"Good morning, Alpha", Castor greets with a smile as Marvin walks out of his room dressed in a suit. "Same, Castor", Marvin replies. "What's for breakfast?" "Cereals for me, I don't know about the rest of the house" "I'll just have coffee then", Marvin decides. "Is your mother around?" "No, I'll go find her" "Don't bother, finish up with your breakfast so that you won't be late", Marvin waives and walks into the kitchen. Marvin soon walks out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee in hand and then proceeds to look for Stacey. He finds her in the laundry room and stops at the door. "Stacey" "Marvin. Good morning", she smiles. "I see you haven't made breakfast yet" "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were going to the office today. Karen is still in bed and the rest have gone out already so I thought I could do the laundry before making breakfast", she apologizes. "That's actually fine, I wasn't feeling up to breakfast" "Okay, but won't you take anything at all?" "I already mad
"Marvin!", Trevor calls out in confusion at Marvin's declaration but Marvin was rushing in already. "Guards, there's an intruder!", he yells nonetheless. The ongoing work in the building is immediately paused as all the workers strive to find the intruder. "I heard there's an intruder, sir. How did you spot the intruder?", the head of the construction who was a human asks. "The CEO was the one who raised the alarm, I only helped to spread the alarm" "Where is he?" "He went chasing after the intruder", Trevor repeats and the man walks off. "I wonder what this is about", he sighs. 'I know you're here', Marvin speaks through his wolf link as he runs up one of the staircases. The elevators had stopped working which had to be her doing. He had tried cutting off as many people as he could from his mind link but some wolves that didn't need to hear were still going hear what he had said. 'Nice one', his wolf suddenly hears and he pauses. Gabriella. 'Find me if you can' 'Are you a
"Marvin!", Trevor calls as he runs up the staircase in search of Marvin. 'I'm coming, just stay where you are', Trevor hears through his mind link and immediately pauses. After a while of waiting, Marvin finally reaches where Trevor stood and Trevor sighs in relief on seeing him. "Are you alright?" "Obviously", Marvin grunts in reply and a small smile plasters itself on Trevor's face. "So how did you know there were intruders?", Trevor asks once they are walking down the staircase. "What do you think?", Marvin replies. "Well, I have two speculations that both have large uncertainties involved", Trevor responds. "Spill" "You could have probably sniffed that there was an intruder. I don't know how that's possible though with the number of men we have on site alongside the humans but I guess Alphas could be cool that way. I haven't heard of that power though" "And the second option?" "One of the intruders was someone from our pack", Trevor replies and Marvin frowns. "How did
"Come and look at my little princess", Irvin declares once Trevor and Marvin enter the room where he stood with the newborn child in his arms while Karen sat on the bed watching him. "It's a girl", Marvin breathes out. "Of course it is, did you think the moon goddess wouldn't grant the wishes of most of the inhabitants of this home?", Irvin chuckles. "The male pup team was actually larger", Trevor reminds. "Don't tell me Marvin was rooting for a male pup too" "A pup is a pup. Besides, I am still happy even though Karen dashed my hopes", Marvin replies and Karen smiles. "My hopes were dashed too. Look at how he's cuddling her but he hasn't even touched me since I gave birth", Karen whines. "Irvin!", Trevor and Marvin complain and Irvin laughs. "I was holding her throughout the birth procedure", Irvin argues. "And so?", Trevor retorts and Karen beams with smiles. "I knew you will be on my side! My Alpha and Beta have never disappointed me", Karen rejoices and everyone laughs.
"Marvin, what are you doing up here?", Trevor asks as he walks into Marvin's office and shuts the door behind himself. "Nothing much, I'm just going over the plans to see if everything is pushing through perfectly. I find it difficult to relax nowadays, I can't wait till we're done with everything concerning the setup" "Of course you must feel this way, you're the boss!", Trevor laughs and sits on one of the chairs opposite Marvin. "This temporary office of yours is quite really getting more comfortable as the days pass by. You're going to be mighty attached to this place before it's finally time to move out" "I guess so", Marvin shrugs. "So what do you think about the execution? Is everything going on smoothly?" "Yeah, it is. The security system is not yet complete in this building because of the accident days ago but every other building is secured. The fencing security is still incomplete too but we're only two days behind schedule and everything was supposed to be completed
"What are you doing?", Marvin sighs frustratedly as he shuts the door of his office. "How did you know I was here?", she mutters. "The same way I figured you were here the last time", Marvin deadpans. "That's not possible" "Because you used a scent concealer?", Marvin asks and her eyes widen. "It was only hard initially. Once I started following you, it only got easier and easier", he explains and she curses. "Why are you doing this when you could be on my side instead? Did you see how everyone looked at you the moment I said you're my Luna?" "My people were only surprised because they were kept in the dark, they don't care about your temporary status", she retorts, laying further emphasis on the word 'temporary' as she spoke. "And my men? They were surprised alright but they were just a little away from kneeling to you even though you are the enemy", he tells her and she rolls her eyes. "Respect is something I've attracted since childhood, it is nothing to me now", she yawns.
