For the past days since he left White wolf pack, Mathew has avoided living at the house he bought in River Oaks, choosing to live at the hotel instead.The house is just too big and gloomy, plus it brings back some bad memories. His heart aches badly. All he wants is to have Emily back and if he didn't live such a complicated life, he would do anything in his power to get her back.He would beg and do whatever she wanted until she was back in his arms, but now all he can do is sit in this damned hotel and avoid her and nurse his broken heart.He never thought love was this powerful to make his life even more miserable than it has ever been before.He sits down and goes through all the reasons he cannot be with her, all the reasons it would be pointless to mend their relationship and make her his wife.All problems that can't be solved. But he thinks it is worth it to give it a try. It is foolish to do what he is about to do, but there is nothing else for him to do if he is to have her
After freeing Mathew, having him sit down on a chair and given a glass of water to restore the color that had drained from his face, Emily listens to the story of Mathew's past from one of the old men standing with her.And it is a story she would not have imagined, leaving her weak in the knees at the end of it.The interesting thing is that there are two versions of the story, one from the old men. Mathew also has his own version of the story. This is the story according to the old men.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Mathew's parents were born of the Alpha and Luna of a certain pack, the Crescent Wolf pack. It was one of the few packs that had decided to live in isolation from the other packs, living among humans and hiding in plain sight.The wolves blended in with the humans, found human jobs to sustain their families and visited their Alpha whenever they were in need of him, their Alpha who had built a house in River Oaks.Among the wolves that visited the Alpha for assistance was a young w
A time came when Vanessa found her mate, but the Alpha Sebastian never wanted to let her go, demanding that she reject her mate because he had invested too much in her to lose her. They had dated for years and he paid for her tertiary education, bought her an apartment and a car, as a good sugar daddy that he was.And all of a sudden she was going to leave him. He put up a fight and once even tried to kill the boy but didn't succeed, and in the end, Vanessa and Gage (that was the name of Vanessa's mate) moved in together.Vanessa fell pregnant soon after, but there were doubts as to who was the father of the baby. Gage suspected the child wasn't his, and that strained the relationship between him and his mate a great deal, until he disappeared from her life one day.Vanessa was devastated by his departure, frightened by the prospect of having to raise a child on her own when she was unemployed.The child was born a few months later, and it was a male child.She named him Joseph, and fo
Mathew doesn't hesitate to answer her question, telling the story as he remembers it, and this is the story according to him:He remembers the first day he heard the words that he wasn't the Alpha's son, that he was being kept in their house out of pity. His parents had abandoned him because even they thought he wasn't good enough to raise and he better behave or he would be tossed right out on the streets where he belonged.He was six years old and the words had come from the Luna of the pack, who obviously feared Mathew because, to be honest, the boy looked more promising than her own son, more talented and more suitable to be the Alpha's heir.Everyone felt threatened by him even though there was no need for that; Mathew or Joseph had never shown any real interest in the Alpha position.But there was no way to convince the Luna and Alpha about that, as they insisted Mathew be shown his place.He was paid since he was ten years old to serve the Alpha's son, and it was then that he st
Thanks to Mathew's direct involvement in every part of the Alpha's son's life, academic life included, he had an easy time in university.Well, only where academic performance is concerned.He developed this habit of gambling and soon, the funds his father deposited in his account weren't enough. Mathew knew the Alpha's son had a habit of stealing since he was a very young boy. Unfortunately, this habit grew to alarming levels when he got in university. His need for money kept increasing as he kept creating more situations that required huge amounts of money, and Mathew could not do much to stop him. He dated a new gold digger every week and lived a very expensive lifestyle.He sold his car, but that wasn't enough to cover the huge debt that had accumulated, and in the end, he hacked the bank accounts of the pack.The Alpha and Luna died because they tried, for the first time in their lives, to lecture their spoiled son. They must have suspected that he was behind the thefts that kept
The new revelations cause Emily to hate Jack even more. He is a murderer; a spoiled brat who was used to getting away with shit because of his wealthy and powerful parents. He is the selfish liar who grew up using people and treating those below him like trash.He is sick in the head and she is going to make him pay for what he did...Emily holds out her hand to help Mathew to his feet."Let's go home. I will get you something to eat."She has a tender and maternal look on her young face, and Mathew is moved. He still loves this girl to the moon and back, and he will forever love her. He can feel that there will be no mate for him, he already fell in love and the moon goddess would never consider giving him a mate. She was the one but he couldn't keep her due to his messy life. Such a pity."I have to be taken away, Emily. If I decided not to get caught, these people would never have found me. They have visited this place a hundred times yet they couldn't find me and I have been here t
