Like Vlad had said, there was an exit behind the waterfall. It was a cave with two openings. The waterfall at one opening and an exit at the other.And, immediately Lupita stepped into the cave, light as bright as day shone at the other end and Lupita ran towards the light. Her legs stopped moving when she finally got there and she bent forward, her hands on her thigh trying to catch her breath.She straightened up and took a few steps forward to get out of the cave.As soon as she got out of the cave, a cool breeze hit her face.She laughed.She was finally free.Lupita looked around, recalling that Vlad had told her that he would be waiting for her outside the cave, but he was nowhere to be found.Her face slackened.She heaved a sigh. "At least I'm free. I just have to find a place to go to so I can start a new life.""Are you seriously planning to start a new life without me in it?"Lupita beamed. She recognized that voice."Vlad," She screamed in joy as she spun around. She rushe
Lupita knew nothing about how her life was before Romulus brought her to his pack, but somehow, she could feel that her life was much better. Here she was with the option of leaving the same pack that had been a nightmare to her, but she was thinking twice.There was a high possibility that Romulus played her but she found it difficult to leave him. "Choose," Vlad said.Her eyes met his. Since the day she met him, he has been nice to her. He was offering to take her with him. She believed all that he said about treating her like his Luna. She knew he could give all the love Romulus could not give. Why then was she hesitating?She looked back at the smoke."I'll go back. It'll be the right thing to do if Romulus lied about playing me," Lupita said. She turned to look back at Vlad.He looked disappointed.Vlad feigned a smile and nodded. "I'm coming with you."Lupita's face slackened. "You have a pack to take care of.""I have to make sure you are safe. With me, you have a higher chan
Romulus was curled up in one corner of the dimly lit cell he was thrown into. He sat helplessly as Ralph paced up and down his mind.Ralph wanted to take over badly but he could not. Romulus' food was laced with moonstone dust earlier that day, so he was too weak to shift. His mind went back to when he was seized by warriors that were once loyal to only him. His face turned red as he recalled them beating him to a pulp and tearing of his shirt. They threw him into a cold cell afterwards. The cell was freezing cold but he had only his trousers on.As a werewolf, he was immune to cold due to his high metabolism, but due to the moonstone poisoning, this immunity was beginning to wear off."I hope Lupita is okay," Romulus said to himself quietly. Losing his pack was bad, but to him, what made the situation worse was the fact that he could no longer protect Lupita. Now that Lilith had taken over, Lupita's life was in her hands and it scared him. 'If anything happens to her, it'll be all
"Oh my goodness. Did he do this?" Romulus heard one of the guards ask. He frowned.From the guard's voice, he immediately knew it was a she-wolf.'We can't kill she-wolves,' Ralph grunted. He was no longer pacing. The effect of the moonstone poison had increased so he just sat at one corner of his mind. 'You're getting weaker. I doubt you'd have the strength to kill any wolf,' Romulus said to Ralph and he snarled— weakly.Romulus furrowed his eyebrows. He recognized the voice. It was Lupita's. 'You really think she will come back after the cruel things you said to her? Dream on.'Ralph was right. He probably thought she was the one because he missed her badly. But again, he was almost a hundred percent sure that she was the one. He frowned at the fact that his sense of smell was almost gone due to his moonstone poisoning. It was human level and he found it annoying. Apart from the fact that he was an Alpha and nothing should be human about him, he could not catch Lupita's scent of
"Stay behind me and hold on to him. When I shift, jump on my back," Romulus said in a whisper to Lupita. He turned to Vlad and they both nodded at each other. The tablet Vlad gave him was working so he could shift now."The three of you. Come over here," One of the warriors said out loud to them.They took a few more steps forward, but when they were at least a few inches away from the warriors, Vlad threw a packet of silver bullets to Lupita before he and Romulus both shifted with their shredded clothes falling to the ground.Vlad— a big black wolf and Romulus', a gray wolf as big as Vlad's.Like Romulus told her to, she jumped on his wolf and it began. In no time, lifeless bodies were scattered on the ground and the two Alphas were definitely not one of them. Lupita grabbed onto Romulus' fur as Romulus and Vlad bolted out of the building to the pack's garden. More guards and warriors ran after them but before they could get close, Lupita, Romulus and Vlad were already in the water
"You can't drag me. If I don't want to go, I won't go," Romulus replied, looking away from Vlad and Lupita."And why not?" Vlad asked, visibly annoyed."I don't want to.""I stayed in your pack when my pack was snatched from me. Why can't you do the same? If you're scared that you'll have to succumb to another Alpha, you don't have to worry about that. You hosted me well. Why won't I do the same? And, unlike you, I'll be glad if you had a say or two in my pack's affairs."Romulus let out an exasperated sigh. At this point in his life, he did not care about who was in charge of who wasn't. The only thing he was worried about was everyone finding out the true identity of Lupita when she gets back to her brother's pack. A pack that was once hers.What if someone elderly in the pack recognizes her? What if she regained her memories? She belonged to the soil of that pack after all. It'll definitely be much easier to regain her memories if she got back.He did not want to hide the truth fro
