Touching his body, I started to feel asleep until my eyes shuts. Suddenly, I heard Jared through mind link again. "Do you have a minute? I would like to talk to you for a while. Don't worry, I am not here to cause you any trouble. I just want to show you my appreciation because of what you have done to save my cousin," he said, sounding so nice and friendly but I am not convince because I smell something fishy is going on. I was so fucking terrified. The fact that Atlas is not yet waking up only means that I'm the only one who can defend myself just in case Jared attempt to attack me. "I don't want to talk to you," I said, "Please, let your cousin rest for a while. Neither of us is capable of defending ourselves.""I told you, I ain't come here to cause you any trouble. I have come here to show my appreciation."I heard heavy foot steps on the ground and it's getting louder and louder. The banging on the door came again. I am freaking tired of dealing with Jared so I decided to co
"But are you sure you are ready to fight them? I'm certain that they won't hold back even though you are their leader.""Don't worry Rhea, this is temporary. Once they see that your intention is good, they would surely step back and listen to me. For the mean time, let me protect you."Suddenly, I have heard more footsteps coming on our way. And I am certain that it's more than three people. Atlas went outside and in spite of him insisting that I should stay in the room, I followed him anyway. My jaw dropped on the floor upon seeing so many werewolves gathered in front of the Cabin. All of them were glaring at me with so much hatred and disgust in their eyes. This is worse than the mockery I experienced during the mating ball and the rejection of Matthew. I wanted to disappeared right this instant because of so much shame. I also felt guilty for Atlas for standing up for me, the thought that I am a curse and would bring nothing except misfortune came in my mind again. I bowed my hea
"Please, I am doing this for the sake of your credibility as the leader of them. If you do this, it will make them realize that you need me for your survival and they won't harm me anymore." Without saying any more words, Atlas decided to drink my blood in front of the crowd. I almost turned pale and weak but seeing him regain his strength made me so happy. I saw the mixed reaction of the crowd. Some of them were leaving and some of them stayed, still could not realize that Atlas drank my blood. They were whispering to each other but their voices were too weak for me to understand it clearly, not to mention that they were talking different things. Atlas stood up and wiped his face. With a loud voice, he spoke up to them with confidence. "As you have seen, I already give you the entire truth about myself. If it weren't for Rhea's blood, I would have died of starvation. Her blood is unique and it suits my condition well. Without it, I would constantly need to hunt animals and feed m
ATLAS POVI thought it was all over but no, another man speaks from behind. But somehow, his voice seems so familiar. "It has been a long time since we've last met, Atlas!"Instantly, I sprang up to my feet and looked over to where the voice was coming from only to see my long-lost brother. Then Rhea disappeared from my sight. I turned around only to see my brother strangling Rhea with the intention of killing her. It has really been a long time since we had last seen each other. He disappeared many years ago because I was the one the people preferred to become their leader and not him. I could not believe he would return and attempt to kill the only girl who was so special to me. I panicked and rushed him, punching him in the stomach. Luckily, he let go of Rhea as he was flung to the wall of the Cabin. I grabbed hold of Rhea before she could fall to the ground. I looked at her as she struggled to breathe. "It's okay, you are safe now," I whispered to her before carefully placing
ATLAS POV He looked at me as if he wanted to kiss me so badly. I feel so damn awkward right now considering that we have been alone and we obviously have mutual feelings for each other. "Why are you staring at me like that?" I asked in wonder. I looked away, dodging his eyes. "What is wrong with that?" he asked as if he did not feel that the atmosphere was getting a little bit awkward. "Stop looking at me, I don't feel comfortable with that." "And what if I looked at you this way? Come on, I don't feel anything awkward at all. But seriously speaking, I still feel weak at the moment. If you don't mind, I'll just go and find us something to eat and some herbal medicine in the forest. I need to cure my wounds." "I volunteered myself," I said without hesitation. "But if I need to do something more than that, please do not hesitate to say this to me. I need to return the favor." He nodded in disagreement, "No! After what happened earlier, there is no way I'm gonna allow you to do
A girl with a beautiful face appeared before me. She wore an enormous gown and a crown. She was holding a glass of wine in her hand. She looked at me in a mocking way. Seriously, I am so tired of being pursued by so many people with evil intentions. What did I do to deserve this cruel fate? All I want is to find my mate and be happy. But now, it seems like I need to get used to living this kind of life."How do you know about my parents? Do you know something that I don't?""First thing first, let me introduce myself to you... My name is Hannah and every rogue including Atlas thought that I died a long time ago. However, as you see, I am alive right now and I vowed to avenge him for humiliating me before. There was not a single day I never thought of taking revenge. And since I have heard about your sudden arrival in his Cabin, I decided to use you as my bait in order to execute my plans. So that answers your question if I am an accomplice of Jared because I'm clear not.""I don't ca