Mathew takes off his tie and tosses it on a chair, then goes back to cutting the vegetables."You have always complained that I never told you about..."She interrupts him immediately."Please stop. I understand completely the reason you have been reluctant to share information about who you really are, so you can stop feeling bad about it."Mathew watches her for a moment, then returns his attention to the task.His kitchen is very small but very neat and organized. In the pack house, there are two kitchens, each of them as large as a kitchen could ever be made, but Emily thinks she prefers being in this tiny one with Mathew. She would prefer to be here any day."Nevertheless," Mathew says. "You are going to be the first, and perhaps the only one, to hear this. The day that Alpha Sebastian and his Luna passed, I walked in on them just before the Alpha slipped away. I was told that he was sorry for the way he had treated me all those years. He thought I would overshadow Jack, because I
"I am glad you like it." Mathew says, getting up from the table. Emily glances at his plate, noticing that he has emptied it. She nods in approval because she thought he looked a bit starved when he came to the pack a few hours ago. Other people wouldn't have noticed that he was a bit malnourished, but Emily knows Mathew inside out, she is quick to tell when something's amiss."What made you come up with the name Mathew, anyway? Of all the names out there.""I heard it was my dad's name. I needed to feel connected with him in some way, and that's the reason I took his name, not that I like it any better.""But your father's name was Sebastian, or did I not get that correctly?" she frowns and rises from the table as well."I mean the man who was my mother's mate."He wanted his parents. Emily is sure that, had his parents appeared and apologized for abandoning him, he would have readily forgiven them. He is a good man, gentle and kind and craving to be loved, even though he hides that
Emily straightens up immediately, no longer feeling the burning from the chains.Mathew is actually here, in all his handsome glory. He is not dead, she knew it! He has never looked more alive, except that he looks so pissed it will be a miracle if a life is not lost before they leave this place.He gives the chains a tap and Emily is instantly free. She immediately throws herself at him, surprising both herself and him by breaking into noisy sobs."Mathew, I was told you were dead. I met Travis, he...he got burned and died. I was almost raped, twice in the same day. I am so sorry, Mathew, there is no way to prove that you are innocent now, Jack is as good as dead his soul has been sucked out of him..."Mathew holds her head against his shoulder, murmuring quietly to her."It's okay, it's okay now. Breath. You will tell me everything that happened later, baby girl. Just relax."At the closeness of him and his scent, she starts to feel her wolf awaken, and soon, the wounds on her body b
Seeing the look of defeat on Jack's face (it maybe a fake look but it's still there and it can only mean one thing; he is coming with her) Emily holds out her hand to touch him so they should leave."Wait. I need you to take me to a certain pack first. There's a man there, and I consider him as a father. Please, allow me to let him know that I have been caught."Emily frowns."What?""I mean, I will go with you, but allow me to visit the old man before I go. He is like a dad to me."Emily stares at the man that hurt her so much, and her heart fills with hatred. He didn't just hurt her, he hurt Mathew as well, killed people and put the blame on him, resulting in Mathew living in hiding for so many years. Living a miserable life.She would like to see him rot in some enclosed space."Please. You are too powerful for me to do anything to harm you, so I don't think you need to worry about that. I really need to see the old man."He is right, he can't hurt her. And Emily is curious to see w
The scream seems to have attracted someone's attention, because Emily hears food steps rush towards the room before someone swings the door open, only for them to stand frozen by the door.Travis jumps from the bed, stares around as though in confusion for a moment, then he raises a hand, gesturing for the two people at the door to come inside the room."What happened to me?"Instead of answering, Anna and Jack only shake, knowing their end is sniffing at their heels.How did he wake from an enchanted sleep?Then Jack steps forward."My Lord, we have no idea what happened to you. We tried waking you after we brought in the young woman you sent me to fetch for you."Well, he will make up to Emily later, right now it is more important to save his ass from the demon lord, as his eyes have started turning a dangerous red glow, showing his anger.The hair of every person in the room stands on end, fear instilled in their hearts, because the demon lord, Travis, is more upset than he has ever
