8" Good morning" his deep husky voice greeted me and the horrible scene last night flashed in my memories as I squirted my head up to look at him from under my long black lashes. " It's okay, you are safe," he assured me as he pulled me into his warm embrace. I couldn't believe he killed him because of me, he thought he was harassing me and yes he was, which was practically my damn fault. I thought I would move him, I only did what I did to piss Hector off but my bad luck had to show up. Ezra was the one who got pissed off instead because of my little act which provoked the beast and almost forced him to rape me.I was at the perk when he suddenly showed up asking me to follow him back to the pack house. And instead of complying, I ignored him trying to show him who the boss was, hell me! I was annoyed with him. I remembered asking him if he had danced with Helen but he just looked at me as if I was some kind of joke! He pretended to not hear my question so I presume he did dance with
9Hector's POVThe familiar scent hit my nose and when I turned to face the direction it came from, I saw Ezra walking towards me from his room. Fuck! My animal was jumping in outrage as her smell appeared on him. Ezra was fucking smelling like her! He was scenting as if he had been drawn into her body and that could be possible. I mean she was his chosen mate and it wasn't as if he didn't want to fuck her. The thought courses my Lycan to growl in my head as it began pushing forward to tear him into pieces that could be more bloody in the end, I looked frustrated. Being the Hector of the Lycan empire, I was trained to kill and protect the pack. A mate was the last thing I ever considered because I was sure that thing couldn't be the fate of a warrior or a killer like myself. The night Ezra summoned me to lead his mate to safety, I thought it was just an order but when I got there, I realized it wasn't but rather a call from fate. Of all the women that Ezra could have chosen, my fated
10' It's for the best' his words, his cold tone kept ringing in my head like musical verses.Sittinkig at Ezra's right-hand side as his queen didn't stop me from thinking of him.How wrong of me but could I be blamed? He called staying by Ezra's side the best. I couldn't stop my heart from hurting. Doing both wasn't easy for me, I didn't intend to lie to Ezra. The urge to tell him about my fated mate was stronger but I couldn't do it because I get a little scared when I remember his words ' I can't betray Ezra ' . Those were his words and they hurt me more. He said he couldn't betray Ezra but he was willing to betray my love for him, our natural bond because of him, tears threatened to fall as I glared at the corner of the room bumping into his stares. He was looking at me like nothing was wrong and I felt like breaking down on my knees and shamelessly begged him to tell everyone about what we shared. Did he think I would be okay after he said those dump words to me? I sniffed not ta
11' The pack is under attack ' I thought the day was going to go by smoothly but I was wrong. I thought they won't attack again or should I say they were supposed to know better?' head to the borders now!' I heard Kelvin's voice through the mind link as I raced through the woods. He was the fucking gamma you won't like to know any fucking thing about and also the head of the pack's security shift. I wasn't under his command, not anyone, the only one who was eligible to order me was the king because that was how it had always been. He stopped crossing my path and trying to prove a point in front of Ezra long before I offered to serve the royal house. I stopped at the western border but there was no single warrior over here, just quiet with the births and squirrels chirping. I wondered where they could have gone. I was sure I heard that right, I was told those rogues were spotted at the borders and here I was.I looked around with my wolfish eyes as I sniffed the air to be sure I was
12Catherine's POVAria was running in a flash and bumping into trees here and there without a care as if none of it hurts. She was head bent on getting to him, we felt him and his pain. He was hurt and in pain, we could feel this because our souls were bonded. Growls leaving her mouth like a hungry beast, I could feel myself growing weaker within her. The pain she was feeling was correct, just like I assumed, Hector was in pain and we could feel it vividly. Both Aria and I, feeling the pain of a fated mate weren't news because I remember mom did the Same. The same thing happened to her when dad was attacked on his way back from a meeting with another pack.I wasn't surprised when the pain cut through me a while ago because I could guess the thoughts of my wolf but not all the time did it come out correct. Aria and I were one just like every wolf was with their human but much different in many ways.A growl left her mouth as she halted in her race just at the very edge of the cliff wi
13Hector's POV" pup" I heard his fucking voice from outside in midst of the trees and wondered what he wanted this time because I wasn't in mood for his shits. He should be in his fucking haunt, for god sake the main pack house was attacked a while ago!I stepped out and spotted him behind the trees" you know her" Her? I didn't understand until the familiar scent took over my senses. What the fuck was she doing here? I thought I had already gotten rid of the temptation,I chuckled as I halted my step beside her unconscious body. " she has it on you" he was about to take her when a sudden growl left my mouth as I rushed to carry her naked body from the ground. Without a single glare back I went into my haunt. I have been living in these woods for more than half of my life.I laid her on my bed and managed to get a bed cover to wrap her up. I couldn't guarantee she would like it in here, I thought looking around the room. For the first time, I was showing care for unnecessary stuff lik
