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Ashley had sunk into depression after she left the clinic that day. Telling herself she was alright was lying to herself. She felt a hollowness that only love and companionship could fill up. It was hard for her to go back to her parent's house. She spent three days in a hotel gathering the courage to face her mother. She thought of Joseph and what he might be doing, and her heart broke every time she realised it was over.Ashley entered the relationship seeking power, hoping to become Luna, but somehow she had fallen for the man. She hoped she was pregnant and got to keep him by all means. After crying for two days and watching the flowers a stranger sent to her die, she finally braced up and headed home.Ashley did not get a welcome as she expected. Her father nearly denied her entrance, but Ashley pleaded they let her stay for six months. So she could get a job and get a small place. Going back home was a big mistake. Ashley's parents weren't kind to her. It made her heart a
Joseph returned home from the hospital to put some things in order before returning to keep Leah company. After he was done with the documents in his room, he decided to speak to Victoria about the list that Meadow had asked her to compile. He knocked on her door, which took a bit before she answered. He knew she must have been exhausted from helping Meadow attend to the prisoners that were released. He was grateful to Meadow and Victoria for getting Cynthia to do this. He was honestly worried for everyone they locked up. The moment she opened the door, her cheeks coloured. Joseph wondered what embarrassed her. He did not miss that she was wearing silk nightwear that had a top with thin straps and short silk shorts to match with lacey edges. It was sexy, too sexy for comfort. He figured that must have been the reason why she was blushing "Hey," he said at the door, and she smiled, unable to speak. "I am heading to the hospital. Do you want to join me while we reach out to people
Ashley drove down the high road, worried about what would happen to her. Sebastien was a very dangerous man, and what he did to Whitewood and Ceenas showed the extent of his evil. She hoped she would be able to charm her way through and then expose his secret and his master. She knew Sebastien was in Ceenas, and that was where she was heading. There was no need to stop for food or accommodation. Her mission was very clear, but her safety wasn't certain. Ashley called her mother to find out how she was. Leaving her mother at the mercy of her father did not sit well with her, but Maya sounded alright on the phone, and Ashley promised she would stay in touch when she got to Ceenas. Although Maya was uneasy about her daughter's mission, she hoped for the best. After a long drive, Ashley finally arrived at Ceenas borders. She wasn't surprised to see that the place was heavily guarded. That is what happens when a pack is taken over, and the new owners want to ensure it remains theirs. So
Boris reported to Sebastien's office immediately, wondering what the issue was because Sebastien did not sound friendly. Sebastien was mad that he did not deem it necessary to tell him he had locked someone up. Boris also failed to inform Alpha Malcolm, who was around during the incident. No matter how insignificant the person was, Brois needed to inform him of what was happening in the pack while he was away. Usually, he would see his actions as mutiny, but because he did not call the shots and Boris answered to the Alpha, he had to rein his anger and handle the situation wisely. Boris entered Sebastien's office, staring at him until he averted his gaze to acknowledge who was superior."Why did you lock a woman up for three days unattended, and why did you not deem it necessary to tell me?" He asked, and Boris looked worried. He did not think Sebastien would care, but it seemed like the man cared. Sometimes it appeared Sebastien had a heart and only hid it away because of whom the
"You!" Ashley said, shocked that the man with the woody scent was Sebastien.Sebastien was too worried and ashamed to speak. He stood still and swallowed, clueless about what to say. It wasn't the reaction any wolf would hope to get from their mate. Under normal circumstances, she should wrap her arms around him, and he should accept and claim her as his. But there was nothing ordinary about their circumstances. He had attacked her fiance, stolen his pack and stabbed her in the process. The painful part was that it seemed like he had stabbed her to save Cynthia's life, but that wasn't what happened. He had stabbed her to save her life because if she wasn't down, she would have kept fighting, and those warriors had marked her. His only blunder was that he stabbed her with the knife on his right instead of the one on his left. His heart was in his mouth when he discovered he had done that. That was why he stopped reinforcement from coming and convinced Joseph to sign the documen
Amber's surgery was successful. Joseph was thrilled about it. Amber had finally woken up but no one told her what was happening. Levi remained by her side while she and Leah remained in the same room to recover. Amber was grateful to Leah. Unlike Joseph and Ethan, she remembered the girl and little did she know she would be her saviour. The McClouds put behind the sorrow and chose to put behind their issues as far as they could while their mother recovered. It had been forty-eight hours since the surgery, and the two ladies were still under supervision in the hospital.Meadow and Ethan were on watch, but Joseph had decided to remain with them. He was supposed to have started training the recruits, but he wanted to give it time. It wasn't every day that prayers got answered. The miracle that Leah brought into their lives was worth putting everything on hold for. He stood by Leah's bed and thanked her for everything she had done. Though Leah was asleep, his heart was genuinely grate
