Kyle's POV: I walked into the living room where no one was and sat down with a low groan. After Chase had left, everyone went into their rooms. As for me, I went to the training field to blow off some steam. Once I was done, I just wanted to rest for a few minutes in silence before going to my room. That's why I was in the living room. "Love is surely a beautiful thing, don't you think?" I asked my wolf softly. "No," he answered in a disappointed tone. "You don't have to be this upset over everything," I said silently. When he didn't respond, I continued to talk to him. "I know how hard it must be for you, but she's not our mate, she's Larson's," I said sadly as he growled loudly. He hated my words, yet there was nothing he could do to change how things had turned out. When did we start having feelings for Tamara? It was when she turned fourteen. Although she was annoying at first, it was entertaining for us to watch her whine and pout whenever Felix told her no about somet
Ian's POV: "Alpha, what the hell was that?" Logan asked seriously in my office. "What?" I asked reluctantly. I couldn't believe he had the guts to mind-link me and Amelia to come into my office when he knew it was late and that we were resting. "That thing you brought into our pack," he answered. "Logan, that's not a thing, you know, right? It's him, and he is Roxanne's mate," I responded seriously. "I'm sorry, son, but I too would like to know why you have allowed him into our pack. Did you not sense that he is a vampire? Logan and I were shocked when we saw him carrying Roxanne," my mother said at the top of her voice. "I know what he is, and he is not just a vampire. He is actually a hybrid. Half lycan and half vampire," I answered as her expression instantly turned cold. "What!" Logan exclaimed. "You heard him, Logan. Garren is a hybrid who will be staying with us for the time being. He is also Roxanne's mate, so we expect your total respect towards him," Amelia answered
Garren's POV: "Aren't you exhausted?" I asked Roxanne softly, then yawned. The whole night, we chatted about our past lives and spent hours laughing and jokingly mocking each other. It was a first for me, and my desire for sex was easily overcome by my need to get to know her more. "Why should I be?" she asked back. "Because it's morning, and we didn't sleep a wink," I answered. She shifted in my embrace, then laughed softly. "I don't want to sleep," she whispered as I pulled her even closer. When a knock on the door came through, I cursed in silence, then slowly let her go and sat upright on the bed. "Roxanne," a familiar female voice called. "I'm coming," Roxanne answered and then got up and walked to the door. "Good morning, Nana," she greeted in a respectful tone once the door was opened. "Morning, child. Your father has asked me to invite you to his office," she answered. Roxanne looked at me with a frown, then back at her. "He wants to talk to me, why?" she asked as
Roxanne's POV: "This sucks," I whispered softly, then frowned deeply. "Are you still complaining about Garren being busy with his training?" Mother asked seriously, with a raised brow. Yes, I was! A week went by with him being overly busy with his so-called exercises. "It's not training, mother, it's exercises," I pointed out as she laughed. "Is that what he told you?" she asked. "Yes," I answered as she looked at me seriously. "Honey, he is definitely training," she said. A second ago, I had thought he really needed to exercise, but now that my mother had said how he was training, it became clear that he was. He usually made sure to wake up early before me to hit the training field. I thought he would return for breakfast, but he stayed there until lunch or supper. Whenever he was invited to dine with the family, he declined and went on to say how he didn't need to eat like we all did because of him being partially a vampire. Then he would go into his room, making me take hi
Garren's POV: "Forward," I instructed Kyle as he moved swiftly and hit the rolling ball with ease. "Perfect," I said loudly. He stood upright, taking a labored breath and brushed his hand through his hair. "I'm so fucking tired," he whispered softly. "You shouldn't show such weakness or speak that way when you are an Alpha," I warned seriously. He looked at me from head to toe, then took a few steps closer. "Why do you act as if we have been friends for a long time?" he asked as I smirked. "Because you are my mate's younger brother," I answered in a low tone. It's not like I didn't feel the same way. This was our eighth time training together, yet it felt like we had been doing this for a very long time. Since I came to the training field and saw him training, I couldn't help but notice how some of his moves were reckless. When I pointed it out to him, he challenged me to show him some of my perfect movements, which I gladly did. Since then, he decided to show me some of h
Angelina's POV: "Oh my, you are up early," my mother said when she entered the kitchen in her wheelchair. "Yep, I rarely oversleep," I answered, then kept quiet, thinking back on my encounter with Roxanne. Was she hot? Totally! Was she my type? Obviously. I was a full-on lesbian, or at least that's what I thought. Although I had no interest in men, that didn't mean I couldn't appreciate a good-looking one. I cared more for women because of the level of understanding we shared. Not only did they treat me like a queen, but our bond was top-level. We shared a lot of things in common and spent most of our time in peace. I felt for them hard and held on even harder. No one in my pack knew about my preference, and I was planning to keep it that way. My mother and father would not only flip, but they would force me out of the pack with their words. As much as I feared them, I just couldn't control myself. I was so scared of hurting their feelings, but at the same time, I hated pretendi
