SUNSHINE:“Really? You’re going to help me now?” I asked in disbelief as if I was going to cry. I think I’m going to kiss Jericho right now for the help he will give. Finally. There was already hope. Wait for me, Knoxx. I will fix this. There will no longer be anyone killed. If it was necessary to lay down my life, I would give it.“Y-Yes. Anything for you, S-Sunny.”I grinned and could not contain my happiness. “Let’s meet here, then. Come here in the pack. I will be waiting. And please, I hope no one will know about this plan, Jericho. I trust that you will keep it from anyone else?” I inquired.He heaved a sigh on the other line.I understood that reaction since he was also risking the wrath of Alpha Ezra and the rest of my stepbrothers, but if we both could pull this off, I would be forever indebted to Jericho.“Y-You can count on me, Sunny. You know what I am after is your happiness, right?”“Thank you so much, once again. I hope you will not take long,” I said and ended the
SUNSHINE:I almost fainted but was able to lean on a tree.Knoxx and Alonso died?My inside shook, in disbelief. The other part of me was screaming about how the heck this happened. Why would they die? Why?There was no way that it would happen, right?Knoxx and Alonso were unbeatable and there were also the other two brothers. The two were powerful warriors and unbeatable. “You’re lying!” I screamed while I pointed my trembling fingers at his chest. “Knoxx and his brother are not yet dead!” I declared, not believing any of the words he said.My head spun. Mother noticed my presence, ran towards me, hugged me then sobbed uncontrollably. Seeing her like this reminded me of the times when Father died and then tragedy when we were only two struck almost every day. The bullying. The miserable life. “Mother… tell me those are not true!” I demanded. “Alpha Ezra. Tell me Knoxx and Alonso are not dead! You're only pulling a prank, right? Right?”Alpha Ezra watched me with a sad smile while
SUNSHINE:Murderer.That word kept on ringing in my head. I could not bring myself to defend myself because the beta was right. I was the murderer in one way or another. I brought a lot of death to the pack. Especially my mate. The alpha.“Brother. That’s not true,” Cayden interjected and pulled me into his side. His grip was firm as if consoling me. “Fighting with Sunshine will not make our brother Knoxx happy. Wherever he is right now. That's enough fighting. We already made Sunshine's life miserable before. Can we stop this immaturity?”“Bullshit!” Benedict roared and swung his fist on the wall. There was a crack on the part where he punched. His body trembled in anger. “That woman is at fault! When she came, our family was no longer the same. Our brothers died because of her!”“Benedict! Stop!” Alpha Ezra ordered. “Don’t put the blame on Sunshine. She has nothing to do with this. Knoxx and Alonso died because he sacrificed himself for the pack.”Benedict stared at his father with
SUNSHINE:“What an ungrateful wench,” Benedict stated. “You have the audacity to say those? Even in the end, Knoxx wanted to keep you safe.”I never asked anyone to keep me safe. Not even Knoxx. They decided it for me. Did they think I was that weak? If they continue protecting me, then it will never be a surprise why they think lowly of me.“Will you stop being an asshole for a minute, Benedict? Cut me some slack, will you? We can argue tomorrow. Not now.” I might say something which I will only regret in the end. “Sunshine has a point, beta,” Cayden declared. “We are no longer kids.” He patted his brother’s shoulders. “We can rest for now. Fighting Sunshine is not worth it. We are no longer kids who bully her. Now that our brothers are gone, we need to be mature.” To me, he said, “Again, my apologies for what we did in the past. We were only young back then.”I nodded. “That’s fine. We can leave the past and move on. Why don’t we focus on what needs to be done?”“You’re kind. Kn
SUNSHINE:Rogue Town became unrecognizable. The once vibrant place blooming with people despite the evidence of poverty was now gone. The place looked like it had become a ghost town. The smell of death wafted around the air as well as the burnt remnants of houses and the human body. The house where we once lived was no longer there. There were traces of decomposing bodies that wafted through the air making me gag.No matter where I looked, the place spelled death.Warriors were spreading all over the place. Someone was barking orders to the warriors. Where are the town people? All I was seeing were the warriors from our pack. I was specifically looking for Thalia and Gael, hopeful that they had not returned to their pack. Or maybe returning there was more beneficial than staying in the camp.All I wanted was to make sure that they were safe and sound. “Gather all the cadavers in one location and bury them all!”My breath hitched upon recognizing who was barking orders. Dante!Ou
SUNSHINE:I robbed my eyes to make sure that I was not dreaming. That this was not a product of my imagination. That this was not because I missed him so much. That this was Knoxx in flesh and blood. My body shook as I continued to gaze at him. But no matter how much I rubbed my eyes until it became painful, the only man that I saw was none other than Knoxx—my mate. The man who laid down his life for the greater good. "K-Knoxx?" I called once again but he did not say anything. “Sunshine.”That baritone voice. I stifled a sob. ‘Helena? Please tell me I am not dreaming right now.’‘You’re not,’ Helena retorted using our mind link. ‘Our mate is alive and returned from the grave.’“Knoxx? I-Is that really you?” I mumbled. Breathing became a struggle. How the heck was he even alive? What was the purpose why he fooled the people? There were too many questions running in my mind right now and my mouth could not keep up with my mind. Knoxx advanced towards me, eyes locked on me. I d
SUNSHINE:It was written all over Knoxx's face. That he was disappointed that I had not cried. He thought crying equates to love and that not shedding a tear meant I had no feelings at all. If only I shed a single tear, I would definitely tell him about it. But I did not want to lie just to make him feel good. Still, there was nothing good about death, anyway, especially to the people left behind. The pack kept on suffering right now thinking the alpha had departed. "Does it make a difference if I cried back then?" I asked. “Did you for your beloved Brody?”I scoffed. “Knoxx. Are we seriously fighting about that right now? Are we arguing because of Brody? That man was already dead. Why kept on dragging his name?”A snarl escaped from his lips. "Do you want to know what I did to your Brody?""He is not my Brody," I corrected, as I felt the hair of my hands stand. The cautious part of me wanted to take everything easy, not to startle Knoxx. There was something off about him that I
SUNSHINE: Dante looked at me with a shocked expression before he smiled sadly. “I'm busted now.”“Yes, you are,” was all I replied since I did not want to embarrass him from a lot of people under his command. “Tell me everything, Dante, because I deserve to know as his mate,” I whispered the last word for fear that the warriors had not yet known anything about it. I want to wait on Knoxx. "If you insist, Miss Sunshine. We can go outside where we can talk privately," he said and turned his back to me and stepped outside first. So, me and the pack were the only ones who were blind to the alpha being alive. Or maybe Alpha Ezra had known about it, but chose to hide it due to Knoxx's plea? And the rest of the people here knew he was still alive. No. That must not be the case since the emotions that his family had shown throughout the burial were all authentic. What kind of twisted joke was Knoxx trying to pull?I silently followed Dante outside and we stopped outside a little farthe