Chapter 52Kieran's POV “What's this about?" I asked my Beta. I was unable to focus on anything that wasn't related to Kaia. The faraway look in her eyes was haunting me. Once I sorted this out, things would get better. “Laura got some of the pack members to start a protest demanding that Kaia shouldn't be made Luna." He said. My fist clenched, this was going out of hand and quickly. This was exactly what the Elders were aiming at, but I wouldn't give them the satisfaction they were looking for. “Where's Ryder?" I asked. “Uhm…He has been spending all his time taking shifts at the Pack's borders." My brows furrowed, “He's still doing that?" I asked again and Caleb nodded. "The girl he's seeing probably ended things with him and that's how he's coping with the grief.” "Tell him to do that on his own fucking time, we have work to do.” I commanded. I had given him more than enough time to get back on his feet but instead, he was sinking deep into whatever wa
Chapter 53Kaia's POV Lylah was giving the silent treatment I deserved. After leaving the hospital, I made sure my block was up and also hid my smell so that it wouldn't be possible for anyone to trace. I had no idea where I was going but I knew I had to avoid the patrol warriors and they were a lot, especially with their new routine. And to keep myself going despite how many times my body wanted to turn around and run into his arms was that he was better off without me by his side. Laura was right, unlike her who had an advantage and could provide help when needed, I didn't have anything. Since I left my former pack, I'm certain no one looked for me. They probably threw a party when they realized I was gone. “Fuck!" I cried out, when I felt something pierce my leg. It was dark and I could barely see anything. My only source of light was the moon, but because of my grudge against her, it wasn't a full moon. And since Lylah refused to surface, using my wolf's vision was
Chapter 54 Lylah's POV (POV switch in this chapter) I stumbled forward, my legs wobbly beneath me. It would take some time getting used to being in my form rather than in the head of my human. Everything was heightened, my smell, vision and my sensitivity. I felt free, a feeling I've always craved but couldn't mention to Kaia because she gets dmsad at the thought of not being able to shift when it wasn't her fault to begin with. With each step I took, the more confident I felt as I navigated through the forest. I could hear King calling us for help…he was calling us to be close to him. I knew what he was talking about, the days we spent away from them were torture. But Kaia can be stubborn. As I ran, my mate's smell became concentrated, telling me we were getting close. “Please be okay!" I begged. “Are we there?" Kaia asked, tears streaming down her face. I've always hated it when she cried and always wanted to tear apart those people responsible for her tears. And i
Chapter 55 Allie's POV Everything seems to be going wrong at once. First, it was Ryder avoiding me like a plague. Things were going well but all of a sudden, it felt like it was all in my imagination and they never happened. And when he finally came to himself, I thought, ‘this is it, we were going to get back together, but out of nowhere, he said he wanted to end things. FLASHBACK “How are things with you and your lover boy?" Dani asked, wiggling her eyebrow suggestively. We had just finished making rounds at the hospital. It wasn't a lot of work for me since most of the guys wanted to get treated by Kaia. She didn't know it yet, but there was something special about her. I shrugged, “I've barely seen him, it feels like he's avoiding me." I told them, trying to play it off like it was nothing. Kaia snorted, “that's not possible, Ryder cares about you too much and we can all see it." She said. “Except him," I thought, because nothing about his actions shows me
Chapter 56Kieran's POV I couldn't feel anything, nothing made sense no matter how hard I thought about it. It was like Kaia disappeared from everywhere, her smell was gone like the time we spent together was a fragment of my imagination. “What did you find?" I asked Caleb who was panting heavily. We were standing in an opening in the forest close to the pack borders after searching all night but all to no avail. “Nothing, Alpha. We will keep searching." He assured me. “You should get some rest, Alpha." Ryder suggested. My eyes darkened, “rest?" I scoffed. My mate was nowhere to be found, no trace whatsoever, rest was the last thing on my mind. King couldn't feel Lylah at all. I get that she could easily block me out and hide her smell but King could always communicate with her wolf. I was scared that something could've happened to her but I wouldn't be able to live with myself if anything does. “I'll get in touch with the neighbouring packs, just in case she fin
Chapter 57 Kaia's POV I woke up with a start, my head was hurting, my lungs were burning like they were on fire. I was on a bed, even though I was certain the cabin didn't have one, nor did it have lights. “Where was I?” The last thing I remembered was taking a stroll because Lylah needed to get better and she thought taking a walk might help and then she sensed King calling for help. I sat upright quickly, “Kieran! He was right in my arms and he…” I couldn't bring myself to even say the word. Something didn't feel right though, it felt like he was still here. “Kaia! You're finally awake!” Allie squealed, running towards me, wearing a relieved look. “Her brother was dead because of me, how does she have it in her to be happy that I was awake?” I thought, looking at her suspiciously. "or was this her way of getting back at me? Killing me with kindness, so that the guilt would eat me up alive?” She threw her arms around me as she started crying, “I was so scared
