Seraya’s POVI hated Caleb. I hated everything about him. I hated the way he spoke, like he was better than everyone. I hated the way he looked at me like I was nothing and the way he was staring at me right now made my whole body feel like it was on fire from pure anger that I was feeling. .If I could, I would rip his eyes out of his head and force him to eat them. I know that sounds horrible but that’s just how much I hated him. I had never felt this much hate for anyone in my life.He wanted to become Alpha so badly, too badly and I could see it in his eyes, his voice and in the way he acted. He didn’t care who got hurt and he didn’t care who died. He just wanted power and he would do anything and anything to get it even if it meant killing his own people and even if it meant killing Kaden and myself included. Earlier, when I told Kaden that someone was following us, I was scared and worried who it might be and I didn’t expect it to be Caleb. I never also thought he’d be hidi
Kaden’s POV Caleb started speaking again, his voice full of fake sadness and his face twisted like he was pretending to cry.“Do you even know what’s making me so annoyed right now?” he asked, placing a hand over his chest to show that his heart was broken. “It’s not because you yelled at me but it’s the fact that you actually thought it was okay to go into the woods with the other warriors but without me.”He shook his head slowly, his mouth turning down like a child who was scolded for doing something wrong. “Do you know how much that hurt me, Kaden?” he said in a dramatic painful voice. “Do you even understand how sad I felt when I found out that you left me behind? That you didn’t think I was important enough to go with you and the others?”He sniffed like he was about to cry, then suddenly smiled again. “I mean, come on. Why didn’t you tell me something like, ‘Oh Caleb, we need your help this morning. Please join us to check the woods because we might find something.’”“But no
“Stay behind me,” I said to Seraya, pulling her closer. “If anything happens, run back to the pack. Don’t stop to look back to check up on me or wonder what’s happening.”“I’m not leaving you,” she snapped.“You will if I say so,” I growled back.She gave me a look, like she wanted to argue, but she didn’t say anything. I growled, loud and angry, my eyes fixed on the place where the arrow had just come from as more arrows flew out from the trees, hitting the ground around me. One hit a tree close by and another flew past my arm and the last one landed just a few inches away from my foot.Seraya screamed from behind me. “Kaden! Do something!”But what was I supposed to do?I couldn’t see the person shooting and didn’t know where exactly they were hiding. The worst thing was that they weren’t even aiming to kill me because none of the arrows hit me. They were hitting everything else but not me and they could’ve killed me if they wanted to, but they didn’t.This person was doing it o
Seraya called herself Luna and I didn’t even know how to feel about it. It shocked me because she had never said that before.She had never called herself Luna and when she became my mate and during the reclaiming, she never called herself Luna and because people mocked her about the status, she avoided talking about the topic. It’s either she ignored it or said nothing.But for the first time in a long time, she mentioned it in front of me. I stared at her for a moment, not sure of what to say. It wasn’t like she was wrong because she was Luna and that was true. She had every right to say it but it caught me off guard, and I didn’t like how it made me feel.It felt like she was trying to take control and like she also wanted to remind me that she had power too but I was still the Alpha. She could be the Luna but I was still the one in charge.I stepped closer to her, trying not to let my anger show. “You might be the Luna,” I said, “but I don’t think you’re being smart right now b
Kaden’s POVI turned around quickly to see what Seraya was talking about and my eyes also widened a bit the moment I saw them.Five people were walking out of the trees in a single line. They moved slowly and their whole bodies were covered in something that looked like thick, black oil. It dripped slowly off their skin, also their eyes were blood-red and huge, and they didn’t blink at all. They looked scary and I now understood why Seraya had looked so afraid.They had no clothes on, they were totally naked with their bodies covered in that strange black stuff, and their faces looked wild, like they had been in the woods for years. I could tell they were werewolves but they weren’t like normal wolves. They looked different. They were rogues.Rogues are wolves who don’t belong to any pack. They have no Alpha, no laws, and no training. Most times, rogues are dangerous. They live in the wild and fight to survive. They don’t know peace or order and some of them go crazy over time beca
Kaden’s POVWe kept walking for a while and I was always ahead of Seraya. I’d stop, wait for her, and ask if she wanted to go back to the pack house. And every time I asked, she would just glare at me like I said something stupid. She didn’t even try to be nice. She would tell me to shut up or roll her eyes at me. At one point, I got tired of asking and stopped waiting for her too.We even had an argument while walking. She said I was being annoying and irritating her with the way I continued to ask questions. I told her she was too stubborn and was already getting angry at her slow movements. Her replies were blunt, and her tone was even disrespectful. It annoyed me that she was moving slowly, and I couldn’t even help her or check on her without her acting like I was doing too much.So I moved ahead of her, leaving her to catch up on her own. I didn’t want to argue with her again.Then suddenly, I heard her yell my name.“Kaden!”I turned around fast, surprised by the sound of her