CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Hera's POV
I let out a long gasp as I sit up in my bed immediately my consciousness returns and I'm back in my body. I look around and I see the locket filled with the dream walking pills beside me on the bed so I quickly take it and return it to where I hide it under the mattress before I straighten the bed sheet and sit back on the bed to process my thoughts.Isaac was tortured with no limit in front of me, then his family was killed in front of me too and I can't help but wonder. Is this my punishment from the moon goddess for spying on people that are kind to me? Because it's all getting too much to hold in. How can I witness so many deaths in a day? I know I may lose my mind if this goes on. So I have to make it stop as fast as I can and the only way to do that is to find the blueprint as fast as I can and give it to Alpha Luggard so he'll let me and Mark go and we can live normal lives.
Alpha Hugh and the rest would never forgive me
Hera's POVThe car comes to a halt in the parking lot and I'm about to open the door when Alpha Hugh holds my hand to stop me so I look at him and he smiles. “Let me open the door for you,” he says and I laugh softly before I shake my head. “You don't have to worry about that, I can open it my…” “I insist” he cuts me off and steps out of the car before I can reply.He walks over to the other side of the car and opens the door then he takes my hand and helps me out before he closes the door and turns to face me. He takes my hand and links our fingers together then he meets my eyes and winks before he nods towards the restaurant on the other side of the road.“C’mon, let's go,” he says and I follow him.We wait for the lights and we cross when the cars on the road halt. Then we get into the restaurant and a waitress rushes toward us immediately once she sees Alpha Hugh. She bows and greets him before she takes his coat and mine.“Meet my luna, Hera.” he introduces me and the woman's
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTHera's POVIt's a busy day for everybody. Days have passed since the date I had with Alpha Hugh and now, we're all preparing for our short journey to the city where the all-known Mr. Donovan McFlurry's mask party will be held.I still haven't been able to come up with a smooth plan on how to steal the blueprint yet. It's hard because I would need Alpha Hugh's or one of his three subordinates' blood to get access to the study but I'm getting an idea and I'm sure it would work. I just have to plan it out so it would go smooth and easy and then the rest would be a piece of cake and they won't have to see me anymore. First, we have to get this party over with first. We'll be away from the pack for a few days and I won't be able to do anything so I just have to wait until we return and then I'll put the plan into motion.I wake up early that morning since I went to bed early and had a good night's sleep then I have my teeth brushed, I
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINEHera's POVI stare in awe as we walk Into the hall where the party is held and the security stops us to ask for our pass. Krystal brings it out of her purse and shows it to them and they know we're from the Silvercrest pack so they let us in.“This is beautiful” Krystal gushes as she links our arms together while we're walking and I smile. Of course, it is.“This Mr. Donovan really put in a lot of work. I'm sure this launch will be a success… Whatever it is that he may be launching” I say while I still admire the decorations.“Of course, the man is known for his great taste in things. Which is why he likes the werewolves too, we're perfect” Krystal says before she pulls me to the table where the wines are kept in a corner and we take a glass each with us before we go back to join Alpha Hugh and the rest.We head into the hall and I can see many people who are already present and are in their clothes and masks. I make a mental note to sea
CHAPTER FORTYKrystal's POVWe’re still going around the museum to look at the paintings; I and Hera watch as the curator explains to us what each painting means. I watch people as they show their interest in buying some of the paintings and they proceed to have private discussions with other curators in the museum. I can’t help but wonder why people are so interested in such art that they would even want to buy them. I scoff to myself as another person shows interest in the painting we’re staring at and Hera nudges me before she whispers in my ear.“Don't disrespect the painting, Krystal”.I roll my eyes. “Yes Hera” I reply sarcastically and I can see it in her eyes that she's wondering why I'm being this way.Alpha Hugh, Felix, and Sebastian finally show up and I fold my arms across my chest while staring at them as they approach us.“I thought you guys weren't going to return, we didn't come to this party to just go our separate ways” I nag, and Sebastian chuckles.“Easy Krystal,
CHAPTER FORTY ONEHera's POVThe party has finally come to an end. Everyone is going over to thank Mr. Donovan for inviting them to his party and I'm with Alpha Hugh this time, our arms linked as he joins the group of people to thank Mr. Donovan too.We finally get to his front and he smiles at us as his gaze travels from me back to Alpha Hugh and back again. I guess he's wondering who I am.“Thank you for inviting us to this party Mr. Donovan. It was lovely and I enjoyed every bit of it” Alpha Hugh says as he and Mr. Donovan shakes hands then he notices how Mr Donovan keeps on staring at me and he decides to introduce me.“Meet my Luna Mr Donovan. Hera Vance” he says and Mr. Donovan takes my hand and kisses the back.“Nice to meet you, Mr. Donovan, your party was lovely,” I tell him and he nods.“Thank you for your kind words miss Hera” he replies and I smile at him.“I guess we'll b
CHAPTER FORTY-TWOHera's POVI'm still staring at Alpha Hugh with a surprised face when he chuckles and taps me on my lap.“What? Why're you so surprised?” he asks and I look at him in disbelief.“Are you kidding me? You never told me you have parents… Like they are still alive” I tell him and he shrugs.“Haven't you noticed that neither I, Krystal, Felix, or Sebastian ever talk about our parents?” he asks me and I look away while thinking about it.It's true. They never talked about their parents when together and I wonder why. I look back at Alpha Hugh to ask him.“It's because we didn't really have good relationships with them right from the start” he answers my thought and I nod speechlessly. I had a nice relationship with my parents. They were the best.“Krystal's father used to abuse her and her mum so she killed him. Not intentionally though but he was gone for good and it
CHAPTER FORTY-THREELuca's POVI step down from the car and I watch as Alpha Luggard comes down from his private car. His arm is linked with Sheila's and I roll my eyes when I see them… The worst couple to be ever seen.I sigh and take my coat from inside the car before I turn to the driver who's standing outside the car too after opening the door for me.“Thank you and good night,” I tell him, and he smiles before he bows and enters the car then he drives off.Chris comes to stand beside me as Alpha Luggard comes toward us with Sheila still clinging onto his arm.“A nice party that was,” he says, and I make sure to flatter him once more, just how he likes it.“It's all thanks to you for bringing us Alpha Luggard,” I tell him and he smiles before he waves me off.“Oh you don't have to thank me. I was just being nice like the kind Alpha that I am” he replies and I almost choke o
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR Hera’s POVThe alarm rings and I smile to myself before I stretch a little then I open my eyes and the first thing I see is the curtain to the closet. I realize I'm facing Hugh with my back so I quickly turn around to face him and I see he's awake and watching me. I feel my face heating up and I look away from his gaze that makes me feel shy and he chuckles before he places his forefinger under my jaw and raises my face to look at him.“Hey, good morning,” he says in a husky morning voice, and I can't help but smile at how cheesy this situation feels. “Good morning” I squeak out and he pulls me closer before he kisses me on the forehead and he pats me on my head.“Did you sleep well?” he asks me and I nod then he smirks at me.“Hope you're not hurting?” he teases me and I gasp before I hit him on the chest while feeling embarrassed coupled with how shy I'm feeling. “Hey, you shouldn't say that” I whine and he laughs out loud before he sits up and pulls me up alo
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