~Kira~My brain registered what Xavier was saying as I looked down at myself. The fact that I looked like someone who had tussled on the ground with her lover, and Jay was shirtless, spoke volumes.“No, Xavier; this is not what it looks like” I started, feeling the need to explain what had happened, but his growl stopped me.“What were you doing with my mate in such an enclosed area of the woods, Jayden?” Xavier asked again.His voice was low and dangerous, his eyes burning with a mixture of anger and betrayal. I stood beside him, my heart pounding with fear and confusion. The air crackled with tension, thick and charged with unspoken accusations.Jay, usually confident and composed, looked genuinely caught off guard. He glanced at me, then back at Xavier, his own expression tightening with concern. "Xavier, it's not what you think. We were just...""Just what?" Xavier's voice rose, cutting through the stillness of the woods. "A harmless run? Is that what you were doing?"I stepped fo
~Xavier~I couldn’t believe the words that had come out of Kira’s mouth. What the fuck does she mean that she is pregnant? And worst of all was that the baby isn’t for me but for her ex who almost made her commit suicide?What the fuck!My head was pounding. My breath was ragged. And I fought so hard to take control of my emotions. I could feel the wheels turning ferociously in my brain and looking for an exit to break apart.The worst thing that I detested in this whole life. Pregnancy! And I’d fucked her with another man’s baby in her belly? Dumping my load and all? So what had happened to the herb that I’d been feeding her with almost every day? Why hadn’t the herb helped in terminating the thing in her belly since she started taking it?Fuck!My hands shook with anger as I threw punches at the punching bag suspended from the ceiling, the force of my fists making a hole in the bag and ultimately pulling it down. I groaned loudly in frustration and stomped on the punching bag which
~Kira~All through the day to the next, I didn’t set my eyes on Xavier. I went out of my way to look for him in all the corners that he usually is, but it was as if he had been blown off the face of the earth and the Packhouse.When I asked his beta, all he told me was to give him time, and that he wouldn’t be found if he didn’t want to be found. All the other people that I ever also asked said that they hadn’t seen him since the day before. I went to bed with tears in my eyes, crying until I finally felt the hands of sleep slowly drawing me away from my consciousness.But this morning, one of the servants that I’d continuously asked about the whereabouts of Xavier came to me when I was talking to myself in the garden. That had been a way for me to cope. I hadn’t turned to Jay because I didn’t want Xavier to misunderstand anything about us in case he saw us together again. He tried so many times to stay with me but I told him not to worry about me and go about his daily business.Now
~Kira~I blinked twice, trying my best not to drop any tears. If it was just Xavier, then I wouldn’t mind showing my weakness, but Lola was there and I knew that seeing me in distress was the only thing that would make her happy. So I refused to give her that satisfaction.“I’m not just anyone, Xav. I’m your mate and Luna. And you can’t talk to me in front of your…mistress. Is that what she is right now? After you promised that there was nothing going between the two of you?”He took another drag and held Lola’s neck as he blew the smoke in her face, very close to her lips. In fact, their lips almost touched. Lola was enjoying whatever was happening a little too much. She giggled again like a high school teenager who had just received her first kiss from her longtime crush.I would be a great liar if I said that the scenario playing out in front of me didn’t hurt. It hurt like hell. It squeezed my heart as tight as possible, and then yanked it out before breaking it into little pieces
~Kira~When I finally got to the privacy of our room, I broke down. Those tears that I’d been holding in for the longest time finally got free, and they rained in torrents. I clutched my chest as I tried not to think about what I’d seen back in Xavier’s office. At this point, I was starting to believe that I was actually cursed. There was no other plausible explanation for what was happening to me. I was still beating myself up when a knock sounded on the door.“Go away. Go away, please” I muttered and curled myself on the bed. I grabbed one pillow and cried into it.The knock sounded again. I groaned in frustration and raised my head from the pillow. “I said go away! I don’t need anything from any of you!”The knock stopped. But after a few seconds, the door carefully swung open, and a small gasp sounded. I turned and saw Alianna. Of course, she’d be the only one who can open the door even when I say no."Luna, what's wrong?" Alianna asked gently, setting the tray of food down on th
~Xavier~For days, my mood was entirely off. Anyone who got in my way was treated accordingly and made to pay for a problem that they knew nothing about. Everything that I’d tried to do to forget that Kira lied to me, proved abortive.Initially, I decided to give Lola a chance when she slithered up to me like a serpent in need of a rat to feed on, but I couldn’t even stand her for one whole day. After Kira barged into my office that day and saw us, I immediately sent her out after I was sure that Kira wasn’t anywhere near the office anymore.Seeing her in that deplorable state weakened any sort of erection that I would have gotten from Lola’s touch- not that I was going to anyway. For a moment there, I was tempted to take her into my arms and comfort her- tell her that there was no need for her to be so hard on herself. I was tempted to clean that one stray tear that escaped from her eyes, even though I could see how strongly she tried to keep the others in.I hadn’t spared her a gla
