CLAIRE VON SINCLAIR I WAS LEANING in Aleks's arms, staring out the window at the changing scenery. We were getting into the surroundings of my former pack. I was starting to recognize the places.I sighed, content."What is on your mind?" Alek asked, his breaths fanned my ears."Nothing," I said, relaxing even more. "I am just wondering the things that will have changed...""Do you know how you are going to address your mother?" He asked.I shook my head. "I will address her the way she addresses me." I sighed again."I will be with you," he muttered, pressing a kiss to the side of my face."I know you will," I replied. I sat up as the cars slowed down and swerved into a small footpath through the woods. "We are close, the patrol guards must have already seen us and alerted our arrival to them."Alek snorted. "I did not even want this to be a surprise to them. I told Joram to call before we got there to tell them we were coming.""Do they know it is me?" I asked.He shook his head. "
BASTIAN WAS STILL shocked at the appearance of Claire at the pack, and he was even more scared when he saw her husband, standing like a brooding shadow behind her. So when Logan had told him to excuse their meeting, it had been his pleasure to do so. He could not miss the look that Claire's Lycan husband gave him. As Bastan hurried out, he knew his life had just been put in danger. The Lycan had traced him here. He hurried through the street until he came to a beautiful cabin on the edge of the residential area of the pack. He knocked once and walked in. Ruth was in the bedroom, scantily dressed like she was waiting for him. He looked at her dress lazily and sighed heavily. "You have no idea what is going on, do you?" She shook her head. "Take off your clothes and come and join me." She said. "Who knows when next you will find the time to come." "Get up, Ruth," Bastian muttered, sitting down on the bed. "Lie down, Bastian," she said seductively running her hand across his
CLAIRE VON SINCLAIR"MY MOTHER TRIED to have me killed," I said again, my eyes never left Bruce's face.He coughed slightly and sat up. "Claire, that is quite a heavy accusation. I mean, you just came here and you are already pointing fingers to your bad luck...""Cut the bullshit, Bruce," I snapped. "I can see through your lies."Logan cleared his throat. "Can we all chill out?" He said.I rolled my eyes and sat back. Logan knew all about the ploy to kill me. He had warned me, and now, I was expecting him to back me up. But he seemed scared of something, or someone.I turned around and looked out the window where Darius was restraining my mother. I had not been surprised to see her, but I was surprised by the calm I felt when I saw her. I expected myself to be jittery and embarrassed, but I was not. Maybe it was because I could feel the aura emanating from Alek, and it had helped my confidence."Who was the man that welcomed me?" I asked, turning to look at Logan. "I did not recogniz
CLAIRE VON SINCLAIR"A LOT HAS happened since you left," I said, wiping my nose. "It was just like yesterday that I was made to pour the first scoop of sand into your grave to bid your farewell..." I smiled at the memory."Would you believe that Alpha Olson was here that day?" I coughed out a chuckle. "He said you were good friends. Both of you." I sighed, my mood dampened as I remembered the proposal that the man had given me that day - that I should become his wife. The thought still sickened me."Anyway, since then..." I continued. "I left the pack, that is not something that I would want to burden you with now. I just want to tell you the good things. I got married..." I grinned. "You might be able to feel him. He's here with me even though I told him I wanted to be alone, but he can be very stubborn sometimes, like a huge mountain of rock. I think you would approve of him..." "And I got a wolf too," I said softly. "Well, not exactly. But I am bonded to a pack now. I can't shift
LOGAN MILLERLOGAN'S HEART WAS pounding like he just run a marathon, and he was almost out of breath as he watched Claire sweep out of the room. Her presence in the room had been stifling and oppressive and as if that was not enough, her hulk of a husband stood behind her, blocking out the window like an unmovable mountain."What are you going to do?" Bruce asked as Claire walked out.Logan snapped out of his thoughts and looked at his Beta. "What do you mean?" He asked with a frown."I mean exactly what I'm saying," Bruce said. "Having Claire here is not a good thing. We both know that. She could start a riot amongst the pack members. And we know the last thing you want is a pack of rebelling members."Logan stood up and walked to the window. He watched as she seemed to be the shining sun amongst the Lycans. They all hovered around her as she walked down the street. "She's going to visit with her father." He said."Are you listening to what I'm saying?" Bruce asked impatiently."She