RHEA POVI looked at her, still not ready to give my answer. She started grabbing my neck and her veins popped out from her forehead. "I told you, I need the answer right now bitch! I don't want to wait for you to answer me!"I could not breathe. This woman has more incredible strength than Atlas' brother. It seems like I provoked her to get mad. "I... won't tell you anything about Atlas. My parents died a long time ago and they are resting in peace. But Alpha Atlas... he is still here with me. I just can't betray his trust!" I said while she was still grabbing my neck. "Did you not say that you wanted to leave this place? I will let you escape after I kill him but only if you say what I need to know about him."I grinned, "Sure! Over my dead body!"She punched my face several times and I almost cried in pain. I felt so weak but she kept on beating me. Someone came inside and I could barely see his face. "Stop doing that, she has not done anything wrong with you so please, refrain
RHEA POV"He is a half-breed vampire who needs my blood for his survival," I answered without blinking my eyes. After telling this, I immediately felt guilty of a crime that would surely put Atlas in great danger. "What do you mean to say?"His reaction is what surprises me. It seems he is not aware of what he just heard. "Did Hannah not say about this? I mean everyone knows about this one in his pack and so did Hannah. I can't seem to understand why she would keep something like that from you."He clenched his finger as if he was already mad. "Aside from that fucking truth, what else did you know about him that I need to know? I will relay this all to Hannah so we can come up with a plan to kill the man who dumped her.""To tell you the truth, there is nothing else you need to know about him. That's all I knew.""Listen to me, Rhea. I will let you escape and kill that man for the sake of my beloved Hannah. After that, I will help you escape and return to Matthew."I moved my eyes
RHEA POVAfter the wedding and even during Saturday evening, everything seems so calm. The people who died on the battlefield was also given their respective funeral. We honored their bravery regardless of whether they are rogues or allies. But just like the rest of the days, we have to move forward with our lives. A lot of things have happened and I could no longer afford if something like this happens again. Just looking at the family of the victims hurts me from inside. What more if the person I love were on that situation. I could not imagine it to happen. Today is Sunday, and this is the day we have been waiting for. And right now, I must say that I am the most excited human being in the planet, knowing that this is the day of my marriage. Right now, Matthew hired five people for me to help me wear my while long gown. It was adorned with real diamonds and other gems that my eyes sparkled upon seeing it even though I have seen it several times. Even the helm of the gown, it loo
RHEA POVSuddenly, Matthew looked at me. "Rhea, I would like to apologize to you as well. You have been so kind and understanding of me.""As you have said, let us put everything behind the past. For now, I am truly happy to see both of you reconcile.""Matthew, please do the honor of guiding Rhea to walk downstairs.""Of course. Please have a sit on the table beside me and Rhea, I do not want you to be left out so Zeus was there. He is my youngest brother. As you have heard, we are not blood related but I treated him like a real brother. He is a kind person and open minded."Atlas just smiled at Matthew and then he headed downstairs. And when he was gone, I turned my gaze on Matthew. "Well done, I fell in love with you even more when you started hugging him. Although I also understand that you were jealous of him from the first time you heard of him.""Rhea, you are already mine so I am not worried about him anymore. So now that you see me already changed, I guess it's now time for
RHEA POVTomorrow morning, even though Matthew has not recovered just yet, he still throw a party for us. And today, the set up inside their mansion was no different from the mating ball last time. There are a lot of wines being served in the round tables. A lot of foods to choose from. There are so many balloons pinned on the wall. Red petals have been scattered on the ground. The chandeliers are illuminating so brightly up in the ceiling. And wherever I laid my eyes on, I could not see anything sad. All of them are beyond happy with what is happening right now. It seems like we have not encountered a war yesterday. Or maybe I was just assuming things. Right now, I went back to Matthew's room and changed my outfit to red in order to match the event. I also put my lipstick and made my hair curly. Just this once, I would really like to be hailed as the most beautiful woman in the eyes of Matthew. As I was looking at myself in the mirror, someone started knocking on the damn door,
