Ari's POVThe inside of the house of bamboo was exactly as I remembered because before it became granduncle Chad's home, it was my grandfather's and their father's too.It was more like an ancestral home than a habitable house but Chad was as stubborn as they come and I don't think he ever forgive his late brother, my grandpa - Alpha Abbott Nocturnal Black for letting the pack catch up with the rest of the world and that hatred might have been transferred to Abbott's son Ryan, who not only brought in more technologies but agreed to share it with other neighboring packs like our powerplant and clean water Dam.To Chad, my father was a disease. A disease that was beginning to infect other packs and the hostility between them has since grown. There was the occasional family reunion whichever happened once a year where all the members of the Black family came together and pretended to stand each other like they weren't secretly planning and plotting each other's death - Ryan and uncle Cha

Chad's POVI waited for the outburst, I waited for the challenge and the inaudible beat of the drums of war too. I waited for predictable shoving of chests in anger and the flashing of that legendary temper of Elijah Bull, something that would earn him another scar to show off.I simply waited and observed.Elijah Bull, second in command of Alpha Ryan and his father's successor. Only a blind man couldn't see the extent of his greed, there was no moral code or limit to his schemes, I am surprised my nephew was yet to deduce his true nature and that particular mistake was bound to stab my poor little clueless idiot nephew in the back if he is not careful enough.But I see him alright. My need to be Alpha stems from the fact that our pack was deviating from our roots…our culture. The young are beginning to forget what made us werewolves and our old are letting them. I want to be Alpha so I can rescue them from the clutches of modern technology and its hubris, from the pollution of the ou

Aniston's POV I wanted to wrap my hands around his neck and squeeze until he was red in the face and struggling for just a breath of fresh air. I wanted it so badly that I imagined myself doing it.What about me makes douchebags like Nick and Ari attractive to me?!Am I like a walking dipship antenna or magnet? I mean, come on!First, it was the asshole Nicholas Ray Morgan and then the high and mighty dickwad Ari Thunderbolt Black.I mean look at him…with his smug smile and his chiseled jaw and puffed up chest, that he was basically perfect doesn't mean he wasn't Satan's younger brother.I turned and latched my gaze on him. I didn't bother blinking at all.I was going to tell him to go to hell but when I opened my mouth, what came out was …"You ignored me this morning Ari. Last night you told me you loved me and today, you humiliated me. I thought you were different" Great…way to go, Aniston. Be the feely touchy emotion walking bell you've always been. Tell him how you feel and hol

Ari's POV Rules say I have to fight her but how am i supposed to strike the one girl I couldn't stop thinking about.This was hell and don't I know it.I searched for the private mind link I established with my brother.(Storm, do everything in your power to stop Aniston from fighting me!) I told him.Storm blinked and shook his head (What power? I am powerless. I have no power whatsoever and I think it's going to be entertaining though…)( Storm please!) I begged him.(I would ask for your Impala in exchange for talking down my suicidal best friend here but I kinda want to see what you are going to do, brother. Hell, I am going to video it!)I exhaled and closed the private mind link to prevent intruders from entering. I looked at my father in pure horror."Dad" I said in between my clenched jaw "Do something!" I pleaded with Alpha Ryan."I can take his place. I really don't mind" Dev said out loud.Alpha Ryan stared at us like he was saying 'When are we going to learn that he was

Chapter 90: Like a sister Ari's POV I took a threatening step forward. (What the fuck are you doing, Jack?) I asked through the mind link but Lee closed the communication without giving me an answer. Aniston frowned "I have never lost a fight before" "Lucky me then!" Jeremy stood up from the ground. "No! It means now I have to win again" she took the hand Lee offered and he pulled her up. Next few seconds were a series of fights designed to win. Lee was fast and it didn't take much to subdue her but he let go of her quickly. But I didn't fail to notice the slap on Aniston's back when he was trying to subdue her. It made me wince. He wasn't going to hold back and she was going to get hurt. I couldn't let that happen. I just couldn't. I took a step into the circle and everyone stopped to look at me. "Ari! What the hell do you think you are doing?" My father yelled. He was appalled over my blatant disregard for the rules of the fight. I ignored him. "It's my fight. Lee, g