KAYAShe looked familiar.I knew I'd seen her before but I just couldn't place my mind on where exactly. However, it seems like I was the only one in the room who didn't find her presence bothering me.Allister, Nora and Adrian all stood very alert looking at her and I could feel the tension in the room very strongly.“Can I come in?” Her voice was very silent and she sounded fragile.She's sick, it was obvious from the way she looked so pale and seeing that she had lost so much weight, I'm thinking it's severe.Also, I could smell that there was something wrong.I'd never seen Adrian look at someone the way he was looking at her. Gosh, I really need to remember where I had seen her from.“How dare you come back here after what you did?! Don't you have any shame? Aren't you scared that I might kill you where you stand?! “Woah, okay so I see she's not a friend.“I know I've messed up and there is nothing I can do to make up for my actions.”Adrian didn't even let her speak.“You’re su
KAYA“Don’t tell me you don't plan to leave any more just because Milo's mother came around.”I couldn't even answer her because it was like she already knew the answer. How could I leave the boy to deal with all this?After seeing his mother that day, he locked himself in the room and cried. Adrian and I tried to get him to open the door but he refused. The fact that he couldn't speak made things worse.That just made Adrian angry and he was about to tell his mother to leave the house but I had to stop him.“Listen, I know you're angry but please, don't do this. She's trying to make amends.”“Make amends?! She put him in that state in the first place. She's the reason why Milo had to go through everything he did and it's obvious the boy doesn't want to see her so she might as well leave.”His voice was loud and I was very sure that she could hear him from downstairs.I had to drag him to my room and force him to sit.“Relax okay? I know you're just trying to look out for him but rig
THIRD PERSON POVThey were sitting in his living room. Naya and Serena were looking around them living room like it was a place they had never seen before..Actually, they had every reason to. There were little to no furniture in the living room, strange objects hung from different parts of the ceiling like it was some private ritual.They felt very uncomfortable about this place. I mean, it was in the middle of nowhere and if they died, no one would ever know.They wanted to signal Luke to get them out of there but he wasn't looking at them. He had been acting very strange and it bothered Naya because she knew it wasn't like this.Either way, they pushed their troubles aside and decided to listen to the old man who had broken them out of their cells.When they were done talking an hour later, the entire room fell into silence.“So you're saying that you want us to kill Adrian so you can get to catch the wolf?“Not just any wolf, the special wolf. I can't go into details about all tha
ADRIAN“What? What did you just say?”They both looked at me like they had no idea what I was talking about.“I’m asking you a question! What did you just say?! How could this have happened and you're just letting me know now?!"Nora stepped forward.“Alpha, we were going to tell you about it but that was the day she returned.”I forbade her name from being called in this house. My mind suddenly flashed back to that day when she came when Nora and Allister were standing together with Kaya and they said they had something to tell me but her presence distracted us.“Did Kaya know about this?”“No! She didn't. She asked but we didn't tell her because it involved the both of them."How on earth did Serena and Naya break out of their cells?“What were the guards doing? Were they sleeping while they walked past them? How could they be there while all that was happening?!”I knew I was raising my voice but right now, I was very mad. In fact, I'd been mad since she stepped her feet into this
KAYAThis situation reminded me of the time that Adrian had gone missing and no one agreed to answer my question concerning his whereabouts no matter how much I asked.At that point in time, Nora and Allister were always talking in hushed voices and as soon as they saw me, they'd act like nothing was going on and they'd split up and change the topic.Right now, as I was standing at the top of the stairs, I could see them talking in hushed voices but I couldn't hear what they were saying.I was still mad at Adrian so I couldn't speak to him yet so right now, I could only ask Nora and Allister what was going on.So I decided to risk it and go downstairs.As expected, they stopped talking when they saw me and put in that fake smile that always creeps me out.“Hey guys, what's going on?”“Nothing!” She had that high pitched voice that let me know that she was lying. “Allister, why don't you go check on the guards? I'll finish up here.”As she said that, Allister gave her a look that meant
