Hera's POVI'm still in the shower, enjoying the rush of the water against my skin as I scrub my skin and wash my hair when I hear loud continuous banging on the door to the bathroom. I quickly rinse my hair so I can open my eyes and head for the door to know what's wrong only to hear Krystal yell from the other side.“We do not have the whole day Hera so get your ass out of there now, or I'm getting to drag you out of there myself” she yells and I know she means what she just said. She would really drag me out if I'm done in the next minute.I quickly rinse all the soap off my body immediately then I grab the robe and I put it on before I exit the bathroom for the room where Krystal is standing and fuming with her hands crossed across her chest as she frowns at me.“I'm glad you took me seriously because I was ready to pull you out of there with your hair” she growls before she pushes the shirt and jeans onto the bed to me along with some underwear.“Put them on now” she orders and I
Krystal's POVThe alarm rings and I sit up in my bed immediately. I look to my right and the alarm is still ringing so I turn it off and I growl to myself as I run my palm against my face to fully wake up.I get down from the bed and I head for the bathroom to brush my teeth first before I head downstairs to check on Hera before we all have our breakfast.I get to the room and I unlock the door before I step in, only to see Hera mumbling to herself while she stirs in the bed continuously. Getting curious about why she's acting that way, I step closer to check and I see streaks of tears on her face as she gasps for breath while mumbling incoherent words to herself.I figure she's having a nightmare so I quickly rush over to wake her up and she lets out a loud shriek as she sits in the bed abruptly before she holds her wrist tight to her chest while closing her eyes and shaking her head sideways like words are being whispered in her ears.“Make it stop please, make it stop” she begins t
Krystal's POVI was already losing my temper but I was trying my hardest not to snap at Hera who kept apologizing to us on Luca's behalf. We made an appointment, and placed the time and location so why would he just decide to keep us waiting? I decide that I'm going to give him a piece of my mind when he arrives.“I'm really sorry, I'm sure he'll come soon” Hera apologizes again and I shake my head at her.“You don't have to be apologizing every minute, Hera, you're not the one who is keeping us waiting,” I tell her and she just nods before she goes back to admiring everything in the restaurant that we are.I decide to distract myself so I open up the blueprints and I display them on the table before I turn to Sebastian who's beside me and I gently poke him so he turns to me.“Hey, pick one,” I tell him while pointing at the two copies of blueprints in my front and he looks at them closely before he picks the one I made with the help of my computer.I frown at him and he looks confus
Krystal's POVI'm still outside waiting and it's been six minutes already but there's still no sign of anyone coming out yet.I sigh to myself as I check my wristwatch one more time before I decide to get out of the car and let some air touch my skin. I read my back against the car and I hug myself as I watch people pass by; either as couples or alone. Some are humans, some are werewolves and most of them seem to be happy too. I just smile to myself when I see a girl running toward her boyfriend and she hugs him right while he laughs and calls her cute.“You should try and smile often, you look better that way,” a voice says beside me and I flinch before I turn and I see it's Luca. He chuckles when he sees my reaction and I glare at him.“Why did you do that? And why are you still here? Aren't you meant to be gone by now?” I ask him and he shrugs.“I decided to hang around for a while. Maybe a part of me knew you would come out” he replies and I just shake my head before I fold my arm
Hera's POVI open my eyes and I see that I'm in my room where I've been locked up for the past few days. The last thing I can remember is us returning from where we met Luca and then I slept off on our way back so that means I was brought in by someone and I can guess it's Alpha Hugh because I can smell his scent on some part of my body. I can slightly hear muffled sounds of people chattering and passing by from outside the room door so I guess it's morning already. I release a long sigh as I sit up in bed before I stretch my hands and I ruffle my hair to fully wake myself up before I stand up and I just pace around the room for a while.A part of me knows the door will be locked but I still want to try and open it to confirm my thoughts so I head for the door and I take the knob. I turn it but the door doesn't budge which means it was locked last night when I was brought in to sleep so I take my hand off before I return to the bed and I take a seat.It hurts to know that they still
Alpha Hugh POVI knew my order was going to rile a reaction out of Hera which is why I said it in the first place. Even though I actually meant it. When I saw her shift earlier and how big her wolf was, it was surprising since it was the first time seeing her shift and I felt so proud at the same time because everyone else at the training ground was also shocked to see how large her wolf is.That was when I knew she was ready to go to the Bluemoon pack and get her brother because it would be hard for anyone to defeat her in case things go south.I was also doing it to get back at her for apologizing to me just because I took her to bed when it was absolutely unnecessary. That wasn't the first time I was taking her to bed and I know I'm overreacting but I lost my temper when she came over to apologize because that clearly meant she was putting a distance between us, after everything we'd done together and it pissed me off because I didn't want that. I can understand that I was distan
