Chapter 127. Celene's POV. Into the wee hours of the morning, my backbones shouted relief as soon as I rose from my cramped position. Every nerve ending suddenly came alive as I kicked my feet sideways for blood to flow. Craning my neck sideways turned out to become a huge task because it had also grown stiff. I squinted, using my wolf vision to navigate my way to the entrance. I was locked in a strange place. I rushed to the door, and noticed that it wasn't locked! How fortunate! I just needed some tweaking with some Bobby pins. I smiled as I reached into my hair, retrieving the Bobby pins and sticking them into the lock, twisting gently so that there wasn't a print that a person had attempted to escape. A few tweaks later, and the door opened slightly. The pack was completely silent but it was just a matter of time before it became bubbly. This was my cue to do whatever I wanted before I was found. Securing the gentle lock just the way I had met it, and taking a last
Chapter 128. Celene's POV. Sneaking out of the pack Violet came a little too easy that night. With my plans for revenge staying on track, I quickly rushed towards my apartment with a smile on my face.Pushing through the door of my tiny room, I stilled as I stepped in, from the corner of my eyes I saw it.A white envelope was placed nearly on the folded sheets of my bed.What the fuck!! Immediately I grew alert, my wolf, Alera hunched over sniffing for any clue, while my eyes searched wildly around the room. But the empty room, void of nothing but my backpack and the bed gave no answers as to where the letter came from.Summoning all the courage that I could muster, I slowly walked toward the bed, making sure there was nothing life-threatening near it before finally picking it up.My heart raced with trepidation, as I shook the letter, when I didn't hear any noise, my brows crinkled with worry.“What's going on?” I muttered, not expecting any answer.“No idea, but please be careful
Chapter 129Celene What am I going to do!! I scream Internally. Christoff was walking straight towards me and there was nowhere to hide.My heart beat wildly as I panicked, wondering how to escape his sight.Alera provided no solution and my brain ran empty. Before I can think of anything, Lucy appears in front of me, blocking his view of me, as she draws him into a conversation, “Christoff you are here?”Her voice sounded breathy, but I didn't wait to figure out why, as I lowered my head and sneaked into the the kitchen hall.The work I'm assigned is quickly done, turning to a girl who is engrossed with her task, I give an excuse of needing the toilet before I sneak out of the kitchen.I waste no time, making my way towards Alpha Daniels's office, last time I had almost been caught but this time I was more prepared, I knew for one that Father never came out so early.Pushing through, my steps head directly for his shelf, but something feels off.“Someone's here,” Alera called out,
130CeleneAlpha Daniel looked at me a flash of grievance in his eyes before he leaned down muttering something I couldn't quite hear under his breath , I grew alert at his actions, my back slowly edging towards the door.But I paused when he cried in victory pulling something out of his pockets, “Here!” He said reaching out to me, my first instinct is to flinched but he doesn't look offended, he raised the object up and a golden pendant comes into view, "this belonged to your mother.” He said softly, before his eyes hardened, “it is the only momentum, Valerie would allow me to have. I want you to have it.” He added, reaching out again, “I hope it brings you peace just as it did me. This is the only way I can think of getting you to believe me.”My throat goes dried at his actions. Why was he doing this? I wondered and yet no matter how I weighed his words, I couldn't figure out if he was trying to pull a fast one on me.Even if he had never outrightly put me in trouble one could neve
CHAPTER 1 - THE PAINFUL BETRAYAL Celene's POV The cold splash of water on my skin jolted me awake. I sat up with a gasp, my heart racing, as I frantically wiped the cold droplets from my face. And that's when I saw her, Ella, standing over me with a wicked grin, the empty glass still clutched in her hand. "What do you think you're doing?" I hollered angrily. She sneered in derision. "It's quite irrational to scream like a lunatic so early in the morning. Don't you think so?" I exhaled slowly. "Get out of my room, now!" She raised an eyebrow. "Your room?" She said this as she moved closer to me. "Okay, let's see how cocky you can get when you get wheeled out of the pack today!" Suddenly, I caught a whiff of her musky scent. Only it wasn't her usual scent. I sniffed again, and this time, the scent was more pronounced. In the whole Violet pack, only one person had this scent. My boyfriend, Christoph! Why did my bitchy stepsister have his scent all over her? My gaze darkened a
Chapter 2Celene's POVThe tears that I had been holding back since spilt out with full force as I stood riveted to a spit, watching him quickly step into a pair of trousers."Celene, you have to calm down. It was only---""What are you doing in the pack?" My voice was surprisingly calm."I can explain, Cel. It's not what it looks like.""It's not what it looks like? I just saw you banging on another girl. My sister!" I choked back another anguished sob, hating how weak and pitiful I sounded. I hated that he had brought me to these depths of humiliation after all the lonely, hopeful months I had waited for his return."I was going to tell you, but..." he trailed off, biting into his lips."But you didn't." My voice broke out as I wiped the corners of my eyes. "You sneaked into the pack to bang my sister; how could you do this to me? You promised to never hurt me!"He conceded with his fist. "Listen, Celene. I promise it will never repeat itself." He reached out to touch me."Don't yo
