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NADINE. It was almost two in the morning when Mindy fell asleep while I lay awake and contemplated my next move. I felt like I was going back and forth, but then I reminded myself that I was just on my first day, and so far, Mindy and Xander had already shown that they liked me. I was sure I could take Mindy on my side because, even if she didn’t tell me the whole thing about Maddox, I could feel the hatred she had for him. I would use all the hate she had, so it would be easier for her to give me more information that I could use. But in return, I would make sure she would have a good life away from him. With Xander, I had no idea. I liked him—there was no doubt about that. And I hope he liked me enough to understand everything that I would do. Mindy and I woke up early despite sleeping late. She told me she had nowhere to offer to entertain me, and if I wanted, we could go back to the packhouse, and she could tell the Omega head in the packhouse that there was a mistake in her sc
NADINE. “Do not mindlink Xander.” Alpha Maddox said. He just rolled off an Alpha command, and I could do nothing about it. I was not an Alpha heir. I was just a second-born child. But I had been practicing defying Alpha commands for the past year. And my victim? Alpha Zach—my nephew, who was just the same age as me. Zach was already in a terrible place, but I was not one of those who let him get away for being rude. And lately, I’ve been needing him to roll off an Alpha command at me without him noticing. I’d been defying and infuriating him on purpose.It would usually end up with my sister—his mom, Nadia, coming in between us to make him take it back, as I never back down. My nose would bleed, and my head felt like it was about to explode, but it got easier over time. Unlike the first time I tried to defy him where I fainted and was knocked out for many hours. I also had to infuriate Zach, so I had a reason to leave the pack for a long time. And it worked. Zach discharged me fr
XANDER. I drove like a fucking madman so I could come home to Nadine as soon as possible. I didn’t get any sleep or rest as Maddox decided not to take anyone with us, and he wouldn’t drive either.My hands and mind were exhausted, and all I wanted was to rest. If I got lucky, I might be able to persuade Nadine to lie down with me. I just wanted to feel her body and smell her addicting scent. My wolf and I missed her. The moment we entered the territory, I mindlinked her, but her mind was shut off. And so I tried Mindy, but hers was closed as well. I wasn’t worried. I was already here, and I was sure if anything happened, someone from the border had already notified us, but there was no news or anything. I had no idea where they were, but I assumed they were still at Mindy’s apartment. And that’s where I would head after I dropped Maddox. I stopped the vehicle on the packhouse grounds, just below the main entrance steps. I saw Carlotta’s car, which was nothing new. This female was
NADINE. I went directly to my room after I left Maddox’s office. I didn’t close my door, as I was sure Xander would be here after he dealt with his brother. I wiped my lips with my forearm as I entered the bathroom door, walking directly to the sink to wash my face. I wanted to vomit, but nothing was coming out. The man I loathed the most kissed me. I scrubbed my mouth with my coiled fist and kept telling myself I had prepared myself for this. I shouldn’t be upset. Didn’t I use Tristan and have sex with him to get more information? It should be the same. Everything was simply part of the plan. Star growled in my head and flashed me Xander’s furious expression when he entered the office. I felt guilty when I shouldn’t have.Xander was Maddox’s brother. I was hitting two birds with one stone. I should be rejoicing, but I couldn’t. “Tell me, Grandpa…” I talked to myself. “Should I just leave and forget all about this? Two days, and I was already derailed from my track.” I slammed my
NADINE. “You hurt me tonight. And my sanity is just hanging by a thread.” Xander’s voice was so low, but I could feel the agony in it. My heart shattered for him and for the female I had never met. I moved forward with fast strides, and despite his repetitious attempt to stop me, I still ended up in front of him. My arms wrapped around the man who was baring his soul to me. My hand went to the back of his head and pressed it against my stomach. His body was still shaking, and I was hoping he would find comfort in my hold. I leaned my head down and pressed a soft kiss on his head as his arms wrapped around me. “I don’t want to hurt you.” He murmured.“You didn’t hurt me,” I told him.“I punched and kicked Maddox.” He added.I closed my eyes before slowly lowering my body until I was on my knees. I cupped his face and met his eyes before I spoke. “He deserves it.”He didn’t say anything, but he just kept staring at me. “I’m sorry…” I said in a soft voice as my thumbs wiped his tea
XANDER. “It means my body only wants you…” Nadine said in a seductive voice before capturing my mouth for a searing kiss, and my body reacted in the way it always does whenever her lips touched mine. My hold around her tightened before my hand cupped her ass, lifting her off the floor as she wrapped her legs around my waist in a vice grip.There was no doubt her arousal was so potent, and she was right—I didn’t smell this earlier. Nadine kissed me hard, but I tried not to kiss her as hard. I was torn. I still felt guilty for being harsh on her, and I didn’t want to remind her how aggressive I could be. I wanted her to forget that I was a violent man. I didn’t want to cross any of her boundaries. She moaned before she pulled away from my lips, her forehead creasing as she spoke. “You’re not kissing me hard.”“I don’t want to hurt you.”“I want you to kiss me the way you were kissing me before all this.” Her eyes softened before she continued. “I want to feel that you still want me.”
