Erika's POVDerek took out a silver cylinder with a complicated pattern on it and a silver plate. He put the silver plate on a table and the other pack members stood around the table and formed a circle. I stepped back because I wasn’t supposed to join it.Derek held the cylinder in his hands, closed his eyes, and murmured something that I couldn’t hear clearly. The other pack leaders all had their eyes closed, so I also closed my eyes.After about three minutes, the murmur stopped and I opened my eyes.
Erika’s POVI narrowed my eyes. As they approached, I recognized that it was Richard. But he was only twenty-three years old and he would be the alpha next year. Was Charles dead? Did his enemy kill him or did Richard challenge him? I had so many questions on my mind.Richard walked over and greeted Derek. Derek didn’t seem surprised at all. I looked at him in confusion and he signaled me to calm down. I tried my best to calm down because I knew last time the visit was ruined by me. I couldn’t ruin it again. But all I was thinking about was Charles on my way back to the pack house. It was not that I had a deep feeling for him, but he was the one
Derek’s POV How is the meeting today? She asked through mind-link. “Very successful. We had settled on many things about the cooperation.” Good. She replied to me. We held each other’s hands, walked to the dining room, and sat down. “Do you get bored today without me accompanying you?” I asked worriedly. I had a day of the meeting and didn’t know what she was doing in t
Erika’s POVWhen Derek came back, the wolfsbane began to work and my head was spinning. Although I was immune to wolfsbane, I still felt dizzy and nauseated because the poison that I took was enough to kill a wolf. After all, a normal dose didn’t work for me.I got the wolfsbane from Orsen. This time, he agreed immediately. I asked him to buy it with cash, pulverize it, and mix it with coffee. I got it when I went to the border of the pack to purchase materials for Blood Day.I open
Erika’s POVI went through a hard time, feeling nauseated and dizzy. I was also sweating heavily.Angel held me in her arms and comforted me, “It’s OK. Everything will be OK.”I nodded.After about an hour, I felt much better and asked through mind-link. Where are we now?“Let me see. We are about to reach the borderline. Look, that’s the lake. We’ll go around the lake and then
Derek’s POVThe ceremony began.I stood on the stage, looking down at my pack members and thinking about Erika. I was not sure if she was fine. She comforted me that all she needed was rest. But the way she looked at me before the car started made me feel that it was goodbye forever.Carl sat in the first row and looked at me worried. He was the only one in the audience who knew what happened to Erika.“Calm down, Derek. Focus on the speech.” I thought to myself.
Erika’s POVI knew it would possibly snow and the temperature would fall drastically tonight. I didn’t expect that the snow came so early tonight. The ground was soon blanketed with snow and it was freezing cold. I looked up and the moon couldn't be seen because of the heavy snow. Thank the Moon Goddess for choosing such a cold night as my first night of freedom.I had been walking in the snow in a long dress with a warm red cloak for twenty minutes. I pulled the cloak tight and trembled.My feet were so cold that I gathered up my dress and began to run to keep warm. It was not easy to run in such an outfit and the lack of training these days also made it harder. I ran for about thirty minutes and finally ran into the forest. With every step I took, I was farther and farther away from the Blood Moon Pack and Derek.I kept running and I met two rogues on my way. They were quite aggressive when they noticed that a woman in a beautiful dress with makeup was running in the snow. However,
Erika’s POVFor a moment I couldn’t understand what was going on. It seemed to be a trap. While I was planning to get out of Derek’s pack, Alpha Richard was also plotting against me. But I couldn’t understand why he did so. I didn’t think that I once offended him. He was a little older than me and there was no bad blood between us. Was it about their cooperation? But last week he was discussing the alliance with Derek. It was just weird.Alpha Richard walked in front of the wolves with a meaningful smile on his face.What do you want? I mind-linked him again. Faced with so many wolves while I was both fatigued and cold, I would be lying if I said that I was not nervous at all.The wolves surrounded me soon. It also happened last time when I escaped. Last time, Derek found me and saved me. This time, Derek didn’t even know that I had escaped, so I couldn’t be so lucky. Of course, I could mind-link him and turn to him for help. But I wouldn’t do so. I had chosen to escape and I would ac