CHAPTER 3

Carina's POV

I was right! This was WormWood Pack. The very pack that every other pack feared. This was the very park into whose hands my father betrayed our pack, the Blue Wood Pack.

I scanned the room and everything I saw confirmed it, including the portrait painting of Blake, the Alpha of WormWood Pack. Or former Alpha?

"Hey.. tsk… Get me out of here, please. Where am I, even?" I asked, trying to get the guards to talk to me, but they remained stoic and didn't even flinch at me.

Slowly, my memories began to fade into my head. Gareth. Eris. Blue Wood Pack. The rejections. The humiliation. It was finally all coming back. I began to remember everything!

The very man who claimed to love me for many years, the very man who I always thought was the love of my life, the person who will heal my broken past and seal my dark secrets. He was the same one who publicly disgraced, humiliated and rejected me, sending me out of his pack. Why? Because of the error of my father, and because I was a Lycan Apex.

As I remembered everything, my heart bled. I cuddled myself on the bed and cried. I was broken, dejected and now, I was subjected into the hands of the most dreaded pack in the Kingdom!

"But that's a good thing!" A voice in my head called out . My wolf.

"What do you mean it's a good thing? To be in WormWood Pack? Under the captivity of the ruthless Alpha?" I asked understandably.

"Yes. I'm talking revenge! You are a special breed, Carina. We must get back at the fucking idiot. The whole of them. Use this pack as your tool. That's a huge power. Tame the Alpha and get your revenge! Will you let your enemies laugh at your downfall? Will you let them be correct about you?"

I sighed. No. Definitely not! She was right. My whole body began to feel stronger than ever. I felt my energy vibrating into an unusually high frequency. I was going to do a comeback! I would strike back at the whole of Blue Wood so hard that they won't be able to get back up.

I felt a surge of power suddenly began to run through my veins. Literally. The more I thought of revenge, the more angry I got and the more energy I seemed to acquire.

It was getting serious. My eyes were getting hot! The more I saw Gareth's face, the more I saw Eris' face, the stronger I felt and the more strange my body became.

The guards noticed. They watched my closely as I sat in one position, my veins glowing and my energy becoming more wild! Suddenly, while they were still watching, I screamed "I'm Coming For You, Gareth! You Will Pay Dearly!"

I shockingly broke the chain that held me. The shackle broke to pieces, leaving just the cuffs in my hands. The sound of the breaking chain echoed throughout the room. The guards got scared as they looked at me. They were really scared. I could smell it. I never knew I could smell.

They quickly shifted and were ready for me. But like a stark razor blade transition, I suddenly fell to the ground, my body was weak.

I passed out.

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"I thought you had died. Welcome back, Carina!" The handsome dude was already sitting beside me, looking very calm.

I managed to seat up and face him, but I couldn't look into his eyes.

He moved his chair closer to me and raised his hands towards me. I instantly flinched and tried to attack him, but he quickly grabbed my hand and etched a warm smile on his cute face.

"Easy there, lady. You could kill someone out of anger someday, you know."

He then began to move closer and closer to me, he locked his gaze on mine. As he moved closer, his face close to mine and his body almost touching mine, I could smell him so dearly. I began to feel so drawn to him.

I knew he was attempting to kiss me. I should stop, I should move back. This is supposedly the Alpha of this pack. The most ruthless pack of all. But I just couldn't, especially when I thought of how Gareth treated me. At this point, I could fall in love with anyone and fuck anyone just to numb my pain

"Phew.." he blew air from his mouth onto my face, removing a piece of paper from my nose.

"There, you need a mirror to look up your face properly!" He said and stood up, leaving me with my mouth ready to kiss. I instantly felt embarrassed. What the fuck?! Was he a playboy?

"Tell me, Carina. What park are you from?" He asked with a commanding but gentle tone.

"Blue Wood Pack." I answered. He turned to look at me and then he grinned.

"Ah. Those loosers. Greedy bastards who would sell their pack just for monetary gain and lustful power!" He scoffed.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, you see, Carina, there was this legend, his name was David Mason. The WormWood Pack was about to wage war with the Blue Moon Pack. We wanted to extend our territory.."

What?! He… he knows my dad? He knows David Mason? Does he know that I'm his daughter? My heartbeat rose.

"I was only a kid then when this guy came to my father to plead for mercy upon his poor, little pack, so we don't wage war against them. Said he has a daughter he couldn't afford to loose. But you see, when his Alpha heard of it, he became angry and decided to kill David. He wanted the war. He was full of himself and craved the position of my father. They fought and David killed him, well, mistakenly!"

My ears were getting filled. My eyes were watering. What was I hearing?

"His pack pack got furious and wanted to revenge for their Alpha. They fought David. They realized he was an unusually strong breed, so they set him up and killed him, leaving his young daughter to suffer for a while in the woods as a rouge. Well, my father got angry and punished the city. Killed many of their men cause they were greedy bastards."

I couldn't control it. I couldn't hold back my tears. They kept flowing like streams of water. Everything I ever knew about my father was a lie. Everything I was told was a lie. A fucking lie!

For all my life, I had hated my father. I grew up with the notion that he was a betrayer and a wicked man who killed his own pack. Oh god!

My wolf whimpered inside me and was hurt. So was I. I couldn't believe that all these years…

"Are you crying, Carina? It's an emotional story, yeah? I found it emotional as well, growing up!" He laughed and gently wiped off the tears from my cheek.

I couldn't answer him, I couldn't face him. I just kept crying like someone who lost a mate. My heart was shredded into pieces that I could never fix. I vowed never to forgive my father for making me what I am. But all he ever did was care for me, fight for me, fight for his pack!

"I'm Alpha Nathan, Alpha of the WormWood Pack!" He suddenly said, introducing himself.

I couldn't stop crying. I tried to raise my head up, but the weight it carried was too much for my neck.

"I know why you're crying. He was your father. You were the little girl he fought to save, dying in the process. You are Carina Mason, daughter of David Mason!" He exclaimed.

I looked up at him in shock!