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"Ariana." Breeana said.Ari stopped in the middle of her work. She was helping their mother dice up some veggies. She looked up at Breeana, a sweet smile on her face. "Bree!" She hugged her sister."It's wonderful to see you. Do you want any snacks, food, …" Ariana gestured at the spread she was making.Breeana gave a smile that didn't reach her heart. She was way too keyed up to smile."I would like to discuss something with you in private."Ariana looked up at her with what looked like mild surprise. "Sure."They took a brief detour from the house into the woods. The silence between them felt uneasy and charged or maybe that was just the way it felt to Breeana since she was about to call her sister's character to question…."What is so urgent that you wanted to talk to me about so soon?" Ari asked congenially as they moved through the forest."What drug did you give me?” Best to rip it off like a bandaid."Pardon?" Ari said with a confused look on her face."When you stayed with me
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"Strip Luna Breeana of her rank.""We reject her as our Luna.""The Mountain Coast pack refuses to take orders from a treacherous Luna."Reece didn't have high hopes for that day. He had woken up with a hangover to end all hangovers. He vaguely remembered kissing Breeana and her pushing him away. He wasn't quite sure if it was a dream or reality. The connecting door was firmly shut and he didn't see Breeana till he left the room.He had gone to his office as he did every day. They had postponed the family dinner because Zinora had gone to Shawn's funeral while Alex was still angry at him as though he had personally sent his mate away.Word had leaked that Reece had killed the wolf but Adelaide had sworn her people into secrecy so no one knew the main reason why he had done so. Just that he had hence Alex foul mood.But that fateful morning as his head throbbed so bad that he could barely read what Alex put in front of him, Allen raced in as though the host of hell was pursuing him."W
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Ariana's hands shook. She wasn't scared. Not really but she was bothered. Breeana wasn't supposed to have suspected her so quickly.Rather Sarah had taken too long to deliver on her part of the deal. So Breeana had found out the truth before the protest masterminded by Sarah who had planted reports of what Breeana had done all over the pack at strategic locations so as to cause unrest in the pack.Every household in the pack had been summoned to bear witness to Breeana's trial. Their parents had been bothered and asked her if she knew anything about it. She had denied it of course. She wasn't stupid.But once they located Breeana and put her on that podium, she would open her mouth and accuse Ariana. What would she do then?She had wanted to go over to Sarah's house this morning to go over the plan but the protests had begun early and as the sister of the treacherous Luna she dared not step foot outside before she got lynched.So here Ariana stood in the crowd beside her parents, her
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I did it because I can't bear the thought of losing you."I did it for the pack."Breeana's cheeks were on fire and she only hoped that Reece didn't notice."The pack?" He intoned."Yes, the pack," Breeana said now confident. "They have already lost one Alpha. They can't afford to lose another so soon. It's not as though you have an heir to survive you."Reece looked at Breeana but she averted her gaze."Breeana," He began, his tone thoughtful. "You aren't keeping anything from me, are you?"Breeana fought to keep the shock off her face.How did he know that she was keeping something from him? Had it been so obvious from her expression or was he really that good at reading her?"I don't know what you are talking about, Reece." Breeana said avoiding his gaze as she shifted in bed, ignoring the pain as she shifted pulling the covers. "I feel weak and I need to rest. Please excuse me."She felt Reece hesitate behind her. She counted her breaths till he finally left.There is only one thi
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The woman spat at him and it hit Reece squarely in his cheek."Murderer. You killed my brother. Do you presume that you can give me commands? Let's see how well that will work for you."She didn't seem to realize that she was shackled and bound by silver chains in his dungeons, unable to fight or defend herself if he were to retaliate.Reece cleaned off the spit from his cheek with a handkerchief."You have trespassed on my pack lands and have made an attempt on my life as the Alpha of this pack. Your life is forfeit. If you will not answer my questions, I will have to torture it out of you."Reece stepped closer and grasped the sides of her cheeks tightly, she continued to look at him defiantly but he could see the whisper of fear in her eyes."I hope you hold on to this attitude because once I begin, I will not stop. You have brought this upon yourself. Remember that."Reece could feel the sharp gazes of Allen and Alex behind him. They had never seen this part of him before. The par
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Breeana opened her mouth and shut it, stunned and speechless."What?" She finally managed to get out."Breeana, I need you to tell me the truth. I know you. You might not like Reece or want the bond but there is no way you would have done something like that. So why did Reece kill Shawn?"Breeana didn't know what to say. Her brother knew her tells better than even she did. She wouldn't be able to bluff with him the way she had with Reece. He would know she was lying if she didn't tell him the full story about Ariana. Goddess. She was so fucked."Who told you Reece killed anyone? Besides if he did it would be for a good reason."Breeana focused on that detail. There, she hadn't lied or omitted anything. She'd just refused to volunteer any useful information."Breeana, for the goddess's sake, look at me when you speak." With his dark brown hair so similar to hers and his brown eyes, he looked so much like their dad that he was almost impossible to lie to up close.How could she find the
