Godiva had five more days to turn eighteen but wasn't as excited as accompanying Rock as his secretary for one day. To remind her of her duty, she dressed for the occasion but perhaps too tempting. She had no idea what her outfit was doing to the man beside her.Rock didn't seem so cold today but for his mate not bearing his mark was weighing heavily on him. He wanted her to carry his scent everywhere for everyone to know she was his. Five days seemed to him like five years. He did not exhibit so much patience but it seemed obvious since he met Godiva that he had changed. His level of self-control and maturity had brought him this far. But the sins of the past still lingered in the darkest part of his mind.He didn't have much to do in the office today, only going to sign some very important documents to give authorization. He had reliable people as managers and directors, some of which were humans. He planned on spending a few hours in the office, then taking Godiva t
Steel was standing at the entrance, his back against the door when Godiva descended the stairs, struggling with her luggage. She seemed to need help with her stylish travelling bag but no help located her at the moment. From Steel's posture, Godiva discerned that he was going to prevent her from leaving. "You will not stop me," she yelled from up the stairs but Steel just peered at her with a confusing glare, unmoved. Seeing him so relaxed, she was conflicted. "I'm not going to stop you but I just need you to think about your own safety," he retorted, still blocking the doorway. He sounded indifferent but the warmth in his eyes spoke millions. Godiva exploded in anger. How could they speak about her safety when they lied to her? They made her live in a fool's paradise. "No, you want me to think that you care but you don't." Steel felt offended, thinking Godiva was ungrateful. Ever since Rock brought her, everything about them was centred around her and their whole lives changed dr
Rock squinted his eyes in disgust. It was true that when he was young, he was so infatuated with Amanda because she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He knew she wasn't his mate but never thought there could be any woman more beautiful than her. Not only him but the other Alphas, including Alpha Jax, also had a striking liking for Amanda. Alphas were always obsessed with proving who was better than the other, to the extent of flaunting their mates. This resulted in a challenge between Alpha Jax and Rock. They tried to prove who deserved Amanda. With both Alphas being egocentric, Rock crushed Jaxs' ego by marking Amanda. She was just fifteen by then, waiting in the hope to complete the mating process when she turned eighteen. After all, Alpha Rock was the hottest and most ruthless, even when his father was the then Alpha. Yet it was no secret that he was going to succeed his father. However, Jax turned bitter towards Rock and Amanda. At first, it was an amazing feeling,
Things weren't working as planned for Amanda and she couldn't get a possible way of getting Rocks' attention. Neither was she willing to let go of the mark. She had seen Rocks' mate and her presence only made her more bitter. As she heard their continuous laughter in the kitchen, she was raged. However, she understood the mate bond. Alpha Jax was still unmated so will it be ideal to try again? What if she got trashed like before? She couldn't bear it. The only thing she thought to do was to disappear and never return or cause unthinkable havoc. Since Rock and his family were still in the kitchen, she went to the bedroom to pack her few things, instantly making it to the door. Before she reached it, a force grabbed her from behind. "Leaving without saying Goodbye?" Rock was furious. He wasn't comfortable with Amandas' presence in the living room and thought to check on what she was up to. He wasn't surprised that she wanted to leave without returning his mark. Yes, he made a mistake
"When did it happen?" Rock asked. He hadn't confirmed with Godiva if she really had sisters but Amanda said it too. Somehow, he wasn't in the mood to speak to her and neither did he have the time. He was upset. In a blink, he was tempted to ask how much more Amanda knew but he couldn't strike a deal with the devil. He had to handle things his own way."This dawn," Brick responded.With Amanda in the house, Rock thought of a way. He couldn't possibly go with Steel and leave Amanda in the house with two vulnerable women. Besides, the bodyguards won't be able to prevent Amanda from escaping. She had strong powers that could have manipulated even he and Steel if not for their Alpha and Beta protection. Now he was in a fix and needed time to think."Let's prepare for tomorrow," he narrowly said. By then, he would have the time to plan and set things in place in the packhouse."No. He intends to kill one each day till you release Godiva. If we don't attack now, we might lose our mates," Alph
Steel could smell Godivas' insecurities and it stunk. "I wasn't there, so I don't know," he casually responded, turned around and shut the door behind him. He needed to rest too. He checked everywhere, ensuring the bodyguards were on alert, and the doors securely closed before he ate his supper and retired to bed.Godiva was confused. She saw the change in Steels' demeanour. Was she wrong to ask? She felt helpless but most importantly, she felt guilty. Now she wondered how Rock was doing. Why was it difficult to trust him and why does Amanda give her such a scare? Was it because she had Rocks' mark which she now wanted so badly?The strange woman wasn't ready to let it go, as she deduced from their verbal exchange this morning. But how did Amanda know about her sisters and why did Steel say that she was dangerous? Since it was getting cold, she lit the fire and sat beside it. She missed her dad so much.******Alpha Jax was furious. He was just about to sleep after an exhausting night
"Who are Godivas' sisters?" Rock asked as soon as he opened the dungeon gate. The girls carried their unique beauty and there wasn't much of a resemblance between them.Lifting themselves from the cold floor, they stepped back when Rock approached. After witnessing what just happened, they trembled, despite knowing that he did it for them. His countenance was naturally cold so there wasn't much he could do about it and neither was he offended by their reaction. He did get that a lot. "We all are," Theresa responded while Brick approached her. "Where is she?" She asked while smiling at Brick."With me," Rock responded, stunning all of them. If Godiva was with this cold man, then she must be in danger. Theresa paled instantly."I'm Alpha Brick are you alright?" Brick introduced himself to her. It was time to set things straight but he couldn't help noticing the fear in Theresa's eyes."Yes, thank you for saving us. Can we see our sister?"
