★ELAINE★Unfortunately for me, the more step I took toward the mountain, the farther it became.My frustration was starting to set in and my patience was hanging by a tiny line of thread. A part of me wondered if one of the female competitors had gotten to the mountain already and a painful jab struck across my gut. I could not imagine the despair I'd feel if someone had gotten the title while I suffered, trying. Just then thunder clapped, a heavy downpour rained on me and I cussed out in frustration. “Oh, crap! It can't get any worse. Can it?" Although my body was soaked from head to toe, I kept on moving. Rain has nothing on me when I have something to prove. I reassured myself over and over again. Taking the left direction that seemed more favorable, I noticed something burning and rustling among the bushes and when I peered over, a teenage girl was sitting beside a bonfire with a stick in her hand. Holy crap! How could a fire be burning brightly underneath heavy rainfall?
★ELAINE★“You did it, Elaine.” Alpha Damon's sister, Gina whispered, brushing through my hair as I rest on the bed. I could not recall when the guards brought me back to the dorm. It seemed I blacked out straight after taking the prize and I still couldn't believe I pulled through the hurdles in every stage. The stages were tough. From the weeping girl, down to the tiger and facing my doppelganger. I thought I would be tamed in an asylum by now. Feigning a small smile at Gina, I inquired weakly. “So is it over now?" Gina nodded her head. “Yes, it is, Elaine. You are the new Alpha Female and I'm proud of you. The whole wereworld is proud of you.” Drifting back to what transpired at the mountain, I imagined my mother's face all over again.Once, I saw her picture when I went ransacking my father's room back at the blood moon pack. With her hair loosely scattered over her shoulders, she looked so beautiful and charming. We looked so alike. Yet there were some discrepancies. In place
★ELAINE★“The Alpha Female should go into the carriage first please.” Lady Gina ushered me into the carriage and I let out a chortle. “When will you stop doing that?"“When I die. And since it's not anytime soon, I won't stop praising you as the Alpha Female.” She replied, handing her baby over to me so she could enter the carriage too. I took Lydia from her and said; “You are too much, Gina and now you will influence little Lydia with your lifestyle.” Gina plopped down beside me. “You can start moving!” she yelled at the coachman and soon our carriage wheels rolled into the dusty road. Smiling in satisfaction, Gina returned her attention to me. “So what were you saying?" I tried to rethink our conversation before the little distraction. “Oh!” I snapped my fingers. “I was talking about how you would influence little Lydia with your lifestyle.” Gina twitched her lips. “Which is why I want her to be closer to you more than ever. Remember what I told you at the lake? I said you ha
★ELAINE★Darkness was fast approaching. Gina and I woke from our slumber at the same time due to Lydia's incessant wails. “Maybe her diaper needs changing,” I suggested and Gina picked up her baby to observe her diaper. “No, she is just throwing a temper tantrum,” she said, removing her clothes to change into another. When she was done, I stepped forward and offered to carry the baby instead. “Let me take her." “You need rest, Elaine. I won't want Lydia to take that from you.” Gina declined in a polite tone but I pressed further. “No, I'm offering." After pestering Gina for a little while longer, she eventually succumbed and thrust Lydia into my waiting arms. So I scrambled out of the bed, then I began pacing back and forth to stop her from crying. “You are so good with babies,” Gina muttered after watching the way Lydia's incessant wails died down gradually. “How many babies have you cuddled like this?" She inquired further. None, but I'm about to have mine, I thought witho
★ELAINE★★FOURS DAYS LATER★Seconds rolled into minutes. Minutes into an hour, and hour into days. Soon four days had passed by in a jiffy. I lay fully awake on the bed, but my eyes remained closed. I could not believe that I was finally turning nineteen today. Indeed, that soothsayer was right. A lot has happened since we last spoke and everything she predicted, unfolded right after the other. Today is the day I promised Gina to disclose the news about my pregnancy to Alpha Damon. Yet, I didn't know if I was ready. Would I ever be? I asked myself. Gina hummed softly, whilst folding some of her baby's laundry. Very soon, my baby bump would become visible and there would be no hiding it from the rest of the world. A part of me felt I ought to be grateful that Alpha Damon happened to be the father of my unborn baby. If he wasn't, I didn't want to imagine the catastrophe that would unfold later on. Something soft touched down on my forehead, his scent filling my nostrils at once.
★ELAINE★A wave of shock swept through my entire body. Feeling the colors drain from my cheeks, I readjusted myself on the chair and asked; “What do you mean?" Tara took my hand in hers, then pulled me towards the bed and I went, unresisting. My heart was thumping rapidly against my chest. At this rate, it might as well jump right out. Was this the secret Tania mentioned to me that night? I thought to myself and as much as I hoped whatever Tara was going to say would not hurt me. My gut feeling told me it would. “I don't get it, please explain.” “Do you remember when I thanked you for rescuing me, I made a statement that if I had returned to the pack, they would kill me without a second thought because I don't belong there." Nodding my head hastily, I urged her to continue. “Good. I am originally from the silver moon pack." My mind began to race faster than usual. I was struggling to couple up my scattered thoughts together. If I could remember, Beta Adrian had once told me t
★ELAINE★I remained in my spot with tears pouring down my cheeks. All these while, I have been living a lie with Beta Adrian. He made me fall in love with him. He made me find solace in him. He made me wish I was never with Alpha Damon in the first place. Yet, he was this cruel? Although Alpha Damon had his dark past, he wasn't as grievous as Beta Adrian. My head was spinning out of its axis and I was struggling to breathe. “What is going on here?" Lady Gina walked into the room, looking from me to Tara and then back to me. Not wanting to say anything, I wiped the tears away from the corner of my eyes. “It is nothing. Tara and I were just going down memory lane. We were reflecting on our past and how far we've come." "Oh!" Lady Gina flashed a bright grin at us. “Everyone has a story. Tara, would you like to hear mine after the party?" Tara shakily responded with a nod. “Yes, I will." “Okay, good...but first, we have to prepare the celebrant for the party.” She whisked me back
★ELAINE★“You are an animal! A fucking psychopath!” I cussed angrily at him. “What did I do, Elai—” Beta Adrian tried to touch me, but I yanked my arm out of his reach. “Don't fucking touch me with those filthy, bloody hands!” I shrieked. “You can't just keep cussing me out, Elaine. If there is something I did wrong, tell me. I won't hesitate to apologize to you, you know that right?" His voice sounded apologetic and warm. If I wasn't aware of his heinous past, I would have thought he was the same saint I fell in love with. The Beta that swept me right off my feet from the very moment I came to this pack. The kindhearted, warm, and loving Beta Adrian. But he isn't anymore. He is nothing but a psychotic asshole! Staring at him blankly for a couple of seconds, I was still trying to wrap my head around how gruesome he could be. Such malicious acts on poor innocent children could never justify his quest for bloodthirsty revenge. The sound of their wails as the blade sliced throug