My hands were cold as I went out of the door. My heart was ramming fast. I was mentally panicking. The Alpha just said he wanted Alice to dispose of rogue wolves that invaded our village. How could I do that? Right now, I didn’t have Alice with me! Shit. This was what I was fearing. What if the Alpha found out? I mindlessly went straight to Adler’s den after that. I didn’t know why, but my feet brought me there. The next thing I knew was I was in front of him, almost teary-eyed with a troubled expression. I wet my lips, and ran my fingers through my hair. “Adler, your father summoned me.” “I heard,” he said in a serious tone. “He called me after you left the house.” “What do I do?” My breathing hitched. “If I don’t go, he’ll question it. If I go and don’t turn, he’ll find out.” “He won’t.” There was finality in his voice. “It’d be just the two of us, Avalynn. Let me do all the work. If he asks, I told him I insisted to dispose of them.” I held my forehead. “What if this is a tes

I guess I was still in shock. After the short talk I had with Adler, I really wasn’t able to pick myself up. I was flooded by my inner thoughts. I was in the process of letting what just happened go. Like decoding it. I was feeling all the emotions I felt then, only to completely release it. I was really scared. Though I was also in a risky situation, and I admit that what I did was reckless because if Alice didn’t really return, all of us would’ve been dead all because of my stubbornness, I couldn’t say I regret. If I had allow Gunner to take me, I would’ve hated it more. It would’ve killed me, more than the time I lose my mother because of my incapableness. Because the first time was something I didn’t see coming. I was a kid, unable to make rational and wise decisions. Whilst this was a second time, where I was more adult to do something. I palmed my face and breathed hard. I wonder how Adler’s friends were doing. My eyes widened. I flinched, as a realization hit me. I quickly

Adler and I were forced to get changed to more appropriate and formal clothes. Left with Amelia during that moment, I took that opportunityto get information from her. About what happened, how she was caught, why she easily ratted me and Adler out like that after she said she’d help us. I was agitated, and betrayed. But I wasn’t upset because I knew she’d have her reason. I guess the only thing that comforted me was that it was the only thing the Alpha found. According to Amelia, the moment the Alpha heard of it, he went straight to Adler to confirm— in delight. He was more than glad, and I didn’t know why because he used to be so wary of me before. Or perhaps I knew. She left after that. I guess it’d be harder to form any communication just after she got caught, but that became the least of my concern. Because what I got in my plate then was the marriage Adler’s father spoke proudly about. I had to get ready for it. “I might not be able to save you from this,” Adler told me as he

Adler’s POV Bond manipulation was a mentally and emotionally manipulation to make your partner submit to whatever you wanted them to do. It was like a compulsion, only it wasn’t by force but by persuation. But of course, it had to meet the requirements needed to work. First, the other party had to trust you. The deeper the trust, the better the manipulation. Second, an intimate interaction that would stimulate them. Third, the actual manipulation. Method may differ, depending on the wolf, and its intention. Mine happened to be on making Avalynn think that marriage wasn’t a dead-end but an escape. She probably didn’t realize that I was manipulating her, but that didn’t matter. At this rate, we’ll just end up breaking ourselves if we try any more staunt. The most wise thing to do was ride the marriage, and get what we could get out of it. Afterall, my father had decided, and we both knew he’ll stop at nothing to make it happen. The marriage was our dead-end, and it was our reality.

The marriage was hard to believe, I admit. Beside the fact that Adler and I were mortal enemies, Jade and I knew long before neither of us would rather die than have any sort of connection to him. We hated him. I hated him. He was a fucktard. An asshole whose pride was coming from his connection. He was the Alpha’s son, so we always believed he put himself in a pedestal because he was untouchable. It was disgusting, actually. More so after the Alpha released a statement about Adler inheriting his position. I cried the very same day thinking life was unfair and cruel. Adler was my bully, and after that announcement, I was certain Adler would become more bad and hateful. I loathed, and feared him more. Now, thinking back to all of that, it made me wonder how the fuck I get here. It felt like it was the day before my birthday where his fanatic friends threw me to the water to make fun of me. But now I only have two months before we start preparing for our marriage. How unpredictable co