CHAPTER TWENTY-TWOHera's POVI get to my room and I stop to look down the passage to see if anyone is coming before I go in. It's empty and that makes me relieved so I open my door quietly and I quickly walk in so no one would see before I lock the door behind me.I rush towards my bed and I raise my pillow to get the box of ashes or whatever then I sit on my bed and open it up. I open the box and I stare at the content in my box. I sigh in fright before I close my eyes and give myself the talk so I'll have more courage to do what I'm about to do.“You can do this Hera. Alpha Luggard will probably just ask you a few questions and you'll be good to go. You've got this” I tell myself and open my eyes before I stare at the box in my hand for a while again and I take in a long breath. God my heart is beating so fast and I'm terrified of what could happen when I take this powder but I don't have a choice or say in this. I just have to do it because Alpha Luggard will be waiting for me and
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREEKrystal's POVMy alarm goes off and I wake up immediately. I look out the window by my bedside and I can see the courtyard with maids scurrying to and fro while they do their chores.I rub my eyes to get rid of the sleepiness and I come down from my bed while stretching my body before I head to the bathroom to get cleaned up in preparation to train.I remember the previous night and the conversation I had with alpha Hugh and I can't help but feel embarrassed as my heart hurts for no reason. I was indeed ready to let him go but feelings don't just die or fade overnight. They'll linger for a while before I finally get rid of them but from now on, I won't be getting in between him and Hera anymore, I have no place to do such.I head for my closet after I'm done getting my teeth brushed and my skin prepped, and I open up my drawer for my training kits. I have a hard time making a choice for a while before I decide to go for the brown and I put it on then I pack my hai
Krystal's POVI'm staring into blank space intensely as I wait for Alpha Hugh and the rest to show up so we may begin our meeting and put our plan into action.I'm still thinking of the dream walking powder I felt on Hera's face and I can't help but conjure a million scenes of her using it in my head because I can't seem to put a finger on any reason why she would be using the dream walking powder in the first place.I've been observing her ever since we left her room for the training ground and she still looked uneasy when we got there… Until she quickly keeps on a relaxed face and approaches Alpha Hugh. Maybe to apologize for what she did; avoiding his hand when we were in her room but I can't hear their conversation. I just see that Alpha suddenly looks sorry even though he looked angry a moment ago and he hugs her.I didn't realize Felix was watching me until he approached me and stood beside me.“Are you trying to bore a hole through her? You've been staring at her so intensely t
Hera’s POVI exit the bathroom after I just finished having my bath and I dry my hair up with a towel before I head to the vanity stand to use the hair dryer there.I remember how close I was to shifting in front of everyone until Felix interrupted and saved me.I don’t know if I’m mentally ready to shift yet because the last time I did, it was really traumatic and tragic. I lost my parents and everyone in the fang pack and because of that, I’m separated from my brother too; doing this stupid and dangerous mission that has my life and Mark’s life at stake if I should fail.I won’t fail though, I’ll make sure that they don’t have anything on me or find anything suspicious about me until I complete it and leave here for good… even though Alpha Hugh may be the best mate I’ll ever have, he probably won’t be alive when Alpha Luggard is done infiltrating and attacking them.He’s the Alpha… with the responsibility of leading his warriors during war so his life would be at stake and he may ev
Hera's POVI sniff again as I enter my room and head for the bathroom to wash my face.I watch the water run from the tap for a while as I calculate how I'll be able to get into the study and look for the blueprint of the palace.I could lie to Alpha Hugh that I want to read and have the opportunity to search for it… If there's no one there with me which I hope will be the case.I join my palms and fetch from the water then I rinse my face and I repeat until my skin feels rough from the continuous pouring of the cold water over my face. I sigj to myself as I lock the tap and take a face towel to clean my face and the little tendrils of my red hair that got into my face and made contact with the water too.Once I’m done, I hang the face towel back and head for the room to make myself look more presentable than sad with baggy eyes from crying. So I check the drawers in the vanity stand and there are a few stuff I can use for the makeup.I check them and they don’t look old so I figure
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENHera's POVI still can't believe it. Madam Lucy is also a spy. How many others are there then? If she can put up with being a spy for this long? Then how many others are there?“You're working for him too?” I remember asking her with wide eyes and she waves at me before she scoffs.“I'm the oldest spy that's been working for Alpha Luggard ever since he became Alpha. He let me go for some crime I committed and this is my way of paying him back... I've been a spy for him from the start and it's easy. I just have to collect things from him and deliver them to other spies stationed in the pack” she replies and I can't even speak as I just look at her.Were these people brainwashed or did they just choose to be stupid? How can they just choose to be used by the Alpha and call it payback for a single kind act of his that he didn't even do for free? Alpha Luggard is indeed the worst.I just swallowed and smiled at her. Saying anything to convince her that she was just ge
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTAlpha Hugh's POVI'm happy. Full of contentment and I'm almost giving in to the strong urge to scream out loud at my room balcony later tonight but I know I won't. I don't want to seem like a madman... It won't be good for my image as Alpha but then… I also don't care what the subjects of Silvercrest pack think of me. As long as I'm making life easy for them in this pack, they have no right to badmouth me or think anything degrading of me.We're all still seated in the dining room and I'm staring at the spot where Krystal locked Mr. Cameron with her magic when he wanted to attack me. The man actually thought he had the chance of hitting me. If only he knew beforehand that I also have a witch as a subordinate, then maybe he would respect me more but then that doesn’t matter now because he now shivers in fear for me and I’m sure that just the mention of my name will make goosebumps rush up his skin as he shakes in fright.I smile at that thought and I remember how K
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINEHera's POVI am back there again and this time, it is so cold and the atmosphere feels different… It feels like evil lurks there and they have just been waiting for me all along so they'll torture me like they do in my head. Only that this time, I am here in person so it would be easier for these voices to poison my mind with wicked words in person.The carcasses and skeletons of dead people that were killed in the Fang pack are in a pile in my front. The empty skull eyes stare at me and it's like I can see hate in them even though they are void of any emotions. Fire starts from nowhere and the skeletons and skulls begin to burn before I start to hear screams and cries of pain from nowhere. I quickly sit up from my lying position and I place my hands over my ears to block the sound but nothing works and I feel like I'm about to lose my mind once again.“You killed us, you should be dead too, you coward! You didn't help that day. You ran away like the weakling that
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