ROXANNE
Taking a break from hectic schedules between work at the hospital and tending to a resting alpha back at the house, I inhaled the smell of the busy town even in the noontime. Yet, a strange feeling hit me. I opened my eyes and glanced up to the sky where thick clouds began forming, making the air shift into something warm but dangerous. I clicked my tongue at the irksome feeling building inside of me. It was sending a warning throughout my body, and it has been happening lately ever since I woke up from a bad injury. I know my meditation was paying off, but this time, it was oddly different.
"I don't like it, but I hope before something comes up, Hayden is fully awake." I sighed heavily before sprinting to the woods, where it had become a habit since Hayden's lone patrolling began rubbing in me.
HAYDEN“Hayden, aren’t you still not going to speak to her?” Harriett didn’t even bother to knock as she barged inside the alpha’s office and just shot her whining question.“Why? Is there something wrong?” I coldly asked while not looking since I was preoccupied with security service requests from our allied packs.“Nothing but she’s drowning herself around chemicals, and I can’t get near her. Well, to be precise, no one can get near her without sneezing or feeling like throwing up. So, please, Hayden, talk to your Luna.” My dear sister cutely whined as she pouted at me, but it was not working. I just rolled my eyes and sighed.“We did talk whenever we could. Plus, you can use your phone to talk to her or video call her.” I gave her my stern answer and even suggested how she could speak with
HAYDEN"I'm telling the truth. Court Pack Elder Sonny Malveda was working with Phayton, the slavery merchant at the black market. That's where he gets his slaves and rogues to create massive conflicts." Through the help of my Luna, Jake, our newest recruit, insisted.Our day was supposed to be moving as usual, but the meeting that we were having in my office was something serious that shouldn't be spread
HAYDEN“DON'T LET THEM ESCAPE!” I roared as I firmly commanded alongside my wolf through the pack’s mind link.“Are you sure about this?” I asked Roxanne as we ran to the woods where we were needed the most. I know she should be safe in the hospital or back in the pack house, but something in my gut tells me that she had to experience this as the Luna of my pack.“No, I’m not sure, but let’s see.” Roxanne’s voice held wary, but there was something beneath her eyes that spoke death, which even I couldn’t look at for too long. She’s scary in her way.“Then stay next to me,” I stated as soon as we arrived at the area where the fight had already begun.Fangs and clashing cl
ROXANNEFrom head to toe, my back down to my legs, my joints to my muscles, everything was sore. I feel the pain all over my body, and I can’t move after the last rogue attack that I think lasted for three hours. It was tiring but grateful since it didn’t reach the town’s walls. In short, there was no renovation, and the townsfolk were very pleased with that. They even decided on a banquet, which made the entire town busy for tonight’s celebration.“Get up, my wonderful lazy Luna.” Hayden’s sweet voice never failed to make my entire body warm and shiver. It was good, but I didn’t want it now; my body was sore.“I’m sore, so spare me.” With my grumpy tone, I groaned and just lazed around the bed.“I haven’t touched you yet, and now, you’re s
HAYDENI was not sure what to think or say when I heard what happened to Roxanne’s adoptive mother and her life.“My adoptive mother, Kathy Morison, was a great general surgeon and a medical chemist. Like me, at her young age, she became a prodigy that everyone either adored or envied, but work came first to her, and she didn’t care about them.” Roxanne’s serious voice resonated around me. It’s making me listen attentively.“So like you.” I was genuine when I commented that.“I know, but something happened that made her stop and start guiding interns as their professors. She became one of the teachers in the Seo Health & Care Hospital Institute, but that was not the only thing. She was one of the biggest shareholders of the hospital, bu
ROXANNE“I’ve been feeling them, Hayden, but I have to make sure to myself if I am ready to love you more. I wanted to make sure that I’m financially, physically, and mentally stable enough to admit that I do. It’s my pride when it comes to loving someone. I have to question myself so I won’t hurt you in the process. I’m sorry if it took me a while.” I added it so Hayden hopefully won’t doubt my growing feelings for her.“That’s why you want our bond to flourish more?” Hayden guessed, and I smiled as I nodded, confirming it.“Yes, I don’t do dates after what happened to my life. So, Hayden, you’re my first in everything, so you better take responsibility for making me love you like this.” With my heart pounding against my chest, I firmly warned her since I’ve got the feeling that I’m turning into something I hadn’t thought I would have i
HAYDENSharing a painful past with someone deserving of learning it could truly make a difference. Roxanne got more open with her feelings toward me, and although she was mostly annoyed by my teasing advances, all of it was worth it. We even worked side by side whenever one of us needed a hand on small or big issues at hand, like the reports before me.“June, what are all of these?” With creased brows, I sternly asked while I was flipping his reports over and over again, and it was a mess. The report had messy issues.“I know it’s a mess, and the more I dig it up, the more it gets complicated. It got me wary and halted my job to report these as soon as possible,” June seriously replied as he stood firmly in front of me.“It will lead to a w
HAYDEN“You know who’s coming here?” I could hear something in Roxanne’s voice when she asked me, and I knew that tone well. I just grinned.“Yes, based on her scent, it was still the same,” I replied as I tried not to laugh at the jealousy in Roxanne’s tone.“Her?” She arched her eyebrow, making me shiver, and just looked away. She’s scary.“Yeah, she’s my bestie in college. Come on, let’s meet her.” I ignored the tension that Roxanne was giving me and covered it with an ecstatic tone. I almost dragged us to meet my friend in person, but she slapped my arm, causing me to stop. I felt the rage there since it was honestly painful.“Stupid, let’s clean up first.” With her cold voice, she reminded me about our dirt since we had a training a while ago
