DARREN'S POVMom was already awake when I came back. Leona dropped me off while she headed back to her apartment. She promised to visit Mom in the hospital again. "Where were you, son? Why so blue?" Mom noticed my sad face. I didn't mean for her to see, but that is how I feel about that short rendezvous with Leona. "I took Leona to the campsite. I tried telling her my secret, but I got scared, Mom.""Oh, son. Come here," Mom held me close. The summer camp was the last time I had fun because the next day was when I turned eighteen, and the curse came out. Since then, I have lived in the shadows of my cave and the woodland at the back of our mansion.Next time you should bring her somewhere and talk to her about it, bro."I doubt, Rupert," I sat beside him and remembered the werewolf, "Mom, Rupert, there was another werewolf in the campsite. It chases us!" "Wait, what? Did Leona see it?" Mom jerked off a little and was held back by the pain. "Mom. Watch out for your wound. It's stil
LEONA'S POVUnexpectedly, Darren slept in my room again. I deeply thought about the werewolf who chased us at the campsite. His scent was new. Is he the one who killed those kids in the camp before? Did Victoria send him? I want to know. This chasing has to end before my friends get hurt. It's either Victoria has my neck, or I'll outsmart her. I need to find that wolf. Darren slept early. I could hear him snoring already. Fortunately, he didn't see the werewolf. I have enough things going on in my mind. I don't want another complication, or I would have to leave. I'm living the best of my life. I have friends who love me and my career. It's a waste if I leave, so I better take action. First, I need to know who owns the land. Maybe they are connected to that wolf and Victoria. I slept planning. The next day, I woke up to the gushing sound of water. Darren was not in bed. He's reusing my shampoo and everything in the bathroom, including my toothbrush. Imagine he uses my toothbrush,
LEONA'S POV"You are a grown man. Act like your age! Can we have breakfast peacefully? This isn't a competition!" I walked out to my room, slamming the door behind me. I heard Rupert reprimanding them. So they've been having issues with each other since they were kids. I thought they were close, like Andrei told me. And from his version of the story, Darren changed and became moody until he withdrew himself from their family. Why is Rupert telling them to fix their issues? I better ask him when we're alone. If there's a person who knew them better, it would be him. Andrei texted me, saying sorry, and left. At the same time, Darren came knocking on the door. I realized his shoes were in my room and some of his stuff. It forces me to open the door because of that. I thought he would grab his things and leave, but he sat beside me and touched my shoulder. "Sorry. I forgot you and Andrei are….""Stop right there. Again, we are not together. Yes, he is special to me, but that's it," I
LEONA'S POV"A~Andrei put her down!" I shouted. Startled seeing Margaux's face turn red. His eyes are glaring with anger, "Andrei!"Andrei blinked as if some forces left his body and let go of Margaux. "I~I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…."He turned to me, but I was perplexed like Margaux. "I'm sorry," Andrei ran back to his car and sped away.“Margaux!” she fainted. I immediately called Darren and asked for help from the security guard that passed by. Margaux was rushed into the emergency room and was given proper medication. She had an anxiety attack that was why she fainted. The doctor gave her some medicine to help her relax, and she was transferred to the recovery room. Darren called her parents and informed them. It happened so fast that I couldn't imagine how we got that far. "Leona, your arm," Darren saw the scratch and insisted on having it cleaned by the nurse. They put some antiseptic and covered it to avoid infection. "What happened, dear? I thought you had already left,"
DARREN'S POVMargaux scoffs. "She is Darren. Why are you defending her all the time?""And why shouldn't I?" I snapped back."Dude, just relax. Margaux is trying to make her realize where she belongs, and it's not a big deal," Brent chimed in, and this time, I'm losing my temper. I stood and stared at their faces. Aaron Lewis plastered his arrogant face glancing at Leona. At the same time, others don't care much about the tension. "Why should I relax when you are humiliating my fiancé!" I exclaimed and pronounced the last word slowly, ensuring they heard it right. "What? I'm sorry. You must be delusional. Stop making stories, Darren," Aaron speak out. I know he was trying to hold that back, "Sorry.""He is not," Mom intervenes, "Leona is the daughter of Rose Eldrich. Who happens to be my husband's best friend. We had an agreement before she died that our firstborn child would be betrothed.""What the… she's the heir of Rose Eldrich?!" Aaron Lewis almost chokes in his own words. "P
LEONA'S POV:Zach Newton was murdered at Flinch's property thirteen years ago. His family seeks justice for his death. But the police closed the case because it was proven that a wild animal was the culprit. Young Zach disappeared into the woods that day and was found mangled days after. I counted back the years. Darren was just sixteen then, and Don Rafael was still perfectly fit. I don't believe they could do such a thing as Zach's parents accused them. Another police file showed up in my research. "Oh, God!" I gasp. It was Zach's photo. Even his face was torn. Brutally murdered. His family recognized him by the clothes he wore the day he disappeared; the DNA proves it. The police suspected a bear, but from the looks of his body, it could be a lion, a tiger, or a wolf. I zoomed in on the marks on his remains, there were deep scratches, and it was impossible that it came from a lion or bear's teeth. My God! I hope it wasn't a werewolf. I went back to Zach Newton's profile. Previo
