“Still no sign of her?” Elyon asked Fredo—the leader of the group that was watching the eastern borders. Larissa laced their water supply with some tranquilizer but he didn’t drink any of it for Elyon gave him a heads up. However, he allowed the other wolves for Larissa not to doubt anything. Elyon had been telling them that Larissa was being more unstable these days. She had been calling Elyon saying strange things, pushing him to start a rebellion against Alpha Aaron—her own father!“No. It was just the two of us and we can’t cover a large area in this storm.” He wiped his face clumsily as he stood under a tree to protect himself from the blasting of the rain. “I told the others to be more watchful.”“That’s good. Even though the security had tightened since Eon stayed at the mining ground, we should not be too careful.” He strained his ears to the sounds around them but he couldn’t c

Eon brought them to a tree house. Or what seemed to be a tree house because the tree house was just an entrance because they had to enter another door and crossed a garden and entered a metal gate covered with some vines that if you don’t know where the gate was, you’ll never find it. Also, it seemed that for the gate to be opened, you had to have the password to it. In Eon’s case, the gate asked for his thumbmark. A camera also swirred and focused on their faces before the metal gate swung open with a loud thud. Lina realized how thick and heavy the metal gate was with how loud the noise it produced when it opened. “Is your father hiding from the government or something?” She whispered, gripping Eon’s arm. Eon chuckled. “This world is different from what you think, Lina. The security of the Alpha is everything to a pack.” He slid her hand off his arm and held her instead. Lina didn’t reply because she remembered the security that they had to pass thr

They were sitting down side by side, soaking their feet on the stream as they ate some watermelon. The birds were singing gaily, jumping on the tree branches. Lina felt sleepy from listening to their voices or maybe it was because she ate so many watermelons her stomach feels like bursting. “I still can't understand how things are…”She broke the silence between them. Eon didn’t answer but took her hands to his. “There are still many unanswered questions but one thing is for sure, you are a she-wolf—a guardian.” She scrunched up her nose. “I don’t understand what is so special about being a guardian.” “From the story that I heard when I was young, a guardian can be a substitute for someone’s Luna.” He looked at Lina and watched her expression carefully. He doesn’t want her to misunderstand the bond between them. It’s one of the reasons why he didn’t tell her this story. He doesn't want her to think that she was being used as a substitute for Elara.

The wind blows and whistles. And once more the leaves of the tree fell around them like confetti, but this time, Lina felt that the tree was congratulating them as it gently swayed in the soft breeze of the wind. “You chose me?” Eon dropped a chaste kiss on her lips. “Yes,” he answered. “For always and forever.” Lina’s chin trembled as she stared at Eon’s eyes staring deeply straight to her soul, soothing all the insecurities and doubts that she had in her heart. “I chose you, two.” She laughed a bit shakily. The love word was being avoided but she felt that it wasn’t the word they need to hear today. The arms that were circling her frame, the eyes that were staring right back at her, and those lips that were about to descend into her waiting lips were more than enough. Eon, bringing her and introducing her to Elara—his Luna is more than enough. The rest, they could slowly uncover them as they go through their life together. A sudden thrill ca

She was submerged in the warm water with a jazz song playing in the background, and her eyelashes fluttered as she closed her eyes. The water was so good in her skin, it was pulling her to sleep. And something she had already thought of as something that won’t happen again happened.She recognized the murky water as soon as she opened her eyes. The cold seeped in her skin as she shivered from being in the water for so long. Darting her gaze left and right, she hurried to get out of the water. She had been in this dream so many times already that she knew what would happen next.When she reached the bank, she whispered. “Galan…Galan?” An eerie silence replied to her call. The chill of terror ran through her cold body when Galan was nowhere in sight. She grabbed a dried twig and pulled herself up. Her knees were trembling but she did not dare stop. A voice kept on screaming inside her head, “run! Run!” Sobbing she crawled on her four