Leah POVMy brain had been in overdrive, thinking about last night and my appearance was paying for it. Look at my eyeballs! I looked like a night creature. I was not able to sleep last night. I tossed and tossed on the bed for hours till I got exhausted and was only able to sleep for an hour. It was going to wreck me today but it was Damian's fault. If he had not tried to flirt with me, I would not have been in this dilemma. Well, I had no choice. Damian could do whatever he wanted. What got me really scared was the soft growl of my wolf yesterday. She was slowly awaking from her slumber and I did not need it right now. I would have to perform some enchantments to suppress her for the moment until I was able to get what I wanted and leave this pack. I had totally lost focus and kept on dreaming about a man that didn't belong to me and no matter how I fantasized about him, he would never be mine. Glancing at the mirror one last time, I took a deep breath to clear my mind and the
Damian POVI shifted into my wolf and went to my room to change. I could not bear being in the same room with her. Why was my heart beating so fast? Why was I able to sense that she was in danger? It was not something I expected. Who was she? Was she my mate? My heart was more troubled than before. She invaded my thoughts, making me do things I never thought I would do. Now, I had to apologize to Stephanie for yesterday and today. Although I did not know what could have triggered her to attack Anne when she knew we were having a delicate situation right now. I shifted, wore a pair of pants and a shirt and walked out of the room. My scouts had brought back a not too good result and I needed to have a general meeting with my men, which included Steph. On reaching her room, I twisted the knob on the door but it was locked. Shit, she was pissed. I knocked on it a few times and heard the unlock sound a few moments later. I entered and saw her on the bed, with tears in her eyes. She lo
Leah POVI walked away, feeling hurt at what I had just seen. I did not need a priest to tell me that they had reconciled and had had sex. It reeked of them, especially Stephanie. Her smug smile when she saw me made it more obvious. Damian didn't even care. His cold eyes glanced at me without remorse. Why did he have to flirt with me if he had no feelings for me? It hurt. I was going to the clinic since I had not been able to go earlier. I was sure a lot of the men must have healed. When I got there, there was just a small group of men waiting outside. I became confused. What was going on? They turned as I got closer. “Welcome Luna Anne,” they chorused and bowed. It felt weird.“Thank you. What is going on? Why is everyone outside?” I asked them, glancing at the now familiar faces. One of them cleared his throat. “We would like to apologize and also say thank you for taking care of us,” he said loudly and everyone murmured their agreement. “OH, it's alright,” I said, surprised
Leah POVThe room suddenly became quiet at my words. I was getting fed up with her. Stephanie growled and stood up. Damian held her arm before she could move. “Sit down,” he ordered and she sat back in her seat. Connor snickered quietly at my side and I smiled. He could not hold it in. Damian looked at me and shook his head. “You do not have any right to call people names here, Anne. We have much bigger problems at hand and bantering with each other won't solve it,” he growled at me. I wrapped my arms around my chest. He was scolding me when it was his mistress who started it. It was to be expected. They were in love. “I have no issue with looking for a solution for it but no one should curse at my father in front of me. My wolf might not have healed but I will not take it from anyone,” I said, looking stern. I needed to pass the message across. If I allowed them to speak whatever they wanted about him, it would make me seem like a bad daughter and Damian might get suspicious du
Leah POV Connor didn't say a word to me again and stood up to leave the room. I could not understand why he was acting so cold towards me. I tried thinking if I had done anything to get him angry but I could not remember doing such. Why was he acting this way? As we got out of the door, I grabbed his arm, stopping him from moving away. “You should not be holding me like that, Princess. People might think something else,” he said coldly to me and I withdrew my hands. “Are you angry at me?” I could not help but ask. He shook his head and turned to walk away again. I followed him. Connor was my only close friend in this pack of wolves. He did not know but his presence has been making my stay here bearable. “I'm not stupid, Connor. I know you are angry with me,” I said, while walking behind him. He didn't stop to deny my words. “What did I do?” I asked him and he stopped walking, held my arm and pulled me into a small and dark room. “You do not know what you did right? Wel
Damian POVDid she just shut the door on my face? I blinked back my surprise. I had spoken without thinking and I saw how hurt she looked before she closed the door.I raised my hand to knock on the door again but paused. What exactly was I doing? I had come here due to how I felt when I saw her and Connor coming out from a room.Although she looked more angry at him than happy, I still could not get this nagging feeling out of my mind. Whatever it was going on between them, I wanted it to end. My wolf would not be able to handle it and would get jealous. I knew I was being a hypocrite for stopping her when I was having an affair with someone else but it was not the same thing. I turned around to go to my room when I caught sight of Evelyn, Anne's maid. I remembered that Anne had complained about her before so I walked towards her. As soon as she saw me, her eyes widened and she looked away. Was she spying on me and Anne for Stephanie? “Evelyn,” I called her. She looked up. “Follo
