** ** ** ** ** Crystal's POV ** ** ** ** ** **"Sir! Sir please don't do this to me, I really need this job" I pleaded."I am sorry Crystal, but you can not continue to work here," he announced.I was shocked, how is this possible? Everything was fine yesterday, and even this morning, although I was a bit late to work but the boss had exchanged greetings with me, he had been very nice to me and didn't even question me for the lateness, so why is he firing me all of a sudden?I pleaded for half an hour but he did not change his mind, the same man who had always been very nice to me, even though he was strict with other workers, he hardly found issues with me, so what could be the reason behind his sudden change of attitude? his actions!I took the envelope and walked sluggishly out of his office. I went straight to the locker and carried my bag in tears. Ignoring Mrs Maggie's call, I ran out of the restaurant.What am I supposed to do now? My step parents don't earn much to take care o
** ** ** ** ** Crystal's POV ** ** ** ** **"I am sorry ma'am, but there is no vacancy left" the bald-headed man replied.I felt very disappointed."Alright thank you" I muttered and walked out of the office.As a college student, finding a decent job in California is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.I have tried at several establishments but it's either they don't hire part-time workers or they need only men, or even worse, there ain't any vacancy left. Why is life so difficult? I really need to find a job soon, my saved income has run out and I need to get Aidan's food. I don't even have enough for the daily necessity, talk more of my fees, what am I supposed to do now?Walking out of the industry, I noticed a red car that looked familiar to me. I have been seeing that exact car everywhere I went for the past two days. Who could be in it and what does he or she want with me?My phone started ringing, it was Rhea calling."Hey girl" I said after clicking the g
** ** * ** * Crystal's POV ** ** * ** *I slumped onto the couch the moment I arrived home.Today was yet another day of disappointment, I was unable to find a job.I can't believe that old man was making advances at me just because he was going to offer me a job as a cleaner. How shameless!Although I am desperate, I also know where to draw the lines." Mary" I called softlyI wonder how Aidan is doing. I have been so busy searching for work lately that I don't want to spend much time with him again.Mary walked into the sitting room rubbing her eyesWas she sleeping by this time of the day?"Welcome ma'am""Yes Mary, where is mum-two and Dad-two" I queried"They had left for a meeting" she replied"Oh okay, what about Aidan?""He has falling asleep ma'am"I was glad to hear that, at least I won't have to bother about him till tomorrow."Ma'am, Aidan's milk is running out quickly, and there is no money to get another," she added.That was the bad news I have been dreading. My b
* * ** * * Crystal's POV * ** * * *When the cab stopped and I got done, I was dumbfounded.I recognised the Castle, it's the same Castle opposite the restaurant where I used to work, the Castle where Logan lives.I was now in a dilemma, I had to either go there and face Logan or go back home jobless, but when I remembered that Aidan's food had finished and I was already owing a lot of people, I had no choice but to knock on the castle gate.After two minutes, a man opened the gate. I recognised him too.He was the same gate man working here the other time I had come to deliver food.I greeted him and told him why I was here, he let me in and asked me to wait in the compound to get the supervisor.I stood admiring the big compound, I did not take a good look at it the last time I was here.There were two sculptures of a large Wolf standing at both sides of the entrance, behind them were too long pillars that were up to the roof.The pillars were decorated with red bricks.In the
** ** * ** * Omniscient Narrator ** ** * * *Crystal was through with work for the day, the supervisor gave her the sum of fifty dollars as they had agreed on. Crystal was very excited, her current payment for a day was what she earned in the restaurant for a full month.Although the job is very stressful, she intended to do it for a few weeks then she would resignShe walked out of the castle gate with a smile plastered on her face.Since they lacked food stuff at home, Crystal decided to trek to the small market and buy a few things.She intended to get some provisions, some fresh tomatoes to make stew and some necessary spices.The money she had was enough to buy those things and have some change.In order to get there faster, she decided to take a short road.As she was approaching the market, she saw a spot where people gathered watching a scene.Getting closer, she recognised the young man being bullied by another man.It was Blake, the Beta of New Dawn pack. She remembered see
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Crystal stood up immediately and yelled a curse at the stranger who had sped off in his car.She couldn't believe that the man almost killed her only because she made him look like a fool in public. He was at fault in the first place so she had done nothing wrong."Is he blind or what?" The male who had saved her half-yelledCrystal froze after hearing that voice, she had not even seen the face of the man who saved her life.She turned slowly and her eyes met with his, even though it was dark, she still recognised him.Why wouldn't she recognise her baby's Daddy? Logan Stewart!She was surprised that Logan had just saved her life, this was the same man who said that he didn't want to ever see her face again."Are you alright?" he asked, while cleaning the dirt off his shirt."Ye… yes" she stutteredEven after three years, his presence still had that effect on her.Logan paused for a while and stared at her face closely, that was when he realis
