It took a good number of days for those who were attacked at Elora's "funeral" to heal. She was deemed wanted and Alpha Diesel was still finding it hard to believe that a human can control natural wolves. He had heard of things like that but they were seen as myths - even in the world of werewolves. Roman on the other hand had to postpone his leaving. He didn't tell his father why he would not be returning because he knew his father would interfere in the matter. He spent the first three days trying to find Elora but when he didn't see her and he knew his father wouldn't condone his absence any longer, he packed up again and decided to leave. But just like before, as he was putting his things in the trunk of his car, something stopped him from leaving. It was Elora. " What are you doing here in the open?" He asked but Elora silenced him. " Stop talking or people are gonna think you're mad. They can't see me or hear me." She said nonchalantly. " Let's go inside," she said watching
Roman wondered if perhaps he was really the selfish one. He spent so long thinking about it that eventually, he couldn't go back. He needed to see Elora. He needed to explain to her that the unfortunate incidents that followed them being together were beyond his control. He needed to win back her love and trust but he didn't know how he would do that - not when she barely even let him get his point across. That night he felt so defeated that he went to bed but after barely three hours of sleep, he woke up and drove straight to Blue Moon pack. Upon his arrival, the first person he saw was his stepmother. She looked extremely upset to see him but he couldn't care less. All he wanted now was a warm bath and good sleep. He would see his father later. That night he dreamt of something he always wished he and Elora could have but even in that dream, it did not work out. Meanwhile, Elora was still in New Moon pack and while she lay hidden at the waterfall, she thought about what Roman sai
" We are here to see you" Gina responded before she motioned to the mat Elora was lying on, asking if she could sit down. " This place is kind of cozy. It's really nice" she said after Elora let her sit down. She looked around to see that Elora had already made the place her own. She had her clothes neatly hung on a rope she tied to two poles. She had made a little section for bathing and a small fireplace for cooking. " Do you plan on living here? It's kind of uncomfortable don't you think?" Aidan asked. He was still standing and assessing the place. " It's quite the opposite thank you," Elora said giving him a very, " I'm offended" look." Well, what happens if it rains?" Gina asked." Well I go over there in that cave and stay there with the wolves keeping me warm," she said pointing at a small cave just below the waterfall. Since the water doesn't reach it, it was safe for them to stay there. " That's cool," Gina said with a smile and Elora watched her. Her friend had lost a l
The next day, at about 10 o'clock Elora looked over at Aidan's body as they lay on the mat, their clothes thrown over the place. Instantly she felt disgusted at herself. Ever since she got figured out her abilities, she's become cold. She's spent most of her days plotting how she would deal with those who treated her poorly that her heart became too cold. How could she sleep with Aidan? He just likes her a bit but Roman is in love with her and if she is being honest with herself, no matter how dangerous her relationship with Roman is, she cares more for him than anyone else. " Good morning beautiful," Aidan said before he placed a soft kiss on her lips. She looked over at him and found him smiling innocently at her. She shouldn't have slept with him, now she will hurt him with her next words. " Is something wrong Elora? You look upset" Aidan said still kissing her body. " You should go," Elora said, summoning enough courage in her tone so that he would know that she wasn't joking.
