Alpha Carl's eyes widened. Tyler was the mate of Ethel. Lucy looked at Tyler and then at Ethel who was still in her wolf form. "She... She is your mate?" Alpha Carl asked. "She is" a happy smile broke off Tyler's face. "Ethel is my mate!!" He almost screamed out loud. "Oh my! This... This is beautiful! Ethel shifted and found her mate at the same moment!" Her mother sounded excited too. Alpha Carl took a few steps away from Ethel. She could no longer be his. His own mate was back and her own mate too had turned out to be Tyler! They really weren't meant to even be together at all. "Ethel, you are so lucky! You do not have to go around searching for your mate. You have found him and he is such a good man. Beta Tyler! You must be excited" Ethel purred lowly, her furry head turning towards Alpha Carl who was not sharing in the excitement of the moment. Tyler did not care about whatever had happened between Alpha Carl and Ethel. He was just glad that the moon goddess was
"Goodbye, beta Tyler" Ethel waved at him, standing in front of her old house."Goodbye. I will give you a call later in the day so we can talk" he said to her with a smile. Ethel offered back a small smile to him and watched him get into his car. She watched him drive away before she felt her mother's warm hands hold her own hands. "Ethel, let's go back inside. I had your room all cleaned up already and guess what? I bought books for you, your favorite type of books""Really? Thank you" she smiled softly. "You must be tired from having to shift. You should go have a rest now. When you wake up, we will talk about how to get you to start training and become strong" Matthew said and turned to his wife. "Stop buying books for her already. She has her wolf side now and she needs to train it" He said she walked inside. "Don't mind him. I know you can juggle reading and training perfectly""Of course mum"Ethel's mother took her inside. "Go to your room and rest. I will prepare your fa
"You do have a really nice room" Tyler complimented as he walked into Ethel's room. "Thank you" Ethel responded. "Please, have your seat" Ethel motioned him to take a seat on the couch.Tyler gladly took the seat and took another look at the room with a smile on his face. "Beta Tyler" Ethel called. "I... I have to get down for training soon so..." She played with her fingers as she drawled out her last word. "Yeah, right. I know. Congrats on shifting and congrats to the both of us on being mates" Tyler congratulated her. "Uhm... Beta Tyler, are you really happy that you are my mate?" She questioned and Tyler gave her a questioning look. "What do you mean? Should I be sad about what I have always been waiting for? Ethel...." He called and got off the couch. He took a few steps to get to where she was seated at the edge of the bed. He crouched beside her and took her hands in his. "Ethel, I have always loved you. I love you a lot, Ethel and you bring my mate is a dream come tru
"Ethel Adams, 24, extremely introverted, she doesn't have a wolf until when our spy saw her having a first shift. Obviously not liked by many, definitely a pitiful life" Garry said to Alpha Max. "Wow, isn't that just perfect?" Alpha Max laughed. "Perfect for us!" He turned to Garry and grinned. "She has had a pitiful life. She should have a vengeful spirit, shouldn't she?" He added with a smirk and rubbed his palms together. "And she would definitely do anything for a better life. You know what to do, Garry?" He glanced at his beta. "What do you want me to do, Alpha?" He asked. "Don't be dumb, Garry" he groaned. "Kidnap her. I will have to talk to her. Carl has definitely taken a liking to someone we can buy over. Kidnap her and let me have a talk with her""Yes, Alpha"*"You look gorgeous" Tyler complimented Ethel as she stepped down from the flight of stairs. "Thanks" She smiled softly. "My daughter has always been drop dead gorgeous" Her mother added. "Thank you mum" Eth
Alpha Carl was staring at his phone intently, waiting for a call while contemplating on doing the calling himself. "Gawd" he raked his ruffled hair backwards. He was in his office but he just could not concentrate on what he was doing. His job suddenly seemed so boring and unappealing to him and the only thought in his mind was her, Ethel. He could not stop thinking about her no matter how hard he tried. Nothing was working in distracting him from the thoughts of her but the thoughts of her were effectively distracting him from everything else. "Ethel, Ethel, Ethel" He groaned her name like he had found himself doing constantly since she left. He just wished that she would call him. He could not do the calling, he had nothing to say to her, if she asked him why he had called, he would be speechless, he would have no reason to give. Suddenly, his phone rang but Alpha Carl simply hissed. He was sure it could not be Ethel calling him and he really didn't want to hear any other pers
"Where is Ethel? I have been awake for four hours but she is not back from jogging yet." Ethel's mother asked Matthew. "She told me she was going jogging. It's not my fault that she is not back yet. Maybe she finally realized how weak she is and decided to take extra time to have some training" he shrugged. "But she has not been picking up her calls too" her mother stated worriedly. "You worry too much. She will be back soon" he replied and focused his gaze on the television. He wondered if Ethel had really gone to Alpha Carl's home. Was she now that shameless that she would go to Alpha Carl's home when Lucy was there?'No' he concluded. Ethel was not that shamelessly and if something like that was happening, Lucy would definitely have called him. "I am really getting worried. Ethel rarely goes out. Do you think and had found the routes unfamiliar and gotten lost?" Ethel's mother asked.Matthew groaned. "That she finds the routes unfamiliar is no one's fault. She will eventually
