Chapter Sixty

RICARDO "This is gonna be a shit storm." Harry rubs his eyes. "I'm getting mated in two days, I swear I'm going to wear wrinkles on the most important day of my life." I stare up at the ceiling of my office, hoping that somehow the Moon Goddess would just make things a tad bit easier for me and send me the answers that I need. "Why didn't you just restrain the fucker or something." Harry rambles on. "That way he could've confessed to the pack himself what he's been doing all these years. He was respected, no way the pack is just going to accept our explanantion." I get up from my chair and run both of my hands through my hair. What I wouldn't give for a vacation right about now. Preferably somewhere tropical, isolated, just Ianthe and me. "I'm the alpha of this pack, aren't I?" I turn towards my best friend who is pacing the length of my office, "If they're going to believe someone, it should be me." "You better hope so, we don't know how many followers he had." And that's my b

Last Updated : 2023-03-27

Chapter Sixty-One

IANTHE I watch as Ricardo tries to calm down his uncle who seems to be having a nervous breakdown. I can't blame the guy. Life has been pretty shitty for him lately. Instead of his son graduating, he's in the hospital looking like a shadow of his former self. I know stuff in this pack hasn't been happening because of me. Whatever is transpiring here has been happening way before I came here, yet I still feel guilty. Gosh, we lost Randall today. A searing pain goes through my heart at the thought of him losing his life because he was trying to keep me safe. I know it was his job, but it doesn't make the loss any easier to bear. How many more will lay down their lives for mine? I'm so busy wallowing in self-pity that I don't even notice Heleni until she touches my arm. "Hey, are you okay?" She's wearing a worried expression on her face. "Harry told me about what happened." I nod. "I'm okay, what about you? You haven't been around much." There's a flash of guilt in her e

Last Updated : 2023-07-08

Chapter Sixty-two

IANTHE I find Heleni standing in front of the lake, her arms crossed protectively over her chest and tears glistening in her eyes. I lay my hand on her back in a soothing manner. "Are you okay?" She shakes her head and sniffs. "I can't believe Harry thought I killed Genevieve." I take in a deep breath. "He found you standing over her body. You have to admit it looked suspicious." She turns her face fully to me, and I see the gut-wrenching hurt in her eyes. "We're supposed to be mated in two days. How can I get mated to someone who doesn't even trust what I say?" I frown, feeling the reluctance coming off her waves. "What are you saying, Heleni? " There have been times when wolves rejected their mates, but I have always been a firm believer that what the Moon Goddess decided, we shouldn't ignore or break. She looks at me with heartbreak in her eyes and the muscles around my heart clench in despair. "I don't think I can be mated to someone who doesn't trust me." She whispers.

Last Updated : 2024-05-10

Chapter Sixty-Three

RICARDO Rejection is not something that wolves take well, and I hope that Heleni finds it in her heart to forgive Harry. The guy has finally found his mate, I wouldn't want his heart to be torn out of his chest. More questions than answers are arising in this pack. The more we search for answers, the more confusing the whole saga becomes. Gus is dead. Killed by my bare hands. If he was the supposed leader of the gang going up against me, would the rest still come for me? Would they be strong enough? "Quit worrying," I tell Ianthe, who is sitting by the window, waiting to see if our friends will return. "I can't help it." She sighs. I still can't believe the ethereal beauty would soon be mine. She has become my biggest asset in this whole shitshow. Having her here by my side is like a tall glass of water in the desert. Yet, not being able to make her truly mine yet is a hell I don't ever want to experience again. "Let's go to bed." I tell her after a few hours, no sight o

Last Updated : 2025-03-17

Chapter Sixty-four

IANTHE Ricardo hands me a robe, looking around the hospital, scowling at anyone who dares to look at me. I dutifully put it on, not reminding him that these people would probably see me naked at one point or another. And we have far bigger problems than me wearing only a T-shirt. Someone tried to kill Harry, undoubtedly to make Ricardo weaker. They probably don't know that him being close to me is making him stronger. And that when we officially mated, he would be almost indestructible. Because if they knew, they would try to kill me instead. "Something is not adding up." I think aloud, pushing my feet into the slippers my mate holds out for me. "Too many things are not adding up." He sounds tired and resigned, making me wish that I could carry just a little bit of his burden on my shoulders. Isn't that what a Luna is for? "Gus is dead." I shake my head. "Wasn't he the one that was at the head of trying to dethrone you?" Wouldn't his followers rather retreat then? It would

Last Updated : 2025-04-12

Chapter 65

RICARDO POV My head is spinning. I'm starting to feel more and more like a failure as all these things are happening around me that I just can't get a grasp on. Oh, how I long for my father, wishing he were still alive. He would have known what to do, or at least have had some words of wisdom. At least Gianni has woken up from his coma, looking truly well. That is the only consolation in this mess that has my pack on the verge of collapse. I wonder how my father did it, how he must have felt when rogues were invading us. Maybe he felt just like me. Hopeless. The only ray of sunshine enters my office with a steaming cup of coffee, and my heart literally skips a beat. How cruel could fate be to serve me my mate on a silver platter when she's only seventeen? Granted, there are only two weeks left until she turns eighteen, but with everything happening right now, two weeks sure feels far off. "Thank you." I tell her gratefully. "You should go back to bed, you must be tired." A

Last Updated : 2025-04-21