"I don't know what to do, Father", Gabriella complains to her father from where she sat in his office. "Alicia was so hostile towards me, it was like she finally had proven that I'm not an efficient leader" "How dare her do that to her future Alpha? She should be punished", Richard growls. "Punishing her will only reduce her respect for me even more" "So are you expecting me to keep calm and watch my daughter be disrespected?", he fires back. "Father..." "I get that it's kind of weird for a grown woman like you to be having mate issues but still, she has no right to judge you" "Well, Alicia is kind of perfect. She has a loving mate, a beautiful daughter and a family that is supportive of her job as a soldier of this pack", Gabriella mutters and Richard frowns. "Don't give me that crap, Gabriella, you know you have me. And Varus too" "I wasn't being jealous, don't worry about that. I was just trying to say that with how perfect she is, it's not so out of place for her to judge
"Greetings Priestess", Gabriella greets as she walks into the dainty room where the priestess sat waiting. "Alpha princess, you may have a seat" "The scent concealer didn't work, priestess", she complains without stalling as she sits. "What?", the priestess exclaims. "He could still find me, Priestess" "But Alphas come from across Wisconsin to buy this scent concealer when they are going to scout other packs" "So why didn't it work for me?" "Gabriella, do you remember what I told you when you came to me about this issue for the first time?", she asks and Gabriella sighs. "You told me that if the Moon goddess gave me a second mate it was because I was not meant to be alone. You also said that it must be the reason why the rejection didn't work" "And when you told me why you couldn't accept him as your mate, what did I say?", the priestess questions again and Gabriella shifts on her chair. "You said that maybe the Moon goddess wanted me to give up on my ambition", she relucta
Marvin is about to sigh when he realizes his wolf was not affected at all and pauses. He had felt the loss of his previous mate the moment he lost her even before finding out she was gone but his wolf was surprisingly unaffected this time. Getting rejected probably wouldn't be as painful as the death of a mate but at least he ought to feel something. "Damn!", he suddenly hears Gabriella say followed by a long groan and his eyes light up in worry. "I don't want him! I don't want him! Just take him away already!", she screams and he smirks realizing his speculation was right. "I guess the moon goddess wants us to be together by all means," he shrugs and she screams again. "Calm down, Gabriella! People are beginning to stare at us." "What do I care?", she retorts and begins storming out of the restaurant. Marvin immediately stands to his feet and drops some cash on the table then hurries after her. "Sir, your order is here already!", a waitress yells as he leaves while dropping a
Several days later, all the inconveniences caused by the fire in the pack have been forgotten and plans for the launching are uppermost in the minds of everyone. Marvin is sitting in his new office, planning how best to complete all the requirements they were to meet before the launching when there is a knock at the door. "Come in," he answers, without looking up from his desk and Trevor walks in with his usual cheery countenance. "I really love the outside view from this new office of yours, it really is the best office in the building", Trevor praises. "As it should be", Marvin smiles. "Someone is being boastful" "Someone is liking another man's office better than his", Marvin fires back and both men laugh. "So, I have some documents for you to sign," Trevor announces once they have put aside their mirth and drops a folder on Marvin's desk. "I'm getting tired of having to sign so much paperwork", Marvin groans. "This is going to be the story of your life till you're old a
Varus is the first recover from his shock after Marvin's declaration and he immediately clears his throat. "Surely you don't mean that", he stammers and Marvin chuckles. "Actually yes, I do. My pack is a young and fast developing pack, there'll be opportunities for us to be an ultra pack in the future if we work hard. I don't mind having the position of Alpha Ultra in addition to my position as Alpha of Moonstone pack but if you have anything interesting to offer, I would be very willing to handover my position to you" "Em... There's emm... I could offer you my daughter of course", Richard stammers. "I don't want to force my relationship with your daughter, Alpha Stone, but if I had the desire to, I could just storm your pack whenever I like and take her away. I could have even kept her with me the two times she visited my home" "I could make you your pack the second-in-command to mine" "I'm already first in the dominance hierarchy of this province", Marvin reminds Richard
Varus paces about Richard's study with a large frown on his face. Richard is sitting on his chair in the office also seeming pensive but not as much as Varus was. "I don't why you're refusing to arrange a meeting to discuss getting Gabriella back", Varus complains. "I can't request for a meeting with the Alpha Supreme's son, that would mean I'm admitting defeat", Richard argues. "Then do it! This bid of yours to become the Alpha Ultra was not going to work anyway" "It would have worked if she didn't get mated to him" "Well, she did. If you were so capable of being the Alpha Ultra, then why didn't you get elected by the werecouncil in the first place?", Varus retorts. "Do you think the Alpha Supreme would choose someone else over his own son?", Richard challenges. "It's not like it was his personal decision, there were twenty-six Alpha Ultras and two aides of the Alpha Supreme in the werecouncil apart from the Alpha Supreme" "But his vote counted as five votes and each vote of