One week later, Ethan opted to take his wife to a quiet location where they could spend time shift, and he could discuss visiting Meadow's parents with her. He also made a mental note to ask his mother certain things about the Clearwaters once she is strong to speak. The way they behaved toward their daughter was abnormal. They should have somehow tried to reach out, especially after the takeover. He had expected them, especially Meadow's mother, to reach out.Ethan knew how negligent Meadow's parents were when she was little. His father had scolded Blake Clearwater several times for leaving his three-year-old daughter alone to roam the park at night, looking for a missing cat.Although the park was somehow close to their house and it was a walking distance, the girl had no business walking about the place at night at that age. Ethan recalled his father taking her home on many occasions, and there was a time he threatened to take the child from Blake. Somehow Ethan suspected it w
Ethan watched Levi care for his mother. There was no doubt that the man loved her genuinely. He wondered why anyone ever doubted it. He was a douchebag to people most of the time but never to her. She was his weakness. Levi had been destabilised since the whole thing. Ethan also noticed he had lost a lot of weight. Now that he was married to Meadow, he could understand his stepfather better than he did in the past.They were still yet to tell Amber about the fight's outcome and Cynthia's takeover with the anonymous Alpha. They wanted her to be healed enough so that her blood pressure would not be an issue before they broke the news to her. They often danced around the matter, never addressing it.It had become more challenging for Levi because of all the questions she had been asking. Still, he managed to dance around the answer unnoticed. "I see you are enjoying your married life, Ethan," Amber said, noticing the joy in Ethan's eyes, and he smiled at her. "More than you can imagine
Three weeks later. Ethan stood at the altar, waiting for his bride to come. He was nervous. Even though the wedding was taking place in the private park by the lake with a gentle breeze blowing, he had beads of sweat on his forehead. He looked at where his mother and stepfather sat, and Levi smiled at him, letting him know he would be all right. Ethan stood with Keith and Malcolm behind him. Sebastien and Ashley's wedding was ongoing at the River pack, so they couldn't make it. They had all decided to wed on the same day to make it memorable. Everything went quiet, and the sound faded the moment Ethan caught Meadows's scent as she walked down the aisle. Blake held his daughter and led her through. Unlike the first time, she had a broad smile, and her heart was eager to get to the altar. Ethan looked at her, and he had never seen anything as beautiful as his mate. She was radiant and walked down with her eyes fixed on him. They had both come a long way, and this was the reward. B
It took two hours for Sebastien and the army to arrive. The moment they arrived, everyone heard the fight on the grounds. Amber, Elaine and Leah prepared to run for cover once the door opened, while the rest prepared to shift and fight. Their eyes were trained at the door. They knew someone would open it. It would either be an enemy or a friend, but the door was bound to open to ensure they were still in the room and not the cause of the battle that had started. Someone finally turned the lock. The person opened the door, and to their surprise, it was Cynthia and Sean. They looked like they planned on running away together. "Follow me," Amber told them, no questions asked. She was going to lead them through the secret escape. They were not going to hide in the mansion. They were going to hide in the woods. Sean and Cynthia could run away from there. Ethan looked at his ex, and he nodded with approval. With those two acts, she had redeemed herself; he hoped she had changed for t
Ethan got up and hugged Meadow immediately. She rested her head on his chest and wept. She felt free for the first time in a long time. Ethan cupped her face in his arms and kissed her fiercely. Then broke the kiss and stared at her. "Say my name," he said, and everyone started laughing. They weren't bothered because their plan had worked, and Linus had underestimated them. "Ethan", Meadow said, and it sounded like music to his ears. Brian, Adam, Victoria, and Leah were shocked that Ethan's legs were all right, but they did not fuss about it. The truth is they had all prepared for this day. They were waiting for the Alpha so they could end the charade. It had finally happened. Ethan did not expect that he would hear his wife finally speak for the first time. Her voice was even better than her voice in the mind link. It was like music to his ears, and he looked forward to hearing her call his name when they made love. "What did Sebastian say?" Ethan asked Keith. "They are on
