* SHAKA's POV*  "Alpha, did you really let her go just like that?" Ryan asks, his forehead knitted in worry.It's only been a few hours since she escaped us, Ryan just woke up from consciousness, yet he still had the energy to barge in here to ask for her wellbeing. He still wore hospital clothes, his chest rising up and down from exhaustion.It looks like you made a good friend, Venus.I shook my head in vain, "Let her go? You don't get to choose to set her free. If Venus wants to go, you know no one can stop her." "What? Then why did you have to go all the trouble to scold her?"I sighed.

~*~*~DEREK's POVI stayed at the base camp, to my office to see what was happening.Since there were surveillance orbs all around the forest, and it was only me who could see everything. I saw everything that happened when Venus and Seff continued to fight for no reason.If only it had a sound function.Seff was on complete defense while Venus fought to kill. It wasn't entertaining since my chest felt heavy while Seff threw her off the tree. Of course, it didn't end there. Their little duel finally ends when she finally thinks she killed him by stabbing his heart, and she gets out of the portal.If only she knew that his heart was no longer in the center of his chest. Not that she should know either, since I am the sole person who knows that fact.I sighed. "Just what is that idiot doing?"Thankfully, I knew this would happen, so I sent Easton to fetch Seff at the gate. Knowing him, he's probably out of the forest now.

~*~*~**VENUS's POV* His body reacted so fast that I didn't see his elbow going straight to my chest.My body shook in pain, and I felt the tear-jerking pain in my ribs. Though it was a good thing that he blasted away to the other end of the stage, it was ridiculous how he could still stand straight even after being hit at a critical point.He shifts back in human form.I cursed under my breath, "I knew I should've hidden a knife..."My knees bent down as he swung his feet towards me, the air inside me crippled as I struggled to study his movements. After numerous blows against each other, I huffed in exhaustion, and so did he.&n

~*~*~*DEREK's POV* For some reason, I wasn't angry even though she was blatantly disrespecting me as her alpha. Nor do I want to scold her, but seeing that things would get complicated if the others misunderstood my intentions. I came to a conclusion to warn her for now.My eyebrows furrowed, and I locked eyes with her. "Listen here, you little viper, I don't know if SunDale Pack didn't teach you manners while speaking to your alpha. But we don't do that here. Next time you disrespect me like this, I'll be punishing you personally.""Oh really? How though?" "What?" I replied in disbelief.Is she crazy? Why is she provoking me like this in front of others? 

~*~*~**VENUS's POV*After we got back to the Pack Territory, it was still funny how they just fell down on the gate in exhaustion. They were grumbling something, but I was too unbothered to understand any of it. I didn't mind them and headed straight to my place.I'm starving.Once I was in the kitchen area. That's when I realized that Alpha Derek was living independently for some reason, so there was no one but me who'd cook for myself.It's not a problem anyway.I wore the apron and wrapped it around my body. Then I prepared the cooking materials as well as the ingredients before lying them down on the table. That's when i sensed someone coming near me, a familiar scent, and how angry the footsteps were, similar to only one person in this world.It's him."You got back early." He says in a low menacing voice upon entering.I sheepishly smiled. "Alpha Derek, I'm cooking lunch. Do you wanna jo