Chapter 3 Celene's POV They dragged me into the judgement hall, and I realised a couple of pack members, the judgement council, and Dad Valerie were already gathered there. They all had accusatory and judging expressions as they cast sidelong glances at me. The guards asked me to kneel. "Dad, what's going on?" I yelled, frustration getting the best part of me. He didn't even bother answering me as he faced the people present. "Today, I lost my second daughter, Ella!" I let out a gasp. "What? How's that even possible!?" The judgement room sprang into life with whisperings and chatter. A needle-like pain was stabbing at my knees, and I felt like every ounce of strength in my body was being snapped out. "We are trying to find out who..." "She did it!" Leslie cut him off coldly, pointing accusing fingers at me. "This cold-blooded runt killed my daughter in the woods. We have all the evidence on her, and now she has to pay with her life!" Her words held so much weight that they
Chapter 4Celene's POVI could feel perspiration rivering down my back as I glimpsed the menance in his eyes. He looked like he was about to explode soon. And was it just me, or did he just say I belonged to him?They scuttled around and got the chains off me, shivering with fear as they avoided him."Alpha Mondrian, how did—how did you find Ella?" Valerie stuttered.He sneered. "You know, for some moment, I almost assumed you tried to kill your own daughter!" He paused as everyone gasped in shock, and a scowl appeared on Valerie's face."I was just kidding!" He laughed, low and husky. "She was caught in the trap your pack warriors set out for rogues. I saved her."Valerie gritted her teeth as she managed a tight smile. "Thank you so much. Uhm... We are sorry for putting you through so much trouble. The judgement is hereby cancelled." She announced.Mondrian suddenly held his hand up. "No!" He shook his head. "That wasn't exactly the way I imagined you would say it. You should apologi
130CeleneAlpha Daniel looked at me a flash of grievance in his eyes before he leaned down muttering something I couldn't quite hear under his breath , I grew alert at his actions, my back slowly edging towards the door.But I paused when he cried in victory pulling something out of his pockets, “Here!” He said reaching out to me, my first instinct is to flinched but he doesn't look offended, he raised the object up and a golden pendant comes into view, "this belonged to your mother.” He said softly, before his eyes hardened, “it is the only momentum, Valerie would allow me to have. I want you to have it.” He added, reaching out again, “I hope it brings you peace just as it did me. This is the only way I can think of getting you to believe me.”My throat goes dried at his actions. Why was he doing this? I wondered and yet no matter how I weighed his words, I couldn't figure out if he was trying to pull a fast one on me.Even if he had never outrightly put me in trouble one could neve
Chapter 129Celene What am I going to do!! I scream Internally. Christoff was walking straight towards me and there was nowhere to hide.My heart beat wildly as I panicked, wondering how to escape his sight.Alera provided no solution and my brain ran empty. Before I can think of anything, Lucy appears in front of me, blocking his view of me, as she draws him into a conversation, “Christoff you are here?”Her voice sounded breathy, but I didn't wait to figure out why, as I lowered my head and sneaked into the the kitchen hall.The work I'm assigned is quickly done, turning to a girl who is engrossed with her task, I give an excuse of needing the toilet before I sneak out of the kitchen.I waste no time, making my way towards Alpha Daniels's office, last time I had almost been caught but this time I was more prepared, I knew for one that Father never came out so early.Pushing through, my steps head directly for his shelf, but something feels off.“Someone's here,” Alera called out,
Chapter 128. Celene's POV. Sneaking out of the pack Violet came a little too easy that night. With my plans for revenge staying on track, I quickly rushed towards my apartment with a smile on my face.Pushing through the door of my tiny room, I stilled as I stepped in, from the corner of my eyes I saw it.A white envelope was placed nearly on the folded sheets of my bed.What the fuck!! Immediately I grew alert, my wolf, Alera hunched over sniffing for any clue, while my eyes searched wildly around the room. But the empty room, void of nothing but my backpack and the bed gave no answers as to where the letter came from.Summoning all the courage that I could muster, I slowly walked toward the bed, making sure there was nothing life-threatening near it before finally picking it up.My heart raced with trepidation, as I shook the letter, when I didn't hear any noise, my brows crinkled with worry.“What's going on?” I muttered, not expecting any answer.“No idea, but please be careful
