"Who is Astrid anyway?" "Uh... Uhmm..." he hummed, and it seems he was lost for words. His eyes were looking everywhere, and I could feel he was trying to avoid my gaze. I couldn't help my eyebrows form in one line at what I saw. He looked like he was panicking inside but trying to stay cool. Is he hiding something? Is that embarrassing to get revealed?"Uh..." he continued while finding the right words to say.When I saw he was pressured to answer my question, I chuckled and unconsciously patted his right shoulder. I felt bad for making him uncomfortable in this way. How dare I am to make the Beta of the Pack speechless?*Inner chuckled."Chill... It's okay. If you are not comfortable answering that, it's fine. No worries," I said and gave him an understanding smile.I was so curious about who that woman is. Why would I not? It seemed that woman was there at the scene where I passed out, and I know I heard it---I heard Beta Ivan call her name. And, the way how he called that woman

Alpha Vincent's POV "Vincent!" My conversation with Beta Ivan was interrupted when someone entered my room without my permission. She even dared to call me by my first name--forgetting the word 'Alpha'. I shut my eyes firmly when a huge smile plastered on her face. I massaged my temple and rested my back on my office chair. "Why are you here?" I asked in a frustrated tone before looking in her direction again. Even if my voice seemed to show I was not interested in her, still, the smile on her face didn't fade away. You could see in her expressive forest-green eyes that they were sparkling. Her fair skin had stains of pinkish rose color on her cheeks. Her big smile showed her perfect set of pearl teeth and her red hair that was curled beautifully. You could tell she take an effort to be presentable in front of me. There's no doubt she really likes me damn much, and I am sick of it. "I...I baked you a cake," she said in a shy tone and showed me her present. It was late for me to

Astrid’s (Veronica) POV "NOW. EAT. IT." I froze as I heard what she commanded. With tears in my eyes, I looked at the strawberry cake. I was contemplating if I was gonna do it or not. I gulped hard as I sobbed. “Don’t waste my time, useless omega! I said ‘eat it’ !!!” she yelled in impatience. I looked at her and saw she was combing her long red curly hair out of stress. The way she looked at me, she was urging me to do what she wanted. I scooped an icing from the cake and looked at my hands. Still hesitating. If I am gonna do what she commanded, it would make me feel I am not really deserving to be a Luna for the Alpha because I let accept this kind of humiliation from somebody, from someone that I didn't know. Alpha Vincent is the Alpha of this pack, and he is my mate! The surroundings became noisy, and that made me realize that the other servants, guards, and other personnel inside this mansion were watching us. As if they were seeing a movie in the theatre. They were whisper

Alpha Vincent’s POVI've been waiting for Beta Ivan to arrive. When I was already done signing all the papers, that was the time that the door opened, and it showed Ivan standing in front of me."Alpha Vincent," he greeted and bowed his head out of courtesy.I just nodded my head and stood up."I want you to come back as soon as possible because I wanted to talk about Astrid," I started and took a deep breath.He seemed to get interested after I said the slave's name. I saw his eyes lighten up. My right eyebrow rose as I looked at him intently.Don't tell me he is... No! No! There was no way he would like that slave. I know Astrid was out of his league. She was nothing and nobody. She was a mere servant."What about her, Alpha?" he asked and walked closer in my direction."Kate created a commotion earlier. She bullied Astrid in the hallway.""W-What?" he asked in disbelief and seemed concerned and worried at the same time.I just shook my head and disregarded the emotion that I saw on

Astrid's/Veronica's POVI felt worried, and I felt like I was going nuts as I looked at Vincent's face. His golden eyes were closed, and he was sleeping deeply. He was still unconscious. When I looked at his neck, I couldn't help but bite my lower lip, and my eyes started glistening with tears.His neck had wounds, and he was having a hard-time to heal. The doctor pack said it seemed Vincent and his inner wolf were having trouble communicating with each other, and it affects Vincent's ability as well as the healing of his wounds himself.I slowly put my right hand above his right hand and gently squeezed it. I stared at him lovingly. For the past weeks that I've been with him, I knew I would never receive kind treatment from him. He was always rough and hot-headed towards me all the time. But, what about paying Peter back for what he did to me? And also defending me from the daughter of the council, from Miss Kate Meyer?Even if I wanted to erase the thought that he cared for me, I co