Lucy watched as Alpha Carl drove the car out of the place and three other cars followed after him swiftly. Her face pulled from the pitiful, cute look that she had made at the Alpha earlier into an angry look. How could he leave her, his mate so cruelly just go go after Ethel, who was nothing to him?"Maybe Ethel is not nothing to him?" Her wolf side guessed and Lucy's eyes widened as she realized the possiblity. Why else would he refusing her advances every time? Why else would he have pushed her away right now just to go search for Ethel? Why would he basically get all the men in the house out just to find Ethel?"Is.... Is Alpha Carl in love with her? In love with Ethel?" She whispered the words and felt unstable. Her legs went weak and she felt them failing her. She crumbled to the floor and didn't bother making attempts to get back on her feet. Why did she have to have that accident that sent her into coma?It annoyed Lucy, it annoyed her greatly seeing more of the men leavi
Ethel shivered, her eyes slowly opening as she felt cold liquid running down her skin. She was on a wooden chair but not tied down."I asked you to wake up, not to empty the bucket of water on her. You have no idea how to wake someone up?" She heard a masculine voice asking. "I am sorry, Alpha" she heard another male voice say. Alpha?Ethel was sure that the voice she had just heard did not belong to Alpha Carl. Slowly, she lifted her head up to look at the Alpha and found an unfamiliar face. The man took a chair from the corner of the room they were in and sat himself on it. He was wearing a blue shirt and black trousers and his hair was gelled backwards. The gel was a little bit too much but still made the man in front of her a beautiful sight to look at. Not as handsome as Alpha Carl but the man was definitely good looking too. He had a smile on his face, a welcoming smile. Ethel looked backwards and found the other man behind her, standing with his eyes on the door opposit
"Do you, Carl Hillard, the Alpha of the River Alley Pack take Ethel Adams as your wife and Luna, to stand by her and be with her all the remaining days of your lives, in good and bad health, in good and bad situations, to offer her strength when she needs it, to be her husband?" The priest asked. This time, Alpha Carl was much more at peace knowing that no one would barge in to inform them of an attack on their Pack. "I do" Alpha Carl replied all smiles. The priest gave a small nod and turned towards Ethel. "Do you, Ethel Adams take Carl Hillard, the Alpha of the River Alley Pack as your husband, to stand by him and be with him all the remaining days of your lives, in good and bad health, in good and bad situations, to offer him strength when he needs it, to be his wife?""I do" Ethel replied, almost too quickly. Alpha Carl chuckled at how ecstatic she was. Like they had planned, there were very few people at this wedding. They put on the rings and Alpha Carl had his chance to
A week later"You know I still can't push away the fact that our wedding wasn't perfect. We didn't even get any wedding shots or even get to dance" Alpha Carl pointed out, his arms wrapped around her waist in a back hug while his face was buried in her neck. "Yes, that's right" Ethel pouted and ran her fingers down to his own fingers, feeling the moon ring on his fingers.It was still shining, even after Lucy had survived. "I was thinking...." He turned her to face him and kept his hands on her waist. "How about we retake our vows? I am sure our pup would love that" he bent down and kissed her stomach.Ethel smiled as he stood up straight. "We already did the vows...." She started. "But you are right. I was planning on dancing and taking loads of pictures but none of that happened and our rings too...." She raised her hands up. "We could only find yours when we returned to where we dropped it" she grumbled with a cute pout. Alpha Carl ruffled her hair fondly "That's that. I wo
Ethel let her body drop into the nearest sofa as soon as she was in the living room. Tears filled her eyes again. The Pack members were cheering at their success but she was crying at her loss. She could not even tell her mother yet. She did not know how to break the news to the poor woman, how to tell her that barely a month after her husband died, her daughter had also died. They had confirmed that she snuck out of the house and they had no idea where her body was."Ethel" Alpha Carl whispered her name and scooped her into his arms. "It's going to be fine" he whispered and kissed her forehead while she sobbed into his chest. Suddenly the telephone rang but the two in the living room were in no mood to pick it up until Alpha Carl raised his hand to pay Ethel's hair and realized that the moon ring's light was flickering. "Flickering...." He mumbled the word and Ethel's eyes widened, seeing that. "Lucy.... She is probably not dead" the both of them shot up from their seat. Ethe