It was obvious that the sisters felt the same way Godiva felt about Amanda. She carried that darkness around her. Godiva didn't know if it was because of the all-black Amanda wore with nail polish and black lipstick but it was scary."Having a party without inviting me?" She was smiling but her eyes were cold. Steel met her at the entrance of the stairs."You are not allowed to come out," he raged, wondering how she was able to come out despite the wolfsbane spray. Amanda was calm. It was obvious that she wanted to win the sympathy of the guests around her."Not even to cook?" She asked softly but the ice in her eyes refused to melt."I will make your food," Steel volunteered. It wasn't the first time he cooked for her or anyone else but Amanda wasn't happy. She needed a little freedom to help her escape. When she woke up and heard voices, she got curious. If there was some kind of chaos, she could capitalize on it and run away but here was Steel
Godiva wanted to run when she bumped into Rock. "What are you doing here?" He asked her. "I...I saw a white wolf." Rock was curious to know what the moon goddess told her after all that she had been through, only hoping that it wouldn’t be another warning. "What did it say?" Rock asked, careful to not use a pronoun for her to be suspicious. Godiva realized that her burdens had been lifted and no matter how she tried, she couldn’t feel sad anymore."One chance, double reward." "What does it mean?" Rock was clueless this time. Godiva was dismayed, thinking Rock could break down the puzzle, which didn’t seem so."I should be asking you." "I don't know," Rock said honestly. Seeing that she was doubtful, he added,"Let's go inside." When they got to the room, Godiva began to feel strange, a heated desire overtaking her. "Are you alright?" Rock was surprised that she wasn’t moody anymore and asked her. "Yes," Godiva smiled, biting her lower lip, as she stared at him seductively.Rock f
"She keeps her wolf," Rock countered but Godiva thought differently and pulled him to the side, after Rocks' judgement sparked murmurs among the pack members. "Rock, it's the right thing to do." "You'll be completely human,” Rock explained the best he could. It wasn’t easy for him to live without his wolf so how could he let Godiva to reject hers?"It doesn't matter. You have your wolf back and will always protect me,” Godiva’s words moved Rock, assuring him of her trust in his abilities but there was just something else she didn’t know and Rock knew it might just break her if he told her."No," he disagreed. Godiva understood the importance of her wolf but was certain that since she had her mate, she could survive without her wolf. "I love you Rock, and I love my pack too. I can't allow you to be a tyrant to your members because of me. All this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't run out of the pack and been kidnapped by Jax." "It wasn't your fault,” Rock assured her, his deep dark
Pack doctors in the Blue Moon Pack were specially gifted healers. If they were helpless, then there couldn’t be a way but after checking Rieka’s eyes color and reaching out to her wolf which he had the power to? The doctor was glazed with a confused expression. “You weren’t gifted from birth with any special powers but your endurance to your sufferings gave you special favour in the sight of the moon goddess. She gave you the gift of fire.”“Can she save Godiva?” Steel asked eagerly. The theory seemed unnecessary to him. The doctor paused for a while. “Yes, but..”“But what?” Rock asked seriously. If something would go wrong, then he’d rather prepare to find other means.“She’s already weak from losing so much power,” the doctor pressed Rieka’s wrist and said.“So she can’t save Godiva?” Xena asked with disappointment. Since there was hope before, her perception had changed. The doctor looked at Xena and said,“She can, but she will sleep for a long time.”“How long?” Rock was curiou
Rock halted at Steel's words and faced the chief warrior? Rieka wasn’t a warrior so how did she end up on the battlefield? How could Steel allow it? Godiva’s weight was like paper in his arms, as fury emanated from his eyes. "What did you say?" The chief warrior was afraid of Rock’s sudden coldness. A little earlier, Rock was nothing like his old self and spoke normally. Now, he was the old Alpha again and the chief warrior lacked understanding of the cause of the changes. He said carefully, "we lost fifty-nine warriors including Rieka." After confirming what the chief warrior has said, Rock turned to Steel, his voice gnawing in annoyance and regret,"Why did you allow her…" He paused and Steel realized that Rock's speech impediment had returned just as his wolf but since he wasn't in his right mind, he waited for Rock to complete the question himself. Steel couldn't do so at the moment. "to fight without training?" Steel understood why Rock was angry with him. At the Blue Rock
