Chapter 1. Becky.
Becky’s POV.
“What are you looking at?" I asked, looking up from the book I was reading and to a pair of silver-gray eyes staring sharply at me.
" Why are you so stubborn? You weren't like this when we first met.”
" I was a 17-year-old wolfless teenager when we first met, and mind you, you brutally rejected a teenager who believed in love, completely shattering any hopes of her believing in love ever again. And guess what… Now I'm a 21-year-old lady who spent the last 4 years of her life avoiding any form of love and still isn't about to transform! I said sarcastically while glaring at him, not caring if he was the Alpha King.
" I apologize for that, but you were too young for me to claim you as mine,” Hunter said, his voice a hint of emotion.
“Oh, you have got to be kidding me. No one has ever made me this angry before." I said, turning my eyes back to the book in my hand. “If you don't mind, I really don't care, could you leave? I need to work."
The room fell silent for a while, neither of us saying any word or moving.
I could still feel Haunter, the Alpha king's gaze on me, but I wasn't going to give him what he wanted that easily. And to hell with the stupid mate bond, I'll resist that thing for as long as I can.
“You have three days to pack your things and come live with me." The Alpha King said, not breaking his gaze from me, his voice was filled with authority and command.
I snapped my eyes to look up at him. Not this again. “Excuse me?" I asked, my brows knotted together.
He didn't respond and kept staring at me, his gaze sharp and intense. I could feel my heart starting to speed up against my will.
Curse this mate bond.
Jiggle…jiggle…
Knock…knock…knock
The silence between us was disrupted by a sudden Jiggle and knock on the door. I had forgotten we were in my office at work. I just got back from the human world a few days ago.
Jimmy's voice was heard from the other side of the door. “ What the…girl, why's your door locked?”
Haunter and I both turned to look at the door at the same time, a frown appeared on his face.
“Your attention is needed in the meeting room, and it's urgent; Mr. Zach is yelling at everyone for a mistake Mira made except her. Why do we have to get punished for a mistake she did and she's not even getting punished for it because she's the Alpha king's adopted sister? Seriously, I wanna quit and start my own company; I'm tired of the way he treats us.” Jimmy whined, his voice sounding like he was about to cry while leaning on the door.
I turned to look at Haunter who was now staring at me, his face unreadable.
I guess Mr. Zach hasn't heard the latest news yet.
I dropped the book I was reading on my table and stood up, walking towards the door when Haunter took hold of my hand.
I turned to look at him, his expression still unreadable. “What is it?" I asked, my voice flat.
He didn't respond for what seemed like two long seconds. " Can I kiss you?”
He asked, catching me off guard. I blinked a few times and was about to refuse when his soft and rosy lips landed on mine.
I couldn't help but engage in the kiss and kissed him back, placing my hand around his neck and pulling him closer to me.
Knock…knock…
A knock on the door made us separate, gasping for air while looking at Haunter in the eyes. “Bec!? You in there?”
" Yes! I'm coming, just give…give me a minute." I said, still looking at him before breaking eye contact.
Immediately, washing over me, I can't believe I kissed him back and didn't push him off in time. “Seriously, damn this stupid mate bond,” I mumbled to myself and walked towards the door.
I reached the door and paused for a moment, taking a deep breath to calm my racing heart. I had to put on a mask of indifference, especially around my coworkers. I opened the door, and Jimmy’s wide eyes blinked back at me, curious and confused.
“Finally!” he said, his eyes narrowing as he scanned my face. “Why do you look so flustered? And why was the door locked?”
I quickly brushed past him, trying to avoid further questions. “Not now, Jimmy. You said Mr. Zach is making a scene? I need to sort it out.”
Jimmy huffed as he followed me down the hallway. “Yeah, he’s in one of his moods again. Honestly, I don’t know how you put up with him. Mira’s untouchable, and the rest of us have to walk on eggshells.” He said, not noticing the Alpha King in my office.
I sighed. “I know. It’s unfair, but we have to do our jobs. We can’t control how Mr. Zach handles the Alpha King’s adopted sister.” I glanced back briefly, noticing Jimmy still looked upset. “Look, let me handle this, okay?”
Jimmy nodded but didn’t seem entirely convinced. “Alright, but one of these days, you’re gonna need to stand up to him. You’re the only one here who can.”
We reached the meeting room, and I could hear Mr. Zach’s voice already booming from inside. I took another deep breath, squared my shoulders, and opened the door.
Mr. Zach stood at the head of the room, his face red with frustration. He was yelling at some poor junior who looked like they might burst into tears any second. Mira, meanwhile, sat calmly in her chair, her eyes lazily scanning her phone. It made my blood boil.
“Mr. Zach,” I called out, stepping into the room with as much authority as I could muster. His head snapped around, and his glare landed on me.
“Becky,” he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “So nice of you to join us. Perhaps you can explain why your department has completely botched the numbers for the quarterly report…” He suddenly stopped, his eyes widened in shock, still staring past me.
I turned to look behind me when I saw the Alpha King, aka Haunter, standing confidently behind me.