"I'm here", Tyra mumbles on entering the kitchen and Stacey turns from what she was doing briefly to smile at her before continuing to work. "So what can I help with?" "Well, you can peel the potatoes on that cabinet" "Okay", Tyra cheerily replies and moves to do as instructed. "I'm sorry about today's accident", she speaks up after a while of silence. "It's not like it was your fault", Stacey shrugs. "Well, it actually isn't. It's still kind of embarrassing though, I just met Castor and you, and everyone then suddenly this" "Does it happen frequently though?", Stacey asks after a pause. "I have upsurges on moonless nights and every now and then but today's episode was particularly strong. I've never had such a strong outburst since learning to suppress my powers" "So before learning to suppress your powers, this kind of outburst happened on every day you had outbursts?" "On moonless nights, yes. My upsurges also happened more frequently back then", Tyra replies. "So why don
Castor kicks the door of his room shut behind him after walking pass with Tyra in his arms and moves to the bed to drop her. Once he drops her on the bed, he walks to his wardrobe just as quickly and picks out a t-shirt and sweatpants. "I hope it won't be too big on you", he mutters as he drops the clothes on the bed with his eyes averted. "I'll head out so you can dress up" Tyra exhales once he was out of the room and picks up the clothes he had dropped. They were almost falling off the bed since he hadn't been looking when he dropped them. "My brothers weren't even half as neat as this", she chuckles on seeing how tidy the room was while looking around but her smile soon freezes at the memory of her family. She quickly shoves aside the thought and goes back to thinking about Castor instead. She found it impressive that his eyes hadn't lingered on her body even for a moment while bringing her in. He had also been calm and caring all along and was even the Alpha's ward from wh
Castor's mouth falls open as he watches his mate transform into a column of fire. A huge ball of fire suddenly emanates from her and lands metres away, digging a huge crater into the ground. The guards are already rushing to put off the fire when another fireball lands few metres beside the first one. "Stand down, we don't know if she's done yet!", Marvin yells out loud and into a mindlink with the guards, not wanting anyone to claim not having heard the order. The fire around Tyra's body begins to wane making her body outline visible after the release of the second fireball while everyone watches in silence. "I think she's done", Gabriella sighs and Castor immediately runs towards her. "Castor, wait!", she yells just as quickly but he is already at Tyra's side catching her as she is about to fall to the ground. She was now in human form once again with her hair no more glowing but completely naked as even though the fire couldn't hurt her, her clothes couldn't be spared. Everyo
The shrieking cry of a baby pierces the air and Gabriella shifts annoyedly on the bed she lay on. She turns about for a while before finally sitting up with a frown. "Why won't that child just shut up and sleep?", she complains grouchily in a sleepy tone just as realization dawns on her. There was only one place she had slept in her entire life where a child had interrupted her sleep by crying loudly in the night. "Damn Gabriella, how are you here in Marvin's home again?", she reprimands herself. "How come that child is even back home?", she snorts just as her memories suddenly come back to her in a flash making her groan. "To think that I'm the one that brought up the idea of adding more wolfsbane to the dart mixture so that it would be more effective. Look how long you've been unconscious now", she chuckles as she remembers getting shot. 'Is it possible for me to make my way out of here before daybreak?', she wonders and looks out of the window only to see that it was already
"What do you mean by what I am supposed to do?" "You know what I'm talking about, Marvin", Stacey fires back. "You can't just tell me to reject my mate just she makes you all feel uncomfortable" "Then just don't bring her to our home, don't even bring her to the pack if possible until you've straightened things out with her", Irvin deadpans. "I wouldn't even want to see her even then after what she has already done", Stacey mumbles and everyone stares at her. "Why do you hate her so much anyway?", Irvin frowns. "I don't take people who mess with my family lightly", she responds. "Marvin, you have to make a decision on this" "You all know my decision. I will try to protect everybody the best I can but I can't send her away. I will deal with her properly once the launching is over, I promise" "No Marvin, deal with her now. Once she wakes up, confirm what her priorities are even though they are quite obvious and make her know she's on her own if she goes against us again", Trevo