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"I admire your thoughtfulness, Elder Elvis, but that is a discussion to be decided upon consulting my mate."Reece couldn't believe that Elder Elvis could have mentioned something like that in public. An heir.He was in the prime of his youth. He didn't need an heir.Elder Elvis wore a private smile, as he looked at Reece then turned back to address the pack."Once more, I hope I speak your mind when I say that the purity of Luna Breeana is compromised. Alpha Reece has magnanimously cleared her of all charges after she took a bullet for him, however, this is the pack's line of succession we are talking about. The last thing we need is for her to bring in an heir who is not the actual child of Alpha Reece.""Elder Elvis! You overstep your boundaries."Elder Elvis hung his head in apology before disappearing into the crowd. All the former feelings of togetherness that usually preceded the pack run were gone.Reece could feel the tautness of tension in the air, the pack members murmured
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Their gazes locked and the world paused.Breeana's grip on her towel tightened as she saw her mate for the first time in days.She had been avoiding him. What else could she have done? Even if all she wanted to do had been to run to him and beg him to be hers and hers alone. She couldn't be selfish yet she knew that seeing him would weaken her resolve.Maybe she would have changed her mind if she hadn't entered the pack house to find out that Reece had given in and decided to choose a consort. Her replacement.It had hurt to hear it. Hurt so much that she thought she would die from the pain.So she had avoided him. She only came out of the connecting room after she was sure he had left the room or gone to bed.Breeana had spoken to Alex immediately after she had heard the news before he did something crazy like telling Reece everything.Alex understood why she was hiding the truth, Ari was his sister as well and the last thing he wanted was for her to get booted out of the pack or wor
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Six Years Later"Can I take you to lunch?"Sarah threw a mean left hook that had Jared struggling to keep his balance. He always favoured his right a little bit too much."No.""Sarah…"She didn't let him continue before releasing a barrage of blows that got his head back into the fight and away from emotional talks.An hour later, she was walking out of the training centre with a bag slung over her shoulder after her shower."Sarah, please wait up."She didn't. She kept walking because she really didn't want to have this conversation. He easily caught up to her though with his long legs."So off to pick up Cole?"Sarah stopped walking."What do you want? Please speak directly."Jared looked at her with hurt brown eyes that eerily reminded her of Allen."I'm trying to have a conversation with you, Sarah.""And I'm trying not to. We train together. That's all.""It doesn't have to be. We can be friends–""I apologise for my mistake. I shall find another trainer." Sarah nodded brusquely
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Breeana opened her eyes and nearly screamed.Reece. She had to get to Reece. But what could she do on her own?No, if there was one thing that Anya had thought of her it was that she needed backup. She knew that Reece and the others had a contingency plan where their forces could charge in and rescue them but that plan had relied on the use of their pack links.She didn't even know where the forces were situated. Reece hadn't told her and she hadn't thought to ask."What do I do? What should I do?"She paced the length of her room and then inspiration struck. Of course. How could she have forgotten?Sarah. She would know.*****"We need to get to them now."Sarah had known. She had known that something like this would happen. She had suspected it and now Allen was trapped in a room with Damien she would have felt fear if there was time.Every minute she dawdled was time that Allen couldn't afford especially with the vendetta that Damien had against him."I know where they are camped a
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Breeana puked again and her belly contracted in response. She was in the bathroom for another hour or so before she felt strong enough to make her way out.She had woken up with morning sickness and by God, it wasn't what it was hyped up to be.She hadn't even been able to wish Reece goodbye properly and she knew that if the coronation hadn't been that day he would have stayed with her until she felt better.She was barely seated on her bed before she felt a tug on the bond. It wasn't unusual these days for her to feel that way but what made her pause was the fact that Reece was in a closed-door meeting with a cold-blooded murderer. Relaxing herself, she let herself drift until she connected with him and then she was…******"Today we are here for something momentous. Because for the first one in centuries, we will be welcoming in a monarch. Someone who will lead us through these dark abysmal times."Reece sat in his seat exchanging side glances with some of his allies. Adelaide looke