Chapter 127. Celene's POV. Into the wee hours of the morning, my backbones shouted relief as soon as I rose from my cramped position. Every nerve ending suddenly came alive as I kicked my feet sideways for blood to flow. Craning my neck sideways turned out to become a huge task because it had also grown stiff. I squinted, using my wolf vision to navigate my way to the entrance. I was locked in a strange place. I rushed to the door, and noticed that it wasn't locked! How fortunate! I just needed some tweaking with some Bobby pins. I smiled as I reached into my hair, retrieving the Bobby pins and sticking them into the lock, twisting gently so that there wasn't a print that a person had attempted to escape. A few tweaks later, and the door opened slightly. The pack was completely silent but it was just a matter of time before it became bubbly. This was my cue to do whatever I wanted before I was found. Securing the gentle lock just the way I had met it, and taking a last
126Celene's POV. My feet scrunched against the gravel as I walked on. The weight of my actions weighed down on me, but I held my head high deciding to go along with the consequences instead of crying about it. I had a lot of things on my mind which included ensuring that my friend and her child remained safe. I wasn't going to bring problems into a life that was going smoothly. I was glad that her husband understood things from my perspective and wanted to ease my stress by providing a car with a note telling me to take care. I heaved a sigh, watching in gratitude as I turned on the ignition. They had done more than enough for me and sometimes I wondered what I ever did to deserve such intense care from people that weren't family. The car gave a lurch, before revving on. It was not fancy because it was for the road. I looked at the back seat and saw a lot of food provisions that Jose had thought would be nice for the journey. His wife would be in a state of dilemma but I was g
124Celene's povI flinched, to the sharp cries of a newborn. My heart pounded as I sat up, disoriented. Nikka had gone into labor during the rogue attack and had been in labor for more than four hours.After I'd cleaned up the last of the rogue attack sunset, I paced waiting for the birth. The cabin was dark except for the soft glow of lanterns flickering in the bedroom.Now with the cru of the child, my heart heaved a sigh of relief.A moment later, the door creaked open, and Alpha Jose stepped out, exhaustion etched into his face there was something else too. Happiness.“She is calling for you,” he said, his voice hoarse but full of warmth.I hesitated. My hands curled into fists by my side. Did I deserve this moment? But before I could refuse, Jose pulled me into the room, until I stopped at the door, he didn't look back as he walked into the room.I hesitated for a while longer thinking whether to enter or leave, but before I could decide Nikka’s voice, tired and soft, drifted
123 Celene Days passed in a blur of training and exhaustion. I could feel my powers grow stronger every passing day yet It didn't feel enough. I needed more. I had to be more. If I planned on executing my mission to the end. I had to give it everything I got. Alpha Jose didn't relent, he pushed me harder with each session, forcing me to use my powers under pressure, until I ate, dreamt, and thought of my powers. Amid my training, all thoughts of Mondrian seemed to vanish. Today was no different. My muscles burned as I dodged his attacks, my breath ragged as I summoned another burst of energy, welding it like a weapon I struck. Jose dodges my attack with a smirk. This wouldn't be the first time he'd done this but I could see the strain he was under this time around. Reinforce I forged on until I could beat him down, I planned to train. We had gone farther from the cabin than usual, deeper into the woods where no one could interrupt us. Nikka was left behind in the car of
122CeleneI needed to sleep.Exhaustion weighed heavily on me as I walked back to the cabin, my muscles aching from the relentless training. Somewhere along the lines, Jose had left me to my own devices.Every step I took felt heavier than the last, but I pushed through. Jose had sent me around with my emotions attached and without a single scratch. But as I drew closer to home I heard the sound of an engine that caught my attention. Confused I looked up just in time to see a black car speed up on the dirt road.Disappearing into the trees, my heart skipped a beat at the notice of someone leaving as I rushed towards the cabin, confusion etched in my heart.My confusion only deepened when I found, Nikka sitting alone, her expression unreadable. Looking around, I search for something more. Something to tell me of her feelings.And when I couldn't find it I pushed through, “Who was that?” I demanded, stepping inside.Nikka paused at my words, before focusing on the thick file before her
121CeleneAlpha Jose wasted no time. Immediately after he'd fed us, making sure Nikka was taken care of he headed out urging me to follow, his words, “Better now than later.”Although I was shocked at his urgency I went along with his whims grateful that he was willing to put me through.The moment I stepped outside the cabin, he was already prepared, waiting with his arms crossed and his expression unreadable.His sea-green eyes pinned on me as he spoke to me his words firm, “ I am to assume you've had little to no training when it comes to your powers correct?” I nodded in answer before he continued, “Although you've used your powers before you don't know how to call them at will.”Another nod from me and he continued his arms now crossed behind him as he began to walk in circles around me, “Those times you've used your powers during distress or high emotion forget about them. They are worthless all you did was survive not control. They don't count. What you need is to be able to c