I followed Patricia back into the mansion. Once inside, the elder had me follow her to what seemed to be a treatment room. There, she had me sit on a bed, while she prepared some herbs and candles. Some very strong-scented ones, no less."I know you said they were needed, but do we really need to use those herbs and candles?" I asked, trying hard not to scrunch my face from the sharp scent I was smelling. “I thought you said I need to take some kind of special herbs in order for me to connect to my wolf.”"I know these may be a bit too harsh on the nose, believe me I do. However, these are necessary for this practice," Patricia told me, as she lit up some scented candles and placed them around me. The sharp minty scent making me want to plug my nose shut. “The herbs will only lull you to deep sleep. Should you sleep with these scented aroma around you, you will be able to connect to your wolf in your dreams.”I grew confused at the explanation. “Is there a need to take the medicine if
I awoke to the sound of shouting, my body feeling a little groggy as I opened my eyes. Adjusting to the blurs, I was surprised to find myself surrounded by many other werewolves. All shouting and pointing at me accusingly.“W-What’s… going on?” I asked out loud, unable to make out what was being said.Soon enough, I was finally able to make out the words… and paled from them.“Murderer!”“How could you do that?!”“And you’re supposed to be the Luna?!”Her eyes widened in shock, it donned onto her at last what was happening. A scene she had experienced once before, four years ago.‘This is… That night!’ she realized, feeling someone put their hands on her, and forced her down to the ground.“Arrest her! Don’t you dare even let her try to escape!” I heard. The same words that were used that night.I looked up and saw Duncan glaring down at me, seething in rage. “Duncan…” I muttered out.“Don’t think your status means anything at this point, you slut!” he shouted. “I have been patient en
My eyes widened as I repeated those words in my head. ‘Mother’? Whose? Couldn’t be mine, could she? I don’t even know this person.“I’m sorry, but I think you’re mistaken. I had a mother, and she certainly wasn’t you,” I kindly corrected her.A sad smile formed on her face when I said that. “I know what I said sounds confusing to you, but I speak the truth,” she assured. Am assurance I didn’t believe.“No, that… that can’t be. You’re just messing with my head. This is another one of those ‘mental trials’ Miss Patricia spoke of, isn’t it? The memory isn’t enough, so now there is someone who looks like an older version of me trying to test and see if I’m worthy of having my wolf.”She held her arms in a peaceful motion. “This is not a test. And while this is not the real world, this also is not your dream world.”Her claim made it all the more confusing to me. “What are you talking about? Where am I then if not in a dream? In fact, why should I even listen to you? For all I know, you co
When the light faded, I lowered my arms and found myself in the woods. Confused by the sudden change, I turned to ask the spirit woman where she had taken me—only to find she was gone.“Where did she go?!” I wondered, looking around my surroundings in search for the woman, only to find no sign of her anywhere. I took in a breath, hoping I would be able to find her by her scent, only to be reminded that I was not in the real world. As such, out of all my five senses, I could not smell anything here.‘I knew she was only delaying me!’ I thought, a bit peeved at myself for hearing her out. And now because of it, I may have gotten farther away from my wolf than before."Are you sure about this?" I suddenly heard. A voice I did not expect to hear here.“Miss Patricia?" I muttered out, heading towards the source."I already told you, Patricia. There is no other way," answered another voice. This one from the spirit woman, prompting me to quicken my pace.I soon found the two in a secluded a
'That... That's my baby blanket,' I thought, shocked beyond belief. 'No, but that... That can't be. My mother, she's-'I stopped my train of thoughts as I glanced at Sarah, noticing the painfully sad expression she had, complete with tears forming in her eyes and trailing down her cheeks."And you're sure you don't want me to keep tabs on her? Watch over her from afar?" Patricia asked, in which Sarah shook her head to."You do that, they will eventually find out of her existence and try to do to her what is being done to me. And without her own mate to protect her, that will make her all the more vulnerable. It's safer for her to be far away from here, with no connection to me," she reasoned. A reason I could not make sense with. Especially not this 'role' I supposedly have, yet not know about. A role that may or may not be similar to that of an Alpha or Luna's, from the sounds of it.As if that wasn't enough, Patricia... She already knew me? This wasn't a lie or some kind of trick, w
Duncan's POVA few days passed since I mind linked the slut about this family meeting. Now, weekend has arrived, and Dylan and I were in my room, getting dressed for the little 'meet and greet'."I don't wanna go to Grandpa's house. Not if she's there, and not without Auntie Ashley," Dylan whined, in which I sighed at."Took the words right out of my mouth," I agreed grimacingly. "Sadly, even I have no say to what my parents demand. Especially my father.""But you're the Alpha! Can't you at convince him to let Auntie Ashley come along?""Dylan's right. Surely you can talk your parents into bringing me along. Or better yet, have them come visit us," Ashley agreed, sitting and resting on my bed.A sad smile formed on my face at her request. "My beloved. You and Dylan both know that if I was able to do either of those, we wouldn't be in this situation," I reasoned. "Unfortunately, once an Alpha, always has the lasting effects of one. Even if I were to refuse, Father will use his Alpha Au
