"WHAT?"I just could not believe what I was hearing. Liana quickly patted my hand to calm me down.All the staff members turned their attention to me when they heard my loud voice.I looked at them and said,"Focus on your work, not me."They appeared to be stunned. They were not used to my cold behavior. I was so angry at Adrian that I did not know how to control it.I almost forgot sometimes that I was an Alpha. My aggressiveness kept reminding me of my rank.I yanked my hand away from Liana's hand and rubbed my forehead, preventing my eyes from changing colors.I walked to the changing room and sat on the small couch that had been set up there."I can't believe it, Adrian. You gave my boss such a big order, then placed a condition like this! How dare you?" I muttered angrily.Liana stepped into the room. She rested her hand on my shoulder. "I thought Alpha was your friend, and the way he took you from the shop yesterday led me to believe that you two had caught up on things."I cov
Liana turned to me and shook her head, disagreeing. "No, no. I can't let you go there."I grabbed my bag and my ID card from the shop, then headed to the door.Liana grabbed my hand and stopped me. "Natalia, you don't have to do this for me. We will deal with the loss. Nothing is more important than a life."She might have thought that Adrian abused me or that he would kill me. But she was not aware that I could protect myself."Don't worry. I will be fine."I left the shop and hailed a cab. Employees assisted the van driver in loading the coffee inside the van.When the driver started the van, I directed the cab driver to do the same.As soon as the cab and the van arrived at the pack company, I got out of the cab.I looked up at the tall, sky-touching building. It looked so powerful from the outside that anyone would want to work there.It reminded me of my own pack company. I had been the CEO of my packing company. I had witnessed the power that these companies' CEOs wielded. Their
Third POVEveryone stared at Natalia. They could not believe that the princess of the Blue Blood Pack was in this pack.They moved their eyes toward her appearance. She used to be a dignified woman who ruled the pack company of her brother's pack.At that time, people used to be devoted to her strong aura. She had the cold look that could give any Alpha a strong desire to make the woman submit to him. However, they were not able to do that.But right now, the woman looked fragile and weak. Her slightly messy hair and the less expensive dress she wore gave them the impression that she was no longer the cold woman they used to deal with projects with. She was no longer the businesswoman who ran the business world but a mere woman who sold coffee. The coffee case in her hand was proof of it.All of them were the Alphas of other packs, and anyone could see a look of surprise in their faces.Natalia stared at Adrian. She could feel others' shocked gazes and sense the way they were scanning
"I can't believe that Natalia Hansley is here."“I have heard that Alpha Jason is having a fatal illness. If he was in good health, he would have never let her stay here.”"Yeah. But it was all Alpha Jason's fault. He dared to insult Alpha Adrian. How can anyone get rid of Alpha Adrian's attack?""No wonder she ended up homeless. Alpha Adrian shattered the Hansleys' arrogance. But it is kind of him to provide her with shelter here. It appears she is working in a coffee shop. What bad luck!"While walking to the door, Natalia heard whispers from others.She gritted her teeth to control her anger. She hurriedly grabbed the doorknock and left the room. She shut it loudly and walked to the elevator to leave.A young man appeared to be shocked when he saw her coming out of the meeting room. He rushed to her and stopped her."Miss Natalia, where are you going? Alpha's office is there."Natalia lifted her head to look at him. Her cold look shook him inside.However, he was Adrian's assistan
Natalia glared at the man who kept stopping her from going to the elevator. She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails pierced her palm. Blood is oozing from her skin as the nails rip the skin of her palm.She pushed the man to the side. The man was shocked by her sudden strength. How could a woman have such power?"Miss, I beg you not to–"Natalia heard him pause. She thought he accepted his defeat in stopping her.At that time, the elevator door opened. She loosened her fists and just entered. But before she could turn around to the door, a hand grabbed her wrist and began to pull her out of the elevator.She turned her head to glance at the person, and her eyes widened."Adrian Miller, leave my hand," she said angrily.All the employees around them stared at her in shock. They had never heard someone call their head Alpha by his name. She did not even use his rank before addressing him, which was recognized as an unforgivable crime.Adrian did not listen to her and pulled her
Adrian fixed his gaze on the woman in front of him. She did not need a second to change herself. Her blue eyes could shake anyone but him. The way her sharp claws pierced his neck, he could smell the blood coming out of his skin.Though those wounds would heal soon, he could not deny that he felt hurt.However, he was Alpha Adrian.During the wars, he had endured more pain than anyone else and managed to win packs against other Alphas. So, this pain was really nothing to him.When she got no response, Natalia pressed her claws hard. She wanted to see him beg her to let him go."Calm down, woman," Adrian said, grabbing her wrist."Why? Is this pain unbearable for you?" she asked, smirking at him.She felt she now looked like a villainess from a novel who was trying to kill another villain.Adrian's dark eyes caressed her face with calmness. Anger was increasing in her eyes. Her jaw was clenched, and her desire was to kill him.Instead of asking her to leave, a smirk appeared on his lip