Leah POV I had a new goal in mind. I've been in this pack for almost two weeks, it was time I found something to do. But first I needed to perform a ritual to seal my wolf. The subsequent rustling within me was not something I welcomed at the moment. It would put my life in danger and I did not want that. Tonight was the night of a full moon. The perfect day for the ritual. I already had everything ready. The candle, water from the stream and my blood. It was dark magic and very risky for me, I knew but I had to do it. The day was already far gone so I decided to leave my room. I had no maid again, thanks to Stephanie and had to do everything myself. I left my room with no destination in mind and went out. I had thought to just go to the clinic but decided against it. I was not planning to work as a healer of any sort. “Luna Anne,” I heard someone scream my name as I was about to open the door and I turned around. It was Evelyn. She ran down the stairs in haste, going down
Damien POVI was not impressed in the slightest. In fact I was getting pissed off just thinking about it. I expected more from her. I placed my trust in her. Stephanie looked guilty, not saying a word and it irked me. I closed my eyes for a moment, not wanting to yell at her. I had to control my anger, else I would say things I did not mean. “What do you mean the factory was closed for a while?” I growled, opening my eyes to stare at her. After going through the documents containing the inflow and outflow of money in the pack, I noticed we were not having as much inflow as the outflow which was strange. The factory was still functioning so I suspected maybe someone was stealing from me, not expecting Stephanie to drop such a bomb on me. The factory had been closed for a while. She shrugged. “Exactly what I meant. The machines needed some repairs so I've been searching for a good technician to take care of it and had not gotten any yet,” she explained. I growled in anger, not abl
Leah POV Everything seemed to happen so fast. I saw my father claw at Thomas’s chest and I saw a very angry Damian on top of him. “Damian!” I yelled and tried to run to him to stop him but I was too late. He tore out Thomas’ throat. It was so deep that his bone was visible and I watched as he bled out, leaving me scared out of my senses. It felt like everything happened only yesterday but it’s been three months now.Damian professed his love to me once again, Lucia left without a trace, and Evelyn, Connor, and I finally went back to being friends. I apologized to Connor and he also apologized for seeing all that Steph did and keeping quiet about it.Today was a day to celebrate. I had on my head a crown made with beautiful wild flowers and my dress was very beautiful as well.There was going to be another mating ceremony, my first real mating ceremony as Leah Grey Ortega who would now become Luna Leah Ortega Leroy; The Luna of the Silverback pack, which began to progress again aft
Thomas POV My guards, both betas and omegas were already prepared for the war. All I needed was to get Alpha Elijah’s full support so we could finally take Damian down, and then I'd end the King's life as well.There was no time for sentiments. All that mattered to me was to end all this soon. I stepped outside. Damian and Anne have been away since yesterday already. Well, I didn't care. Nothing would change. Stephanie told me she had taken care of Anne, so there was no need to worry. I realized after a while that Lucia was not around. “Where could she have gone?” I thought but then later dismissed it. I went by my day doing every other thing and trying to get my head together. I was supposed to be in a meeting with the head of my werewolf troupes. Just then, the door to the room opened and Lucia walked in. “Where have you been?” I asked her. The sun had risen in the sky and was hot on all our skin.“You’re late,” I chastised.“I’m sorry, I just had somewhere to be,” She said
Leah POV My head hurt so much and my eyes stung from the light that penetrated the room. Everywhere ached so badly. I could still feel the stinging sensation on my cheeks as a result of the hard slaps the Alpha King landed on my face during his interrogation. I didn't blame him entirely though, he was just scared and was only acting like a father. The only one to be blamed was Thomas. He was the two-time conniving schemer that made all this happen.I winced as I tried to sit properly. I felt a hand on my shoulder. “It’s alright darling, you can go lie back down,” I looked sideways to see a female omega dressed in white.She was definitely one of those weird ones who stuck that sharp thing in my arm. I flinched from her touch. “An Alpha was here to see you earlier. You didn't wake up when you were supposed to but the moment he stepped in, you moved. But he has gone back outside now,” She added. “An Alpha?” I tried to think.Could it be Damian? Just then, the door burst open, and