Susan's POVI sat in the car across from Duncan and Dylan, as the chauffeur drove us to Duncan's parents' house, somewhere outside the pack. During the drive, as to be expected, neither my husband nor my son bothered to look me in the eyes. Instead, they only had small chats with one another- mostly Dylan complaining about visiting his grandfather. And when they weren't talking, both would just look out the window, completely ignoring me. While it did bother me a bit to see them both ignore me so, at the very least, there was no Ashley here. I rather they ignore me completely in silence than ignore me by hanging around with her so lovingly."How much longer?" Dylan asked then."Shouldn't be much longer. Unless if we took a different turn than usual," Duncan answered, looking to the driver in front."At ease, Alpha. We are going the right way, and will be arriving at the master's mansion momentarily," the chauffeur said.“‘Momentarily’ doesn’t sound fast enough,” Dylan complained.“Wha
As we exited out of the car, Duncan, Dylan, and I walked up to the mansion. The former two speed walking on ahead, no doubt wanting to be away from me. Not that I minded. After what I learned, I want to keep distance from them, too. Well, not that they would ever know. Why, Duncan himself didn't know and yet…'No,' I stopped my thoughts, taking in a breath. 'That sort of thing is not even for me to say. If he never realized it, that would be his own fault. Besides, even if I were to say it, would he ever believe me?'Once that last thought came into my head, I became more convinced that there was no point in saying a word to Duncan about anything. He never believed me before, much less heard me out. Even if I was instructed by Pularis and Patricia to proceed as I usually would, that may proved to be a bit more challenging than it sounds. Still, I need to be calm, and proceed as I usually would. Regardless of the difficulty.Duncan knocked on the door, a bit too harshly. As we waited a
"How disappointing..."How I felt my world stop when those words came out of his mouth. ‘Disappointing’? In who? For what? If it was how I failed to have Duncan change his immature, hardheaded ways, that was fine. If it was anything else- namely the incident four years ago… But that couldn’t be it, could it?“For you- whom I personally accepted and selected to be my son’s mate, his Luna supporting him- to do something as foolish as to poison one of your own people? Even if I personally didn’t like the affected werewolf so much, by no means did that make it okay for you to do that sort of deed,” Dingo spoke, raising my surprise. “Wait… You actually believe that I did that?!” I gasped out.“Hah! I knew you finally see things my way,” Duncan, on the other hand, cheered happily. I may have been in shock to say anything the first time I was accused of this misdeed, but to be accused by the one person who had been on my side, supporting me throughout my married life? There was no way I wa
I arrived back down in the living room, as requested. Upon arrival, I found Dingo sitting on the sofa still. His head rested on his knuckles, and I could sense that he seemed upset about something. Sitting on the other sofa across from him was Duncan, who leaned back in his seat and had his legs crossed. Almost as though he didn’t have a care in the world, as per usual when it came to his father.Dingo took notice of me at the door and lifted his head. “Susan. Come here,” Dingo spoke.I didn’t like the tone he used when calling out to me, though. A tone he normally used when he was tired of something, that spoke trouble in more ways than one. And something told me…That tone was for me.I approached him at his request, stood by the sofa. As he gestured me to sit, I sent a nervous glance at Duncan, and sat on the edge, as far from him as possible.“Duncan told me some very interesting things, Susan. Said that on top of committing attempted murder to Ashley, you had a child with another
A sigh escaped my lips when I recalled every bit of that day. After results showed that I was, indeed, pregnant with Duncan's baby, Dingo was quite quick to have a marriage set up between us, and help me learn what it means to be a respectable Luna. With word spreading about how Duncan was cursed to not have a child, pretty much everyone supported the marriage. Saw it as a miracle how I was holding his baby.All except for Duncan. Who believed that I managed to lie to his father or changed the results somehow to make it seem like I was pregnant with his baby. Of course, under Dingo's wishes, I didn't tell him the truth, and instead did everything I could to learn how to be a worthy Luna and change Duncan's ways somehow.'And yet, look at what's become of me now,' I thought. ’Not only did I fail to keep my promise to set Duncan straight- with Alpha Dingo’s assistance, no less- but I got framed for a crime I didn’t commit. Worse off, I don’t even know if Dingo believes that I wasn’t res