~Jake~(Back at Crescent Pack)I looked at Ella as if she had grown two heads. I didn’t understand anything anymore. Our union wasn’t what it used to be and I’ve been getting easily irritated with almost everything she does. It doesn’t matter if she was trying to please me or not, I just didn’t see her the same way anymore. Watching her stand before me, telling me the same bad news that I’ve been hearing for the past couple of months now, I felt bitterness rise like bile in me.“What do you mean by you lost the pregnancy?” I asked.She sniffled as she looked up at me with tears in her eyes. “I had a miscarriage. I don’t know what happened. I woke up and saw that I was bleeding. I visited the doctor and he said that the baby is gone.”I knew that I was at least supposed to feel some sort of pity for her, especially since this was our baby that we were talking about. But all I felt was anger which I couldn’t even tell where it was coming from. It wasn’t as if she was the reason for her
~Jake~The next few days passed in a blur, with Ella nursing herself after her miscarriage, and me looking for every possible means to get into the Half moon Pack to see Kira.I wanted to bid my time well, such that alpha Xavier wouldn't have any choice but to let me in. I even tried to get any past dirty secrets of Alpha Xavier, but his records were clean. There was no way that I could put him down for meting out punishments to the people who deserved it as that was the only thing that we could find.Aidan also said something about him murdering his former mate, but all of that was speculation because there was no proof to back it up.As I sat in my office trying to rack my brain and think of something, Aidan knocked and walked him. His facial expression was down, and he looked as though he had been arguing with a lot of people for the longest time.He was supposed to fill in for me at the Council meeting of the elders, but I hadn't expected that they'd be done at this time.“You're
~Kira~It has been one hell of a week. I knew it wasn't going to be roses and unicorns. I knew that once I stepped foot into Crescent Pack, they would want to have my head. If it wasn't for Alpha Jake who was beside me, and all the warriors that he took from Half Moon Pack, then I would have been dead by now. It took some time to quiet everything down. They didn't trust me until I recounted the story that the witch told me and where my heritage came from. I wanted nothing more than for everyone to live in peace. I proposed a merger with Half Moon Pack which at first they all refused since both Packs had long been sworn enemies but since the Pack had no alpha, and Jayden was the one who was running everything, he decided for the elders of the council to conclude on what they wanted.Both Pack elders went into a meeting. The elders from Half Moon Pack and the elders from Crescent Pack all came together. It took a lot of convincing for them to finally agree to a merger. Jayden was sh
~Kira~"Don't worry my love, you don't have to be nervous about it. She isn't harmful, even though she may appear intimidating.” Jake said, rubbing my shoulders in reassurance. I gulped down my nervousness especially when the witch walked in.I was expecting to see a grouchy old lady, but she was quite young. I removed the hood from my head. I had insisted on it so that no one would recognize us. I am glad that Beta Aiden decided to look after Sawyer.She sat down in front of us. Her eyes widened when she made eye contact with me."I can say that I am quite surprised to see you, Alpha Jake. The last time you were here was to make an inquiry about how your late Luna couldn't give birth to your child. Now you are here with a much different wolf. A very powerful one at that. I never thought that you were still alive. I thought you had died." My hold on Jake tightened. She didn't mean it in a scary way but I still felt shivers run down my spine."What do you mean by that? Do you know w
~Kira~To say that I was surprised was an understatement. I always knew that Ella was all kinds of evil, but I never knew that she would go to the extent of trying to lace my drink with poison.I don't know how she drank the poison, but I am grateful to whoever swapped the drink. I have had a taste of what consuming wolfsbane felt like and it wasn't a good feeling. I was still astonished at how I survived that torture. Maybe because I wasn't forced to drink it but Ella wanted to kill me on the spot. She wanted to give me a humiliating death just the way she gave to that Councilman.It has been days since her funeral and the execution of the bodyguard who was her accomplice. I don't even know the man and yet he had so much grudge against me.Things were beginning to quiet down in the Pack. Even though people still talked about Ella's sudden death, all these things that had been going on made me realize something and I didn't want to waste any more time. I decided to accept Jake back
