A few days passed by as Zack recovered his strength at the packhouse. The Beta of the Shadow Pack—Xavier—had noticed that Zack was being relentless. Therefore, he offered Zack to be on the lumber delivery services that needed his strength to deliver the lumber to the locals that Shadow Pack traded with.
Mr. Papadopoulos was an old man who had a lot of grudges and a little kindness in him. When the Shadow Pack was doing business with him, the old man always went for the jugular vein—trading at a lower rate than usual for the lumber that he used to make the furniture for his carpentry business.Zack felt like the old man was trying to get the best out of the business but Xavier had shown him the way to handle the business professionally. He refused to bow down to the old man’s demands which might be a problem for the Shadow Pack in the long term if they complied with the old man’s wishes.The usual delivery day had come as Zack was jogging down from the packAfter their lumber delivery for that month, Zack and Arthur went back to their home. They showered and got ready for the intimate gathering that Mrs. Adamos—his new Mama—had planned to welcome Zack into their family as well as declaring that he was a part of the Shadow Pack.After spending a few weeks there, Zack discovered many things about Shadow Pack. The Alpha and Beta had just met with their fated mates when they were twenty-five years old.Traditionally, male werewolves would find their fated mates at the age of eighteen. However, with the modernization and advancement of technology, it was getting harder and harder to find their destined ones when the very sacred Paphos Pine Forest had been destroyed by irresponsible, dirty humans.Plus, the history between the Greeks and the Special Greeks that had been hidden from the public eyes made it more difficult for the shifters of Cyprus—particularly werewolves of Paphos—to be out in the open for they fear
“Welcome to our humble home, Alpha Caleb. Luna Marina,” Mrs. Adamos greeted the ruling couple as Caleb and Marina made their way into the backyard where everything had been set up by Arthur and Zack—with the help from Damien—for the gathering in honor of Zachary Adamos becoming one of the members for Shadow Pack of Paphos, Cyprus.“Thank you, Mrs. Adamos. I’m quite thrilled to welcome our newest member, Zack, to the pack as well as the title that had been agreed by the council,” Caleb stated as he took his seat after helping his wife to take a seat next to him. Mrs. Adamos furrowed her eyebrow.“I beg your pardon, Alpha, but did I hear that right? Is my Zachary will be entitled to the responsibilities of the pack? Alongside with his brother, Arthur?” Mrs. Adamos asked. Caleb nodded as Marina chuckled softly and smiled at the old woman.“You don’t have to worry about his safety, Mrs. Adamos. I’m sure Arthur will teach the necessity for Zachary to be able to protect himself. Plus, it wo
‘No, no, no! It cannot be him! He barely made it out as a member of the Shadow Pack and I have to be saddled with him. Is this a joke, Moon Goddess?’ Samantha hissed as she was making her way around the crowd that was filling the backyard of Arthur’s house.It also happened to be Zachary Adamos’ house—her fated mate.Samantha didn’t get the gist of what had happened to Zachary—Zack for short and what he preferred to be called—but she knew that Zack had been going through some rough shit since his accident—an attack upon his personnel by the rogue that worked together with dirty, filthy humans to take down the wolves in the sacred forest of Paphos.’It would seem that you are not happy with the match, Sam,’ Scarlet asked as images were flying through her head. Samantha frowned, rubbing her chest as she remembered the imprint that had happened between them. The im
Samantha went to work in town as usual. She tried to forget the imprint that had happened upon her personnel as well as the rejection that she made toward her destined mate, Zachary Adamos.She worked as usual. She greeted people who had come to the little shop that had been successful since the Folk Festival had been a blast and a renowned event for each month. The tourists and locals alike were attending the festival, mingling around with the tight community that hid themselves from the world—for a good reason.Samantha had been spending her time with the blonde woman that Xavier had saved from being rolled over by a car. Her name was Stella Canali, an Italian woman who was rewarding herself after she graduated from a prestige university in Italy.She always wondered if she was a normal human being like Stella was, if would Samantha dare to venture out and pursue tertiary education like Stella did. Or would she be at home, overseeing everything that need
Samantha went to work the next day as if nothing happened. The intimate brush of the mind link when she cut off from Xavier was still a mystery for her to resolve. Still, she forwent that situation as Samantha was conversing with Stella about Shadow Pack ancestry.Perhaps, she was talking too much about it that it was not good for her to expose the pack to a virtual stranger. Even if Xavier’s intention was clear—Stella Canali was his intended bride and mate.Plus, Samantha had been inviting Stella to come to the Folk Festival that will be held tomorrow in the town square. It was an occasional festival that helped the locals and tourists to mingle around and build connections.It was one of the marketing strategies to ensure that the locals of Paphos would thrive even though they were a small community.“Forget all the things that I said and I hope you will consider coming to the Folk Festival tomorrow evening. I will see you then,”
Samantha sighed for she was sure that her reclusive brother must be in his cave as Sebastian loved to spend some time there for alone time—meaning that he needed to calm down his wolf for a while. It helped him to think and figure out any problems that might be stuck in his head since Sebastian was the acknowledged doctor of the Shadow Pack.Even though Samantha didn’t know what Sebastian was thinking the whole time, she couldn’t say that her brother had been thinking about his mate for she didn’t smell anyone’s scent on him. Thus, she can only conclude that maybe it was something that was related to the pack—be it medical or law aspects of the problem.After the lights had lit up the living room of their house, Samantha went to the window as she was looking outside. Her garnet eyes were wide, searching for any movement that triggered her earlier.There was no movement among the darkened shrubbery as she exhaled a deep breath.
Zack was looking at Samantha—his undefined mate—as she was drawing the curtains close, blocking his view from tracking her with his blue eyes inside the house. Zane snarled inside him, making it possible for Zack to control Zane when his wolf was close to the surface to claim what he was destined to have.‘Mine! Claim her, take her somewhere secluded, and have our ways with her,’ Zane suggested as Zack scowled at his darker thoughts.‘You know we cannot do that. We cannot even enter their house as far as we’re concerned, Zane. Plus, have you forgotten that she rejected us two days ago?’ Zack reminded Zane about Samantha’s determination to reject their bonds. Zane snarled again.‘As if I care about the formalities, little boy. You know better than I am that you are suppressing your inner rage and fury, parading yourself as the submissive, obedient little Omega that you are not,’
A couple of weeks later, Zack had infused himself into the role of acting Beta. It was not that hard once he had the confidence to do it. Plus, Xavier had been encouraging him to be a leader and most of the members of Shadow Pack listened when he had to say about something that concerned the pack’s lives.However, Zack did not make any progress toward having a chance with Samantha for a one-on-one conversation if it meant that he would be with his mate for some alone time and clear the air between them.Zane purred at the thought of Samantha with her waist-long brunette hair and eyes like the fire that concealed inside her. Zack couldn’t think of anything else other than her sweet strawberry scent.It was the only thing that kept him awake at night—aching and lonely in his bed.Her scent was so alluring for Zane that Zack almost lost control every time he walked around the pack and that elusive scent enveloped him. Zack knew tha