Chapter 58 Kaia's POV (Mature content) Like he'd been expecting it, Kieran didn't hesitate as he kissed me back, gently setting me on my feet. One of his hands glides up to cup the back of my neck and his other hand stays on my lower back, firmly holding me against him. Our eyes lock, both of us breathing hard. Since the first time we kissed this has to be the longest I've gone without kissing him. So I kissed him like I was making up for the lost time. He guided me carefully into the room and towards the bed but I didn't care as my hand around his neck pulled him closer if possible, deepening the kiss. My back touched the bed but his lips didn't leave mine and my hand left his neck to tug at the hem of his shirt. He pulled it off so fast before his lips came back to mine. He left trails of kisses on my neck and a satisfied growl left his lips when I let out a moan. I brought his lips to mine, wanting to feel him. I paused when I felt his hand graze my skin under my
Chapter 59 Kaia's pov A smile covered my face as I thought about the previous day. I could still feel his hands on my skin, all over my body. “Lylah, you've been quiet, what do you think?" I asked, expecting her to give some form of comment. Probably about his body or how she was proud of me…just something. But there was no response. “Lylah?" I called again but it was the same thing. I stood up from bed, ignoring the slight soreness I felt. Picking a random cloth, I threw it on and made my way out of the room hurriedly. “Was Lylah okay?" I wondered, “did something happen to her? Too worried to care about anything else, I ignored the stares I got from the pack members as I made my way to Kieran's office. He'd woken me up to tell me he was leaving. Pushing the door opened without bothering to knock, I saw Caleb and Ryder seated in front of him. They stood up once they saw me and bowed their heads. While Ryder had a relieved smile on his face, Caleb couldn't be bothe
Chapter 150 Allie's POV There was a permanent grin on my face, not even the scumbag of Kaia's adopted father could ruin it. How one person could be that shameless was beyond me. It was barely over a week since Katherine had been with us and instead of being worried, he was already finding ways to replace her. He was worse than a pig which sleeps around. I decided to take a look around the Pack where Kaia grew up in even though she didn't have the best time. “The Pack looks cursed." Rhea mocked. “I wouldn't be surprised if it is. The moon goddess does like playing games." Pack members who were outside had their eyes on me, as they murmured to each other, asking who I was and what I was looking for but nobody spoke up. I stopped in my tracks when I realized I didn't tell Ryder anything and I didn't put it past him to be panicking if he didn't find me once he was done. So I decided to go back before I was tempted to treat all of them a lesson for being idiots. “We
Chapter 149 Ryder's POV With the new information on ground, Kieran wanted to catch two birds with one stone. So all hands were on deck to make sure that this plan was a success. But he had a separate mission for me. Nora had mentioned that after Luna Kaia was born, a locket was worn around her neck so that when she grew up, she would have an idea about her identity but obviously, she didn't see it which means it was still somewhere in her former Pack and her Dad…adopted father would have an idea about it. We knew almost everything about her identity, but it was the last and probably the only thing Luna Kaia received from her biological father, so I was going to get it back and probably put some sense into him. “How many days are you going to spend there?" Allie asked, pouting as she watched me get ready to leave. “I should be back at the latest tomorrow…I don't think I'm going to survive more than a day without you.” She grinned widely, "how about I come along? It'
Chapter 148 Dylan's POV I was in shock as I continued staring at the girl…Nora. The way she put herself in front of me was making my wolf go crazy. My mind was no longer on what was being discussed in the room, all I wanted was to talk to her…alone, to confirm I wasn't imagining things. “Keep your eyes on her," Alpha Kieran commanded, bringing me back to the present. “I need to talk to Ryder about something." Nodding slightly, I led her out of the office and immediately we were out, she hastened her footsteps, trying to get away, but I was fast, grabbing her arms and the sparks which I had thought was a fragment of my imagination earlier, shot through me again. I could tell she felt it too. “What was that?" She feigned a confused look, “what was what?" She asked, snatching her arm out of my hand. I let out a frustrated sigh, my wolf wanted to take control but that would be a mistake on my part. He was far from being patient and the girl in front of me needed a whol