LEONA'S POV:"Oh, shit!" I ducked as the werewolf swayed his claws on my head and continued running, "Fuck! That was close!"Then, he threw a chunk of wood and hit my back. I collided with a tree in front of me, bumping my head. Blood drips down my face. I stopped for a second when my head started to get muzzy. I felt the ground shake as he ran towards me. Looking back, I quickly crawled to the pile of dried leaves, seeing him getting near. He was growling, and his eyes were sharply staring at me. Getting back on my feet, I ran as fast as possible but toppled on a tree root and fell. When I turned around, he was half a meter close and suddenly jumped off, landing on my feet. This is the end of me, I thought and covered my face. He raised his claws and was about to rend the life out of me when another werewolf with amber eyes showed up out of nowhere and yanked at him. Wresting the violent werewolf and smashed him against the tree. He didn't give him a chance to regain balance. The
DAVON'S POV: "Mom, I need to check on Leona. I need to make sure she's okay," I insisted, heading to my room to get some clothes. I had to make sure the werewolf who chased her did not follow her home. "Son, just stay here. Let Rupert check on her, please." Mom stopped me, she is worried sick, and I understand. She called Rupert on her phone. Instructing him to buy flowers and give them to Leona so he could have an excuse to visit her. She's probably in her apartment now and alone. The fact that she was on our property means that she didn't attend her duty today. Anyway, everyone knows she's one of the stockholders. Soon, we better announce so she could take the rightful position for her. I went to my room and decided to stay there to avoid Dad. He's been feeling better for the past few days, and my wound could trigger his tremors. I went to my room to change and to be alone to clear my head. "Son?" Mom knocked on my room while I was meditating about that alarming incident.
VICTORIA’S POV“Imbeciles!” I roared thunderously, “How can a pack of rogues outsmarted you?!”“Victoria, calm down. Your know how rogues think. They will do everything to get what they want. No one expected that,” Alpha Scott defended our guards. I wanted to cut off their heads and feed them to the lions. “How can I calm down when they have Leona now? Tell me!”Sooner or later Leona will recover and came back to help with the uprising. She needs to pay her debt. A life for a life. She killed my father, then I will kill her.“First, we must find their nest, retrieve Leona and pursue the execution day fast. The council will suspect now why we didn’t showed them Leona.”“Exactly. What are we going to do now?” I asked. “Attack first. Kill them all especially Leona and her boyfriend. I smell something’s fishy with him.”“Very well,” I send out my men to search the rogues hideout. Well see if Leona can escape again. When alone, I went to my father’s grave and reminded of myself my promi
DARREN’S POVWe used the shortcut that Ellen showed me. It was one of the fastest way for us to arrive in the pack. One of the spies informed us that Leona was taken out of her cave and now facing the whole pack for her execution. She was tied up on a poll and very weak due to beating. The spies would sometimes suck in the cave and gave her food and drinks to survive. Victoria ordered now to feed Leona to weaken her. “We are going to attack the pack that’s it?” I asked Ellen again for clarity. They will be a diversion while I help Leona to escape. Today, they will kill Victoria. “Are you nervous Darren? You’ve been asking the same question since yesterday, and I still answer the same thing.”“Yes, I am very nervous. I’ve been to a fight but not the whole pack. I’m afraid what would happen during the battle.”“Don’t be. Keep your head on this battle, and stay focus.”“Right.”Ellen joined Anna and the other Rogue while I will have to go to other wolves who camouflage as members of
DARREN’S POV“Drinking her blood. I am not sure about that. Our situation right now is very complicated. Leona needs my help.”“But your curse will be permanent on your birthday. Its up to you,” the healer walked away. Tomorrow is my thirtieth birthday. The day set for me to lift my curse, and Leona was still in the cave, lock in a silver cage, and fighting for her life. If I drink her blood, we will all end up dead in this place. No ones going to save us but ourselves and I’m sure Victoria deployed all their guards to tighten the security in triple. “Hey, what have you decided to do tomorrow? If you want to tell Leona about the blood, we could sneak inside the cave and tell her,” Ellen said. She took a break of polishing their weapons. “I have to save Leona. Maybe if we get lucky tomorrow, I could tell her about the blood and drink it before the day ends.”“In that case, braise yourself, and relax. You need your strength tomorrow. We need you.” Ellen went back to her chores. I was