Roused to fresh alertness, Tara's eyes go round and her mouth gape open. She looks shocked, so much that Emily starts to feels she is ringing the bell before time.Mathew might not be in any kind of trouble and she is getting paranoid.She is about to say this to Tara when her phone rings, and in her eagerness to answer it, Emily almost drops it. A strange number is calling. Thinking it is Mathew calling to inform her that he lost his phone or something, Emily presses the answer button hastily."Hello?"The words that come from the other end chills her to the bone."Are you related to Mathew? We don't know his last name and that is all he's been able to utter just before he died. We found your number on his phone and decided to call you because you are the person he seemed to communicate a lot with."In this moment, the world comes to an abrupt halt. Emily fails to believe it. She fails to breathe.Mathew, dead? She feels a funny ringing in her ear, and an unbearable lightheadedness
There is a blank expression on Gianna's face, but on Becky's, shock is written all over it. "What?" Becky asks, looking genuinely surprised."Hey, what are you getting surprised about? Isn't this the family you came to search for when you lost your mate that time?" Gianna says to her sister, who still has a puzzled expression on her face."What are you saying?" Becky says, whipping around to look at her sister. "Are you implying that we are related to this girl?"Even Gianna has a baffled look on her face now, matching Emily's."Come on, Beck, we were together when we decided to look for the existing relatives of our parents because they wouldn't tell us shit about them, remember? They isolated themselves from their family and we found out our closest living relatives were Alphas in this pack? Don't you remember?""Hey, we found out they died...shit...is this the daughter of our dead relatives?"Gianna rolls her eyes to the ceiling."Who did you think she was, Beck? It has always been
Mathew laughs and shakes his head."I believe I am the husband you are referring to because, no matter what, I am the one who is going to end up with you...""You are so confident...""...And when that happens, I will never cheat on you. You are the only girl I have ever loved and the only girl I will continue to love till the time I will retire from this Earth, so me cheating on you? No chance, madam Alpha."The words sound so sweet and sincere that Emily doesn't dare argue. She swallows and looks nervously into his silver grey eyes, then a sudden thought enters her head."Mathew, what was the original color of your eyes? Your hair too. You said you changed them when you started hiding from those people.""Of course you want to know."As he says this, Mathew closes his eyes shut, then blinks them several times. When he looks at her, she takes a sharp intake of breath.She has never seen this version of green eyes before. They captivate your attention and hold it, making you get lost i
Even though Becky's parents were upset at first for what Marcus had done, they agreed that Marcus had saved their daughter's life by marking her immediately she lost her mate, and they let him keep their daughter in the end.Becky and her family got to know that the Alpha and Luna of White Wolf pack died a long time ago and that, by marrying Marcus, Becky would be the new Luna. Her ambitious father was so thrilled by the news, but soon disappointment washed over him and Becky because they discovered Marcus was just a makeshift Alpha and not the real one, that the pack secretly anticipated the return of the Alpha's daughter to take the position. However, as the years went by without any sign of the girl returning, the father and daughter had hope that Becky would be the Luna forever.A year into her marriage, Becky received a call from her sister, asking if she could come live with her because she had been thrown out of the house at home.Despite Becky having been their parents' favouri
The information puzzles Emily so much that she feels like wringing the answers from Mathew.She waits with forced patience while he sits down and stares at her face, and then he starts talking again."I was just as puzzled when I read that piece of information. So I asked Gianna what she meant by it, and she explained."~According to Mathew, Gianna and Becky are sisters and they are daughters of an Alpha couple somewhere in New York.As the diary indicates, Gianna is the older sister but had always felt like their parents did not like her, like they liked Becky more.Gianna was the pretty one, they would say, and Becky was the smart one. The parents also pointed out how Gianna had no talent at all, all that she prided in were her looks. Oftentimes, she was treated like the younger sister even though she was more than three years older than Becky. Since she was always made to feel inferior at home, she went out to seek validation elsewhere. She slept with lots of men just to feel usefu
Emily watches Mathew eat for a moment and when he looks at her, raising one of his thick brows, she sighs and drops her gaze."Didn't your parents ever tell you it was rude to stare?" He jokes, but Emily doesn't smile."That's not funny, I don't have parents," she says in a quiet voice.She is still irritable, he can see that. He knows her parents are no more, it was just a joke, and doesn't she know that Mathew's own parents have been missing from his life since he was a baby? They might not have been dead in the actual sense but they were to him.Nevertheless, he apologizes, then asks;"What made you irritable? Still mad at me?""Wha... no, I am not mad at you, I am just having a crappy day.""Any reason that is happening?"She sighs again. "Oh, Mathew, do not think I am crazy, but have you ever slept with Gianna without using protection?"He gets confused and it shows on his face. He places his fork down, then takes some juice before bringing his attention back to her."Where has th