Somewhere in the past, where once Roxanne had dreamed before, there was somebody—a woman walking back and forth restlessly. This young woman was a doctor and was restless as she waited for her supernatural friends to arrive at their meeting place just around the border between the city and the woods. Kathy Morison kept checking her wristwatch when a vampire man, Simon, popped behind her, followed by a werewolf woman, Isabella, carrying a young body.‘Jesus. Don’t pop like that.’‘Sorry, but we’ve got her.’‘Oh finally.’Isabella, who had been carrying the young girl, was handed into the doctor’s arms. She smiled with recognition as she took notice of the young girl's resemblance to her best friend, the young girl's b
EpilogueHAYDEN“Well, Roxanne came from the strongest bloodline, both werewolf and vampire, while, you were blessed with a fallen spirit wolf, which is unpredictable since they were spirits. So, if I base it on my previous job in the council, their situation will be considered, but for safety, you still need to be careful as they were born different from any of our kind.” Ralphie gave us a direct and honest answer before adding his advice. “Keep watching them and make a journal of their growing journey as well as their appetite. It will help you in case the councils or nobles go after them.”“Thanks, Uncle. We appreciated it.” Roxanne thanked her uncle when Avery went to her side, making her pick our cute little troublemaker.“No worries, they’re my blood too, and I will protect them at all costs.” Ralphie smiled with as
HAYDENIt has been an hour or maybe even more ever since my wife has been taken inside the operating room to deliver our triplets. I was agitated, and my body trembled in worry, making my mother and grandmother sit beside me. Their presence was enough to calm me, but the negative racing thoughts were still bothering me until here it went. We all heard it. I heard it; I even felt it. The sound of my wife’s scream made the entire land crumble as if the earth was opening. I feel her pain passing throughout my entire body like I was giving birth too, but honestly, there was something different here. I could feel blood and life leaving me, making me sit on the ground, and my surroundings started to spin.“Hayden, breathe.” I heard Yuna’s soothing voice while my mother gently patted my back.
HAYDENUnwanted ruckus erupted throughout the woods and partly around town, but everything was bearable until my agitation began stirring again. Then Roxanne’s annoyed and disgusted voice echoed around my ears.‘Honey, feel me. He got me.’As I heard those words, I knew for sure what happened. I feel her, and I am fuming as I dash to where she is. Like lightning, I arrived on time, but my wife was losing consciousness, and I had to be careful since they were already near her.“Not for long, asshole.” Roxanne weakly whispered, and then she passed out, and everything in my surroundings turned dark and bloody.
ROXANNEAs everything is plotted and ready in place, here they come—rogues and nomads. It was the brewing storm that my wife had been sensing ever since I was crowned two nights ago and what fear Hayden was for my safety, but not now. I didn’t need it as they ran like wild animals despite being in human form and neglected my wife’s warning veil that added to the pack’s defense.“Come close.” I sinisterly whispered as I activated the first layer of my wrath.The first layer was threatening malice that brought their fury to the surface, which I enjoyed. They began to take on their true form, but the malice was not simply causing their rage. It was gradually trapping them in their dreams. Although some managed to flee and run through th
HAYDENThe power that the Moon had given to me has been flowing smoothly around my body as I decided to release my decagram star. I let it steam up to the sky, which overlapped my wife’s rose thorn barrier that she put to the entire pack’s perimeter. It served as protection and warning for all of us, and with my added powers, I made sure to scare all of the threatening creatures trying to ruin our pack’s peace.“Veil by veil, layer by layer, secures and cloaks the entire land with unyielding protection,” I softly whispered as I released my powers in layers.By layering my powers throughout the entire perimeter, I felt the sudden stir tingling my arms, which indicated the kills that my layering powers could do. It began killing some r
HAYDENI don’t feel good. Something was about to come, and I could feel it in my bones. Feeling uneasy like this, I made sure that everything around the pack and the town was fully secured, but I could not shake the fact that something would come. I can’t just figure out what it could be, but I can’t sit tight and not be ready over these unshaken feelings nudging my chest.“Honey, are you alright?” Roxanne worriedly wondered as she saw me standing still in my office, looking afar.“Yeah, just worried.” I smiled as I pulled her into my arms and kissed her temple.“About?” She wondered.“Something bad might occur.” With a deep sigh, I replied what troubles me, making her cup my face.
HAYDEN“I know, but we can’t hide this field from everyone, and the more your uncle strictly forbids them, the more they’ll get suspicious and might steal them, which could lead to worse than minimizing it.” I shared with them my input regarding the field of mystical roses in public and added how the riddle would be written. “Write a riddle as a warning and an answer. Only a chosen few would be able to understand it, and the decision will be in their hands, not ours.”“If we do that, we need to have precautionary measures for what ifs,” Sonia carefully added, which I agreed with.“Sonia, collaborate on this issue with Uncle Ralphie, and if you two come to any decision, let us know; we’ll make a decision with the rest of the royal family,” Roxanne firmly told Sonia, who had been noting down our suggestions and ideas for the town’s updates
HAYDENAlone in the peaceful cabin’s oasis, I wasn’t disturbed or allowed to meet anyone from the pack as the royal family punished me in isolation. I was lucky enough to be punished within our pack’s territory after they learned what I did to the three exiled nobles that caused Sonny’s fall. My punishment was not just isolation but also to channel my blood wolf’s energy. However, the great punishment they laid on me was not being at the side of my pregnant wife unless I finished a month of cultivation.“What a punishment…” I mumbled with a longing sigh. I missed my wife so much, but there was nothing I could do but cultivate.My breathing was stable, and I could feel the heat from my energy begin to radiate around me. It was releasi