In order to shorten the time, our group and Luca's group decided to meet on the street.We split into two cars. Me, Jake, Bastien and Vincent were in a car because I wanted to talk to Vincent before we got to Pack Basilisk territory. While Luca and Jordan were driving different cars, they followed closely behind.Vincent looks fine even though he has been in detention for five days. Only his grave and serious expression seemed different from his usual demeanor."So it was Dimitri who took Caroline?" asked Vincent as soon as he got into the car.I nodded and looked at him in the rearview mirror. "Yes. An hour ago the Basilisk member who escaped from his Pack told me."I immediately briefed him on the current situation."Dimitri Stratovsky ... " Vincent muttered his name in a venomous voice. "I thought he was smarter than this."'He seems to think Cara is your mate," Jake said as he drove.Vincent didn't reply to Jake's statement, but his expression hardened when he heard it. I can read
(POV - Caroline Brennan)I don't remember how long I lay on the ground.Maybe a few minutes, maybe a few hours. My consciousness faded and reappeared several times. But I can feel the vibration of the feet of several people running towards me, with difficulty I open my eyes again to see.Dimitri bent over me, I could faintly see him open his mouth to scream but I couldn't hear his voice. An angry and worried expression appeared on his face. His black blue eyes were so dark that they were almost the same color as black.Why did he make such an expression? I thought amidst the pain I felt. For a moment I remember Alex's face. He would have put on the same expression Dimitri had now if he saw me in this condition.Dimitri stretched out his arms to hold me but I lost consciousness again as an intense pain coursed through my back and through my body.***The pain is confusing.For amoment Ifelta burning heat up my spine and then a chill that made me sick. Then I lost my senses again, but I
I turned my body quickly facing the source of the voice that called me just now.Dimitri was standing not far from me, but he was standing in the middle of the trees so thick and dark that I didn't notice him as I passed him.That meant Dimitri had been watching me all along.My heart started pounding hard inside my chest. "What ... Is that Alex?" I asked in a tight voice. I could see his tall silhouette in the dark, but I couldn't see his face clearly right now."Caroline" he repeated in an awkward voice. I blinked at him, his voice didn't sound awkward ... but sad.Dimitri held out his hand to me. "If you choose me I swear I will never make you regret it.?I stood frozen in my place. What is he really talking about? Don't tell me he really likes me ..."Dimitri, is that Alex?" I repeated again with a firmer voice than before.Dimitri didn't answer me for almost half a minute."Alex will never make you happy. He is not a match for you. I can make you shine as a pure-blooded Leykan, w
I must be crazy to even think about giving up. Even though we are very close.You suck ... You suck. I let my body rest for a few minutes while closing my eyes. The pain in my back was getting worse. The shirt I was wearing now was covered with cold sweat and blood, while my body, which couldn't hold back, shivered because of the cold from the mountain weather as well as the heat from the claw wounds on my back.My hands are now covered in my own blood, because several times I tried to feel my wet back to check it.Dimitri probably put something on the wound. I want to lie down and curl up hugging myself, back into the empty darkness without any pain."You're weak," I whispered hoarsely, then I opened my eyes again to stare at the soaring fire. As if it was encouraging me, the fire was also getting bigger as time went on. I smiled then stood up and started walking again.The sound I heard grew louder as I got closer. From where I was I could see a bunch of werewolves attacking each ot
My throat feels very dry. Maybe because of the discomfort I felt, or maybe because of the buzzing sound in my ears that made me have to open my heavy eyes.At first my eyes looked cloudy. I have to close it before I try to open my eyes again. One by one the faces of people I recognized looked back at me.Expressions of surprise, worry, anxiety, anger, shock adorned the faces surrounding my bed. I tried to speak but my throat was so dry I had to clear my throat several times before I could utter a word that sounded so hoarse."Apha," I said, looking at Mum, Dad, Jenna, Evelyn, Jake, and finally Alex. He stood farthest from my bed.I'm currently in my room. The room I've lived in for the past thirteen years. For a moment I don't recognize this place because I've been living in the Pack's house for the last few months."Cara-""Baby, you have to-""How's it going-"Everyone spoke together as soon as I said something. I closed my eyes again to block out the pain and confusion in my head.
I woke up again when my room was still dark, it seems Alex turned off the light before he left. I stared at the hundreds of tiny phosphorous stars on my ceiling. A very, very relieved feeling welled up in my chest, I don't have to stare at that whitewashed ceiling anymore.I glanced at the glass of water that was next to my bed, my throat felt very thirsty. With difficulty I dragged my body to the edge of the bed and then tried to move my hand to reach the glass.But my whole body still can't coordinate properly because of the side effects of the medicine given to me, so instead of taking the glass I nudge it so that it falls to the floor.The sound of glass hitting the floor and breaking into pieces was loud enough in the silence of this house. Shit, I thought a little frantically. Alex could definitely hear it from his room.And sure enough, a second later my bedroom door burst open. Alex with messy hair and bare chest examined every corner of my room with a wary gaze, then his brow
It turned out that I managed to get off the balcony safely. Even though my waist hurts because I hit the balcony railing of my room, I can still ignore it.Without looking back I ran towards the bus stop which was about half a kilometer from my house. Luckily the bus I was going to take came right away when I arrived at the bus stop, because it was still eleven o'clock in the afternoon so there were only a few other passengers on the bus.This bus doesn't stop near Pack's house, in fact I still have to walk very far becausePack's house is located on the outskirts of the city where there are not many settlements, so public transportation doesn't pass through that place.I stuck my head against the cold bus window staring at the people out there busy going about their day. It looks like there's a parade of school children around here, because along this road it looks a bit crowded.I hope Mum won't notice I've run away before I get to Pack's, I don't want to freak her out I thought as
We arrived at Pack's house about twenty minutes later. Tim immediately said goodbye again after dropping me off, I thanked him before he pedaled his bike again towards town.Even though Pack's house is quite far from downtown, he always rides his bicycle everywhere.I walked through the main gate. The front yard of Pack's house looks deserted this afternoon, maybe because the young Pack members who live here are busy with their own activities. Some are still in school, while some have started working.As I crossed the wide yard to the front door of the house. I accidentally looked up at the row of windows on the third floor, Alex's study was on that row. By chance or something, a man's silhouette suddenly pulled back the curtains on one of the windows and looked out into the courtyard ... right at me.And who was looking at me from the window on the third floor was Alex. Even though I was far away I could see the look of shock and anger mixed on her face. My steps stopped when Alex clo
"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