(POV - Alexander Brennan)When I saw Cara walking from the gate of Pack's house, a sense of relief enveloped me until my legs were almost unsteady. But that feeling only lasted for a moment"What's wrong with Luna?""What's all that blood?"The whispering voices of the people around me made my feet stop in place. It was like being splashed with cold water and my whole body froze as Cara walked towards us blankly. Blood covered her entire body from the ends of her hair to her bare feet."Smells like werewolf blood ... " Jake who was standing by my side muttered. We know this smell because just a few days ago we encountered a werewolf from the Silver Moon pack. I took a few steps away from Jake and the others.Someone ran over to Cara and spoke to her, but Cara kept walking towards me, His vacant stare makes my hair sprinkle like there was no soul left in it. Those blue eyes. I didn't have to guess to know what happened, my pack members reported Cara who disappeared as soon as I return
(Back to Caroline's POV)Alex and I became more strained after that night.Alex slept in his study, while I locked myself in our room all day. Mum visited me and brought some food but I pretended to be asleep when she came into the room. Jake is my only source of information at thebmoment this afternoon he visited to accompany me in between his busy schedule. But what we talked about was mostly about the progress of the war between our pack and the Silver Moon pack."I know it's a little late," I said as I pulled open my bedroom curtains letting the late afternoon sun flood the room, "But what's the name of your pack?"Jake, who had been busy munching on a cheeseburger, glared then coughed several times because he was choking. "Are you kidding me? You didn't know this whole time?!"I shrugged my shoulders and handed him a glass of soda. "You guys never mentioned it."Jake shook his head as he drank his soda from the straw, "You really are ... " He crumpled the cheeseburger wrapping pa
For the first time Vincent lowered his head, I thought he was showing his submissive attitude because Alpha Alex's aura was radiating very strongly at this time. But a few seconds later he struggled and lunged towards Alex until both of them fell together into the grass. The rest of the pack and Jake tried to pull the two away but not before Vincent caught Alex in the jaw once, on the way to hitting him a second time Alex grabbed his hand easily."The first one I can still tolerate because of my previous misunderstanding, but the second one you will have to pay for." Alex said in a threatening tone that made the fine hairs on my hands bristle. Her brown eyes turned evenmoregolden.Alex's warning didn't make Vincent try to stop his attack even though he was already being held back by several other pack members, so Jake had to step between the two. Sometimes I forget that Vincent is half Leykan."Remember what I said, if anything happens to my mate ...you'll take the blame, Brennan."Ale
"Cara... returning home will only harm Mum and Dad." replied Alex more carefully. "Okay." I muttered finally "If you can find Evelyn Lance in 3 days, I will stay.""I can't repeal the sentence." His face stiffened again when he heard my request.My anger reappeared again, "Then I will leave.""Did he threaten you?" asked Alex in a low voice. "And you think I'll just let you go?""Then you're going to lock me up?!” I shouted angrily. “Why don't you kill me as well? Isn't that all the problems will be solved? Your grandfather must be feeling very proud from hell!”"What is it?" asked Jake breathlessly while Alex was still frozen in place with a hurt expression."We have to find Evelyn lance quickly." I said to both of them. "She's pregnant with Vincent's child.That means Evelyn is carrying my nephew." I added angrily. Jake who didn't know my realrelationship with Vincent opened his mouth very wide in surprise."If in 3 days we haven't found her, I will tell Vincent the truth." I said
Alex looked at me with a gloomy expression, "The Silver Moon Pack is famous for their hunting skills. That's why when you ran away with Vincent, Edward Adler was able to find you before me. They used to have a tradition of drinking Lycan's blood to improve the hunting abilities of Silver Moon Pack members.When I heard it, it felt like my body was doused with ice water, "They ... what?" I asked in a cold voice,"We all also don't like the sadistic rituals of the Silver Moon pack. It's been a long time since that tradition disappeared because Lycaan is extinct." Thomas Reed, who had been silent until now, finally spoke. "What Edward Adler wants from you is the pure blood of Lycaan flowing within you.""You are crazy." I muttered so angrily that I felt my hands begin to shake. Alex who realized my feelings gripped my hand tightly "Sam and Thomas are willing to help our pack in the upcoming war,""Aren't you two going to be the regulators in this war?" I asked both of them."Yes. In the
His brown eyes turned slightly golden as they locked on me so the atmosphere between us turned more intense. Why did our relationship turn this bad? I want to go back to the old Alex again ... I don't want to see him turn cold and walk away from me."I want to kiss you" he said suddenly in a low, slightly trembling voice. His words made me freeze for a moment, before I could respond Alex cupped my face with his hands. His face got closer then he closed his eyes and kissed me. Just like his voice, his lips also slightly trembled when they touched mine. He kissed me gently as if he was kissing something very precious. I can feel his hot breath on my cheek as his fingers slowly trace my face. I wrapped my arms around his neck and sat on his lap. Vaguely in the middle of our kiss I heard a muffled groan from Alex, I opened my eyes slowly then moved my face away to look at him but Alex still closed his eyes tightly. The expression on his face was painful."Alex?"A pair of golden amber eye
I stepped inside followed by Alex from behind me, this room looks almost as wide as Alex's work room. A dusty piano was placed in the corner of the room, Alex walked towards the curtains of one of the large windows and pulled them up until the sunlight illuminated the previously dark room. "Originally this place was going to be Alpha's workspace, but the decor is too... quirky to be a formal workspace." said Alex, pointing towards the ceiling. I also looked up and saw the colorful carvings that looked like paintings on the ceiling. "Wow" I muttered in awe. Even though the color has faded, it doesn't reduce its splendor. It looks like the carvings on the door and on the ceiling are still related as the pattern and forest theme are very similar. "Like an engraved story book." "Yeah, that's why I can't use this room as a workplace." said Alex from behind me. I couldn't take my eyes off the ceiling, somehow the carving looked familiar. Right in the middle of it was a large carving of
"Edward ... Adler?" Vincent repeated still in a low, angry voice. "That bastard again?" He got up suddenly from the couch and headed for the door. "Wait, where are you going?" I asked, standing too. "Silver Moon Pack." he replied, "I will kill him tonight." "Vincent! I haven't finished telling you anything yet." I snapped before he opened the door and walked out. "Is there anything else I should hear?" he asked in a low, deathly voice. "Because if he hurt even one strand of Evelyn's hair-" "You can't kill him tonight. Night Walker and Silver Moon will have a duel in the Land of Ashes. After all, Evelyn Lance is fine, I can guarantee it with my oath." interrupted Alex in his absolute Alpha tone. Vincent turned around and looked at Alex with his dark green eyes flashing "I don't care about your oath as Alpha. Your words are as meaningless as trash to me if I can't confirm Evelyn myself." Alex clenched his jaw angrily, but to my surprise. He managed to control his emotions and ans
"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