The Blue Rock pack was in chaos. Thousands of rogues emerged from the woods, and the warriors from Alpha Jax and Bricks’ pack came in at the warriors of the Blue Rock Pack who seemed to be prepared.Steel was slaying ruthlessly in wolf form but when his warriors began to fall without the attacker being seen, he felt that their end was near. Some of his warriors threatened to give up.‘Alpha Rock is attacking his own pack. We have to surrender,’ a mindlink came through from their chief warrior.‘It’s not him, continue to fight,’ Steel countered.‘No one else has an invisible wolf,’ the mindlink came through again. Steel blocked him instantly since he couldn't tell them the truth about what was happening after yelling in a Beta tone, ‘just fight!’The warriors had a mind of their own. They didn’t know what the Alpha and beta were planning but couldn’t die a foolish death. It would be useless to try fighting what could not be seen.They were about to surrender. They almost did when somet
At the pack house, Steel saw Rock and Godiva off before he went to make breakfast while Rieka rested with Xena by her side. When Steel returned, Rieka ate like a hungry lion and didn’t seem like a sick person. Xena was amazed but held it in, afraid to be chastised by Steel for criticizing Rieka.When they were done, Rieka fell into a deep sleep so Xena went to watch TV in the living room. Steel stared keenly at Rieka and asked, “do you want to see a doctor?”“No, I will be fine,” she responded lazily, in a sleep-muffled tone.“I will check a few things in the pack and come back,” Steel said. During the weekend, they rested but he still had to make his rounds to see if everything was okay. As soon as he took a step, a mindlink invaded him,‘Attack, we are under attack. Alpha Jax, Alpha Blaze, rogues and some others.’His eyes turned pitch black with fury. He turned to Rieka and it softened a little but she had seen how furious it was a second ago, “stay here and don't come out.”Rieka
Two Weeks LaterRieka has been homeschooling with Godiva and Xena’s school was on break. Rock and Steel had been training tirelessly but what was happening to Rieka, no one knew. She was afraid of telling anyone that her eyes could turn red and she would feel magic in her hands. Her wolf, Red had assured her that it was her way of making it up to her for deserting her all this while to face the abuse alone. It was a power granted by the moon goddess.However, Rieka was afraid that should anyone get to know about it, she might be cast out of the pack, thereby keeping it secret while Red continued to teach her what she could or could not do with it.It was wonderful traveling to another pack for the coronation of Lunas. Godiva especially was extremely happy because it was her sister Theresa and her mate, Alpha Bricks’ coronation and Theresa was going to be the Luna of the Moon Stone Pack. Best of all, she was going to see all her sisters again. “You look so handsome,” Godiva complimen
“What is the third option?” Steel’s hope returned and he felt guilty for how he judged Rock earlier. Rock went on to explain.“If you mate and mark her tonight, the bond between her and Blaze will automatically be broken.”If that happened, then Blaze would no longer be able to claim her. Steel’s eyes lit with gratitude but,“That will be cheating and he can attack our pack or join our enemies to get revenge.” He was torn between his mate and his responsibility of protecting their pack. Rock had already thought it through. His physical strength wasn’t all he had but also courage. At that, he was fearless.“And we shall be prepared. You can be selfless with anything or anyone but for your mate, you have to be selfish,” Rock patted him on the shoulder and walked up the stairs. He had understood from everything Godiva had narrated that selfishness was inevitable if one had to choose between their mate and pack.Steel’s heart warmed greatly. He could feel Rocks’ love for him, so strong. I
The atmosphere tensed and the silence was deafening. The excited air from Alpha Blaze was a direct contrast to the furious aura released by Steel. Godiva felt uncomfortable as the meaning of the teenager's words sank in. Xena wanted to leave the table to avoid any fight. She witnessed Rock and Steel train before and even that seemed like they were enemies and she thought they were going to kill each other. From the way Steel looked like a storm, things might get deadly. Alpha Blaze stood up proudly, a possessive smile lining the corner of his lips.“You see Alpha Rock, she’s mine.”“No!” Steel roared, “she’s mine,” he countered. Fury laced his tone, as he locked eyes with Alpha Blaze.“She can’t be yours. Didn’t you hear her response?” Alpha Blaze couldn’t discern any problem and said. She realized it and turned to Rieka. She was like a statue at the moment. “You are mine,” Steel said in an obsessed tone. Again, Rieka responded, “Mate.”Alpha Blaze was no longer amused. He must have