I was taken to the healer at Alpha Dingo’s insistence, where I was taking the pregnancy test. The Alpha himself and Duncan also joined me to see the results of the test. On one hand, I had doubts that a baby would already be forming that quickly in me, as it was just last night when Duncan and I did the deed. On the other hand, considering the number of times he released in me, it may be possible that the baby really is already being made within me. A baby I was not ready to take care of.“This is ridiculous,” Duncan spoke. “I really don’t see why I have to be here. When we both know for sure she’s not having a baby. Much less my own. Besides, even if she did get pregnant, she was the one who wanted it to happen.”Dingo glanced at him with narrowed eyes, his face filled with much disappointment. “If you continue that biased thought process, you will never make it far as an Alpha.”Whether he didn’t believe in his father or knew his wise words held much truth but didn’t want to acknowl
I lied on the bed in the guest room, feeling mentally exhausted already with what’s happened so far today, even though not even half a day had gone by. And in the span of but a few hours, the most stressful thing that happened had to be Duncan’s baseless claim about Pularis being anything less than an Alpha. Moreover, my ‘boyfriend’.‘I had a feeling he would be upset with what happened that night, adding on how he lost leverage over me in Justin, but to think he would get this ridiculous…’ I thought, still quite baffled with how foolish Duncan turned out to be. This was not just in terms of his lovesickness for Ashley, or his naive ignorance in his Alpha duties. With that sort of accusation he made, I was starting to wonder if he was deluding himself to think Pularis was faking being a part of the Council of Wolves. An act that is but a crime, as Pularis had mentioned that night.‘Well, then again, if I think about it, what were the chances that the man who saved me would be someone
As we exited out of the car, Duncan, Dylan, and I walked up to the mansion. The former two speed walking on ahead, no doubt wanting to be away from me. Not that I minded. After what I learned, I want to keep distance from them, too. Well, not that they would ever know. Why, Duncan himself didn't know and yet…'No,' I stopped my thoughts, taking in a breath. 'That sort of thing is not even for me to say. If he never realized it, that would be his own fault. Besides, even if I were to say it, would he ever believe me?'Once that last thought came into my head, I became more convinced that there was no point in saying a word to Duncan about anything. He never believed me before, much less heard me out. Even if I was instructed by Pularis and Patricia to proceed as I usually would, that may proved to be a bit more challenging than it sounds. Still, I need to be calm, and proceed as I usually would. Regardless of the difficulty.Duncan knocked on the door, a bit too harshly. As we waited a
Susan's POVI sat in the car across from Duncan and Dylan, as the chauffeur drove us to Duncan's parents' house, somewhere outside the pack. During the drive, as to be expected, neither my husband nor my son bothered to look me in the eyes. Instead, they only had small chats with one another- mostly Dylan complaining about visiting his grandfather. And when they weren't talking, both would just look out the window, completely ignoring me. While it did bother me a bit to see them both ignore me so, at the very least, there was no Ashley here. I rather they ignore me completely in silence than ignore me by hanging around with her so lovingly."How much longer?" Dylan asked then."Shouldn't be much longer. Unless if we took a different turn than usual," Duncan answered, looking to the driver in front."At ease, Alpha. We are going the right way, and will be arriving at the master's mansion momentarily," the chauffeur said.“‘Momentarily’ doesn’t sound fast enough,” Dylan complained.“Wha
Duncan's POVA few days passed since I mind linked the slut about this family meeting. Now, weekend has arrived, and Dylan and I were in my room, getting dressed for the little 'meet and greet'."I don't wanna go to Grandpa's house. Not if she's there, and not without Auntie Ashley," Dylan whined, in which I sighed at."Took the words right out of my mouth," I agreed grimacingly. "Sadly, even I have no say to what my parents demand. Especially my father.""But you're the Alpha! Can't you at convince him to let Auntie Ashley come along?""Dylan's right. Surely you can talk your parents into bringing me along. Or better yet, have them come visit us," Ashley agreed, sitting and resting on my bed.A sad smile formed on my face at her request. "My beloved. You and Dylan both know that if I was able to do either of those, we wouldn't be in this situation," I reasoned. "Unfortunately, once an Alpha, always has the lasting effects of one. Even if I were to refuse, Father will use his Alpha Au
'That... That's my baby blanket,' I thought, shocked beyond belief. 'No, but that... That can't be. My mother, she's-'I stopped my train of thoughts as I glanced at Sarah, noticing the painfully sad expression she had, complete with tears forming in her eyes and trailing down her cheeks."And you're sure you don't want me to keep tabs on her? Watch over her from afar?" Patricia asked, in which Sarah shook her head to."You do that, they will eventually find out of her existence and try to do to her what is being done to me. And without her own mate to protect her, that will make her all the more vulnerable. It's safer for her to be far away from here, with no connection to me," she reasoned. A reason I could not make sense with. Especially not this 'role' I supposedly have, yet not know about. A role that may or may not be similar to that of an Alpha or Luna's, from the sounds of it.As if that wasn't enough, Patricia... She already knew me? This wasn't a lie or some kind of trick, w