CHAPTER FORTY-TWOHera's POVI'm still staring at Alpha Hugh with a surprised face when he chuckles and taps me on my lap.“What? Why're you so surprised?” he asks and I look at him in disbelief.“Are you kidding me? You never told me you have parents… Like they are still alive” I tell him and he shrugs.“Haven't you noticed that neither I, Krystal, Felix, or Sebastian ever talk about our parents?” he asks me and I look away while thinking about it.It's true. They never talked about their parents when together and I wonder why. I look back at Alpha Hugh to ask him.“It's because we didn't really have good relationships with them right from the start” he answers my thought and I nod speechlessly. I had a nice relationship with my parents. They were the best.“Krystal's father used to abuse her and her mum so she killed him. Not intentionally though but he was gone for good and it

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR Hera’s POVThe alarm rings and I smile to myself before I stretch a little then I open my eyes and the first thing I see is the curtain to the closet. I realize I'm facing Hugh with my back so I quickly turn around to face him and I see he's awake and watching me. I feel my face heating up and I look away from his gaze that makes me feel shy and he chuckles before he places his forefinger under my jaw and raises my face to look at him.“Hey, good morning,” he says in a husky morning voice, and I can't help but smile at how cheesy this situation feels. “Good morning” I squeak out and he pulls me closer before he kisses me on the forehead and he pats me on my head.“Did you sleep well?” he asks me and I nod then he smirks at me.“Hope you're not hurting?” he teases me and I gasp before I hit him on the chest while feeling embarrassed coupled with how shy I'm feeling. “Hey, you shouldn't say that” I whine and he laughs out loud before he sits up and pulls me up alo

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX Alpha Hugh's POVThe car comes to a halt on the tarmac at the airport and the driver opens the door for us. I step out of the car before I help Hera out and she smiles at me like she always does.A little part of me is wishing we don't have to go back to the pack because I never wanted to rule the place in the first place. I had no choice but to take over because I was the next appointed Alpha of the pack, but now that I've gotten a taste of this leadership and how it feels to be I'm control, I don't want to let it go. A part of me was wavering before; should I let the position go and disappoint my beta, gamma and zeta? Or should I stick to my position as Alpha and teach those bastards that want to overthrow me a lesson? I couldn't seem to come to a conclusion. That was until Hera gave me that long speech that night at the hotel that changed my thoughts and difficulty to make a decision. I know I'm falling for her the more, in fact, I know I'm already helplessly

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHTHera's POVI quietly and carefully slip out Alpha Hugh's hold and I check one last time to be sure he's actually asleep. Once I'm sure, I check the pocket of my time one last time to see if the wool is still there before I leave his room. Satisfied that I still have it, I smile and sigh in relief before I quietly tiptoe out of the room.I close the door behind me once I'm out and I rush for my room and enter quietly too so no one around would hear.I rush for my closet and I put on a pair of black jeans and a black shirt. It's best to mix with the darkness so no one would see me easily while I'm sneaking around.I take a black beanie and I put it on too because of my hair color. I can't risk giving myself away in case someone catches a glimpse of me in the dark. Once I'm done, I take the wool soaked with Hugh's blood out of my robe pocket then I place it in the pocket of my jeans before I take a bottle of alcohol along with me as I quietly leave my room and I clos

Alpha Hugh's POVI know that ever since I became the Alpha of this pack, the council has always hated me and has wanted me out of that throne but I wasn't ready to budge to their wants or go down without a fight, even though I hated being the Alpha too.When I saw they were ready to make my reign go horribly by voting against every good thing I wanted to do for the pack and the people, I decided to take my own measures too. I was going to dissolve the council at first but I couldn't because technically, they didn't do anything wrong that would warrant dissolving the council completely so I had to deal with their bullshit, that was when I had to come up with another plan that would go brilliantly and smoothly.Blackmail. I decided to blackmail them by digging up every dirt on them and using it against them and I found a lot that would be useful to me. At one point, I was really glad I had that idea, and thanks to my loyal subordinates, it was all going smoothly. I had them under my win