“Hey, mom.”Giselle sat in her office chair, putting her new menu idea on the table while answering Catherine’s call, “What a surprise to hear you calling me!”Catherine softly laughed, “Am I that cold to you?”Giselle laughed it off, “No. But really, why do you call?”Catherine stayed quiet for a little bit. Her silence had gotten Giselle to feel anxious.The Luna asked, “Mom, what’s wrong?” Catherine heavily sighed. The omega hesitantly said, “Giselle, let’s have lunch!”“O-okay?” Giselle raised an eyebrow. If it was only a lunch together, then why did Catherine have to be this hesitant?There must be something more to this.“Would you like to come to my restaurant?” Giselle asked.“No! Let’s have lunch at my place then,” Catherine shrugged it off.“Okay, I’ll be coming. See you then!”Giselle hung up the phone. The Luna stared at her black screen, feeling anxious out of nowhere.Why does Catherine sound so hesitant like that? Was anything wrong with the omega? But it should not be
The upper floor, and a girl…Marcus hardly knew anyone here. It was Giselle, who had chosen this apartment building for her mother to live in, and it had hardly been a year! Marcus could not know anyone here besides Catherine, Brenna, and Tina.So it definitely was Tina!Giselle’s heart skipped a beat as she thought of the girl’s name. Why was Tina again?Giselle could understand the head alpha came to Tina to comfort her after her father’s death. A Princess suddenly lost everything after one night! Tina really needed comfort and support, and Giselle could understand that. But it would not have hurt this much if Marcus had given Giselle a notice and gone to Tina's with her.Yet, he did not.He went to see Tina all on his own!Why?Giselle touched her mark scar, feeling sad with a hint of betrayal. She could feel her heart being squeezed. She could not breathe normally. Her feet and hands turned cold, and probably her face color just turned into a pale color, too.Worse? The biting ma
Shouting, growling, grunting, crying, and a lot of whooping sounds still haunted Catherine until this day. And not just Catherine, Giselle was traumatized by that night, too.Starting from that night, until Giselle grew up, the Luna did not ask about the pack’s tasks for once! To Giselle, the Brownson pack was merely a secured pack for her mom and her to live by, and one day, when she was strong enough, Giselle would take her mom out.And she did that.But Giselle’s old habits did not let go of her.“He’s short-tempered, but from what I saw, Marcus is also the type that would listen to your side of the story before he made his assumption.”Giselle’s huffed, “You could only say that because you haven’t seen him making any decision that involves Tina.”“Tina?” Catherine raised an eyebrow, “What does Tina have to do in this? I thought Tina and her mom had moved abroad. They aren’t?”And then, Catherine’s eyes widened with realization. The omega blurted out, “The girl on the upper floor i
“Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen-”Yona frowned as she counted the number of the rogue that the Bailey’s pack had captured. D*ead or alive, intact or wounded. But the count of them did not sit right with Yona.The hybrid had counted them all several times then, but the count did not add up according to her memory.Apparently, Nabeel, Toby, and Tim also noticed the hybrid's odd behavior.“What’s wrong?” Nabeel asked.Yona did not bother to glance at him. The hybrid frowned, keeping her eyesight locked on those rogues, “Some of them are missing!”The piece of information caught the trio off guard.“Have you counted them again?”Toby skimmed around at those who were forced to kneel on the ground while others were sprawling out being handcuffed. The count of them rogue should be somewhere near thirty. Furthermore, the Bailey’s park fighters and tracer had been looking around for any of the rogues who escaped. They found none. So, apparently, this should be enough. Anything but missing a few.
Lady Bailey was startled as Marcus abruptly dropped the call after throwing harsh words at her.Did the head alpha really say that?Did he want to cut Dorris out of the council just over this matter? After all of the things, Dorris had done to him?Did he really leave her no room for explanation and justify herself? Did he really not think of the problem in her shoes?How could he?The Lady really did not aware that Marcus could overreact this much.All that she had ever done was only mean good to Marcus and the Bailey’s pack. Why did Marcus not understand this?The Elders had started to question the absence of their Luna. It had been a year since Marcus and Giselle's marriage, yet, the Elders had hardly seen Giselle anywhere near the packhouse or fulfilling her duty as the Luna.They had even thought of Marcus marrying Giselle only to deceive them. And after Marcus took the position, the head alpha would part with Giselle, which explained a lot for Giselle’s absence from the pack for
“What’s wrong?” Marcus repeated Giselle’s words with the utmost hilarious tone of voice ever, mocking Giselle almost.“Marcus, what’s wrong? You’re making me uncomfortable.The head alpha dried chuckled, “You’re uncomfortable? Good! Then I’m not the only one who feels uncomfortable here.”Marcus' expression felt strange to Giselle.He was acting calm. But there was no calm in his tone of voice. He sounded like a ticking bomb on the edge of blasting. And once it did, it would definitely burn everything down.You could feel it coming, but at the same time, you could not do anything to hold it back or hide away from it.There was nothing you could do rather than facing with it.Giselle gulped, and nervously asked, “Marcus, is there anything wrong? Can you tell me?”Slowly, the Luna ignored the alert roar of her wolf. She took a step forward, trying to approach Marcus. Meanwhile, the Luna was trying to make her wolf spy on Marcus’s feelings and thoughts.But much to her dismay, the head a
"Marcus, I don't know them!" Giselle said.Her voice sounded a little uncertainly, "I think I know what you're talking about, but I really didn't do any harm to Brenna and Tina! I avoided them at all costs. You know it too well!""Enough!" Marcus scolded, "I've heard enough of your lies!""Marcus, I-""Even if!" Marcus cut Giselle off, "Even if it wasn't you, I knew it was just your lover. What's his name? Lukas?"Giselle was stunned.Lover? Who? Lukas?Marcus was accusing her of a crime she had not committed at all?"Have you lost your mind?" Shakingly, the Luna asked, "Since when did Lukas become my lover?"Marcus huffed, "Who knows! But I don't care! It’s either you or Lukas. I don’t care! Just stop now! If I knew Tina and Brenna got wounded or be in danger, Giselle, I promise you, you wouldn’t get out of this easily at all!"Marcus looked at Giselle formidably. In his words, Giselle could swear she heard the obvious threat. Then, without letting Giselle explain anything further, M
"My pup?"Giselle asked again. The Luna kept thinking that she had misheard. But her suspicions were immediately dismissed by Lady Bailey."Yes!" The Lady affirmed firmly.Giselle exclaimed, "I don't have any pups!"Lady Bailey shook her head, disapproving of Giselle’s exclamation, "Yes, you do! Go to the hospital to check in with doctor Cooper."As soon as the Luna heard doctor Cooper's name, Giselle immediately understood what Lady Bailey wanted to do."Lady Bailey, do you know you're suggesting me to deceive your son one more time?"The other end of the line immediately replied, “Yes!”Giselle gasped. The Luna could not believe that Lady Bailey was so cold and indifferent to this! How could she tell Giselle to do something so obnoxious one more time even though Lady Bailey knew too well Marcus despised of this?Lady Bailey added, "A one-time trick is also a trick, a double trick is also a trick! It won't make much difference."Lady Bailey's blushing, cold demeanor made Giselle feel