"Vlad—" Romulus' voice trailed off as his throat turned dry. He was at a loss of words to use to pacify Vlad.He found it difficult to ask for Vlad's forgiveness, because what he did to his friend was not to be forgiven. Vlad had thought every single one of his family were dead. He as a friend knew his younger sister was not and instead of telling him, he took that younger sister and made her life miserable.In his defense, she was responsible for his parents' death. And, he, Romulus chose to be a good son over being a good friend.With how things had turned, he doubted if he became that good son and he was not a good friend too."Vlad, what? Lupita's my real sister isn't she?""I was young and at the time it felt like the right thing to do."Vlad reached out to Romulus' neck and began to choke him. "Stop this carriage," Vlad snarled and the carriage came to a halt. He kicked the door open and pushed Romulus to the ground. He jumped off the carriage. He cocked his neck to the rider. "
"Lupita, I'm sorry," Romulus quickly apologized."From what I heard, you were my childhood friend. Why did you take advantage of my memory loss and kidnap me?"Romulus turned to Vlad and Vlad glared at him, giving him a ‘don't you dare kind of look.’ Romulus turned away and Vlad hurried to his sister. He took her in his arms and turned her away from Romulus."Who let you come here? I'll take you back home." Vlad patted her head softly and she leaned closer. It felt good to know that she had an elder brother that cared for her."You're injured badly." Lupita's eyes scanned Vlad's exposed skin. They were tons of bruises. Most of them were healing fast on their own while the others were taking time to heal."You'll still help him, right?" Lupita asked her brother. What he did was probably unforgivable, but again he did help her brother get his pack back and was a good host.Vlad looked from his sister to Romulus. "Aren't you coming?" Vlad hissed. He walked away with Lupita and Romulus q
"I'm not attending any welcome party," Lupita said to the visibly frustrated maid before her. She sat on her bed. Her legs crossed and her palms lying flat on the bed next to her.She hated whenever she was this way toward the maids, but she had no choice. The welcome party was for someone she was trying to avoid."If you don't come, you know I will be the one who gets punished. He is your father. He can't kill you, but he can kill me if I do as little as annoy him with the way I breathe. I ordered me to doll you up and accompany you to the party. If I don't, I will be in huge trouble." Her voice quavered.Lupita sighed in frustration. She would be putting the maid in huge trouble if she did not attend whatever welcome party her father was throwing for Romulus.She stood up from her bed. "Fine. Let's get started so I won't be late."The maid beamed. She quickly thanked Lupita and started to help her get prepared."Jane," she called the maids' name softly while she styled her hair. "Ha
"Maybe," Romulus said. "We've seen a lot of faces during our lifetime. Is it possible to remember all the faces we have seen?"Lupita frowned. "I have never left my father's court. Have you ever been here before?"He shook his head. "No, but who knows where you have been in your past lives. Maybe we met in our past lives."Lupita scoffed. She wondered if he was trying to engage her in small talks. If that was the case, he was failing miserably, she thought to herself. She found his words weird and annoying.He was probably sent by her father to talk to her, she thought.Lupita frowned at the thought.She was not interested in investing her time in getting to know another man. At least for now. After all, she was only seventeen. What was the rush for?And this stranger. Why did he seem so familiar when she had never met him before? "Thank you for sending Hardin away, but I have to go now.""But I want you to keep me company," Romulus said.Her heart swelled at his words. He still had t
"Lupita." Lupita's face twisted as she heard Hardin's voice. Was he seriously trying to tell her more lies when he was caught red-handed? "What are you doing here? My father dismissed you, didn't he?" "I bribed some of the guards to get in here," He replied and Lupita wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Well, now you and those men you bribed are in trouble because I am definitely telling the Alpha what you did." He reached out to her wrist and got hold of it. "Lupita, please forgive me. You were so excited when you got to know I was your mate, remember? Please, don't let everything we had go to a waste because of a stupid mistake I made." Lupita laughed. If she wanted to be sincere, they never really had anything special with each other. She could admit to the fact that knowing she was Hardin's mate made her excited. Hardin was good-looking. Tons of she-wolves drooled whenever they saw him, but again he never spoke to her unless he wanted something from the Alpha or her elder br
