DEXTER'S POVIt was the day of the gala party, an event that united different packs. Alpha's and their Lunas, betas, gammas, and even omegas weren't left out in the celebration.Appreciation was to be rendered to the Moon Goddess. Gifts were to be exchanged between one another and awards were to be given to those who deserved it.I walked through the grand entrance of the Wolfberry Hotel where the gala was taking place, each of my steps commanding attention.The flashing lights of cameras lit up the crimson carpet, reflecting in my sharp, midnight-black suit.My presence alone was enough to silence murmurs, guests parting instinctively as if making way for a king.Behind me was Kendra, her hands gripped tightly to mine.Owing to the fact that every Alpha who had found their mate was mandated to come with their Luna, I had no option than to let her tag along.She was basking in the euphoria of the attention she was getting, sending away reporters and photographers who she termed spies.
DEXTER'S POVA bitter taste settled on my tongue. The whole thing was just unacceptable to me.The audience clapped, oblivious to the fury brewing beneath my calm exterior. My pride was a beast clawing inside me, demanding answers. I could feel the weight of my pack's eyes on me. Their trust, their loyalty was shattered.How could I let this stand?I exhaled sharply, my jaw locking. Whoever Luna Deathclaw was, she had just become a problem.The clapping thundered in my ears, each applause a mockery, a dagger twisting deeper into my pride.The moment she stepped forward, the air was sucked from my lungs.The world slowed as she emerged from the crowd, gliding toward the stage with the same grace I once knew too well.Kendra's grip tightened, her nails biting into my wrist, but I barely felt it.Because there she was.Daisy? I had to rub my eyes with the back of my hand because I couldn't believe my eyes. It was Daisy. No. Luna Daisy Deathclaw.My ex-wife. I meant ex-fiancée. The woman
DAISY'S POV A gentle but firm touch on my lower back broke through my spiralling thoughts. "Breathe, Luna." Zordon's deep, commanding voice grounded me instantly. I turned slightly, my eyes meeting his piercing gaze. He wasn't smiling, but he didn't need to. The warmth in his swirling silver eyes was enough. I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding. "I'm fine." His lips quirked in a way that told me he didn't believe me. "No, you're not," he murmured, shifting his stance so his body subtly blocked me from the prying eyes of the crowd. "I can hear your heart racing. You're thinking about him, aren't you?" I stole a quick glance at him. Zordon had always known. He knew the weight of my past, the scars I carried from the life I had been forced to leave behind. And he had never once pitied me for them. Instead, he had made sure I never had to face them alone. His fingers brushed over mine, his warmth seeping into my skin. "He has no power over you anymore, Daisy." I swa
DEXTER'S POVThe moment my feet moved, I knew I wouldn't stop until I was in front of her.I barely registered Kendra's gasp as I shoved past the crowd, my pulse pounding in my ears. The applause was still deafening. A relentless reminder that I had lost control of something that should have never been taken from me, and that was Daisy.I forced my face into a mask of control, though rage simmered beneath the surface. Each step I took carried the weight of my pride, and the regret which boiled deep down in my heart.Daisy had no right to that name. She had no right to stand beside Zordon Deathclaw, let alone be addressed as his Luna. He was supposed to send her off to work somewhere on a fishing boat or his famous barracks, but this, this was outrageous. How dare he make her his Luna? And how dare she accept his proposal to become his when she knew she belonged to me? She was mine. She would always be mine. My jaws clenched as I reached the stage, brushing past the guards as if the
DEXTER'S POVThe room tensed.My body coiled. I was barely able to restrain my rage.Zordon Deathclaw was powerful. Respected. Feared.I didn't even remember him coming to any of these gatherings before. Even though us alphas were expected to be present at such events, but he had always declined the gala's invitation and stayed away. So what had changed now? Why was he here tonight and with her?Even if he acknowledged Daisy's title, I still wouldn't allow it.I turned sharply toward him, my teeth bared. "Zordon—"But he only raised a single hand. The room fell deathly silent, every eye now fully directed at us.Slowly, he rose from his seat, his views falling on me with the weight of an avalanche.And then, with deliberate precision, he spoke."Luna Daisy Deathclaw is under my protection. She is mine."My hands clenched into fists at his words.The weight of them pressed against my chest like a steel cage. The pressure made my heart tightened and my breath came out ragged. I felt li
DEXTER'S POVShe held my gaze for a long moment, her eyes were so calm that I almost believed I still had a chance.And then, with quiet finality, she spoke."You are my past, Dexter," she said. "But Zordon is my present and my future. I will build with him."The last shred of hope inside me crumbled into dust.The hall felt suffocating. The deafening cheers of the crowd, the way they celebrated my loss, made my stomach twist with fury and despair.My mate, Daisy, had just chosen another man over me.Without remorse or pity, Zordon stood tall, his arm instinctively wrapping around her waist, staking his claim. He didn't even have to say anything. He had already won.I forced my legs to move, every step feeling heavier than the last. The weight of my own failure pressed down on me and my pride shattering beyond repair.The doors loomed ahead, an escape from the humiliation, but just as I reached them, a hand grabbed my wrist."Dexter, what was that all about?"I turned my back to see K
DEXTER'S POVThe words hung in the air between us, heavy with implications. My wolf bristled at the idea, but deep down, a part of me sought vengeance.I had been wronged.Xavier leaned in, his voice dropping to a whisper. "Together, we can make Zordon suffer. We can take everything from him, just as he took everything from us."'Revenge!' The word burned in my mind.I thought of Daisy, of the way Zordon had looked at me as if I were nothing. I thought of the way the crowd had cheered when he claimed what was mine.Maybe it was time to stop being the man who lost.And start being the man who took back what was his.I met Xavier's gaze, my voice a low growl. "I'm listening."Xavier's lips curled into a slow, sinister smirk. "Good," he hummed. "Then let's talk about how to break him immediately."I crossed my arms, my wolf still restless beneath my skin.I stared at Xavier, the war inside me raging.'You rejected her first, Dexter. You sold her in exchange for power, so you have to deal