DARREN’S POV“Did you sleep well?” Ellen checked on me in the guest room. I didn’t sleep well last night and kept staring at the moon while everybody was sleeping soundly. “Not really. First time in this place I guess.”“You have to get use to it. By the way, breakfast is ready. The Omega will come here later to serve your clothes and everything that you need.”“Wait, what? The Omegas? I don’t need their help. Just give me the clothes and I can take care of myself.”“Apparently, that is not how it works here. You are the Alpha, we all serve you.” Ellen left before I could even uttered a word. So that was what Leona told me. She was an Omega and her undying duty was to serve the Alpha and the future Luna. Without her knowing that she is the true Alpha. And as expected, the Omegas came with some clothes Anna picked for me to wear. Aside from that, they arranged my bath and asked to scrub my body which was too much. I totally declined. “I can take care of myself. Thank you,” I deman
DARREN’S POVEllen and I waited at the end of the cave. Indeed, Victoria visits Leona after sunset. She was pleased to captured her and tortured her. I wanted to intervene, but Ellen stopped me. I am no good to Leona dead. “What’s your plan? It better be a good one,” I walked out of the cave so as not to hear my beloved Leona’s scream. I cannot bear to witness her suffering.“We will save her on the day of her execution. In front of the whole pack and the council.”“Why not right now?! What if Victoria kills Leona before that day comes?” “She won’t. It is her pride to kill in font of the entire pack the true Alpha of this pack.”“Huh? What do you mean?” “Come with me.” Ellen led me to jungle. Out of the packs domain. We need to stay hidden especially her. She was an outcast now. A rogue. Victoria caught her but was saved by other rogue werewolves who oppressed the current Alpha. They had been trying to remove Alpha Riley and now Victoria on the throne. But none of the council lis
DARREN’S POVWe were waiting at the Eldrich’s property impatiently. Nothing shows up. Leona was out there somewhere in the forest.I packed my bags. I can’t stay and let the hours passed by. Leona’s life us at risk. “Bro, you can’t go out there and search for Leona. God knows what was waiting for us there. It's not safe!” Rupert stopped me. “I need to do this. Leona is out there fighting for her life and what am I doing? Nothing. What if no one come huh? Who’s going to save her?”“But Mariko said someone will come. Have faith, bro.”“You can stay here if you like,” I continued packing. No one could stop me. Not even Rupert. When suddenly, someone was at the door, knocking loudly. Rupert opened it and was taken aback. A werewolf entered the house. “Darren!” I face the werewolf and was about to shift, but it shifted back to human form and mentioned my name. I quickly told Rupert to go to Leona’s room and check some clothes for the woman. She was panting and fell in my arms. I cove
LEONA’S POVMy only lite was the torch left by the guards. I screamed as loud as I could, but no one hears me. And the silver cage suddenly makes me weak. My head was throbbing with pain. I’m losing focus. I’m not supposed to get affected by it because I am a human. Why am I feeling weak? Why do I feel like my skin was burning?“Darren, if you could hear me, help. Help me!”I tried calling Darren inside my head. Since he was my mate, I was hoping he could hear me though I am a human. He might not noticed my call because being werewolves was all Darren know.*******Meanwhile, news about Leona’s captured circulated the pack like virus Ellen discovered her best friend’s returned and investigate. Ellen asked her friend guards and confirmed the news. “Can I see her?” Ellen asked the favor. The guards gave her fifteen minutes to talk to Leona and then leave the exit passage of the cave. She couldn’t let her come back in the entrance. It would cost her job and life. Ellen agreed and s
DARREN’S POVSophie handed me a letter from Leona. She was followed by that Alpha Scott and went back with him to Manhattan obediently. “No, no!” I quickly loaded my things in my car and was about to leave when Rupert and Mom stopped me.“Bro, what’s going on? Why are you such in a hurry? And where is Leona?”“They took her! I must save her before they execute her!”“What? Hold on son, who are you talking about? Can you stop for a while and talk about this?” Mom demanded an answer. Mon urged me to go back inside. Desperate, I went back inside and decided to tell them Leona’s story. It would be hard to believe, but some stories are true. “Are you joking? Because this isn’t a good joke Darren!” Mom admonished, feeling shocked. “I wish I am, Mom, but I am not. Leona grew up in the world of werewolves. She was their slaves.”“Oh, God, that is horrible! Are they going to execute her now?”“Hopefully not, Mom. I need to go there and save her. Besides, the lost daughter of Luna Aurora is
MIA’S POV“I’m not crazy! He is a monster!” We heard Margaux shouted to the townsmen who mocked he, “I will get you Darren and the whole world will know about you! I swear to God!” Margaux threatened us before leaving. Swearing to exposed Darren and me. I felt her determination, and I know this isn’t the end. “We better keep an eye on Margaux. She will be back,” Darren said drinking a lot of water. “And that is the reason why we need to leave this place and move somewhere safe, away from the people,” Madam Sonia chimed in. Darren doesn’t like her decision and rebuke the conversation. “Oh, Darren!” Don Rafael came to him, crying like a child. He was worried about the townsmen and brought up the thought of leaving. Like a child, he asked Darren to moved out and knows a place where he would be safe. “Where? I don’t think there are place in this world where werewolves are accepted in the society.”“There is I~I forgot where,” Don Rafael scratched his head, digging deeply in his brai