JadeI did not look up from my desk, until after Conan had left. A sniffle had escaped me before he left and I had held my breath, hoping he would not use that as an excuse to stay or try to comfort me.I hurriedly wiped off the single tear that had escaped as I heard the dark murmur of his voice, still outside my office. I briefly answered who he was talking to and chastened myself for being curious and for being hurt when he was not able to answer my question about our relationship. I gave a derisive snort.I began to wonder again why Conan was helping me with my revenge. He claimed it was for me to get my closure and he wanted to help me, but after seeing the strange dynamic that existed between him and Brad, I was beginning to think he had another reason, one that could be much more worse than I thought.My mind went back to the formal dinner party that Luna Trina had thrown. Conan had burst into the restroom, catching Brad as he had pinned me against my will against the wall. H
JadeI raised a bemused eyebrow. "I can have him?" She shrugged, leaning back against her chair and now looking like a carefree teenager, but I didn't miss how her eyebrows drew together in a slight wince. "I had planned to marry Beta Conan once I was old enough. But, you can have him, I give you my blessings."I let out a small laugh. "Oh really, thank you, Olivia. I appreciate your kind gesture of letting me have the love of your life for myself."She waved her dainty hand in the air like she was a princess. "Oh, you're welcome."I allowed my laugh to flow out of me freely as the tension in the room eased. It was a strange, almost surreal moment, shifting from the weighty discussion about her bruise to this lighthearted banter about Conan."Alright then, I'll make sure to let him know about your generous offer," I said with a playful smile.She grinned, her youthful energy shining through. "Great! Now, about this bruise..."I focused back on the seriousness of the situation. "Firs
ConanMeet me by the edge of the huge tree that stands at the north territory of your pack in the next thirty minutes. Come alone, or you won't get the answers you are looking for.-The Rogue AlphaThat was the message I got as soon as I stepped out of the pack's infirmary after my encounter with Jade. I put my phone back in my pocket and continued walking towards the car that I had haphazardly parked in front of the front doors of the building. Probably recognizing my car, the security guard had placed orange cones around it. I nodded in appreciation and motioned for him to come closer. He did and I tipped him handsomely, making sure to both apologize for my wrongful parking and thank him for what he did.I got into the car and put on my seat belt, but before I could start the ignition, my phone buzzed again.I looked down at it to see that it was a message from Alpha Brad; Is Jade alright?I ignored the message and started the ignition.Another message came in.Conan, call me.He
ConanIt was the rogue that had seemingly led the attack on the Nightingale pack a few days ago. He stepped into the dim light, his features becoming clearer. The scars on his face told a story of battles and survival. As I studied them, mine began to itch and I checked my fists to hold myself back from scratching at them. His eyes, however, held a fierce determination and confidence."Who are you?" I demanded, keeping my stance firm. Despite the tension in the air, my senses were alert, ready for any sudden moves. The other wolves that I had spotted during my scan remained hidden, probably waiting for a signal before they stepped out.The rogue chuckled, a low, mocking sound that grated on my nerves. "You can call me Shade. The Rogue Alpha, as they like to say."The gall of this guy. I thought to myself wondering about the amount of boldness mixed with craziness he had to have to call himself the Rogue Alpha.Rogues were werewolves that had either been kicked out of their pack or l
Jade"You're pregnant.""I beg your pardon?""Congratulations, Mrs Drew, you're pregnant," I said again to the middle-aged female wolf seated in front of me as she bit her lip in nervousness.She cupped her hands over her mouth, her eyes immediately filling with tears. Fortunately, they seemed to be happy tears."Oh my moon goddess, I can't believe this. We tried for ten years and only just gave up. I had lost hope and so I never even thought that the nauseousness I was experiencing could be due to that. You have no idea how much this means to me, Dr. Jade."I smiled at her as I remembered how indifferent she had been a couple of days ago when I had informed her that one of the tests we would be running on her was a pregnancy test. She had told me not to bother, saying she was infertile.Being able to give her such wonderful news was the highlight of my day and immediately eased the tight knots of a tension headache that had been building in my head."Thank you, Dr. Jade. Thank you so
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
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