Olivia – "Hi!" The tall, blonde and devastatingly handsome guy said to me, as he sat opposite to me. "He won't hurt you," Alice consoled me. The green-eyed, handsome man was probably the Alpha, he exuded power, and the way Alice, and he looked at each other. It was obvious they were a couple. "Ok, the show is over, get back to work everyone!" Their alpha commanded, and almost immediately everyone dispersed. My heart was pounding hard, I couldn't stand the sight of men, but Zaiden wasn't scary. He seemed genuinely nice, just like the others here. 'What the fuck is wrong with me? Why am I so nervous around this man?' I yelled at myself internally. "Hi" I answered back. "What is your name?" "Olivia Volpe," I replied softly. "Olivia....that's the loveliest name I have ever heard." He replied, still staring at me oddly. "Really? Statistically, it's the most common name in the US," I blurted out. Alice snorted. "Is it? Well, it's the most beautiful and unique name for me." Zai

Alice "You are going on a raid?" I said incredulously."Yes," Lucian responded while buckling his belt."And it would be pointless to ask, to take me along. You won't do that, right?""Precisely," he responded, fastening his guns. He was dressed in all black. Which was something like his combat gear. His entire team dressed in black, along with several spare black sweatsuits in case their outfit got destroyed during shifting."Why not? You know I can fight!" "Of course, you can fight. But that doesn't mean you have to. It's too risky. We have no idea what we are going to face. These are hybrids are abominations." I hugged his waist from the back, resting his forehead on his broad back. "You have no idea, how anxious I feel when you go on these raids. Last time........" I couldn't speak further as the memories of almost losing Lucian engulfed me.He placed his hand on mine. " I am not going alone, it's a planned attack with a team. You have nothing to worry about. Anyway, did you s

Alice"I don't want you to deal with this alone!" I protested."I am not alone, Alice. Every Alpha is dealing with this issue. Right now, the biggest danger to us is not the rogues but getting exposed. We can't afford to have information about these human and once-human bodies leak out. It would compromise the security and secrecy of our entire community." Lucian answered the question running through my mind."So, those poor people waiting for news would remain ignorant of the demise of their loved ones. They would never know what happened to them?" "I understand how you feel, Alice. But we are not superheroes. Protecting our pack and the safety of our species is of utmost importance." Lucian insisted. I nodded, still, this felt wrong."What did you do with the bodies?" I asked quietly."We brought all of them here. The exhumed bodies will be autopsied. Each one will be examined. Samples and DNA will be taken. This will help us determine if they were all pure humans before they died.

LucianI saw the rogues getting beaten up through the glass panel. Jake my wolf was wildly enraged at them. As each body was unearthed, he had growled ferally and tugged at me to be let loose. All I wanted to do was, go into the holding cells and tear each rogue apart, disembowel, and mutilate their carcasses. That raid was the first of several raids. We saw worse things after that.Only Alice's calming presence kept my bloodlust at bay. Inhaling her delicious scent steadied my beast. Although the desire to extract justice from the rogues was still there, it was not as all-consuming as it was before.Things were settling down into some form of normalcy after the past many days of endless action brought on by the capture of the rogues. All the women rescued were still healing slowly from their injuries. Physically, they were on the mend, but the emotional scars would take time to heal. Sadly, two of the women passed away. Their injuries were too severe, and their organs shut down right

AliceThough, Lucian had dismissed my plan and refused any further discussion about it. I couldn't shake the idea from my mind. The reason I had been hiding my thoughts from him. He would lose it if he came to know that I was still dwelling over it.I was walking through the white hospital corridor, making my daily visit to the injured human women. Initially, all of them feared the guards, so I dismissed them and visited with Olivia. She had been a big help in communicating with those women. As a former survivor of the same ordeal, they connected with her. After days of patiently explaining the situation, they had finally become more accepting.Most of them had submitted to the fact that their old life was now lost forever. They were neither human nor werewolf. They would be easily noticed among humans, maybe even get picked up by the rogues again. Being with the pack was the safest thing for them. They still needed some convincing, though.We walked in silence to the infirmary. It was