It made sense, but after what Lisa told Alpha Fred, why didn’t he consider it? I let out a long sigh. I didn’t know how to win Lisa back. “Don’t worry. I will send Cameron to have Lisa if everything doesn’t work out.”I wanted to protest, but I was merely a foster son. Alpha Horace appointed me as his son to manage the problem with Lisa. I failed …. I didn’t think I had any right to ask him to consider another way. So, I bowed my head. “Father, I will go now. I’m sorry to let you down.”“No, you don’t let me down. I’m only disappointed in how Fred handled this.” He patted my shoulder. I walked to Cam’s house. I knocked on the door, but he didn’t open it. So I contacted him through the mind link. ‘Cam, are you at home?’‘Yeah, why?’‘I need to talk to you. It’s important.’‘Okay, you can come here.’‘I’ve been at your door.’‘Oh, sorry. I didn’t hear you knocking. I’ll be there in a minute.’After a few minutes, Cam opened the door for me. His hair was messy, and he was sweaty. He di
~ Victoria/Anna ~ After Nate left, I gazed at Constantine. “What happened?” Constantine told me everything, and I could only clench my hands together. My chest was heavy. How could I lose Constantine again? He held my hand and kissed it. “Don’t worry. Everything will be okay.” “How?” I wanted to weep because even after a lifetime, the second time might not be enough for us to be together. “Even if I am pushed to the corner, I won’t mate with Lisa.” Constantine shrugged. “I may have to mark her and have her as my mate, but it’s only in the name. I won’t touch her.” “Are you sure? She is pretty too.” “Victoria, can you trust me?” Bending my head so I didn’t need to look into his eyes, I could only whisper, “I don’t know.” Yet he lifted me and brought me to the couch. He sat me on his lap and held my face with both hands. “Look at me.” I had no choice other than to stare at him. My hand trembled, but I wanted to touch his handsome face. I shed tears instantly. “Oh, my darlin
“Alpha Fred, if Lisa has already had Nate’s pup, surely you don’t think it’s a good idea to mate Cameron with her, right?” My father said. “Surely you want to see your grandpup raised by their parents.”“If there is a pup, it is illegitimate. Nathanael raped Lisa. How can you possibly be so cruel as to let her have the one who raped her as her mate?” Alpha Fred said. Lisa shook her head. “Father, I told you repeatedly. Nate didn’t rape me! I asked him to mate with her.”Alpha Fred’s face was crimson, and his forehead furrowed. “Why? It makes little sense! Did he threaten you?” “No!” Lisa clenched both hands. “Father, why didn’t you listen to me? I told you I loved Nate. I asked him to mate with me to chase away the ghost of my past. Can’t you see it?” I took a deep breath. It would be hard if Alpha Fred insisted on his wishes without considering what had happened.“I don’t care! I know what I saw. The rope and blindfold were on the floor. It was just exactly as ten years ago. Don’t
Lisa returned to my father’s working room. Her face was pale. Nate didn’t follow her. I immediately contacted him through the mind link. ‘Nate, how was it going?’‘Lisa asked me to stay away from her. She is afraid Alpha Fred will kill me if I keep approaching her.’I touched my nape. ‘So, Lisa didn’t want to be your mate anymore?’‘She said we didn’t mean to be together and asked me to forget her.’ Nate’s voice was rough. ‘I can’t do that. She’s my mate! I will fight for her.’‘Calm down, Nate. After Alpha Fred and Lisa return to their pack, let’s talk.’ Then I closed the mind link. “Lisa, do you agree to have Cameron as your mate?” Alpha Fred asked. Lisa clenched her hands together. “On two conditions. First, if I’m pregnant with Nate’s pup, Cameron will acknowledge the pup as his. Second, we will be mates in name only. He won’t touch me or mate with me.”Alpha Fred glared at Lisa, but she didn’t cower. Instead, she challenged his father with her eyes. “Cameron, what do you think?