CLAIRE VON SINCLAIR"I KNOW I promised not to interfere," Alek said in a low whisper. "But I can not stand and watch the rogue that almost killed you go unpunished."I knew it the instant we saw Bastian that Alek would have something to say."You know that my mother is originally behind the attack," I replied.He nodded. His hands came around my waist and rested firmly on my belly. "I know your mother is," he said from behind. "But she is untouchable for now. You will deal with her later on. Not the rogue though, he is in no way connected to you. Except as a constant threat.""What are you going to do to him?" I asked, turning around and putting my hands over his shoulders."You don't need to know," he said to me. "But he will be duly punished. Is that okay?"I nodded. He leaned down and kissed me gently. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asked. "I know it can't be easy for you to be here, considering the history you have with the pack.""I am okay," I reassured."Make sure you rest," He
CLAIRE VON SINCLAIRONE OF MY men cleaned up the room Fiona had broken into. They removed the shattered glass and wrapped up the window."I guess no one will be sleeping in this room," I muttered as I looked at them."You can have our own cabin, Luna," the guard said.I shook my head. "Don't bother. This room was not needed anyway." I turned and went to the sitting room. "Have your luggage brought and set up in the wardrobe," I said to Darius. He nodded and bowed deeply before walking away to carry out what I just instructed him. "I would expect you to be resting now," Alek said, coming up to stand beside me.I chuckled. "As soon as we are all settled in and the guards have eaten, I will rest.""You might not have the chance," he replied. "Now is the best time to sleep for a few hours.""Not yet, Aleksander," I said. I pushed past him as Darius came in carrying some of our bags. He was followed by some other guards. "I will show you where to put all these."Alek groaned and sat down
ALEKSANDER VON SINCLAIR"FOR SOMEONE WHO has had many death threats from here, you look very relaxed," Alek said as he helped Claire with the necklace he had gifted to her a few weeks ago."I am relaxed because I know no harm can come to me as long as you are here," she said, leaning into his touch."And what if I'm not here," he asked, brushing his finger across her smooth skin. "Then Darius will be here," she replied.Alek coughed out a dry laugh and kissed the back of her neck before walking away to finish dressing up. "It is impolite to be late to an invited dinner." He said to her. "This pack has been anything but polite to us since we came," she replied. "They did not even have our sleeping quarters prepared, I think it is only fair that we return some of their energy." Alek snorted and gave a final look at his outfit in the mirror before extending a hand to Claire. "Let's go before the meals are cold."She took his hand and together, they walked out of the cabin, immediately
ALEKSANDER VON SINCLAIRWHEN ALEK AND Joram walked into the pack hall, it was filled with all the werewolves, including children.There was a low murmuring as they all waited in anticipation at what Claire wanted to say. The murmuring subsided slightly as Alek and Joram walked in from the side door. Aside from them, it was just Darius who stood behind Claire, who was the only lycan in the hall.Claire met with Alek's gaze and she smiled slightly. He gave her a small nod of approval and she cleared her throat. The hall immediately went silent."Thank you for answering my call," her voice rang out."Should the children be here to hear this?" Alek whispered to Joram who shrugged."I want to appreciate you all," Claire was saying. "I know it was not easy, accepting me as your Luna -""-alpha." Alek mind linked to her. "You are their alpha."She looked at him with a sad smile."Say it to them," he urged."Thank you for accepting me as your alpha," she said out loud.Alek looked around the
ALEKSANDER VON SINCLAIRALEK WAS SLIGHTLY bothered, but he preferred not to show his emotions. He exuded a very relaxed facade. But that was all it was. A facade. Deep down in his heart, he knew the power that the council carried, and he was wary of them, but he could not show that to Claire, he did not want to alarm her even more.The council had hunted down his forefathers, and even though Lycans were stronger, the council had been relentless, and they had a larger army of wolves."Narcissistic bastards," Alek growled under his breath. The werewolf council had believed that only werewolves and humans were fit to live on Earth. They wanted every other supernatural race to be extinct.They killed off all the vampires, which was not a exactly bad thing, Alek admitted to himself. The vampires caused more destruction and were reckless, and their king, Esteavo did nothing to curb them.After the vampires were gone, the council shifted their attention to Lycans and witches. The Lycans were
CLAIRE VON SINCLAIRWHAT LOGAN TOLD made me wish that I had taken his advice and sat down. I grasped onto the edge of the table, trying to keep myself from falling as my knees went weak."Claire," Alek yelled. He bound over to me and held me up with my waist. He snatched the phone from me with his free hand and put it to his ear. "What is it?" He asked."My Beta dug up the body of Bastian," I heard Logan say. "He must have called the number, pretending to be me, and Claire told him."Alek released a deep sigh. "So what now?""I have to report it to the werewolf council," Logan said. "That is what the pack wants.""The werewolf council?" Alek asked with a chuckle. "Is that not a bunch of old men that pretend to be rulers of the werewolf packs around the world?"Logan gasped. "Such disrespect.""What you should be thinking about now, Alpha Logan, is what you are going to do about a Beta that is not on your side," Alek said.I took the phone from Alek and took a shaky step away. "Logan."
