That was understandable. In fact, after Jake heard about the professor's death, he was certain they might come across some heavily loaded men and have a combat before they reached back to Texas. Always after such unexpected deaths, more predicaments followed. Bruises on hands and bandages around neck, shoulders and stomach were inevitable.
He was ready for it and the fact that Aria was going to be investigated for a murder she was not related with caused his composure more damage. He could easily sunder some esophagus from the stomachs of a few if at all they charged on them.
Besides this, he was all over the place because he thought there was some connection of Professor Springham with Derwin Blaze, the dangerous alpha that was preparing for a war with their pack.
"Dad," Jake broke his father's deep trance with a snap of his fingers. "What could our boring looking professor have to do with Derwin Blaze?
44. Let Me LearnJake did fall asleep during the flight and it was his father that shook him once they landed in Texas. He woke up with a jolt and looked around himself, on autopilot, for threat as if they were attacked in the air on the plane."We have landed, son," Jake looked at his front at his father's wary eyes beaming at him. "Our chauffeur is here to take you home. Get up and get going.""To take me home?" Jake parroted as he rubbed his eyes and yawned. After flexing his shoulders and doing a minute long neck stretching, he got up on his strong legs and gestured to his father to follow him, "Let's go to the crime scene.""What the!" Alpha Killian disappointedly followed him.His eyes were red-rimmed from lack of sleep. There was a touch of wariness in his walk and his strong and broad shoulders were slightly slumped. If being the alpha he was so exhausted, he can only imagine how tired his son would be. All that he wanted at the momen
45. Aria's Involved In The Murder! "Oh hell, yes, I want to know how Aria found the dead body?" Jake looked for his father only to realize that he had gone to the murder spot with his team without him. He gestured to his friends to follow but they suggested waiting there as they didn't want to discuss the case in the scrutiny of the elders. Moreover, they said that there were a couple of things Jake needed to know before he went inside to investigate the case alongside his father and the supreme commander. "You know about the discovery," That was Zack who said in such a low voice that it was only audible to his own ears. "Now coming back to Aria and her location then you will be disappointed to know that she has been detained in the headquarters while Noah was permitted to go back home with his father." A muscle at Jake's jaw quivered. He remained silent and let Zack continue, "From what I have heard of my father's conversation with the chie
46. I Won't Let You Drag Aria Into This"But Aria is not left-handed," Jake stirred the uneasy silence in the room with his high-pitched remark."And what makes you think she can't be involved even if she's left-handed?" Arthur Moore's poker face seemed to be asking for a face-breaking punch when he raised a questionable eyebrow.Jake growled slowly, then turned to his father, "Zavier will never help if you drag his daughter in this murder mystery, dad." The elders other than his father gasped.It was as if they were shocked by the discovery that Jake knew what they meant to do. But it had been a close and narrow discussion that didn't embroil people other than the alpha, the supreme commander and the detective, who must have been the giver of this wonderful idea since there was participation of a girl the same as her age in the murder, his expression said so."Not to mention this will impact Aria's life and make her s
47. The Shocking RevelationJake halted before his friends. His eyes were fiercely dark and face awfully red, causing an apprehensive chill to melt his friends' spine. They looked at each other before turning at Jake as one of them rasped slowly, "What's wrong?"Jake growled. His dark eyes coming up to shoot a scary glare at them all as he said, "That mother fucker commander is manipulating my father to sacrifice Aria's life.""Doesn't your father have his own brains?" Kai shrugged unrepentantly."He's acting like a five year old douchebag who thinks he knows what's right for him." He was breathless with rage.The others blinked in agreement as Jake punched the trunk of a nearby tree, splitting it in two. It plummeted behind him with a booming sound. His friends stepped away as they stared at him in amazement while the guard and some of the cops guarding the school gate rushed inside only to find Jake turning into his werewolf and leaping off of their heads to exit the school premises
48. Please Come To Save Me"Granddaughter to Derwin Blaze?" Jake parroted slowly, his eyes bulging out in stupor.He didn't have the energy to look up at Noah as he stressed himself on thinking about Derwin Blaze and his relation with Aria. This sounded too terrifying to be true. If she was the granddaughter to the Alpha that was currently the biggest threat and enemy of the pack, there were two hundred percent chances that Aria could be involved.Yet, a part of him shoved his insides, waking him up from the shock. This could be a scheme to prevent him from going inside. Brent was supporting the alpha and the supreme commander. So it was feasible that Noah was with them too. Jake drew his brows together and glared at Noah mercilessly. The cunt was crossing the limits of being annoying and provocative at the same time. "I am ashamed to think of you as my future beta. You are gross, Noah Rhodes." Jake bit out. His features screamed of his reluctance. Noah controlled his own rage and a