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"You are asking me to stay behind?" Breeana glared at Reece, she couldn't believe that mere days ago she had cried and wished desperately that he would wake up.Now she felt the almost stifling urge to suffocate him. Ugh. He was so annoying and so obstinate that it was a marvel that they were still together.Truly."I just want you to stay safe while all this is going on." He leaned in and dropped a kiss on her forehead before touching her belly. "You and our child."Breeans pulled away before she would melt against his concern and sweet words the way she had been melting for the past few days since he woke up.Suffice to say that their fight had been long forgotten almost immediately after he woke up and she kissed him like the weirdo she was.No, Breeana do not think of kisses. She chided herself. Or of all the other things he had done to her and she had done to him."So I'm supposed to just sit in my hands while all the men I care about go off to fight a maniac? Come on, Reece. I'
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"You shacked up with a council member?"Breeana looked at Sarah shocked beyond belief.Sarah blushed. "I didn't know that at first."Breeana kept staring at her."And he's Cole's dad?""Yes."When Breeana had come to threaten Sarah to talk to her the last thing she had thought of was this.Sarah had taken one look at her thunderous expression and scented the blood on her before letting her in and telling her what had to be the surprising thing that Breeana had heard since the beginning of this fiasco."Bloody hell, does Allen know about this?" Was she the only one to be blindsided by all this?"I… I haven't gotten around to telling him I guess I just wanted it to go away." Sarah brushed her hair out of her face. "He's the only father that Cole will ever have. The only father I want my child to have. I thought if I ignored it, it would stay that way."Breeana looked at her like she had hit her head on the wall one too many times. Wanted what to go away? For all they knew this was proba
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The ambush was quiet, this was their land after all. They knew every nook and cranny of it and more than that they were preternaturally quick and quiet. The hunters on the other hand were loud and clumsy in comparison. They must have thought they would take their pack the way they had taken the others.They were wrong.As the hunters sat around their campfire, discussing their strategy for the upcoming attack, they surrounded them."We enter from the north and–"Allen gave the signal and they attacked.The hunters quickly reached for their weapons, but they were too slow and the werewolves were too fast. They pounced on the hunters, their razor-sharp claws tearing through flesh and bone.The hunters fought back with guns and knives, but they were no match for the werewolves' supernatural strength and agility.The air was filled with the sound of snarling and screaming as the werewolves tore apart their prey. The hunters tried to retreat, but the werewolves were relentless, chasing the
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Poison.The word resounded over and over in her head long after Reece had been wheeled into the ER.Someone had poisoned him.She felt a touch on her shoulder. It was Sarah."It's going to be fine, Bree." She comforted her, her voice low and compassionate.Only that was a farce, wasn't it?A terrible suspicion bloomed in her mind as she turned on Sarah. She had been there last night and suddenly Reece got poisoned. She didn't think it was a coincidence.Breeana gripped her by her throat watching her choke."It was you wasn't it?" Breeana squeezed harder, her vision going red. They had granted her mercy and she had gone and done this.Reece was… her mate was…. Just when she had wanted to give their relationship another shot. It was almost too cruel."I swear…" Sarah coughed trying to breathe through the strangling sensation around her throat where Breeana held her immobile."Don't fucking lie to me. You are still in contact with your people, right? You didn't tell Allen everything, did
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"We should just execute her and be done with it." Breeana said offhandedly and Reece stifled a laugh."Sure. Any more unreasonable requests you would like to add?"Breeana mock glared at him but a smile peeked through. She was surprised that they could even joke about this. The moment she had seen Ivy she had frozen thinking about the last time they had seen each other.Ivy didn't try to attack them or even struggle. She just turned herself in and allowed herself to be detained. Breeana and Reece had been shocked to hear that she had lost her pregnancy and that she was willing to sell her father and his moles in their pack out in exchange for her freedom."Why did you even bother coming back? You could have just stayed in Europe. There is no way we would have tracked you down." Breeana asked her still suspicious about her return and willingness.Ivy locked gazes with her. "I don't fancy being a fugitive for a murder I didn't even commit and I refuse to be used as a chess piece in my f
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Breeana looked at Reece suddenly unable to speak as he walked towards her with the bottle hanging limply from his hand.He reached her.She didn't know what to expect. No, that was wrong. She did know what to expect. It was Reece after all. He would yell at her and question her about why she hid it from him and then he'd–Reece fell on his knees and pressed his ear against her belly, his arms encircling her waist delicately.Breeana froze as he listened for the heartbeat of their child and he reacted in the most peculiar way that she could never have anticipated.He began to cry.Not loudly but softly. Breeana was confused but tried to comfort him in her own way by cradling his head against her belly.And for some minutes they stayed that way. They just stood and it was okay. Strange but okay."I'm sorry, Bree. Sorry that I made you feel the need to hide this from me."Oh, Reece. How could he be so uptight and downright annoying sometimes only to soften up and be nice later? She felt