~ Lisa ~ It hurt me to see Nate again. I wanted to hug him and tell him I loved him and everything would be okay. But I was also afraid Father would see us. The trauma cost me ten years of my life. I lived as a shell, a doll waiting to shown up. I was alive only when I met Nate. I couldn’t let anything hurt him. I couldn’t risk his life! My father’s threat was like a silver bullet pointed at him. It was better for me to let him go as long as he was still alive. I said nothing when we were in the car. It hurt too much to see Nate again. I wished everything would change. But it was only a dream and never would come true. “You did the right thing. Cameron will make you happy,” my father said. “No, Father. What happiness is to live as strangers to him? He won’t touch me or treat me as his mate. I will only be a fake one.” “You can persuade him, as you are pretty, my daughter. You have more power than you have ever thought.” I frowned. “What do you mean?” “As long as you are dete
Susanne returned with our Theta. He bowed and said, “Miss Lisa, do you have regular eating?”I nodded. “I do.”“Let me check, then.” After a while, he stared at me. “From my checking, it looks like you are pregnant. It’s still early. My diagnosis may be wrong. Yet if you keep nauseating for a few days ahead, it may be right.”I touched my stomach. “Can you help reduce the nausea?”“Sure. It’s easy. Drinking lemon or ginger tea is good for you.”“Anything else?”“Don’t drink alcohol and coffee. Don’t eat raw food either.”“Thank you. Susanne, please send our Theta to the door.”Susanne did what I asked. But before he could leave my room, the door snapped open. My father was there, looking at our Theta. “What’s wrong with her?”The Theta glanced at me and then nodded at my father. “Let’s talk outside.” After a few minutes, my father entered my room. “Leave us alone,” he said to Susanne.Susanne bowed and left the room with no words. She was afraid of my father. “I expected better fr
I was dumbfounded to know someone wanted to harm my pup. Only my father, Theta, and Susanne were possible to do it, but the only one who wanted to get rid of my pup was my father. I stroked my belly. I had no choice. If I insisted on being with Nate, my father would do anything to kill my pup. Cameron might be the only choice I had for now. Besides, Nate was his foster brother and best friend. Surely, he would respect Nate and me enough not to touch me. I touched my stomach again. Maybe one day I could find my happiness, but I couldn’t see any other way out for now. There was a knock on the door. A maid came with a tray. She trembled and didn’t want to look me in the eye. The maid almost dropped the tray, but she balanced it. Soon, she arranged the plates, bowls, and cutlery. When she bowed to go out, I stopped her. “Wait a minute. Why did you send the food here?” “Uh, the cook asked me, miss.” Then she curtsied and rushed to leave the room. “Susanne, what do you think?” Susan
~ Victoria/Anna ~ I walked back and forth after knowing Cameron would have Lisa as his mate. I was upset because it was not about marriage of convenient. Yet Cameron wouldn’t be mine alone. He would be Lisa’s, though it was in the name. Lisa was beautiful. There was no guarantee Cameron would stay faithful to me. In my past life, Cameron betrayed me by choosing Helena. Yes, it was because he wanted power over love. Still, no matter the reason, he could betray me again. I massaged my throbbing temples. Lately, I got headaches frequently. I wondered if it was because of the stress. Waiting for the certainty of my fate was uneasy. Then, after hoping that my life was safe with Cameron as he told me Nate stay the night at Lisa’s pack, I got off guard because it didn’t change the outcome. Alpha Fred didn’t want Nate as his son-in-law. I let out a heavy sigh. Today, Cameron would go to the Hurricane Dawn Pack to let Alpha Fred know of his decision. I hate to be jealous without a good r