KENDRA'S POVI waited for Dexter to accept my lips in a passionate kiss and then pin me on the bed and fuck me until the sun came up, but he surprised me when he caught my wrist, his fingers boring into my skin as he pried my hand away from his body. "No!" his voice was cold and commanding, sending icy shivers down my spine."Dexter, why are you doing this to me?" I asked, surprise flickered over my face. "I am your true mate. The one the Moon Goddess paired you with." "I don't want you anywhere near me, Kendra. My life has been cursed ever since I met you," he grunted. "Just go away," he ordered.The words cut through the air between us. And another shiver crawled over my skin. Not just from his tone, but from the sheer force of his rejection.I lifted my gaze, searching his face for an expression that wasn't this ruthless detachment. But Dexter's face was so rigid, like it was carved from stone, showing he had no sympathy for my feelings. "Dexter," I whispered, my voice trembling
DAISY'S POVZordon was shaking his head, thinking over my words. "Isla has never felt like she had any competition when it came to your affection for her but now that I am your Luna she realizes she may not have a chance anymore, and she wants to get rid of me,” I tried to explain to him. However, he just shook his head with a smile on his face. He was obviously not willing to believe my words. "No, I don't think it's true. Look, I get that you don't like Isla and I don't blame you for that. She was rude and unfair to you. I am going to do my best so that you don't have to run into her often, but you can't keep saying things like this. Isla doesn't have any feelings for me, and she wouldn't do this to me." I was so angry that I laughed. I wanted to explain to Zordon that he was a man and that he would never understand the feelings of a woman the way another woman would, but I suddenly felt drained. Why did I need to work so hard to convince him that Isla was a bad person? He wou
KENDRA'S POV“Alpha, we lost her trail a couple of miles from here. We don't know which way she headed. Plus we saw two sets of footprints. One was definitely hers, but we don't know who the other belongs to.”"Where is she? You have to find her. None of you are allowed to come back to this pack if you don't find Daisy. I went through so much to finally get her back and yet, you just let her escape like that? And why the fuck did you come back here just to tell me you lost track of her? I don't care how you do it, but you will find her or your families will have bodies to bury.”I watched with a cold smirk on my face as Dexter yelled at the guards, barking for them to go find Daisy. The guards were tired and hungry, I could see it in their faces. But their Alpha didn't care about that. All he cared about was Daisy. Dexter began to throw one of his tantrums and his already exhausted guards tried desperately to make him stop destroying the entire study, but none of them could get close
DAISY'S POVMy mind was tired, and my pulse was blinking hard in my veins. I just needed to grab a warm bath and get my bearings right. Without saying another word to Zordon I began to make my way to the door. "Daisy, please wait, let's talk. I understand that you're angry, but we need to get you checked out at the healer," he called after me as I stormed my way into my bedroom.Although he had punished Isla, she had refused to apologize to me. She insisted that I had done something wrong and that I had probably orchestrated the whole kidnapping because I wanted Zordon's attention. I felt insulted that she would even think those things about me. "Look, Daisy. I already punished Isla. What else do you want me to do?" he finally caught up to me and grabbed my arm. "Let go of me. I didn't even do anything wrong. I am the victim here. I was kidnapped for crying out loud. And yet, she is saying that I orchestrated it all because I wanted you to come back? Does she think I am as crazy
DAISY'S POVZordon froze. "You don't need to worry about that. Listen to me and let this go. What is important is that you are back. We need to find the person who did this to you and make them pay!" Zordon replied. "You don't need to find anyone. I am well aware of the person who did this to me. I just want to know what's going on," I answered firmly. "Well, if you must know, the Alpha —," Isla began but Zordon cut her off with a snarl. "What did I say about speaking out of terms?" She bowed her head in submission. Zordon faced me. "We ran into a little problem while we were fighting with the rogues. But it wasn't anything significant. I am fine now. You don't have to worry!" Zordon explained. "How can you say that it wasn't a big deal, Alpha? You almost lost your life. Do you know how worried I was about you?" Isla said. I sneered at her. She was sure acting like his wife. "Shut up Isla. Didn't I tell you not to talk about this? Besides let's talk about the things that you
DAISY'S POV"You didn't think it was important for me to be found? You really wanted to get rid of me so much?" I felt my wolf struggling to stand, and I was sure she wanted to shift and rip Isla's throat out.My heart was burning in anger as I glared at the so-called beta.I had always known that there was something odd about this woman, but I didn't know that she wanted to get rid of me so badly. She actually said it wasn't important for me to be found. The audacity of this bitch. Zordon walked over to me with joy in his eyes. He grabbed my shoulders, and he stared at me like he was looking at diamonds for the first time. "Are you hurt? Nothing happened to you, right? What took place in the first place? How did you manage to go missing? Tell me all about it and I will make sure the person who did this pay!" Zordon added. I pushed him away from me and focused on Isla, who did not dare to meet my eyes. I wasn't over seeing them all lovey-dovey on the front page of the newspaper.
