The Alpha entered the crime scene where his Enforcers had found a dead body in one of his buildings on the land. Cohen bought this building about three years ago when it was near bankruptcy because the owner was involved in gambling. It took about six months of renovation to restore everything in all five buildings. There were thirty apartments in each building. Cohen did his best to maintain the buildings every month and ensure all his tenants were satisfied with their homes. This was one of his primary sources of income. His family owned a lot of different businesses that benefited his pack. Cohen wouldn't be able to sustain his pack's needs without money. Many people were mistaken that being a pack warrior meant the Alpha had to pay their salary. An Alpha didn't necessarily pay a pack warrior in terms of cash. Their duty to the pack was mandatory but flexible. The majority of them had permanent jobs in the town. Usually, they worked with the same people who knew about their duty to
The Werewolf’s Council had been on a high alert on his land ever since they found out Mira Red had been on his land. Cohen stood at the balcony of his master bedroom inside the pack mansion, overlooking the backyard where the new Enforcers were training by senior Enforcers. “Alpha,” Liam said after knocking on the door. “Mr and Mrs Juilliard are in your office.”“Do you think she killed Monty Olsen?” Cohen asked his beta without looking. “The Council is certain she did.”“I don’t think that’s the question you’ve been dreading to ask me,” Liam replied. “Mr. and Mrs. Juilliard, are you sure you have nothing to do with this?” Dalton questioned the couple, parents to Rebecca Juilliard.Cohen stayed silent. He let the Commander give his best effort in interrogating. Dalton wasn’t just the Commander of the 1st Battalion, he was also one of the lead interrogators. It was one of his many talents in his forty years career.“The rogue deserved to die for what he did to our girl,” Mrs. Juilliar
“You can’t run forever, Mira. Your blood is mine.” “Help us. He’s going to kill me.”“Run, Mira. Run.”“What did he see in this pathetic girl?”She startled herself from her deep slumber. Sweats covered her forehead as her breathing picked up pace. Her hands trembled underneath the sleeping bag. Mira closed her eyes momentarily, trying to calm herself from her nightmare.Ever since the rescue fourteen years ago, Mira’s life was never better. She was in a constant nightmare. Her life was all about life and death. One wrong step could cause her life. There was no resting for someone like her. Even in her sleep, she still hesitated about her surroundings. The sound of chattering outside pulled her back into reality. Mira grabbed her jacket from the floor and walked out just to be greeted by the sound of happiness and freedom.Three weeks ago, she saved thirty-five human slaves who were about to become blood banks for vampire covens. Usually, the victims were homeless people. The smaller
Mira climbed the tree. It had been an hour since the incident in the encampment. While she was assured her people were safe, Mira had to make sure it stayed that way. This time, it was about Rebecca Juilliard, the nurse who died a few weeks back. Rebecca’s parents approached Grover after searching for an outlaw who had the skills to solve the case. Griffin would never reject a very good
Mira left the pub at the same time her phone vibrated in her jacket. She checked the new message that read: Delivery arrives in forty-five minutes.
Hours turned to days. Mira Red was no longer the main coverage of the news. Cohen grew restless in his pack mansion as he had heard nothing about the mate of him. He put himself into more works, hoping to distract himself from thinking of her. Truth to be told, she never left his mind.
His wolf growled at it. With the speed of the lightning, Cohen pinned her against a tree and showed his eyes were turning black. His wolf was as furious as he was. Rogue or not, he wasn’t planning to reject her. Hell, he didn’t even want to entertain that topic.
One file after another. Dalton reached for the warm aroma of black coffee. He took two sips before setting the cup down on his desk. It had been days since he last met her at Alpha Cohen’s territory. Everytime, she would slip from his fingers. His decades of experience was nothing compared to her. Mira might be looking like a junior rogue who didn’t have much experience. But, damn, she knew everything way too well. With everything pointed to her direction, Mira had shown that she was more capable than any other criminals that he had ever known. “Sir,” His second-in-command, Jahan, entered the office.Here were the things about running duty in the Council. The Battalions weren’t considered as a pack. All the Enforcers in the Battalions were either chosen to be part of the Council or they had no more packs left. Hundreds of werewolves packs had been annihilated by the vampires since the First War. Children were orphaned. Centuries passed, there were still no signs of peace between vampi
A week passed and he only bunkered down in the apartment. For the whole week, Cohen reminized the six months he spent in his wolf form. For six months and the remaining three months, he spent trying to regain control of his own mind. He couldn’t control it fully but it was the best he could do at this moment. He tried to remember the things he did when he was in his wolf form. He didn’t know much about the people he hurt along the way as his memories were too fuzzy for him to remember anything much.
The crowd cheered as he landed another attack on his opponent. He panted heavily before retreating to the corner of the ring. The crowd cheered even more when his opponent collapsed.Then, the countdown began. The crowd counted with the host. By the time the countdown reached ten, his opponent was still on the f
Days turned to weeks. Liam continued to expand his search in the hope of finding Cohen somewhere. He asked the help of his allies to cover more ground. But everyone hit a dead end. It seemed Cohen disappeared in thin air.
The travel to the address of Mira’s safehouse took Cohen half a day. But he was glad for the location. It was far from his territory or his allies. He had to stop an oil tanker to travel to the safehouse. Vincent was right.
Cohen ran and just kept going. He was running aimlessly until his entire body felt exhausted from the running. He collapsed near a river and shifted back into his human form. The shift was proven painful as his wolf still wanted to force him to stay in his wolf form. He curled on the river bank, covered in mud and dirt.
An invisible force dragged Mira’s body to Amanda’s reach. She grabbed the broken glass and sliced her palm before hovered it above Mira’s slightly opened mouth, hoping that her blood was good enough to resurrect her back. Amanda ripped her own shirt to wrap around her bleeding hand and she put her hands on Mira’s neck, enchanting silently and the chain materialized. Breaking this chain had many outcomes. One of them was unleashing the demon wolf.
Damien laughed maniacally as he threw Mira off across the room. His laughter echoed into the throne room. He had just eliminated the last obstacle of his reign. Now, no one would challenge or question his reign. The throne was his alone. He had no more blood related family or relatives. Mira was the last one. Therefore, he became the sole heir to the throne according to the law. He never believed it at first when he read his father's will. His father decided to put Mira's mother as the new Queen and Mira as the first in line to the throne, making Damien the second in line. That was the reason why he decided to torment her. If she w
Vincent collapsed to the floor, looking up to the ceiling as he tried to control her emotions using the temporary mind link. He was whispering to her, hoping her to see the good memories within herself.
She was sitting on the floor before the double glass door. Her hand was reaching out as if she was trying to touch the moon. The moonlight shone exactly where she was sitting. Cohen watched her in silence. Mira had been acting weird since the wedding. At one point, she was looking very happy. Then, she looked distant and sad. He got up from the bed and sat down behind her, putting her in the middle of his legs.