Jade"Olivia, I'm truly sorry to hear that you've been going through such difficulties," I said sincerely. "But I need you to understand that there are resources and support available. You don't have to carry this burden alone. We can help you and your family."As I said so, I was reminded again of the younger me, one who had suffered and gone through so much pain and sorrow. My heart clenched fiercely and I promised myself that I would help Olivia using everything that I've got.At my words, Olivia wiped away her tears, nodding with a mixture of relief and apprehension. "I didn't want to burden anyone, especially after what happened with my dad. But if there's help, if there's a way to make things better for my family, I'll do anything."I smiled reassuringly. "That's the spirit, Olivia. We're here to support you. I'll come to your home after work, and your mom and I work on finding the best possible assistance for your family. You deserve a chance to thrive without sacrificing your
JadeI thanked Conan and dropped my phone, turning on the ignition of my car. I entered the address Olivia had given me into my system and headed out of the infirmary's parking lot towards her house.Arriving at Olivia's house, I hesitated for a moment before knocking on the door. The door swung open, revealing Olivia's mother, a tired but resilient expression etched on her face."Dr. Jade, thank you for coming. Olivia explained everything already," she greeted me, her voice reflecting a mixture of gratitude and concern."Of course, Mrs. Williams. I wanted to check in on Olivia and discuss some potential avenues for support," I explained, stepping inside the modest but well-kept home.Olivia, seated at the kitchen table, looked up with a shy smile. Her younger siblings, an adorable little blonde girl and an older-looking boy, played nearby, unaware of the challenges their family faced."Let's sit down and talk," I suggested, taking a seat at the table. Olivia's mother joined us, her e
JadeI stared at Alpha Brad, my exhaustion momentarily forgotten as surprise and confusion took over. His presence at my door, especially at this late hour, was unexpected."Can we talk?" he asked I hesitated, studying his face for any signs of insincerity. After what had happened the last time I had seen him, I wasn't sure what to make of his sudden appearance, and I was nervous to let him in. His eyes flickered down and I immediately looked down as well to see that my robe's ties had loosened, allowing the lingerie I had worn to bed to peek through.I hurriedly snapped the robe close, retying it, causing his eyes to flicker back up to mine. "It's late, Brad. Whatever it is, can't it wait until tomorrow?"He pretentiously ran a hand through his hair, acting nervous and agitated. "I know it's late, but this can't wait. I've been thinking about this for so long, and I can't hold it back anymore."I sighed, feeling a mix of frustration and curiosity. I hesitated, battling my tiredness
Conan I opened my mouth to speak, but she moved away abruptly, heading towards the living room. I followed, feeling out of place, but also wanting to pull her back into a hug.An image of her crouching on the floor in her office and near her desk, her head bent as she tried to hide her small sniffle.I clenched my fists and kept my hands by my side. She walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. She was slightly bent with her head in the refrigerator as she asked me, "Cold water or something else? Juice? Coffee?""I…""The weather has been growing hotter and hotter with each day that passes. I can't wait for the heat wave to be colder. So cold water? I think…""Jade," I cut into her ramblings and walked over to her. I gently pulled her away from the refrigerator and over to the kitchen counter. I pulled out a kitchen chair and guided her to sit on it. Throughout all of this, she remained silent with her head bent.I kissed her forehead, smiling when her spine immediately sn
ConanI settled into a chair in the living room, my thoughts still grappling with the day's events. My meeting with the rogue king still played in my mind over and over again. I mused over it, confused and exhausted. I thought I knew everything about the pack, after all, I was both its Alpha and its Beta.The fact that I hadn't known about the rogues that had been kicked out bothered me endlessly. It also bothered me that I wasn't certain if Shade had been lying or not.Shade, Jade and the Williams… they all took space in my mind as I tried to catch some sleep on the too-small couch.2 hours earlier As I got into my car and began to drive back, I kept on watching over my shoulder to make sure I wasn't being followed. Was what I was told true? Or could Shade have been lying? I've never seen records of what Shade claims had happened. An event that led to a number of wolves all being kicked out at once should have been recorded. Or at the very least, should have been gossiped about. B
