“PARDON the intrusion, Alpha Calypso, Luna Harriet, and Alexandra. There is a woman named Suzanna outside who is requesting to see the three of you along with the Elders. Shall I send her in?”Clay’s voice had broken our first ever family moment.Dad’s brows furrowed before releasing me and Mom from his embrace. All of us quickly wiped our tears away. “Suzanna? Was she the Mage you talked about in your letter?”“Yes, Dad.”Before I left after the emergency meeting, I left a letter in front of the master bedroom containing my explanation about Luther and the Mage who could help us solve the puzzle about the Vampires.“Bring the guest to the meeting room, Clay. We will meet her there,” Dad said authoritatively.“Right away, Alpha.”Mom smiled and gently squeezed my hand before letting me go. “I’m going to learn all your favorite dishes and I will cook them for you.”My eyes shone. “I will look forward to that, Mom.”“Please do.”Both of my parents embraced me one more time before we ste

“I’M SORRY.”Those two words were so overrated that you could hear it almost everywhere: from the songs on the radio, from movies, and from the mouths of either politicians or fake associates and friends. And standing before me was an ex-politician whom I happened to know so well.At first, I wondered why I should believe him when he was the one who taught me to how to lose faith in politicians.But then, this man hardly ever used those two words inside his own house. Tears streamed down his hollow cheeks. His voice cracked as he apologized. And then… he kneeled. His haunted eyes reached for my hands, he lowered his face, and kissed the back of my hands as he repeated those words over and over again.And I didn’t need to hear more. For me, those words were the entire summary of everything I didn’t know I needed to hear from him. I wished Ma was here to hear them, too.I came here after visiting my team members. And I saw how he rushed to see me.Duncan was a very proud man. That’s why

(Alexandra)“WITH THE wolves and the moon as our witnesses, I hereby declare both of you to be mates through joys and struggles, through light and darkness, and through victories and losses,” Dad announced as he firmly held my hand and Luther’s. “From this night onwards, you, Luther Sinclair and Alexandra Kendricks are now officially bonded. You are now one entity. Nothing and no one shall ever break this bond for this is sacred and eternal. If anyone tries, he shall prepare himself to receive the wrath of the moon goddess.”Clay and Beatrix then came forward carrying golden daggers. They slit Luther’s palm and mine and together, with our blood still dripping on the ground, we held hands. Only then did our marks below our left ears had become visible to everyone’s eyes. I felt my own mark heating up and I knew Luther felt the same sensation, too.With this, the ritual had ended. And to commemorate the success of our union, the warrior wolves had shifted and howled.The music which sta

“WHERE are you going, Sir?” Isaac asked when he saw me wearing my coat.“To my wife.”“There goes that look in your eyes again. Sir, I suggest you tone down your temper a bit. Right now, you don’t look like you’re meeting your wife. You look like you’re going to war.”“If I catch someone lingering around my wife and making advances on her, then yes, Isaac. There could really be war today.”“But Sir, what about work?” Tristan appealed. “There are still documents you need to review and sign today-““They are on my desk. Of course, I finished all the paper work first before calling my wife. Just what do you think of me, Tristan? I don’t slack around. I reviewed them already. The proposals I didn’t like are now in the trash can. Tell them that I expect better pitches next week. I don’t like people who half-ass their jobs. They have to be deserving of the salary I’m paying them or else, they can say goodbye to the company.” I waved at them after getting my car key. “Take care of the rest.

“LET ME rephrase the question then. Come on. Close your eyes and don’t think about your responsibilities, darling. Just try to imagine it. If you are not going to be a Luna, if you are an ordinary human being, where do you think you are right now? What do you think you might be doing on a day like this?”I leaned on the chair and closed my eyes. Luther’s question was pushing me to dream… to imagine, which I never got to do before. If he was not my husband and I was asked that question, I wouldn’t have answered it knowing that there were no ‘ifs’ in my life. I was a wolf through and through. Should we get to live after the war, then I will still be the Luna afterwards. Nothing would change about the plan.“I think I would have been a photographer. I want to travel the world, visit as many places as I could, and capture its beauty,” I said after some time. “I would either be in Japan, Switzerland, or Australia. I would be busy walking around and doing my job while enjoying life and when