“Who could it be?” Keith scratched the back of his head, his face wearing great confusion. “Takashi? She’s the Luna. But I doubt her influence is huge enough to command the army wolves.”The ground trembled again, some screams accompanied that.“We cannot know it all, pup,” Runabis answered, his hands reaching to receive his cup of steaming tea. To calm their nerves, Symon had decided to make some tea. “Focusing on sending the army back should be our next step. The humans won’t survive when the wolves start to strike.”Keith sipped from his cup. “And that will be soon.” He turned to the he-wolf next to him. “Alpha Maxon?” No response. “Alpha Maxon?”“Leave him,” Symon said. “He is in shock. When he’s ready to stop being useless, he’ll come around.”“What do you have against him? You hate him more than I do.” Keith questioned. The Beta sighed deeply as he sat next to Rose, who appeared asleep, one of her hands on her growing belly. “What’s not to hate about him?” He saw Rose’s belly m
“Jeez,” Takashi could not stop massaging her neck, “thank the goddess you came when you did.” If Catherine had been a second late, Alpha Rune would have killed her. That made her briefly wonder if the belts holding him down would be able to function till late in the night. “How come you are here though?” She faced the she-wolf who was admiring the Alpha like the priceless gem he was. “You were hell-bent on staying hidden.”“I did not have a choice.” Catherine pulled her hair into a loose ponytail. “My clone was acting up.”“You destroyed her, right?” Catherine nodded, and Takashi felt a swell of relief as she stopped caressing her neck. She then continued, “She was too accommodating of Maxon’s feelings. All she had to do was lure Maxon to the idea of turning Rune and Rose into criminals.”“She began acting up after she and Maxon met Christopher for the first time,” Catherine added, her voice sharp. “She stopped listening to my orders. She even blocked my access to her audio and visual
“What is your plan? How do you intend to use me?” She did not respond. With a sly smile, she backed her steps and walked to the other end of the room. “Answer me, Takashi.”“Let me tell you a story,” she finally said, her voice sounding like a distant echo. Next thing, she was dragging a chair with her, her smile still intact. Once she was barely inches away from him, she placed the chair and sat on it. “I am sure you know it, but I need to make a point.”The burden growing in Rune’s heart could not handle the she-wolf’s dilly-dally. But with his inability to escape, he really had no choice but to pull through it. So, with a deep sigh, he asked, “What story?”She crossed her legs. “There is a connection between our pack and Bruania. There is a reason why it is the only country we can enter with ease.”“So?”“Long ago, before humans and other creatures were separated, the Kingdom of Brunia was known for its richness and peace. However, sometime after, certain species of wolves started
“Takashi?” Rune was not familiar with that name, and the woman’s face was yet to ring a bell. “Are you a Beta wolf?”“Seriously?” Her lamentations grew. “You shouldn’t be this clueless. I just told you my name!”“Do you know how many wolves I dealt with while I was Alpha King? Lots of names flew past my ears day in day out.”Her shoulders slumped as if defeated. “I can’t believe this,” she muttered. “You are sucking out all the fun, Alpha Rune.” Rune watched as she ducked her head for some seconds. And when she slightly lifted it, he saw the evil lurking in her soul. And it became clear… Whoever she was didn’t matter. It never did. What was more important was what she was planning.“Okay, Takashi,” Rune nodded as if trying to soothe her anger, “what do you want?”“I…” Her body turned a quarter of the way. “I am Maxon’s Luna.”“Oh…” Rune did not bother himself with the things that happened after his banishment, so he didn’t know much about his brother’s reign. “I see…”“Alpha Rune,” s