Conan"Let's go over our plan for the Williams. We need to make sure everything is in place before we meet with them.""What did you find out about the welfare program?""Hold on," I said as I put my coffee cup down. "I have to go get something from my car.""What's that?" She asked."I went to the Department that is in charge of the welfare program yesterday. I asked for documents regarding the program. I wasn't able to talk to the vice director of the department, so I just had to settle for the documents. I also brought along the documents I had when the programs were first created. I have not had the time to go over everything properly, but some things look weird, I want us to go over it together."She nodded, biting her lip in contemplation."Alright."I went into the living room and grabbed my keys that I had thrown onto the coffee table the previous night, and headed out of the apartment.The moment I stepped out of the apartment, I knew something was off.I immediately tuned in
ConanShe stilled, her back tensing."C'mon, Jade. Just look at me. I'm serious."She dropped the plates in the sink, and they cluttered, making a horrible noise. She turned to look at me, wariness and distrust on her face.She looked at my face properly and her face surprisingly gentled and her gaze softened."You don't have to tell me what you don't want to. Whatever it is, if you are not comfortable saying it out loud or telling someone even if it is me, then don't try to force yourself to do so."I wondered what it meant, her saying what she had just said to me, all of a sudden.Does this mean she doesn't care any more about me or what I do? Is she giving up on us?I watched, disturbed and oddly upset by her sudden change of behavior. Despite the tension it caused between us, I wanted her to not say what she was saying. I wanted her to be upset at me for keeping secrets. Why? Because it would mean that she still cared. My thoughts then made me feel a little bit of disappointment
Jade"What?" Conan asked, looking utterly shocked by my request, which angered me.Why is he so shocked? Did he think I would not care?"Why do you look so shocked by my request? Did you think I would not care?" I voiced out my questions, leaning back against the chair I was seated on and crossing my arms."What?" He asked again."What is wrong with you, Conan? I said that I want to go with you.""Absolutely not," he finally replied…“This is part of my duty as the Beta of the pack, Jade. I’m to protect every member of the pack and not to endanger anyone,” he added.His refusal hit me like an unexpected gust of cold wind. I glared at him, the frustration simmering beneath the surface now bubbling forth."Absolutely not?" I repeated incredulously, "Conan, I have a right to know what's going on. You can't just shut me out."He sighed, running a hand through his hair, an agitated look on his face. "Jade, it's too dangerous. I can't put you in harm's way."I scoffed, the irritation escal
ConanI had won the fight between Brad and I. The fight which had spanned over years and decades and finally came up victorious.He returned to his human self as I did the same. I looked around to see the grounds which had been broken and filled with blood and machines.“All of this just to take me down,” I chuckled as he slowly healed and sat up, but he was too tired to do anything.“Don’t flatter yourself,” he coughed up a tooth. “It was for an entire country.”“And yet I took down your entire army single-handedly.”He growled at me. “Who are you? What kind of monster are you?”“The monster that you created, Brad!” I yelled in anger. “I used to have a home, a family, a mother and a father who loved me. I used to have a brother I thought was my better half but he turned out to be a monster.”Suddenly he got the hint of what I was saying as his eyes widened. “Yes Brad, we are both siblings. You were supposed to be my brother, my friend and the one who would watch my back. Instead you
ConanI stared at the robots before me that had halted, before looking at Brad, Trina and a strange lady in a snowy pack uniform.She had to be the one controlling these beasts.She stepped forward with a devious smile on her face.“You were the one who put my sister in a body bag,” she laughed. “You beat her so much she could not survive, so she succumbed to her wounds. That was my younger sister. I am going to make sure these machines deal so much damage to you, you wouldn’t even feel your jaw by the time they dislocate your body parts with punches.”I yawned. “You show up at my doorstep intending to have a war with me. I think we should start this war before arguing over who is stronger and who is not.”She laughed. “A feisty man I see. Very well. Let’s see how feisty you will be by the time they are done with you.”She pushed a button as the robots all turned to me.I counted at least twenty robots. The last
JadeI had not seen this coming. Now I knew we were really screwed. Conan has struggled against one of these creatures before being jumped by multiple. None of us could stand against this creature. It was too powerful for us to fight. We had to run out of here and give up the pack.“What is that thing?” a general gasped with the other warriors on the field watching this strange creature walk towards us.It seemed to have a few minor upgrades. Its arms were now made of iron, it wasn’t seven or eight foot tall like the last time. It had a sleek design but this was made to rival alpha’s and I was sure all of these new designs made it lighter and faster.“We need to get back to the pack and get everyone to safety,” I noted. “If we stay here we are going to die and lose everything. We need to get the people in the pack to safety first.”But the generals were still fascinated by what they were seeing.“General!
