But one thing Calix didn't know was that he was wrong. Aiden was not as foolish as he had thought. The moment Calix left and the door closed, the smile that had been on Aiden's face fell off. His expression moved from a smiling face to a stony glare as he gazed at the shut door. Something was not right; it was so clear Calix was hiding something. Aiden could tell all this from his weird behaviour, yet he had decided to pretend like he hadn't suspected anything. Now, he could not tell why he had not called Calix out directly on his game — perhaps, he wanted to be very sure because he would hate to wrongly accuse his friend — but whatever the reason was, Aiden knew with so much certainty that something was wrong. He moved to sit on one of the stairsteps below the throne, his elbow resting on his lap as he propped his palm under his chin. He was still in a daze and nothing he could think of made sense as to why Calix had been alone in the throne room. He was trying to make up excu
It was Aiden's other friends: Andrew and Jamal, and the two men paused when they noticed that all eyes were on them. "Are we interrupting something? We can always come back some other time." Andrew said, turning around to leave but Jamal held him back. It was obvious from Andrew's behaviour and expression that he had been dragged there so he was simply looking for an excuse to leave and that was why he said what he had said. "Why the long face, Aiden? What's up?" Jamal asked instead, bowing a little to Alpha Velvet before turning his gaze to Aiden. In his haste, Andrew had not noticed that Aiden looked downcast and now that Jamal was bringing his attention to it, Andrew discovered that Aiden did not only look downcast but very troubled, like a man whose business had collapsed in one day. Seeing Aiden that way erased the anger he had been harbouring from the argument some hours ago. "Is anything the problem?" He asked, his eyes moving from Alpha Velvet to the couple standing by the
It suddenly felt like he had lost his identity and didn't fit in anymore. Now he understood why Leah called him a stranger. If even his friends could change this much, then who did he know in the Blood-Moon pack? Who could he say was for him? Was he simply a tyrannical beast who had come to usurp power in a place he was not needed? Hadn't Jamal and Andrew said they had been waiting for his return since? So many questions, yet no answer. He was feeling so heartbroken like a werewolf who had just been rejected by his mate — in fact, that was not even enough to describe his pain. He lacked words to describe his emotions and as he stared into the faces of the men he loved so much, his eyes became misty. Had he lost these ones too?"It's fine. The Blood-Moon pack is also our pack and we want it to be safe too. If Calix is planning something, then we all need to act fast." Jamal sighed heavily, face-palming himself in the process as he chided himself for not being more patient. He should
Aiden was nowhere to be found when she came out of the throne room. Though there were many questions to ask the guards at the door, she only asked them where Aiden had gone and they told her he went straight ahead. Trying to mindlink him to know where he was, she walked straight ahead, looking from side to side to see if she could find her mate, but there was no sign of him. And he was not responding to her through their special mind link. Not knowing where to begin her search for him, Alpha Velvet stood at the end of the hallway, both of her arms resting on her hips. She kept asking where he was through the mind link while trying to catch his scent by shifting to her wolf's nose.In our room.She finally got a reply and she heaved a sigh of relief, turning around to go to their bedroom where Aiden said he was. Somehow, she felt he would be lying to her because the bedroom didn't fit into the possible places he could go to when he was upset but she decided to go there anyway and to
Alpha Velvet reached out and tucked some of these locks behind his ear. Then she lifted his chin with her fingers so he could look at her. Her heart constricted in pain when she saw how red and swollen his eyes were and the sadness on his face only shook her heart further."Aiden. . ." She trailed off, now lost for words to say. Seeing him that way had broken her heart so much that she lost what to say."I'm a fool, Velvet. I'm a very big fool. I don't know if I've been bewitched or cursed. Why do I always trust the wrong people? Why do I allow people to do this to me all the time?""You're not a fool, Aiden. You're the wisest person I know." Alpha Velvet tried to comfort him but he only sniggered at her words, shaking his head a bit as he laughed."That's the biggest lie I've ever heard.""I'm not lying. That's how I feel about you." She frowned at him."Then why do I do stupid things all the time? Just look how I trusted Calix so blindly. Just see how I allowed him to use me right u
In the middle of the night, when everyone was fast asleep, that was when it happened: The long-planned war Jared had looked forward to. It had begun with a chaotic noise that had woken Alpha Velvet up. She had always been a light sleeper but had become a lighter sleeper after that dreadful night her pack got attacked and her family killed. Ever since then, she woke up at any slight movement and it had taken Aiden some time to assure her that everything was fine now and she need not be alarmed by every noise. Though Alpha Velvet had managed to calm down with Aiden's assurance, this noise had woken her up and that was because it was quite strange and very chaotic.She turned to Aiden who was still fast asleep despite the noise and she contemplated leaving him be while she go check for herself. Perhaps, it was nothing and she was just being paranoid as usual. She would hate to disturb Aiden's sleep for nothing. It had taken quite a while for him to fall asleep because he had retired
With that, the four advanced, with some of the deltas and gammas who had come with Kunata, into the enemy warriors who were running towards them. As they shifted, everyone began to fight. The fight was tough, even for Aiden who was the strongest one. He had shifted into his wolf and was tearing apart anyone that came near him; however, more kept rushing to him. It was as though, the more he fought, the more they increased. It was even more shocking that these wolves were willing to lay down their lives because they kept rushing to him like they had not just seen the biggest and scariest wolf of their lifetime. Sure, fear was evident in their eyes but that did nothing to back them down, they kept attacking Aiden in group and the truth was that they were beginning to get to him.No one could help him out because everyone was facing their giants. While Alpha Velvet was surrounded by about four vicious wolves, Kunata and Davina were faced with a dozen. From the corner of his eyes, he c
"Y - - yo - - you," Aiden could barely get the right words out. "Yes, me." Jared snickered at this, but when he saw that Aiden's eyes were on Calix and not on him, he said, "oh! Him? Of course, it's Calix. Who else had you been expecting?" He laughed, patting Calix lovingly on his shoulder like showing up together had not already sent a clear message.Calix, on the other hand, remained calm, just holding Aiden's gaze without wavering. Aiden could not believe that Calix could still look him right in the eye after betraying him this much.But a lot was going through Calix's mind as he watched Aiden's agonized expression; however, he deliberately chose to shut those emotions out of his mind. This was no time to feel or even think. He had done all the thinking and feeling that should be done and right now, he only had to watch the effect of those choices he had made and he was so sure he had made the right decision. Seeing Aiden lying on the dirty ground, injured and weak, Calix was gl