49. Don't say a word Aria. Aria shrunk in the chair. It was not very big to hold the whole of her, still she picked her legs up and curled her hands around the knees. Now she was suddenly cold. Her blood was rushing furiously like an overflowing river after a cloudburst. She was going through emotion-burst instead.Her heartbeats drummed in her ears. Her fingertips seemed to have frosted up. Panic settled in her stomach in sharp points of jagged glass. It wasn't fair ! It wasn't fair, damn it. She was detained for a murder she didn't know about taking place in the classroom. Not that she had any connection with the professor who died.The muscles in her face tightened as she heard the noise on the other side of the door. Something was happening out there. Maybe the family members of the dead professor were here to deal with her their way! Maybe it was a furious, ill-tempered officer who had the wish of solving the case within hours of discovery that there had been a murder.Aria knew
50. Aria's not a mortal omega!!!! Aria frowned. Long gone were the tears from her eyes. Her viridescent gaze was set ablaze with conviction. "I am sure you are misunderstanding him, sir. My fath—" "COME ON, ARIA WRIGHT, " Aria jumped in her chair at the outburst of his heavy voice as he slapped his hands on the table. "Stop defending your father as we have evidence against him.""M-my father.... N-no... H-he is n-not," She hyperventilated as tears returned to her eyes again. She forgot he was here to investigate her. She forgot she was taken as a prime suspect. Investigators often used this trick of blaming the loved ones of the suspects to get them speaking the truth. How could she fall in his trap and speak? She regretted opening her mouth. But then... Her father was being dragged into this. He was a Cold-hearted father, yes. He didn't like her, yes. Even though she had no hand in the demise of her mother but he accused her of it, yes. He could be anything and everything but not
51. In Search Of A Moonfolk Wolf Jake was sitting in the cabin of Mr. Maverick Parker, the head incharge of the headquarters. He was seized right as he breached inside and taken to Mr. Parker's chamber and assured that the investigation was running smoothly without causing any trouble to Aria. And that it was ensured that her comfort was not compromised or ignored, and that Jake could see her once the investigation was done. Although he didn't believe he was going to get to meet her, he chose to take a chance and sat across from Mr. Maverick Parker. He was distracted with the talks of the football tournament that was about to begin in their school. Not now though. The death of the professor made the principal and the alpha to postpone it until the case was solved or until it was clear that there won't be any more harmful incidents as such taking place in the school premises again. Jake was barely interested in his talks. He was on his phone playing games and observing the convers
119Aria's POVAfter leaving my house and Kai and Daisy in it, I rushed into a dark alley to cry my heart out. I was in pain I couldn't narrate. My heart was hurting from Jake's ignorance while my body vibrated from the after-effects of my mate's force used on me. My life went from bright to dark overnight. I was made to pay for a mistake I didn't even commit. My wolf was howling for respite. We both needed some rest. All these hours we tolerated since the morning has taken a toll on her. However, we refused to relax. Not now. Not when our eyes were blazing with the fire of revenge. Melody and I have vowed to not sit quiet until we settled scores with Noah Rhodes. That bastard caught us off guard. He attacked me when I was not prepared. But now my veins were fueled with aggression, my limbs aching to fight back. My mind was compelling me to use all the tricks I have learned from my father through intense training. I moved in the darkness as I made my way to Noah's house in search
117"How dare you play such a trick on me?" Noah's voice bounced off the walls. He picked up Aria from over the broken bed and clutched her hair tightly, making her wail. He pulled them in a merciless joke as his canines surfaced. His muscles convulsed in fury as he brought his face closer to Aria, "It was Jake's idea, wasn't it? He asked you to do this to trouble me.""Aah!" Aria's body was a huge ball of pain. She tapped on his wrist so he would let go. Alas, enraged like an uncontrollable bull, Noah tossed her across the room again. Aria fell on her weak study table, crushing it under her. She hissed with thick tears streaming out of her eyes as a pointed piece of wood pierce her inner thigh. Noah didn't show any pity as he raised her by her hair again. Her scalp ached as a thousands brightly blinking stars burst across her vision. "I detest Moon goddess for mating me with a gold digging whóre like you. You are despicable and..." His words faded out as Aria's senses spun into
116Aria walked on the quiet road on light feet. She was feeling cold and had to wrap her arms around herself. The winds were piercing into her skin and the dust it carried swirled around her. She shuffled her feet ahead with teary eyes as she wondered where to go.She just returned from the club she heard the girls mention in the library. It turned out that Jake left an hour before she reached there. Then she went to his home, the alpha mansion. Unfortunately, there were a dozen expensive cars lining outside the mansion. The alpha probably had visitors, and thus she couldn't gather up the courage to walk into that house while powerful people occupied it.There could be one, if not all, disliking her father. She was too frightened to appear in front of any such person who could take a dig at her to humiliate the most feared hunter in the pack. That being said, she left without meeting Jake.Now as she started her walk to nowhere, she reminiscenced the times she spent with Jake. He had
