FAZER LOGINAMERIE"Right. Your family. Let's talk about them."I swallowed hard at Miley's words. Why did I bring up my family?"You said you have an older brother." My heartbeat raced as she recalled my story. "Is that it? Only one sibling?"I nodded, too quickly, which I tried to correct and ease by speaking, "He's my lovely brother, though a lot of times he gives me a headache.""Exactly." Her quick response surprised me. "Imagine that annoying brother is also an Alpha." Followed by her complaint."That must double the annoyance." I grimaced, actually talking about myself. I could picture my brother's overprotectiveness toward Matthew. It was irking, especially when I was adult enough to be my own.She exhaled, throwing her back on the chair. "I hope I can meet my mate and move out of his watch.""Won't it be worse? What if he is more overprotective than your brother?"She winced, clearly hating the idea. "Don't throw me that image. I cannot even picture myself being confined." She shuddered
MATTHEWThe first thing I did after leaving the packhouse was go to the south border and visit the hospital. I had gotten the update about the hurt warrior. Still, I had to check on him in person."How are you doing?" I asked the hurt warrior lying on the bed. He had regained consciousness, and his color had returned.He didn't reply right away and gave a respectful nod to me. "Better, Alpha. The doctor managed to pull out the bullet and the remaining silver from my blood."I nodded in acknowledgement. It was what they reported to me. "That's good. I hope you will get well soon.""Thank you for your concern, Alpha."I took a chair near the bed and continued talking. "Now that you're better, can you tell me what happened to you?""Yes." He then straightened his posture, preparing himself for the story. "I was rounding the neutral forest as I was assigned. It was normal, and I didn't spot anything unusual. Then, as I was running, suddenly I heard a gunshot. And when I turned my head to
AMERIEMy day went as usual. I trained with Nina and Miley. We were sparring, being enemies to each other, or two versus one. Sometimes we used wooden tools, though most of the time we did it by hand.After two hours of training, I chose the library and books to be my companions. I wandered through shelves, gathering a pile of books, which I doubted I could read. Still, I brought it with me to the desk near the window. And then, my reading time began."Amy, do you hear me?" A question and a handwave in front of me snapped me from my reverie.Wait.Wasn't I reading? Then, when did I start looking out of the window instead of focusing on my books? And when did Miley sit there?"You're here." I didn't answer her but voiced my surprise."Of course, I'm here. We came here together." She grunted, and only then did a realization hit me. Indeed, she and I went to the library together after finishing the training session. And we parted ways to look for our separate collections.I grinned silli
AMERIEI knew something was wrong since the first day I had been here. It wasn't about Matthew, his family, his people, or this place. It was about the circumstances. Rogue is never a light issue for any pack. And I was aware that it was escalating for the worse when Matthew left me this afternoon.Something was going on, and I had to know about that.The question was, was it appropriate to ask for details when I was still new to this pack and barely an outsider to him?But if I didn't ask or learn about his situation, how could I help? These people relied on him. As his girlfriend...Wait.I was merely a girlfriend, wasn't I? Why should I think about them as if I were going to be their Luna? We could dump each other and end the deal at anytime. So I had to position myself like I was. A girlfriend. Nothing more.But it somehow felt wrong."I heard about what happened today. I'm sorry." I began my words. "Is it the same rogue?"Silence for a few seconds as Matthew's gaze bore deep into
MATTHEW"I heard from my warrior," Zurin said once the call connected. I was still at the south border, occupying one of the hospital rooms, when my Alpha friend messaged me to have a conversation immediately. "Is your pack safe?" He asked. If he sounded like he was holding his anger earlier, now there was a glimpse of worry in his question."Aside from what happened on the south border, everything is fine. I have added more men to patrol the border and tighten our security." I told him. There was no need to hide it as we agreed to face this together."I will also order my men to round the neutral forest to look for their trace. They must be hiding somewhere near us."My jaws hardened, teeth gritted at the truth in his words. It was undeniable that they were closer, as evidenced by their ability to surprise us with this sudden attack. And I bet this was only the beginning. A reminder that they would always be our ghosts and haunt our lives.Fuck them."Have you talked to Ty and Carlo?
MATTHEWI was right that Amerie was in the middle of her run when she stopped at the flower shop. She was initially with Miley. But my sister went ahead after she asked her to, and Miley planned to run more. Meanwhile, it was enough for Amerie, who previously had also received some training at the facility and friendly sparring with Nina. Thus, they parted ways.And then I came into the picture."I'm sorry I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Amerie, Alpha Matthew's girlfriend." Amerie said as sweetly as her smile to the florist, who seemed not to be surprised by this revelation.The florist must have guessed from our interactions and the way I treated Amerie. "So, this is the Alpha's girlfriend people are talking about." She returned the smile before slightly bending forward to show her respect. "It's an honor to meet our future Luna. My name is Sarah."Amerie's body tensed, followed by an awkward chuckle and response. "Your future Luna? You're thinking too far ahead.""No, Ameri