Natalia's claws went inside, and she noticed cracks in her nails. They had blood on them. She wondered if it was Adrian's blood or her own. Because she was feeling pain in her nails as well.She turned her gaze at Adrian once again."Tell me. Who are you? How did you do that?"Adrian stared into her eyes for quite some time until his eyes turned red."I'm your mate, darling," he replied with a smirk.She ignored the pain in her nails and gave him a stern look. "Don't talk nonsense. How did you stop me? What did you put there? Let me see it."She stepped towards him, grabbed the shirt, and then ripped it. All of his shirt buttons dropped to the floor, creating loud noises that could be heard in the silent room.He was stunned by her sudden action. But she was busy learning the truth.How could anyone stop her from attacking someone? She suspected Adrian was hiding something.However, when she saw his bare chest, her hands froze on his shirt.The old marks of her claws were still on hi
Natalia's eyes widened. She stared at his mouth in shock.She could feel what he was doing inside his mouth. His tongue was softly licking her fingertips. He gently ran his tongue over her nails, causing her to gulp."W-What are you doing?" She mumbled, trying to look at him.His eyes were fixed on her. They were so intense that it looked like he wasn't healing her but doing something else.She avoided his gaze and tried to pull her finger out. He let go of her finger.She breathed a sigh of relief. She started to feel uneasy being so close to him. So she tried to take a step back.But suddenly, he bent down and lifted her by grabbing her knees.She let out a shocked gasp. "Adrian, what the hell?"He did not listen to her. He seated her at the desk and cast a shadowy glance at her."You are talking too much. I know how to seal your mouth. If you don't let me heal calmly, then you know how I can stop you. You can't even kill me now."She was speechless. He held her hand and put another
Taking a deep breath, Hazel knew she had to tell them everything."That witch's powers were imprisoned with ash in a jar, and the door had been locked for years. My sister-in-law, Ansel, is the coven's second highest-ranking witch after that woman. So, all these years, Ansel tried her hardest to break the door and free the powers so that she could take over them.So when Natalia broke the door, the powers were freed, and Ansel possessed them all. Now she is the most powerful witch."Natalia recalled what had happened in that room. She had assumed she would die, but she did not.Hazel stepped toward Natalia and said,"Sister, I am sorry for what happened to you. But I had nothing in my hands. I was not alone. My child was with me. So I had to follow whatever they told me. The only thing I could do was not open the door. Before you opened it, I used to tell them that I had not found the door."Natalia's eyes lowered as she noticed Hazel caressing her own stomach.Natalia's eyes blurred
Natalia was shocked as her eyes widened. She heard something she could not believe."Y-Your child? H-How?" she mumbled.She felt as though the sky had fallen on her. She was not in a state to feel anything. She was confused and puzzled.Jason sighed and looked at her.“I met her in her pack. There was never anything between her and Adrian. The child is mine, and I spent a night with her a few months ago."Natalia shook her head. Her hand slipped away from Jason's hand."That's not possible. She manipulated you, brother. You have never talked about her. And why did she lie when the child is not Adrian's? Why is he even trying to protect her? He himself admitted that that child is his."Hazel looked at Natalia and stepped toward her. Natalia raised a hand, stopping her from approaching her. "Don't. You can manipulate everyone but me. I didn't forget how you warned me to leave Adrian's life."Hazel clenched her jaw and said angrily, "I also warned you about that door. Why did you break i
Natalia was in disbelief. "Do you think I am a fool? You can not just show up and make a fool of me. At first, your Alpha said that Hazel is nothing to him, then he let her stay in the pack house. Later, he claimed that the child she was carrying was not his, and I believed him again. But what about now?"Her questions pierced like daggers toward Patric. He lowered his head in defeat. "I know you have to tolerate a lot.""Tolerate a lot? All of my life, I have been only suffering for your Alpha. He said he wants me to leave this pack."Natalia could not stop herself from telling Patric everything that hurt her heart."He smashed my love in front of my brother. He told him to take me away with him. Can you imagine how well I controlled myself at that time?"She leaned back against her chair, closing her eyes and shaking her head. "It is all because of my children. I am bearing everything just for them."Patric took a deep breath and said, "I came back yesterday. I have collected all of