“Is there something going on?” Keith asked as they walked past the crowd in front of the large building they were heading towards.“It’s none of our business,” Symon replied. “Our focus is not on them.”Rose nodded in agreement to what the Beta said, but she also inwardly acknowledged Keith’s observation. The crowd they met was not a normal amount, it reeked of something ominous. But, she quickly got rid of that feeling and intensified her strides to catch up to the he-wolves and… Catherine. Rose did not want to look at that she-wolf; if she did, she would be strongly tempted to drag the woman to a corner and beat her up. Of course, that would not do much to soothe her anger, but the fact that Catherine did that devious thing to Rune made her heart burn with fury. “You cannot go further than this,” an unfamiliar voice said.Rose looked up and saw that they had left the ground floor. She loosened her fists and noticed the huge man before them. Based on the heavy vests and slightly hi
“You fucking bastard!”That did not come from Catherine, so Maxon was super startled. And he was more startled when a sharp punch slapped his head from behind. “What the-”“What did you just say?! Huh? You took Rune to where?”That feminine voice was very unfamiliar, so was the face of the voice. But, he could not lie, the woman glaring at him looked quite alluring and the degree of pain from her punch made her more interesting.“And you,” he watched as she faced Catherine, “is it true? Are you the reason Rune is battling so much pain?”“R-Rose…” Catherine stuttered. “The… human,” Maxon spluttered, his back straightening while he reasoned whether to retaliate her punch. “What? Are you going to deny everything? Do you want to claim that he is lying about everything?” the woman kept glaring at Catherine and it was amusing to see the she-wolf looking slightly fearful. “Rose, please…” Catherine stepped back with caution. “That is not our focus right now. He…” She looked at Maxon. “He
Maxon never knew a day would come when he would enjoy the meals served by the castle chefs. He usually depended on the meals his wolf hunted in the dead of night. But on this very day, the food that the human nature of werewolves desired kept vanishing down his throat with great ease.Getting rid of Rune was that much of a pleasure to his soul. Even his irregular sleep lifestyle was easily fixed. “Maxon!” The sound of his mother’s rage was also music to his ears. As she rushed into the grand yet almost empty dining room, he watched her with a confident smile plastered on his face. “Where is he?”He put down the rib in his hand. He then relaxed and dared the Luna Dowager’s presence. “Who?”“Rune!”“Easy, mother. You are not so young anymore.”“Where…?” She bared her teeth. “... the fuck is your brother?”“In a good place. Don’t worry, he is not dead.”“I clearly told you-”“I told you to stop being nosy,” he calmly cut her short. “Why are you being so stubborn? How come all you ever s
Symon could have missed Rose walking into the hideout with the ex-Luna behind her. Thank goodness he listened to the voice in his gut that told him to stay back for a few minutes to rest.“Rose!” Omega Keith rushed to hug the woman whose eyes seemed to be searching for Rune’s presence. “Oh…” The he-wolf’s shaky voice pitied the human. “What happened to you? Who did this to you?”“Um…” She was still searching, her neck craning as though her mate would walk out of one of the nearby rooms with a grand smile. This view increased the sorrow in Symon’s heart, and tears inevitably formed in his eyes. He felt shitty, he could only imagine how worse the woman would feel once she learned that her mate was missing. As he turned to the side to wipe those tears, he properly noticed Catherine, who was also searching for Rune’s presence.“Catherine,” he sternly called her. “Why are you here?”“I know about it.” She shifted closer, her eyes rabid with desperation. “I know he is missing.”“Uhm…” The
For many minutes, Rose remained in that spot. There was no special reason, it just happened that she could not rush out of that room after the incredulous freedom she had just witnessed. Or perhaps that was the very reason. Her mind was still in awe of that mighty presence, one part of her rejoiced that Richard was no longer alive to torture her, while another part of her soul feared that the miracle she witnessed was a figment of her imagination.After shaking her head to clear her multiplying thoughts, Rose’s sorrowful lips formed a smile, and the slight ache that followed that motion assured her and the latter part of her thoughts that she did not imagine anything. She was indeed free from Richard, free from his demonic nature and desire to destroy her. She could now walk out and reunite with Rune, who she worried would be battling with severe frustration. So, she did that. She got up, walked past Richard's mortal body and left the room. Upon entering the next room, she met ma