Surprise, shock and yet relief ran through Alpha Carl's body as he realized that the moon ring's powers was now with him. But it meant one thing, Lucy was dead.... Someone had killed her or she had killed herself to save the entire Pack. With his paw raised up and the moon ring's light shining brightly, everyone froze. The enemies froze because they knew they were doomed, the River Alley Pack members froze because they were relieved, Ethel and Tyler froze because they were breaking apart. Lucy was dead! They had lost her!Crumbling to the floor, Ethel shifted back to her human form. "Noooooooooooo!!" Ethel screamed out loud, breaking the silent freeze the moon ring's light had caused. "Lucy!" She cried out as her heart wrecked with pains. Her twin sister was dead. This was a nightmare she hated! She didn't want Lucy dead, she wanted her alive. Tyler's eyes filled with tears. He had asked her not to harm herself, he had told her not to die as long as he was alive but she went ah
Lucy was seated at the edge of the bed in her room, her feet shaking badly and sweats pouring down from her forehead. Suddenly, the door opened and beta Tyler walked in. Lucy was shocked to see him. They were in the middle of a war, how could the beta leave the war?"Beta... Beta Tyler?" Her voice was shaky and she could hardly speak in one breath. Was he here to eliminate her on behalf of the Pack? She was willing to do so now, anyways. "Are you here to get rid of me?" She asked, her voice still shaky. "Very much the contrary. Ethel was worried about you trying something stupid. She wanted me to come check on you and assure you that things are going fine" he replied, sitting on the sofa inside of the room. "Are.... Are things going fine?" She stuttered out. "Not at all. Things are going from bad to worse. We are losing men. Though we have managed to get rid of a lot, we are still very much behind" he replied. "Then why are you here? You... You should be there, fighting for t
Lucy's lips parted in a whimper. The bouquet of flowers in her hands fell to the floor. With another pack onto them, she knew they could not win, unless they brought the moon ring to shine, unless they killed her. She trembled with fear and her eyes filled up with tears. "N.... No" she shook her head in disbelief. She wanted what was happening right now to be just one nightmare of hers that stemmed from her fears but it wasn't a nightmare, this was reality. Just when she thought that her life could be good, just when she thought life could be peaceful for her, everything had come crashing down upon her. She wished she had never said yes to being the fake mate of the Alpha. Now, their fake manipulated bond was too strained to even work. Even if Alpha Carl slept with her and marked her right now, the moon ring still would not shine. Everything was on to her life. Her death was the only thing that could save everyone but death scared her, she didn't want to die yet. Ethel, see
"Do you, Carl Hillard, the Alpha of the River Alley Pack take Ethel Adams as your wife and Luna, to stand by her and be with her all the remaining days of your lives, in good and bad health, in good and bad situations, to offer her strength when she needs it, to be her husband?""I do" Alpha Carl replied, more than willingly. "Do you, Ethel Adams take Carl Hillard, the Alpha of the River Alley Pack as your husband, to stand by him and be with him all the remaining days of your lives, in good and bad health, in good and bad situations, to offer him strength when he needs it, to be his wife?"With a huge smile on her face and her hands clutching tightly the flowers, Ethel said the words. "I do"Loud cheering erupted amongst the guests as the vows were made The rings were brought forward and Alpha Carl slipped the ring into Ethel's fingers, his heart racing as he did so. She was finally his woman!Ethel equally slipped the wedding ring into his finger and the both of them raised thei
The Wedding Day"Are you sure I look good?" Ethel asked for the hundredth time after dressing up. "You look perfect, Ethel. Trust me" Lucy assured her and turned to their mother. "Doesn't she look perfect, mum?" She asked. The three of them were in a huge room that had been earlier filled with the people doing the perfect makeover for Ethel. "She does, she looks more beautiful than I looked on my wedding day with your father" their mother replied and the atmosphere of the room turned slightly sour. "You did not have to mention father" Lucy pointed out. "I am sorry. I... I just spoke, I did not think about it""It's okay. It's a happy day" Ethel lightened the air with a huge smile on her face. "That's right" Lucy affirmed. Lucy equally looked beautiful in her pink gown, her hair was styled beautifully and her makeup complimented her beauty. Lucy walked close to Ethel and adjusted the dress. "Is there anything wrong?" Ethel asked. "Not at all. And don't be nervous, Ethel. Eve
"I think this one looks really good" Ethel said, standing in front of a wedding gown. "No, no and no. You are becoming the Luna. This..." She pointed at the gown. "Is not good enough" she shook her head. "There is no such thing as you being a simple, beautiful bride. You are going to be a sophisticated beautiful bride" she added and Ethel chuckled. "Alright then. Why don't you choose cause I really do not know what to pick?" she responded. "Alright then" Lucy mumbled and looked around at the wedding gowns. "What about this one?" Lucy asked, standing in front of a sophisticated wedding gown. The wedding gown was decorated with tiny gems that caught the light of the room. It was a gown that would definitely catch the attention of even thousands of people. Lucy was sure Ethel would look elegant, beautiful and expensive in the dress. It was perfect."You have to pick this, Ethel.""It's really beautiful. You made a better choice""Leave things like this to me. I will make sure yo