Chapter 147 Kaia's POV The door opened and Dylan entered with a familiar face standing beside him…Nora! I haven't seen her as much since I ran away and was brought back. She had her head facing the ground and Dylan…well, he looked like him, just a little tense. “You know her?" Dylan asked, not masking his shock. I nodded, “she works in the kitchen." I replied. “What did you do to her? She looks like she wants to disappear." Kieran snorted as he sat upright, his arms around me loosening. “You found something?” He asked, clearly not interested in small talk. Dylan nodded and stepped forward, stretching a phone to Kieran. "She was talking to her mom about Luna Kaia, and there are pictures of her on the phone.” He said. “I think it might be connected to the attack." He added, his voice low as he spoke and he looked away from her. My eyes widened, my jaw dropped as I looked at the girland I found it hard to believe, considering how many times she defended me in the presence
Chapter 146Dylan's POV No matter how many times I repeated it to myself that I was acting under a spell, it didn't help the guilt I felt, especially when I saw the bruises on Alpha Kieran's body. No doubt he didn't fight back which made everything worse. “You're here again." Allie said, “you're stealing my thinking spot and I don't think I like it." She added, coming to sit beside me on the bench. The pavilion was her favorite spot and because it was mostly secluded, it became mine too. “Thinking spot, huh? What else do you have to think about? You're the happiest I've seen you." Her smile widened, “I am happy…but it doesn't mean I can't come here to think." She said. “A lot of things have happened the past few days and even weeks, I just want things to go back to how they used to be." I nodded, understanding what she was talking about. Her mom was currently sitting in the dungeon and she didn't want to hear anything about her. “I thought things were going well
Chapter 145 Kieran's POV I turned back to Gerald, now, even more determined as I couldn't wait to find out what Kaia wanted to tell me. “I'm listening." I said, referring to the question I asked him. “All I know is that the Alpha of their Pack knew something he shouldn't and in order to silence him, rogues were sent to their Pack, catching them unaware." He said, “but I had nothing to do with it." He insisted. “By their Alpha, you mean Alpha Marcus?" Caleb asked. My brows furrowed, everyone knew he was the Alpha and there was no need dwelling on that. But Gerald shook his head, “Alpha Marcus is the twin brother of the real Alpha." He said, “Alpha Matthew is the elder twin which makes him the rightful heir to the throne." I messaged my temple gently, if this was true, we were years away from finding Kaia's biological parents. I wanted to ask how he knew all of this, something even my Dad as an Alpha didn't know…or probably because I didn't ask. Caleb had suddenly g
Chapter 144 Kieran's POV Apart from the things we found after rummaging through the house we found out belonged to Gerald and his mate after they were banished from the Pack, we haven't found anything new. And the location of Gerald's mate and the son, whose name was Felix was yet to be determined, but we now have names we were working on, instead of just wild guesses. It was confirmed that this Felix guy was born earlier than I was, which would suggest that the reason he was dead set on attacking the Pack was because he thinks that for whatever reason, he was supposed to be the Alpha of the Pack. “I mean, out of all the things I knew was wrong with your mom, cheating on your dad is next level.” King said. "You do know they're your parents too, right?” "Nah, I'll pass. But I'm glad he did the right thing.” My Dad’s rejection came as a surprise to me, it was the last thing I expected him to do. And no doubt, the rejection was weighing on both of them, but my
Chapter 143 Kaia's POV After everyone left to carry out the task that had been assigned to them, only Katherine and I were left in the office, sitting opposite each and the both of us didn't try to start up any conversation, which for a moment was good because the only thing I could think about was Kieran bringing back the person behind this spell and also hoping that Dylan was okay. “Why didn't we think of Nessa?" Lylah asked me, and my eyes widened. “Fuck!" I cursed, “What if that's the reason she's been staying away because she's planning this?" I replied, asking a question of my own. I stood up, with a sense of urgency, causing Katherine to look up at me. “What's wrong? Is everything okay with Dylan?" She asked. The worry in her voice made me forget for a brief moment why I stood up. Of course she was worried about her son. She knew that no matter what she said, Dylan still would've offered to be the bait. “He's fine." I told her. It hasn't been long s
Chapter 142 Alpha Tyler’s POV I can't believe Clarissa would do something like this, a huge part of me was already trying to deny the possibility of her having a child before our first son. There was no way that could've happened without my knowledge considering we found each other really early but the resemblance between the boy and Kieran was uncanny. Even after the evidence, I managed to convince myself that something else was at play but the past few weeks, her sudden disappearance left me questioning if I was protecting myself and pretending not to see what was happening. But spells? She has gone too far this time. Even a blind person could see how much both Kieran and Kaia cared for each other. Her position was never a problem…neither was it for me, as long as she made Kieran happy, I was fine. If Clarissa had been an ordinary wolf, I still would've taken her as my Luna without a second thought. But for some reason, it didn't sit well with Clarissa and she was m