~Jake~When I heard the loud thud and saw Ella passed out on the floor, I thought it was one of her little pranks for seeking attention. I was going to commend her for staying drama-free at this party, but I guess I was too quick to speak.When I noticed that it wasn't a prank, and something was really wrong with her, I rushed towards her but Aiden was already there. With the help of some guests, Ella was moved into her room where the Pack doctor examined her.I thought that maybe she was sick or wasn't feeling well, but when he told me that Ella had consumed a large amount of wolfsbane, I was shocked.wolfsbane was banned from the Pack ages ago, so where the hell did that come from? And of all places, it had to be the party that I was throwing for Kira. Was someone trying to sabotage me purposely?He said there was no way to save her and that the poison was already spreading to her heart. I watched as Ella convulsed to death, the look of anguish on her face. I knew that she didn't w
~Ella~This party was a colossal waste of time. The bitch has rarely stood up from her seat. She was supposed to be up and about so that she would take the poisoned drink that I'd arranged, from the server close to her.I couldn't take my eyes off her because I didn't want to miss the death show that was about to happen. All I needed her to do was take that glass of wine.She mingled with just a few people, but everyone wanted to talk to her. They were treating her as if she was some sort of celebrity and I know that she was loving the attention even though she pretended not to do so.What a sneaky little snake. Girls like Kira were so easy to predict. I knew that she had sex with Alpha Jake. Even though she pretended to hate him, she wouldn't waste any time spreading her legs for that jerk.I couldn't wait for the highlight of this party. Kira would soon be taken out as a corpse. In her next miserable life, she would wish that she had never met Alpha Jake or been his mate. Kira did
~Kira~I never thought that I would ever have sex with Alpha Jake again but I can't say that I regretted it. There was this burning desire in me that I have been pushing away ever since I came back to Half Moon Pack, but yesterday I decided to give in to it and I can say that it was one of the best nights of my life.I knew that I had been lying to myself all this while, that somewhere within me I still had feelings for him.Well, since the moon goddess loves to play with me a lot, I decided that I have had enough of pushing Alpha Jake away. I was going to embrace my feelings for him.I accepted the idea of having a party for me and Sawyer. I just didn't expect a lot of people to turn up. I was hoping that not a lot of people would show up for the party but it seems as if everyone wanted to get a glimpse of Luna Kira, Alpha Jake's former mate whom he rejected.I know they were all waiting for some kind of drama. Maybe they were hoping for Alpha Jake to call all this a prank.I could
~Ella~When I remembered the conversation I overheard, I felt like killing Kira and melting her body in acid. She was truly a snake. From afar, you would think she was so docile but she was nothing but a serpent, and she has succeeded in slithering her way into my husband's life.All he ever talks about now is Kira this, and Kira that. It was really starting to get irritating hearing that name constantly.I knew that killing Kira would not be easy but I wanted to give her a more painful and humiliating death than Councilman Martinez. Only a few wolves knew how he died. Jake didn't give full disclosure to people who were curious about his death and what was the cause of it, but with Kira, I would make sure that everyone would see her.When I found out that Jake was having a party in honor of her return, I felt as if a thousand needles were being pricked into my heart and skin. He kept on giving me excuses whenever I asked for something, but with Kira, he was ready to move mountains. An
~Jake~Something doesn't feel right. No matter how much I tried to ignore it, I knew that Councilman Martinez's death wasn't suicide. That guard knows something. He was protecting someone. He wouldn't give up who the criminal was.Whoever killed him took their precious time killing him. The poison ivy was just to make him go through pain. The itching and swelling were nasty to even look at.I wonder what his thoughts were as he died. What was the motive of the killer? I know that Councilman Martinez was a very dirty man. He wasn't straightforward. His death wasn't a surprise to me nor am I going to mourn for him, that was for his wife and son who had also suddenly gone missing. I decided to take a break from catching the mysterious killer and focus on Kira who has been acting strange ever since I came back with Sawyer. She didn't give me her usual gentle smile, instead, she snatched Sawyer from me, slamming the door in my face. I stood there in utter shock and when I raised my hand
~Kira~A loud knock interrupted my reading session. I thought it was Alpha Jake or his annoying Beta. I haven't seen him ever since he said he was taking Sawyer for a walk.I wasn't worried though. I knew Jake wouldn't allow anything to happen to our son. I opened the door only to see Ella standing before me.I hardened my look. What the hell did she want now? Hasn't she made my life a living hell enough? I always avoided being in the same room with Ella. I knew that she wanted nothing but trouble and I was not in the mood for her drama. She was a manipulative liar and I didn't want to be caught in her web of lies.I almost closed the door in her face but she put out a hand, pushing it wide open, inviting herself into my room.When she walked past me, I caught a whiff of a very familiar smell. I scrunched up my nose. It wasn't pleasant to the nose. I couldn't really pinpoint what kind of smell it was since it was covered by her usual minty scent, but it was as if she combined her