News of Amy getting wounded at the hospital was brought to Elder Conri, who was busy running around about how to get back the plaque taken from the Alpha. The other officials from the tribe had been on his neck for dragging them into the mess he and Amy had created. “Why should we suffer with you? You and your daughter caused this mess and should suffer alone”, one of the officials protested. Another sprang up to fuel the fire. “Do you even know what we are missing out from not attending every royal gatherings? The fifth tribe has been on our backs for centuries and with the way things are, we might lose our honor of being the strongest tribe to them.” “I know, right? Getting cut off for three months is a big blow to us, so make sure you fix this as soon as you can”, another fired Elder Conri, who was already confused and exhausted, couldn’t even defend himself anymore. He didn’t know that Helena would use that tactic on him. He only wanted to punish the Alpha briefly, but it got
Amy couldn’t concentrate in the milling center. The words of the doctors about Helena being competent kept ringing in her ears. She knew it would be a matter of time before Helena finds out whatever is wrong with the Alpha and she wouldn’t rest until she finds the cause. “For some reason, I feel uneasy” she muttered, biting into her nails anxiously before an idea popped up in her head as Ava passed by. “I need you to steal a bottle of wine from the Alpha’s room” she whispered to her, and Ava shuddered in fear. “The Alpha’s chamber? How? I don’t even work there. I will be caught in no time” Ava trembled and she held her shoulders firm. “You said you would be my arms and legs. Are you already backing out without even trying? You will be saving a lot of people if you can do this and I promise you that this reward will also be extended to your family”, she persuaded and Ava shakily nodded her head. “Which bottle exactly do you want me to steal?” Ava asked, not sure if she should take
Ever since we came back and I wasn’t that busy, I started feeling weak once again, but I didn’t let it get to me. When I realized that the harder I worked, the stronger I felt, I decided not to sleep around even though I was planning to rest till the banquet evening. I walked around to get the gist I had missed while I was absent from the palace and my girls didn’t fail to fill me in on every single thing that went down between Chief Kinn and Amy. I had even forgotten about her for a while until she was mentioned and I was glad that Chief kinn was strong enough to make her behave. I know she must have been looking forward to her reinstatement in three months’ time, but I had planned to uproot her and her lineage before that time and they just made it easy for me by getting involved in such a crime as poisoning the Alpha. To make sure everything was set in place, I was with the Alpha all day to discuss things we would say and how we would act while waiting for both Beta Gray and Prin
The party started and the officials started saying their greetings to the Alpha and he kept smiling through all their touching words. “I almost lost my mind when I heard you collapsed, but seeing how you came back shining the more, I think I can relax now” Elder Boris remarked, and they all chuckled. “I know, right? I never thought the Alpha was this handsome. The glow on your throne is special tonight” another chipped in and we all laughed hard. I was dressed in a pink gown that had a long thigh slit but was budded with silver flowers to cover the spaces. The hands of the gowns were covered with white gems, creating a lotus flower shape with shiny silver ornaments scattered around my packed hair. “Your beauty is blinding tonight, my queen”, he had complimented me when he set his eyes on me and I blushed. “I have always been beautiful, did you just notice?” I pouted and we both giggled. I was laughing alongside their hypocritical greetings while waiting patiently for the show to
Her hands trembled as she exchanged glances between her father and the glass in her hand. Everyone focused on them and they had no choice but to down the glass or else they would have to confess to their crimes. I watched them swallow the drinks in fear, their brows quivering to show their nervousness. She gagged along the way but managed to force the drink down till she was done with the last drop. She turned to face me and gave an awkward smile. “Thank you for your favor, my Luna”, she greeted, her teeth clenched against each other tightly. Her gesture only made me release a snort before I managed to compose myself and reply “You are always welcome”. The continuation of my words made her legs pause as she turned to return to her position. “You have been diligent in your work as reported to me by the chief butler. This is an example that you need to set in the palace and I am glad that you are doing that. Your punishment will be over soon, so I hope you stay strong”, I added, and
HELENA’S POV The coldness of his voice seeped through my bare skin as he held onto me and stared at me fondly. My chest was beating fast again as the tension rose between us and I knew where this was going, so I had to up my game and guard up my control so I wouldn’t just be crumbling every time at his touch. I mean we still have a long way to go, we have several knots to untangle and many situations to straighten out. If I let my emotions get the best of me right now, I might not be able to find the answers I had fought for so hard till that moment. “How about you stay with me tonight?” he asked, staring deep into my eyes. My lips trembled to find the right one, but nothing was coming to it so I closed my eyes to take a deep breath before removing my hand from his. “Draco, we still have a long way to go. We have many riddles to solve, so let’s not do this yet”, I answered strongly before patting his shoulder and walking out of his room after bidding him a good night. I didn’t sl
I discussed the issue with Alpha Draco, who wondered how we could rescue Vincent from Elder Damon’s residence if it was true that he was there. “The goods for the palace will be coming in soon. You can use that as a form of disguise to confirm if he’s there or not”, I advised, and he clapped at my suggestion. “That is very true. We will have to see how it turns out when we get there. Since it’s a hostage case, then we will have to search properly because he will be hidden in a place where no one will have access to him except the elder himself”, he added, and I reasoned with him. We would need to be smart with it if we want our rescue mission to be successful. One thing that kept bothering me was the fact that he might not be alive anymore. “I hope I don’t find you too late” I kept muttering to myself as I went back to my quarters to strategize and prepare with Han, who would be the one to check for the place where Vincent could be. I sat with his line from the letter “Who knows?
