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~Gaston~What am I doing? I'm failing my late parents. They entrusted my brothers under my care. And I'm trying to mess everything up. Clifton is catching up on it, and I know very well that all Declan needs is a little time to piece things together, and his suspicion will be full-blown. So much that he'll have lots of questions to ask. I'm supposed to keep the family together. That's my job. With Alpha Zegulf of the Crimson werewolf pack hellbent on wedging war against my pack, my brothers and I ought to be solid, and on the same page. Not divided and emotionally unstable. But here we are. And it's all my fault. I'm the reason we all seem to be drifting apart. All because of this stupid connection I feel towards my brothers' mate.I need help, I need to speak to someone, I need answers. And the only person that can offer me the help and answers I sought is Rhen. But I know I can't go to her. Of course, Callum can arrange a meeting with her since she's now hiding away in his pack
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~Gaston~Clifton is the first to rush at the pack guard. Dion follows suit. Declan and I turned out to be the only sane ones among us. So we do what we ought to; block them off, preventing them from hurting an innocent man. “Stop this madness!” I yell at both of them and turn to the guard. "Did they say exactly why they are here?" I query as my eyes dart towards the hall entrance where a couple of my men are already packing up the gifts from the Black-haw emissaries. The poor pack guard standing before us is already shaking with fear. But he manages to let out a "no Alpha" reply to the question I asked him earlier."It's fine," I tell him. "You can go." Turning to Declan who is already awaiting my command, I tell him, "Go ahead." And he steps outside the hall to carry out his job.As he's working through a couple of mind-links with his men, Dion does the same with the Tech team. And Clifton reaches out to my chauffeur, Killian to have him arrange an emergency exit for the Alpha if p
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~Xyana~Pacing the room doesn't help calm me down. My whole senses are in hyper alert. What exactly is going on? It's been almost five hours since Gaston sent me to my room.My thoughts are still all over the place when I feel the doorknob to my room twist, and my door gets pushed open.Even though there were guards positioned in front of my door, it didn't stop me from wanting to scream my lungs out until I saw Dion step in. He closes the door and stops right there, staring at me like I'm some rare specie of human that just landed on the planet Earth, while resting his body on the door frame."Dion..." I breathed out when he doesn't say a word after a couple of seconds of silence.He squeezes his brows and walks up to me. "My Sunshine," he calls me. "Are you okay, Honey?" His palms locate my cheeks and he rubs them gently. "Tell me you're okay."I swallow hard at the intensity of his gaze forgetting for a split second that I'm meant to offer him a reply. "Xy-Sunshine." He calls me,
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~Xyana~"How do you like your food?" Dion asks me, wearing a quizzical look.Gulping down the bite of croissant I just took, I smile happily at him. "It tastes delicious. I'm shocked to see so many people in your pack. While at the pack house, I used to think the whole pack was too quiet, and I wondered if your pack truly had a lot of population as the others rumor it to.""Glad you like your food." He says. "As for the people, our pack is very populated and we have vast land. But the pack house isn't someplace everyone has free access to. You can't come there unless you have an invite. Gaston keeps it that way." He explains."Oh, nice.""Does the large number of people bother you? If that's the case, I can take you somewhere else with fewer people. I brought you here because I thought you needed to see more people.""Yes please, I love it here. It's perfect.""I know they're staring, aren't they?" He smiles and I blush and shrug. "Not to worry, they will stop staring as soon as they
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~Xyana~After finishing our lunch, we drive back to the pack house. On our way, Dion gives me a detailed explanation about the pack, how most of its lands were acquired, and how the pack was borne through his ancestors.Their lineage is a pure Alpha lineage with no adulteration of any sort.He keeps showing me various paths that lead to prominent facilities in the pack, like the hospital, library, fire station, train station, airport, etc. The Gurreo-Valley pack was indeed a sight for sore eyes. Everything is super cute. I listen to him intently as he goes on reciting more and more historical facts as we drive along. He also gives me a little intel about the pack members and how every one of them comes together to form a solid pack that is like a big family because they all have each other's back. This is one of the reasons people from other packs have no idea of what really happens within the walls of their pack.At a point, he stops and chuckles. "Now that you've made your first o
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~Xyana~I wake up to a sudden brightness in my room. This is unlike what I'm used to. Usually, I wake up before Adina gets in. On rare occasions, she comes in while I'm still asleep and helps wake me calmly after running me a bath. She has never opened the curtains, letting so much brightness into my room before I get off the bed?I blink into the light streaming into the room as an unfamiliar figure stands right in front of me. More blinks and eye rubs, I finally get a clearer view of the person standing there; she's indeed unfamiliar.Once she notices that my eyes are open, she starts blabbering at the top of her voice, almost getting me scared with her high-pitched tone.Turning in my bed, I finally succeed in blinking sleep out of my eyes. I can’t see Adina or anyone else in the room. Just the unfamiliar lady. When I turn back to look at her, she's smiling and stretching out a hand to help me up.Well, I'd thought I was hallucinating and wouldn't se
