102 BALily had stopped the car. She can’t focus on her driving with them suddenly becoming agitated, acting weird and afraid. “Wha-What’s happening?” Maridelle can’t make something out of their strange behaviour not until she surveyed the same spot that Alpha Lachlan and Sebastian’s eyes are laid upon. She gasped while her hands nervously taps Lily’s shoulder.“What?” Lily confusedly responded to her taps. All except of her has fixed their eyes on a common direction. She decided to take a look on it too. Her lips moved and has pronounced, “El Diablo.”Written on stylish lettering are the letters comprising the name of the place they were trying to escape few hours ago. And Lily did not know that. It was their fault that they did not watched where they are going. “Make a quick turn, Aunt Lily,” Maridelle commanded in a frigthened agitated voice. “Faster!”“I don’t know what’s happening, but alright. Calm down!” Lily started the engine, look backwards and steered the wheel to backtra

104 BA Growing louder on her inner being are the screams of longing, excitement, and a little of fright. This is probably the first time Maridelle has heard of her Aunt Lily talk about her father’s pack; a part of her origin that she wished to know since the first time she learned of her true identity. Since then, during her leisure time, she would conceived ideas of how the wolves on her father’s pack would look like on their pack run; what certain qualities make them stood out from the other packs; how they get through the day; and when she does not have a free time, Maridelle would steal time for her imaginations to embrace her. All of a sudden, her thoughts had zoomed out of her terrible situation until each of her neurons got theirselves working for her to get herself thinking, will they accept the hidden daughter of their Alpha? She doubt not. Maridelle has accepted it already. She will be destroying their peace. To avoid that, she knows the pack will immediately shun her.It

106 BA What she saw written on his face made her rethink everything they shared together. Well on her memories and probably on their memories, they have been sharing bad remembrances all thanks to her troublesome blood. But is it enough reason for her to see Alpha Lachlan's face covered with an emotion she could not tell what is? They had shared, though little but genuine memories together. Maridelle only needed a simple 'Yes' or 'No' as an answer. But instead he made her leave the room in a manner a cruel master would do to his slave. Maridelle complied to his hurtful demands and without giving him a look, slammed the door as she took her last step out of the room. She does not know where she is heading, but she run towards the densest forest she had ever seen on her life. Beads of sweats are forming on her forehead; some had already found their way on her cheeks. When she had almost tired herself and her legs is feeling shaky, she stopped in between enormous trees. The sound of t

108 BAMaridelle know they heard it and by that she is certain both of them will come after her. As what she had expected, her name has been called out many times. But she is just as determined not to give a glance as the man shouting and going after her. “Mari!” Alpha Lachlan called her name for the uncountable times, “Please stop running!” He begged as he tried to close their gap. Still, Mari is gaining distance from her. She is just a naturally born fast runner. “Mari!” Nyx tried to get her attention; nevertheless, she got nothing in return. The time has come. It is this moment that he feared the most. Maridelle had the knowledge that he got involved on her parent’s death and she is not even asking for further details nor she is willling to listen to his explanations. The memory has stopped haunting him; he is now caught on the dilemma it had prepared for him to suffer. But he has to speak to her before she totally get him out of her life. Alpha Lachlan did not give up and ende

110 BA Alpha Lachlan Caruso could not resist it. The woman who is standing in front of him looked like a goddess that is taking all his strength off his body and soul so effortlessly. He is tempted and his wolf is in thrilled agitation telling him to take the chance. X could not wait either because of one reason: he will be marking her sooner. “Mark her, Alpha,” X urges him through their mental link. His lips delightedly curved upwards. “I will,” he responded, completely forgetting his reason why he would not mark her in the first place. Fingers are crossed. She hoped he could not hear her heart beating erratically. The feeling is so strong that though she don’t usually have heavy breaths, Maridelle could not count how many times she had heaved deep breaths just to calm herself and hopefully make her able to think clear. Both of them breathes long and heavy breaths in unison. She is waiting for him to initiate it. He is readying himself to own her completely. “I love you, Mari.”