Chapter 19. "Don't drink it all at–" Before Elena could complete her statement, Daciana gulped a large chunk of her drink, her eyebrows creasing as the taste settled in her mouth.She gazed at Elena who stared at her speechlessly."What?" Daciana asked, covering her mouth and giggling. "I've had a long day, okay? Scratch that, I've had a long week." She stared at her almost empty glass one last time before drinking the rest of it, ignoring Elena's concerned gaze. "Elena quit looking at me like that." She giggled again, though this time it was more forced. "Where's that waiter? We need more of those mocktails!"Daciana could feel the rush from the alcohol surging through her body. It felt... Exciting.She felt free. Elena sighed before she spoke. "Well, we have to be careful how much alcohol you take so you don't–" "Did I hear you say, alcohol?" A deep voice that neither of them wanted to hear sounded, causing them to turn their gazes to its source.It was Alan who had a stoic ex
Chapter 20. "You didn't answer my question," Daciana said plainly as she began dancing with Alan.She wasn't a good dancer, but following Alan's lead allowed her to take the steps right without tripping or making a fool of herself."What question?" Alan asked, pretending to be clueless as he spun her around before pulling her into his arms. That move alone caused Daciana to gasp silently as her arms landed on his strong arms. She couldn't stop herself as she trailed her hands up his muscular arms, getting a little carried away."Well, I guess the question wasn't that important." Alan sniggered, clearly enjoying the situation.That alone was enough to snap Daciana back to reality as she hit him on his chest, glaring at him. "Don't act coy with me. I was talking about my last question before you dragged me here. How can you act so calm despite all the chaos around you? How can you be so–" "Invisible?" Alan completed her statement with a knowing smile. "Well, honey, there's no 'secre
Chapter 21. "Daciana! Daciana, are you okay?""Gosh, does she need an ambulance?""Daciana." The last voice that spoke her name managed to stir her subconscious mind, causing her eyes to open wide as she gasped, a sharp headache affecting her again.She sat up, rubbing her forehead but then she felt the strong arm supporting her back and soon got a full view of her surroundings.Kneeling in front of her were Elena and Alan, the former having a relieved look on her face while the latter had the usual stoic look on his face. But what really had Daciana's stomach in knots was the fact that Alan used his right hand to support her back, his grip making her head spin.Unfortunately, that brief moment of bliss was cut short when an aggravating voice spoke up. "Thank goodness, you're awake." Hailey blurted from where she stood a few meters away with Kellen standing beside her with disdain in his eyes. Daciana gritted her teeth as Hailey lowered her head, a smirk on her face. "Are you oka
Chapter 22.A cold shiver ran down Daciana's spine when she heard Hailey's words. The girl is crazy!She was left speechless, not being able to do or say anything even as Hailey pulled away from the fake ass hug, plastering a cheery smile on her face. "You did great, okay?" Hailey remarked, patting Daciana on her cheek before she walked away, clinging to Kellen's arm as usual.Daciana stared at them, frozen and unable to do or say anything."The nerves of that bitch..." She mumbled, clenching her hands into fists.Just then, Elena walked up to her, a concerned expression on her face as she placed her hands on her shoulder."Hey." Daciana glanced at her, a wry smile curling her lips. "Hi. Gosh, I'm exhausted." She lamented.Elena giggled, trying to lighten the mood. "Girl, you fainted. That's expected. But at least, your prince charming caught you before you hit the ground." Daciana's face heated up with a blush as she shoved Elena's shoulder playfully before they walked back to th
Chapter 23Daciana whipped her head around and wasn't surprised to see Hailey standing there with her mouth open wide in shock. Hailey's eyes went from Daciana to Kellen repeatedly before they began twitching with anger as she barged into the room. "You gold-digging bitch!" She screeched, raising her hand to slap Daciana.However, this time, Daciana wasn't going to back down or let herself get abused by the bratty girl. She freed herself from Kellen's grip, balling her hands into fists and moving to punch Hailey or at least, get a good hit on her. Daciana was still pissed off by her stunt at the party and saw this as her chance for a little payback.Unfortunately, Kellen just had to step in, using his hand to gently shove Daciana out of the way before Hailey could slap her and then grabbed Hailey's hand, causing the latter to gasp in shock."Calm down." He muttered, eyeing Hailey with a complicated look in his eyes. But the Beta's daughter wasn't having it and soon wriggled her w
Chapter 24. Daciana stiffened when she heard the Alpha's words. She turned her gaze from Hailey and Kellen who both seemed stunned by the Alpha's words. However, Hailey was the first to regain her composure and coughed awkwardly before plastering a smile on her face and bowing slightly."Alpha, does the meeting include me? Or–" Before she could complete her question, the Alpha interrupted abruptly. "Of course, not. This meeting is for my sons and their mate."Hailey gulped down the rest of her words, trying to remain composed still, despite the slight twitch of her eyes.Meanwhile, the Alpha fixed his gazes on Daciana and Kellen and gestured at them. "You two, come." He stated.Kellen glanced at Daciana with malice, but the latter was worried about other things. "Sir?" Daciana raised a finger before the Alpha could walk away, causing him to pause. "D– Do I get the chance to have a bath first? It was a long night tonight and I just want to–""You should've thought of bathing befor
