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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
XANDER.I had a terrible feeling that something was off, but Maddox didn’t say anything during the whole ride home. No matter how much I insisted on knowing, inquiring through our mindlinks, I didn’t get any response. So the six hours of travel was plain torture. I held my breath the moment we stopped at the border. I expected someone to say something, but there was none. Everything was calm. “Did you allow anyone in the territory?” Maddox asked when the car stopped.“I didn’t, Alpha,” Tyrone answered.“Anything I need to know.” The warrior shook his head. “Everything was calm for the last twenty-four hours.”Maddox didn’t ask for more and simply requested that the windows be rolled up and Carter continue driving into the territory.I eased back on my seat, closed my eyes as if I were resting, and connected my head to Matthew. ‘Where are you?’ I asked him. Since we didn’t have any Gamma yet, I was the one doing the security duty, including managing the border patrols. I knew Matth
TRIGGER WARNING: Physical Abuse but not graphic. Proceed with caution. The one marked with *** is the beginning and the other set of *** for the end. MINDY.We were still with Nadine when Ron’s voice dug in my head. ‘The Alpha’s car just entered the border.’Oh, Goddess.‘Leave the cell now. I’ll go down and lock the main gate, so just go and take the corridor to the back exit. I had frozen the camera already, so leave now.’ There was urgency in his voice.‘Okay.’ I replied before my hand reached for Arlo’s wrist, sending sparks all over my body. I was worried, but in a way, having his warmth calmed me. “We need to leave. The Alpha is back.”“Is Xander with him?” Nadine asked as Arlo’s arm snaked on my back and pulled me toward him, guiding me toward the cell door. “I don’t know. I don’t have time to ask. But I can tell Ron you were looking for Xander. I have to shut off my mindlink soon.” I was still talking as we left her cell and saw her nodding her head before I couldn’t see her
XANDER. I could hear a commotion inside the Alpha’s office. I didn’t even try to turn the knob to see if the door was unlocked. My adrenaline and the anger simmering in my body made me kick the door.I broke it. I had no idea if the door was not as solidly built as it should be or if my strength had doubled.Either way, I was glad I was able to destroy it.My eyes looked for Mindy right away. She was holding a big piece of broken glass, and there was blood in her hand. It cut her, but it seemed she didn’t mind. Her eyes were dilating. Something I had never witnessed before. And Maddox was bleeding.Mindy’s expression of relief upon seeing me just confirmed my fear. “I told you not to touch her!” I growled and launched at him, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt before my coiled fist rammed into his face. We landed on the floor. He tried to deflect everything the jabs I threw at him, and I felt something kick me on the side, but I wasn’t stopping. All the hatred I felt for him j