GAMMA KENZO. FLASHBACK. Three years ago. Jillian - 14 years oldKenzo - 17 years old I was at the Gamma Camp in Midnight Pack territory. It was the weekend, and there were no scheduled activities or gatherings. I went around to the forest area, where we were allowed to trek. I didn’t have a wolf then, so I always went for physical activities, even during rest days, to keep up with all the other Gammas and warriors at the Camp. I was already nearing the area we were allowed to visit when I heard someone shouting from afar. It was a female’s voice. I couldn’t understand her words, but it looked like she was asking for help. I was not supposed to cross that area, but I couldn’t just turn around and ignore the voice. So I followed my instinct and found a river with raging water. On the other side, on the bank, was a young female. Her clothes and hair were dripping with water, and I was right. She had been crying and couldn’t talk clearly.“What are you doing there?” I asked, shouting.
GAMMA KENZO. Continuation of the FLASHBACK.Carrying Jillian on my back was not a problem. She was light as a feather, and she knew how to secure her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist. But the water current was no joke. I was holding on to the vines tightly, but from time to time, I would reach for her back to make sure she was still secured. The fact that she was screaming every time the water hit us made everything even more intense. But it surely did help me focus because I knew she was safe and the water hadn’t drowned her yet. Her voice, even if it was deafening, was a better sound than the rage of nature and kept me entertained—as if I had my own cheering squad.I had no idea how long it took us before we were able to cross the river. My hands turned red from gripping the vines tightly, and I was sure my neck, too, from being strangled and grabbed by this girl. But instead of teasing her, I swiftly moved her around, placing her on my front and hugging her. Befor
LADY JILLIAN. “So, are you mated?” I asked. I’d been wanting to ask that since I saw him. I couldn’t see any mark on his neck, but then some people wanted to wait before they marked each other. “What do you think?” He asked back, a coy smile playing on his lips, and it was making me feel giddy. Kenzo’s adorable smile remained the same. It was the very reason I trusted him so easily when I was fourteen. I was just lucky he didn’t turn out to be the bad guy my father feared when he found out I spent time with the Gamma of the Dark Forest Pack. He heard things about his pack Alpha, and he never liked him, but he couldn’t do anything when Kenzo was accepted to be part of the camp in our territory as he was qualified to join. “Hmmm… I don’t see marks.” I replied.“Good observation.” He chuckled before pushing his food inside his mouth. I giggled as I watched him. I was seated in the corridor outside his cell, my back leaning against the bars of the adjacent cell to his. “But I see man
XANDER.“Can you hand this to the female in black?” I asked, pointing in Lady Catherine’s direction.The server tilted her head, following where my finger was pointed. “Is she the one beside the female with the midnight blue dress?” She asked.“Yes, that one. And make sure you do it now.” I let my Alpha aura out. With too many Alpha pheromones in the room, I was not afraid to let out mine at this instance. I wanted the server to know I was not just an ordinary guest so she would do my request right away.I watched as she walked toward Lady Catherine while I made my way to where Beta Julian was. I engaged in a conversation with him but was constantly watching as Catherine read the note.Her expression changed. The smile faded on her face, and then our eyes met for a brief second. I was the first one who let go and left the ballroom. I grabbed a glass of rum on the way out before heading to the other ballroom, where Maddox and Carlotta were. “What took you so long?” Maddox asked as I h
BETA ARLO Silver Moon Pack Beta—Nadine’s original packThe call and confirmation that Alpha Jace and I were dreading finally came. Catherine approached the Alpha with a note she said that came from Xander, and then he got a call from Austin stating that Gamma Kenzo was in their territory.As much as we didn’t want to think of the worst, Alpha Maddox’s action after Alpha Jacob was announced the winner of the election was a blatant confirmation that Xander was not lying. Alpha Maddox was anticipating Alpha Jacob’s win so he could continue with his next plan—to serve the Montrell with Nadine’s head. We were running out of time, and we couldn’t be careless with our actions. Kenzo confirmed that Maddox had his own set of men who were not pack warriors, and they were more ruthless because they worked for money. They were never really part of the pack, so one command from Maddox and they could cut anyone’s life. Additionally, the Alpha instructed all men at their border not to allow anyo
MINDY.I waited until I found a ride that would take me to the border where I needed to be. After walking over a hundred meters, I could already see where I was headed. My heart thudded loudly, and my wolf began pancing inside my head. My wolf, Tala, had always been a submissive wolf, and most of the time, she was quiet in my head. But she was getting more agitated than I was. ‘Are we in danger?’ I asked.‘We’re always in danger.’ She replied. ‘But I can’t understand what I am feeling at the moment. It feels like I want to know what will happen next and don’t want to know as well.’I didn’t say anything and just hurried forward. She was right. We were always in danger, and I shouldn’t be meeting anyone I didn’t know, but a part of me was curious if this was Arlo. I wanted to meet him. I only heard his voice, and it already piqued my interest. I bit my bottom lip, suppressing a smile. I was so pathetic. I never went through the teenage stage where I got to appreciate boys, and it mig
BETA ARLO. “I don’t think I can give you what you need. Maybe we should just reject each other.” Mindy’s words cut deep until I saw the pain in her expression.She was terrified of something. Or someone. A flashback of my conversation with Alpha Jace flooded my head. The female he wanted me to pick up in the middle of the forest was someone who had been sexually abused by Alpha Maddox. It was the reason Nadine wanted her out of here.Was it her? When we talked on the phone, Mindy never confirmed she was the female I was supposed to meet, but my heart clenched in pain just at the thought that it was her. “I don’t know… if… I can be intimate with you. I know that’s what men want.” She was stuttering as tears kept racing down her cheeks, and I couldn’t stop my own eyes from tearing up. She was trying to be strong in confessing this.“Maybe I will...” She kept talking in between her sobs.I was still on a high from smelling her and finding out I finally found the mate I had been waiti
NADINE. My stomach churned. I knew Maddox was out of the territory, but without Xander here, I was agitated. Even if I didn’t want to, I was slowly relying on Xander. I knew I could do things on my own, but a part of me believed that if the time came and I could not do it anymore, my mate would come to save me. So, not having him around was giving me a bad feeling. I wanted the assurance that he was just somewhere, watching me. My body jerked when I heard the main gate rattle. Someone was trying to get in. ‘Please, please, don’t be Maximus.’ I mumbled under my breath, slipping my hand under the pile of clothes until I managed to grab the dagger.The door to my cell had been left open. No one was stationed in the corridor like before, so they thought locking the door was unnecessary. Maybe they really thought I could throw this dagger and kill them. Or Maddox just had a more wicked plan. My heart thundered as I slowly rose from the floor, holding the dagger behind my back as I car