MasukZeke's POV “What? Mother!” I looked at her, surprised she still didn't find anything wrong with what she did.“Alpha” The lady bowed, all smiles . “I'll be more than happy to be your Luna and bear you many beautiful pups” She said, her cheeks burning red.“Can't you see how wonderful she is” Mom smiled, proudly.“I'm leaving right now. I can't do this” I told her. “And you, I don't know what my Mother promises you but trust me when I say, it's not happening. I won't be this calm if I return to meet you here” I told her sternly. Her smile dropped after that but Why give her false hope if I knew very well It wasn't going to work out.“What? Zeke!” Mom called out behind me as I left. “Do you know how many men would want a lady like that as a mate?” She asked me, furiously.“ Then she should go meet them mother,. I'm not those men” I told her.She pulled me back by my collar, tears filling her eyes.“Why are you like this, Zeke.” She let them stream freely. “You have many women who'd lo
Zeke's POV “You know you could have gotten us in trouble today” Abe told me as we headed back towards the lake's path.“But I didn't” I Shrugged.“But Alpha, you can't keep acting this way. The elders are bound to hear about this eventually and it won't end well” Abe wore his usual worried look. I dropped the cloak's mask I was wearing and he dropped his too.“I didn't make you my Beta so you could spend all day whining about me licking the elders' feet” I told him, stretching as I pulled off my cloak too.“We shouldn't have come here,” he said again.“You didn't seem to think that when you were laughing your head off with you-know-who.” I eyed him and he coughed, almost choking in utter embarrassment.“I was gathering information” He tried to explain, sweat breaking from the corner of his forehead. “And her name is Kia” He murmured, turning his face away.“Of course you were” I laughed. “ I can imagine how helpful the information you got when you were lost in her eyes would help u
Ever's POV I turned to see who had spoken and it was someone else under a cloak. I couldn't see his face clearly either but the guy beside me seemed to recognize him as he rolled his eyes at the gesture.The merchant furiously collected it. And glared at the guy before leaving. As usual the crowd dispersed once the drama was over. Kia was happy to have her coin back and so was I.“I told you not to come here” The cloaked guy pulled the other one into a corner while they argued nonstop.Kia and I attempted to leave before they called us back. Neither of their faces were fully visible as they had it covered with cloaks. You could only see their eyes. And we couldn't tell their status as they both wore armbands.“Ladies, forgive our manners” The one I had met earlier from the lake stood in front of us. “I'm Zeke and this is my friend, Abe” He introduced, gesturing to the guy who has just paid for him.Oh they were friends, I thought to myself. That explains the familiarity. “May I have
Ever's POV:I stood still, trying to process whether I'd heard her right. “Why, I don't really understand what you mean Luna” I finally managed to ask as the air around me began to feel hotter.She sat down on one of the stones beside a tree and tapped the one beside her, gesturing to me to join her. I didn't even notice I had been fidgeting the whole time. I instantly dropped my fingers and joined her.“I have them too” She began, staring out into the garden as I stared at her, surprised. She looked at me, smiling.“I don't know why I'm telling you this but it feels like you might understand them better than anyone I know” she said, trustingly.Was she opening up to me? Of all people? I cursed beneath my breath as she continued.“I've had dreams of him since the first time we met but couldn't really understand them” She began. Who was she talking about? Hagan? Or someone else, I thought to myself.“But he never seemed interested in me for some reason” She looked down, averting her g
Ever's POV The morning bell from the Matrons woke us up as usual and we all headed to our stations. I was in the cleaning department and Kia was one of those who cooked.We both met each other though, during ration breaks and after we were done with our routines. I would occasionally sneak to her workstation sometimes and she'd share the food she'd hidden with me.We were on only one ration a day now as ordered by the senior Matron after the stunt we pulled at Hagan's arrival so that was mainly how we survived.“The Luna asked for you two” one of the Matrons said as she approached us during ration break.“Are you sure you're fine with this?” Kia asked me again.“You worry too much,” I laughed. “I'm not as fragile as you think I am” “Tell that to the girl who was bawling in my arms last night” Kia raised her brows.“I was having a moment, okay?” I explained, flustered.“Of course you were” Kia laughed and I threw a potato from my tray at her.She attempted to throw it back when one
Ever's POV:“Who's there?” I asked again, dressing up fully. I took quiet steps, drawing closer to where the sound came from.I cleared the path between and found a man laying there, wincing in pain. He had sustained an injury on his foot.It was late at night and this man just popped out of God knows where. I wasn't about to risk my life helping someone I didn't know anything about. His face also looked very unfamiliar, not like I knew everyone in the Pack but if I had seen him somewhere before, I would know.My heart skipped a beat as I thought.“Could he have seen Hagan and me getting all cozy?”“Please help.” He let out, startling me. “I was just passing by when my leg hit this stone out of nowhere”I let out a deep sigh of relief. So he probably hadn't seen it. He would've caused a huge scene by now. I wondered if he was highborn too. He definitely wouldn't let it go if he was. He'd have started raining insults on me like most of them did and no way would he let me go without cal







