"What is it?" I asked with an uneasy feeling. The two of them were still staring at me while listening to the howling outside that sounded like calling for a long time. "Who's that?" I whispered to Balthazar.No one answered my question.I turned to look at the window in the kitchen, looking at the light from the lamp at the edge of the lake and into the darkness of the forest beyond. The wolf's howling had now stopped. But my heart still feels awkward, the howling voice calling ... I don't know what this is just my feelings, but the wolf seems to be calling me."Balthazar ... what's that-" My question was interrupted by the sound of the wolf's howl again, this time closer than before."Stupid policy, It'll only cause a ruckus in this place," he muttered with an annoyed snort. Balthazar stood up angrily and started walking towards the back door followed by Dimitri and finally myself. He opened his castle door wide and went out towards the lake. I meant to follow him but was blocked by
"Stop it, Caroline," Balthazar scolded in a commanding voice. Instantly all my strength disappeared and the tense atmosphere around us gradually returned to normal. I looked up at him slightly confused due to my Leykan power following Balthazar's orders more easily than my own.Dimitri slumped to the grass below, out of breath, while Alex managed to get back up, albeit with a sore frown."You mean to kill them?" Balthazar's jerk brought my attention back to him. He still looks angry."No! Of course not," I said defensively. "I can't control-"Use!My body fell hit by Alex who suddenly ran towards me. My back hit the grass and dirt of the yard pretty hard, but Alex's hand shielded my head from the impact. All my breath was blown out of my lungs as Alex's heavy body pressed against me. The smell of sweat and pine and a hint of mud wafted from his hot, hard, muscular body."Al- Alex, I can't breathe." My whisper was met with a muffled growl as he buried his face in the nape of my neck an
His lips and hands moved to touch me together possessively. I was trapped between Alex's body and my bedroom wall. Can't run away from him ... I don't want to run away from him.My hands crawled over his chest until a growling sound mixed with deep moans came out from between his lips that colonized me. Alex's whole body felt hard and very warm. One of my hands kept moving up to the back of her neck and then through her curls.Alex pushed me against the wall until our bodies pressed against each other, melting into one. My heart pounded wildly and erratically as passion and agonizing longing mixed together, clouding my senses. All I want right now is him, as much and as close as possible.Alex's tongue caressed mine impatiently before biting my lip hard enough to make me groan. One of his hands slipped under the long-sleeved shirt I was wearing, I could feel the warmth of his big palm on my stomach slowly tracing the bare skin under my shirt.My hunting breath turned into a ragged roa
Alex's body felt tense and hard beneath me. He closed his eyes and frowned briefly before finally looking at me again. Luckily I still have common sense, I pushed my body away from him but suddenly Alex's hands held my waist so I fell back into his warm embrace."I've dreamed about this hundreds of times in my head," he said in a deep, guttural voice."Me- Dreaming of what?" my reply was a bit stammered. My body squirmed in his tight embrace, but I realized my mistake when a painful frown crossed his face again. After that I didn't dare to move my body anymore."Holding you this tight, Cara," he answered softly. One of his large hands moved down my back.I pulled the corners of my lips down.Outside the sound of raindrops now turned into a pretty heavy storm. "Then why did you leave me so easily, Alex?" My voice sounded bitter, I didn't want to pretend to hide my feelings anymore."You know what the reason is."I snorted angrily in response. "So you decided on your own without telling
"Oh, so he's awake?" Balthazar's question hung in the air as Alex didn't answer it. I didn't answer either, the feeling of being 'caught' somehow made me feel very nervous.Alex stood up from my bed still with a sullen expression. His dark gaze fell on me before turning to Balthazar. "The marks and bruises are almost gone."Balthazar's body stiffened in front of me, clearly angry. "That's right. You've told Caroline apparently." He paused for a moment then took a deep breath. "We'll talk downstairs after I get changed."Balthazar turned around, glancing at me with those gray eyes that were as dark as the weather outside. He opened my bedroom door wide before stepping out of my room. I waited for the sound of Balthazar's footsteps to fade away before turning to Alex again. A smile, though very faint, appeared on his face. He walked towards me and put his arm on my shoulder."I know I shouldn't touch you so much," he muttered as he brushed his lips over the top of my head. "But I'm not
"What?" I whispered sharply. Alex who was just about to eat his roast chicken looked up at Balthazar with his dark, furious expression.Balthazar stared at me, his gray eyes as if warning me to be careful with my speech. "It looks like the werewolves from the Yellowstone Pack caught Dimitri.?"Shit," Alex cursed curtly. But his anger only lasted for a short time, he looked a little relieved when he looked at me again. "But at least the asshole stops bothering Cara." His long sighs and the black eye bags under his eyes made me feel sad. Alex rubbed his tired face with his hands. "I'll turn myself in to Vincent tomorrow.""I've called Vincent to pick you up tomorrow morning" said Balthazar, who immediately replied with an irritated look from Alex. Balthazar pulled one of his black eyebrows up. "My house is not an inn for you."I pressed my lips together tightly while the two men in front of me exchanged irritated looks. Has Dimitri been arrested? It means that Balthazar failed to escort
