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AUTUMN:“Do I look like this is my child?” Beta Maddox asked. “Seriously?” My eyes darted to Beta Maddox and the child who was now glaring at me. They were not alike. I did not see any resemblance which only meant one thing. This child was the alpha. I was sure of it. But the way the child acted was more like the beta.Did Beta Maddox somewhat influence the child’s behavior? That could be the case if the two kept on being with each other. What was puzzling was the fact that the alpha was able to hide this boy from us. What was his reason or reasons? The pack did not know he had a son. Even rumors about him fathering a child was unheard off. “You two were nothing alike,” I whispered. Excluding the behavior. “I have a hunch who is the father of this child.”Until now, I could not believe that the alpha had a child. “Who is she, Uncle Maddox?” Uncle Maddox. That confirmed my hunch. The child was handsome. He had tantalizing eyes. Those eyes also showed a lot of maturity as if he h
Last Updated : 2025-01-22THE ALPHA'S DOWNFALL [32]
AUTUMN:Whether I had a crush on the beta or not should be nothing to Alpha Hugh. He kept me, his mate as a secret so I was noBut the curiosity on his face was…interesting. More interesting than knowing that he already had a child. What would you do if you found out that he had a child or not? the other part of my mind said. He never considered you as his mate. He will never be. You already know the real reason why he asked you to live with them and that’s something to do with his child. The truth was…we did not have any feelings involved at all.“What if I have a crush on him? What will you do?”“I am your mate,” he stated. It looked like he was only holding himself, not to get angry. “What if you are my mate? Will it change anything at all?” I asked back. “You don’t have any feelings for me. And the child…you already have a son and that's what I want to know, Alpha Hugh. Hiding your son that long. Wow.” I clapped my hands. “You never failed to surprise me.”No wonder it took him
Last Updated : 2025-01-23THE ALPHA'S DOWNFALL [33]
BETA MADDOX:"You can still send her out, Hugh. I don't trust her," I declared when we were already inside the alpha's office. When the two were done talking in the woman’s room, I asked for his time. I did not know what the two talked about. Why did that woman want to talk privately to the alpha when he could talk while I was around?Autumn wanted to mock me. She knew I did not want the alpha to know that we were mates, yet she kept on talking about our connection. That woman…My patience was already wearing thin. Before she would say something unnecessary, I need to drive her away from this house. Would the alpha listen to my reasons? For all those years, it was always us. The two of us. That woman suddenly came into the situation. The alpha must not know about us. Alpha Hugh sat down, watering his cactus which he never failed to do. It was one of his hubbies. Tending to the garden. "Why? She’s the best nanny for my son."The best? How could he say that when that woman practic
Last Updated : 2025-01-24THE ALPHA'S DOWNFALL [34]
BETA MADDOX:I should have not asked the alpha of questions like that. I reprimanded myself. Hugh will ask a lot of questions if I said the wrong words. He will continue on probing until he gets the answers that he wanted. I must be careful with all the words I say. All my answers should be well thought. “It’s nothing,” I said, trying to act nonchalant. “Forget what I said. I must be imagining things, Hugh.”“Imagining things? Such as what?” he pressed. “This is what I said when I said that you started acting weird, Maddox. Why is that?”“I’m not acting weird. I never did anything suspicious or weird.”I bit the inside of my cheeks and drew blood. I must not tell him anything. I should continue keeping my mouth shut. The alpha must not know. No one must not know. Sabrina will break off the engagement. My family would be disappointed at me if it happens. They nearly were disappointed when I almost lost the beta position to another potential candidate among the warriors I had dueled
Last Updated : 2025-01-25THE ALPHA'S DOWNFALL [35]
AUTUMN:Let us see if Beta Maddox could give what I wanted in exchange for doing what he desired me to do. He suddenly looked at me with a disgusted expression on his face. "Me? Why would it have to be me?" "You. Why not? You're my first mate. They said the first one is the most memorable of all. Unless you wanted to ask for my second chance mate instead?"At the mention of my second chance mate, his eyes turned sharp. "Who is he? Tell me."“As if knowing him will change something.” A smile spreaded on my lips. "You will never know his identity. I don't trust you enough, Beta Maddox. Why would I trust someone who rejected me?""Why do you want me when I am already engaged to Sabrina? You already said it yourself. You have your second chance mate.""I don't want you to be happy. You hurt me. I was in pain, and we should be sharing the pain. I want you to be miserable like me. If you are fine with that, then, I will do what you want. If not, leave me be. The Alpha's condition is bet
Last Updated : 2025-01-26THE ALPHA'S DOWNFALL [36]
AUTUMN:A good luck.That’s all the alpha wanted? For what? How dare he confuse me with his words. What was he planning? I had to harden my heart. It is deceitful. ‘Why would I say that?’ I asked using our mind link. He sighed at the end. ‘We are mates.’Mates…He acknowledged the bond privately, but in public? He did not. Did he think I was a fool? Did he think I belonged to his harem? ‘And then what if we are? You never acknowledged me in front of the crowd.’‘We need to be with each other for half a year, Autumn. We are mates during that time.’‘Mates in secret?’ I offered to say and laughed at him with pure sarcasm. ‘You’re a great clown, Alpha Hugh,’ and disconnected our connection. He was not talking about his son, anyway so I thought it was okay to drop the conversation and connection. Served him right. I did not want to deal with talks like that. I was already mad at the beta. I did not want to add more stress. I don’t care if I would receive an earful later if he return