" But I'll help regardless" Roman added and then they went to the scene of the incident and that was when Elora saw Roman's father for the first time. It was such a strange feeling seeing the face of the man who killed her mother. It bothered her how much Roman looked like him because he simply looked like Roman would in a couple of years. He had the same snow white hair, the same cold blue eyes, and the same facial features as Roman even with a beard, the only difference was that you could look at him and tell that he was evil. The man was in front of the house of Alpha Diesel now and was making his presence known by killing anyone who didn't seem to know where he was and for a moment all the courage Elora had gathered over the months disappeared because she had made herself vulnerable after sleeping with Aidan. She and Aidan were hiding behind one of the houses around Alpha Diesel's and she was having a panic attack. She didn't think she would be this scared of him. " Roman," sh
" This is unbelievable! How was he even able to get past us again without any of my men noticing? How? This is the second time he's done this. " Alpha Diesel said as he sat in his sitting room with four of his men from his Apex council. Drew, Stacy, and Thelma were also there. Drew knew that both times when Alpha Drake infiltrated their pack was because of him. He always had a way of helping him get past his father's men but he wasn't going to get caught. To him, he had a very good reason to betray his father and the reason is that his father has become a coward. If his father could've owned up to the casualties caused years before he was born, when his father and Alpha Drake fought over the human children who were captured during their fight with the humans, then things would've been different. Instead, his father was greatly petrified by how dirty Alpha Drake fought and vowed he would never go against him again. So many lives were lost in that fight. According to some rumors he h
Roman reminisced about the first time he and Elora sat down at the waterfall. She was in great pain after the devil beans attack on her and he had no choice but to make her think it doesn't itch and he could only do that by imprinting on her, which led to them being bonded as soulmates. Thinking about it now, he felt like he shouldn't have been so hurt about her sleeping with Aidan because no matter what happens between them and anyone else, they must end up together. Still, it hurt that the first time he got to see his mate from afar, it was when she was sleeping with another man repeatedly. Remembering just felt like something was jabbing at his newfound joy so he stopped himself from thinking about it. Instead, he remembered the thing that was causing him much joy now. His father being defeated so easily. He always wished he could do that to his father. It wasn't that he couldn't do it physically, it was the fact that his father had caused him so much trauma that he couldn't get
Elora stared at Roman sensing that his serious tone meant that the people genuinely wanted her or him as their new leader but it seemed so ridiculous to her. How could they want her only now? How could they have spent their whole lives teaching and training their children to hate humans, only for them to start wanting her? The answer became clear as she recalled what they had said earlier. They found fault in Alpha Diesel because he did not defend them when Alpha Diesel attacked, it was obvious now to her that though they may not like her now but they still need her if they want to survive. “In that case, I’m not interested. Let them find another leader.” Elora said to herself but she did not realize that she spoke her mind loud enough for Roman to hear her. “I fear that they would agree to that.” He said but she scoffed and while they still stood with her arms around his waist, she said to him, “But they also want you too. With what has recently happened, I don’t think it is a bad i
Elora getting her powers back was most definitely the highlight of the night. She spent the night showing off her abilities to her daughters. Arina and Elena were initially overcome with embarrassment when they saw the way they chickened out when their mom was in danger while Pandora seemingly handled it well. After a while, they gave a half-hearted apology and sat in the living room – that is what was left of the room since most of their mother’s wolves had occupied it to be with Elora. “ I think that’s enough show for today,” Elora said after seeing that it was late. “ But mom, this is literally the coolest birthday ever and you’re ruining it by telling us to go to bed,” Elena protested. “ And I’m about to ruin it even more because I have some questions,” Elora said with a sinister smile. “ Umm…on second thought I think I’ll just go to bed. Goodnight mom,” Arina said with Elena getting up to follow her when Elora commanded, “ Sit!” This time it was different because their mom w
Later that night, Elora went to Pandora’s room and found her asleep. She was going to leave when Pandora begged her not to leave. “ I’m not sleeping anymore,” she said and Elora nodded before she went back to sit beside Pandora on the bed and asked her, “ What has happened? I know that you aren’t really happy so what is it?” “ Remember the boy I told you about?” Pandora asked as she sat up and fiddled with her fingers. “ Yeah?” Elora said. She had suspected earlier that her plans to help Pandora win the boy over had failed, hence why Pandora was upset.“ Well he turned seventeen and…” “ Wait he is one of those wolves who get their mates at Seventeen?” Elora asked raising her brow in surprise. “ Yeah and that’s weird because his older brother who is nineteen got his mates at nineteen,” Pandora said Digressing a little. “ Mates?” “ Yeah. Lucky him I guess,” “ That’s not something I want you to be envious of,” “ I know,” Pandora said bowing her head a lot more as her mother scold