CINDY POV"I guess that is what you called karma. After everything that you have done against others, this is what you get! Now, you are now a pathetic human being. A powerless individual who is now on the run because you have so many enemies chasing after you."Suddenly, he pinned me on the wall. "How dare you say such a thing like that huh? I am still the Alpha of my pack! And my powers alone is more than enough to prove that I'm still the mightiest being on this land.""Really? Then why don't you use that so called power in order to gather your supporters huh? I am so sick of you bossing me around these past few days, promising something and looked, it did not happen! So now that you owed me your life, you should know that doing this does nothing but shame on yourself."He let go of me. "I swear, I will return to the mansion and everyone is going to kneel down before me. They can have their celebration as of now. But I'm gonna take back what they stole from me... even if I do it
CINDY POVI am facing the mirror right now. I still could not believe that I've got severely wounded by that damn pest who almost killed me. If I had not pretended I died, she would sure have eliminated me completely. This battle which I thought was on our favor does not happen exactly the way I want it. And it would definitely take a lot of time for me to recover. Damn that girl, I'll make sure that the second time we'll see each other, she'll be as good as dead.Suddenly the door opened and Alpha Lorenzo came in. He was full of bondage of his body because of the wounds he sustained from his fight."If it was not for me, you are as good as dead Alpha Lorenzo!" I said while approaching him. "So you'll have to thank me first."He gave me a menacing look but I was not afraid of him in the slightest."I owed you nothing Cindy. I could easily escaped that prison without your help but since you already arrived, I just go with the flow.""Still, I was the one who saved you. So you still o
RHEA POV"Rhea, you have more than enough reason to unleash your powers. If just in case he went here, then put in your mind that he is our mortal enemy."I looked at Zeus and sheepishly smiled, "Thank you for the information Zeus. I really appreciate it, I am saddened with what happened but there is no reason for you to assign guards here. I don't think Alpha Lorenzo is ready enough to come back here considering that he already escaped. He is also weak like the rest of us. And that person who helped him out will surely not coming here since that person's priority is helping him escaped."He smiled at me and leave without saying any words, then I closed the door and locked it."I have a plan Matthew," I said as I was approaching him. "And what is that?" he asked. "Why don't we make our wedding a secret instead? At least in that way, we can make sure that we are going to have a successful wedding.""What are you talking about huh? I will never do such a thing! Of course as someone wh
RHEA POV"While I agreed with you, I think we should not focus on that one. As they say, while the iron is hot, we have to use that opportunity to marry. Because I don't want to waste anymore time. I wanted to have a family with you Rhea."I suddenly turned paled upon hearing what he has to say. While I admit, I am ready to get marry to him, something does not feel right. I think that we should spend time together, creating memories, and enjoy on each other's company.He held my hand and gave me a questioning look, "What is taking you so long to decide huh? Don't you agree with what I say? I thought you love me Rhea? So what gives?""Well... not unless your wounds have already healed, we are not going to marry just yet. So you have to promise me that you will recover as soon as possible.""Of course," he said, giving me a wide smile, "My body will recover as soon as possible and if that happens, then we are going to get married.""But before that happens, can we go to some place? I me
RHEA POV"You have a point there. None of these would have happened if my husband was a nice guy.""We cannot do something about that. But I am hoping that he could still change. After all, he is still the father of Matthew. If he asks for my forgiveness and change his way, then I am going to put all of these behind the past."She started to grab my hand and gave me a rakish smile, "Well thank you for doing that. Now I have come to realize that you are really such a kind person. You may be a witch but you prove to me that not all witch are bad. There is someone like you who exists.""By the way, what happened to Matthew while I was gone?""He was always thinking about you in his room. And he treated Cindy coldly. On the other hand, Cindy was so nice to him and she was so clingy. Matthew was irritated with her but decided not to speak up because of his father. However, I should have done something in order to prevent that from happening. I love my son so much but I have never fought fo
ZEUS POV"I see..."She looks so sad about the news that I gave her. "He asked me that you should go there and visit here. He won't be entertaining any guest aside from you."She started looking at Atlas who was lying on the bed, "But Atlas also need me by his side. I don't know if I can visit him right now. Atlas has not fully recover yet. He still needs my blood.""But my brother is still weak right now. He said that you should prioritize him because he is your fated mate. Just try to visit him first. I am so worried that he won't eat his food. Just a few minutes, leave Atlas to me, I will guard him and when he woke up, I'll explain everything to him later.""Well... Hannah is coming later, she will bring some food for Atlas. I have to be here while she is not around.""Wait... what is the relationship of Atlas to her though?""She loves Atlas but he did not love her back. But now, I want to find a way for them to be together.""Okay fine! I will explain everything to her later. Ju