~Jake~"What the hell is going on here? Why is there a secret meeting going on here with only the Beta" I bellowed as I barged into the secret close-door meeting that I was not aware of. A guard had told me about this meeting a whole ago, but I hadn't believed him. I had to come by and see for myself. And now, seeing that even my friend and Beta, Aiden, was seated in the meeting, a new flare of anger rose in me.Aiden stood, and tried to speak, but one glare from me was enough to keep him quiet."You can't speak to us in that manner, Alpha Jake. This is exactly one of the reasons why we don't want you as an Alpha anymore. You are too irrational, impulsive and you lack respect. If we don't take full action now, Halfmoon Pack will be sunk into nothing."one of the Council members said, giving me a matching glare.“What?” I scoffed in unbelief. “So now I'm irrational?”"You can't give us what we want. Aiden is a much better candidate than you ever would be. I don't know why you keep on f
~Kira~"Have you decided on what your baby's name would be?”I ran my hands through the flowers as Jayden and I walked through the garden, inhaling their flowery scent which did a good job with calming me. I don't know yet.” I replied . “Xavier and I haven't discussed that. He's been acting so weird lately, and ignoring me. Even though he is not being violent or trying to be abusive, whenever I try to have a conversation with him, he always claims to be busy.”Jayden shrugged. “Busy? But we've barely had anything to do in the Pack for some time now. Unless he has some external things that he's doing”Almost immediately the words left his mouth, he realized that he might have insinuated something, and the look on his face showed instant regret. I stopped walking to face him. “Jay, do you think that he is slowly falling out of love with me?" Jayden had an unreadable expression on his face as he tried to avoid eye contact with me. "Maybe he is really busy. Being the Alpha of the Pack
~Kira~"Let go of me Xavier, you're hurting me.”What the hell is wrong with you?" I tried to pull my hands away from his tight grip but he held on tighter, half dragging me through the hallway.“Xavier…please, people are watching” I pleaded again as I half-ran to meet up with his stride.He ignored me, and kept on walking until he got to the door of our room. Pushing me into the bedroom, he shut the door loudly. "I am not stupid Kira.” He said as he dropped my arm roughly. “I know what I saw. You are getting too cozy with my Beta or do you think that I’m blind? I have been noticing suspicious movement between the both of you. Don't try to deny it." He accused, his ears turning a shade of red.I gaped at the stranger before me. This wasn't the Xavier who professed love to me. This stranger in front of me isn't the one who had accepted to be a father to my baby.“What in the whole heavens is wrong with you, Xavier?” I asked, rubbing my already bruised arm."When I am not around, I kno
~Ella~I wished to be anywhere else but here. This was a nightmare and also not how I planned to spend my day, but I had to be the good Luna who always honors people's invitations no matter how annoying they can be, no matter how much of a pest they can be. Anyway, I just don't have to stay for many hours, I will just stop by for a bit and then leave. This damn get together was an excuse for everyone to flash their stylish dresses and their wealth. It was a get together, not a ball party for goodness sake!I don't know why they were all wearing formal gowns as if they were trying to impress someone. I know that most of these women don't like me. The fact that I was the Luna and a young one at that. Most of them wanted Jake, but he wasn't giving them any attention. The only reason why I was here was because I had to make Jake look good.He has been feeling so stressed lately. Even though Jake was hurting me, I wanted to be a good wife to him. I didn't want him to regret his decisio
~Kira~"You have to get far away from here. You aren't safe here.”I gasped as I heard the voice. I'd thought that I was alone here in the woods. “He’s lying to you. He isn't who he says. You shouldn't trust him so blindly. Don't be madly in love and be so naive and stupid that you can't see the truth before you." I looked around to find out who was saying that.I walked towards the direction the voice came from."Who are you and what are you talking about? Reveal yourself and stop hiding like a coward. Tell me what you mean and stop beating around the bush. I came here for some peaceful time, not to be creeped out." It was as if the person kept on changing positions but I was certain that it was a woman. If only I could find out where she was hiding."Knowing who I am is not important, I am just giving you a fair warning before it becomes too late and you'll be the next sacrificial person. He is treating you like a princess right now because he needs something from you. Don't be s
~Ella~I have never felt so humiliated and embarrassed in my entire life, not even when Jake had intentionally ignored me in public gatherings and pretended that we weren't a couple.I have gotten used to the fact that he would never love me the way he loves Kira no matter how much he tried to deny that he didn't want her back because of love, but for the child that she was carrying.To most outsiders, we look like the perfect couple. He was good looking, and I was too. My family wasn't poor neither was Jake's family, but they don't know what goes on behind closed doors. How my husband treats me like trash and prefers another woman over me. I wouldn't be surprised one day if Jake decides to hit me. Whenever he was near me, it felt as if he was being pricked all over his body with sharp needles. He felt irritated whenever I was near him. He even accused me of not being pregnant and even if I was pregnant, that I was the cause of all my miscarriages. As if that was what I wanted to he
~Xavier~The atmosphere right now matched my mood. The weather was so gloomy, as if there was going to be a heavy downpour soonest.On a normal day, I would have loved the weather. But today was not a normal day, and I wasn't happy. There was nothing that could make me happy, not even running in my wolf form. I was feeling depressed and so was my wolf. He wasn't happy that I had been ignoring our mate but there was nothing I could do except to stay far away from Kira. I didn't want to send her away. I couldn't bring myself to do that. That will be wickedness on my part and I am sure the Moon goddess wouldn't look at me very well.I was having sleepless nights, and I missed Kira so much. She was the only one who kept me sane. I can't lose her. I can't even begin to imagine life without Kira. I don't think I would want to live in that kind of world anymore.I wasn't scared of her hurting me. I was scared of the opposite of that. I can't kill Kira. I can't bring any harm upon her. I wou
~Ella~If Jake was to read my thoughts right now, or even come near me, he would notice how sweaty I was, and how fast my heart was pounding.I have never felt so scared in my life. I don't even want to think what would happen to me if Jake were to find out that I was the one responsible for what happened to his friend and Beta. I should have locked the door. I should have hit him harder so he couldn't have survived it. How could I be so stupid? Seeing him right now looking all recovered and walking around the house as if he owned the place made me angry and paranoid. Why didn't the idiot just die? Is his wolf that strong? Maybe I should have added some wolfsbane injections to him.I wondered if he remembered who attacked him or if he was pretending not to know. Did I knock memory loss into his head or was he just toying with me?I still remember what he said at the hospital about the perpetrator making the next move. I wouldn't be so stupid to attack Aiden anytime soon. I know that
~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