Chapter 25. "Aloha." Axel waved at the female receptionist with a smirk on his face, leaning against the counter. The woman raised her head from her laptop with a bored expression on her face at first, but that soon disappeared and was replaced by a cheery smile. "Aloha. You must be the royal triplets of the Fiery Lake pack. Your father saved your reservation in our prestigious Inferno hotel." The receptionist said with a jolly tone. Meanwhile, Daciana stood behind the triplets, holding her bags with a frown on her face.It turns out Alpha Ryker was serious about his decision to send them on a trip to Hawaii.All it took was him sending Daciana and the triplets to the airport, and in a matter of minutes, they arrived in Hawaii at Waikiki Beach. Apparently, this area was mostly populated by werewolves, and humans and other races could only be found in the inner parts of the city. Anyway, the receptionist glanced behind the triplets and spotted Daciana, a curious smile on her face
Chapter 26. Daciana glanced back and gulped when she saw Kellen walking in her direction.Even though the situation she was in was a troublesome one, she couldn't help but trail her gaze down his body. 'Dear goddess...' she thought to herself, her head already spinning.Kellen wore a short-sleeved, unbuttoned beach shirt that left his upper body exposed, displaying his chiseled abs and chest for all to see. He had such a perfect tan that Daciana found herself imagining how it would feel to get a lick of his body."What did you say to me?" The man who shoved her down asked with a growl, snapping her out of her trance before she could begin scrutinizing Kellen's lower body. Daciana turned her gaze back to the man just in time to see him tilting his head and staring at Kellen with a ferociousness that caused a cold shiver to run down her spine.Meanwhile, Kellen was unfazed, finally getting to them and folding his arms in front of his chest. "Except the alcohol has clogged your ears,
Chapter 116."And that's why, I, Daciana Gavin, reject you as my mate forever!"As soon as Daciana said those words, the audience released shocked gasps and murmurs as they watched Alan fall to the ground and begin shaking erratically as if he was convulsing.He held his chest tight, struggling for basic breath as he tried looking up at Daciana and his brothers. But Daciana only watched him with cold eyes, every ounce of sympathy she once felt dissipating and melting away alongside the all-binding mate bond. She's always known that she was the only one who could reject Alan and his brothers as easily as this but she's never thought of doing it after they started getting close. Why should she? Everything had been going great, and she would've never suspected that Alan, of all people, would be capable of committing all the atrocities that he did. Daciana balled her hands into fists, watching as Alan began moving his right hand forward, trying to grasp her ankle as he shook from the
Chapter 115. As Kellen and Alan clashed in their wolf forms, the hall erupted into chaos as the civilians attempted to flee.However, the exits were closed, forcing the people sitting in the front rows close to the stage to go to higher grounds, all to avoid the fight.Meanwhile, Daciana watched in horror as two of her mates, two brothers, fought. It was amazing how the three of them all looked alike in their human form but were entirely different as wolves.Kellen's fur was white as snow and flowed like clouds around him. Alan, in contrast, had pitch-black fur enveloping his body like night encroaching on the sky."Daci, get out of there!" Elena yelled out from below the stage where she and the pack doctors were tending to Sabrina.At that same moment, Alan managed to gain the upper hand and head-butted Kellen directly to the Beta's seat. "Goddess, have mercy!" The Beta exclaimed as he grabbed his daughter and ran out of the way, narrowly escaping Kellen crashing into his table."K
Chapter 114. "I'm here to prove once and for all that Kellen Ryker is innocent!" As soon as Daciana said those words and the audience gasped with shock, Alan got on his feet, staring directly at her. "Daciana, stop whatever you think this is and drop the microphone." He warned, a growl leaving his mouth.But Daciana was unshaken as she stared right back at him before speaking to him through the microphone."Why? You're afraid that the whole pack will find out the kind of manipulative, scheming fraud you are?" She asked with spite in her voice, causing Alan to clench his jaw and causing the crowd to murmur in shock and disbelief."She speaks ill against the new Alpha King!" Someone from the audience yelled out just then.Another one added soon after. "Is that even allowed? She's merely an Omega after all.""Yes, but she's also his mate.""What sort of image does it paint for him if his mate can confront him like this?"Daciana could feel the people losing hope in Alan rapidly and th