14Hector's POV" Stop fighting" after hearing my strong voice, she loosened up a bit as her body stopped moving violently"Hector?" I could feel her relaxed muscles as I pulled her to myself sitting my hands on her tiny waist. I didn't know what was coming over me but I loved our current position or maybe I was trying to make myself feel less guilty either way, I shrugged. I knew she ran away because of me. I shouldn't have been that harsh with her. She sobbed silently, dropping her gaze as if she didn't want me to see her cry. It was alright to cry but I didn't expect to fucking care when I knew I was why she was crying. I didn't need a death sentence before knowing she wasn't mine, already slipped from my hands that very day I saw her. And why was I angry? Was it because I didn't want to let her go?She couldn't be my mate not after she agreed to Ezra. I wasn't blaming her though but I mean, who should I pin it on? Myself?It pissed me off to think that Ezra could give her everythin
15Catherine's POVImmediately I sat down, I met her gaze. I thought she would tell everyone about what she saw but to my surprise, she kept her mouth shut and bent her head to eat her food in full.Did I scare her? I thought about it and mentally shook my head. It couldn't be because I knew how much of a problem Sandra was. She never gets scared easily, what if she was planning something stupid? I didn't think a snake like her was capable of minding its own business. She could fool anyone but certainly not me, I just believe she had something under her sleeve. " hmm" Ezra's father, my number one hater, cleared his throat capturing everyone's attention and Ezra suddenly took my hand from under the table as he knew what the man was going to say and squeezed it a little like he knew I was feeling uncomfortable with his father. I felt guilty for lying to him like that. Things were not supposed to happen like that but I guess we don't always get it easy.Ezra was about to speak when his f
Catherine's POV" Luna '' the man acknowledged my present with a small smile and that was after Hector had disappeared from the room. I flickered my gaze to him not knowing how to feel even though I wasn't the least scared of anything. Having Hector with me again seemed to solve my every problem, his present was all that I needed and thanks to the goddess I have gotten it. I understood how wrong it was for a pack member to see their Luna cuddling in the arms of another but I wasn't ashamed of anything.I stared at him again , his black hair was short unlike Hector who had it long behind him. His eyes gave more of a friendly vibe than the danger his body screams.There was no familiarity with him, he seemed young like someone in his late twenties. While I was wondering who he was ,he was busy watching my face for whatever reason" Sorry Luna " he apologized probably for his eyes still looking down at me which made me wonder why because he wasn't stopping" By the way I'm Jacob, the pack
Hector's POVI have never looked back before and I fucking hated myself more when I recollect old James' confidence when he said I would look back one day and he would live to see that day, it was a promise and I guess he has worn miserably because of her. I certainly couldn't stop myself from looking back and I guess it was the new routine for me.Catherine... It would always be her and no one else. Feeling her warmth again after days felt like decades and I didn't want to part away from her. She was all that I thought about for the past few days and so here I was feeling her in my arms again. The crazy night we shared had left something in me that I no longer wanted to let out of my sight for even a minute. I dropped here first just to see her pretty face because Ezra was in a meeting with the elders and since I couldn't hold my thirst for her I followed up to meet her in her room not minding the dangers lingering around.I was aware Ezra could walk in any moment but that wasn't so
Catherine's POVI had made up my mind to save myself the torture and ask Ezra about Hector though I was wary of what I might find and scared to find out something that would kill the little life left in me.I was scared of the unknown.But I was already dying not knowing anything.I would beg him not to do anything to him maybe that would help, I would do my best and explain to him how he rejected me many times. And it was all my fault, I used the bond against him. I made him want me even when he didn't want to betray his alpha. Tears blurred my vision once again as if I wasn't tired enough, I was dead tired but very much afraid.I shook my head and wiped my tears away staring out the window, at the green thick forest that lay behind the huge building of the Lycan pack as the warm air brushed my hair from my face. The forest seemed quiet and peaceful with only the chirping of the birds and the living insect. But then nothing seemed to be distracting me, earlier I had my class with Sir