ADRIANI'd gone for a walk. I needed to clear my head before I lost it in that house.Kaya was very mad, she didn't bother to hide it from anyone and since she wasn't speaking to me for the way I acted towards Ava, this just made things worse.Before long, she packed up her things and came downstairs.“I’m leaving. I'm done with this, Adrian! I'm done with the lies and secrets.”There was nothing I could even say to her to convince her otherwise. Nora was trying to speak to her but I knew it was pointless. She already had plans to leave a while ago and with Ava's coming, she decided to postpone her plans.“Why’re you acting like this? Why're you acting like you don't care about her?”Of course, Nora had to bust my ass about doing nothing.“What do you want me to do? You want me to have begged her and told her not to leave? You knew that she would not have listened to me, you know she's crazy mad at me and speaking to her would make things worse.”I didn't even want her to raise her vo
KAYAIt took everything in me to gather up my things to leave. I thought I didn't have the guts to. But I did as a matter of fact.That day, I packed my things up and left, not wanting to have to deal with Adrian right now. I stopped for a bit when I walked past Milo's room but I slid a letter under his door, hoping that he would not hate me when he read it.Finding my way back to my pack was hard, as I didn't exactly walk here and I had barely been to my pack on foot but thankfully, Lia was there to help me.“You know, he was just trying to protect you. He didn't want you to have to deal with all that and that's why he didn't tell you about it.”I didn't answer her. Of course, she would support him.“Are we almost there? How much longer till we get there?”I'd been walking for two days, the last thing I needed was more stress. I just wanted to get back there and do what I had to do so I could leave.“Yeah, we should be there by nightfall. I should warn you about something though.”I
THIRD PERSON POVThey made it back to Alpha Adrian's pack that night. It was raining and so, it acted in their favor because the chaos would take attention away from them.Since Naya and Luke basically knew the lack like the back of their hands, they knew where to go that would take attention away from them, so they stayed in the little abandoned pack far away from other houses.Their agreement to work with the grandmaster meant that they now had powers of their own and they could hear him too.So when they fully settled in, he reached out to them.“Your first assignment would be to look for any female who had just found their wolf. This person is in that pack but we just don't know who. With the powers, you would be able to feel the strength when you're around them. It would be like they're more powerful than you.”They didn't understand this assignment.“Why are you looking for them? What did they do?”The grandmaster wasn't in the mood for questions.“Just do as you're told. And ma
THIRD PERSON POVMilo looked around him and wondered what was going on.They hadn't been told anything but the guards had come around the day before to round them up and take them outside.That was the first time some of them were seeing sunlight in months and he felt bad for them. He had been seeing it since he basically dined with the king every night.Even though he kept asking where they were being taken to, there was no answer given and batch by batch, they were taken out of the room.Unlike last time, he was blindfolded and transported away from the pack. They drove a while in the carriage and then they stopped at a small pack at the edge of the Bouncy Jackson.Milo had learnt that it was named that because if you dropped anything mistakenly into it, the Jackson would throw it back up. Fools who threw themselves into it were never seen again.They took them to a house and put them there, guarding the door just like back in the palace.Thankfully, Daphne was by his side.“What do
KAYAGetting in didn't prove like much of a hassle to me and before long, I was in and walking around the palace.The next step was to find out where the bastard was so I could kill him once and for all. Golden Blade didn't seem so bad now that I thought about it. I mean, the kingdom looked pretty up to date and it looks to be in very good shape.I don't know what I was expecting but it is not a standard place.A few guards walked last and I brushed to the side and hid.“Where do you think the king ran away to?”“I don't know. We got information that he was in danger and that we had to evacuate him.”You have got to be kidding me. Jackson ran away?! How on earth did he even know that I was coming? The sun was rising in the sky already and Adrian might be on his way with the other soldiers already.This didn't seem right. I mean, I only just got here so who could have been able to deliver a message that fast and who was working for Jackson? Who in my kingdom was giving him information?