Well, we did sneak up to meet tonight.More precisely, it was Alex who came to my room. Around two o'clock in the evening after the castle turned quiet, a light knock sounded from my bedroom door and then a male silhouette walked into my room.My eyes blinked at him closing the door tightly and then stepping to the side of my bed. "What is it?" I asked in a hoarse voice as I lifted my body and sat on my bed. Alex touched my face with his big warm hand, I closed my eyes again because I was still very sleepy while enjoying the comfort of his hand.The sound of his breathing was loud enough in the silence of my room. Outside the heavy rain had stopped, leaving only a light drizzle. "Cara, after all this is over ... I want you to come home soon." Alex's deep voice sounded a little fragile that made me open my eyes again and look at him. I think I'm still very sleepy because in the dim light of my room I can see a glint from Alex's slightly glossy eyes, like someone who's about to cry."Go
The offer sounded both crazy and tempting enough that I thought about it for a few seconds in my head. But I've spent most of my life on the run. I also don't want Alex to leave his Pack life and our family just to run off with me."You're still drunk," I muttered, pulling the corners of my lips down. Alex smiled lazily again and kissed my lips briefly before collapsing next to me with his eyes closed. The silence returned to my room until I thought he was asleep. But when I turned my body to look at him, his brown eyes stared back at me in the dim light of my room.My gaze traced the straight, defined features of his face, then the dark beard that covered his usually clean jawline. This past month must have felt like hell for Alex. Every time I remember what He has sacrificed for me so far it makes my chest feel tight."I love you" I whispered suddenly without being able to stop. Mate or not I will still love him until the end of my life, that realization just appeared in me. To hell
"So now you have two pet dogs?" askedAlex as I looked out the window to check if Gabriel had wandered out of Pack's house or not.With an amused smile I turned to him and frowned. "No, I only have one pet dog. The other one is a hunting dog."Alex pulled his lips down, clearly irritated at being on the same hierarchy as GabrielAdler. " ... so which dog am I?""Oh my god I was just kidding Alex" I replied with a chuckle then joined him on the bed. Quickly his hands pulled me into his arms."Have you reconciled with Jake?" His fingers slipped through my hair slowly."Uh-huh" I answered, nodding. "We plan to talk more about it at dinner tonight.""That's fine then."I looked up at him, Alex returned me with a questioning look. "Were you the one who asked the other Pack members to stay away from me?""Who stays away from you?" His brows furrowed in astonishment then he added, "I'm just asking the other Pack members to be more careful around you. I thought it would take you some time to a
Looks like Gabriel Adler is a little desperate after failing to blackmail us.A pinch of satisfaction that appeared made me smile at him, this time my smile was truly sincere unlike before. Of courseGabriel returned my smile with an angry look that he tried to contain."Guarding and hiding someone is not an easy thing ... " I muttered, deliberately enjoying his gloomy attitude mixed with anger. "Especially with my current situation."I had planned to recruit Cameron into the Pack I was about to found, but luckily I hadn't offered it to him yet.'Quickly say what you want."Look at this damn thing ... You don't know yourself, before he himself was stalling for time now he's trying to push me.I glanced at the two Pack members chatting in the communal room while occasionally glancing back at me andGabriel. Even though they greeted me kindly but everyone still kept their distance from me after I came back here."We'll talk in Alex's study." Gabriel followed me from behind as I headed u
"Jakes!" I called as I ran down the stairs.Jake stopped in his tracks but didn't turn to look at me. Some of the younger Pack members who had not yet left for school stopped briefly to stare at us."Can I talk to you for a minute?""I haven't slept since yesterday"Her expressionless face made me feel even more guilty. I bit my lip and nodded slightly. "Then tonight?" I asked hopefully.'Please?"My question was answered with a faint nod."Okay, good night," I replied slowly.Jake suddenly took a deep breath and folded his arms. "Cara, I don't hate you, so wipe that pitiful face of yours. What makes me angry is Alex- well, I'm a little annoyed at you too for being so stubborn, but I understand your reasons. I hope you can understand my reasons against that plan as well."Of course I understand, for Jake the interests of this Pack take precedence over his personal interests, and he expects the same from Alex as this Alpha Pack.But now I'm torn between his duties asAlpha and the inte
