Ronan Castlelyrock was a young lad of twenty-six, waiting for his father to step down as Alpha so he could take over. He had the same sand-blonde hair as Finlay, something which all Finlay's paternal relatives had. He had arrived in Easton with four carriages, along with his servants.Finlay was anticipating his cousin's arrival while Ophelia on the other hand didn't seem very pleased about it. She had sent a servant to deliver the news to her parents, and they were to arrive on the morrow since it had to do with marriage. She pondered how her sister had taken the news. Of course, the family Sabrina was to be married to screamed wealth and power. Their father wouldn't let this opportunity slip them by, even though it would cost Sabrina her happiness.The guards opened the gates for Ronan and his servants to go forth. Finlay, Ophelia, and the servants were already in front waiting for Ronan to hop out of the carriage. An under butler dashed towards the biggest royal carriage and opened

This chapter has some secrets revealed._______Deja Vu was what Ophelia would call it because when she regained consciousness, Finlay was already at her bedside staring into a space. Why was he always present when she fainted? At first, it was the night of his return and now she collapsed due to the unstabled bookshelf that collided into her when she had kicked on it.Except the room didn't seem like it was, everything else was different including the bed. She was at the pack house hospital and had a terrible migraine like it was a concussion.Even her kneecap and ankle had bandages wrapped around them.As if sensing she was awake, Finlay turned to her side."You're awake," his voice was a bit cranky and Ophelia managed to sit upright despite the sharp abrupt pain in her back. There was even a stitch on her forehead."How did you know what happened to me, I suppose you were having fun at the pleasure bar." She was shocked to see him, it was obvious he was the last person she was expec

"Christ, you look pale. Have you been eating? Why do you have a bandage on your knee and ankle?" Ophelia's mother took a step back to examine her daughter after wrapping her in a bone-crushing hug."I am fine, mother," Ophelia smiled at her mother, "it's been a year, I was expecting you to show up during Finlay's return, but you didn't.""We had so much on our plates already... but you needed to see the look on your father's face when we heard the news." She paused and pulled closer to her daughter's ear "have you taken in yet?"Ophelia frowned a little because it was her mother's favorite question for her. She couldn't even bring herself to tell her mother that she hadn't gotten intimate with Finlay."Alpha Finlay," Ophelia's father and mother chorused, bowing in respect when Finlay made his presence known, with his Beta right behind him."Welcome," Finlay had a genuine smile on his face upon seeing his in-laws who had just arrived with their whole family, "Ronan is still grooming him

"Crimson Warriors! It has reached my hearing that the Dark Claw pack has been killing a few of our pack members that live within them. And plotting to attack and kill us all," Finlay was addressing thousands of men who had gathered in the courtyard."We cannot sit back, act like fools, and let it happen!""No!" They chorused, fully prepared for war with black and red paints on their faces, hands carrying different arsenals of weapons. A few were in the wolf's form, growling, looking entirely pissed with bared fangs."We have to attack and kill them all before they conclude with their plan to strike." Finlay was looking so war-driven and bloodthirsty that his veins were beginning to bulge out along his neck. The light wind gusted through Ophelia, making her hair fly over her face from where she stood with her hands behind her. The orange evening sun was starting to disappear and soon darkness would take over. "Alpha Williamsburg has been an enemy of mine for five years, he's vowed to

Ophelia woke up at the sound of the blowing horn and matching footsteps. It was dawn, with the morning sun tearing through the window and the small partings of the wooden floor above her. She sat upright and stretched, yawning in the process."Finlay?" She called out to her husband as she looked around the small resting place, and realized he wasn't in. It didn't look like he slept. Everything was in order, she couldn't even recall how she had fallen asleep last night. The bed was made for just one person and it was obvious he had stayed up all night or found somewhere else to sleep.Ophelia didn't know how to feel. If she was inconveniencing him not. She rubbed the side of her arm and stood up, before staring at her body only to figure she was wearing his shirt as a night dress. It was so loose-fitting that she felt lost inside. And she blushed a little because she had never worn his clothes before.Barefooted, she climbed through the steps and made her way out of the tiny resting pla