The door creaks open as I stumble into the living room and try to get my balance by resting against the table closest to the door.I hear Mark's footsteps come closer to where I am and I quickly try to make myself look not too bad so he won't get worried about me.I try to make my hair look less rough and I try to clean off the already dried bloodstain on my chin but it doesn't go away.Mark switches on the light and I see the horror settle in his eyes when he takes in my appearance but I still smile at him to let him know that I'm fine, even though my body aches like hell.I can still remember what caused me to sustain the body ache and several injuries all over my body. Alpha Luggard didn't just walk out on me after he told me we would duel at dawn with me the next day. I went on to further instigate him with my spiteful words and he lost his temper so he hit me again; on my face, my legs, my back, my stomach… I can still feel the pain that coursed through my body when he punched me
CHAPTER EIGHTMorning comes so quickly and it's like I never even slept in the first place. My eyes are heavy and my body feels like a log of wood was placed on me throughout the night.I sit up and look through the window beside my bed and the sun is almost out. I know it's my cue to get up and get ready so I head to the bathroom first to get my teeth cleaned.Once I'm done, I go to the washing machine and take out the clothes I left there yesterday. They're rinsed and all I need to do is get them dried so I leave for the small courtyard behind the house and hang them all on the dryer.Once I'm done, I go straight to Mark's room and he's still sound asleep. I feel sorry that I will have to interrupt his good morning sleep and drag him with me to see a bloody and violent fight but I have no choice in this. I'm a refugee in an enemy's pack and our lives are on the line.No matter how hard-headed I claim to be, I still have to do as Alpha Luggard wants.I go towards Mark and sit beside
CHAPTER NINEI can hear the shrill cry of my brother from the crowd. As he yells my name and calls for me to get up but I can't.My sight is blurry and all I see is red. Blood seeps down my forehead and into my eyes and I don't even have a chance to wipe it off when Alpha Luggard storms at me and punches hard across the face again and I cough out more blood while the crowd chants his name and cheers him on.How many hits and punches has it been? I've lost count but it's very obvious that I'm losing this fight against Alpha Luggard. In fact, I've already lost because there's no strength left in me, I feel like I'm half dead and I can't feel my body anymore but he's not stopping. He hits me on and on until it's even hard for me to breathe and it feels like my lungs mesh together which renders the obstruction of air from passing through difficult.The crowd cheers on. Mark is crying and calling for me but I can't even move. Blood pours down my face and drips from my mouth and nose and I'
CHAPTER ELEVENI feel the burn on my face and my eyelids twitch as I frown and struggle to open my eyes. With a struggle, I raise my eyelids a little bit and I catch the rays of the sunlight shining brightly upon me.My consciousness returns slowly and I become aware of where I am; I notice I'm not on the grass where I was before and where I'm laying now is hard vibrating.Vibrating! Why is it vibrating? I suddenly wonder and try to sit up but I can't. Then I pay more attention to my surroundings and I see I'm at the back of a truck, stuck and tied to a hook that totally prevents me from moving.I try pulling off the hook from where it's nailed but it burns my palm and I gasp from the pain but I try not to be loud so whoever is driving the truck won't know I'm awake. After a lot of struggling and grunting, I manage to sit up and I examine the hook, I touch it a little and it burns me again. This time, I hear the sizzling of my skin as it burns and I figure out immediately that it's s
CHAPTER TENAlpha Luggard didn't give me enough time to tell Mark a proper goodbye and it hurts like hell but I can't protest because I don't know what could happen to us if I do so I just stay quiet even though I hate it so much and manage the little time he gave to me to tell my brother goodbye.Mark starts to cry immediately when I tell him that I'm leaving and I don't know when the tears start to fall down my face too but I quickly clean them off before he sees and I smile at him.“Don't worry, you'll be in good hands. I made a friend and he is quite nice so he'll be the one to take good care of you, okay love” I say to him and he just nods even though his eyes say otherwise.I know it won't be easy without me at first but with time, he'll get used to Luca's presence and be fine. It's all just a period of time before he is good.“I don't want you to leave me, Hera. I need you with me” he cries on and I'm at loss for words to say to soothe him. I don't know what to do anymore so I
CHAPTER TWELVEHugh's POVMy head is still reeling with different questions as I rush to the palace’s infirmary to see the mysterious princess of fang pack who was caught trespassing and my beta, gamma, and zeta are all behind me too to see who she is too.We were all shocked when Felix came and dropped the bomb that the princess of the fang pack was within the palace so I quickly rushed things with Mr. Sparks before I let him go. I made sure to get a video of him agreeing to do whatever I asked of him before he went because I trusted no one and I wasn't going to take any chances of letting all my actions turn back on me. I'm smart and very calculative so I'm good at planning things in advance and they always end up working out for me in the end.“How did she end up in the palace's infirmary? Was she unconscious when she was found?” I ask Felix and he shakes his head in response.“She was initially unconscious when she was found on the outskirts of the pack but then she woke up when t
CHAPTER THIRTEENHera's povIs this the moon goddess's way of helping me? Is this why she let me loose to Alpha Luggard? So I'll meet the other mate she has destined for me who's also an Alpha?I'm still staring at this man who identified himself as Alpha Hugh with huge eyes and I notice his electric blue eyes, his slightly plump lower lip and thin upper lip, his perfectly chiseled jaw, his dark shiny hair that runs down his neck and I notice his smile. He's smiling at me for no reason.I quickly pull my hand from his hold when I quickly recover myself and I try to control my heart, stopping it from beating too fast.“You're the Alpha?” I ask him to be sure I heard correct the first time and he nods.“That's correct. I'm Alpha Hugh of this pack, Silvercrest pack” he replies and I go silent because I don't know what to say.“Grey” he suddenly says out of nowhere and I look at him.“What?” I ask, wondering what he meant by grey and he gives a one-sided smile that almost makes my heart m
CHAPTER FOURTEENMy chest hurts so bad and it’s getting harder to breathe with every passing second. My eyes begin to water while I stare at Alpha Hugh but he doesn’t even look a bit remorseful. I turn to look at his subordinates and the only one who looks sorry is Felix while Krystal is giving me an evil smile, just what I expected.“None of them can help you Hera. You just have to be honest with me and that is all” Alpha Hugh says and I just close my eyes to try and calm myself down before I begin to narrate my made-up story that I quickly came up with at the infirmary.“I was held hostage by the BlueMoon pack along with my little brother” I start and Alpha Hugh shares a look with the other guy whose name I don't know yet. The guy nods and rushes out, seconds later, he's back with an iPad and Alpha Hugh takes it.“Thanks, Sebastian,” he tells him. So those are the names of these three, Sebastian, Felix, and Krystal. I finally know the identities of his subordinates.I look back at h
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