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AUTUMN:A good luck.That’s all the alpha wanted? For what? How dare he confuse me with his words. What was he planning? I had to harden my heart. It is deceitful. ‘Why would I say that?’ I asked using our mind link. He sighed at the end. ‘We are mates.’Mates…He acknowledged the bond privately, but in public? He did not. Did he think I was a fool? Did he think I belonged to his harem? ‘And then what if we are? You never acknowledged me in front of the crowd.’‘We need to be with each other for half a year, Autumn. We are mates during that time.’‘Mates in secret?’ I offered to say and laughed at him with pure sarcasm. ‘You’re a great clown, Alpha Hugh,’ and disconnected our connection. He was not talking about his son, anyway so I thought it was okay to drop the conversation and connection. Served him right. I did not want to deal with talks like that. I was already mad at the beta. I did not want to add more stress. I don’t care if I would receive an earful later if he return
Last Updated : 2025-01-26THE ALPHA'S DOWNFALL [38]
AUTUMN:Now that I had glimpsed the man standing outside the gate, I could see that he was hot. He was wearing a cap which was turned sideways while his hands were full of dirt from getting trash. He wore gloves but those were not enough to shield him from the dirt. His skin turned pinkish when the sun kissed his bare skin. Beads of sweat coated the stranger’s forehead. He grinned seeing I was watching him. If I was some normal girl, I would be swayed by his smile. Especially that dimple. Any woman would faint because of that. I mentally slapped myself noticing the direction of my thoughts. I must not let his handsomeness destruct me. This man could possess a threat to the kid. Or even me. I did not care about my safety. I don't care if I will die this instant. But the child…he was innocent. And what if this stranger is a threat? What can you do, Autumn? Do you know how to fight?I will fight to death. “What do you want?” I barked, distancing myself from the gate and him. I
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AUTUMN:Hot tears rolled down from my eyes while glaring at Beta Maddox. I was the one who slapped him, but I was the one who was crying right now. My hands shook. “Are you done ruining my confidence? Are you happy, Maddox?”I never bothered to hide how much I hated him. Let him know that he was not the only one who did not like being paired with him.He faced me. There was an imprint of my hands on his cheeks. Good. I wanted to add another hand imprint on the other side of his cheeks. “Do you even think I like you even? I would rather die alone than being paired with you. Seeing you makes me sick, Maddox. Why are you even proud of yourself? Without your family's name, you are nothing. Without Hugh, you are nothing.” He did not know it, but I was there when his Dad told him to befriend the alpha. He added that having Hugh by his side would be beneficial for them and that Maddox would be able to use it when the right time comes. The right was when they both became an adult and b
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AUTUMN:I was expecting that it would take a long time before Hugh and Maddox arrived in the house since it was a long drive from the pack and here, but it only took an hour before they arrived. "Where is your man?" Hugh asked the moment he arrived. He was not listening. "I don't have a man. What the heck are you talking about? Why would I have a man? I did not slave myself in taking care of your son and asked someone to come here and do whatever you were imaging right now in your head." Seeing how he had reacted, I was certain he was imagining the worst. Could I slap him for once? I was not that kind of woman for crying out loud!"You said a man is sleeping in your room.""Yes, I did. He is currently in the living room. I wanted to drag him to the second floor to the guest house but he was too heavy. I also cleaned the blood on the floor. See the blood on my shirt? This came from the man. You can thank me later. You are welcome.""Blood? Is there a fight? Are you okay?" Hugh asked
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ALPHA HUGH:I grabbed my jacket and put it on after dropping the call from Autumn's link. She was with a man while taking care of my son? How could she do it? Maddox raised his eyebrows and asked, “Where are you going? Can’t you see there’s a lot of documents that need your attention? Plus there’s an incoming war where we might be involved. Hugh. I do understand that you wanted to see Gabby, but now is not the right time for that. It can wait.”“A war will never take place. I will do my best not to get involved.” It was an ongoing rift between the neighboring pack and mine. It started from Dad’s time and until now, it had never been solved. As the time went by, the conflict turned even worse. “There should never be a war. We cannot afford to lose innocent lives, Maddox.”“Right. I’m glad that you know it. Where are you again?”“Home.”“Home? Why? Did something happen to Gabby?” He rose from his seat and grabbed his coat, too. When it comes to my son, he will leave all the th
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AUTUMN:My heart hammered against my chest. I wanted to go to my room and grab some knives. If things get worse, at least I have something to defend myself. But it would only be a waste of time. With calculated steps, I went downstairs, tiptoeing. Was I stupid for walking downstairs like this without any weapon in my hand? Yes, I was. I should lock the door and wait until the thief steals everything. This was not my house. I did not care anything about the objects inside. Besides, the alpha was already filthy rich. He could buy and replace anything that would be stolen. But my life? It will never be replaced. There was only one foolish Autumn who died from fighting off the thief whom she did not know if she could handle or not. But no. I had to play a hero for the kid and go after the culprit.I might die because of this. But at least, I will die of a noble death. What will you do if you're already six feet below the ground?Dang.I never dreamed of dying and becoming a hero.
