*Cali POV*I am woken up by a knock on my door. Argh, who could that be now? It’s ten pm for heaven’s sake!I ignore it but it continues until it’s clear that the person is not going anywhere. I grumpily get out of my bed and swing the door open. My frustration’s mate walks right past me. “Phoebe?”She looks flustered but I am pissed that she’s waking me up at this hour. She better not be coming to give me her usual lecture on Leroy. “Leroy is acting weird. I think he is ill,” she blurts out and really looks shaken. A part inside me twists. Alpha wolves hardly get sick. Injured yes but sick, hardly. No, I can’t fall for this. I have been avoiding him. This must be a ploy to get me to see him. I fold my arms across my chest and look at her. “Why do you think so?”“I don’t know Cali. You know him better than me. You go see him.”I frantically shake my head. How can she out of all people suggest this?“No. I am staying away from him.”“He is just laying there not moving and refusing
*Cali POV*I jump off the bed with my heart pounding. Hopefully Phoebe does not read too much into this. It’s a stupid hope but I still hope. I insisted on sleeping with my clothes instead of the shirt Leroy offered me. Fully dressed looks innocent, right?Leroy is still fast asleep. Yesterday’s fight for dominance with his wolf must have exhausted him. “Phoebe…I,” my mind blanks out. “How is he?” she asks with the same worried voice she had yesterday. I look at her in disbelief. How is he? Seriously? Like she did not just walk in on me in her mate’s arms? What’s wrong with this girl?“He…is fine, I think.”“Thanks Cali. I can’t thank you enough.”I frown and nod my head. Am I being crazy for thinking this is weird? Am I reading too much into it? I think I would be enraged if I was in her place. I would crash everything in this room. The whole pack house would know and hear my roar. I would be many things but grateful. Her next words completely paralyse me. “Do you think you and L
*Cali POV*Ouch! My leg stings like hell and bent in an unnatural way. Shit! I broke my leg. Leroy is going to kill me!I try to sit up but I am stuck between two heavy rods. These will need very strong people to move. Where the hell is Alloy when you need him?I take out my phone from my pocket. Marcus is too far. Calling him will only worry him. Leroy will go crazy, I can’t call him. My human friends will have no idea where I am. Directing them will take too long. Not only that, I will have too many questions to answer about this place and other pack houses. Phoebe is the only other person I talk to and whose number I have. “Cali. You missed your lecture,”she scolds the moment she picks up the call. She completely freaks out when I tell her what happened and of course tells Leroy who shows up with the all our pack male Beta’s. They all have questioning looks as they free me but too scared to utter a word. Our Alpha is so mad, all the veins in his neck are bulging out. I want to beg
*Cali POV*The Epsilons keep closing in on me. They are sprinkling things at me and it stings my skin. I look at where it stings and see my broken skin but it soon heals and closes as if nothing happened. Everyone gasps. My secret is out. I am definitely dead. “A witch!”“Alien!”Guesses of what I am fill the air. Wait! How am are even able to hear them in their wolf forms? What am I?Sky is howling and trying to push forward against the massive wolf. He won’t quit until the second one, even bigger than the one he was wrestling moves forward and growls at him. Thats definitely Terrence, Alloy’s father. He is a giant of pure muscle and that does not even do justice to him. I am standing but have to look up and sprain my neck to see his head. All the other wolfs are in a submissive position now, except Sky. He growls back at the Lycan Kings. That is deadly. My heart is sore for him. I called him a spoiled brat at times but he is fighting against Lycans for me. Something is not right.
*Leroy POV*Everyone gasps in horror when dad drops to the ground. His wolf goes into violent spasms, his mouth froths before he lays there, lifeless. They are all shocked but I am not. I saw it on the wolf that bit Cali at the lake. I should feel a loss, grieve for my father, but I am too worried about Cali. There must be a reason she and her wolf are so mad. Dad and our old warriors know it. Whatever it is, is big enough for them to attack her without even checking with the Lycan kings. Talking about Lycans, they are just standing there as if being entertained. Diana charges forward and the rest of our old warriors follow behind her. They simultaneously close in on Cali from all directions. They are getting on my nerves now. I am the only Alpha of Ruber pack now yet they are following Diana’s instructions. Sky growls before leaping with the aim of landing in front of the gold wolf. He is mid air when our epsilon jumps in front of him with his coat completely covering him. I shi
*Leroy POV*I turn my eyes to the Epsilon who has not responded to my question. “Is she my mate?” I repeat my question. He sighs and momentarily closes his eyes. “I need to know,” I insist even though my breathing is becoming laboured. “Down the line mate.”I glance at him, my frustration building up. Mate, second chance mate and rejected mate are all familiar terms, not this. “What the fuck does that even mean?”I don’t mean to shout at him but this is all so messed up. “You cannot handle her right now, Your Highness. There is too much animosity between her pack and ours. And her upbringing under us has been terror at most.”“I had nothing to do with that.”He sighs again and shakes his head. “It does not matter. The Alpha bares the sins of his pack.”I know that arguing with him will not change anything. I focus on getting the facts instead. “When will I be able to handle her?”“When the time is right. When the sins of your father have been righted. When the suffering has bee
*Leroy POV*Even her authoritative voice sounds golden. Oh how I missed talking and even fighting with her. I catch a glimpse of my warriors shifting into their wolves. They are getting themselves ready to fight. More like to die because this woman is ferocious. “Stand down and let all her people go.”They shift back, bow and disperse. I sigh when I see her eyes burning with fury. I had no idea that all the nameless slaves from our pack were the children from her pack. Our pack killed their parents and made them nameless slaves. No wonder even the Lycan king shuddered at the discovery. Marcus, Linda and I rescued several nameless slaves and moved them far from here but majority are still here. They were abused and assaulted on a daily basis. No wonder she’s so mad. “I will give you the list and locations of the ones we rescued.”I see her eyes warm up momentarily before her rage returns. I walk closer to her. The Epsilon said I will transverse hatred and love. My heart hurts just
*Cali POV*I leave the Ruber pack palace emotionally exhausted. I walk into Marcus’ study with my head spinning. A part of me refuses to believe it, but I doubt that Phoebe would lie about something like this. “Leroy tells you everything. Is it true that I am his mate?” I ask the moment my eyes meet Marcus’. He sighs before getting up and embracing me. His actions are a confirmation of what Phoebe told me, but it can’t be. I frantically shake my head. “No. It just can’t be.”“I told you before that you two have a connection I cannot understand. It was like that way before Phoebe and before your wolf. I know that it’s hard for both of you, but it now makes complete sense,” Marcus says and I can’t refute his statement. I hate Leroy, yet something changes when our eyes meet. It is out my control, always has been. “He has a mate and will have others. He does not feel anything towards whoever will be his mate after Phoebe. Why the hell am I feeling this?” Marcus shakes his head. “I d