115. Truth out in front of Daisy "I hate her for hurting Lana, Kai. I will never forgive her."She banded her hands around his waist stiffly and wailed. "She not only cheated on Jake and my sister but on me too. I trusted and loved her just like Lana. Why did she have to do that? She was very well versed with the fact that Noah was dating my sister. But she still kissed him." Kai chewed the inside of his cheek agitatedly. He wished to tell her about Noah and Aria being each other's mate but he bit it down. It wasn't his place to tell her. But he definitely needed to make her see some sense and not entirely blame Aria for the kiss. "Do you realize this wouldn't have happened if Aria didn't go to the old age home with you?" "What are you insinuating, Kai Sinclair? Do you want to say that I influenced Aria to do that." Daisy's voice hardened ruthlessly. "All I'm saying is that Aria isn't the only one who you should condemn. Noah is equally—" "What's wrong with you, Kai?" Daisy pus
114. No more friends from now on! Aria tried to rein in her breaths after coming to the sports ground. She held onto the railing around the sitting area and pressed her lips together. Her body wasn't helping her. She sat down in the stand and buried her face in her hands. 'Aria, you are making it more difficult for us. Do you know that?' Melody whispered in a heavy voice. As a wolf, things were already messed up for her. Her mate didn't want her. He was dating and making out with another she-wolf in the name of punishing Aria and her. There was Jake to care for them and help them get back at the fucker. But right now he was also mourning for betrayal Aria never meant to commit. It wasn't entirely a betrayal. She was forced to kiss. There were no sparks and most importantly it disgusted them both. "I can't put their words in the back of my mind, Melody. My heart is squeezing. I don't know what to feel." Aria breathed ruggedly. The sky was a deep, foreboding gray, with clouds that
113. He's hurt Aria appraised them closely. Their dresses caught the light in the library, specifying they've never been off the racks of their wardrobes before this. Their hair done flawlessly in parlours and their nails painted and shaped in different ways.One of the three girls, dressed in a yellow dress, scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Aria's finally getting exposed for the trash she is. That photo of her kissing Noah had left me motionless for long minutes. How could she do that?""You're right. I was in the middle of getting my eyebrows done when that photo came. Ugh, that girl's a disgusting, manipulative liar. She thinks she's so perfect with her fake smile and her 'oh, I'm so in love with Jake' act." The second girl on the table who had the longest and pointed nails spoke with contempt. Aria moved back into the shadows behind the shelves after hearing that. She felt a jab of pain in her heart for being called a manipulative liar too. 'Don't, Aria. You just promised me that
112. Craving for Jake Aria was clueless. Her mind was a maze covered with fog and her heart running wildly like an out of control stallion in her chest. She blinked her lashes to clean the mist of tears, except the burn remained. It made the back of her eyes throb while her throat became thick.She was unable to breath, her skin growing hotter and hotter, the rush of adrenaline becoming intense. She tried not to hyperventilate but the event that just transpired, the pushes she tolerated, the malice she detected in her one and only best friend's eyes along with the condemnation she saw in Kai's expressions, it was difficult not to.Aria walked on light feet, too afraid to make a noise. Her heart throbbed everywhere in her body. Her fingers twitched and her toes curled in her shoes. She took small and unnoticeable steps towards the library while she attempted to walk by the wall to avoid curious eyes. She was majorly on the receiving end of hostility at the moment. But her luck gave h
111. Go away, Aria! "K-kai," Aria blinked her teary eyes as relief washed over her.Kai was Jake's best friend. As much as he was faithful to Jake, he respected her. Aria had this feeling that Kai would hold her trembling frame— like the nice guy and good friend that he was— and wipe her tears.Unfortunately, the moment she rushed towards him on her shivery legs, he bared his canines for her to see as his warning."K-kai?" Aria experienced a brief moment of cardiac arrest, watching Kai give her that look.He sized her up with eyes clouded with anger and drawled grimly, "I am ashamed of myself for liking you, Aria. How could you do this?"Aria fought to breathe. Dragging in a series of sharp, gasping breaths as she struggled to maintain eye contact. The world around her has turned to a blank space. She saw nothing. She noticed nothing. She could hear nothing except for Kai's angry heartbeats and his breaths coming out heavily as he struggled to keep his fury in control. "Jake loved y
110. Go back to dirt Aria came back home. She realized that she was all sweaty and jittery the minute she sat down on the couch in the living room. Her face was scorching from Noah's touch, her lips bleeding from too much biting.To say he was her mate, but nothing about the kiss made her stomach drop. It only distressed her. It felt like hot, hot boiling water was poured on her.Getting up, she quickly darted inside the restroom and removed her clothes. She stood under the cold water and put her hands on the wall of tiles as she slumped her head, breathing ruggedly.She felt disgusted. Her lips felt violated. Tremors billowed up her spine as Aria vigorously rubbed her lips to wash the touch of Noah's lips.It felt like she cheated on Jake, and the feeling pressed down on her.Aria came out and put on Jake's tee that he happily gave to her. Like those girlfriends who relished wearing their boyfriend's t-shirts as night dress in novels, Aria wanted to recreate it. Thus she requested