** * * * *Omniscient Narrator* * * * *At the castle, Lisa and Gina walked to an enclosed corner of the backyard to gossip.They were among the maids that served there."Lisa, what do you think of the new girl?" Gina queried.She was the talkative type of Lady, short in height with eyeballs too large for their sockets.She was among those who were never content with what they were paid.If they were birds, then she and Lisa certainly has the same feathers"You mean the pretty one?" Lisa queried"She's not pretty," Gina blurted.She was extremely jealous"What about her? I heard the boss is paying her fifty dollars per day" Lisa said in a whisper, peeping around the corners to be sure that no one was watching or hearing them."Can you believe that, why we are paid twenty five dollars, not only that, she works part-time while we suffer all day" Gina grumbled."I also overheard the big boss instructing Mr Noah to give her dirty and tiring work" Lisa informed her.Lisa is their informant,
Crystal sniffed the clothes one more time before she started putting them in the laundry machine. She couldn't understand why his scent still affected her so much even after all these years.After washing the clothes, she spread it out to dry then went back to the servants lodge.Crystal could not understand why the servants were suddenly rude to her.The clothes they had sent her to wash weren't even her job yet they made her do it.'Perhaps it just for today and it won't happen again'Well that's what she thought but it definitely wasn't the case.Finally, the day's work hours came to an end. As usual she was paid the sum of fifty dollars.Crystal was excited. One more week and she would have saved enough money to sustain her while she searches for another job.Meanwhile Another maid had also joined Lisa and Gina in bullying Crystal. The three of them planned to make life miserable for Crystal, they were not scared of their boss finding out, because they heard that the big boss gav
* * * * * Omniscient Narrator * * * * * * The werewolves defeated the Vampires that night. The blood moon Pack recovered their Lunar moonstone and Crystal took the wolf clan sword of her step parents, and they returned to their respective homes happily.Their victory was proudly celebrated by the werewolves. The incident made Crystal very popular, she was a role model to all the housewife lunas. With her actions, they understood the power of a mate and the influence she can have on her Alpha.The New Dawn Pack recovered and rose to the first position, with Logan as their Alpha. The Blood Moon Pack was in second position and they had a lot of respect for the New Dawn Pack.Crystal did not only become the mate of Alpha Logan but the next Alpha of the Red Moon Pack, that helped her get more popularity in the werewolf society. Her Pack was the third in line to the highest rank.The Crescent Moon Pack was the fourth most popular. Lucy realised that she had no chances of being with Logan
* * * * * Omniscient Narrator * * * * *It was night and darkness had covered the environment already. As planned, the werewolves of the Blood Moon pack and the New Dawn Pack teamed up and burst into the vampire Lord's Castle.Some in their wolf forms, while the others preferred to stay humanoid. They were surprised to meet warriors from the vampire clan who were readily waiting for them, the two species clashed in a horrible war.Screams, wails and howls could be heard as they dug their canines into each other in the brutal assault.Heads were flying off, necks were snapping and blood flooded the castle. The scent of death filled the air.Crystal, who had made it into the castle with the help of Blake, ran into Rohan's sitting-room.Blake was in his wolf form. His wolf was small but very strong as strength runs in his family blood.He walked behind Crystal, protecting her. As they stepped into the mansion, a vampire made to attack Crystal but Blake dived on him and bit off his hea
* * * * * Crystal's POV * * * * *I returned to the castle and met Blake and Simon standing in front of the building. I could smell the scent of a stranger in the Castle. It was not anyone from the New Dawn Pack as they all had a similar scent."Crystal, you are back." Blake said and took my handbag from me."Yes, who is here?" I queried."Oh! It's the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, he got here just a few minutes ago," Blake replied and smiledSo he honored my invitation? Well of course, I knew he would. He is just as helpless as we are.I checked my wrist watch and it was still afternoon. I thought I had instructed Blake to tell him that the meeting should be in the evening, well since he is here now, I should just go ahead with it."Where is he?" I asked."He is in the main sitting room.""Alright, please take my handbag to Logan's Chambers, then come and join me in the meeting." I instructed and he noddedBlake turned around and headed towards Logan's Chambers. I took a step fo