Angelina's POV: I knocked on Ian's door and patiently waited for his response. "Angelina, come in," he answered loudly. I opened the door and hesitantly walked in. He sat behind his desk, looking at his laptop. "Morning, uncle," I greeted as I closed the door behind me. "Morning, dear. Do take a seat," he responded, then closed his laptop. I moved to the couch and sat down, facing him. After my mother had told me everything and what was going on, I couldn't believe it. But then again, she could never joke or lie about something like that. Now everything became clear to me. I finally knew the reason why I was ordered to return to the pack without an actual explanation. "Uncle, I heard what is going on from my mother, but just to confirm, are you truly going to ambush the coven?" I asked. "Of course, that's why you were asked to return back home. If anything goes wrong on that side, we will have to find a healer ready in our pack," he answered. "Uncle, pardon my question, bu
Roxanne's POV: I stood in the clinic corridor, leaning against a wall with a wide smile across my face, thinking about what had happened last night. It wasn't much touching but more kissing. I knew he was holding himself back, and I was happy that he was because our mating would be special and worth it when we do mate. The only sad thing was that he refused to drink from me, no matter what I said. He was acting as if I was going to die if he did feed from me when he had already drunk my blood back at his mansion. "That's a really pretty smile you have on there, Roxy," Angelina said as she approached me. "Angie," I whispered, and then stood upright and looked at her seriously as I tried to compose myself. "It's good to see that you are already taking the initiative to meet the other healers and doctors of this clinic," I said once she was standing in front of me. She looked at me from head to toe, then chuckled softly, making me feel uncomfortable. Something about her made me ve
Kyle's POV Yuki was so happy to meet her mother and brother, but she was also a little scared to face her father. I had to step in and hold her hand to give her courage.If he was going to yell at her, then I was going to be pleasant too. That's exactly what I thought and did.I stood by her side, and surprisingly, Alpha Damon was so happy to see her.After that, we all chatted and had a few drinks.Later on, we went to sleep, and now that the ceremony was happening today, I was feeling so nervous."Kyle, focus," Larson mind-linked me."I'm sorry," I mind-linked him back and looked at the pack members who were in front of us.There were a lot of them, and it made the stage we were on look like a small place.Right behind us were our family members, and Larson and I were a few steps away from my father, who was giving a speech.I looked to my far right and saw Yuki standing there with a smile. She looked very beautiful yet elegant at the same time. She already gave off the vibes of a
Kyle's POV It felt so unreal when my father called Larson and me into his office to tell us how we had to prepare ourselves because tomorrow the ceremony was going to take place.All we could do was look at each other and then at him in excitement. We were also nervous about everything."How are you feeling?" Larson asked me seriously.We were in the training field exercising."A little of everything. You know, scared, nervous, excited, and happy," I answered simply."What about you? How do you feel?" I asked."I feel so nervous and scared, but also excited because I have always looked forward to standing by your side when you take over as Alpha," he answered."I'm glad," I said honestly."Larson and Kyle, go to the border right now," my father's command came through the pack's mind link."Gosh, what now?" I whispered and then began to walk to the border with Larson right by my side."Maybe we are receiving other visitors," he said."Like who? Every member of our family is right in t
Ian's POV"Are you sure they aren't close by?" I asked Neo."I am positive, Ian. Tamara, Lexi, and Yuki went to give Tanya a tour of our pack. As for Blade, Larson and Kyle, they went to help Nana and Sharon with something," he answered."Okay," I whispered, then cleared my throat and looked at everyone seriously."I'm glad to have you all here today, and I'm also kind of proud of you, August, for choosing your mate instead of some women who took you out of your misery," I said, then laughed softly when he rolled his eyes."The main reason I asked most of you to come over wasn't only because of August, but because of my son and nephew," I said, and then moved forward."I have wanted to take a step away from everything and finally step back from being an active Alpha for a few years now. Unfortunately, Amelia was against it because she knew Kyle wasn't ready. That's why we sent him to the training camp," I said seriously."But now Amelia and I truly believe he is ready. We have also se