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AUTUMN:Two days had passed since the last time that Eric had visited and he never had visited again. I did not know what had happened to him. Did I miss his presence? Kind of. He broke the monotony of my life. When I was with Eric, I could laugh easily.Still…it did not mean that I missed him. And even if he did not visit this house for a year, it was fine with me since I really did not wait for his presence. Life must go on whether he will come or not.“Are you done coloring the apple?” I asked. We were inside the kid’s room. The room was more spacious than my room at the pack. It was also tidy. There was another room for his playground where there was also a basketball ring.I envied this child. Even if he was still a child, he already experienced luxury, unlike me who already witnessed how difficult it was to live alone without my parents.If you did not only kill your family…I closed my eyes and breathed deeply.That voice would occasionally enter my mind every now and then. S
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ALPHA HUGH:“You will create a hole on the floor, Alpha Hugh,” Maddox commented. We were already inside the office after I walked Eric to the gate. Gabriel was being taken care of by Autumn. A couple of hours had passed, but my anger had not even subsided. I needed an outlet. Something that would make this anger disappear. Right. I will run later. “Are you perhaps bothered by that man?”I stopped pacing and barked, “Who?”“Eric. You seemed on edge after you had a talk with him.”How about you? Are you not bothered at all? I stared at him, checked for his reaction, and found that he did not feel any sense of jealousy despite Autumn being his mate. Were they mates? Or not. He seemed unaffected by Eric’s presence. Maybe Maddox was the type who could control himself. How pathetic I could be when it comes to self-control? I am an alpha. Self-control should be easy like that. I had not told him that I already knew. He sure did know how to act and pretend as if he did not feel anythi
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AUTUMN:“What tricks?” I asked, confused. “Eric’s pick up line,” Aloha Hugh growled. “I told you before to be wary of him. He is not the man whom he is portraying. He might be a womanizer given how he looked.” The keyword was might. The alpha did not know for sure. When it comes to convincing someone, he should choose the right words. I snorted. “Now you’re acting as if you cared about me, Alpha Hugh. And you’re acting like a jealous mate. You don’t have the right, okay? You loved your Pamela. You can love her for as long as you want, but leave my love life out of it.”“I am trying to protect you.”“I don’t need your protection, damn it!”His eyes widened. “You think you know him but you don't.”“Stop it,” I warned. “Giving you a flying kiss? Telling sweet words? You have to think of his intention, Autumn. Whether it is pure or not. Think. You got to use your brain. Not your heart. You listen to your wolf. Listen to what name she is whispering in your head.”How dare he give advic
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AUTUMN:A date, huh. Was Eric certain of inviting me to a date? I never experienced one. All I had were dates with my cleaning materials. I was secretly jealous of women in my pack who would casually buy dresses and make themselves even more gorgeous on their date. They would get excited and even asked me to clean their room after creating a mess. When I watched them in the mirror in awe, I realized I wanted to experience that, too. With my mate. My world and my dreams fell apart when Beta Maddox rejected me. The reality that no one would want to be with a cursed one slapped me. Hard.And here came Eric. There was someone who wanted to date me despite my social status. Someone who made me recall those dreams I had in the past. "Why would you ask me for a date?" I asked, wanting to clarify it. “There is nothing worthwhile in me. I’m boring to talk to. I am always straightforward. I’m not like the other women out there who would laugh at your corny jokes. I never put any makeup o
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AUTUMN:‘Do what?’ Alpha Hugh asked. ‘Telling me that no one will like someone like me. How could you be so cruel? You’re not the only one who deserved to be happy. I too deserved to be happy! Stop meddling with my life! You’re not my brother! I am not your sister. Back off, Alpha Hugh!’‘I want you to be happy. I only want you to be safe. I don’t want you to get hurt by meeting someone whom you don’t even know.’Using our connection, I made him feel how much I hated him. ‘Again with that bullshit. If I tell you that you are my happiness, what will you do with it?’ I spat. Alpha Hugh was speechless. That was the reaction that I kind of expected. It served him right. He should know here he should stick his fucking nose. He should know that sometimes, his opinion was already unwanted.'Do you desire someone who loves someone else? Someone who could not forgive the mother of his child?' Alpha Hugh commented. 'I don't want to be unfair to you, Autumn,' he explained softly inside my hea