Hera's POVOnce Sebastian is done giving me the cuts here and there on my arms, palms, and legs, he gives me a quick hug and apology for doing what he did before he cleans his knife and he retreats while Krystal still stands beside me.“You're okay right?” she asks me and I smile at her before nodding and I see the relief on her face.When I see that we're done with this step, I stand up from the chair and that's when Alpha Hugh hands me the phone and locket containing the dream walk powder that was both given to me when I was still spying and I take it from his hand without us muttering a single word to each other.I can still see the worry in his eyes and I'm sure that he can see the rest in mine as I look up at him too while we hold the phone and locket in our hands.“We need to get going guys. We should give her the blueprint now and head for the Bluemoon pack border” Krystal yells as she walks out of the dining room and that's when we break eye contact as I quickly take what he's
Hera's POVWe finally arrive at the final outskirts of the Bluemoon pack after walking for almost two hours and I believe that I don't have to pretend about how I am anymore because I'm actually weak and tired all over from the long distance that we just covered.We begin to hear footsteps as we approach the large gates and soon, there are up to six guards holding their guns toward us while stopping us from going past. Reece moves to face them and fights them off if they try to attack us but I quickly hold him by the wrist to pull him back because this place isn't the same as the pack we just left. They would kill him without giving him a chance to speak.He looks at me and I just subtly nod so he gets me and he stands beside me without a word, waiting for me to take the next step now.“I'm here to see the Alpha, I was sent on a mission and I'm back now,” I tell them but they don't budge. Seriously, are this man’s guards made of stone?“Show us proof or you'll be made to turn around b
Hera's POVI'm still laying on the floor with Alpha Hugh and he seems to be losing a lot of blood from where the bullet grazed him so with a lot of struggle, I help him up to his feet so we'll go down and get help quickly before he loses too much blood and loses his consciousness.“Let's just try and get down, then we'll get help and you'll be fine,” I tell him and he grunts in reply.“Don't worry, it isn't too serious Hera, I'll be fine” he says to assure me but I don't listen to his words as I keep leading us downstairs.We hear footsteps approaching and I quickly reach for the gun in my pocket in case it's a Bluemoon pack guard but the person comes closer and it turns out to be Krystal who was coming toward us.We grin at each other once we see each other and a new wave of joy and relief takes over me and it settles on me that Alpha Luggard is actually dead and gone for good. She notices the blood on Alpha Hugh's shoulder and quickly rushes toward us to check on him.“Luggard shot
CHAPTER SEVENTYHera's POVI'm still in a state of shock, still finding it hard to comprehend how people could easily give up their lives for one person that doesn't even care about them. It irks me to know how much power that Alpha Luggard has over the minds of his spies that he’s stationed and it angers me to know that they willingly let him manipulate them until they couldn’t even think for themselves anymore.I remember Isaac and how my long speech of convincing him didn’t work until he was caught and killed and he didn’t even give the name of any other spy while I cowered in fear of possibly getting exposed. If only I knew how hard minded they all were thanks to Alpha Luggard and his perfect manipulation.I sigh again as I sit in the car beside Hugh who’s driving and he holds our already linked fingers tighter while he spares me a glance from time to time to see how I’m doing.“That bastard, Luggard. I’m going to make him feel so sorry for ruining people’s lives as he dies” I say
Hera's POVThe next day comes in a rush. The alarm rings and I open my eyes to see that my head is still resting on Alpha Hugh's chest. I smile to myself as I look up at his face to see that he's still asleep. Then the alarm rings again and he stirs in his sleep before he opens his eyes dizzily and looks down at me. I maintain eye contact with him and we remain like that for a while before a smile spreads slowly on his face and I feel my insides tingle due to how adorable he looks.“Good morning” he says and I take his hand and kiss his knuckles.“Good morning my Alpha” I greet him back before I sit up on the bed and he follows to do the same.“Hope you had a good night” he asks and I nod gingerly in response while he smiles and kisses me on my forehead.“So, are you ready for today?” I ask him, since we’re going to go after the spies that Alpha Hugh planted in the pack and he nods in response.“Of course, now we can get those that want to destroy my pack and end them” he says then h