ZORDON'S POV"Don't touch me. I can get out of the car myself," I barked at Isla as she struggled to ease me out of the vehicle. I was just happy to be home. I needed to see Daisy.Although Elder Elric had tried to stop me from taking the elixir that would give me back my strength, I took it anyway. He said it would help me regain my strength but when the potion wore off I'd become weak again for a few days, but I didn't care. I just wanted to get back to Daisy and make sure that she was fine. "I'm just trying to help you, Alpha. I still don't believe it was healthy for you to travel back to the pack so soon," she said, and I didn't understand why she was trying to keep me away from my pack. The guards at the gates came to greet me and I immediately sensed that something was wrong. "Tell me what happened?" "OK Alpha, but let's go talk in your office," he bowed. ******I stared at the guard, a cold look on my face. "What do you mean, she's missing?""Alpha the Luna has been miss
KENDRA'S POVTony's eyes glowed as his canines came out. He shoved me away from him. "My wolf would rip you to shreds before he ever let you make such accusations about us," he grunted. "I am respecting you the best I can because you're the Luna, but don't you think it's a bit too much for you to be acting so shameless?" Tony asked me, a hint of disgust on his face. "Yes, we slept together, but you don't have to be behaving so unladylike now.""Oh, please. It's okay for men to say that they love sex, but I can't say the same thing. You gave me what Dexter hasn't been able to give me this whole time. Of course, I want to savour this moment as much as I can. I don't think I am such a terrible person for that," I snapped.I watched as he finished getting dressed, and just as he was about to leave the room, I grabbed his arm. "What are you doing? Let go of me!" He snapped at me. "I'm sorry for threatening to lie about what happened between us, but I just have a question for you, Tony. H
KENDRA'S POVI found myself at the bar again. Tony was still there, drinking up a storm. "Hey, you're still here?" I said as I took a seat in front of him. "It's my day off and this is what I do on my day off." He ordered more liquor, and it impressed me to see how composed he still was after consuming so much alcohol. "What brings you back here? You're the Luna shouldn't you be enjoying your time somewhere else?" he rolled his eyes while he sipped on his drink. He was annoyed, I had to do or say something to get him interested in me. "You’re right. I wish my husband would take me out on a date, but I guess I'm not as pretty as Daisy," I shrugged. “So I'm left all alone while he plays with her in the basement of the library.” Tony’s head snapped to meet my gaze. “So you finally found her.”“Thanks to your hint,” I smirked. “I don’t know what you are talking about,” he let out with a crooked smile on his lips. Our eyes were connected far too long that he had to clear his throat a
DAISY'S POV"I will not reject my mate," I huffed. “So don’t even get that in your head.”"Are we not looking at the same article?" Dexter let out a loud laugh. I went and stared at it again. I couldn't believe my eyes. This was impossible. This must be an old issue, one that was distributed months before Zordon met me. But the date showed this was four days ago. He told me he was off to fight a war with some rogues because they were wreaking havoc on the borders of the Baywatch Pack. Could it be that he was secretly seeing Isla behind my back? Could this be why she hated me so much? Because I had the alpha she wanted. Could I be yet a second-time victim of infidelity?I couldn't even swallow the lump in my throat. Not even when I got injected with poison did I feel this weak. My body felt like it didn't belong to me. I growled, turning my head away from the newspaper. "Get it away from me." "No!" Dexter barked. "I want you to see it. Look at the man you want to choose instead