detention. Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months. Nothing happened to Maleeka; the guards were even assigned to her to stop Zeon from coming after her.She would go to school every day and watch Zeon and Eva together. She was not at all satisfied with what she had done; in fact, if Eva were still alive, she would consider herself a failure.Although she was surprised to hear Eva get pregnant again, And this time, she couldn’t even get near her because all the eyes would be on her."This is the girl," she had asked for some rogue criminals to meet her after school."She is beautiful," there were five rogue young boys, probably 19, the same age as them."She will be alone in the school today, doing some assignments in the library. You can enter the school and get your hands on her. Listen, her mate will be there, but you can take him out with wolfbane. Remember, you are not supposed to hurt h
Author’s POV:Years Ago:"What do you mean by she stole your mate? Zeon is her mate. That’s what everybody knows." Mrs. Dion, who thought of Maleeka as this innocent and sweet little girl, was ready to accept any lie she was going to tell her."She was the second chance, mate. Zeon accepted me two years ago. We used to be together; we were never separated, and then i--- then I got pregnant with him, but during that time, she joined school. She caused my abortion. I know it is not an excuse to do the same to someone else, but think of it as your own daughter. You have a little daughter that you gave birth to with so much difficulty. Can you imagine anyone hurting her? Just imagine what I have been through." She sniffled as she shed crocodile tears. She was sneaking glances at Mrs. Dion, too.She wanted to get out of this mess by any means."I am so sorry that happened to you, but I still have to tell the counsel about the video. You can rest your case before them. If you are innocent,
Author’s POV:Years Ago:"How the hell did it happen?" Ever since Zeon got informed about Eva’s accident at school, he has been wandering in the school’s hallway and crying.Jacque and Bonnie had been sticking with him and feeling worried about him.He was in disbelief that such a horrible thing happened to Eva on the school’s grounds."There is no way she just fell off the stairs," he shook his head, not ready to believe what the school staff has been telling him."I understand your concern, but getting all stressed out won’t do anybody any favors," Jacque stepped forward to comfort Zeon, who was going crazy worrying about Eva.Bonnie and Jacque were worried for their friend and Zeon; they had never seen him so stressed out. On the other hand, Maleeka had returned home but was a little panicky. She has hurt Eva before, but this time she was directly involved.It just made her feel a little stressed. What if somebody saw her? It happened in a school, so there was a huge possibility so
Author’s POV:Years Ago:Eva was hanging out with Maleeka a lot after that day. She told Zeon that Maleeka apologized and promised to act well around her. Although he didn’t believe Maleeka, he couldn’t force Eva into deciding who to hang out with and who to ignore.He was just too concerned because Eva was too pure in her heart. One day, when Zeon was sent to the councillors for some pack-related stuff since he was supposed to be the royal beta of the pack in the future, Maleeka visited Eva.She knew Eva would be alone at home, so she didn’t want to miss this opportunity to mess things up for her. She has heard from Eva’s friend that Eva was pregnant, and it has enraged Maleeka.She was glad she heard her friends talking because she was ready to do any dirty job in order to stop Eva from giving Zeon an heir."I am so happy," Eva was pleased, clapping hands every two minutes and imaging having a child with Zeon."You two got married, too. I am surprised you hid it from me," Maleeka wa
Author's POVYears Ago:Zeon’s confession of love to Eva has left everyone in shock. Prior to this day, everybody assumed Zeon was going to accept Maleeka, but it all changed. Zeon didn’t hesitate to send back everything Maleeka had bought him in order to keep him to herself. He had cut ties with Maleeka entirely and had Eva move in. He was back in his old home, but because Eva was happy there, he didn’t feel any difference. In fact, he liked it more that way.One day, when Eva had fallen asleep, Maleeka kept blowing up his number. It had been months since Zeon and Eva had moved in together. He had been taking care of her in school to make sure nobody bullied her. He knew the instant he left her alone, Maleeka would approach her to say something."Talk to her; give her closure," Eva finally raised her face and told Zeon to speak to Maleeka."I have many times. She is not ready to understand anything," Zeon got up from behind Eva as he unwrapped his arms from around her and picked up t
Author's POV:Years Ago:"What did you say?" Zeon expressed, shocked when hearing her concern.Did she really think he was capable of killing her? Did she really think of him as an animal enough to kill someone?It surprised and unsettled him at the same time."Are you going to do something bad to me?" she proceeded to ask him while tears ran down her cheeks.That moment was the moment of realization for him.He never intended to hurt her. He was just making sure she didn’t leave until he told her what he felt."No! No! EVA NO!" He yelled in desperation, "Before even laying a finger on you, I’d end my life," he rested his hands on the tree and brought his face closer to hers."I didn’t bring you here to hurt you. I brought you here to let you know how much I’m hurting," As his tone softened and his eyes were filled with mist, she realized he was suffering and had used the wrong way to express his emotions."I’m sorry that I did that. I shouldn’t have stolen the chance of making a deci