Meanwhile, Kodiak woke up with a painful headache after being sedated by his most trusted men. He discovered that he was locked up in an underground bunker prepared to keep his savage wolf under control, but he felt that the drugs were the ones doing the job instead. The last thing he remembered was strangling a man who had taken his mate away. He could still feel how fragile and thin that man's neck felt within his fingertips, how easy it would have been to take his life but he managed to control his fury in time to ask for help from the guards. His wolf's mental state had not improved at all even after being drugged but at least, he did not possess the strength to do anything stupid. All he wanted now was to see Anna and make sure she was alright. He had left her under his Beta's care because he wasn't sure what he would do if he had met her in that condition in the forest so he left without saying a word to her. He was still thinking when he suddenly heard the phone on the bedsi
Anna was slowly overwhelmed with loneliness after returning to Kodiak's house after a few days. According to Mrs. Hoyles, they thought that she would be safer by her mate's side where she could easily be protected by her mate, but she hadn't seen Kodiak since that night she rejected him. Guilt gnawed her insides every time she thought about it because she could just imagine how devastated he was, being rejected twice despite his efforts. Her primal instincts always kicked in whenever she wanted to talk to him about it, so she simply ran away when she sensed that he was around in the house. After a while, she noticed that he stopped coming back home, and that left a bittersweet feeling in her heart. Maybe it was an aftereffect of the mating heat she had experienced with him, but she and her wolf started yearning for their mate badly after his absence. It was starting to drive her crazy. Sometimes, she would look through her window using her wolf's vision to detect his possible arriv
Anna rushed out of her room in a flash leaving her friend behind as she passed the corridor and climbed down the stairs to see Kodiak. It seemed like Giselle and her friends had not yet sensed his arrival since they just watched her dart out of the house barefoot, moving at a flashing speed. Anna panted heavily when she finally stopped, her eyes searching expectantly for her mate to appear but he was nowhere to be found. Still, she did not give up since she knew that the mating bond between them could not fail her so she patiently waited for him under the chilly evening breeze. Just when he was about to give up, she finally heard some approaching footsteps so she turned around to see a black SUV jeep driving inside the compound. A man stepped down from the vehicle wearing a pair of black clothes from head to toe. He had a rugged appearance, sporting a light stubble on his cheeks and eyes sunken with weariness. He moved at a restrained pace, carrying a dark and dangerous aura as he
Last night's event spread across the pack overnight and plenty of nasty gossip was circulating about the alpha who tried to kill his mate in a fit of rage. The rumors that the Dark Edge alpha had ho that the elders of the pack were forced to hold a meeting about it. There was tension and unease in the quiet room, everyone seemed hesitant to speak about the topic here as they were all engrossed in their thoughts for a brief while until an elder stood up and chided them sternly, "Why are you acting like this? Reviewing matters of the pack is one of our duties as elders so we are not doing anything wrong." Another elder seemed particularly nervous about being present, his eyes darting to the door as if he feared the unexpected arrival of a certain someone. He replied to him. "Noah, you know Kodiak forbade us from holding secret meetings. He will be very unhappy if he finds out about this." Noah scoffed at his words, "Why? It has always been like this since his predecessors' time so why
The Dark Edge pack was bustling with activities as they prepared for the Joyous Moon Festival which was just a few hours away.. During that time, Anna locked herself up and didn't receive any food or drinks from the maids which made Giselle very happy. She and her friends imagined that she would be very depressed by now after her fight with Kodiak so they were in good spirits when they went shopping for their dresses outside pack territory to wear for the festival. But that wasn't really the case. Anna sat on her bed engrossed in her task as her slender fingers handled a needle, pulling it in and out of a cloth in a series of stitches. When Vivian came to see her, she was perplexed by her behavior and asked her, “Anna, what is going on here? Aren't you supposed to be-”“Sad?” Anna chuckled when she heard her friend's worried tone and shook her head. “No, I'm not. I don't think I have time to feel that way since the festival is happening soon.”Vivian felt even more sympathetic when
Kodiak didn't say anything at first, staring at her while she awaited his response amid over a hundred people gathered for the festival. She knew that she had crossed the line by doing this, but this was the only way to get his attention or she would not be able to meet him again once the festival was in full swing. Just when she was going into full panic mode, he suddenly released a feral smile. “Of course.”“Kodiak!” Giselle laughed nervously as she grabbed his arm firmly to stop him from leaving. Her low tone was filled with desperation. “You can't dance with her. Don't do this to me.”Anna saw him turn to her with a challenging smirk as he stood in place waiting to see what she would do next. She could not take her eyes off him while she pondered on what to do, it was obvious that he was not going to let her have it easy this time. But the next thing she did shocked everyone to the core. Anna pulled her rival's claws from his arm and said, “I know that only the next Luna is qual
Kodiak finally let go of Anna when he realized that the music had finally finished. He could see the embarrassed look in her eyes when she discovered that they were the only ones left on the dance floor. He was afraid to let her go but he feared the words she would say to him so he retracted his hands and descended from the high platform without a single word. He could faintly hear her voice calling him but he refused to turn back, intermingling with the crowd until he was sure she couldn't find him. He decided to go get a drink from the bar when a figure suddenly appeared by his side. He turned his head to check, but he groaned in annoyance when he found out the person's identity. “Go away.”“No.” A frosty voice responded as his twin poured himself a drink and asked with a grim face. “You are going to tell me why you decided to dance with that lady, Kodiak. Are you trying to hurt your wolf even more?”Kodiak took a chug of his beer instead and turned his face away. He knew Zayn was
The next morning, the pack was bustling with activities along with low whispers about what had happened on the night of the Joyous Moon Festival. Anna woke up with a splitting headache so she held her head and rolled to her side only to feel a warm flesh underneath her fingertips. Her eyes instantly opened as she jolted out of bed the next second, deserting the white sheets that once covered her body. Her mind was filled with dread staring at an unknown stranger's back, she fervently prayed to the moon goddess that her fears would not come real but all her hope shattered when the man slowly turned to face her. Anna collapsed on the carpet when she saw Kodiak's eyes looking back at her, his eyes wandering her naked body heatedly before he quietly got up from the bed. She wanted to say something to him, but how could she do that when she had no memories of them ending up like this? The last thing she remembered was her kissing him during the ritual and then...nothing. She had no idea