LOGINUnknown POVA smile tugged at my lips as I walked down the path, my hands tucked casually into my pockets.It had been an entertainment worth watching. The moment Bran realised that he wasn't going to win the case. His desperation to prove that he was saying the truth. Poor Bran!That was so trilling to watch.I let out a chuckle to myself, shaking my head in pity for the clueless stubborn Alpha when I saw my old man and Saskia. They were just about to enter their cars when I changed direction, heading straight toward them.Larkin noticed me first. The old man’s instincts were still sharp, even if his methods of doing things were outdated.He paused, his hand resting on the car door before slowly letting it fall shut again.Saskia followed his gaze. When they landed on me, she hissed, loud enough for me to hear and went into her car.I cared nonetheless. She wasn't the one I was meeting afterall.I stopped a few steps in front of my old man.“Where have you been, son?” he asked.I h
Serafine’s POVThe noise of the hall faded as I sank deeper into my thoughts.“Serafine.” The voice sounded distant in my head. I was buried in my raveling thoughts that I didn't realise someone was actually calling me.“Serafine.” The voice came again, louder this time. But it still didn't seem like I was the one being called.It was when a hand touched my shoulder, that I flinched, blinking hard as the world snapped back into focus.“Grayson,” I muttered, looking down at him who was crouched in front of me now. “You…called me?”“I’m sorry.” He said, guilt lacing his gaze.I frowned, still trying to gather my thoughts. “Why… are you apologizing?”“I told you everything last night,” he began and I nodded in agreement, watching him. “But I left one thing out.”A small knot formed in my stomach. “What is it?”Then he exhaled quietly and sat down on the chair beside me. His hand brushing lightly against the back of my hand, sending warmth through me. His next words caught me off guard.
Alpha Bran’s POVThe moment I stepped out of the council hall, the air hit differently. Or maybe that was just the rage burning through my veins.Boots echoed behind me, synchronized. Aric, Bane and Lupin, and some guards followed without a word, their presence a silent wall at my back. None of them dared to speak. They could feel my rage as much as it was burning through me. I was one wrong word away from doing something I might regret later.“How could they close the case like that?” Lupin muttered under his breath.My jaw tightened as the scene inside the hall replayed in my head. “They tampered with the recording.” I said finally, “There’s no other explanation.”“We’ll find another way,” Aric said from just behind my shoulder.At that moment I didn’t care about another way. What I wanted was blood. Larkin’s old blood.I reached the wide stone steps leading out of the council building when someone pulled my attention.Serafine.She was standing a few feet away, beside Grayson and
Serafine’s POV“What happened to the recording?” Bran asked, facing the council of elders now. “It wasn't like this when I submitted it to you.”“Bran!” One of the elders called, “What are you insinuating?”“Im asking if one of you tampered with the evidence.”Another ripple of murmurs from the audience filled the hall.“SILENCE!” the elder at the middle roared and everyone kept quiet immediately. From his overwhelming aura, I could tell he was the leader of the elder council. He hadn't talked all this while until now.“Alpha Bran Cornick, I will only say this once. Mind the words you say here.”Bran scoffed, shoving his hands into his pocket as he peered down, patting his feet on the floor.“Did you make a copy of the record?” one of the elders asked.“I didn't.” Bran answered.“Then there is no proof that the record wasn't originally corrupted.” the elder concluded.“I am the proof,” Bran snapped.“Mind your tone, Alpha Bran.” another elder added. “You have become so emotional that
Serafine’s POV “Please have your seats. The hearing will begin shortly.” The soft firm voice of the pretty lady at the front echoed in the hall, as people began to take their seats.For the past few seconds since we got here, I have been taking sight of the high stone walls of the council chamber. It really looked ancient and could probably been built since the nineteen hundreds, I think.The air pressed against my lungs, thick with scents I couldn’t quite place but somehow recognized. Wolves.Yeah, I knew that much. That I was a wolf. And thus, the reason I could smell the others.I had asked Grayson last night why he and Clara smelled thesame. Embarrassment wrapped tightly around me when Clara laughed like I was a child asking questions which had obviously been answered.That was when Grayson told me all about werewolves and their terminologies, cultures and law. Including the matebond. It was a long night of history lessons. He said I couldn't shift at the moment because my wolf h
Unknown POVI grabbed the vase, yanking the device out from within it as rage exploded inside me.I threw it to the ground and crushed it beneath my heel, grinding it into the floor until the blinking light flickered and died.My chest rose and fell as I stared down at the broken pieces, my mind already spiraling with the implications of the informations whoever bugged the house had.“You bugged my house?” my grandfather asked, his gaze bored into Saskia.“I didn’t,” Saskia replied quickly, her chin lifting in defiance despite the tear stains on her face.“Then how did you know our conversation that day?” the old man pressed.A low hiss slipped past my lips as I realised the one person who could do it.“That fuckwit, Bran,” I spat. “He did this.” He never struck me as reckless. But this was bold of him. Did he think my voice was enough evidence to punish me?I scoffed.Too bad for him.“How did he get into my house to even plant a bug device without being noticed?” My old man asked.
Clara’s POVI stood in front of the Alpha's house frozen. My feet rooted on the floor. Right where Grayson had left meThe air felt thick in my lungs, like I was drowning while standing upright. My ears still rang with his voice. “Mind your business…I don’t want to see you again for now…”Grayson
Alpha Bran’s POVSaskia folded her arms, her expression sharp.“You took a very big risk imprisoning two top officials from my pack because of a—”She stopped herself. Then her eyes flickered to me.She remembered my warning. And couldn’t say human slave in front of me. Not after I made it clear I
Alpha Bran’s POVSerafine frowned the moment her eyes met mine. She glanced around the room. Then tried to sit up.“Lie back,” I commanded.She obeyed, sinking back into the pillows with rigid movements. I had used my Alpha aura on her. Otherwise, she would have left. Her eyes burned into mine, gl
Saskia’s POVShock rippled through me when Bran asked,“What do you want?”I had anticipated this moment but never thought it would happen with Bran asking the question first. Bran was a hard dog. Always had been. And telling him the real reason I had come to his house was a risk I wasn’t sure I c