August's POV "Are you okay?" Tanya asked seriously.I wasn't okay in any way, but I wasn't going to tell her that.I was already nervous while driving, but now that we were here, I felt like I had made a wrong decision.I could see the twins laughing and mocking Tanya, and us fighting because of that. I could also see Felix making a lame comment about how I went for the daughter after the mother failed to make me stay."I am fine," I answered and then frowned when I looked at the entrance.Something was definitely wrong.Not only did we cross Ian's pack, but we were parked close to the pack house, yet no one was there to welcome us. Not even the warriors, when it was so obvious that Ian knew I had crossed his border."Shall we go and knock?" she asked."Yes," I answered and then got out and went to open the door for her."Thank you," she said softly when she stepped out."Don't mention it," I answered and then shut the door."Do I look okay?" she asked in a low tone.I looked at her
Felix's POV"Remind me again, why didn't we use the portal?" I asked Chase, who was driving the car."I told you already, Sammy. Lee and Jeannie will be running a little late," he answered and then gave me a warm smile."They just had to go and visit them; how annoying," I muttered."Family is never annoying," he said in a low tone, then focused on the road.He was right; family was everything, but I was still annoyed that Lee chose to go and visit his family with Jeannie right after Ian had told us about his plans for Kyle and Larson's succession.“Screw him,” I whispered softly."Hey, sweetheart, we have reached," he informed me simply.I looked at the pack house that was visible from afar after we had crossed the border, then sighed.I was really looking forward to seeing my baby girl more than anyone. Besides that, I missed Ian and Amelia a lot, but I wasn't going to openly admit it until they said it first."Remember what we talked about? No more showing disgust towards Larson. W
Kyle's POV "You sound grumpy," Lui said to me on the phone."Maybe it's because your sister hasn't picked up any of my calls. I miss her a lot, and I think you understand how I feel. Or maybe it's because Larson can't stop rubbing it in my face how happy he is," I answered seriously.Yesterday, when he went back with Tamara, I did want them to have a good time together.But when they came back laughing and walking hand in hand, I envied them. I wished Yuki could be here with me. I felt so lonely, and so did Lionel."I told you how she was busy helping Mom out with something. When she is free, I will tell her to call you," he answered."Well, we can't all feel the same way, can we?" I muttered."Dude, she does love you a lot; she is just very busy. Also, is that how a soon-to-be Alpha acts and reacts? Have more dignity and faith in everything and everyone," he said loudly."Says the guy who can't take his mate to that magical place we were," I answered in a mocking tone."How did you
Larson's POV "Do you like the smell?" Tamara asked with a smile.I inhaled deeply and then nodded."I like it," I answered simply.We were in a store looking at perfumes and trying to see which one suited me the most. Although she looked serious whenever she didn't like a scent, she seemed to have a lot of fun.My plan was to go out to eat, but when she saw the store, she asked me to pull over, and I couldn't say no."Although I love this a lot, let me check out that purple one at the far end of the shelf," she said and then went to grab it.I turned and looked at the jewelry display that was close to the entrance. Since we walked in, my eyes had been set on a beautiful blue diamond necklace and how amazing it would look if she wore it."She would love it," my wolf said, making me chuckle."I don't think so. Since we walked in, she didn't even spare a glance at the jewelry," I answered."Maybe she is being considerate of us," he said seriously."Please, we’ve been getting a monthly
Dusk's POV "Maybe a little rest will do," my father said with concern."I don't need rest right now, Father. I want to be stronger and better," I answered seriously."You will with time, but all I am asking you to do right now is rest," he said.I looked at him coldly and then nodded."Fine, I will rest," I answered and then went to sit on a beach that was under a huge tree.The training field was wide and a large area that most warriors used. But there was a certain side that was considered a resting place. Only a few warriors came there to rest, and we figured it would be a good place to use for my training.I hated being watched, and my father knew that. That's why I was relieved when he chose this place."You stay here; I'll be right back. Oh, and I'll ask your sister to bring you some cold water," he said and then walked away.Micah was my cousin, but because my father took her as a daughter, she became my sister.I paid no mind to that because I loved having her as a sister. I
Tamara's POV"Making a speech like that is a little too much," I said seriously in Larson's room.When he called my phone and asked me to come over, I didn't know what to expect, so I put on my best outfit and applied light makeup to my face.As soon as I reached his door, he opened it, grabbed my hand, pulled me in, and shut the door behind us.He was so excited that he couldn't wait for me to sit down when he told me how he and Kyle were soon going to be the acting Beta and Alpha.I was sincerely happy and proud; that's why I hugged him tightly and told him exactly how I was feeling.When I pulled back and sat down, he began sharing a few speeches that he would say on the actual day and asking for my opinion.I told him the truth, and he went on to make a few adjustments to those I liked."Maybe I shouldn't do any of them, seeing how I have never heard anyone ever doing it before," he said in a dejected tone."What? No, you should. Just because no one has ever done it, it doesn't me