Chapter 21: Redirected.Backy's POV.“Jimmy wake up and stop spraying sweet nothings to whatever unfortunate demon you're dreaming about!" I yelled, shaking him vigorously with a frown on my face.Jimmy's eyes snapped open, his eyes darting around, unfocused until his eyes landed on the sky outside the car window, the dark clouds forming a circle with thunder inside, as if a tornado with lightning inside was going to fall on us anytime . “I think I'm still dreaming, nevermind, I'm still dreaming." He said with a calm smile as Candy took a sharp turn, almost sending us tumbling but she quickly got hold of the steering wheel and stepped on it. I slapped him hard across the face and with his quick reflex, he slapped me back, snapping both of us back into reality. Jimmy blinked at me. “Did… did we just slap each other awake?”“Welcome back to hell,” I snapped, grabbing the dashboard as the jeep jolted again. “Now focus!”Outside, the world was folding in on itself.The sky had turned i
Chapter 20: NetharaBecky's POV “Say what now?” Cassie asked, staring at me with wide eyes. " I'm going home, and you guys should come too. I don't know whatever that is but I'm going home to have a serious discussion with my parents. My brain’s messed up and all I can see is a white light with my wolf constantly mocking me for my stupidity sarcastically!” I yelled, still walking towards the exit. " And besides, you guys dad and brother are probably worried sick and Haunter can't leave the throne open for too long and Jimmy….my mom's probably gonna kill him with a lot of talk. So yeah, we all should go back home and come back when we have more information and this whole moon goddess reincarnation and curse shit.” I said, turning to look at him. Jimmy blinked at me. “Your mom’s going to kill me?”“Yes,” I snapped. “And not softly either. Verbally. You’ll wish it was a sword, you'd wish you were dead instead.” Cassie stepped in front of me. “Becky, wait—”“No,” I said, pushing past
Chapter 19: I'm Going Home.Becky's POV.BACK TO THE PRESENT.The frost hadn’t melted.Not even by morning.And that wasn’t right—not in a world where magic was supposed to fade with dawnlight.I sat at the edge of the broken altar’s remains, fingers numb, though not from cold. From something deeper. Something ancient that now lived inside me, whispering in the space between each breath.I felt… stretched.Like my skin was still mine, but what lay beneath wasn’t.Not completely.“We need to talk,” Haunter said behind me, his voice like gravel. “Before it happens again.”I didn’t turn. “You mean before I freeze another landmark? Or call another ancient being from beneath the earth?”His silence was louder than any answer.I stood and faced him.“You’ve been keeping something from me,” I said.His jaw ticked. “You weren’t ready.”“I’m bleeding through dimensions, Haunter. I think I’m past ready.”He exhaled slowly, then nodded toward the lake just beyond the tree line. “Come.”—The wat
Chapter 18: Becky, Wake Up!Haunter’s POVThe moment I stepped into the command room, I knew something was wrong.The air was thick with tension, and every wolf within a ten-foot radius avoided eye contact. Luca stood stiffly by the monitor wall, his mouth drawn into a tight line. I didn’t need to ask.“They left,” he said, confirming the sinking weight in my gut.“Left?” I echoed, though I already knew who he meant.Luca didn’t flinch. “Becky. Jimmy. The twins. They said there was an emergency at work. Dispatched under temporary clearance. Authorized by... no one.”A growl rumbled up my throat.“Where?”Luca pointed to the feed still flickering across the screen. “Northwest sector. Near the old burial grounds.”My blood turned cold.“You let them go near my ancestral lands without alerting me?” I snapped.“They timed it well. We didn’t notice until an hour later, when the rune checkpoint at the south ridge failed to log their return path.”I clenched my fists. “She went looking for t
Chapter 17: The Frost Crown awakens.Haunter's POV.TWO WEEKS EARLIER. “I miss our mate,” Dax whined in my head again, his tone more wounded than usual.“Can you stop? I miss her too,” I snapped, running a hand through my hair as I stared blankly at the mountain of paperwork on my desk. The words were starting to blur together, not because I didn’t understand them—but because my mind wasn’t really here. It hadn’t been since she left.“It’s your fault she hates us. She doesn’t even want to see us. I mean, she’s off with her friends, probably having the time of her life while we’re stuck here, in your office, doing office work and Pack shit.”“Enough,” I muttered, slamming the pen down harder than necessary. “You know damn well it was for her own good that I rejected her years ago. It’s natural for her to hate my guts right now.”“She doesn’t hate you,” Dax murmured. “She hurts. That’s different.”I leaned back in my chair, letting the silence press into me. My eyes drifted to the fram
Chapter 16: When the Gate BleedsBecky’s POVThe first time I saw the veil bleed, it didn’t look like blood.It looked like light—silver and black, twisting like silk through the forest.I was standing at the edge of the northern ridge, watching frost curl up tree trunks despite the heat, when the space ahead of me split open.Just for a second.Like someone had drawn a blade through the world.And through that split—I saw eyes.Thousands of them.Watching.Waiting.And then it was gone.But the whisper it left behind was still in my bones.“The seal is open. The blood has been claimed.”We left the next morning.The Council was in chaos, half paralyzed by fear, the other half arguing whether to imprison me or offer me up to the Moon Gate like a sacrifice in a silk dress.So I ran.Not away from the fight.But toward the second key.“Coordinates match the ghost village of Wyrmwood,” Candy said from the passenger seat as Jimmy gunned the jeep down a gravel road.“Wyrmwood’s a myth,” Ha