~ Lisa ~ Susanne entered my room in a rush. Her face was gloomy. “Miss Lisa, we must leave the pack immediately.” I raised my eyebrows. “Why? What’s wrong?” Susanne opened my cupboard, packed some of my clothes there. “Alpha Cameron came with his troop. It’s better for you to stay somewhere safe. If all have been calm, we can return here.” I let out a sigh. Susanne might be right. Rubbing my belly, going elsewhere would ensure my pup’s safety rather than staying here. So, I took my handbag, filling it with my jewelry and some gold plates I had. Then Susanne and I walked to the garden, and after passing the secret passage, we were already outside of our pack. We walked without conversing, as I was nervous. Hopefully, nothing bad would happen in our pack. We headed to the Dark Forest where my family had a small house there. Susanne unpacked the luggage and put my clothes in the cupboard there. I checked the table and the food buffet. The stock was full. I let out a sigh of relief
Cameron let out a heavy sigh again. “Yesterday, I killed Lisa and Bill’s father. I didn’t plan it, but he attacked me from the side. Bill saw his father die and attacked me too.” He put his chin on my head. “Did Bill … die too?” I asked, wondering if it’s the reason Nate was so gloomy lately.“No, I put him in the dungeon. I don’t want to kill him because it will add more heartache for Lisa. However, letting him alive will be dangerous.”“Why?” I clenched my hand. “He raped me a few times in the past life and turned me into a vampire. In the current life, he tried to rape me again, even he asked our former Elder to pay someone to kidnap me.” Shaking my head, I blew my breath. “If Michael sent me to Bill, for sure Bill would rape me again. He seems to have a distorted idea about love, as he thought loving me was a good reason to rape me. He said it was his expression of love.” Shuddering because of that, I hugged Cameron more tightly because it was too frightening to think how someon
Cameron brought me to our bedroom. There were white rose petals too on the bed. I glanced at my mate. Before I said anything, he kissed my lips. I giggled and caressed his hair. “You made me forget what I wanted to ask.”He grinned and kissed the tip of my nose. “Oh? Let me kiss you again. Maybe you will remember what you want to ask.” He bent his head and captured my lips in a deep kiss. This time, it wasn’t a short kiss as he didn’t stop the kiss. But he laid me on the bed, inserted his tongue in my mouth, and teased me until I moaned. “Now, do you remember what you wanted to ask?” Cameron grinned, rubbing my face with his thumb slowly. “If you keep kissing and touching me, how can I remember?” I giggled and pinched his hard and flat stomach. “Wait for a minute! I want to ask you something. Ah, the rose petals! Did you prepare them yourself?”He took a deep breath and shook his head. “Sadly, I didn’t do it. It was Mimi and Melanie’s initiative. Since they wanted to give us a rom
Then it was time for me to say my pledge. I held both of Cameron’s hands. He lifted my veil, then held my hands, and kissed the wrists. When he looked me in the eye, his stare was tender but intimate. I blushed, knowing it was a promise of a lifetime he gave me to be by my side. I took a deep breath as my heart was about to burst with so much happiness. He squeezed my hand, and I smiled, knowing that we would be together after I said my pledge. Then, closing my eyes, I finally smiled. “Cameron Black, from the first time I saw you, I had already known you would always have my heart. Though our journey wasn’t easy, it’s like a dream come true to stand beside you.” I looked around at our pack members. “Now, we are in the middle of our pack to say our commitment to each other.”Then I could hear the bawl of pups. Trying to find out who cried, I grinned to see Irene and Julianna carry my pups. “Then having our twins,” I shed my tears. Cameron immediately gave me his handkerchief. I wiped
After breastfeeding my pups, I patted their backs to burp them. Then I let Irene and Julianna bring them back to their room. Later, the Rhos came with my mild green dress. Mimi helped me to wear the dress. Then, another Rhos came with two boxes. The first was a white roses garland. The second was a set of white diamond necklace with white rose shape as its pendant, the matching diamond earrings, and bracelet.I gasped to see the jewelry. It was elegant and beautiful. A Rho smiled and said, “It’s from our Alpha, mistress. He hoped you would wear it today. Our Alpha has another set of heritage jewelry from his great grandmother to his grandmother and his mother, but he wanted you to wear a new jewelry set for today.”Taking my breath, I nodded. The jewelry was lovely. It fit for a Luna. After wearing the jewelry, I gasped again. “Is it something wrong, mistress?” A Rho asked. I shook my head. My tears damped my cheeks. “The jewelry … They fit with my dress.”“It’s because our Alpha as