Doctor Pack gave specific instructions that Alex should stay in bed for the next three days, at least until the broken bones in his leg and several fractured ribs begin to regenerate. Luckily his other injuries had turned into faint bruises in just a night.I thought last night's injuries and events would make Alex more submissive and docile than usual ... but I was so wrong.Even though I was stuck in bed for almost twenty four hours straight, Alex still kept bugging me about last night's incident, more specifically, he repeatedly made me say every detail and part where Viktor 'touched me'.At first I understood his anger but after a while I felt annoyed because the anger was now starting to target me. Being next to him almost drives me crazy myself."Alex, Viktor is dead. What else do you want?!" I exclaimed when I saw the furious expression on his face."You shouldn't have chased him! Do you know what he would have done if the seal didn't kill him?!"I had told him about the seal t
"Don't fight." Balthazar's gruff muttering sounded from behind me. I tried to sit up but failed, the only thing I could do was move my head towards him. The pain all over my body was nothing compared to the crushing power of Balthazar who was trying to drown the Leykan energy from my body.Balthazar crouched over me to inspect while I writhed on the ground trying to fight off the painful crush that felt like it was squeezing every organ in my body. "Take a deep breath," he orders as he presses my shoulders against the ground. Her eyes only glanced at where Viktor lay for a moment before looking at me again with a look of worry and anger."Let me go-" I moaned while grinding my teeth hard to endure this pain."If I let you go now all the werewolves who are heading to this place will smell your Leykan scent." Instead of loosening his hand from my shoulder, Balthazar just pushed me harder until I groaned even louder."Take deep breaths," he repeated impatiently.I tried to catch my breat
'Victor!" My shrill scream pierced the silence of this forest. I didn't expect him to stop when he heard my voice but the sound of his footsteps stopped instantly when he heard my voice. I easily caught up with him then I stopped a few meters behind him without making a sound.We are currently in the deepest part of this forest. It's already quite far from Alex's crash site, I think it's safe enough if I release my Leykan power here.Viktor turned slowly in the darkness of this forest and stared at me without expression. His semi-naked muscular body was still tensing up, preparing to fight me.Why didn't he transform into his wolf form, the question flashed through my head but I didn't have time to think about it further.My Leykan power is already at its limit and I can't suppress it any longer.Just like when I attacked Alex the first time, the atmosphere around us turned even more sinister than before. A strong wind blew so that the trees around it shook violently. The forest that
"Caroline!" Alex yelled at me from inside the car but I didn't turn around. I closed the car door, muffled the sound completely and stepped out into the middle of the street.The cold night wind blew at me, brushing my hair away from my face. I took a deep breath while concentrating on finding the direction of the wolf's scent because it had stopped howling since I got out of the car.I wasn't going to enter the forest until he appeared in front of me because Viktor might have lured me away to get rid of Alex. Alex's car's airbags that didn't open during the crash are still bothering me, it's impossible for a BMW class car to have such a fatal malfunction.Slowly I turned to the side of the dark trees, waiting for him to emerge from his hiding place. Although my hearing is very sharp, the sound of his quiet footsteps was almost undetectable at all.From within the darkness a pair of shiny black eyes looked at me followed by a wide grin that looked vicious. Apparently he had returned t
Her sudden anger made me freeze for a moment in shock.Alex was still standing clutching my shoulders with his hands that were still shaking a little. From this close distance I could see his pale face filled with worry and anger."It looks like you're very busy so I decided to go home ... " I answered in a half whisper.Her two golden brown eyes closed instantly as her tense jaw continued to throb. "I thought you left me again" he growled before opening his eyes again. A few strands of her brown hair fell to cover her eyes which at this time looked terrible."Alex, how many times have I told you? I will never leave you again."Actually, I'm also a bit angry myself because her trust in me is only limited to this, but at the same time I also understand her feelings. I took a deep breath and knelt down to hug his neck.I'm sorry" I mumbled, kissing his neck briefly. "I was just about to call you to tell you."Looks like Ihave to buy a new phone soon.His tensed body slowly relaxed and t
Well, of course now both of them are at peace because now I am the one who is being emitted by them.I took a deep breath and looked up briefly to relieve the aching feeling in my stiff neck and then turned to face Jake who gave me a fierce glare."If you want to nag me, feel free, Jake" I muttered with another sigh.Jake chuckled in disappointment and shook his head in frustration. "Cara, do you know all the things Alex has sacrificed for you in the last eight months? If you still want to do your crazy plan, all his sacrifices so far will be wasted.""Of course, I also know what Alex has gone through for me ... but this is not the life I want to live" I replied with a heavy feeling that was starting to squish my chest.Jake's expression turned somber when he heard the change in my voice. "Method ... ""I also realize my reasoning sounds very selfish. It's just ... if one day I have children, I don't want my children who were born as half Leykan to have to live a life like this. I can