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~Xyana~"Ah, here you are," Declan calls me, flashing a fat smile as I join him in the dining room. "You missed Oona, she just left for school. And she asked about you.""Aww, I've been missing breakfasts with her for a while now," I replied, making a face."Yeah," Declan replies. "How are you, Pretty?" I shrug, "I'm perfect, Bones."The sound of the door behind us announced the presence of the other Howling men."Alpha." Declan greets rising to his feet. I did the same and when Gaston takes his seat, we all follow suit.Clifton is wearing an icy mask today. A mask I'm now officially used to; 'Fire and Ice' a perfect description of Clifton Howling. You just never know the version of him you'll meet today or the day after."Keeping her all to yourself, eh, Bones?" Dion teases."Ah, look at kettle calling dark names. Who spent twenty years with her yesterday." Declan asks. "Did you have fun with Diony, my Love?" He turns to me."Yes," I wh
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~Xyana~Once we get into Gaston's SUV. I shut my eyes and let out a breath I had no idea I was holding back all along.When I reopen it, I lean back into my seat and settle my eyes over the beautiful landscapes that I find slightly familiar after yesterday's outing with Dion.Gaston is absorbed with his phone again. Whatever it is he's doing with his phone these days must be quite important and inevitable. Suddenly, he rubs his forehead and sighs deeply like he's completely exhausted. “Are you alright, Xyana?”I turn to him with a smile. "Oh, I'm so eager to meet the pack members. I've been looking forward to this day for a while now. Thank you so much for this opportunity."Lifting his gaze to me, he frowns. “That’s not what I'm asking. Is there something you want to tell me?”I shake my head instantly, feigning ignorance, but I guess my shaky fingers blow my cover. “I don’t know what you mean, Alpha.”He shot me a very serious glare that made
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~Gaston~Clifton will ruin everything if we don't get to him before he acts. I had Killian confirm that Clifton's Aston Martin wasn't packed in his car garage. That explains why he left with the car. And knowing Clifton well enough, his only focus would be to rescue Xyana. So he wouldn't want to mess his opportunity up.That simply means he will wait till nightfall before making a move. That gives me less than six hours to stop him from being the reason this silent war between Zegulf and me will erupt into a physically unstoppable one.Rhenat is seated from across the room with Dion and Declan standing at the entrance. They are staring at me expectantly, wanting to know what I'll do.I tip my head towards the door. "I'll leave you alone for now," I tell Rhenat. "I need to speak to my brothers and find a way to stop Clifton from ruining everything."Rhenat nods. "Yes, Alpha. I will put a call through to you when it's done.""When what is done? Can the both of you be inclusive at least
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~Zegulf~The marking is complete. At least, I think it is. But it doesn't look like she's breathing well. Her breaths are coming slowly, and I'm terrified that she might be dying on me. It's not supposed to be this way. The marking between Werewolves is supposed to be a beautiful euphoric experience. But I'm not certain it would be the same with a Moon-made. I stare at the Cabal and they stare back at me, confusion on their faces. 'Yes, I'm confused as well.' I whine internally.When I spoke to Kadila earlier about marking Xyana tonight, she told me to go ahead and mark her that her presence wouldn't be needed. Now I think I need her because I'm clueless as to what to do since Xyana is barely breathing. Panic is threatening to take hold of me as I mind-link my Beta, Xavier to bring Kadila over.I can feel all the little hairs on my body stand up as if I’m inside some giant electromagnetic field. Pressing my ear to Xyana's fairly warm chest, I listen to the barely audible heartbeat
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~Zegulf~I let Xyana spend the rest of her day in my room sulking.She had thought I would finally agree to let her go, but If only she knew that she was asking for the impossible. Letting her go isn't a sentence I want to be associated with. Not when the Moon Goddess gave her to me on a platter. I have a woman any Alpha would die to mark. A woman who can easily bring even the most powerful Alpha to his knees. It's sad that she has no idea who or what she is and how much power she holds.Towards the evening, the Alpha's Cabal, Roldolf, Ezra, and Thaddeus, arrived at my private chamber. I had the guards set up the room with a round table that would bring all of us together because I asked them to bring Xyana over as I wanted to introduce her to them.Xyana stops at the door, confusion shrouding her face as she stares from me to the three other men in the room."Come on in, Firefly," I call her fondly, waving at her.Slowly, she pushes her b