XANDER.“I’m going to fill every part of you that is missing, Xander. If you let me…” Nadine had been overwhelming me with her words. I had no idea what happened, but I found myself telling her things I had never told anyone. Perhaps it was because I expected she would do the same, as until now, my knowledge of her remained limited.She was kissing me tenderly, not the aggressive ones that she had been giving me since day one. For some reason, I didn’t want her to think of me as fragile. But before I could do anything, she gently pulled away and met my eyes.“I’m so happy to be here with you,” she said.“Are you? Is it safe to assume I was already forgiven for the mess I made when you appeared at the border?” I asked.She nodded her head. “I don’t easily forgive and forget, but if I don’t forgive you, my wolf will hate me. Plus, I think I like you already.” A little smile crawled across her mouth, and a scarlet flush was creeping into her cheeks as she said the last part.I felt like
XANDER.My gums were itching, and I knew where this was leading. My wolf and I wanted to mark her, but I shouldn't decide on that alone. I kept my mouth closed and grazed my lips on her neck while my nose nuzzled on her soft spot. And just when I was about to ask her for her permission, her body stiffened, and I felt her aura changing.“Xander!” She exclaimed, and I automatically withdrew my head from her neck, turning her body around abruptly to meet her gaze.“What's going on?” I asked. “Is your mindlink close?” She asked back as her forehead creased. “Yes. I don’t want anyone to disturb us.”“Mindy, mindlinked me...” “Fuck!” I growled. Mindy never mindlinked me unless important or she was in danger, and the fact that Nadine’s expression was too worried meant that it could have something to do with one person: Maddox.“Maddox is banging on her door!” Nadine said in a hurry as she moved away from me and got out of bed. She picked up my shirt while I grabbed my sweatpants that wer
TEN YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF XAVIER.XANDER.“Are you ready, Alpha?” Xavier asked, and once I nodded my head, he turned to his side and nodded at his seven-year-old brother, Nexus. Without any more words, they hurried off into the forest for my wolf, Orion, to track them. I always give them a fifteen-minute head start before I start looking for them.Fifteen minutes—enough time for myself to soak in all the things my eyes could see and think of all that happened in my life over the last ten years.Three years after we gave birth to Xavier, Nadine fell pregnant again. This time, she extended an offer to me for the Alpha position. Like she said, I’d been doing the Alpha work whenever she couldn’t attend to it due to the nature of her pregnancy. She was going through a difficult time with Nexus. There were days she couldn’t get up from our bed and would vomit from time to time. Although our son was healthy, Nadine would always end up drained of energy. I, of course, could continue doing
NADINE.Dad and Mom arrived just a couple of hours after I gave birth. Nadia called them right away when my waterbag broke, so they were already traveling while I was in labor. Xavier’s birth came early, yet we and the whole pack had always been ready for him.With the approval of the midwives who assisted me, we began our journey home at midnight. I couldn’t wait to introduce our son to his pack and welcome Jillian as our Gamma Female. We arrived by dawn, and I expected the packhouse to be quiet as everyone should be asleep, but the sight that welcomed us was indeed overwhelming to a mother’s heart.The house was bright with lights, and the packhouse ground was decorated with lanterns and banners—both for our son and our Gamma Female—as if they had days to prepare for this and not just hours. The whole area was alive, and even without hearing anything from the outside, I was sure there was music playing as there were people dancing.But the moment Kenzo’s door opened, the whole pl
NADINE.I had just finished fixing my hair and was ready to drive to the Midnight Pack for Jillian’s debut. I came out of our room and went downstairs to find Xander. He was ready many minutes ago, and I asked him to leave me alone in our room so I could continue preparing because he kept distracting me with hugs and kisses. I found him at the bar, drinking alone. I wasn’t sure if he noticed my presence as he remained standing by the large window, gazing outside while sipping his drink.He must be thinking about Carlotta and her pup, as this had been the only thing keeping him quiet lately. Xander was determined to find Maddox’s child and give it a good life. But Carlotta had been dodging us for almost a year.But today, we got more information. We finally had a name and gender. Maddox and Carlotta had a daughter, Maxine Charlotte Trevino. Carlotta named her after her father. But we were still clueless about where they were staying. All we knew was that the child had a fever, and C