Jade“Good luck,” she hugged me. “And make sure you don’t die or I will kill you myself.”I wasn’t going to argue with her on how ridiculous that was but instead I would leave her to her thoughts.I headed out with the generals and the elders all wearing their armors.Our army had gone ahead of us to halt them ahead of time before they would get into the pack. If they got in, it was over. They would destroy our pack and kill our civilians too.We had nowhere to run or hide, this pack was all we had going for us.“So… have we sent word to our allies?” I asked while we rode in the battle van to the battlefield.“No one responded so it’s either they haven’t seen the message yet or they don’t want help. Either way we are on our own,” an elder responded.That was a strange thing. Every alpha was supposed to respond to a distress call from another alpha. It was an unwritten rule, unless the two packs had a silent war going on between them.We got to the field and I found how deadly it was.
Brad“That’s because you might be extremely cheap with the way you were banging her throughout. But you should know this,” she threatened. “The next time you sleep with someone else is the day I leave you for someone better and take all my forces with me. Do you hear me?”I could easily push her away but Trina had one of the best land forces who could fight even dangerous rogues without breaking a sweat and I needed them by my side. I had no choice but to accept her decision.“Yes,” I said. A knock came on the door as I opened it to find a maid there.“What is it?” I asked.“There is a call for you on line three.”I slammed the door on her face, zipping to take up the call.“Hello,” I said.“Conan is out of the game,” the voice said. “He’s been in a coma in the hospital for days now. I don’t think he’s going to make it out alive.”This gave me hope for my invasion. With Conan out of the equation, I would kill off his pack without difficulty. He was the greatest asset his pack had.*
Brad“Well,” I smiled, spreading my arms. “There goes my element of surprise.”“Oh please,” she stood up, zipping to stand before me. “I wasn’t expecting anyone to show up.”She brought her face too close to mine and her cold breath hit my hot face. The tension between us climbed to greater heights before she grabbed my hand and zipped me to a room where I tore her clothes and she removed mine.I was inside her within minutes while she moaned and we broke the bed with our combined force.When we were done, we laid in the mess we had created, fascinated by each other's strengths.“Does your wife give you sex the way I give you?” she smirked naughtily which had me kissing her breast before sitting up.“She’s not to be in this conversation,” I said. I hated having intimate discussions with those I slept with. They were not to know about my immediate family. That was something I should keep away from us. “I see you don’t want to talk about her. Very well then, why are you in my pack?“I c
BradI paced around the bedroom, wondering why my men weren’t picking up their calls.“Do you think they panicked and chewed the pill?” Trina asked.“That’s their own business.”“You held their wives and children captive and told them to track and take back your children or you would kill them. They could take the pill just to save their children.”I didn’t care about the dead. What I wanted now was a way to get back my children. If that was not going to be possible then there was only one thing to do. I would have to get back to the snow pack and make an alliance with them. I was sure they would want to know who had almost killed their queen.“I’ll be back,” I said, leaving her in the room as I headed for the garage to get into my car and drive off.The desert wolves were about to learn the meaning of what surrender looked like.I would first take back my back from the hands of my conquerors and then tear down their packs. After that, I would head for Conan’s pack and kill him and J
JadeShe cleaned a tear which fell off her eye, trailing a line down to her cheek.This must have been a very painful experience for her but I was still wondering why she was telling me this story.“I left him and headed out of town to come here,” she sighed. “The last time I checked on him, he was married to a fellow werewolf with four children and leading his pack as a warrior and the most feared one in his pack. I have wondered over the years if maybe if I had stayed with him, would I have brought him peace or agony?”“The only way to have known anything about that would have been you trying to get back with him and working your differences,” I smiled, now knowing what she was bringing the story for.“Exactly,” she smiled. “Now that’s the same thing for you and Conan. Instead of leaving him where he is in the hospital and running off in the model of the night like I did, not knowing if you were meant for him or not, you can work out your differences with him. “I recently found out
JadeI told her everything about what had happened and throughout my entire story, she didn’t interrupt me or say anything that distracted me.She was the only human friend I had made who actually listened to me. She was different from most of the people I had met.Even werewolves were not as good as she was. When I was done, she smiled at me, dragging me in for a hug while placing my head on her shoulder.“I’m very sure he wouldn’t listen to my pleas,” I sighed. “He probably hates me right now. I’m sure of it.”“No he doesn’t,” she sighed. “You have to talk to someone to know their true intentions.”“I don’t know about that. I’m sure he hates me. I betrayed him, Helena. I brought him to his knees. That’s not how a mate should behave. I should help him and not destroy him. I destroyed him.”My voice cracked while I let her go, standing to my feet to pace around the room.“And do you want to know the worst part of all of this?” I asked as she shook her head. “It’s the part where when