Natalia was shocked when his lips touched hers.She tried to push him. But Adrian did not let her go.He felt sharp pain in his head as if something was exploding inside. His hands wrapped around her waist, pressing his body against hers.As though he had been longing for it, his rough kiss turned desperate.Natalia became so enraged that she shoved him with her wolf strength.He retrieved a few steps back. Natalia growled at him."How dare you do that?"His brows shot up as if he was confused by his own action. His gaze roamed around the floor until they lifted up to look at her.As if his eyes could change colors, they turned dark brown, and suddenly they flashed red for a moment.She recalled that before the accident he looked like that."Get out of this room right now," she said, glaring at him. She did not want to see him.He did not move as he stared at her with a pair of lost eyes.When she saw he was not moving, she opened the door and walked out of the room.There was no way
Natalia's eyes were on the door. She had seen Hazel leaving the house. For some reason, she guessed who she went after.'What is her relationship with my brother?' she thought."Miss Natalia"She looked away from the door and turned to Alpha Jonas. She smiled at him.This noon, when Adrian sent the necklace to her, she was surprised at first but scoffed after learning his words from Damia.She knew this man could never care for her. He was a devil in disguise who was showing his true colors with passing time.So when Alpha Jonas called her today to ask what she would like to have, she told him that she desired a necklace. She wanted to wear it in front of Adrian to mock him."The more I see you, the more I feel like I have never seen this much beauty," he remarked with a chuckle.Natalia grinned at him and said, "Alpha Jonas is flirting with me. Does his girlfriend know about it?"In a blink of a second, all the color washed away from his face.Natalia noticed this, lifted her hand, a
Adrian tried to think why did Jason make an alliance with them in the first place. What exactly did he want?He was able to see the expressions of shock plastered across the faces of all of the Leightons. They were not expecting this. To them, it was like a blow to the head.Adrian assumed that Jason did that because Natalia wanted it. But Natalia's eyes were hazel all the time. Her eyes kept observing her when her brother was talking to her.Ansel's anger caused his fingers to become more firmly gripped on the jewelry boxes. The old Leighton looked mad at Jason while Rick appeared to be fierce."You will pay for it, Alpha Jason," Ansel said, leaving the room.Her husband and the old Leighton followed her behind as if she were the main member of the family.Jason rolled his eyes. He turned his head to Adrian and said,"You will be next to face something like this."It was a warning.Adrian did not like it when he said that in front of other businessmen.Jason gave Natalia a small smil
Adrian's eyes darkened when Natalia smiled with her red lips and looked in another direction.Adrian's gaze shifted on the way and found Alpha Jonas grinning at Natalia."A beautiful necklace for a precious woman. I have always admired her when she was the CEO of her father's company. She is a pure beauty. It's bad luck that she decided to stay here. But if you want to come with me, I will not take any mistress for my whole life."Adrian glared at the man as he found his words mocking toward him.Jason scoffed at Jonas and said, "She is a stubborn woman. She doesn't listen to anyone. Otherwise, Alpha Adrian is ready to leave her. Isn't it Alpha Adrian?"Jason's gaze met Adrian's like a clash colliding.Hazel was about to say something, but Ansel shook her head at her.Natalia walked toward her brother and let out a chuckle. "Let's focus on the birthday girl. Looks like I took all the limelight away from her."Hazel stared at Natalia. There were some untold words that were conveyed thr
Adrian left the company, neglecting the idea of having lunch with Patric.He got inside the car and told his driver to drive to a restaurant.He was on his way back to the company after lunch when he received a message from Ansel informing him that tonight was Hazel's birthday and that he should give her a present.Adrian's car stopped in front of a jewelry shop. He went inside the shop and told the staff to pack something that would look good on a young woman.A female employee approached him and showed him a few designs. Adrian was not interested in choosing, but his eyes fell on a beautiful necklace.He did not know why, but looking at the necklace, his mind reflected Natalia's face."Pack this one."The female employee smiled at him and packed the necklace. When she was about to hand it to him, he said,"I told you to pick one."The woman was stunned. "Oh, you want another one?"She thought he was going to buy only one necklace. The woman picked the best design and showed it to Ad
When the elevator door opened and they arrived at the first floor, Adrian gave him a stern look and was ready to reprimand him.Adrian exited the elevator first, and Patric followed, intending to go check on Adrian's condition with the pack doctor.At that time, they ran into Benjamin.Adrian took a halt when Benjamin bowed to him.With a pair of cold eyes, Adrian said to him,"I warned you to stay away from that woman. She is not good for our pack."Benjamin lowered his head before glancing at Patric. Patric was staring at him. He exhaled and returned his gaze to Adrian."Alpha, she is my Luna. It is my responsibility to protect her when everyone is against her."Adrian tightened his fists while glaring at Benjamin. Meanwhile, Patric focused his gaze on Adrian. "Didn't you say you don't like her? Why do you care if Benjamin roams around her? You want her to leave this pack anyway."Gamma Benjamin was shocked. He shook his head as he realized Adrian had misunderstood his pure intentio