Joseph stood up immediately, not wanting Ethan to blow his cover, and went to help Meadow. Amber was in shock, likewise Elaine and Victoria. Ethan was frozen in his chair. He did not want his uncle to know he could walk. He was grateful to Joseph. Meadow's hands began to shake while she screamed and pointed at Linus. Her eyes were purple, and Ethan knew Nightshade was in charge. Ethan looked at his uncle, and the man had a smug look on his. It was clear he expected it. He was calm, almost laughing. They all knew something was not right. "And she can speak," Linus said, and Ethan yelled at him. "Shut the fuck up! Don't you have compassion!" Ethan said, getting pissed off. Echo was trying to surface. "I would watch my tongue if I were you, little nephew. I have this place surrounded by my army," he said, and everyone froze, even Nightshade. "It was you! All along?" Levi said, connecting the dots, and Linus began to laugh. Levi thought of all that had happened to them since Cain
Cynthia sat in front of the mirror in her room. She had heard of the arrival of the guest, but she wasn't interested in seeing him. She was too broken and numb to want to know what was happening. She was also tired of everything. She wasn't lying when she told Sebastien she wanted out. She had not fulfilled her Luna dreams in all the years she had been chasing it. She missed out on a lot. Seeing Ethan with Meadow made her realise how she had fucked her life up, and then hearing Sebastien had paired up with Ashley was the last straw. It wasn't that she was unlucky; she was the one that made herself unlucky. She sat in front of the vanity mirror and could no longer recognise herself again. Her mother always told her she would make a beautiful Luna. Her bloody Omega mother could not make the cut. She believed her Delta wolf's weakness was because her mother was an Omega. Why did her father mate with her? She was angry at the world. She had the urge to run away, but Sebastien's wor
Levi felt rage rising in him seeing Linus. He remembered everything the bastard put him through and did not feel it was right to welcome him into their home, especially when they were in a bad situation, but it wasn't up to him. It was up to Ethan. "This isn't the time for this nonsense, Linus. You see that the pack has been overrun?" Levi asked him calmly, and Linus walked into the mansion. "I have nothing to discuss with you or Amber. I heard she found a donor. The bitch was always lucky like that." He said, and Levi punched him in the face. Linus did not see it coming, or he would have dodged. His nose cracked, and there was blood in his mouth and nose. He did not flinch from pain. He just looked at Levi and smiled with his bloody teeth. "As violent as I remembered. I wonder if that was how you buried the knife in my cousin," Linus said, and Levi was mad. "We both know that is not true," Levi said, and just then, Joseph and Victoria came towards them. Although it had been lon
One week later, Cynthia realised that the staff in the house were gone. She wondered where they had all gone. She needed help with certain things and could not get anyone to do the chores. So she got mad and ordered everyone in the house to meet her outside. So that they do not ignore her as always, she asked Beta Sean to make sure they all came outside. She stood outside, waiting for the residents to assemble. Everyone was mad about being called from their room, but they controlled their temper. There was no need to fight now when they were yet to meet the culprit. Still, it was slowly getting to the point where Ethan and joseph wanted to damn everything and just finish off Cynthia and their goons and then wait for the next attack. It would give them an immediate solution, but it wouldn't last because the bastard could still strike from the shadows. Meadow suffered from morning sickness, and Ethan did not want her to go out, but Sean said that Luna insisted that everyone must c
Kate stared at the two alphas. She was afraid and knew her life was forfeit. She hoped they were kind enough to lock her up or she was finished. "I worked in a tavern in Primewood." She started, and they listened. "I was a lady of the night," she confessed, and Levi figured that she had to lack values to stoop so low. Not all of them were like that. Some of them had solid reasons for going into prostitution due to situations that were beyond them but looking at Kate, he figured greed was her motivation. She was just a less privileged version of Cynthia. "I wasn't making much, and I was planning to relocate to Whitewood where there was money, but Luna Amber had banned prostitution in all her territories, so the prospect of getting a job wasn't possible. Also, moving to Whitewood was challenging. We had to fill out forms and apply for residency to stay, in which the Luna or Alpha would determine whether we made the cut or not. That also made my chances slim. Whitewood was and stil
On their way home, Levi thought of the many things he would do to Kate. He had a lot in store for her and planned to drill her to the last bit. He was going to ask Ethan to join him, but he wanted to give Ethan space to spend time with his wife and celebrate their unborn child. He would settle for Joseph's help because he needed someone present, so he did not go overboard. On the other hand, Ethan was ecstatic about the news of being a father soon; he began to see things differently. Finding and ending this Alpha wasn't about revenge and taking back their pack anymore; it was now about their future. It was about securing their children's future and creating a safe environment for them to grow in. It was about sanity and peace. He did not want his children to experience the chaos he had known since he was twelve. He wanted peace and serenity. They arrived at the Mansion. Ethan and Meadow headed to their wing while Levi headed to his wing. On his way to his room, Cynthia accosted h