LOGINKael"It is not looking good, Mr. Kael," Victor said, the worry on his face evident as he braced himself against the doorframe, clutching a stack of papers."Has it ever?" I asked.Truthfully, I was not bogged down by his reaction. My eyes were tailored on something else instead... foreign information which I had been using to deduce internal power movements. But that had to wait now that he was here.Victor placed the papers on my desk, and I began to see the structural patterns almost immediately."So that is what the Calloways are planning here.""Yes, it seems so," Victor replied. "Internal intelligence I have been gathering also points to the fact that they are going to be ready to challenge the Alpha with a court case in the coming week.""This is indeed a monumental case, and they specifically avoided gaining attention on the front lines in order to spring it as a secret attack," I said, my deduction meticulous as my eyes drifted back to him. "I need you to mail this to Alpha G
AVA“Damn headaches!”I cursed under my breath, my head throbbing like I had been hit again from the side, over and over with no rhythm to it... just pain finding new angles to press against.The file in my hand slipped free and hit the ground. I let it fall, settling back a short distance from where it landed, my palm pressed flat against my temple.For a moment, everything seemed to pull me in different directions at once. My wolf, restless and clawing low in my chest, as the truth seemed to give her a jolt which I hadn't anticipated.Some part of me, still carrying the weight of a life I had already lived and lost once, wanted only to curl into stillness and stop reading entirely... to let the past stay buried the way it had been for seven years already. The damage had been done, hadn’t it?But underneath both of those, the version of me sitting here now, the one who had already survived far worse than a single headache, simply wanted to keep going, whatever the cost of it turned o
AvaI hadn't planned to exile myself from the house. Neither had I planned to block everybody out so painfully... especially Mum and Amina.But it was a necessary step to uncovering even more of what I had already discovered and bitterly come to accept.I couldn't call my current state an obsession. If these truths were fed to me in neat little tablets, I wouldn't have to swallow them in massive, suffocating blocks. But at this point, that was just a fantasy of a reality that would never come to pass. This method, as draining as it was, was an invasive necessity.My searches had been focused mainly on myself. I purposely deviated from the other block files, moving past the general data.I needed to discover what they held on me first. Maybe, just maybe, understanding my own file would tell me everything I needed to know about the rest of them.As I stared at the glowing screen, a specific memory pushed through the exhaustion clogging my brain. It hit me with sudden, striking clarity,
KAEL"Alpha Grayson," I greeted, entering his office. On his face sat a knowing expression... as if I had just walked right into his prewritten schedule."You are welcome. I was expecting you," he said."I do not recall giving any prior notice of my arrival," I said."Even then," Grayson said, letting the rest of the sentence finish itself in the silence between us."I know you already know why I am here," I said. "It is evidently because of Ava.""I understand that," Grayson said. "But you have to understand, keeping information from her at this stage was no longer possible. It was never a question of whether it was plausible.""I understand Ava must have already come to see you," I said."Yes," he said, after a pause. "It did not look good, because it was not good. She is indeed angry about the experiment. And I am here expecting an explanation from you as well, because I know you owe me one."He did not carry that same unbothered energy he usually wore, the composure he had kept ev
KAELI remembered it.This very signature I had signed when the project still wore a noble front, and I could not particularly have claimed to be ignorant to it as well. The documents had arrived with careful wording, precise language that spoke of monitoring bloodlines for the pack's stability and ensuring the strongest candidates were positioned correctly. It had seemed logical then, a practical approach to maintaining order across the political families.But this…My fingers pressed on the tip of the paper as I held it pinned.It was almost a silent affirmation that this document will not be going anywhere again. The ink had faded slightly over time, but the weight of it remained unchanged. I could not particularly express regret because in the previous conversation I had already told her that whoever finds whatever they are looking for is fine.It was better to handle this with a matured front and then just give her the space that she needed."Mr. Kael."Victor walked in. One of
Ava I admit the wrong choice to see Kael. But I didn't take it to be such a wrong choice due to the fact that both of my options had been leading to a negative outcome, so basically there was no right in this. That is why I didn't put too much thought before I chose to act out of impulse, out of a torn instinct. Finding Kael wasn't as hard as it's always been. For some reason, it seemed fate was only merciful when it wanted to deal a cruel hand. If it hasn't already done so. "Miss Ava, welcome," an assistant said, but one burning look of mine was enough to still him in place instead of having him carry the files that were in my hands, not that I would have given it to him anyway due to the fact that it was confidential. "Where is Kael now?" I asked. The man straightened in his position after that. He said, "He's in the Western district of this building." Following the formal meeting, Mr. Kael has not been able to stay in a particular office due to the workload he is currently han
AVAMy mother.The moment she heard my voice she turned to me. Her eyes got all teary, the anger she had just a minute ago disappearing.I forced a smile even though I was still feeling pretty tense inside."Mom, do not get so upset, " I said softly, trying to calm her down before things got worse.
AVAFrom the corridor, I listened to every word, a faint bitter smile slowly curling at the corners of my lips.Sister. That is what Lucas called me.After seven years of marriage in our previous life after countless nights spent in the illusion of tenderness after everything I had endured and sacr
AVAMy mother's face was a picture of shock when I told her I did not want to marry Lucas. She just stood there frozen. After a moment she let out a sigh. It was a sound that said she felt helpless."The wedding is all arranged, Ava," she said. "The invitations have been sent out. How can you say s
AVAThe light in my eyes got dim.So this was how it all ended? Again, like our fate was twisted.Smoke went down my throat thick and hard to breathe. My chest got tight with every breath. The flames came closer, eating up the walls, the ceiling, everything.I shut my eyes, maybe… This was for the