KAYALet's just say being the Queen has spoiled me.I wasn't used to walking in the thick bushes and I can't count the amount of times I tripped over a branch or my own two feet. My own shadow scared me.I should have taken guards with me, Adrian told me to but my mind was too fixed on just leaving.Now, I wanted to pee badly and there was no way I was going to do it in these bushes..“How’s it going out there? Don't you wish you had waited for me now?”I had to turn around and make sure that he was not behind me.“No, I do not. It's going very well. It's almost like I was born with the trees. You can call me Mother Nature.”He burst out laughing, knowing I was bullshitting him.“I trust you'll be fine. I fired Shawn.”I had to stop walking and process what he said.“Did you just say you fired Shawn? Why? I mean, I like that but why? I thought you couldn't see anything wrong in him.”He sighed.“I lied. I knew what he was doing, I knew why you didn't like him. I just wanted you to de
ADRIAN“Alpha, what's so urgent that you couldn't wait till morning? What has happened by this time of the night?”“Gentlemen, we are going to war.”That word alone had its weight and as I said that, no one said anything else.“You do not know this but a few weeks ago, on my way to Golden Blade, my son was kidnapped.”Gasps filled the room and I let it sink in.“We were attacked and my son was taken away. The Queen then brought it to my attention that every month since the beginning of the year, kids were taken away from this pack with no trace. No one knows how they were taken and there were no witnesses to tell the story.”Now that I said it out loud, it didn't make sense to me. Kids from my kingdom were being carried away and I had no idea about it. What kind of king did that make me?“We’ve been trying to look for sources to tell us anything and tonight, a letter arrived for the Queen. It was from her former lover and he has confessed to taking the kids. I know him personally and
KAYA“My Queen,It's been so many years since I saw you or heard your sweet voice. You walking out of my life all those years ago, left a big hole in my heart that couldn't be filled with any other woman's love.You were my first love and you'll always remain my first love. I can't deny the fact that I let the years go by without reaching out to you but I was too busy becoming a man, making myself worry of seeing you.And now, I'm proud to say that I have made something of myself. I've turned myself into someone you would be proud of, someone you can call a husband. Everything you possibly want, I have it.All you have to do is just say yes. Let's leave the past behind us, the past never does anyone any good. The mistake I made with Serena was stupid and I agree but you shouldn't have given up on us just like that. You should have continued to show me how much you love me and maybe I would have come back to you.Notwithstanding, I'm ready now. I'm ready to love you and love all of you
KAYA“So you're telling me Golden Blade took him and other kids?”We were all having dinner and Nora sat across from me.“Yeah, I've been doing what I can to find out who Golden Blade's Alpha is but for some reason, it's seeming like some top secret. Almost no one knows.”And that's why I'll keep saying that it seems fishy. Because there's no kingdom that would hide their king.“I’ll do what I can as well.”I couldn't stop looking at Nora . When she left all those years ago, after Aaron left, I didn't think things would be the same.“Do you have to go?” I asked her as I watched her pack.looked at me.“Yes, I do. I've been by Adrian's side for years and he's giving me my freedom. I'd like to move around for a while, see places and things, maybe even live with humans, find love but I'll be back.”I knew I couldn't stop her but I wish I could. But now she is back. The years had done her, she looked more mature, like she had seen a lot in life.“Adrian , how have things been?”Since s
KAYA“Adrian, wait. You have to listen to me. You can't just do things without thinking far ahead.”He turned to me so sharply that I almost bumped into him.“What else is there to think about, Kaya? That bastard took my son and other kids and you think I'm just going to sit back and do nothing?!”“That is exactly the reason why you should not be rash. He has the upper hand here and I fear he would not hesitate to use it if he's pushed. I'm very sure he knows who Milo is and do you think if you attack him, he won't use him as leverage? You're putting Milo at risk so please, be careful and think about it.”He finally let out a breath and sat on the bed.“I don't even know who the Alpha is. Golden Blade has never shown their Alpha. Their Beta is always the one who attends meetings and all that.”That didn't make sense.“And you didn't find it weird after all this time? It didn't occur to you that there might be something more to it?”He shrugged.“I have a kingdom to rule. I don't spend
THIRD PERSON POVMilo knew the gravity of what he had done and luckily for him, none of the other kids had been stupid enough to bend to the pressure.Ever since the guards realized that the girl was missing, they were questioning everyone one after the other and Milo feared that sooner or later, somebody would fold but so far,no one said anything.He just had to do what he did. He needed to send a message to his father to let him know that he was fine and also to his mother, who he knew would be very worried. He knew the situation at home would be very otense with his father looking for him.Even though the situation here was harsh for him to adapt to, he tried his best in doing so and with the help of the friend that he made, Daphne, he navigated being in this place.“Do you think the girl made it home?” Daphne asked.“I hope she did. Right now, she's the only hope we have in other people finding out where we are. “He knew it wouldn't take them for his father to realize what he wa
KAYAFrom the way she was talking, I was afraid to ask for the number of kids that were there but I had to.“How many kids were there? Do you know?”She nodded.“At the time I got there, there were thirty kids. By the time I left, there were seventy five.”How in the world did that amount of kids go missing and Adrian and I heard nothing about it?“Seventy five.”That was a large number. Too large.“And all the kids are from this pack. We talk to each other so we asked around when the guards left the room at night. Every month, they bring a new batch of kids but a week ago, they brought in only one boy.”My ears perked up at that.“What did he look like?”I could see that she waa trying hard to remember.“Dark hair, dark eyes. Around my age. He doesn't really speak but he often speaks to the guards on our behalf. He's the only one who has ever spoken to the master.”“The master? Who's that?”She looked at her mother before she answered.“He doesn't really come in. I've only heard his