Staring up at his face, It was nothing but cold. His expression was calm and gentle yet his speech seemed hushed and threatened. What was I supposed to do? He meant what he said and I couldn't tell how much he had accomplished. What if he had already done what he said or worse?I couldn't sleep that night as I kept rolling and turning on the bed in discomfort. I was too worried and scared for my good. I was scared for Hector's life, I was terrified that something might have happened to him. I couldn't imagine anything good coming from a person's sudden disappearance, he disappeared before I could wake up in the morning and now it was midnight for God's sake! He was my guard and what was I supposed to think when he hadn't shown up for more than twelve hours?I didn't know what to make out of this and the worse part was Ezra seem to know everything and what would stop him from killing him? A tear slipped from my eyes with my lips parted lying on my side with half of my face buried in th
" I want you to know it's not an order," I said and she shook her head "No Luna, I'm okay besides, serving you is the best thing that has ever happened to me in this pack," she said the last part in a small sad tone and I raised a brow. " I loved you since the first day you stepped into this pack and when the king ordered me to always attend to you, I felt like a new person. You are a good soul Luna, I want you to know that" I nodded without knowing what to say because certainly, I didn't expect anything like this from someone who knew about my betrayal and how unfair I was treating her alpha." I will just clean up" I dragged my ass toward the edge of the bed and stopped down.I strode to the bathroom directing my steps to the sink to wash my stained face. As I finished washing my face, I noticed my swollen cheek and the small cut on my lip which had dried blood on it. I creased my left red cheek with my hand feeling how hard it was but for some reason, I couldn't feel a single pain a
Catherine's POVI had a beautiful life growing up in my pack and that was because I had the most lovely mother and father to see me through, the kind of parent I didn't want to lose. My life used to be anything but certainly not out of their interest. How weird could things get? Now I could tell how ready I was to take this path without their support. She hurt me, mom confused me with her decision. Why Ezra? Why did she have to leave me under his care? I didn't get why, how come he still wanted me after what I had done? Why was I locked up in his room instead of the dungeon where traitors like myself deserve to be? I betrayed him by sleeping with another man who was my fated mate, shouldn't he punish me for my betrayal? Nothing was calling in nor did I have the mind to understand him and what he intended to do with me. I doubted he wanted me to be his queen and Luna after what I had done to him. No alpha would allow that even my parents couldn't take the shameful part of it so I guess
" you smell different... And good" he whispered to me all of a sudden leaving a wet kiss on my forehead and strode out of the room shutting the door behind him. I just stood there with the white towel around my chest. Did he just say I smell different? I didn't understand why he said that nor how different I smelled but Aria seemed to be aware of what he just said' Can you say something?' I demanded but knowing my stubborn wolf very well she didn't blink an eye just like she always does, not the least intimidated by my voice. She hated to be ordered and I had no idea why or maybe because she was an alpha wolf. I picked the blue dress among the dresses on the bed and within a minute I was done wearing it. Standing behind the mirror, I checked myself out as my mind recalled a lot of the things that happened the previous night. And within me, I felt something different, something more exciting was exploding within me that I couldn't place a hand on. I was feeling weird inside but I was
......Catherine's POV" Luna you can't be seen like this" someone whispered pulling me abruptly and gently by the arm into a room before I could access the familiar female voice, I was already inside as the door shut behind me almost immediately leaving me in total darkness and within seconds the light flipped on" Lydia?" I was surprised and confused at the same time to see my maid acting like a hero instead of reporting me missing to the alpha king. What was that about? My eyes unconsciously stared around and that was when I became aware of the familiar room. The room I used to occupy before Ezra decided we settle for one room.What was all this?I couldn't guess what her mission was but she was shading me. I noticed the golden veil on the bed, yes the same girl I was wearing last night" You followed me?" I wasn't sure what I was asking because I certainly didn't notice anyone behind me when I was running off to Hector's and l doubt she did. But she surprised me with her nod after l
I strode into the house and gently lowered her onto the bed to not wake her " Hector" she opened her eyes and grabbed my arm the minute I was about to walk out of her side "Rest" I said this and she slowly loosened her grip. I tagged her under the sheet before walking to the small closet, grabbing ripped jeans to cover myself. " what do you want?" he stared at my room door before clearing his throat. I had never been the type that entertained visitors in my home though it wasn't the first time he was coming down here. " I doubt you will want to make noise" he raised a brow and I narrowed my eyes. I wasn't worried about anything because I knew Copper doesn't care about any of this" The alpha wants to see you" was not surprising besides, it makes a lot of sense.I shut the mind link a few hours ago when I was making out with Catherine "Any idea why?" I asked not worried much because it wasn't his first time summoning me at late night " Not really" Copper answered with an uncertain look