LOGINAlpha 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.
Unknown POVI hissed under my breath, the venomus sound, slipping past my teeth as I tried to contain the irritation crawling beneath my skin.“Does he think this would do anything to us?” I turned my head to look at my grandfather.The old man sat on his favorite couch, calm and composed. “It will, son, you don’t know the council.”I let out a scoff, pacing once before stopping in front of him. The council. Always the council. A group of self-righteous elders hiding behind tradition and laws they twisted to suit themselves.“If we are found guilty of the crimes filed against us,” he continued, “we will not only lose our stakes in the pack. We will be forced to become rogues… and forced to take a blood oath not to hurt Serafine in the future.”A smirk spread across my lips as I tilted my head, studying him. “Then I’ll just take care of it again before it gets to that.”His eyes sharpened instantly, the warmth in them vanishing. “Don’t do anything drastic, child.”I smiled. “Don’t wor
Alpha Bran’s POV “A letter?” Aric said, turning the envelope over in his hands as he unsealed it carefully.“For who?” I asked, my eyes narrowing at it as I leaned forward.He slid a finger beneath the fold and pulled out the paper. “I’ll have to read it first to know who sent it.”“Bring it over here. Let’s read it together.” I said. Aric walked around the desk to me, standing by my side, and placing the letter between us on the desk. The faint scent of dampness and old ink reached my nose. Aric cleared his throat before he began to read aloud:“My dear Sera, honey, if you are reading this then it means I no longer exist in the world you are. I'm sorry for leaving you alone in that cruel world, sweetie. I hope wherever you are that you will live a happily and be safe. I loved you so much and still love you like the child I bare from my own womb. I don't regret taking you away from that clueless wounded girl in the lonely road that night. Every moment I spent with you was awesome.
Alpha Bran’s POVCountless trials to reach Saskia had been unfruitful. My beta, Aric, and my Gammas, Lupin and Bane, had tried to reach her using their own phones and those of some guards. But she never took any of the calls. Javier, who had just left, wasn't taking his calls either. What could th
Alpha Bran's POV I sat behind my desk, slamming my fist into the desk. Papers fluttered to the floor.Serafine had grown on me and I hated it. Hated that I hesitated when Saskia asked if I loved her. Hated that I let myself get carried away by her clumsy seduction. I pushed back from the desk and
Saskia's POVJavier and I sat across from Ray's younger brother, Michael. We had deliberately chosen a private lounge for our meeting.The lounge was in a neutral ground, which was the perfect place to hold this sort of meeting. It was late into the night. Michael's fingers clenched around his gla
Serafine’s POVRestless was my second name. At the kitchen, I paced to and fro contemplating what to do and what not to do. There had been a lot happening in the house. The warriors running around. The servants carrying rumors of someone hiding Alpha Jace in the city. Some rumors said Bran had alre