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I was on a date with Draco on the wide bridge in the pack when Gray ran to us panicking. He was covered in sweats and his breathing was shallow due to the excessive running he had done. The field where we were busy having our picnic was actually very far from the palace, so it took him a while to reach us by foot. “There you are” he called out to us, stopping to catch his breath. With a broad smile, Draco waved at him “Oh Gray, why are you suddenly here?” Gray managed to stagger to our side so he could close up the distance while we wondered what could be so urgent and important for him to run all the way here without taking the car. “Ah, that’s true. I should have taken the car” he muttered before raising his red eyes. His eyes were red like hot coal, they were not normal at all and that was the first thing that hinted to us that something was wrong. I rushed to his side to hold him and asked whatever the issue was, only for him to drop the bomb. “You both n
The fight at the border had been quite fierce due to several intruders trying to sneak into the pack because of the pack flourishing. “We just rounded up some spies we caught trying to enter the pack. They are now in the back quarters”. One of the soldiers rushed to update Prince Klaux who was just coming back from another mission. With a tired sigh, he gulped down a bottle of water and signaled to his assistant. “Let’s go and check them out. This is really getting out of hand” he said, and left with the soldier. The spies were interrogated and they confessed that they were on a mission to find out the manufacturing process of the cures that were being developed at the pack’s research lab. “Which pack sent you?” he questioned “The bluemoon pack”, one of the spies responded. “I hear of new packs every day” he groaned as his hands found their way to his waist. He turned to his assistant and scratched his head for a while, “Feed them, give them a place to sleep and send them on the
Prince Klaux had been frequently visiting Han ever since she had been on the sick bed, even though he didn’t exactly know the reason why. “You always find yourself here. You both didn’t have anything going on while she was still fine though”, Vincent once said to him, and he smiled a bit. “I know right, we never had anything going on. I guess I just missed seeing her standing by cutie’s side. No one to bicker and argue with, it feels weird” he responded, and Vincent chuckled. “You really need to think about it further. Something might be kicking in”, Vincent remarked, and he denied it vehemently. “What do you mean kicking in? You are just blabbering nonsense” he muttered, but Vincent only patted his shoulder before leaving him. That very day, he came by after leaving the proposal party. He came to check up on her since it had been a while due to the fact that he was away from the palace. “You seem to be doing well over there, seeing you don’t want to come back here anymore. I gue
The priestess treated Jerry and told her that she would have to hope that the moon goddess would have mercy and grant him another spirit wolf in the nearest future because nothing could be done anymore, since the spirit wolf was killed after being torn away from him. For days, Helena couldn’t digest the news. She couldn’t eat, move or do anything. Nothing made her happy no matter what anyone did. She couldn’t rid herself of the guilt that her son had to face such a terrible fate because she was not there to protect her son, thanks to her obsession with the cure. She lost interest in everything and was ready to give it up. Alpha Draco gave orders for Elder Damon to be executed publicly and his family were turned into slaves, Amy’s entire tribe was banned and a letter was sent to every pack not to accommodate them with the notification of their crimes. Ava was hanged as an accomplice to the crime and her family were sent out of the pack. Both Helena and Vincent got healed from the vir
HELENA’S POV I played all day with Jerry who was now very big. He was growing so well that I felt bad not involved lately in his growing process but I needed to find the cure in order to be by his side. I came back from his quarters and went down straight to the lab where I found out that Vincent had injected himself with the cure we recently developed. “Why would you do that? Who would attend to me?” I lashed out at him and Han gave me his note “It is brutal to keep watching you battle with the pain of the cure every time. Let’s share the pain together this time around” was what was written in the note Han said to me, “You don’t need to be afraid, I will be the attending doctor” and I nodded. I trusted her enough after all I was given the shot and placed under observation. It didn’t take up to three minutes before I fell asleep but I felt my furs sprout and my claws coming out before I lost consciousness. The next thing I woke up to was everyone fighting and running for their liv