"Lupita, I'll talk to you later," Her father said dismissively and she frowned."I don't want to meet any Alpha during your meet and greet," Lupita said, annoyed at her father's decision to ship her off to another man after getting cheated on by her mate."We will talk about this later," he said sternly.Lupita backed her father, ready to leave the throne room. Then, he walked in.Tall. Dark hair. Green eyes.Everything about this guy seemed familiar. Lupita began to have flashes of images of herself with a man.She furrowed her brows. Ight was the first time something like this was happening to her. She wondered if it had anything to do with the man walking in.She looked at his face and she could have sworn that she saw him mouth her name, but that would be strange because how was it possible for him to know her name.'Lupita.' She heard a voice in her head. The voice sounded familiar, but she was pretty sure that doing this lifetime of hers, she had never heard the voice before."A
"Hardin, oh my goddess, you're so good at this."The young lady whose ear was pressed against the door dropped her jaw. The door led to her fated mate/ fiance's room and the last thing she expected to hear were moans of a she-wolf that was not her."Be quiet, we would be doomed of she's hears us," She heard Hardin say"She won't. She is too busy helping her father to prepare for the Alphas meet and greet that would be holding in this pack," the moaning she-wolf replied. "I wonder why you are with her when you love me.""She's my destined mate and she's the Alpha's daughter. Her father is one of the richest in the pack. I have a lot to gain if I mark her.""If you mark her, anytime we are together, she will know it.""We have at least a few months till she becomes eighteen and gets her wolf. For now, I'm not making her. We still have enough time to spend together before she becomes eighteen. Plus, I'm planning on leaving when I am done with exploiting her and getting as much wealth as
Romulus barely survived getting struck by the spear."What are you doing?" Romulus was shocked.Immediately, some of his warriors rushed in and held Vlad. Romulus got up from his throne, at a crossroad of choosing whether or not to punish Vlad for trying to kill him. But again, if Vlad wanted war, he would have come here with his warriors and that of Moon Stone Pack.He knew Vlad had a valid reason, but what was it? Vlad already knew all the things he did that would warrant such a reaction.His warriors began to drag him away and he raised his hand for them to stop. They loosened their grip on them and Vlad threw his arms back, causing most of them to fall flat on the ground."Did I do anything wrong?" Romulus asked, still finding it difficult to believe that Vlad was here."B*st**d, thanks to you, my sister is pregnant," Vlad spat with venom in his voice.Romulus' eyes lit up. "She is?"Vlad glared hard at him, so he cleared his throat and put on a straight face immediately. "She—" R
Romulus looked around the empty throne room and back to his throne.Finally, he had gotten back what was his.He had just finished addressing his pack members. Most of them who had asked that he be removed were glad to see him even before he gave his speech. In the short time she was Alpha, Lilith treated them cruelly.When Romulus was done with telling them how Matt had tricked him into giving him his stamp, they all wanted him back.Lilith and Matt were in the dungeon, awaiting sentence now.The tribal elders and the rest who were in support of Lilith were relieved of their positions. Romulus walked over to his throne and sat on it.It was time to take complete charge of his park and find a way to surround himself with people that will be loyal to him.His mind flickered to Lupita and his heart began to ache. He missed her badly. It felt like he would die any second if he did not see her.Throughout his stay in Vlad's pack it had been that way and if Vlad had not put him on house ar
The next morning when Lupita woke up, Romulus was nowhere to be found. The corners of her mouth turned downward. She fell back on her bed and when she smelled her sheets, she grinned.Her sheets smelled like Romulus.She smiled sheepishly. She was definitely not planning on washing or changing these sheets soon.That night she stood by her window, hoping Romulus would visit her again, but he did not. He did not visit her the nights after. Very soon, days turned to weeks and weeks to months, but Romulus was nowhere to be found.Lupita was shattered.What went wrong? Lupita wondered. Was her brother responsible for Romulus' absence? She wondered if Vlad, her brother, had found out about that night. Or, was this all Romulus' doing to hurt her again.The thought of Romulus hurting her again made her heart squeeze in pain. He could not do that to her.And, that was why this night, she still stood at her window, waiting for Romulus to climb up to her like he did the last time.She heard a k
Her fear was replaced by a feeling she could not describe when she recognized who jumped into her room. It was Romulus. After all the warning her brother dished out to him. What was he doing here? Was she angry to see him? No. Did she want him to be here? Maybe. She did wonder what life without him would be like. If she wanted to be sincere to herself, she missed her mate. With the revelation of things, whether or not Romulus liked her was becoming hard to be sure of, but she did miss the times he was nice to her. The close moments she shared with him all seemed genuine... He took a few steps toward her and she took the same steps backward. "What are you doing here? My brother has decided to still help you despite everything. Stop trying to ruin the chance he is giving you." "Lupita," He called out softly and her hard heart toward him softened. Her name sounded like a sweet song in his mouth. "I kept thinking about you. The thought of having nothing to do with you did not s