CLAIRE VON SINCLAIRI DID NOT see Joram for the rest of the day after his outburst in the dining room. "I can't find Joram," I said to Alek in his office. He waved me in. As I walked in, I realized that I had never really been inside this man cave. It always felt off-limits, and I did not have many things that would need me to be here.It was a large, white oval room, dimly lit. It was like an entire apartment on its own, with couches, a large mahogany desk at a corner with his leather chair behind.I counted two tables with bottles of whiskey and Scotch. There was also a mini bar at the far end of the room."You look surprised," Aleks's voice drew me from my reverie."I have never been in here," I replied.He chuckled and stood up. "You are welcome here anytime." He said. "In fact, we should build an office for you too. You will be handling the affairs of your people there.""My people," I scoffed. "Like they are not also your people.""I would like the office to be close to mine,"
LOGAN MILLER HE WAS STUNNED beyond words. As he left Ruth's house, he heard her last sentence ringing in his head. She said she knew things. Was this one of those things? Knowing that he wanted to protect Claire and hide Bastian's body further away. But how had she known? Was it even possible to stay a step ahead of them? These questions flooded Logan's head. He could feel a migraine start as he walked through the woods. Well, the situation could still be salvaged, he muttered to himself. He could just try and avert it. If only he and Bruce and maybe a few other men knew, he could just shrug it off. He got to the strong stream and crossed it without any issues. They had gone out of the territory now. How had the men even found the body? What made them come this far in their search? It could not be that they followed a scent. He shook his head. Every scent was washed away by the current and air updraft of the stream. So what gave them the idea? As he came upon the scene,
BRUCE AND HIS man walked for almost half an hour without seeing anything. Bruce was starting to feel this plan slip through his fingers every minute they walked without finding the spot."That bitch could have been more specific," he snarled under his breath, flopping onto a rock. "We might start to head north now. We will walk at an angle, so we will meet with the others in the middle, then we will search the area together again."The man nodded and sat down. They were close to the stream. Bruce sighed and looked around. He was tired, and could not imagine the energy required to carry the rogue all the way out here, and then bury him, and go back without anyone seeing or noticing anything."Beta...""Yeah?" Bruce looked at his companion who was dipping a foot in the fast flowing stream."You know that if your plan works, Claire would be hurt too," He said.Bruce cocked his head and noted that his companion was the youngest out of the three. "Yes. I am aware of that." He replied."I t
BRUCE HURRIED AWAY from the pack. He crept behind a thick tree and watched as Logan went into Ruth's house. They had agreed to stalk Logan for as long as possible so he would not suspect where Bruce had gone.When Bruce was sure that Logan had gone in and was being occupied by Ruth, he continued his journey farther away into the woods, heading west. After almost half an hour was brisk walking, he came across the Tibet stream. It was a fast-flowing stream that was quite wide. As he looked at it and tested the current, he wondered how the Lycan had carried the body across.Using a stick, he tested how deep the water was, and luckily, it was not deep as it was only a couple of feet deep and would reach up to his knee, but even with the shallowness, the current of the water was able to sweep him off his feet."Beta?" Bruce turned to see 3 men of average build coming towards him. "Luna Ruth sent us, she told us to do as we were told without asking questions."Bruce nodded. "What we are go
BRUCE KNEW THAT something was up, and to his dismay, It seemed like Logan was starting to catch up on everything that was going on behind him. It had come as a terrible surprise when Fiona found out that she was pregnant, and it was very obvious that he was responsible, not Logan.Their plan had been to just manipulate Logan and make him fuck Fiona without condoms or pulling out, so they could easily blame the pregnancy on him. But the plan did not work out perfectly and Logan did not bite. It was like he saw through their plan and refused to sleep with Fiona.Bruce was going to try and convince Fiona to try and abort the baby. It sounded bad, but it would be worse if Fiona suddenly gave birth and the child looked nothing like the alpha.He walked into the pack house. He knew Logan had been on a call with someone. He suspected that it was Claire, and there was something he was keeping secret.He peeked out the window to make sure he was not followed. Then he put the earpiece to his e
LOGAN MILLERLOGAN AND BRUCE walked out. By now, the news that Bastian was missing had gone around the pack. Some people were glad that the rogue responsible for attacks on them months ago was gone, while some were worried. They wondered how the veteran warrior like Bastian could just disappear, and how safe they were. Some of them shared the same views as Bruce and were already suspecting that it was the Lycan clan that visited that was responsible for the abduction."How are his people holding up?" Logan asked."As they should," Bruce answered. "They are worried, some are scared. They have recorded a large amount of deaths in the past few months. Their male population has been reduced to a very few.""Those are not our faults," Logan muttered. He wanted to say it was Ruth's fault for sending them against Claire, and the Lycans. In fact, everything that happened was Ruth's fault.First, she manipulated him into dumping Claire, and then making the whole pack share in her hatred for Cl