Luca’s POVI was still in a state of shock when we arrived at the Silvercrest pack. I was still finding it hard to believe that I just ditched my pack and Alpha and if it weren't for Alpha Hugh who accepted me right from when I was willing to help them, I would be a rogue by now.I betrayed my Alpha so there is no way that he would forgive me or even think of taking me back because that is an irreversible act that I did and even if I had the chance to do it again, I would do it.That's how much Alpha Luggard infuriates me.Still hurting from my leg that I got hit when I and Hera were trying to escape and we fought with the guards, I start to limp when I get down from the van as we arrive at the pack and I see Alpha Hugh carrying Hera who's now asleep inside.I still feel sorry for her for how she had to watch her little brother die helplessly and how she couldn't even get his body due to the situation.I know it must be hurting her as hell but I know she's strong and with all of us by
Hera’s POVMy thoughts are now invading my sleep too and giving me nightmares but I can't bring myself to wake up from this slumber no matter how hard I try.I keep on seeing Mark's body where it lay at the foot of the Bluemoon pack, with his back towards me but the excruciating pain remains and it kills me the more the image keeps recurring in my dream, making me want to get down there and wake him up or want to save him but I can't seem to move. I'm stuck to a spot and that makes it more frustrating for me that I can't do anything to save him.Suddenly, I find that I'm back at the moment when I was about to save Mark. When the guard was still holding onto him before Alpha Luggard shot him in the head.All senses in me awaken, forgetting it's a dream and I find myself running at the fastest as I can to save him before he falls off like he did previously but the bullet still whizzes past me like it did that time and I watch in horror once again, how the bullet burst open the guards h
Hera's POVI'm still struggling with Luca as he pulls me away down the stairs and when we begin to hear footsteps from afar, he quickly pulls me into a dark corner where no one would see us easily. I'm still struggling with him still in the corner and we stand a risk of being exposed as we see guards passing by with guns each so he quickly covers my mouth to stop me from making any sound and that's when he finally gets my attention.He looks at me with deep remorse in his eyes for a while without saying a word and soon, I begin to feel myself calm down so I pull his hand off my mouth to get myself together little by little as I fist my hair while heaving continuously.“Hera I know this is a bad time to say this but we don't have a choice. I betrayed my Alpha and you just destroyed his right arm so we're both in deep shit. He's going to come for us and won't stop until we're both dead so we have to find a way out of this pack by all means” he tells me and I meet his eyes.“He killed m
Hera's POVI stand in the middle of the living room for a long time doing nothing as I keep on praying to the moon goddess and hoping that Reece and Mark would leave the Bluemoon pack safely. I came all this way for my brother, I went through all those things just to keep him safe so he has to be fine for it all to pay off. He's the only family I have left so he has to be fine because I can't afford to lose him, I'll never forgive myself.Minutes turn into an hour and there's still nothing from Reece to confirm that they've gotten out of the pack safely.From the time I estimated for everything to happen, they're meant to be out of the pack by now. Except it's hard for Luca to distract the guards.I sigh as I take a seat while I still wonder what could be keeping them from communicating with me already. My mind is in a turmoil, I'm finding it hard to think straight because many negative scenarios and instances keep popping up in my head even though I keep wishing that none of them are
Hera's POVI'm back at the place I always see myself in my nightmares. This time there's no one or anything in sight. Just a vast and plain ashy ground with carcasses of skeletons scattered around as I walk on endlessly with no end of the place in sight.I begin to feel tired so I take a seat and soon, I lay down to sleep and I'm sucked into another nightmare.This time, it's new because I'm in a dark room with nothing in sight and I've never seen myself here before.I quickly stand up once I begin to hear noises and when I look to my left, I catch the shadow of someone walking around but I don't see anybody.“Who's there?” I call out but there's no reply so I repeat the same thing again and to my shock, it's my mother that I see.I freeze when I see her and tears cloud my eyes when she smiles at me before pulling me into a hug and I hug her back immediately.“I'm so sorry mum, I wish I did something that day to save all of you, they were just so many” I begin to apologize and she shu
Hera's POVWe finally arrive at the final outskirts of the Bluemoon pack after walking for almost two hours and I believe that I don't have to pretend about how I am anymore because I'm actually weak and tired all over from the long distance that we just covered.We begin to hear footsteps as we approach the large gates and soon, there are up to six guards holding their guns toward us while stopping us from going past. Reece moves to face them and fights them off if they try to attack us but I quickly hold him by the wrist to pull him back because this place isn't the same as the pack we just left. They would kill him without giving him a chance to speak.He looks at me and I just subtly nod so he gets me and he stands beside me without a word, waiting for me to take the next step now.“I'm here to see the Alpha, I was sent on a mission and I'm back now,” I tell them but they don't budge. Seriously, are this man’s guards made of stone?“Show us proof or you'll be made to turn around b