* * * * * Crystal's POV * * * * *I arrived at Logan's Chambers and walked into the bedroom. Aidan was still sleeping, I dropped my handbag on the table and slumped onto the bed.Perhaps I am cursed or I bring bad luck to good people. Logan had to go through all this because of me.First, he lost his strength in order to protect my son from my evil step parents and now, he has been imprisoned by a vampire because of me.Whatever special powers it is that I have, they have caused me more pain than good.I don't know what to do right now. If I don't give Rohan what he wants, then he would kill Logan but I can't do it.I don't care much about losing my powers, rather I am hesitant because of the way through which he intends to take it.He was going to mate with me, perhaps not even a one-time thing and I can't let any other man touch me, if not Logan.Apart from that, if I decide to give him what he wants and he lets Logan go, he might try to hurt Logan in the future. I mean, the tw
* * * * * Crystal's POV * * * * *"Logan!!" I screamed, while wandering around in the woods.I refuse to believe that something has happened to him, he has to be around somewhere."Please listen to me Crystal, we need to return to the castle, Logan is not in the woods and it's not safe for you here. We can come up with a plan to locate him when we are back in the castle," Blake suggested."No Blake, he needs our help so we need to find him." I said in panicI am sure that my step parents have a hand in this. Who else could have abducted Logan and where have they taken him to?I should call my parents!!I brought out my phone and just then it started ringing. It was Michael Calling and I wondered what he was calling for.Did he think I still had no idea of his true intentions towards me?I decided to ignore his call but on second thought, maybe I should just pick it up and know what he wants to say.I accepted the call and put it on loudspeaker. "I have your mate, come to my house
* * * * * Crystal's POV * * * * * I woke up in the morning and saw Logan pacing around in the room with his phone in his hand. He looked worried and I understand there are so many reasons to be worried at this moment, but which one of them is keeping him worked up right now?I got down from the bed and rubbed my sleepy eyes, then I walked towards him barefoot.He noticed my presence and turned to me. "Hey, you are up," he said, and then looked towards Aidan who was still sleeping."Yes, good morning. What are you so worked up about this early morning?" I queried and hung my arm on his neck."Crystal, I have been trying to contact the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack since last night, I want to warn him about your step parent's plan but he is not picking up his calls," Logan grumbledI could see he was uneasy. They were not on good terms with the blood Moon Pack but he still wanted to save them, that is really thoughtful of him."Do you have any idea why he wouldn't want to pick your
* * * * Crystal's POV * * * * * "What are you doing here?" My stepmom asked with an angry face."Oh, I had come to see you too. I came to say congratulations now that you have succeeded in your evil plans, I hope you are happy now?" I spoke with gritted teeth."Yes dear, we are very happy because our wolf Clan's sword has been Awakened and it would have never been possible without you.Logan's father was the one who made our clan lose its worth in the past, I bet you never knew that." She laughed evilly."So that is why you decided to get revenge?" I queried"Yes, we got our first revenge by arranging the accident that killed them.""What?" I gasped. "You were responsible for their death?""That is right, and guess who we wanted to kill next… Um nevermind, I'll tell you. It's his son Logan, but it was difficult to achieve that and that's why we were excited when we heard that he was the father of your child.We could finally get our revenge on him and it's all thanks to you. The re
* * * * * Crystal's POV * * * * * "Mummy, where are you going?" Aidan asked me, as I stood in front of the mirror combing my hair backwards."Aidan, I want to go to the house and get some stuff," I replied."What? No mummy, do not go there… Grandpa and Grandma are bad people!""Don't worry honey, I will be fine, okay?" I replied and smiled."Aidan is right, you shouldn't go there." Logan said as he walked in.I could notice he was worried. Did the meeting not go well?"Relax Logan, I will be fine, I can take care of myself and it's not like they need me for any other thing," I replied."You can't be sure, those people are heartless, they might have other plans.""And I will handle it, I have been with them for years. I know how to tackle their problems. Forget about that, why do you look so worried?" I asked and dropped the comb, then turned to him."I don't know what to do anymore Crystal, the news has already spread throughout the clans. Our pack is in a state of crisis, every
* * * * * Omniscient Narrator * * * * *Crystal's step parents were seated in the large dark sitting room, they were in Count Rohan's Castle, they had actually known the vampire from beginning as the both parties needed something from each other.Crystal's step parents wanted to attain the highest position in the werewolf society, while Count Rohan needed Crystal's special powers to secure his tribe from falling into the hands of his illegitimate half-brother, Draco."Martha, please call him and let him know that we are here," her mate, the Alpha of the red moon Pack said to her.She nodded and grabbed her handbag to get her phone, but was surprised it was nowhere to be found. She had misplaced it."What is wrong?" Phillip queried."I... I think I left my phone behind," she replied with a worried face."But you made use of it right before we left, check properly." He advised.She searched over and over again but it was nowhere to be found."Don't worry then, we should just wait for