MasukDahlia“It’s always a depressing sight whenever you both are fighting with each other,” Teresa remarked while she chopped the carrots beside me. It made me pause with the onions I was slicing.“Since morning, Derrick has been in a mood. And you, too. I don’t think I’ve seen you smile genuinely today.” I almost breathed the last of my air out through my lungs.“You should blame your brother for putting me in a mood.”“Oh, I know. Everybody is against Camilla returning to the Pack, but he wouldn’t shut up about Pack protocols and whatnot,” she replied whilst shaking her head.I dropped my knife on the cutting board. Now I have absolutely no interest in making dinner. She paused, too, brows knitted together in concern. “I shouldn’t have mentioned that woman’s name, right?” I inhaled sharply, opting to ease her worry with a light smile, except that my muscles were too stiff to even entertain one.“It’s fine, Teresa.” I lazily picked up the knife.“Don’t worry. If we have to tie Derric
DerrickIf I keep letting Salvador have his way with me, with us…my family, the Wolfsbornes, we are never going to be complete. So here I am…standing in front of his guest room door. My wolf is telling me this is a bad idea. The old mule is prolific at getting under our skin. The last thing I want is for both of us to go at each other’s throats. I’ll be giving Dahlia another reason to be mad at me. But I have to do this. It’s about time Salvador and I have a heart-to-heart talk. Well, that is if he knows how to do it anyway. I inhaled deeply before lifting my hand to knock on his door. He didn’t respond to the first knock. I was about to knock the second time when the door creaked open, and there he was with that usual predatory look of his. “Well, well, well,” He flashed a smug smile. “Look who we have here.” My teeth gritted on impulse, the back of my neck prickled, and my chest tightened from multiple knots.“What are you waiting for? Come in,” He said as he strolled inside th
Derrick“What’s the update, Sam?” I asked on the phone while assessing the damage Denzel and the boys wreaked in my Pack gym.“She’s faring well at least. Her memory is really gone, Alpha.”I paused in front of the broken treadmill, dirtied by dried splashes of blood. Denzel should count himself lucky that Lancel didn’t go full rage mode on them. If not, we would have more than a broken treadmill. “It feels too convenient,” I responded. Cami would do anything to crawl back into my life. Using amnesia to stall the divorce process sounds like a terrific plan, Cami would concoct. She knows better that I need her more, and I will have no choice but to bring her back to the Pack. “Do you want me to look into it?”“Yes. Including the hospital. They may be in on it too.”“And if it turns out to be nothing, what should I do, Alpha?” I inhaled sharply, scratching the back of my head impulsively. I can already imagine the worst-case scenario happening. Dahlia could leave me. My family would
Lancel “Look who is here with us today!” One of the guys in the Pack gym said behind me while I was running on the treadmill. “The impostor among us.” Another one remarked. “Look at him, thinking that he is one of us.” Said the third one.“Can you blame him, though? Our Alpha has been the one filling his head with ideas. Now, he parades himself like he’s our Beta.”My wolf growled in my core. My fists tightened as I swung my arms, and I clamped down on my molars, fighting every desire to turn back and face them. My wolf, on the other hand, didn’t seem to align with my thoughts. He wanted to teach them a good lesson. To be specific, rip out their tongue from their filthy mouths—Denzel, Mathias, Frank, Alexander, and Xavier. I should know better than to fall for their gimmicks. In fact, by now I should have gotten used to their antics.Since the Beta Competition had been announced, a day hasn’t passed without them taunting me. Pushing me to the edge so I can make a mistake and give
Dahlia“There’s no chance in hell that I’m letting Camilla enter this Pack!” I don’t give two hoots if my father or any other person in this house can hear us. The mere mention of Camilla Primrose’s name made my stomach burn as if molten metal had been dropped into my deepest depths.“Dali–” “Don’t patronize me, Derrick!” I breathed harshly against his neck. “Don’t! Camilla can never set foot here. I don’t care if she doesn’t remember her name. I’m not going to share the same space with her.”“Dali, you think I want her here?!” He tried to close the gap between us, but I teetered back, giving us more distance. “This is the only choice that we have.”“And how can you not see the detriment that it brings to us?! You think it's easy for Davies to open up his heart for me? What do you think happens when Camilla returns? He’ll start asking for his mother again! And Zahra? She needs us now more than ever. We can’t have another family tussle when all our focus should be on our daughter.D
Derrick “Alpha Derrick,” Eva called behind me in the hospital lobby, stopping me from taking the exit.“I’ve been looking for you,” She exhaled deeply as soon as she reached me. “Are you alright? You look…disturbed.”“I’m fine, Eva.” Besides the fact that I just got off the call with Sam, who had just finished giving me in-depth details of how fucked I am and going to be in the coming days.“I’ve drawn up a list of training routines that are the safest for Zahra. I also prescribed some medicines and the kind of food she has to eat henceforth.” My molars smashed, and my shoulders suddenly grew heavy by the weight of a mountain.“Show me.” I reluctantly breathed. She pulled out her phone from her lab coat pocket, unlocked it, and passed it to me. I didn’t have a problem with the dietary changes; we can work with that. My primary issue was with the training routines. If this is what she calls the “safest” option for Zahra, then she might as well just pass the death sentence on my daug
Derrick“We found this across our border this morning,” Lucas carried a wooden plaque from the ground. There was a writing on it covered in blood,‘We are coming for you.’I collected the plaque from him and sniffed the writing to ascertain if it was human blood or if it belonged to an animal. Sadl
DerrickThe ride to our home in the city was quiet, like a graveyard, yet the air thickened with tension. Cami hasn’t said a word since I got released. She didn’t show spite or anger; her face was just as expressionless as a blank page. Luckily, Davies fell asleep all through the ride, but I’m sure
Derrick“Be honest with me, Laila.” My palms latched to my office desk as I leaned close to Laila’s face, seated across me, with Lucas standing by her side. “Who exactly is Dahlia?” “For goodness sake, Derrick! I’ve told you countless times…I don’t know!” she desperately gestured her hands midair
Dahlia“Are you ready for your next adventure, little one?” Rowan pinched the bridge of Zahra’s nose as he lifted her to his waist.“I was born ready!” she screamed, hands piercing the air with a grin as blinding as the sun. Butterflies fluttered in my belly as laughter erupted from me, but the fe