Alpha Elijah POVI went back to my study and just lowered myself on the seat. My hands were shaking a lot. I had a secret I had kept for a long time and looking into her eyes now, it seemed like that secret was about to be exposed. I never thought that in my wildest dreams I’d ever be able to see her again or hear of her again but now, everything was about to change. John came into my study, “Alpha Elijah, why did you suddenly call for the doctors?” He asked. I looked at him not knowing what to say.He had stayed in the pack the longest and though there were times when we had our squabbles and all, I still thought very highly of him and he's been with me through the toughest of times. It was why I entrusted Anne to him and sent him off to the Silverback pack in case something were to happen to her because of Damian’s reputation. “She might be the child I've been looking for all these while,” I said to him. The look on his face said it all. He was so shocked. “That can’t be. We
Leah POV When I woke up, my whole body hurt from being moved around a lot and my head was basically splitting. I tried to stand up and move but my hands and legs were chained.“Silver chains!” I exclaimed. It basically weakened a werewolf and left them defenseless. How was the Alpha able to get something like this unless he didn’t just mine lead alone? I thought.Looking around, it was so dark and the floor was so solid that its sharp rocky parts pierced my skin. I also felt very different. My wolf was more active which only meant one thing, I was back to being Leah.“Oh no!” I exclaimed. Just then I heard the screeching sounds of a gate being moved over a very hard floor. “Who is there?” I asked. Just then, two male wolves walked in. One of them wore a large flowing garment on his body and walked majestically. Alpha Elijah. There was also someone I knew next to him. “John the blacksmith.” My brows creased in confusion. I was not at the Silverback pack but at the Risenmoon
Stephanie POV I walked angrily and banged the door to his room. Damian was a lost cause now. Thomas was right, I should just punish them both. Damian would never again love me like he used to. He just said it himself and I would never forget it or forgive him. I decided to go for a run. As I walked out of the main gates, ready to sprint forward, my eyes caught the movement of something in the dark or rather, someone. The silhouette was running fast towards the gates. I felt anger course through me. It must be Leah. I ran towards her and then tackled her to the ground.“Please, don’t kill me,” She shouted.“What?” I couldn't understand that. Leah would have definitely fought back and why would she run back if she knew that her life was in danger? This couldn't be right. I was sitting over her, so I moved back and really looked her in the face. She looked like Anne, the daughter of Alpha Elijah but didn’t behave like Leah. “Who are you?” I asked her still sitting on top of her.
Damian POV“But Alpha Damian, how could you have let this happen to us? An imposter right under our noses and you have been having an affair with her!” One of the council of werewolf members shouted. My blood was hot with anger. They had no right to talk about her in that manner. She had been nothing but kind to them and if she had any ulterior motive, she wouldn't have stayed for as long as she stayed despite knowing the kind of danger she would be in once the truth came out about her real identity. “You have forgotten so easily everything she put in to make us what we are. We owe her some of our wealth because of her intricate designs on the gems that helped us make very good deals with neighboring territories,” I pointed out. “Those gems were stolen.” One spat. “But now, they have been recovered,” I threw at him. I watched Connor from the corner of my eyes. He was silent. He did not utter a word or say anything and it annoyed me so much. They all weren’t seeing things from my
Leah POV My heart was pounding heavily and my eyes were misty and blinded by the tears that were glistening in them. I heard those words from his mouth directly that the imposter must be killed. I had waited all these days for his return so that I could tell him the truth, but I was too late. I used my hands to cover the sobs that threatened to escape my mouth. I had to leave immediately because I knew that if I didn’t, then I would be caught and killed.The wolf criers all began to howl. It was a signal that a general meeting was to be held and every werewolf had to be available and present for the meeting. No one was excluded.“It would be dangerous if I attended the meeting because they would find out about me and have me killed.” I thought. I ran back to my room and packed only a few things. My potions, since the book was stolen, and a few of my clothes. Just two sets, then I packed my hair to a tight up-do and then I sneaked out of the room. While everyone would be busy and
Thomas POV “I have done what needs to be done,” Alpha Elijah said to me, a solemn expression on his face. “It’s all good, your majesty. It’s all for the best. War and death is the only way we can punish such a crime. He wants to usurp your power and you must not turn a blind eye to it,” I said. “Well, that is indeed true, but what now do I do about my daughter?” He asked.That was what worried him the most at the moment. Where his daughter Anne was and what could have happened to her? I could sense it. I also had a plan for that of course. I place my hands on his shoulder, “Do not worry about that now, it is a piece of cake. I promise to help you in this war and also to help return your daughter to you, safe and sound,” I promised him.He looked a bit relieved after my reassurances, but I knew he was definitely not going to sit still and wait for me to return his daughter to him. So I changed tactics. “You don't need to worry too much about anything except your daughter. You can