GAMMA KENZO.I unclasped her bra and tossed it aside before pulling away from kissing her, letting my eyes savor the perfect breasts that were made for me. Jillian had a petite frame, but her breasts were bigger than her size, and burying my head in between them was a fantasy I wanted to fulfill. She bit her bottom lip before her hands cupped the sides of her breasts and gently kneaded them; all the while, her eyes were swirling with lust. “Do you like them?”My eyes were surely twinkling as I nodded my head, like a boy on Christmas Day. “I fucking love them!”I didn’t need an invite as I bent over and captured one of her breasts, and a grunt filled my throat as I savored her bosom, one after the other, letting my tongue and hand play with them and her nipples while my sultry mate was fumbling with my shirt and my pants, helping in taking them off my body. After I had my fill, my lips pressed against her firm stomach. I trailed my mouth down to her inner thigh where my hand was, par
FUTURE GAMMA FEMALE JILLIAN.“Have you played hide-and-seek?” I asked him in a soft voice after he sent a message to Beta Xander. First, he asked them if Alpha Nadine had given birth and told them to call him anytime. He also informed him that “he got the girl and that he was blessed tenfold tonight.” Even though it was just a text message, I could see the pride in him as he puffed his chest while he was typing those words. Kenzo, even without him knowing, really knew how to melt my heart.“Hmmm... what are you planning to do?” He asked, his forehead creasing. We were already in the hotel lobby where I was staying. The party was already over, but my family was still there to make sure all the guests were sent off nicely and out of the border, but they let us leave ahead. I stood in front of Kenzo, walking backward as he walked forward at my pace. I placed my hand on his chest, a playful grin etched on my face. “Catch me if you can, lover boy.”I pushed him playfully before running
FUTURE GAMMA FEMALE JILLIAN.I watched in awe as my father, Alpha Lucas, took the center stage together with my mother, Luna Katarina. Unlike other parents, Dad and Mom were actually happy that I found out who my mate was as soon as I turned eighteen. Dad was glad he turned out to be the same man I was in love with. He didn’t want me to have any doubts about the man I would be in a relationship with, knowing that my mate was just out there somewhere. Although he was sad I had to leave them sooner, he knew I would be in good hands.“We would like to thank everyone for gracing us with your presence for our daughter’s coming-of-age celebration.” My father began, and the crowd gave him a round of applause. I couldn’t help but smile and playfully roll my eyes upon seeing my mother looking at him as if he held the whole universe in his hands. But then I realized it must be the same way I looked at Kenzo whenever he wasn’t looking at me, and I got to study his features. Dad looked at Mom
GAMMA KENZO.I had never driven so fast as I did tonight. Good thing that I only needed to drive along the forest road, so there were no cameras and traffic police lurking around. If I had my way, I would have run on my paws so I’d be faster, but I needed to look presentable, and I couldn’t just rip my clothes off. I was stopped at their border, and it seemed the one in there had no idea who I was. He denied me entry because I didn’t have the invitation with me. In my rush to get help for the Alpha, I might have dropped it somewhere in the packhouse. Only when I instructed him to reach out to Alpha Ledger and we conversed over the phone did I receive permission to enter.The drive to the hotel where her party was ongoing was plain torture. I was happy that I was here, but the thought of missing her dance and her not being my fated mate kept seeping into my mind. “Judgment time.” I reminded myself of this as I picked up the bouquet of red roses from the backseat of my car and made m
LADY JILLIAN.“Mine!!” The growl was so loud it vibrated through my whole body. I shoved Wes’ hand off me and abruptly turned my body around to face the direction of the voice.And my heart stopped as I stared at the man at the far end of the corridor. My eyes locked with Alonso, Alpha Aeon’s son, the next Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack. My mouth parted as a shriek passed my lips, something I was not able to control. “No!”Until I realized something.I was older than Alonso. Even with him having a wolf, it was impossible that I scented him. He was not eighteen yet. —----------------------GAMMA KENZO.I ran my comb through my hair one more time, perfecting my hairstyle before pointing at myself through my reflection in the mirror. To say that I was excited was an understatement. I was beyond ecstatic.Tonight, whatever fate had in store for me and Jillian, we would finally take our relationship to the next level. I could officially claim her as my girlfriend, and we would take it fro
A YEAR AFTER MADDOX’S DEATH. LADY JILLIAN of the Midnight Pack. I couldn’t erase the smile off my face as I looked at my reflection in the mirror. My hair was tied up tightly in a bun, and I was dressed in a swan-like ballerina dress. The only jewelry I had was one pair of crescent moon earrings that I had never taken off. Finally eighteen. My family was throwing a grand ball for me, and I would start the night with a ballet dance that I’d been practicing for many months. The dance was about a female coming of age and spreading her wings. I was excited, not only because I would be turning eighteen and would finally be able to do many things, but because I could officially say YES to Kenzo as my boyfriend. We could make it official. Kenzo and I started dating after he was re-inducted as the Gamma of the Dark Forest Pack. He asked me if he could court me, and I said he could, or he could come back once I turned eighteen, as I was not allowed to have a boyfriend until then. Not that