Chapter 113. Finally, the day that Daciana had been dreading all this while arrived.The day of Kellen's execution.It was going to be made public and almost everyone in the pack was going to be attending. The rest who couldn't were those who couldn't stomach seeing his death.As for Daciana, she still had to attend as the new Alpha King's mate... Not as if she didn't want to attend anyway.She was in her room, with Elena and a maid helping her to make her hair into tresses."I was going to ask if you're okay but I figured that the answer to that question is no." Elena suddenly muttered awkwardly, gesturing at the maid to leave the room when she was done.When the maid closed the door on them, Daciana sighed heavily and turned her gaze to Elena."And you're right, Elena. I'm not okay." Daciana blurted, her jaw clenching just then. It was early in the afternoon, but she hadn't had breakfast, nor had she had dinner last night.Her mother had been worried sick and tried her best to ge
Chapter 112. The next day, Daciana and Axel decided to visit Kellen together so they could inform him of the recent developments and come up with a plan. When they got to the dungeons and told him everything, Kellen's face went pale with shock."Alan did what?!" Kellen yelled out, his mouth wide open as his gaze went from Daciana to Axel.Daciana nodded her head solemnly, her jaw clenched. "Yeah, he's been colluding with Hailey and her father all this time. The most annoying part is the fact that he's also been frolicking with the bitch."She balled her hands into fists when she remembered the conversation between Hailey and Alan that she had luckily recorded.Her nightmares last night were filled with the images of Alan and Hailey making out and laughing at her as she cried and pleaded for them to stop. She couldn't continue like this..."Daci, I'm... I'm so sorry." Kellen said with a low tone, stepping forward and attempting to stretch his hands through the space of the silver ba
Chapter 111. After the 'heartfelt' moment with Alan, Daciana decided to finally head to dinner with Axel tagging along with them.When they got downstairs, Daciana spotted Hailey sitting close to one of the heads of the table, a smile on her face as she drank from a glass of wine. Elena and her mother were situated close to each other and whispered some things to themselves until they spotted Daciana and the others walking toward the table."Finally!" Elena said with a groan while trying to swallow something.She placed her right hand in front of her mouth, successfully swallowing what she was chewing before she continued. "I was contemplating going upstairs to drag you down here. Do you want to starve yourself?"Daciana smiled awkwardly before making a last-second decision to go sit close to Elena and her mother. She sat in between them, causing her mother to smile warmly before placing her hand on top of her arm. "Are you okay, dear?" Sabrina asked, arching an eyebrow with concer
Chapter 110."W– Were you crying?" Alan asked Daciana with concern in his voice. Daciana fluttered her eyelids, raising her right hand and touching her eyes. Shit... There were still some tears.She shook her head, clearing her throat awkwardly before she plastered a wry smile on her face. "Y– Yeah, I was crying." She admitted, staring into Alan's eyes. "But I'm fine now. Axel consoled me already."At the mention of Axel, Alan's jaw seemed to clench for a good two seconds, causing Daciana to arch an eyebrow. Eventually, he relaxed again and smiled, glancing into the room where Axel stood up from Daciana's bed and walked toward them. "Brother..." Alan nodded his head at Axel who had a smile on his face. Daciana glanced at Axel and was surprised at how calm and normal he could act toward Alan despite everything they'd discovered about him. She, on the other hand, was struggling to not slap Alan and yell at him, asking him why he'd betray her. Her chest burned with rage but she k
Chapter 109. Axel ended up taking Daciana back to her room after the whole ordeal, staying by her side and comforting her as she lamented about Alan and Hailey."I mean, I've always known Hailey is an opportunistic whore, but Alan?" Axel nearly exclaimed, clicking his tongue as he shook his head. "This is one hell of a shocker. What does he gain from any of this? He'll lose his family, his mate. Would it be worth it in the end?"Daciana sniffled, using the back of her right hand to wipe off the tears and snort falling down her face for the umpteenth time.Axel's ranting was almost like background noise at this point, even though he literally had his arms wrapped around her shoulders. Her mind raced through many thoughts, trying to make sense of Alan's betrayal.How hadn't she noticed any signs? Right from time, Hailey always seemed... Distant from Alan when compared to the others. Daciana had just taken it as her avoiding him because of how quiet he was but on second thought... May
Chapter 108.Daciana felt her heart shattering into a thousand pieces as she watched as Hailey had her arms wrapped around Alan's shoulders, kissing him and grinding her body against his. As for Alan, he had his arms wrapped around Hailey's waist, his hands slowly going to her ass and squeezing it.Daciana became dizzy, but she made sure to bring out her phone and began recording when Hailey had finally gotten her paws away from Alan."Oh, gosh! My Alpha." Hailey squealed, giggling like a fan girl as she trailed her index finger on his chest.Alan's expression was stoic as always but there was a hint of a smile curling up the corner of his lips.Daciana's eyes stung with tears as she watched all this unfold in real time but she didn't let herself breakdown as she glanced down.She was two stories above the ground and any wrong step could cause her to stumble and fall. Also, if she didn't keep herself hidden, there was the risk of Alan and Hailey spotting her."How could Alan betray m