LOGIN~~~Larry’s POVMy gaze just remained fixed on the path where Anya could have been walking farther away. “This location… it isn't random, Rowan,” I said, turning my head to him from the side.Rowan was quiet at first, he simply nodded to that, his gaze moving away from me and towards the path where I had been staring at where Anya could have been walking just ahead. As if something inside of me pulled me upright too quickly before I even had the chance to make the decision to move, I was up in a fraction of a second. I straightened my body slowly, my attention leaving the already damaged ground. “I need this place to be back in order,” I said, giving the instruction to the warriors. “Make it look as if nothing had really happened here. I don't want unnecessary panic spreading through the whole pack,” I added. The warriors immediately started to move after my order settled down between us, they began gathering the broken branches and examining the damaged perimeter. I smoothed the
~~~Larry’s POVThe loud crash that had echoed through the mansion was what my head wrapped around at this moment.Nothing the elders were saying mattered at this point, and before Siama could say another thing, my attention pulled away from them too quickly. Anya. That was the only thought that mattered at this moment. Rowan was already making a move when I turned my attention towards the eastern grounds that stretched through the window, then I immediately followed behind him without waiting for any word from the elders to stop us.The mansion corridors quickly filled with movements of the warriors of the pack who hurried past us, their expressions confused as they headed towards the same direction where Rowan and I were moving to. “What actually happened?” Rowan called towards the warrior who had sprinted towards the chamber to inform us a while ago, the warrior was walking beside us as we moved. The warrior barely slowed before he replied. “We're still trying to figure out what
~~~Larry’s POV Elder Siama's words remained hanging in the air after she spouted them. “You claim you're protecting her, how do you think having that bloodline in a pack like this would make that easy for you?” she leaned forward. “Maybe that's what you should have discovered before deciding that you knew what was best for her.” Siama added, the words leaving a sharp sting behind them as my jaw clenched. Elder Sam and Bram murmured under their breath from where they were seated so low that I couldn't grasp what they said. I didn't give a response to what elder Siama just said, allowing the words to sink deep. Many thoughts started to connect pieces inside my head that I hadn't realized belonged together. Siama had mentioned names from the past, but why? Why did she have to mention them while Anya was up close? My face moved between the three of them once again before the question finally left me. “And Silas?” The entire room went still as I mentioned the name, the one name
~~~Larry’s POV Standing still on the entrance of the mansion, I watched as Anya's footsteps gradually faded down the hallway that stretched towards their room. I watched as Serena led her away, with Talia who was following right behind them. Never for once did my eyes let go of her, I simply remained there, watching until they all disappeared completely from my sight. Then I finally turned my attention back to the three elders who were still here before the mansion's entrance. I turned towards elder Bram and Sam who stood quietly from behind, neither of them looked eager to say a thing at the moment. Their silence didn't surprise me, not at all. If anything, it made me more cautious at this point. Trust elder Siama, she was the one who finally broke that silence between us. “Larry, there is something we really need to—” “Better off inside,” my voice cut her mid-sentence before I gestured towards the direction of the main building in the mansion. Honestly, I have no intention
~~~Anya’s POV“I had known Larry for a long time, during that time when he was still that Alpha Larry — the billionaire Alpha of Shadowmoon Pack,” she said, a low chuckle escaping her mouth after the words.I waited, my eyes twisted tight at her words. This practically meant that Serena had known Larry as Alpha Larry, and even before everything changed. Talia and I remained standing, waiting for Serena to actually continue. “During the period when I'd known Larry, you see those two elders called Bram and Sam in this pack? They have always been around him, and you'll think they're very obsessed with their Alpha. From the outside, they looked completely respectable, calm, wise, and traditional.” She paused a bit, taking another gulp on her drink before she continued. “They were the kind of elders everyone would naturally trust without forcing a thing called doubt. But you know one thing? Even at that, Larry never trusted them, he just knew something was off with them,” she added. “B
~~~Anya’s POV Maybe elder Marta was already deciding that she'll keep me in the infirmary forever, and yeah, I was very okay with that. The thought of that alone made a small smile pull at my lips as I walked towards the mansion with Talia, Serena, Rowan and Larry. I just couldn't stop thinking about everything that elder Marta had shown me today — from the herbs, and then the patients, then the work she had somehow trusted me with. For the first time in my whole life, I simply had something that I could call mine. Something I hadn't been given because of my past or because of Larry himself. That happiness was still doubling in me before the mansion came into view. But then, I noticed something else… Elder Bram, Elder Sam, and a familiar female elder who stood just near the entrance of the mansion. This felt… new. Because since coming here, I hadn't seen elders moving to the mansion itself, because that was where Larry had been. But now, they were here, and something about the
~~~KANE~~~ A long crushing silence stretched the very moment I had recognized Meena as my mate and not Anya. The crowd exhaled. I turned to the crowd, my voice booming, “I reject the union between Anya and me. The moon goddess doesn't have to tangle me with a broken and cursed wolf. I know what's
~~~ANYA~~~I felt a twist in my stomach the moment I saw Meena smiling uncontrollably at the mention of the arrival of the Alpha.My mate is here. The Alpha. My heart flung in my chest as blood rushed to my cheeks. I turned to smile at Talia closely as she held my hands tightly. She returned the ge
~~~ANYA~~~“It can’t be…” I whispered to myself. But my wolf surged inside me, whispering one word: “Ours.”Too many things sifted through my mind at once as I couldn’t concentrate on one thought long enough. My head was troubled with thoughts all mixed up with a heavy dose of boredom. The memory o
~~~Anya~~~The next morning felt colder than usual. It wasn't because of the weather, but because of the place I'm headed to. Sterling Corporation—Ridgewood Holdings, stood tall before me. Its glass exterior was reflecting the early morning sunlight as if nothing, not even the air in it had changed.