Draco was coming back from where he went to deliver flowers as usual to Helena but he was not let in on her orders. That didn’t annoy him nonetheless, he only wanted to keep trying till she would open up to her. He was passing by the kitchen when he witnessed the sight where Amy was trying to pick on Chief Kinn, even to the extent of slapping her. He paused at the door to take a look around from one maid to the other before he started entering the kitchen till he got to Amy. “What do you think you are doing right now?” he growled at her and everywhere shook. He was so livid at the sight in front of him and the bitterness he had for Amy added fuel to the fire. “I was only trying to teach her some lessons, why is that a problem?” Amy countered, not backing down easily “Are you asking me if that is a problem right now? Can you listen to yourself?” he growled hard and rushed towards her in anger. She shuddered at the sight of his anger, she had never seen him that way. His furs sprou
The sending of several types of flowers from Alpha Draco continued day and night but I couldn’t bring myself to send him any response even though I loved the flowers. I didn’t want to give him any false hope, fall in love with him and disappear like the passing wind when death comes. It was better how we were neither enemies nor friends. “I only have to fulfil my purpose. Any other thing should not be attached. He should just focus on being the best father for our son” I stated when Han was trying to convince me to spend the little time I have with him instead of avoiding him “You might come to regret this when it’s extremely too late. It is best you enjoy everything you can now” Han insisted but I just tucked myself under the blanket and faced the other side. I couldn’t stop crying at the fact that I wouldn’t be able to stay by Draco’s side after we cleared the misunderstanding. I wouldn’t lie, I still loved him dearly. We were both torn by the greedy adults but we managed to pull
B Beta Gray was surely stunned at my reaction as I rushed towards him and jumped in his hand. He wasn’t expecting it but then he couldn’t allow me to fall so he had to catch me so fast. “Uh.. Uhmm.. You didn’t.. uhm have to.. uhm” he kept stammering and Alpha Draco came to his aid. “She didn’t have to hug you, right? I support that fully” Alpha Draco commented with a fake frown, and we all laughed at his remark. “So you managed to retrieve this from Elder Damon’s house? It’s well written and decoded”, Vincent stated as he flipped through the book. “Yes, the man with the scar has been captured too. He’s the closest aide to Elder Damon. He’s in custody at the prison”. Beta Gray chipped in with a bragging right and Vincent smiled. “He should also have the taste of what being locked up against your will looks like. I hope he rots in there”, Vincent remarked coldly before raising the book. “Since what we need is here, we should get to work as soon as possible” he added, and I agreed
HELENA’S POV Everyone was happy that I was finally awake after a long week and the Alpha instructed the kitchen to throw me a mini-feast. “Whatever she wants should be cooked for her with immediate effect. Nothing should be left undone for her, take care of all her orders with optimum care and swiftness”, he ordered, and the maids had no choice but to agree with him. “Why are you putting so much pressure on them? It’s not like I can eat more than my stomach”, I argued, but he shook his head. “You deserve everything” he declared, and I gave him a suspicious side eye. “What do you mean by that line? You are being cheesy for no reason”, I attacked, and the Alpha sighed in frustration. He moved closer to where I was attending to the flowers by the window and let out a small cough. “Helena, are you still going to continue this way? Don’t you think it’s high time I was forgiven?” he carefully asked, and my hands paused. I turned to look at him and dropped the napkin in my hand. “Dra
I finally opened my eyes after being unconscious for two days and I saw Vincent studying hard at the table close to the window at the far end of the room. I groaned slightly as I tried rolling to the side in order to stand up, but no matter how I tried, it was an impossible task. “Are you finally awake? Don’t try hard to stand up, you can never stand up for now”, Vincent cautioned and started to walk towards me when he heard my groans “Why can’t I stand up?” I questioned, losing the fight against standing up and lying there. “The treatment I placed you on is so strong that it won’t wear off for the next three days. I know that you will never rest if I tell you ordinarily, so I have to place you in absolute rest against your will and I am not sorry to take that decision”, he said boldly, and I just smiled. I knew Vincent to be stubborn and strict, so it was not surprising to see him act that way. We are both stubborn and determined, it was obvious that I wouldn’t allow that if I wer