Here's for tonight, it's only one but longer than usual. Thank you for being patient, lovelies! 💜 P.S. I know some of you are already asking for Xander to challenge Maddox. Please be reminded that Xander lived an ordinary human life before this and was just discovering his potential. His only goal when he came there was to save Mindy, and now, it expanded to secure safety for the whole pack. I think his heart is in the right place 💜
BETA ANDREW. I was at the South border when a vehicle passed by one of our cameras that monitor cars heading in our direction. This was the first time I had seen this type of car with this color within the territory. This car was expensive and meant for heavy and rough driving, which I would notice if I saw it around, but it did look familiar. I just couldn’t pinpoint where I saw it. It didn’t take long before the car stopped at the border. I prepared to meet the guest while ordering three men to go over and request the window roll down, but they didn’t have to as the driver’s seat door opened, and Alpha Jace came out. “Alpha Jace, good afternoon.” I immediately stepped forward to stand by the barricade separating us from the neutral ground. “Good afternoon, Andrew. Is Alpha Lawrence around?” He nodded as he approached. His face was grim, different from a face devoid of any emotions I would see from him. “Yes, Alpha,” I answered curtly. “I want permission to enter your territor
BETA ANDREW. “How could you let them enter here with your sister’s mate tagging along his mistress?” Luna Charina was fuming with her words. I swear there was more than one person who growled inside the room, including her own son. I held my breath as Zoey grabbed her mother’s arm and dragged her toward the door, something Zoey had never done her whole life, but she looked feral at the moment as she scowled at the Luna. And for some reason, even if this was inappropriate at the moment, I liked this side of her, as Zoey had always been prim and proper. “I’m sure you are not invited here, Mom.” She told her in a firm tone before nodding at her brother, telling him she would handle this. We knew that if Lawrence took this one in his hand, the whole packhouse would hear his loud voice again, as he would often lose his patience whenever he clashed and fought with the Luna. I waited until Zoey and Luna Charina, who kept talking and bashing Tyler, left the room before I followed th
FORMER LUNA CLAIR.‘Princess, are you awake? We just crossed the border.’ Jake’s voice rang in my head, and my body immediately jolted up before I could even open my eyes.I told myself I would just rest for a while, but I eventually fell asleep. ‘I’ll see you soon. I love you.’ I answered. I kept the message short as I got out of bed, pulled off my sleeping clothes, and put on my regular clothes.I smiled despite the heaviness in my heart. Decades had gone by, and yet Jake had always addressed me as his princess in privacy and referred to me as his queen in public. And hearing him call me princess today was the love and strength I needed to face my daughter. I’d been wanting to see Catherine, but I had no idea how I would react once I saw her. I kept telling myself I should keep my emotions in check, but how does a mother do that perfectly? How do you move forward after seeing your daughter live the nightmare you almost went through and would not wish for anyone else? When I was a
FORMER BETA GAVIN. “Purity can’t be dead, Dad.” “Will it matter to you that she’s wolfless?” “No. Not that one. I just don’t want to lose Purity.” “The Goddess listens, Tyler. Don’t lose hope…” “The Goddess never loved me, Dad.” “Don’t say that.” “I don’t even know what I did or what Catherine did wrong. I did try to love Zoey. I tried, but is it our fault if we love a different person? I never abuse Zoey, so it is so fucking unfair that Catherine had to suffer like this when she was the purest soul I have ever met.” I pulled Tyler into my arms and hugged HIM, holding the back of his head as I whispered my response. “There are things we can never answer, but that doesn’t mean it is yours or Catherine’s fault. This was all on Maddox and how he chose to be.” “I think Catherine is my second chance mate,” he said almost immediately after I finished speaking. “What do you mean?” I pulled him away from my body as my forehead creased. Second chance mates were very rare, and I was s
TYLER. I had no idea how long we were in the bathtub in total silence before I broke it between us. “What do you want to do today?” “What do you mean?” She asked. “Do you want to go downstairs and eat with the rest of our families? Or do you want us to go somewhere else with just the two of us, or just stay in bed?” I wanted to add so we could talk, but I was able to stop myself just in time. I didn’t want to pressure her until she was ready. “Can you stay, or do you have to work?” “I can call in sick. I’m sure my boss will allow it as I have been a good Beta.” “I don’t want to be left alone.” She said this, ignoring the joking remark that I made. “The last three days were already too much for me, Ty. I don’t know if I can feel safe being alone again.” I opened my mouth to say something, but I was lost for words, so instead, I pressed my lips on the top of her head as I hugged her tightly, listening as she continued to speak. “I was so brave in there. You’ll be proud of me and
BETA XANDER. Maddox had been asleep for more than 14 hours already. I had checked on him three times — last night when I came home, before I went to bed, and early this morning when he didn’t show up at his office. I knew he was alive because he was breathing. It looked like the rejection had affected him and lowered his stamina. But if anything, I was glad he was passed out, as I was able to put my plan in place in his absence, and hopefully, it would go according to what I had in mind. I was at his office with Kenzo and two of the security team, giving them instructions about the cameras they still needed to review. It was good that Maddox ordered to shut down the cameras yesterday morning at the northern border where Alpha Jace and his entourage entered and exited, the same border where Lady Catherine left. And by the time I requested to have it up, she was already long gone from the territory. Plus, he only stationed two warriors there at the border, the same ones that I comm
TYLER. After I left Catherine with her friends, I slipped quietly out of the packhouse through the backdoor and headed for the forest nearby. As soon as I entered the forest line, I let Black out, and in no time, we were already running inside the woods. I knew Catherine’s whole family, as well as mine, had been waiting for news on anything I would find out. While Cathy was sleeping, I tried to relay some to Jace through mindlink, but I knew they still had many questions. But first, I needed time alone. I tried to be brave in front of my girl, but I was slowly dying inside when she said she was not sure anymore that she was the same female I fell in love with. I knew my feelings for her hadn’t changed — if anything, I loved her even more. And nothing was more painful than seeing the love of your life struggling internally, and there was nothing you could do to help. The pain of missing her and the idea that Maddox was around her were nothing compared to how she must have been
PLEASE READ UNTIL THE END. Hello, lovelies! This is a free chapter/page, so you should not be spending coins on it. I just want to give a heads-up that the next Chapter (CHAPTER 72) will take us back to the Dark Crow Pack with Zoey and Andrew. If you are NOT interested in them, you can skip this chapter and wait for Chapter 73 tomorrow, as it will go back to the Black Shadow Pack (BSP) territory. Not reading Chapter 72 will not affect THE BETA AND I story, but if you are like me, and want closure for Zoey and Andrew, then feel free to dive in on this long chapter that I wrote for them. Thank you for reading, and have a great day/night!xoxo, Cassandra M