( BACK TO PANDORA) At school, Mason had heard that it was Elena and Arina’s birthday. Some students had even gotten so obsessed with the two sisters that they made banners and customized T-shirts to celebrate the girl’s birthday but what he couldn’t understand was two things: one, why Pandora is always so ignored. Two, why Pandora is the only one who was mocked about her ‘ family’s failures? He wasn’t a fan of the lies being told about Roman Hills their father but he thought that if people were going to mock Pandora and call her father a mad beast then it should apply to the other girls too. He had just gotten out of his car that he got for his seventeenth birthday - which he forbade anyone of his friends from celebrating or mentioning when he saw the two sisters giggling and laughing at some of the students who kept telling them how pretty they were and how some guys and girls were embarrassing themselves just to impress them. At this point, the two sisters were more idolized than K
When Gina and Aidan got back after talking with Elora about how things have been since Roman's disappearance, they felt quite depressed about the matter. " She didn't deserve that you know..." Gina was the first to talk." It doesn't seem right at all. Everything seems so...orchestrated" Aidan said. " Do you think that maybe...just maybe... someone did this to her out of spite" " It has to be him... Drew"" Drew..."" Think about it. He must've felt humiliated when Roman succeeded in destroying his father. Alpha Drake was the one person Drew held on to for hope. Drew betrayed his own father to become Alphas Drew's second in command. But Roman kills him but instead of them killing Drew, they spare him and give him control of New Moon Pack. Drew must've felt insulted and humiliated. He probably would've preferred to die instead of being spared to suffer humiliation. He must've done this to Roman and Elora out of spite - it has to be him, especially since he and Romans' father has lots
Elora went to bed that night and like every other night, she dreamt of Roman. He was still trapped in his wolf form but he was begging her to wait for him and that he would come back to her. She always looked forward to her night's sleep because it gave her the opportunity to see Roman's face again but this night, it made her cry. She missed him so badly and felt like she couldn't live without him but she was so lonely and she had no one to turn to. Suddenly, this repeated dream started to feel like a nightmare. It started to feel like she was holding on to something that doesn't exist. She wanted nothing more to do with a dream that gives her false hope so she forced herself to wake up from the dream. When she did, she was breathing heavily and sweating profusely despite the fan in her room blowing at the highest speed. Suddenly, she felt a presence in her room and when she turned to the window, she saw blue and green eyes peering at her in human form. " Mom...what is it?" She hea
Pandora's POVMy sisters and I never went to school at the same time so it was no surprise to anyone when I entered the class one minute late while everyone else was already seated. Our class was painted mint green - a color I despised and the writings on the wall spelled the name of our school - Blue Moon Highschool Rhevys branch. Our mother didn't think it wise for us to study at New Moon like we always did when we were living with our grandmother. So we were fairly new students as we have only studied here for a year. This was one of the decisions our mother man that made my sisters angry with her. They believed New Moon was better because while we were there, we were treated way better than here. At New Moon High, a lot of the truth was told when it came to the battle between our father and his father. Not the fabricated and made-up stuff that the students and even the teachers digested here. We were kind of revered and it was because the Alpha, Alpha Drew liked us. I heard that
Elora opened the door and gasped at the people she saw standing outside her door. She never thought she would see them again but yet they were standing right in front of her. " Gina, Aidan? I...I'm so happy to see you two!" She said with a smile before she stepped aside so they could come in. Gina looked perfectly fine. It was as if she didn't age a day and Aidan had gotten so much bigger than she recalled. He looked very happy to be with Gina and seeing them holding hands like that made her a bit sad because she had no one to hold on to, it couldn't kill the joy she was currently feeling because she finally got to see them after almost fifteen years. " It's so good to see you too," Aidan said giving Elora a big hug. It was Gina who was acting a bit awkward even when Elora hugged her. " Hi" Gina managed to say with a nervous smile. " Oh my gosh, come on over to the sitting room and have a seat," Elora said smiling from ear to ear as she ushered them to the sitting room. " How hav
After Roman had his bath, Elora was in the sitting room with their children. Roman wanted to stay with her but he needed to find Josh and Caleb. He had to know if they survived or not. After all, it was he who sent them on a fool's errand. " Please El, let me put some things in order. After that I'm all yours for the rest of the day and the night" he said when she wouldn't let him go. " Please..." He begged after kissing her senseless and then she yielded. He left and was surprised to see that Cody was hosting a party. " Cody, this is no time for a party. My father still had allies that I need to put in their place. Until then, there will be no parties - though I appreciate the thought behind it" he said." That's a bummer. I thought we would be free to do whatever we wanted for a while" Tyler complained." Yeah... we'll party our asses off after order has been restored permanently," Roman said. " I'm off to Blue Moon Pack by the way. I'll see you guys later." He added and said hi
Elora remained indoors and didn't come out. She went straight to her children's crib and watched them wondering in her heart if she would be deemed a bad mother for not staying with them and fighting instead or if she would be called a coward for not helping her mate fight a necessary battle. What she knew for a fact was that if Roman dies she will hate herself. So she sat there and watched her children while thinking long and hard about the decision she had to make. As for Roman, immediately he left Elora and went back to find Cody and the others, he gathered them under the tree at the back of the building and said to them, " My father is coming. I'm sure you already know this but here is my request. I saved you all because I wanted to have people to lead when I eventually end my father's rule. I also wanted all of you to be a part of this fight but...there are children here who could get hurt and traumatized all over again." " What are you saying, Roman?" Cody asked. " I'm sayin