As I requested, Cameron didn’t ask for me to mate with him. We even slept in different rooms tonight. It might be weird as we had done it so many times, even though we had already had our pups. However, I wanted to start our days as the official mates of a new thing regardless it was only an illusion. I still wanted to create a new beginning. My past life was filled with so many tragedies. The current life was a redemption. I didn’t know if I could be a good Luna for our pack, but with Cameron and our pups, I felt I could do anything. Also, I had Nate, Melanie, and Mimi who supported me too. I guessed the Rhos and Mus would help me too in doing my roles. I felt a strong connection with them when they helped prepare my big day. Ah, also, the Theta and Iotas. Wait, I forgot a few crucial people—my future father-in-law and Elder Tom. I let out a long sigh. Cameron’s father was a person who completely changed his mind toward me. It was drastic, from taking me in prison to accepting me a
~ Anna/Victoria ~After laying on the bed for a couple minutes, Cameron and I finally went to the next room. It was decorated in yellow, as I didn’t know if our pup would be a boy or a girl. What a surprise to know we had both. We must prepare another room soon so our pups could have their own rooms from now on. Cameron touched my cheek as I was deeply engrossed in my thoughts. “What are you thinking, love?”“We need to prepare another room so Gavin and Belle can have their own rooms. What do you think?”He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my neck. “It’s a good idea, but as they are still newborns, we will have more time until they are one or two years old.”I nodded. “I know, but decorating both rooms will be a new activity for me.”Cameron kissed my shoulder and bit it a little. “I have many activities for you, even for now, my darling.” His hand touched my breast to show what he meant. I only giggled, as mating with him was always fun, satisfying, and fulfilling. So, I
After Nate arrived at the Wild Wolves Pack, I introduced him to Elder Ralph and left Nate to get to manage the pack, as I couldn’t wait to hug and kiss Anna. I smiled as I wanted to see our pups too. The trip to go back to my pack seemed longer than I expected. When we passed a few shops, I asked the driver to stop. I headed to the flower shop first. Looking around there, I picked white roses for Anna. Waiting for the florist to wrap them in a pretty bouquet, I walked to a baby shop next to the flower shop. At first I wanted to buy dolls for my twins, but they were newborn. So, it would be useless. Finally, I picked up a set of pajamas, socks, shirts, and pants. I asked the shopkeeper to wrap them in a box. When I returned to the flower shop, the bouquet was ready. My driver helped me to bring the gift box to the car. Then I placed the bouquet on the box. Hopefully, Anna would like it. I was clueless why I didn’t choose the red roses. Probably it was because of my dreams. I didn’t
I looked around to ensure they listened to me. “I don’t want to make unnecessary conflict, especially as we have a peace treaty.” Shaking my head, I sighed. “I didn’t blame Lisa either, as she was the victim of this matter. However, if her father didn’t drug her, none of this would happen.”Then Elder Fred stepped forward and stood beside his son. He sneered at me and laughed. “Still trying to find a scapegoat, huh? It’s all started with you! If you didn’t agree to be my daughter’s mate, it wouldn’t happen. How dare you humiliate us twice?!”“I have explained everything. But you kept pushing your agenda.” Then I straightened my back and glanced at him. “The worst thing is you used your daughter as a tool for your own game. You didn’t think of her as your daughter or pack member.” I shook my head. “I pitied her to have a father like you, but the most regrettable is she has two alphas who did the same to her, regardless they are her family.”“Enough of this bullshit!” Elder Fred said. “