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~Zegulf~The next morning, I have the maids bring Xyana downstairs to the dining room to join me for breakfast. She looks well rested, and even far better than yesterday. The wound on her arm looks better, too, and I have no doubt it will take just a few more days or a week to heal perfectly.She is wearing a very pretty dress I believe to be part of the ones delivered yesterday by the personal shopper.When she sees me across the dining room, she smiles and greets me. Then I quickly pull out a seat for her. I can feel her cheerfulness surge through me."You seem well rested.""Yes, I am. My wounds are healing pretty well too. Thank you so much for your hospitality and kindness.""Oh, it's nothing really," I reply.Then I snap my fingers. The maids quickly started serving us breakfasts of boiled eggs, coffee, and wheat bread. Since Xyana came into my life, I made it known to the butler that our meals should always be healthy.Watching her ea
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••PRESENT DAY••~Gaston~I'm seated in my private chamber with Rhen seated across the table from me. "Is it done yet?" I ask her checking my wristwatch for the time.She told me that Kadila was trying to unbound Clifton's and Xyana's souls as she could feel the gradual neutralization of the magic she used.So we agreed that it was best to let the soul-unbounding ritual go on, and at the peak of it, I will be able to connect to Xyana, just to see if I can pass a message to her in her dreams."Not yet," Rhenat replies. "But any moment now."I scowl as the image of a happy Zegulf appears in my head. He must be super elated and proud of himself. Does he even think that I won't know what he's trying to do and what he's really up to? Only a fool would assume that I'm clueless and Zegulf is no fool.So I have no doubt he's suspicious of my silence. Why wouldn't he be? If I were him, I would be suspicious too."Xyana is going to survive this, r
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••A WEEK AGO••~Gaston~There are lots of things I need answers to. And I've tried getting these answers from elsewhere. But there are still lots of empty spaces that need to be filled.The answers aren't as explanatory as I wanted, I need more. I needed to hear them as they were. If there was a prophecy about this new Moon-made, Xyana, I needed to hear it word for word, not as hearsay, but as the absolute truth.The only person with the answer to my question is Rhenat the Witch. And even though I've tried to avoid going to her for help by exploring every other option available to me, I still have to say that she holds the complete information I'm after.So I had no other option than to get Callum to set up a private meeting with Rhenat without anyone's knowledge. I left the pack after midnight with Killian, my most trusted man, with me, we shifted to our wolves and ran all the way to Callum's pack. He was already waiting for us with a clean change
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~Zegulf~Xyana and I had a beautiful day touring my pack. She did feel on edge for a while, but eventually, I was able to get her to relax and enjoy the tour.We had lunch under a cabana at the private pool behind the pack house. The view was beautiful and I had no doubt she loved it but would rather not say.After lunch, we visited a few more places within the pack before retiring for the evening. I took her back to my room and left her with a few of the maids who had already been briefed on serving her a spiked drink to put her to sleep in preparation for Kadila's visit.**Barely two hours later, I brought Kadila into my room after making sure she was properly covered.Kadila was dressed in one of those colorful outfits of hers that tells me she is in such a great mood. As usual, she attended to Xyana's wounds before taking a seat on a side stool at the center of the room."Will you mark her tonight, Alpha?" Kadila asks, rubbing a dark-c
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~Zegulf~I didn't expect Xyana to smile at me when I told her that I had a hand in the death of Gaston's parents. I expected to see the fear in her eyes, not her running away from me. If this would make her run, then what exactly would she do when she realizes how deep the feud between my pack and Gurreo-Valley has gone?How would she react if I told her some or all the things Gaston Howling and I have had to do against each other behind closed doors because of our hatred towards each other?Maybe she will hate me. But then she will get to understand that Gaston Howling is anything but an Angel. And he's no better than me. The only difference between us is that I wear my evil name comfortably like a crown while he disguises a lot until you step on his toe or step close enough to draw out a reaction from him.That makes me wonder why he hasn't come for Xyana yet. Kadila will be here in the evening to complete the soul-unbounding ritual, and I'm expected to m
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~Xyana~Days rolled by. I had access to the television where I kept checking all the news channels. Nothing about my disappearance was being mentioned and none of my mates came for me.Maybe I should wonder why they would come for me when it's obvious they don't know where I'm being held currently.But I'm out here without my phone, and I'm unable to reach out to any of them. All I have access to is the television, where I keep skimming through channels every day in the hope that I'll see something that could convince me that my mates are out there, looking for me.But there's nothing. By the third day, I'd already given up. Maybe they've all moved on without me. Maybe I think too highly of myself.Is it possible that they don't want me as their mate? Even if others don't, what about my Dion? Surely he will want me as much as I want him.I'm still in deep thought when a hand touches my arm so gently."Hi," I greeted Zegulf with a sad smile. "Bea
